Outcomes

Acknowledgements

Please list TSVP/OIST as one of your affiliations when publishing about research (partially) conducted during your visit.
Please also include a short phrase in the acknowledgements, see below.

Affiliation:
Theoretical Sciences Visiting Program (TSVP), Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, 904-0495, Japan

Acknowledgement:
This research was conducted while visiting the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) through the Theoretical Sciences Visiting Program (TSVP).

Acknowledgement in case of salary:
This research was conducted while funded by the Theoretical Sciences Visiting Program (TSVP) at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST).

*EVSP visitors please replace accordingly with "Experimental Visiting Scholar Program (EVSP)"

Visiting Program in Numbers

updated 2024-10-03, for FY2024: number of scheduled visitors and already held events (in brackets: expected until 2024-03-31)

  FY2022 FY2023 FY2024* TOTAL
Total number of visitors 23 92 120 235
Visiting Scholars 21 13 16(+13) 63
Domestic 0 5 7 (+3) 15
TSVP Thematic Programs  0 2 1 (+1) 4
(invited participants)   64 28 (+28) 120
TSVP Affiliates and Colloquium Speakers 2 10 18 (+4) 34
General-Audience Talks 19 19 16 (+14) 54 (+14)
Total number of Talk participants 
 		 1042 952 1039 (+700) 3033 (+700)
Youtube views, running total 2824 6123 9185 9185
 (average per video)       220
Workshops  3 3 2 (+1) 8 (+1)
(participants from OIST/registered) 75 144 123 (+50) 342 (+50)
Research Seminars 1 45 38 (+20) 84 (+20)
Other events (career talks, mini courses, outreach talks) 5 9 13 (+18) 27 (+18)
Visitor Interactions with OIST units, running total 25 38 75 75
Number of Countries visitors came from, running total 12 18 23 23
Publications 8 36 26 (+30) 70 (+30)

 

Publications

updated 2023/12/22, since 2022, in alphabetical order

1 Bagchi, A., Grumiller, D. & Sheikh-Jabbari, M. M. Horizon strings as 3d black hole microstates. SciPost Physics 15, 210 (2023).

2 Berti, S., Boffetta, G. & Musacchio, S. Mean flow and fluctuations in the three-dimensional turbulent cellular flow. Physical Review Fluids 8, 054601 (2023).

3 Boffetta, G., Musacchio, S., Mazzino, A. & Rosti, M. Transient inverse energy cascade in free surface turbulence. Physical Review Fluids 8, 034601 (2023).

4 Burke, S. et al. The impact of rising temperatures on the prevalence of coral diseases and its predictability: A global meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters (2023).

5 Can, M. B. Locally Semialgebraic Superspaces and Nash Supermanifolds. arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.16949 (2023).

6 Can, M. B. & Saha, P. Toric Richardson Varieties. arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.09901 (2023).

7 Chen, Y.-C., Fosdick, R. & Fried, E. A novel dimensional reduction for the equilibrium study of inextensional material surfaces. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 169, 105068 (2022).

8 Chen, Y.-c., Fosdick, R. & Fried, E. Isometries Between Given Surfaces and the Isometric Deformation of a Single Unstretchable Material Surface. Journal of Elasticity 151, 159-175 (2022).

9 Chen, Y.-c. & Fried, E. Conformal Deformations of a Dilational Material Surface. Journal of Elasticity, 1-14 (2023).

10 Claramunt, C. & Dube, M. A brief review of the evolution of GIScience since the NCGIA research agenda initiatives. Journal of Spatial Information Science, 137-150 (2023).

11 Crew, S., Goswami, A. & Osburn, R. Resurgence of Habiro elements. arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.07001 (2023).

12 Dorband, M., Grumiller, D., Meyer, R. & Zhao, S. Disorder in AdS $ _3 $/CFT $ _2$. arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.00596 (2022).

13 Ecker, F. et al. Carroll black holes. arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.10947 (2023).

14 Froese, T., Weber, N., Shpurov, I. & Ikegami, T. From autopoiesis to self-optimization: Toward an enactive model of biological regulation. Biosystems, 104959 (2023).

15 Golo, S. N. & Zhang, Y. Curvature exponent and geodesic dimension on Sard-regular Carnot groups. arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.15811 (2023).

16 Grumiller, D. & Riegler, M. Carrollian c functions and flat space holographic RG flows in BMS 3/CCFT 2. Physical Review D 108, 126008 (2023).

17 Grumiller, D., Ruzziconi, R. & Zwikel, C. One-loop partition function of gravity with leaky boundary conditions. arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.06744 (2023).

18 Kidwai, O. & Osuga, K. Refined BPS structures and topological recursion-the Weber and Whittaker curves. arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.17046 (2023).

19 Lai, L. & Gershman, S. J. Human decision making balances reward maximization and policy compression. (2023).

20 Laplante-Anfossi, G. & Williams, N. J. Steenrod operations via higher Bruhat orders. arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.16481 (2023).

21 Mathot, K. J. et al. Integration of multimodal cues does not alter mean but reduces among-study variance in avian responses to predators: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2. (2023).

22 Micou, C. & O'Leary, T. Representational drift as a window into neural and behavioural plasticity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 81, 102746 (2023).

23 Morrison, K., Yang, Y., Santana, M. S., Lagisz, M. & Nakagawa, S. A systematic evidence map and bibliometric analysis of the behavioural impacts of pesticide exposure on zebrafish. (2023).

24 Nakagawa, S., Cornwell, W. K. & Callaghan, C. T. An illusion of a macroecological law, abundance-occupancy relationships. (2023).

25 Nakagawa, S. & Lagisz, M. Next steps after airing disagreement on a scientific issue with policy implications: a meta-analysis, multi-lab replication and adversarial collaboration. BMC biology 21, 116 (2023).

26 Nakagawa-Lagisz, T. & Lagisz, M. Shining a light on duckweed: exploring the effects of artificial light at night (ALAN) on growth and pigmentation. PeerJ 11, e16371 (2023).

27 Pophale, A. et al. Wake-like skin patterning and neural activity during octopus sleep. Nature 619, 129-134 (2023).

28 Pottier, P. et al. Keywords to success: a practical guide to maximise the visibility and impact of academic papers. bioRxiv, 2023.2010. 2002.559861 (2023).

29 Pottier, P. et al. New horizons for comparative studies and meta-analyses. (2023).

30 Puggioni, L., Boffetta, G. & Musacchio, S. Flocking turbulence of microswimmers in confined domains. Physical Review E 107, 055107 (2023).

31 Stapleton, M. Beyond Acting-With: Places as Agents? Constructivist Foundations 17, 201-202 (2022).

32 van der Heijden, G. & Starostin, E. Comment on Y.-C. Chen, E. Fried, Möbius bands, unstretchable material sheets and developable surfaces. Proc. R. Soc. A 472, 20160459 (2016). Proceedings of the Royal Society A 478, 20210629 (2022).

33 Yang, Y. et al. Robust point and variance estimation for ecological and evolutionary meta-analyses with selective reporting and dependent effect sizes. (2023).

 

FY2023

updated 2023/11/20

"Do octopuses dream?" nature video summarizing the paper on "Wake-like skin patterning and neural activity during Octopus Sleep" that resulted from a collaboration of TSVP Visiting Scholar Leenoy Meshulam and OIST professor Sam Reiter.

Awards

Publications

  1. T. Froese, N. Weber, I. Shpurov, T. Ikegami (2023). From autopoiesis to self-optimization: Toward an enactive model of biological regulation. Biosystems 230, 104959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.104959

  2. C. Claramunt, & M. P. Dube (2023). A brief review of the evolution of GIScience since the NCGIA researchagenda initiatives. Journal of Spatial Information Science, 26, 137–150. https://doi.org/10.5311/JOSIS.2023.26.30

  3. S. Burke, P. Pottier, M. Lagisz, E. L. Macartney, T. Ainsworth, S. M. Drobniak, & S. Nakagawa (2023). The impact of rising temperatures on the prevalence of coral diseases and its predictability: A global meta-analysis. Ecology Letters, 26(8), 1039–1050. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14266

  4. S. Nakagawa & M. Lagisz (2023). Next steps after airing disagreement on a scientific issue with policy implications: A meta-analysis, multi-lab replication and adversarial collaboration. BMC Biology, 21(1), 153. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01567-5

  5. S. Nakagawa, M. Lagisz, R. E. O’Dea, P. Pottier, J. Rutkowska, A. M. Senior, Y. Yang, & D. W. Noble (2023). Orchard 2.0: An R package for visualising meta-analyses with Orchard Plots. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14152

  6. S. Nakagawa, Y. Yang, E. L. Macartney, R. Spake, & M. Lagisz (2023). Quantitative evidence synthesis: A practical guide on meta-analysis, meta-regression, and publication bias tests for Environmental Sciences. Environmental Evidence, 12(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-023-00301-6

  7. L. Puggioni, G. Boffetta, & S. Musacchio (2023). Flocking turbulence of microswimmers in confined domains. Physical Review E, 107(5), 055107. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.107.055107

  8. A. Pophale, K. Shimizu, T. Mano, T. L. Iglesias, K. Martin, M. Hiroi, K. Asada, P. G. Andaluz, T. T. Van Dinh, L. Meshulam, & S. Reiter (2023). Wake-like skin patterning and neural activity during Octopus Sleep. Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06203-4
    (see also the above nature video, or listen to the nature podcast of 2023-06-28)
  9. T. Nakagawa-Lagisz, & M. Lagisz (2023). Shining a light on duckweed: exploring the effects of artificial light at night (ALAN) on growth and pigmentation. PeerJ 11:e16371 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16371

 

Articles

Quote from Shunichi Kasahara

Books

Computational Models of Astrocyte Function at Glutamatergic Synapses K. Lenk et al. Part of the Series Neuromethods (NM,volume 2780)

TSVP Talks

So far 9 TSVP Talks, 1 evening public lecture with Japanese Interpretation

Workshops and Seminars

TSVP visitors participated in the following workshops at OIST

Teaching

Seminars

  • Jochen Steil: Three seminar talks in CNRU host unit of Prof. Jun Tani on neural models in robotics, interactive learning of kinematics and modern methods for redundancy resolution and force control

Other Activities

  • Participating in the Sustainable Transport Hackathon (Christophe Claramunt)
  • EU-Japan Grant application (Christophe Claramunt, OIST, NAIST, European partners)

 

FY2022

Publications

  1. Y.-C. Chen, R. Fosdick, E. Fried. "Isometries between given surfaces and the isometric deformation of a single unstretchable material surface." Journal of Elasticity 151 (2022), 159–175. (doi:10.1007/s10659-022-09909-0)

  2. Y.-C. Chen, R. Fosdick, E. Fried. "Reply to van der Heijden and Starostin." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 478 (2022), 20210856-1–9. (doi:10.1098/rspa.2021.0856)

  3. Y.-C. Chen, R. Fosdick, E. Fried. "A novel dimensional reduction for the equilibrium study of inextensional material surfaces." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 169 (2022), 105068-1–27. (doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105068)

  4. Y.-C. Chen, E. Fried. "Conformal deformations of a dilational material surface." Journal of Elasticity, in press. (doi:10.1007/s10659-023-10003-2)

  5. G. Boffetta, S. Musacchio, A. Mazzino, M. E. Rosti. "Transient inverse energy cascade in free surface turbulence." Phys. Rev. Fluids 8, 034601 (2023). (doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.034601)

  6. S. Crew, A. Goswami, R. Osburn. "Resurgence of Habiro elements." arXiv (2023). https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.07001

  7. Y.-C. Chen, "A mechanical theory of growth." Submitted to Journal of Elasticity.

  8. Y.-C. Chen, E. Fried, S. Janssens, "Wringling of circular suspended films." In preparation

Articles

TSVP Talks

19 general-audience Talks (18 TSVP and 1 EVSP) with a total of 1042 participants, highest attendance of a single talk: 109 participants.

Workshops

Teaching

Other Activities

  • Classical music concert with a violin solo by Visiting Scholar Shiro Ikeda
  • Art/dance performance in Naha by Takashi Ikegami

 

FY2020 (Visiting Mathematics Professor Program)

Publications

  1. J. E. Greene and A. Lobb. "The Rectangular Peg Problem" (2020). arXiv:2005.09193. (See also this Quanta Magazine article)

  2. J. McCoy, G. Wheeler, and Y. Wu. "Higher Order Curvature Flows of Plane Curves with Generalised Neumann Boundary Conditions" (2020). PDF

  3. J. A. McCoy. "Contracting Self-Similar Solutions of Nonhomogeneous Curvature Flows" (2020). PDF

  4. J. A. McCoy. "Contraction of Convex Hypersurfaces by Nonhomogeneous Functions of Curvature" (2020). PDF

  5. S. Y. Kholmatov and P. Piovano. "Existence of Minimizers for the SDRI Model" (Submitted 2021). arXiv

  6. P. Piovano and I. Velčić. "Microscopical Justification of the Winterbottom Problem for Well-Separated Lattices" (Submitted 2021). arXiv:2111.13604

  7. P. Piovano and I. Velčić. "Microscopical Justification of Solid-State Wetting and Dewetting" J. Nonlinear Sci. 32, 32 (2022). arXiv:2010.08787

Lectures