TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Team invites you to join an informal lunchtime discussion exploring trust and psychological safety in the workplace. Participants will reflect on how they trust others, learn the difference between trust and psychological safety, identify behaviors that cultivate trust, and discuss in small groups. Participants are welcome to eat their lunch during the session. Language: English. Wednesday, November 12 from 12pm-1pm in Center Building, Level C, Room 210 (C210).

The registration deadline for OISTxWPI-AIMEC (Tohoku U & JAMSTEC) Joint Workshop "Changing Marine Ecosystems: Biogeography of Habitat Shifts and Adaptation to Oceanographic Variability" is November 12, 2025.

OIST Innovation will host a seminar on “Smart Work with Generative AI” as follows.

Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 13:30–15:30

Venue: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Conference Center, Meeting Room

Admission: Free (pre-registration required)

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided

No online streaming

As a continuation of the Greener Mobility Ideathon held in December last year , this mid-term workshop serves as a platform to share interim results and engage stakeholders, including local citizens, in shaping the next phase of development. The project aims to explore practical and community-driven solutions for sustainable transportation, combining digital tools, behavioral insights, and collaborative design.

Language : English and Japanese (partially)　発表は日本語通訳つき Location : Seminar Room Lab 4 E48 at OIST

Speaker: Mr. Pritam Halder, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj

Prof. Jun Zhang, graduated and received his BS degree from Wuhan University in China, and earned his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. After a postdoctoral experience in biophysics at Rockefeller University, he came to NYU and started building the Applied Math Lab at the Courant Institute and later he became a faculty member (physics and math) there. His research interest has been in the field of physics of fluids and complex systems, which includes biomechanics or bio-locomotion (organismal swimming and flying), geophysical fluids (thermal convection, continental dynamics, and erosion), solid-on-solid friction, urban heat-island effect, and self-organization phenomena at many different scales.

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Tom Froese (Embodied Cognitive Science Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).

How to became a Scientist

Speaker: Prof. Sachihiro Matsunaga, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Speaker: Professor Yohei Sakurai, Saitama University Title: Almost splitting and quantitative stratification for super Ricci flow Abstract: I will discuss almost rigidity properties of super Ricci flow whose Muller quantity is non-negative. I will present almost splitting and quantitative stratification theorems that have been established by Bamler for Ricci flow. This talk is based on the joint work with Keita Kunikawa (Tokushima university). **ZOOM** Please register here

Seminar by Dr. Essie Rodgers

Speaker: Prof. Konrad Banaszek, University of Warsaw

Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00

Title: Model for tension propagation in crumpled compartmentalised cell membranes

Speaker: Prof. Michael M. Kozlov

Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

QG Seminar Speaker: Tom Wetzstein (OIST)

Title: The Holographic BMS Anomalies

Seminar by Dr. Jose Ricardo Paula

[Speaker] Prof. Alfredo Soldati, Professor, Institute of Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer, TU Wien, Austria/ Dept. Eng. & Arch., University of Udine, Udine, Italy

National holiday

This seminar aims to share up-to-date knowledge about ADHD and to explore diverse ways to understand and support individuals and families across the lifespan, including the perspectives of women and girls.

CIAC 2025 Public Talk

“In Search of the Giant Squid! – The Man and the Legend” A special public lecture by a leading expert in marine biology and deep-sea research

Blitz Talks and Closing Ceremony of the Researcher Appreciation Month 2025 (B250), 14:00 - 15:30

StrucShare meeting: Launch of OIST’s New Structural Biology Discussion Series

The first meeting will be featuring a case study presented by Matthias Wolf “ The struggle of getting the new cryoARM scopes running and productive ”

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

"AI is saving science" - public debate by OIST Debate Club (C209), 17:00 - 18:00

旅費相談会を開催いたします。

October 29th (Wed) @A151 Center Bldg. 15:00-16:00

The FDSF Japan Tour supports innovation and startup creation through science to address regional issues, with the power of finance backing these initiatives. Every year, FDSF, the Future Design Initiative for Science & Finance holds events nationwide to promote science-based innovation and future-oriented financing.

This year, the tour will be held in Okinawa, which has unique regional challenges. The event will bring together Okinawa’s industrial, academic, and financial communities to explore new collaborative possibilities and share the latest knowledge on GX (Green Transformation), circular economy models, and startup support.

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Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

Science Day Gunma 2025 is a special event for high school students to celebrate the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics, co-hosted by Gunma University and OIST. Participants will learn about cutting-edge quantum technologies and hear from young researchers working in this global field. The event includes lectures and a career seminar, with English as the main language and Japanese support available.

This informal lunchtime event is a chance for new postdocs to meet each other, veteran postdocs, and members of the wider researcher community at OIST. Representatives from campus offices and clubs will also be invited. This is a friendly, low-pressure way to start building your professional network. Please register [link here ].

QG Seminar Speaker: Fedor Popov (SCGP, Stony Brook)

Title: Defect Anomalies, a Spin-Flux Duality, and Boson-Kondo Problems

Collective Dynamics and Quantum Transport Unit Guest Seminar Speaker: Jonathan B. Curtis (ETH Zurich) Title: " Listening to Quantum Materials Using Nonlinear Noise Spectroscopy"

Zoom link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/97265615374?pwd=y4sab8ob8FvmTM4nfru1okwxkaJBLF.1

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Virginia Gail Toy

Title: Can we extract climate-friendly geo-resources from active tectonic plate boundaries without increasing earthquake hazard?

Affiliation: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University of Otago

Hosted by Solar-Terrestrial Environment and Climate Unit (Miyahara Unit)

MIRAI Workshop on Health and Aging brings together researchers from Sweden and Japan, along with health-tech startups that work on aging, to explore challenges and innovations in healthy aging. The event features academic talks, industry showcases, and a keynote by Prof. Craig Willcox (Okinawa Centenarian Study).

OIST Workshop | Website | Conference Chair Ryuta Nakajima and Dan Rokhsar | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

For centuries, cephalopods, including octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, have fascinated artists and artisans across many coastal cultures, and have been represented in many ways. However, cephalopods remain mysterious creatures that are hard to encounter in real life. In this video exhibition, renowned marine life photographer Ryo Minemizu, provides us with a glimpse into the biology, behavior, and unique genetic features of these marine invertebrates. This exhibition is organized by the Cephalopod International Advisory Council 2025 and hosted by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.

[Speaker] Prof. Kohei Ohie, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

DISCOVER THE LEAN STARTUP METHODOLOGY Learn to identify commercial opportunities that come from your academic research. Apply the Lean Startup methodology to real OIST technologies, guided by instructors from the NSF I-Corps™ network. Teams (3–4 people) will conduct interviews, validate their ideas, and explore real-world commercialization.

**This seminar had to be cancelled!** The speaker will give a talk at the workshop on Health and Aging on October 27, 2025.

What if AI was not just a tool, but a reflection of human creativity itself?

Marcus Liwicki – and a surprise guest from the future – will attend explore how AI can become a powerful tool for everyone.

Join them on a journey through time to discover how curiosity and hands-on learning can unlock the full potential of human-centered AI – today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Furthermore, Marcus will highlight some general AI research directions and focus in Sweden as well as a few highlights from the gender-balanced Machine Learning group at LTU, which he leads as chaired professor.

Interactive Science Show for curious minds 7+ by Ilya Kolmanovsky: “How to politely greet an elephant” (OIST Central building, B250), 18:30-20:00

Dear all,

(See below for Japanese)

In addition to the October 9 school fair that will focus on local schools in Okinawa, we are planning to host two virtual school fairs this October to introduce additional educational options. All interested families are welcome to join, regardless of the age of your children. (Children are welcome to attend as well!)

The two sessions have been organized based on the type of school experience provided: international boarding schools in Japan and online learning programs (full-time and subject-based options). All of these options use an English-based curriculum and are either in Japan or can accommodate students based in Japan. We welcome you to attend either or both sessions.

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Talk from invited guest Dr. Ilya Kolmanovsky: “AI and I" How people collaborate with ai: evolutionary perspective

OIST Innovation is thrilled to host Dr. Simson Garfinkel , one of the most influential voices in computing, for an exclusive 1-hour Fireside Chat, where we will be discussing the frictions between Computing and Society.

Science Show by Dr. Ilya Kolmanovsky: “How to politely greet an elephant” at OIST Studio, Yomitan Library, 19:00-20:00

TBD

Behavioral and neural mechanisms of motor control - Terufumi Fujiawara, Ph.D. (RIKEN Center for Brain Science). Wednesday, April 22 ^nd , 4:00 pm, online talk at L4 E01 and Zoom

Talk from invited guest science journalist Dr. Ilya Kolmanovsky: “Science supercharged: How AI is transforming discovery” (central building, B250).

QG Seminar Speaker: David Osten (University of Wrocław)

Title: Exceptional Generalised Geometry as a Symmetry Principle for Sigma Models

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Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English