Past Events

Seminar

[Seminar] "Unbounded viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations with mechanical Hamiltonian in Wasserstein space" by Dr. Othmane Jerhaoui

Thursday, December 18, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00
L4E01

Title: Unbounded viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations with mechanical Hamiltonian in Wasserstein space

Speaker: Dr. Othmane Jerhaoui (IRMAR - INSA Rennes)

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[Seminar] (Quantum) Physics in Rotating Frames

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room D23 - Lab 5

Dr Marion Cromb, Post-doctoral experimental researcher, University of Nottingham

Seminar

Accelerating Gromov-Wasserstein and Wasserstein-over-Wasserstein for Shape Comparisons by Moritz Piening

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 - 09:00 to 10:00
B503

A talk by Moritz Piening

Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin

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[OCQT Seminar] Quantum Measurements at Particle Colliders and Their Applications to New-Physics Searches

Monday, December 15, 2025 - 15:00
Lab 5, Level D, Seminar Room 23 (L5D23)

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the OCQT Seminar Series. This time, we are excited to host Prof. Kazuki Sakurai from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw (Poland), who will deliver a talk entitled:

“Quantum Measurements at Particle Colliders and Their Applications to New-Physics Searches”

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"Mycorrhizal Symbioses in Forests: What do DNA and Fungal Isolation tell us?" by Dr. A. Kevin G. DJOTAN

Friday, December 12, 2025 - 13:30 to 14:30
C210 (Center Building) and Zoom

Dr. A. Kevin G. DJOTAN, who will soon join the Microbial and Ecosystem Ecology Unit, is a JSPS postdoctoral researcher currently based at Mie University in Japan.

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*Venue has Changed=> L5D23 *【Seminar】Prof. Mathias Middelboe "The role of bacteriophages in marine ecosystems and their potential use in disease control in aquaculture"

Friday, December 12, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00
L5D23 (Lab 5, Level D) * Changed
*Venue has Changed=> L5D23 * 【Seminar】Prof. Mathias Middelboe

Marine Biological Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Helsingør, Denmark

Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

"The role of bacteriophages in marine ecosystems and their potential use in disease control in aquaculture"
Seminar

[Seminar] Nonreciprocal dynamics of active structures by Dr. Ariel Boiardi

Thursday, December 11, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00
D23, Lab5, Zoom

Speaker: Dr. Ariel Boiardi, Postdoctoral Scholar, Mechanics and Materials Unit (Fried Unit), OIST

Seminar

QG group meeting - Yasha Neiman

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 10:00
Lab 4, F01

QG group meeting Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: "Cubic interactions of massless fields in (A)dS lightcone formalism - Part 2"

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4E01 and online on Zoom
Duc-Khanh Nguyen , OIST Title: Branching rule on winding subalgebras of affine Kac-Moody algebras
Seminar

[Seminar] "TORC1-containing signaling endosomes: Discovery and characterization of a cellular signaling centre" by Dr. Riko Hatakeyama

Monday, December 8, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00
Center building C210

Speaker: Dr. Riko Hatakeyama, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Title: TORC1-containing signaling endosomes: Discovery and characterization of a cellular signaling centre.

Seminar

Squeezing the last bit of quantumness out of NISQ hardware

Monday, December 8, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00
L5D23
Speaker: Dr. Xavier Bonet-Monroig, Honda Research Institute Europe
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[OCQT Seminar] The quantum communication power of indefinite causal order

Friday, December 5, 2025 - 10:30
Seminar Room B503 – Center Building

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the OCQT Seminar Series. This time, we are excited to host Prof. Giulio Chiribella from the University of Hong Kong, who will deliver a talk entitled:

“The quantum communication power of indefinite causal order”

Seminar

QG Seminar: Bulk Reconstruction in De Sitter Spacetime

Thursday, December 4, 2025 - 15:00
C015

QG Seminar Speaker: Arundhati Goldar (IIT Mandi) Title: Bulk Reconstruction in De Sitter Spacetime

Seminar

【Seminar】"Patterning the cerebral cortex by transcription factor gradients" by Dr. Shen-Ju Chou

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
L5D23, Lab5

Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Title: "Patterning the cerebral cortex by transcription factor gradients"

Speaker: Dr. Shen-Ju Chou, Research Fellow, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Seminar

QG group meeting - Yasha Neiman

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 10:00
Lab 4, F01

QG group meeting Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: "Cubic interactions of massless fields in (A)dS lightcone formalism"

Seminar

[Online Seminar] Efficient Learning Systems: From Spiking Neural Networks to Reinforcement Learning by Alexandru Vasilache

Friday, November 28, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:00
Meeting Room D015, Lab1

Speaker: Alexandru Vasilache (FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik)

Title: Efficient Learning Systems: From Spiking Neural Networks to Reinforcement Learning

Zoom URL: https://oist.zoom.us/j/98953563139?pwd=NhDaOJQ92bNShdNyBzbryrnUIKbl1v.1

ID: 989 5356 3139 PW:59168

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QG Seminar (Zoom): Dualities and the Compactifiability of Moduli Space

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - 16:00
L4E43

QG Seminar Speaker: Matilda Delgado (Harvard U., Phys. Dept. and Garching, Max Planck Inst.) Title: Dualities and the Compactifiability of Moduli Space

Seminar

CDQT Guest Seminar: Phase transitions in quantum control landscapes

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - 15:00
Center Building C209

Guest Seminar hosted by Collective Dynamics and Quantum Transport Unit Speaker: Nicolò Beato (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems) Title: "Phase transitions in quantum control landscapes"

Seminar

Internal Seminar Series

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 - 16:00
C700

The Internal Seminar Series is back for the fall term, this week with talks from Oliver Bellwood (Quantum Engineering and Design Unit) and Alberto Sassi (Biological Complexity Unit). Stop by to learn about the exciting projects happening in other units and sections, chat with fellow researchers, and enjoy complimentary refreshments.

Seminar

Seminar by Prof. Flavia Libonati "From Bone to Diatoms: Nature’s Blueprint for Multifunctional Lightweight Structures"

Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00
C700, Lab3

Speaker: Dr. Flavia Libonati

Associate Professor, University of Genoa Research Affiliate, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)

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Seminar "Multi-scale modeling of large-scale gas-particle flows" by Dr. Stefanie Rauchenzauner

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00
Lab3 C700

[Speaker] Stefanie Rauchenzauner, Research Fellow, OIST, Postdoctoral Researcher, Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Austria

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[Seminar] "Blood Markers of Neuroaxonal Remodelling in Psychiatry: From the Lab to Clinical Use and Back" by Dr. Francesco Bavato

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Lab5D23 (Seminar Room)

Speaker: Francesco Bavato, MD, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich

Title: Blood Markers of Neuroaxonal Remodelling in Psychiatry: From the Lab to Clinical Use and Back

Seminar

Quasi-normal modes: an introduction to ringing black holes

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 10:00
Lab 5, EF11

QG seminar Speaker: Beatrice Bonga (Radboud University) Title: "Quasi-normal modes: an introduction to ringing black holes"

Seminar

"Mechanisms of cross-modal transfer for cerebellar associative learning" by Merit Kruse

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 09:00
B503

A talk by Merit Kruse

Megan Carey Lab, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal

Seminar

Seminar by Prof. Matteo Convertino "Climate Design: Emergent Eco-Engineering via Critical Ecohydrological Interactions"

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 14:00
C700 (Level C, Lab 3)

Seminar by Prof. Matteo Convertino

Seminar

[Seminar] Leveraging Silicone Elastomer Curing to Create Stronger Soft Devices by Professor Te Faye Yap (Zoom)

Saturday, November 15, 2025 - 07:00 to 08:00

Speaker: Dr. Te Faye Yap, Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii Manoa, Mechanical Engineering

Zoom Link: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/4145948852?omn=86322994542 Meeting ID: 414 594 8852 Passcode: CoE

Seminar

"Decoding behavior: optimization and inference of decision-making processes" by Prof. Antonio Celani

Friday, November 14, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
L4F01

Professor Antonio Celani is Head and Senior Research Scientist at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ICTP

Seminar

Preservation and Utilization of Quantum Correlations in Information Processing tasks

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
Center Building B503
Speaker: Mr. Pritam Halder, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj
Seminar

"Table-top Experiments Inspired by Geophysical Phenomena" by Prof. Jun Zhang from NYU & NYU-Shanghai

Monday, November 10, 2025 - 15:30 to 16:30
L4F01

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.

Seminar

Seminar ”Plant-Animal Hybrid Cells: Challenging the Creation of "Planimal" Cells”

Friday, November 7, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
C700, Lab3

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

Seminar

2025 Analysis on Metric Space Seminar: "Almost splitting and quantitative stratification for super Ricci flow" by Professor Yohei Sakurai, Saitama University

Thursday, November 6, 2025 - 16:00
L4F01 + 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

Seminar by Dr. Essie Rodgers "The promise of using physiology to conserve the world’s biodiversity"

Thursday, November 6, 2025 - 13:00
L4E01 (Level E, Lab 4)

Seminar by Dr. Essie Rodgers

Seminar

Security of optical key distribution under passive eavesdropping

Thursday, November 6, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
L5D23
Speaker: Prof. Konrad Banaszek, University of Warsaw
Seminar

【Seminar】Model for tension propagation in crumpled compartmentalised cell membranes by Prof. Michael M. Kozlov

Thursday, November 6, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00
Seminar room E01, Lab 4

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

Seminar

QG Seminar: The holographic BMS anomalies

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 14:30
L5D23

QG Seminar Speaker: Tom Wetzstein (OIST)

Title: The Holographic BMS Anomalies

Seminar

Seminar by Dr. José Ricardo Paula "The behavioural complexity of cleaning mutualisms"

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 11:00
L4E01 (Level E, Lab 4)

Seminar by Dr. Jose Ricardo Paula

Seminar

Seminar"Angular Velocity of Kolmogorov-Scale Fibers as Proxy for Turbulent Dissipation" by Prof. Alfredo Soldati

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Lab3 C700

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

Seminar

[Seminar] Dr. Weslei Fontana "Dualities among quantum many body scars"

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00
C209, Zoom

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

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

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 11:00
L4E48

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

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

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CDQT U Guest Seminar: Listening to Quantum Materials Using Nonlinear Noise Spectroscopy

Monday, October 27, 2025 - 15:00
Lab 4, E48 and Zoom

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

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Seminar "Rheology of bubble-bearing fluids and its application to flow prediction" by Prof. Kohei Ohie

Friday, October 24, 2025 - 13:15 to 14:15
Lab3 B700

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

Seminar

[Cancelled] "Machine Learning for the welfare of the society" by Marcus Liwicki

Friday, October 24, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
Cancelled

**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.

Seminar

Behavioral and neural mechanisms of motor control (ONOS)

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00
Lab4E01 + Zoom
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
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QG Seminar (Zoom): Exceptional Generalised Geometry as a Symmetry Principle for Sigma Models

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 14:00
L4E01

QG Seminar Speaker: David Osten (University of Wrocław)

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

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[Seminar] Prof. Matteo Baggioli "Topology Without Order: Hunting Topological Defects in Amorphous Solids"

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00
C700, Zoom

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

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Seminar: "Exploration of the Mpemba effect: an anomalous heat relaxation process" by Prof. Hisao Hayakawa

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4E01, Lab 4

Prof. Hisao Hayakawa from Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

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[Seminar]MLDS Unit Seminar 2025-7 by Prof. Lenka Zdeborová, EPFL

Monday, October 20, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00
Seminar Room C210 and Zoom

Speaker: Dr. Lenka Zdeborová , Associate Professor, EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Title: Statistical Physics Perspective on Understanding Learning with Neural Networks

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[Seminar] Dr. Daniel Siebadji "Broadband UV Pump–Probe Spectroscopy with Supercontinuum Probing: Exciton, Biexciton Dynamics and Spin Implications in ZnO Quantum Wells"

Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room L4E01

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

Language: English

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[Seminar] Prof. Akira Oiwa / Photon-spin quantum interface using semiconductor spin qubits

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar room L4E01

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

Language: English

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[Seminar] MLDS Unit Seminar 2025-6 Ms. Haru Negami, Chiba University

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00
Seminar Room C210

Ms. Haru Negami (Chiba University)

Title: Integral transformation of KZ-type equation and construction of representation of braid group

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