Past Events
[Seminar] "Unbounded viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations with mechanical Hamiltonian in Wasserstein space" by Dr. Othmane Jerhaoui
Title: Unbounded viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations with mechanical Hamiltonian in Wasserstein space
Speaker: Dr. Othmane Jerhaoui (IRMAR - INSA Rennes)
[Seminar] (Quantum) Physics in Rotating Frames
Dr Marion Cromb, Post-doctoral experimental researcher, University of Nottingham
Accelerating Gromov-Wasserstein and Wasserstein-over-Wasserstein for Shape Comparisons by Moritz Piening
A talk by Moritz Piening
Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin
[OCQT Seminar] Quantum Measurements at Particle Colliders and Their Applications to New-Physics Searches
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”
"Mycorrhizal Symbioses in Forests: What do DNA and Fungal Isolation tell us?" by Dr. A. Kevin G. DJOTAN
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.
*Venue has Changed=> L5D23 *【Seminar】Prof. Mathias Middelboe "The role of bacteriophages in marine ecosystems and their potential use in disease control in aquaculture"
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] Nonreciprocal dynamics of active structures by Dr. Ariel Boiardi
Speaker: Dr. Ariel Boiardi, Postdoctoral Scholar, Mechanics and Materials Unit (Fried Unit), OIST
QG group meeting - Yasha Neiman
QG group meeting Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: "Cubic interactions of massless fields in (A)dS lightcone formalism - Part 2"
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
[Seminar] "TORC1-containing signaling endosomes: Discovery and characterization of a cellular signaling centre" by Dr. Riko Hatakeyama
Speaker: Dr. Riko Hatakeyama, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Title: TORC1-containing signaling endosomes: Discovery and characterization of a cellular signaling centre.
Squeezing the last bit of quantumness out of NISQ hardware
[OCQT Seminar] The quantum communication power of indefinite causal order
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”
QG Seminar: Bulk Reconstruction in De Sitter Spacetime
QG Seminar Speaker: Arundhati Goldar (IIT Mandi) Title: Bulk Reconstruction in De Sitter Spacetime
【Seminar】"Patterning the cerebral cortex by transcription factor gradients" by Dr. Shen-Ju Chou
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
QG group meeting - Yasha Neiman
QG group meeting Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: "Cubic interactions of massless fields in (A)dS lightcone formalism"
[Online Seminar] Efficient Learning Systems: From Spiking Neural Networks to Reinforcement Learning by Alexandru Vasilache
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
QG Seminar (Zoom): Dualities and the Compactifiability of Moduli Space
QG Seminar Speaker: Matilda Delgado (Harvard U., Phys. Dept. and Garching, Max Planck Inst.) Title: Dualities and the Compactifiability of Moduli Space
CDQT Guest Seminar: Phase transitions in quantum control landscapes
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"
Internal Seminar Series
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 by Prof. Flavia Libonati "From Bone to Diatoms: Nature’s Blueprint for Multifunctional Lightweight Structures"
Speaker: Dr. Flavia Libonati
Associate Professor, University of Genoa Research Affiliate, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
Seminar "Multi-scale modeling of large-scale gas-particle flows" by Dr. Stefanie Rauchenzauner
[Speaker] Stefanie Rauchenzauner, Research Fellow, OIST, Postdoctoral Researcher, Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Austria
[Seminar] "Blood Markers of Neuroaxonal Remodelling in Psychiatry: From the Lab to Clinical Use and Back" by Dr. Francesco Bavato
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
Quasi-normal modes: an introduction to ringing black holes
QG seminar Speaker: Beatrice Bonga (Radboud University) Title: "Quasi-normal modes: an introduction to ringing black holes"
"Mechanisms of cross-modal transfer for cerebellar associative learning" by Merit Kruse
A talk by Merit Kruse
Megan Carey Lab, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
Seminar by Prof. Matteo Convertino "Climate Design: Emergent Eco-Engineering via Critical Ecohydrological Interactions"
Seminar by Prof. Matteo Convertino
[Seminar] Leveraging Silicone Elastomer Curing to Create Stronger Soft Devices by Professor Te Faye Yap (Zoom)
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
"Decoding behavior: optimization and inference of decision-making processes" by Prof. Antonio Celani
Professor Antonio Celani is Head and Senior Research Scientist at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ICTP
Preservation and Utilization of Quantum Correlations in Information Processing tasks
"Table-top Experiments Inspired by Geophysical Phenomena" by Prof. Jun Zhang from NYU & NYU-Shanghai
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 ”Plant-Animal Hybrid Cells: Challenging the Creation of "Planimal" Cells”
Speaker: Prof. Sachihiro Matsunaga, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo
2025 Analysis on Metric Space Seminar: "Almost splitting and quantitative stratification for super Ricci flow" by Professor Yohei Sakurai, Saitama University
Seminar by Dr. Essie Rodgers "The promise of using physiology to conserve the world’s biodiversity"
Seminar by Dr. Essie Rodgers
Security of optical key distribution under passive eavesdropping
【Seminar】Model for tension propagation in crumpled compartmentalised cell membranes by Prof. Michael M. Kozlov
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: The holographic BMS anomalies
QG Seminar Speaker: Tom Wetzstein (OIST)
Title: The Holographic BMS Anomalies
Seminar by Dr. José Ricardo Paula "The behavioural complexity of cleaning mutualisms"
Seminar by Dr. Jose Ricardo Paula
Seminar"Angular Velocity of Kolmogorov-Scale Fibers as Proxy for Turbulent Dissipation" by Prof. Alfredo Soldati
[Speaker] Prof. Alfredo Soldati, Professor, Institute of Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer, TU Wien, Austria/ Dept. Eng. & Arch., University of Udine, Udine, Italy
[Seminar] Dr. Weslei Fontana "Dualities among quantum many body scars"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
QG Seminar: Defect Anomalies, a Spin-Flux Duality, and Boson-Kondo Problems
QG Seminar Speaker: Fedor Popov (SCGP, Stony Brook)
Title: Defect Anomalies, a Spin-Flux Duality, and Boson-Kondo Problems
CDQT U Guest Seminar: Listening to Quantum Materials Using Nonlinear Noise Spectroscopy
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
Seminar "Rheology of bubble-bearing fluids and its application to flow prediction" by Prof. Kohei Ohie
[Speaker] Prof. Kohei Ohie, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
[Cancelled] "Machine Learning for the welfare of the society" by Marcus Liwicki
**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.
Behavioral and neural mechanisms of motor control (ONOS)
QG Seminar (Zoom): Exceptional Generalised Geometry as a Symmetry Principle for Sigma Models
QG Seminar Speaker: David Osten (University of Wrocław)
Title: Exceptional Generalised Geometry as a Symmetry Principle for Sigma Models
[Seminar] Prof. Matteo Baggioli "Topology Without Order: Hunting Topological Defects in Amorphous Solids"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
Seminar: "Exploration of the Mpemba effect: an anomalous heat relaxation process" by Prof. Hisao Hayakawa
Prof. Hisao Hayakawa from Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
[Seminar]MLDS Unit Seminar 2025-7 by Prof. Lenka Zdeborová, EPFL
Speaker: Dr. Lenka Zdeborová , Associate Professor, EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Title: Statistical Physics Perspective on Understanding Learning with Neural Networks
[Seminar] Dr. Daniel Siebadji "Broadband UV Pump–Probe Spectroscopy with Supercontinuum Probing: Exciton, Biexciton Dynamics and Spin Implications in ZnO Quantum Wells"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.
Language: English
[Seminar] Prof. Akira Oiwa / Photon-spin quantum interface using semiconductor spin qubits
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.
Language: English
[Seminar] MLDS Unit Seminar 2025-6 Ms. Haru Negami, Chiba University
Ms. Haru Negami (Chiba University)
Title: Integral transformation of KZ-type equation and construction of representation of braid group









































