Past Events

Outreach

Marine Day Kids Lecture: Exploring Secrets of Cephalopods

Saturday, July 13, 2024 - 14:00
OIST Auditorium

Coming soon.

Seminar

[Time Changed] Seminar: "New molecular designs for organic gain materials, towards high-performance laser devices" by Dr. Robin Troiville-Cazilhac

Friday, July 12, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room C210, Center Bldg

Dr. Robin Troiville-Cazilhac, Sorbonne Université

Campus Service

OIST Innovation open-hours

Friday, July 12, 2024 - 14:00
Innovation Lounge (Lab3 level A)

OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .

Campus

Onna no Eki (おんなの駅) comes to OIST

Friday, July 12, 2024 - 12:30
Lab 1 parking lot

Onna no Eki is coming to OIST every Friday, 12:30-13:30

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "What They Didn’t Tell Us in Computational Neuroscience 101" by Joshua Goldberg

Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 15:00
B250 and zoom

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).

Seminar

[Seminar] MLDS Unit Seminar 2024-7 by Mr. Rahul Steiger (ETH Zurich), Mr. Thibault De Surrel (Université Paris-Dauphine) at C210

Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 13:30 to 14:30
Seminar Room C210, Center Building

Speaker 1: Mr. Rahul Steiger (ETH Zurich)

Title: In-Context Predictions on ICU Time-Series

Speaker 2: Mr. Thibault De Surrel (Université Paris-Dauphine)

Title: How Riemannian geometry can help us build better Brain Computer Interfaces

Workshop

Nikon Day @ OIST July 2024

Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 09:00 to Friday, July 12, 2024 - 15:00
Lab1B380 or @ your own microscope

Nikon DAY @ OIST

Seminar

Antarctic krill resources under climate change

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - 12:30
C015

Speaker: Dr. Rui Wang (Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China)

Title: Antarctic krill resources under climate change

Seminar

[Seminar] MLDS Unit Seminar 2024-6 by Mr. Kazusato Oko (The University of Tokyo), Mr. Yuki Takezawa (Kyoto University) at C210

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:30
Seminar Room C210, Center Building

Speaker 1: Mr. Kazusato Oko (The University of Tokyo)

Title: How to learn a sum of diverse features provably: A case study of ridge combinations

Speaker 2: Mr. Yuki Takezawa (Kyoto University)

Title: Polayk Meets Parameter-free Clipped Gradient Descent

Campus Service

Schooling Options: Lunch and Learn Session 1

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 12:05 to 12:55
Cafe Tancha Private Room

Got Kids? Staying in Okinawa? Moving abroad? Don't know yet? It is not too early to learn about the education paths available for your kids in Okinawa to set them up for a future full of opportunities.

Join the Schooling Options Team for a Lunch and Learn session - the first in a series of monthly sessions featuring guest speakers and parent groups sharing information and questions about children's education beyond CDC.

Register here!

Lecture

11th Coast Guard Headquarter, Naha Coast Guard Office, the prevention of marine accident (Japanese-English semiautonomous interpretation is available)

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
B250

We invite coast guard officer who actually work at sea. The lecture include demonstration of how to use life jacket, tips for accident prevention and intruducing activity of the coast guard.

Seminar

Academic Career Seminar

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 09:00 to 10:00
Online (Zoom)

This is the 2nd career talk session collabolated with Sokendai. This session is open to other universityes too. Discover the keys to success in academia as accomplished OIST alumnae share personal anecdotes, invaluable advice, and practical strategies for navigating the challenges and seizing the opportunities that lie ahead. Do not miss out this event which offers a golden opportunity to connect with our alumnae, forge meaningful connections, and gain inspiration from those who have walked the path before you.

We will have two of OIST almuni, Dr. Kamila Mustafina and Dr. Swathy Babu.

Seminar

Transforming Healthcare Through Technology: The Nutrix Story with Maria Hahn

Monday, July 8, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room C700

Nutrix is an international digital health startup creating a SaaS platform to support patients with chronic diseases, aiming to enhance their well-being, quality of life, and longevity. Join us as Maria shares her path from startup to success!

Language: English

Everyone is welcome to join (no registration required)

Seminar

QG group meeting: Mirian Tsulaia

Monday, July 8, 2024 - 14:00
Lab 4, E01

QG group meeting. Speaker: Mirian Tsulaia. Title: "Non-Supersymmetric Heterotic Strings".

Seminar

[Seminar]New Insights on the Hippocampus Codes using Complex Spatial Navigation_Prof.Jean-Marc Fellous, the University of Arizona

Monday, July 8, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
L4-E01, Lab4, 11:00-12:00

CNS unit will host a seminar "New Insights on the Hippocampus Codes using Complex Spatial Navigation", by Prof. Jean-Marc Fellous, the University of Arizona.

Symposium

TSVP Symposium: Neuromodulation of Adaptive Learning

Monday, July 8, 2024 (All day) to Wednesday, July 10, 2024 (All day)
L5D23

Title : Neuromodulation of Adaptive Learning: Bridging Biological and Artificial Neural Networks

TSVP Symposium linked to Thematic Program on "Neuromodulation of Adaptive Learning: Theoretical Lessons Learnt From Invertebrate and Vertebrate Brains"

Seminar

Class2023 ONLY: Effective Team Dynamics (ETD) workshop

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 15:00 to 17:00
C700, Lab3

This in-person interactive workshop is for graduate students Class2023. This ICOGS* workshop is offered by the Georgia Tech Effective Team Dynamics Initiative and will be facilitated by Prof Mary Lynn Realff (MSE). * (ICOGS) Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Graduate Students Working as part of a team, or group, comes with both benefits and challenges. The benefits include interacting with people who bring different viewpoints, expertise and experiences to the table. However, the challenges include communicating effectively with people who have different backgrounds and dealing constructively with conflict due to different viewpoints. The workshop will explore how diversity in a team can strengthen it, different approaches to dealing with conflict, how to have a “difficult conversation” with both peers and your supervisor, and strategies for avoiding communications problems. Take home tools to improve your team skills will be provided.

Colloquium

1+1D Gauge Theory: Lattice vs. Continuum (Igor Klebanov)

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 14:00
Lab 5, D23

Physics colloquium. Speaker: Igor Klebanov (Princeton University). Title: "1+1 Dimensional Gauge Theory: Lattice vs. Continuum".

Campus Service

OIST Innovation open-hours

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 14:00
Innovation Lounge (Lab3 level A)

OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .

Seminar

A Talk by Sachiko Tsuda : Spatiotemporal dynamics of cerebellar Purkinje cell population and its development

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 10:00 to 11:00
C209

Speaker : Sachiko Tsuda (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University)

Seminar

A Talk by Christian Hansel : Dendritic complexity and plasticity in cerebellar Purkinje cells

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 09:00 to 10:00
C209

Speaker : Christian Hansel (The University of Chicago, The Department of Neurobiology)

Seminar

Seminar "Data, dynamics, and manifolds: machine learning approaches for modeling and controlling complex flows" by Prof. Michael D. Graham

Thursday, July 4, 2024 - 16:00 to 17:00
Center Bldg. B503, on Zoom

[Speaker] Michael D. Graham, Steenbock Professor of Engineering and Harvey D. Spangler Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Seminar

Open to OIST community: Effective Team Dynamics (ETD) workshop

Thursday, July 4, 2024 - 14:00 to 16:00
B700, Lab3

This in-person interactive workshop is for graduate students, post-docs, and other researchers. This ICOGS* workshop is offered by the Georgia Tech Effective Team Dynamics Initiative and will be facilitated by Prof Mary Lynn Realff (MSE). * (ICOGS) Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Graduate Students Working as part of a team, or group, comes with both benefits and challenges. The benefits include interacting with people who bring different viewpoints, expertise and experiences to the table. However, the challenges include communicating effectively with people who have different backgrounds and dealing constructively with conflict due to different viewpoints. The workshop will explore how diversity in a team can strengthen it, different approaches to dealing with conflict, how to have a “difficult conversation” with both peers and your supervisor, and strategies for avoiding communications problems. Take home tools to improve your team skills will be provided.

This session will be focusing on Contribution and Values, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Crucial Conversation, adn Unconditional Positive Regards.

Seminar

Seminar "Fluid Mechanics of the Dead Sea" by Prof. Eckart Meiburg

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 - 16:00 to 17:00
Lab3 C700, on Zoom

[Speaker] Eckart Meiburg, Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Fluids, University of California at Santa Barbara

Seminar

QG group meeting: Sebastian Murk

Monday, July 1, 2024 - 15:00
Lab 5, D23

Speaker: Sebastian Murk

Title: Light rings and causality for nonsingular ultracompact objects sourced by nonlinear electrodynamics

External Events

WCCI 2024 Open Forum on AI Governance

Sunday, June 30, 2024 (All day)
Pacifico Yokohama, Japan
WCCI 2024 Open Forum on AI Governance How to harness evolving AI: Dialogue of developers, users, and policy makers
Lecture

From the tetrahedron to the superstring

Friday, June 28, 2024 - 14:00
Lab 4, D01 "restaurant"

Geometry lecture for non-geometers. Speaker: Yasha Neiman. Title: "From the tetrahedron to the superstring".

External Events

“Current status and future of ocean energy development” - The 75th Annual Symposium of the Seawater Society of Japan

Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 13:30 to 16:40
OIST Auditorium

This symposium is open to the OIST Community (show your OIST badge at the venue) | This is an externally organized event | Please contact the organizers directly for further details | Symposium Website (Japanese languange only)

Seminar

Seminar ”Population dynamics of swordtip squid (Uroteuthis edulis) based on statolith trace elements and ocean conditions "

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
C015

Dr. Tadanori Yamaguchi, Kyushu University

Seminar

Seminar by Matthieu Koroma: Cardiac responses of sensory processing in wake and sleep

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 10:00
Lab3 C700

Speaker: Matthieu Koroma PhD in Neuroscience

Title: Cardiac responses of sensory processing in wake and sleep

External Events

75th Annual Meeting of the Seawater Society of Japan

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 (All day) to Thursday, June 27, 2024 (All day)
OIST Conference Center (Auditorium+Meeting Rooms)

Scientific sessions open to the OIST Community (show your OIST badge at the venue) | This is an externally organized event | Please contact the organizers directly for further details | Annual Meeting June 26-27 (Japanese languange only) | Annual Symposium June 27; 13:30-16:40 (Japanese languange only)

Seminar

The Art of Innovation: Harnessing the Power of Networking and Mentorship

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Center Building C209

Join Dominik Steiner, Founding Partner at 650 Fund, for a seminar designed for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurially-minded researchers interested implementing their innovative ideas through the power of networks and mentorship | 25 June 2024 | 11:00-12:00 | C209

Professional Development

Getting Results in Job Interviews with STAR

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 10:00 to 12:00
L4F01

This workshop aims to introduce participants to the STAR method for concise, convincing responses during interviews, with a special focus on behavioral interviews.

Seminar

QG group meeting: Jin Kozaki

Monday, June 24, 2024 - 14:00
Lab 1, D015

QG group meeting. Speaker: Jin Kozaki. Title: "Holographic QCD Phase Transitions Via Entanglement Entropy".

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Social Dynamics of Human-AI Hybrids" by Hirokazu Shirado

Monday, June 24, 2024 - 13:30
L5D23 and zoom

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).

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Integrating Interactive Devices With the User's Body" by Pedro Lopes

Monday, June 24, 2024 - 11:00
L5D23 and zoom

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).

Workshop

TSVP: Transboundary Workshop on Human Augmentation and Open Lab

Monday, June 24, 2024 - 09:00 to 20:00
L5D23 (seminar room)

https://groups.oist.jp/tsvp/event/tsvp-talk-44 Title : Transboundary Workshop on Human Augmentation

1-day workshop co-organized by OIST's Visiting Program (TSVP), Cybernetic Humanity Studio, and the Human Augmentation Study Group

Workshop

Okinawa Workshop for Computational Mass Spectrometry

Monday, June 24, 2024 (All day)
Sydney Brenner Lecture Hall, B250

Focused on non-target LC-MS metabolomics data processing, this workshop is suited for beginners and expert users and software developers. We aim for a high percentage of hands-on lectures.

Campus

Resource Center Food Drive

Monday, June 24, 2024 (All day) to Friday, July 5, 2024 (All day)
Resource Center

Resource Center Food Drive to run Jun 24 - Jul 5

Campus Service

OIST Innovation open-hours

Friday, June 21, 2024 - 14:00
Innovation Lounge (Lab3 level A)

OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .

External Events

Show Your Stripes Day 2024

Friday, June 21, 2024 (All day)
Planet Earth

https://showyourstripes.info/

Show Up for Stripes Day on June 21, 2024!

This upcoming June 21, 2024 is the seventh annual "Show Your Stripes Day"– an event dedicated to growing global awareness about human-caused climate change, its cascading impacts to our health and our homes, and what we as a society can do to ensure a sustainable future for the people and places we love. https://www.reading.ac.uk/planet/events/show-your-stripes-day

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "How To Tame Your Membrane?" by Louise Hespel

Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 15:00
L5D23 and zoom

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).

Professional Development

第3回 大学職員向け勉強会 / #3 Study Sessions for OIST Staff (JPN)

Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 13:30 to 14:30
Lab3 C700
*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. C-Hub 第3回大学職員向け勉強会 「研究支援とは」 (日本語) Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub
Seminar

【SeminarDAY3】Khovanov Homology and Its Application to Low-Dimensional Topology

Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 13:00 to 15:00
L4E01

Speaker: Dr. Taketo Sano (RIKEN)

Workshop

Joint Workshop IBISML,NC,BIO,MPS

Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 09:00 to Saturday, June 22, 2024 - 16:05
Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater (Seminar Room B250) & Seminar Room C210

IBISML, NC, BIO, MPS Joint Workshop, Onsite and Online

Information-Based Induction Sciences and Machine Learning (IBISML) Technical Committee on Neurocomputing (NC) Special Interest Group on Bioinformatics (SIGBIO) Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving (MPS)
Seminar

[Seminar] Geometric PDE and Applied Analysis Seminar

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 15:00 to 17:00
L4E48

Talk 1: 15:00-16:00

Speaker: Prof. Tatsuki Kawakami (Ryukoku University)

Title: Asymptotic expansions of solutions to fractional diffusion equations

Talk 2: 16:00-17:00

Speaker: Prof. Keisuke Takasao (Kyoto University)

Title: Phase field method for mean curvature flow with obstacles

Seminar

【SeminarDAY2】Khovanov Homology and Its Application to Low-Dimensional Topology

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 13:00 to 15:00
L4E48

Speaker: Dr. Taketo Sano (RIKEN)

Workshop

Pride Month 2024: Exploring the Rainbow, an introduction to the LGBTQIA+ spectrum

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 12:10 to 12:55
C210

A brief introduction to the wide LGBTQIA+ spectrum and the colourful flags that represent different groups.

The format will comprise a short talk and discussion.

Open to all.

Seminar

QGU Guest Seminar: Exploring Complex Saddles and Geometries through Holography

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 14:00
Lab 1, D015

QGU Guest Seminar. Speaker: Heng-Yu Chen (National Taiwan University) Title: "Exploring Complex Saddles and Geometries through Holography"

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