Past Events

Seminar

TSVP Seminar: "The BPS Riemann-Hilbert problem" by Omar Kidwai

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 14:00
L5EF06

Discussion seminar, 2pm in L5EF06

OIST Workshops

Okinawa School in Physics 2023: Coherent Quantum Dynamics (CQD)

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 (All day) to Thursday, October 5, 2023 (All day)
OIST Seaside House

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Thomas Busch (Quantum Systems Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).

Seminar

Seminar: Venture Finance for Future Entrepreneurs

Monday, September 25, 2023 - 10:30 to 12:00
Center Building C209

Join us for an enlightening seminar led by the Frontier Research and Venture Support teams at Nomura Securities, one of Japan’s largest and most prominent financial services companies.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Single-cell RNAseq approaches of shell-bearing foraminifers provide new insights into understanding marine ecology and evolution" by Prof. Yurika Ujiie

Monday, September 25, 2023 - 10:30 to 11:30
L4F01, Lab4

Dr. Yurika Ujiie, Marine Core Research Institute, Kochi University.

Lecture

The Provost Lecture Series 8

Friday, September 22, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:45
Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater B250
Speaker: Professor Christine Luscombe, pi-Conjugated Polymers Unit Title: Making sense of the mess Chair: Professor Gail Tripp, Human Developmental Neurobiology Unit
Seminar

[Seminar] "Successor Features Representations: Human-inspired Transfer Reinforcement Learning and its Application to Social Robotics" by Dr. Chris Reinke

Friday, September 22, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00

Speaker: Dr. Chris Reinke Inria Grenoble

Title: Successor Features Representations: Human-inspired Transfer Reinforcement Learning and its Application to Social Robotics

Seminar

[Seminar] MLDS Seminar-7 by Dr. Deborah Sulem (Barcelona School of Economics-UPF), Solaleh Mohammadi (Sharif University of Techonology), Seminar Room L5D23

Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Seminar Room L5D23, Lab5

Speaker 1: Dr. Deborah Sulem, Postdoctoral Scholar, Barcelona School of Economics- Universitat Pompeu Febra

Title: Scalable and adaptive variational Bayes methods for Hawkes processes

Speaker 2: Ms. Solaleh Mohammadi, PhD Student, Sharif University of Techonology

Title: Semantic backdoor attacks

Seminar

[Seminar] "Horizontal mean curvature flow: a Riemannian approximation" by Prof. Federica Dragoni

Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
L4F01

Speaker: Prof. Federica Dragoni (Cardiff University)

Title: Horizontal mean curvature flow: a Riemannian approximation

Seminar

[Seminar] MLDS Seminar 2023-6 by Parsa Hosseini (Sharif University of Technology), Laura Sudupe Medinilla (KAUST), Seminar Room L5D23

Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Seminar Room L5D23, Lab5

Speaker 1: Mr. Parsa Hosseini, B.S. student, Sharif University of Technology

Title: Mitigating Spurious Correlation in Images by Intervention

Speaker 2: Ms. Laura Sudupe Medinilla, Ph.D. Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Title: Spatial profiling in translational research

Seminar

[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Michael Economo: Linking transcriptomics, connectomics, and circuit function in the mouse motor system

Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 10:00
ZOOM

[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Michael Economo: Linking transcriptomics, connectomics, and circuit function in the mouse motor system

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Waves and Resonance: From Musical Instruments to Invisibility Cloaks" by Jon Chapman

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 - 15:00
B250 (Center), 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

Academic Career Seminar with SOKENDAI

Friday, September 8, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:30
Online (Zoom)

Our presenter Dr. Hie Lim Kim and Dr. Gouki Okazawa will discuss how to build a career in global Academia. Since Dr. Kim completed her Ph.D. at SOKENDAI, she has developed her career in U.S. and then Singapore. Dr. Okazawa also completer his Ph.D. at SOKENDAI in 2013, he worked as postdoc at New York University and then is currently a PI in China. They will show how to develop a personal career blueprint and devise contingency plans. Their talks include selection process they experienced in each country. You will learn how early-career scientists can best prepare for success in a career. OIST(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University) students will join in lecture and then breakout session for interaction with SOKENDAI students.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Enzyme Discovery & Engineering to Create Suitable Biocatalysts" by Prof. Uwe Bornscheuer

Friday, September 8, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:00
C209, Center Bldg.

Prof. Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Seminar

【Seminar】On the minimal order of knots and the twisted Alexander polynomial

Friday, September 8, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
L4E43

Speaker: Prof. Masaaki Suzuki, Meiji Univetrsity

https://gyoseki1.mind.meiji.ac.jp/mjuhp/KgApp?kyoinId=ymdeygyeggy (Data base from Meiji Univ.)

Workshop

Intro to Entrepreneurship Training Program

Friday, September 8, 2023 - 09:00 to 16:00
L4F01

This 1-day introductory session in innovation and entrepreneurship will introduce participants to the concepts and principles of Lean Startup, Business Model components, Customer Development, and Evidence-based Entrepreneurship. The class will be suited for a wide range of students and researchers with an interest in learning more about technology commercialization and entrepreneurial opportunities at OIST and beyond.

Apply @ https://groups.oist.jp/innovation/intro-entrepreneurial-training-program

Seminar

[Seminar] "Several topics on the linear transport equation" by Prof. Kohei Soga

Thursday, September 7, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
C209

Speaker: Prof. Kohei Soga (Keio University)

Title: Several topics on the linear transport equation

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Quantum Signatures of Chaos" by Akira Shudo

Thursday, September 7, 2023 - 15:00
L4E48, 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] "Behavior of solutions to systems related to Keller-Segel system" by Prof. Takasi Senba

Thursday, September 7, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:00
C209

Speaker: Prof. Takasi Senba (Fukuoka University)

Title: Behavior of solutions to systems related to Keller-Segel system

Seminar

[Hybrid Seminar] "LLM (Large Language Model) + Android" by Prof. Takashi Ikegami, The University of Tokyo

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:30
L4E01, Lab 4

[Hybrid Seminar] "LLM (Large Language Model) + Android" by Prof. Takashi Ikegami, The University of Tokyo

Seminar

[Seminar] Dr. Jeanne Colbois "Constrained limits of classical frustrated Ising models from tensor networks"

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:30
Zoom

https://oist.zoom.us/j/98418462519?pwd=SFRaeCt5ZVRlcXhwNHBHUEQwbFhIdz09 Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

Seminar

Kleptoprotein: sequestering functional protein from prey for bioluminescence

Monday, September 4, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4F01 (Lab 4)

Speaker

Designated Assistant Professor Manabu Bessho-Uehara /Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University

Title

Kleptoprotein: sequestering functional protein from prey for bioluminescence

Seminar

[Seminar] Plant-insect interactions and the crucial roles of water and light by Prof. Po-An Lin (National Taiwan University)

Monday, September 4, 2023 - 13:00
Lab 3, C700

Dr. Po-An Lin, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University. All are welcome!

Conference

TSVP Symposium: Frontiers in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Stokes Phenomena

Monday, September 4, 2023 (All day) to Friday, September 15, 2023 (All day)
OIST Seminar Room L4E48|B250

TSVP Symposium: Frontiers in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Stokes Phenomena

Seminar

**CANCELED** [Hybrid Seminar] "AI alignment towards collective intelligence" by Prof. Ken Mogi, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Tokyo Collective Intelligence Laboratory, The University of Tokyo

Friday, September 1, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
C700, Lab 3

**CANCELED**

[Hybrid Seminar] AI alignment towards collective intelligence by Prof. Ken Mogi, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Tokyo Collective Intelligence Laboratory, The University of Tokyo

Seminar

**CANCELED** [Hybrid Seminar] "An Exploration of the Principle of Emerging Interactions in Spatiotemporal Diversity: Mathematical Models for Functional Differentiation" by Prof. Ichiro Tsuda, Chubu University

Friday, September 1, 2023 - 10:00 to 11:00
C700, Lab 3

**CANCELED**

[Hybrid Seminar] "An Exploration of the Principle of Emerging Interactions in Spatiotemporal Diversity: Mathematical Models for Functional Differentiation" by Prof. Ichiro Tsuda, Chubu University Academy of Emerging Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan

Seminar

[Hybrid Seminar] "Development of self/other distinction and perspective taking via Predictive Deep Learning" by Prof. Hiroyuki Iizuka, Hokkaido University

Friday, September 1, 2023 - 10:00 to 11:00
C700, Lab 3

[Hybrid Seminar] "Development of self/other distinction and perspective taking via Predictive Deep Learning" by Prof. Hiroyuki Iizuka, Hokkaido University

Seminar

Molecular mechanisms of odorant receptor-instructed neural map formation

Thursday, August 31, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00
L4F01

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

Seminar

TSVP Seminar: "Deautonomization and quantization of cluster integrable systems and 5d supersymmetric gauge theories" by Pavlo Gavrylenko

Thursday, August 31, 2023 - 14:00
L5EF06

TSVP Seminar: "Deautonomization and quantization of cluster integrable systems and 5d supersymmetric gauge theories" by Pavlo Gavrylenko

Seminar

One tiny particle can roll up a big world

Thursday, August 31, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
Lab 4, Level E, L4E45

Dr. Shih-Yuan Chen, Northwestern University.

Language: English.

Seminar

【Seminar】On the Minimization of the Canham-Helfrich energy by Prof. Luca Lussardi

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
C700, Lab3

Dr. Luca Lussardi, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences of Politecnico di Torino

Seminar

QG group meeting: Supersymmetry, Localization and BV-polyvectors (part2)

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - 14:00
Lab 4, E01

Quantum Gravity group meeting Speaker: Slava Lysov Title: Supersymmetry, Localization and BV-polyvectors (part 2)

Seminar

[Seminar] Prof. Akio Tomiya "Equivariant Transformer is All You Need"

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - 10:00 to 11:00
B503 Lab1, and Zoom

https://oist.zoom.us/j/92184528527?pwd=RlVxL2RQZktCWXhHUzBXdXB4UG1Gdz09#success Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

Seminar

MLDS Unit seminar, Akari Asai (University of Washington), Sean Welleck (University of Washington), Seminar Room C210

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - 10:00
Center Bldg C210

MLDS Unit seminar, Akari Asai (University of Washington), Sean Welleck (University of Washington), Seminar Room C210 (Hybrid)

Seminar

Seminar"Complex viscoplastic flows in superhydrophobic channels"Hossein Rahmani

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - 10:00
C209

Language: English

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 16:30 to 17:30
L5EF06 and online on Zoom
Nicolas Williams, Lancaster University Title: Higher-dimensional cluster combinatorics and representation theory
Seminar

TSVP Seminar: "Future directions in topological recursion" by Kento Osuga

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 14:00
L4E01

TSVP Seminar: "Future directions in topological recursion" by Kento Osuga

Seminar

[Mini-course]: Metric geometry on the configuration space | Professor Kohei Suzuki, Durham University

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 10:00 to Friday, September 1, 2023 - 11:00
Onsite (see classroom below) + Zoom
Title: Metric geometry on the configuration space Speaker: Professor Kohei Suzuki, Durham University

Abstract: The configuration space Y(X) over a base space X is the space of all Radon point measures on X. The space Y(X) has been studied in many fields such as algebraic geometry (e.g., the hyperplane arrangement with X=Grassmannian), algebraic topology (e.g., the braid group with X=Euclidean plane), representation theory (e.g., the L^2-representation of diffeomorphism groups on manifolds X), statistical physics (e.g., interacting particle diffusions with X=Euclidean space). In this series of lectures, I will focus on the metric geometry of Y(X) induced by the 2-Wasserstein distance. As Y(X) does not support the volume doubling property, the established theory of PI spaces does not apply. The goal of the series is to elaborate on

Metric geometry on Y(X); Curvature analysis on Y(X); Applications to infinite particle diffusion processes (including e.g. infinite particle Dyson Brownian motion); Open questions.

Lecture 1 | L4E01 August 29, 2023 10:00 - 11:00

Lecture 2 | L4E01 August 30, 2023 10 :0 0 - 11 :00

Lecture 3 | L4F01 August 31, 2023 10 :0 0 - 11 :00

Lecture 4 | B700 September 1, 2023 10 :0 0 - 11 :00

Register here

*After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

This lecture be accessible to senior math undergraduate and anyone above the level.
Seminar

[Seminar] Prof. Masafumi Udagawa "Local detection of Majorana zero mode in Kitaev’s chiral spin liquid"

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 10:00 to 11:00
C210 Center, and Zoom

https://oist.zoom.us/j/96323578691?pwd=ZkpFUXkxbVZTb3RCQ3pDM2x2MzBWUT09

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

Seminar

【Seminar】Semi-discrete modeling of systems of disclinations and dislocations by Prof. Marco Morandotti

Monday, August 28, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
C700, Lab3

Dr. Marco Morandotti, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences of Politecnico di Torino

Seminar

Seminar: Mindful Communication (No Registration Required)

Monday, August 28, 2023 - 10:00 to 11:30
C209

Mindful Communication:

This public speaking seminar covers the crucial elements of any oral engagement. Topics include: finding common ground, sharing personal connection, focusing the central theme, painting vivid examples, and posing baby steps forward. For the OIST community, there will be examples from science, administration, and policy. Finally, the seminar poses ways to keep repetitive information fresh and interesting for everyone involved.

Seminar

TSVP Seminar: "WKB for \(\mathcal{q}\)-difference equations" by Fabrizio Del Monte

Thursday, August 24, 2023 - 14:00
L5D23

TSVP Seminar: "WKB for \(\mathcal{q}\)-difference equations" by Fabrizio Del Monte Informal discussion session

Seminar

[Seminar] “Why do chromosomes look like chromosomes – and not like a ball of yarn?”

Thursday, August 24, 2023 - 13:00 to 13:50
L4E01 (Lab 4)

[Seminar] “Why do chromosomes look like chromosomes – and not like a ball of yarn?”

Seminar

Carroll black holes

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 14:00
Lab 4, F01

Visitor seminar hosted by Quantum Gravity Unit Speaker: Dr. Daniel Grumiller, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology Title: Carroll black holes

Research

Cancelled [Seminar] Natural analogues provide valuable insights on the potential mechanisms for fish adaptation and acclimation in the face of changing ocean conditions

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 10:00
Lab4 L4F01 Seminar Room

Speaker: Dr. Davide Spatafora, Shimoda Marine Research Centre (SMRC), Tsukuba University, Shimoda City, Shizuoka, Japan

Hosted by: Professor Timothy Ravasi, OIST Marine Climate Change Unit

Abstract: Natural analogues are characterized by temporal and spatial environmental fluctuations and are home to pre-adapted ‘biodiversity’ (e.g., organisms chronically exposed to high CO 2 conditions). Therefore, these spots provide a unique opportunity to investigate the ability of the fish to acclimate or adapt to future ocean conditions thus informing us about how they may adjust in a future world. (...)

Seminar

TSVP Seminar: "Quantum phase transition and Resurgence: Lessons from 3d \(\mathcal{N}=4\) SQED" by Masazumi Honda

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 14:00
L4E48

TSVP Seminar: "Quantum phase transition and Resurgence: Lessons from 3d \(\mathcal{N}=4\) SQED" by Masazumi Honda, YITP for researchers working in the same or similar areas

Symposium

OIST-RIKEN Brain Symposium

Monday, August 21, 2023 - 09:00 to Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 18:35
B250 (Sydney Brenner Hall)

The first joint symposium between RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and OIST is organized by Ph.D. students and professors in both institutes. The symposium aims to provide a platform for young scientists from both institutes to develop stronger ties and find solutions to shared research interests using different approaches/model organisms. The deadline for registration is 15th June 2023.

Seminar

Seminars by Prof. Mahir Bilen Can (Tulane University) and Prof. Andrew Lobb (Durham University), L4F01

Friday, August 18, 2023 - 14:30 to 17:00
Seminar Room L4F01, Lab4

Speaker 1: Mahir Bilen Can (Tulane University)

Title: Graded locally semialgebraic spaces and graded Nash manifolds.

Speaker 2: Andrew Lobb (Durham University)

Title: Four-sided pegs fitting round holes fit all smooth holes.

Seminar

[Seminar]New Developments in Low-Valent and Early Transition Metal Ions, Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds, and Catalytic Reactions Involving Methane by Prof. Daniel Mindiola, University of Pennsylvania

Friday, August 18, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00
C700, Lab3

Dr. Daniel Mindiola, Brush Family Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania.

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