OIST and AIST have launched a joint Career Development Project to help students and researchers explore research and career opportunities in Japan. The project includes seminars, lab tours, and internships, particularly for those interested in research roles at domestic institutions like AIST. The first event features quantum researchers from AIST’s G-QuAT presenting their work and participating in a career Q&A session. All interested participants are welcome.

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] "A Photoinduced Annulation Strategy Towards a Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Chromophore: Scope, Mechanism, Properties and Applications" by Dr. Marine Labro, JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Kyoto University

Speaker: Dr. Nariyoshi Shinomiya, former President of the National Defense Medical College Date & Time: August 21, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Venue: Center Building, Room B250 Language: English and Japanese (with interpretation)

Lecture on biosafety and biosecurity in cutting-edge life sciences, including topics such as synthetic biology and gain-of-function research, as well as dual-use concerns.

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).

Lecturer: Professor Wyeth Bair, U Washington (current TSVP visitor)

This mini‑course is a series of three lectures, scheduled on August 20, 21, and 22 from 13:30 to 15:30.

Use the link below to register for this mini-course.

https://forms.office.com/r/ZrwJrNN69y

Contact gs-cp@oist.jp if you have any questions.

As part of the ongoing partnership between OIST and The University of Tokyo, a joint symposium will be held in Tokyo on August 19. Event Details and registration: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/ja/events/z0701_00040.html

Language: English

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 Dr. Javier Robledo Moreno, a Research Scientist at IBM Quantum (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), who will deliver a talk entitled:

“On the Application of Quantum-Centric Supercomputing for Electronic Structure Problems”

Lecturer: Dr. Sinem Onaran, Professor, Hacettepe University

This mini‑course is a series of four lectures, scheduled on August 12, 13, 19, and 20 from 13:00 to 15:00.

Use the link below to register for this mini-course.

https://forms.office.com/r/ZrwJrNN69y

Contact gs-cp@oist.jp if you have any questions.

Prof. Kuang-An Chang, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University

Expository Talk by Prof. Dolors​ Herbera (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.

Abstract: A theorem of Kaplansky states that, over any ring, projective module decompose as a direct sum of countably generated (projective) modules.

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).

Expository Talk by Dr. Greg Stevenson (Aarhus University, Denmark), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: A gentle introduction to condensed mathematics

Abstract: I'll attempt to give a relatively nontechnical and informal introduction to condensed sets and abelian groups.

Time: 10:30-11:30, August 7, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

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: Prof. Markus Ullsperger Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg Institute of Psychology Department of Neuropsychology

Title: Multiplexed cortical representations of performance monitoring and reinforcement learning variables in humans

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).

Mikhail Khovanov , Johns Hopkins University Title: The Delannoy category and its diagrammatics

Mee Seong Im , Johns Hopkins University Title: Entropy, cocycles, algebraic K-theory and diagrammatics

Speaker : Prof. Andrew Lobb (Durham University) Title : Peg problems and peg progress Date and time : 4 ^th Auguest Monday at 14:30 Location : L4E48 Language: English

Expository Talk by Prof. Sergio Estrada (Universidad de Murcia, Spain), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: Density-Sensitive bifiltrations in TDA

Time: 10:30-11:30, August 4, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: Will be posted closer to the event!

Evident Spinning Disk Microscope User Training

A seminar by Tracy S. Tran, PhD, Professor in Neurobiology, Rutgers University, NJ , will be hosted by Prof. Yoshida.

Expository Talk by Prof. Ulrich Bauer (Technical University of Munich, Germany), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: Geometric complexes and topological persistence: a panoramic view

Time: 14:00-15:30, August 1, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: Will be posted closer to the event!

Anemonefishes as models for social evolution and behaviour

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).

Diving deep to understand coral reef dynamics across longitude, latitude , and depth

Expository Talk by Prof. Michael Lesnick (University of Albany-SUNY, USA), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: Density-Sensitive bifiltrations in TDA

Time: 14:00-15:30, July 30, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: Will be posted closer to the event!

This introductory mini-course & tutorial is offered by an expert in Topological Data Analysis & Machine Learning, as part of the thematic program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined (TP25TD).

Topological Data Analysis for Machine Learning (by Dr. David Loiseaux)

​ The lectures & tutorials for the minicourse will be between 10:00-12:00, on Wednesday (July 30), Thursday (July 31), and Friday (August 1).

Ken Ono , University of Virginia Title: Partitions Detect Primes

ZEISS on Your Campus-Technology Seminar

Presidential Lecture by Prof. Ken Ono entitled, "Why Does Ramanujan, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Matter?"

Prof. Genji Kurisu from Institute for Protein Research, the University of Osaka

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: Prof. Ruslan Temirov, Peter Grünberg Institute-3 (Quantum Nanoscience), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany

OIST-KEIO International Research Summer Camp 2025 will be held July 28th-August 6th. Please welcome 20 KEIO undergraduate medical school students to OIST! If you would like to get involved, check out events that OISTers are welcome to join!

Lunchtime TV Screening: Science View – Coral Research by Prof. Noriyuki Satoh NHK World's program Science View recently featured an interview with Professor Noriyuki Satoh, showcasing the fascinating journey of his coral research. Join us for a casual lunchtime screening and watch the program together!

Talk by Professor Joonsuk Huh, Yonsei University

July 23 2:00 - 3:50 (L4F15) Ugur G. Abdulla , Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Dr Kentaro Komori, Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo

July 23, 10:30 - 12:20 (L4E45) Zoran Grujic, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

10:30-11:20am / 11:30-12:20am ( L4E45) Zoran Grujic , University of Alabama at Birmingham

2-2:50pm / 3:00 - 3:50 pm (L4F01) Ugur G. Abdulla , Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Open Call for Visiting Scholars in FY2025

Open Call for Thematic Programs in FY2027

Title: Visible frequency plasmonic effects in graphene and diamond heterostructures

Speaker: Dr. Bohuslav Rezek, Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia

Language: English

Language: English

Speaker: Dr. hab. eng. Tomasz Marszalek, Group Leader at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research & Lodz University of Technology

Prof Michael R. Vanner, Imperial College London

"Plasticity-Stability Balance in Neural Circuits: From basic principles to malfunctions" by Prof. Inna Slutsky, Tel Aviv University

Title : Representation Theory and Topological Data Analysis: Latest Advances

This symposium is part of the TSVP Thematic Program "Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined" . The program will run from June 23 to August 9, 2025.