Past Events

Seminar

[Seminar] Multiscale modeling and simulation of carbon fiber-reinforced composites by Prof. Tomonaga Okabe (Tohoku University)

Monday, July 7, 2025 - 15:30 to 16:30
Seminar Room L4E48

Prof. Tomonaga Okabe , Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University

Seminar

[Seminar] Leveraging Supramolecular Chemistry in Organic Electronics - Prof. Bob C. Schroeder (UCL)

Monday, July 7, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
Seminar Room L4E48
Prof. Bob C. Schroeder , Associate Professor, University College London, UK
Lecture

Mini-courses on Representation Theory (by Dr. Baptiste Rognerud & Dr. Shijie Zhu)

Monday, July 7, 2025 - 09:30 to Friday, July 11, 2025 - 12:00
L5D23: OIST campus, Lab 5, Room L5D23

These two introductory mini-courses are offered by experts in Representation Theory, as part of the thematic program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined (TP25TD).

Posets and representation theory​ (by Dr. Baptiste Rognerud) Monomorphism categories and applications (by Dr. Shijie Zhu)

Location: OIST campus, Lab 5, Room L5D23

Schedule: Click Here

​Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

Innovation

OIST Innovation Open Hour

Friday, July 4, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Lab 3 A731 — OIST Innovation lounge

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Starting on a Low Note: Playing with Kozak Sequences to Cure Dosage-Sensitive Gene Diseases" by Alessandro Quattrone

Friday, July 4, 2025 - 14:00 to 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).

Seminar

Seminar by Dr. David Jones

Friday, July 4, 2025 - 10:00
L4F01 (Level F, Lab 4)

Seminar by Dr. David Jones

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Indistinguishability and Statistics of Quantum Particles" by Masaki Oshikawa

Thursday, July 3, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
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).

Seminar

[Seminar] "Multigene phylogeny and expansion microscopy of Discocelia plataet sp. n., a new representative of a poorly characterized order Discocelida (Rhizaria: Cercozoa incertae sedis)" by Dr. Kristina Prokina

Thursday, July 3, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
L4F01, Lab4

Dr. Kristina Prokina, Postdoctoral researcher, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay

Seminar

[Seminar] Beyond Lotka-Volterra: Modeling Higher-Order Interactions and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics in Ecological Communities - by BingKan Xue

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 15:00
Room C700

Internal seminar organized by Biological Complexity Unit.

Lecture

Expository Talk by Prof. Hideto Asashiba (Interval replacements of persistence modules)

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:30
L5D23 -- Located on floor D of Lab 5

Expository Talk by Prof. Hideto Asashiba (Shizuoka University/Kyoto University KUIAS, Japan), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.

Time: 14:00-15:30, July 2, 2025

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

Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

Lecture

Marine Safety Lecture by Naha Coast Guard Office

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
Center bldg B250

Just before the summer marine leisure season, there will be a safety lecture on safety for marine leisure by the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters Naha Coast Guard Office.

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Designing Human-AI Interaction" by Misha Sra

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
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).

Symposium

[Mini-Symposium] "Afternoon on Quantum Gravity" at OIST

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 14:00
L4F01

Speaker : Sumati Surya (Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru) / Kristina Giesel (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) / Silke Weinfurtner (Nottingham University)

Date and time : 1 st July Tuesday at 14:00 Location : L4F01 Language: English

Seminar

[Seminar] "Harpoons and cartwheels: from heterotrophic protist organism discovery to evolutionary cell biology" by Dr. Yana Eglit

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
L4E01, Lab4

Dr. Yana Eglit, Postdoc, Guichard/Hamel Lab, the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland

Seminar

Seminar: Spatial Biology in multiple dimensions by Milteny Biotech

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 13:30
B503, Center Building

Spatial biology in multiple dimensions

Speaker: Dr. Stefan Eulitz (Miltenyi Biotec B. V. & Co. KG)

Seminar

[Seminar] Our mind: systemic control of the brain by Dr. Akira Sawa( Johns Hopkins University )

Monday, June 30, 2025 - 13:30 to 14:30
Lab5D23

A seminar by Dr. Akira Sawa at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will be hosted by Prof. Yoshida.

Lecture

Mini-courses on Topological Data Analysis (by Dr. Emerson Escolar & Dr. Luis Scoccola)

Monday, June 30, 2025 - 09:30 to Friday, July 4, 2025 - 12:00
C209: OIST, Center Building, Room C209

These two introductory mini-courses are offered by experts in Topological Data Analysis, as part of the thematic program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined (TP25TD).

Invariants for persistence ( by Dr. Emerson Escolar ) Introduction to persistence: geometric motivations, metric stability, and representation theory of posets ( by Dr. Luis Scoccola )

Location: OIST campus, Center Building, Room C209

Schedule: Click Here

​Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

Seminar

[Seminar] "Illusions and biases of human body schema" by Dr. Art Pilacinski

Friday, June 27, 2025 - 16:00
Seminar Room C209 - Ctr Bldg

Dr. Art Pilacinski, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Hosted by Cybernetic Humanity Studio (OIST - Sony CSL collaboration)

Innovation

OIST Innovation Open Hour

Friday, June 27, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Lab 3 A731 — OIST Innovation lounge

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Public

Let’s Talk About Queer Identities!

Friday, June 27, 2025 - 12:00 to 13:00
Center Building, Level C, Room C209

Join the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) team - Mario Reddy + Kristin Macapagal - for an informal bring-your-own- lunch discussion focused on understanding q u e e r i d entities. Whether you are thinking about your own identity or if you have general questions as an ally to the LGBTQ+ community, we hope to host a friendly environment where you can chat and discuss with others . We will also talk about the different identities represented on the Pride flag and why visibility matters.

Happy Pride Month!

Seminar

Seminar "Deciphering geomaterial degradation instability with the help of dynamic radiography"

Friday, June 27, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Meeting Room D014, Lab 1

Speaker: Dr.François Guillard, Particles and Grains Laboratory, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney

Lecture

Expository Talk by Prof. Thomas Brüstle (Computing generalized ranks and compression multiplicities of persistence modules)

Friday, June 27, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:30
L4E48 -- Located on floor E of Lab 4

Expository Talk by Prof. Thomas Brüstle (Bishop's University and Université de Sherbrooke, Canada), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.

Time: 10:00-11:30, June 27, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 4, Floor E, Room L4E48

Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

Slides from the presentation are available here .

Innovation

Proof of Concept (POC) Program — New call for applications (Round 14 Info Session)

Thursday, June 26, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
Lab 3 C700

The OIST Proof of Concept (POC) Program can set you up with funding, mentoring, industry collaborations, a supportive community and more. Learn about the new call for applications and get ready to turn your groundbreaking idea into a technology, product or service.

Seminar

Pride 2025: Queer Biology

Thursday, June 26, 2025 - 12:00 to 13:00
C700

Come to our lunchtime seminar to learn about biological sex and queer biology! Everyone is welcome!

Innovation

Introduction to microcontrollers and electronics using the Arduino platform

Thursday, June 26, 2025 - 10:00 to 13:00
Lab 3 B702a

In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the basics of embedded programming using a handheld game device based on the AVTokyo 2022 badge. While the focus is on programming, we’ll also explore hardware fundamentals such as reading sensor data and displaying text on a screen. The badge hardware will be provided by VPC-Asia. Participants should bring a laptop with the Arduino IDE installed and a micro USB cable. NOTE. The number of participants is limited. Please sign up at the Graduate School counter .

Culture

(Room changed to C209) Japan in the Age of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912) – Shaping a future in a turbulent world

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - 19:00 to 20:30
OIST Center Bldg C209

Japan in the Age of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912) – Shaping a future in a turbulent world

Innovation

Prototyping, hardware and product development for beginners

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - 14:30 to 16:00
Center Building, B503

This presentation will expose students to open-source and low-cost solutions to prototyping and hardware development as well as affordable paths in product development. In particular, we will cover advances and opportunities in microcontrollers and sensors, enabled by the Arduino ecosystem and Platform.io .

Seminar

[Seminar] "Adventures in academic drug discovery with a focus on Pseudomonas aeruginosa" by Prof. Kurt Krause

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
C210, Center Bldg.
Seminar by Prof. Kurt Krause, University of Otago, Department of Biochemistry Dunedin, New Zealand
Professional Development

第4回 大学職員向け勉強会 (日本語) / #4 Study Session for University Staff (JP)

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00
Zoom (要登録)
*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. C-Hub 第4回大学職員向け勉強会  「 大学組織 」 (日本語) Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub
Seminar

[Seminar] Dr. Anirudh Chandrasekaran "Higher order Van Hove singularities in quantum materials"

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
C210, Zoom

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

Seminar

Seminar "Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Distributed Control of Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows" by Giorgio Cavallazzi

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00
Center Bldg. B503

[Speaker] Giorgio Cavallazzi, Research Student, Department of Engineering, City St George's, University of London

Lecture

Expository Talk by Prof. Hugh Thomas (Birth and death curves for representations of a grid poset)

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:30
L4E48 -- Located on floor E of Lab 4

Expository Talk by Prof. Hugh Thomas (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: Birth and death curves for representations of a grid poset

Time: 10:00-11:30, June 24, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 4, Floor E, Room L4E48

Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1

Seminar

[Seminar] Prof. Sumiran Pujari "«Anticommuting» Z2 quantum spin liquids"

Monday, June 23, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00
C210 Center, and Zoom

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

Workshop

AIVIA Day

Monday, June 23, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 17:00
Lab1 B380

AIVIA DAY

OIST Workshops

OIST Computational Neuroscience Course (OCNC 2025)

Monday, June 23, 2025 (All day) to Thursday, July 10, 2025 (All day)
OIST Seaside House

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Erik De Schutter (Computational Neuroscience Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Tutorial sessions and meals are closed sessions (for registered participants only).

Innovation

OIST Innovation Open Hour

Friday, June 20, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Lab 3 A731 — OIST Innovation lounge

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Seminar

TSVP Talk: "Generalized Symmetries in Quantum Matter" by Zhu-Xi Luo

Thursday, June 19, 2025 - 15:30 to 16:30
L4E48 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] "The evolution of metabolic endosymbioses" by Prof. Eric Libby

Thursday, June 19, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
L4F01, Lab4

Dr. Eric Libby, Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Umea University.

Professional Development

第3回 大学職員向け勉強会 (日本語) / #3 Study Session for University Staff (JP)

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00
Zoom (要登録)
*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  「 研究リソースと研究支援 」 (日本語) Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub
Training

【June 18th】 Travel Consultation Session/ 【6/18】 旅費相談会

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - 15:00
Meeting Room A151, Center Bldg

Travel Expense Team will hold a travel consultation session.

旅費相談会を開催いたします。

June 18th, 2025 (Wed) @A151 Center Bldg. 15:00-16:00

Culture

Okinawa Memorial Day Lecture 2025

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 15:00 to 17:00
OIST Auditorium

June 23 is Okinawa Memorial Day. To mark the occasion, a special lecture on Okinawa's history and war will be held on June 17 (Tue) 15:00-17:00 in the OIST Auditorium.

Recreation

Child-rearing Support Community : lunchtime Chat!

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - 11:30 to 13:30
Child-rearing Support Community : lunchtime Chat!
Symposium

TSVP Symposium: Aspects of Generalized Symmetries

Monday, June 16, 2025 (All day) to Friday, June 20, 2025 (All day)
L5D23

Symposium : Aspects of Generalized Symmetries

From June 16-21, 2025 at OIST Lab 5 D23

This symposium is part of the TSVP Thematic Program "Generalized Symmetries in Quantum Matter" . The program will run from May 12 to July 5, 2025 .

Innovation

OIST Innovation Open Hour

Friday, June 13, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Lab 3 A731 — OIST Innovation lounge

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Culture

Okinawa Memorial Day Exhibition

Friday, June 13, 2025 (All day) to Wednesday, July 2, 2025 (All day)
OIST Center Building Level C

This special exhibition to commemorate Okinawa Memorial Day presents a selection of wartime photographs from the Onna Village Museum Collection.

Professional Development

第2回 大学職員向け勉強会 (日本語) / #2 Study Session for University Staff (JP)

Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00
Zoom (要登録)
*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. C-Hub 第2回大学職員向け勉強会 「研究活動の内幕と背景」 (日本語) Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub
Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Advancing LLM Post-training via Bilevel Optimization" by Tianyi Chen

Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
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).

Seminar

[Seminar] Unlocking the secrets of heart muscle structure by Prof Stefan Raunser

Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 14:30 to 15:30
Seminar Room L4E01

Professor Stefan Rauser, Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology (Germany), will present his group’s research focusing on determining the molecular architecture of heart muscle sarcomeres using cryoelectron tomography

Seminar

Decoy-state optical quantum information processing with coherent states

Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00
L5D23

Speaker: Dr. Wenyuan Wang, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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