Past Events

Lecture

Mini Course: Artiphysiology

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - 13:30 to Friday, August 22, 2025 - 15:30
B715 Grad School

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.

Symposium

OISTxUTokyo Joint Symposium: Quantum Nexus

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - 13:00 to 16:00
in Tokyo/Online

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

Seminar

Seminar"Sweeping SMaRTer: Advances in Chirp Rheology for Time-Resolved Analysis"Jarno L. Waeterloos

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - 11:00
C209

Language: English

Innovation

OIST Innovation Open Hour

Friday, August 15, 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

[OCQT Seminar] On the application of quantum-centric supercomputing for electronic structure problems

Friday, August 15, 2025 - 10:30 to 12:00
Lab 5, Level D, Seminar Room 23 (L5D23)

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”

Innovation

OIST Accelerator Teams 2025: Project Introductions

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room C210 - Ctr Bldg

All the teams selected for the 2025 OIST Innovation Accelerator are coming together!

Meet the promising startups tackling pressing social challenges as they present their projects and visions for the future. Don't miss this opportunity to witness their bold journey firsthand—join us at the venue and be part of the excitement!

Lecture

Mini - Course: An introductory course on Knots, contact structures, and open book decompositions

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 - 13:00
Lab 4, Seminar room F01

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.

Seminar

Seminar "Wind-Generated Waves in the Laboratory: Turbulent Flow Fields and Interfacial Stresses" by Prof. Chang

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room C210, Center Building

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

Holiday

National Holiday 山の日

Monday, August 11, 2025 (All day)

National holiday

Innovation

OIST Innovation Open Hour

Friday, August 8, 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

Expository Talks by Dr. Dolors Herbera

Friday, August 8, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00
L5D23: OIST campus, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

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.

Professional Development

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 4 of 6 on August 21

Friday, August 8, 2025 - 00:00
TBD (Once registered you will receive updates.)

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 4: Other Common Application Materials---Will take place on August 21. Please register if you plan to attend at least one of the modules in the series, which is open to all OIST members.

Professional Development

Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 3 of 6 on August 7

Thursday, August 7, 2025 - 16:30 to 18:00
Seminar Room Lab 3 C700

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 3: Writing Research Statements---Will take place on August 7. Please register if you plan to attend at least one of the modules in the series, which is open to all OIST members.

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Viral Origami: Structural Insights into Infectious Architectures" by Mihnea Bostina

Thursday, August 7, 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).

Lecture

Expository Talks by Dr. Greg Stevenson

Thursday, August 7, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
L5D23: OIST campus, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

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

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Shape and Motion in Data" by Yasuaki Hiraoka

Wednesday, August 6, 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]"Multiplexed cortical representations of performance monitoring and reinforcement learning variables in humans" by Prof. Markus Ullsperger

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 - 10:00
Meeting room C015, Lab1

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

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Knots in Contact 3-Manifolds" by Sinem Onaran

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
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

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00
L4E48 and on Zoom
Mikhail Khovanov , Johns Hopkins University Title: The Delannoy category and its diagrammatics
Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

Monday, August 4, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00
L4E48 and on Zoom
Mee Seong Im , Johns Hopkins University Title: Entropy, cocycles, algebraic K-theory and diagrammatics
Seminar

[Seminar] Peg problems and peg progress | Prof. Andrew Lobb (Durham University)

Monday, August 4, 2025 - 14:30
L4E48

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

Lecture

Expository Talk by Prof. Sergio Estrada (An overview of flat covers and their application to Multiparameter Persistence Theory)

Monday, August 4, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
L5D23 -- Located on floor D of Lab 5

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!

Workshop

Evident Spinning Disk Microscope User Training

Monday, August 4, 2025 - 10:00
Lab1 B380

Evident Spinning Disk Microscope User Training

Recreation

Okinawan Grass Weaving Workshop with KEIO students!FY2025

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 17:30 to 19:00

Okinawan Grass Weaving Workshop with KEIO students!FY2025

Seminar

[Seminar] Neuronal Wiring Mechanisms: Balancing Acts of Small GTPases Control Neuronal Morphogenesis and Function by Dr.Tracy S. Tran ( Rutgers University )

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
Center Building B503

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

Innovation

OIST Innovation Open Hour

Friday, August 1, 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

Expository Talk by Prof. Ulrich Bauer (Geometric complexes and topological persistence: a panoramic view)

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:30
L5D23 and zoom (L5D23: OIST campus, Lab 5, Room L5D23)

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!

Prospective Students

OIST NetCafé Online Information Session in August 2025 (EN)

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:30
Online (Zoom)

OIST Café is a casual science information session to introduce the OIST PhD program, Research Internship, and other workshops.

August 1, 2025, 10:00 - 11:30 (JST UTC+9), Online (Zoom), Language: English, Target: Prospective students

Seminar

Seminar Theresa Rueger & Kirstin Gaffney

Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 16:00
L4F01

Anemonefishes as models for social evolution and behaviour

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Swimming in Data" by Ken Ono

Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
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 Chancey MacDonald

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - 16:00
L4F01

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

Lecture

Expository Talk by Prof. Michael Lesnick (Density-Sensitive bifiltrations in TDA)

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:30
L5D23 and zoom (L5D23: OIST campus, Lab 5, Room L5D23)

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!

Lecture

Mini-course & Tutorial on Topological Data Analysis for Machine Learning (by Dr. David Loiseaux)

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - 10:00 to Friday, August 1, 2025 - 12:00
L4E28, L5D23 and Zoom

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).

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4F01 and online on Zoom
Ken Ono , University of Virginia Title: Partitions Detect Primes
Seminar

ZEISS on Your Campus-Technology Seminar

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
B503, Center Building

ZEISS on Your Campus-Technology Seminar

Innovation

VC Mentoring Hours: GX Partners [Japanese Only]

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 13:30 to 16:00
Online (Zoom)

In collaboration with leading venture capital firms, OIST Innovation offers startups and entrepreneurial researchers the opportunity to connect directly with venture capitalists for one-on-one mentoring and discussion. The featured VC for this round is GX Partners . Please note: This session will be conducted in Japanese only.

Presidential Lecture

Presidential Lecture by Ken Ono

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:30
Seminar Room B250

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

Seminar

Structural Studies of Electron Transfer Complexes in Oxygenic Photosynthesis by Prof. Genji Kurisu

Monday, July 28, 2025 - 16:30 to 17:30
Seminar Room L5D23

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

Recreation

Let’s learn Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language) and its history! with KEIO students! 2025

Monday, July 28, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00
C210
Let’s learn Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language) and its history! with KEIO students! 2025
Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Freeness and Simplicity Revisited: Silting and Bricks" by Osamu Iyama

Monday, July 28, 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

"Low-temperature scanning probe microscopy: The era of functionalized tips" by Prof. RuslanTemirov

Monday, July 28, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
C016, Lab1

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

Workshop

OIST-KEIO International Research Summer Camp 2025

Monday, July 28, 2025 (All day) to Wednesday, August 6, 2025 (All day)
OIST Campus

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!

Research

[Seminar] "Ultracold polarons and impurities: from lattice polarons to effective field theories" Dr. Felipe Isaule, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Friday, July 25, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room C209

Dr. Felipe Isaule, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, will give a seminar on " Ultracold polarons and impurities: from lattice polarons to effective field theories ". Please join us!

Innovation

OIST Innovation Open Hour

Friday, July 25, 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!

Innovation

Pitch Mastery 2-Day Workshop for US Market Entry & International Expansion by LAUNCHSTARZ

Thursday, July 24, 2025 - 14:30 to Friday, July 25, 2025 - 15:00
Day 1: Chura Hall / Day 2: C700

A hands-on, 2-day workshop to help startups explore overseas markets—focusing on U.S. entry but valuable for anyone looking to go global. Includes pitch refinement, market insights, and personalized feedback.

Research

Lunchtime TV Screening "Protecting Corals with Genetic Technology"

Thursday, July 24, 2025 - 12:15 to 12:45
Seminar Room C700

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!

Seminar

【Seminar】"Bosonic Boosts: Dual-Rail Encoding and Nonlinear Vibronic Simulation on Oscillator–Qubit Platforms"

Thursday, July 24, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30
Lab 5, D23 Seminar Room

Talk by Professor Joonsuk Huh, Yonsei University

Lecture

Kolmogorov Problem and Wiener-type Criterion for the Removability of the Fundamental Singularity for the Parabolic PDEs

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:50
L4F15

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

Seminar

[Seminar] Synergy between gravitational wave detectors and macroscopic optomechanics

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room C209 - Ctr Bldg

Dr Kentaro Komori, Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo

Lecture

On ruling out a class of type II blow-up scenarios in the hyper-dissipative Navier-Stokes equations

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - 10:30 to 12:20
L4E45
July 23, 10:30 - 12:20 (L4E45) Zoran Grujic, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

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