This 2-part seminar will cover the basics of writing emails for an international audience.

Minimum intermediate English skills recommended. Native speakers of English also welcome!

Friday, January 29th and Friday, February 12th, 12-1 PM

Title: Matrix Models and Topological Recursion

Abstract: Hermitian matrix models are simplest quantum gauge field theory, namely quantum gauge theory in zero dimensions, and their correlation functions can be computed by a mathematical framework, the so-called topological recursion. In this review talk, I first present properties of Hermitian matrix models such as the 1/N-expansion, Virasoro constraints, loop equations, and the associated spectral curve. I will then give a technical overview of how we can recursively solve the loop equations of Hermitian matrix models by utilising the geometry of the spectral curve. Collecting the key geometric features, I will define the topological recursion with great generalities which makes it possible to apply the topological recursion beyond Hermitian matrix models.

Quantum Machines Seminar by Professor Hiroshi Kawarada, Waseda University, on Diamond Superconductivity and SQUID . Zoom - Please register to attend.

Title: Temperature in plasmonic nano-optical trapping

Speaker: Dr Jérome Wenger CNRS research director, Institut Fresnel, France

I will give a pedagogical introduction to field theories at large-N, with emphasis on vectors and matrices. I will also rapidly present the intermediate field formalism.

Dr. Marius Sudol, Adjunct Faculty, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Language: English, no interpretation.

Researchers find social media to be a very valuable part of their professional presence in the world. It can open career doors, build collaborative opportunities, and enable you to develop an engaging, expert reputation internationally.

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Speaker: Dr.Ludovic Spaeth PostDoc of Philippe Isope Lab, University of Strasbourg, France

Speaker: Chris Chung, OIST Title: \(\imath\)Quantum Covering Groups: Serre presentation and canonical basis

Speaker: Nico Fischer

Ttile: Wilson Line Networks for Flat Space Holography

Abstract: Several years ago, a technique in AdS/CFT was introduced which relates conformal correlation functions to Wilson networks in the bulk. The question arises whether this tool can be implemented in related models of holography. In my talk I will present the results of my master thesis, where I attempted to generalize the above-mentioned tool to what is so far known about flat space holography.

5th ABiS Advanced Light Microscopy Course at OIST

Who: English learners with intermediate or above skills What: Zoom discussion about current events in English When: 12-1 PM,every other Friday January 22nd, February 5th and 19th, March 5th and 19th, April 2nd How: click https://oist.zoom.us/j/94474395223 to join at 12PM

Hope to see you there!

Zoom Seminar: J. Millen, King's College London - Levitated particles for fundamental physics. Language: English, Registration only.

Presenter: Kamila. Paper: Viral Gene Drive in Herpesviruses (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18678-0#:~:text=In%20herpesviruses%2C%20gene%20drive%20involves,WT%20and%20a%20modified%20virus.&text=We%20demonstrate%20that%20gene%20drive,population%20in%20cell%20culture%20experiments.)

“QuickFix” - identify your transferable skills through in an interactive card sorting activity!

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Title: An Invitation to Topological String Theory

Abstract: I will introduce the beauty of interplay among quantum field theory in various dimensions. More concretely, I will give an elementary review of fascinating relations among topological A-models and B-models, Chern-Simons theory, Seiberg-Witten theory, and matrix models. This talk will be designed for nonexperts so everyone in theoretical physics is welcome to join, including students. Research talks with more technical details may follow next week (and onwards) if there are interests.

TQM unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar!

Title: From 2D and 3D billiards for light to mesoscopic optics

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Martina Hentschel Theoretical Physics of Complex Dynamic Systems, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany

Presenter: Ms. Shoko Ota

Supervisor: Professor Kenji Doya

Unit: Neural Computation Unit

Language: English

Sign up to join us to practice your introductions.

How to manage staff members who are raising children.

仕事と育児の両立支援セミナー

Language: English

Title: Metaphotonics and metasurfaces

Speaker: Professor Yuri Kivshar Nonlinear Physics Center, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Australia ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Zoom seminar by Angelos Fotopoulos (Northeastern University and Wentworth Institute of Technology). Title: "Celestial amplitudes and BMS algebra"

Theoretical Physics Seminar. Speaker: David O'Connell (Quantum Gravity). Title: "An Introduction to Lie Theory".

Want to practice your conversation skills with other Japanese learners? Join us for Advanced Conversation in Japanese every Thursday from 5-6 during the spring semester.

The topic will change every week.

Project, task, and knowledge management tools can help teams of all sizes focus their efforts, improve productivity, and break down communication barriers.

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Quantum Machines Seminar by A/Prof Yuta Michimura on Optical levitation of a mirror for probing macroscopic quantum mechanics. Zoom - Please register to attend.

PhD public presentation

Title: Interfacing a single quantum emitter to fiber-guided photons

Speaker: Associate Professor Kali Prasanna Nayak Center for Photonic Innovations, University of Electro-Communications, Japan

QG group meeting. Speaker: Yasha Neiman. Title: "Inverting plane waves with spinors and complex analysis".

Have you studied Japanese for a while but are still hazy on some of the basics? Join us for a seminar series reviewing かった past tenses, dictionary form (short form), て form of verbs and the た past tense.

This seminar is aimed at students in Basic 5 - Intermediate 1 who need to strenghen their grammar to advance to the next level.

Tuesdays from 5-6 PM during the spring semester

Speaker: Matthew Fayers , Queen Mary University of London Title: The Mullineux map

National holiday

Theoretical Physics Seminar. Speaker: Yasha Neiman (Quantum Gravity). Title: "Quantum mechanics without probabilities".

An experimental Tell Me Something I Don't Know lunchtime event. All are welcome, but must be prepared to tell a cool science story.

Quantum Machines Seminar by Dr Maria Fuwa on Meissner Levitation of Soft Ferromagnetic Insulators . Zoom - Please register to attend.

National holiday

CFF unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar.

Speaker: Prof. Keiji Sasaki Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

Title: Nano-Material Optical Manipulation and Structural Order Control

Language: English

Theoretical Physics Seminar. Speaker: Wenliang Li (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics). Title: "How to make precise predictions out of almost nothing?"

The Library would like to invite you to the Institutional Repository ( OISTIR ) Seminar. OISTIR is the Open Access repository platform that provides public access to the intellectual output of OIST.

Dec. 18 ^th Friday

10:30 - 11:00

English

B503, Lab 1

Join by Zoom: Click HERE

Join the OIST information session with a cup of coffee! This session is for anybody who is currently seeking for opportunities in PhD in STEM. The sessions will be held in English. The program is consisted of OIST general introduction, PhD & Research Internship admission process, financial support and student life followed by the panel discussion by 2 OIST PhD students currently in Neurobiology Research Unit, Memory Research Unit and Neural Computations Unit.

Panelists include Ms. Naoko Yamazaki, Council Member at The Earthshot Prize and Astronaut (retired) JAXA; Dr. Noriyuki Satoh, Professor, Marine Genomics Unit (OIST) and a global expert on coral preservation in the face of climate change, Ms. Afshan Jamshaid, Ph.D. Candidate in the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit at OIST; and Ms. Dawn Lippert, CEO of Elemental Excelerator in Hawaii (and Palo Alto). This cross-cutting webinar will look at the science behind new energy technologies as well as the need and potential for deploying them and what this can mean for the future in both countries. Moderated by Dr. Jennifer L. Costley, Director of Physical Sciences, Sustainability, & Engineering, New York Academy of Sciences.

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Dr. Bogdan Raita , Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences Title: Old and new in Compensated Compactness theory

Quantum Machines Seminar by Prof Dalziel Wilson on Optomechanical sensors as probes for new physics . Zoom - Please register to attend.

Dr. Izumi Fukunaga, Assistant Professor, OIST