Past Events

Seminar

[BOG/BOC Special talk] Capitalism that works : Japan’s Economic Realities, Potential & Challenges

Friday, January 26, 2024 - 15:00 to 17:00
B250

[BOG/BOC Special talk] Speaker: Mr. Jesper Koll

Capitalism that works : Japan’s Economic Realities

Japan has got what it takes to be an economic superpower and role model. As new global realities and national rivalries force unprecedented challenges and uncertainty for global leaders, Japan’s social resilience, political stability, corporate competitiveness, technocratic pragmatism and private sector innovation potential are poised to deliver positive upside surprises and real opportunities. No one doubts the potential; but can Japan really outperform on its own merits? Learn where exactly the opportunities are; how you can engage and profit from Japan’s new structural up-cycle; why there is more to sustainable prosperity than innovation and profit; what forces could derail it; and why Japan’s demographic destiny is an overarching positive force for next-Generation leaders, citizens and the rising Asian middle class.

Industry Relations

Pitch Competition: OIST Innovation Startup Accelerator Bootcamp

Friday, January 26, 2024 - 13:00 to 17:00
Lab4 E48

Join us for an exciting pitch event where 12 entrepreneurs from Japan, India, Sweden, Germany, and Thailand will compete for a chance to incubate their startups at OIST!

Seminar

Minimizing Resources for Quantum Tasks: Error Correction and Algorithms

Friday, January 26, 2024 - 10:30 to 11:30
Center Building B503

Speaker: Mr. Ariel Shlosberg, University of Colorado Boulder/JILA

Lecture

TSVP Talk "How Cognitive Constraints Shape Our Decisions and Actions" by Lucy Lai

Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 15:00
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

QG seminar: Spin-(s,j) projectors and gauge-invariant spin-s actions in maximally symmetric backgrounds

Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 14:00
Lab 4, E43

QG unit Zoom seminar. Speaker: Daniel Hutchings (University of Western Australia). Title: Spin-(s,j) projectors and gauge-invariant spin-s actions in maximally symmetric backgrounds.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Bernstein functional calculus and a generalized Helmholtz problem" by Prof. Daniel Hauer

Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00
L4E48

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Hauer (University of Sydney)

Title: Bernstein functional calculus and a generalized Helmholtz problem

Seminar

[POSTPONED] Essential Skills of Networking and Mentorship in Entrepreneurship

Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 00:00

[THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED] Transform your network into your greatest asset. Seminar by Dominik Steiner, Founding Partner at 650 Fund.

Seminar

Bioinspired magnetic active matter and the physical limits of magnetotaxis, Prof. Andres Concha, Adolfo Ibáñez University

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 15:00 to 16:00
Lab4, Level E, L4E26

Prof. Andres Concha, Adolfo Ibáñez University

Language: English.

Seminar

[Online Machine Learning Insights and Innovations (MLII) Seminar Series] Self-Supervised Learning from Images and Videos using Optimal Transport, By Yuki M. Asano, University of Amsterdam

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 15:00 to 16:00
Zoom

Speaker: Dr. Yuki M. Asano, Assistant Professor, QUVA Lab, University of Amsterdam

Lecture

Scientific alumni activities between Japan and the German speaking area: The German JSPS Alumni Association

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 11:00
Lab4 F01

Scientific alumni activities between Japan and the German speaking area: The German JSPS Alumni Association

Seminar

[Seminar] "Theory of eco-evolutionary dynamics" by Masato Yamamichi (National Institute of Genetics/SOKENDAI)

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 10:00
Lab 3, C700

Masato Yamamichi

Associate Professor, Center for Frontier Research, National Institute of Genetics

Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

Seminar

[Seminar] "Robust near-diagonal Green function estimates" by Prof. Minhyun Kim

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4E48

Speaker: Prof. Minhyun Kim (Hanyang University)

Title: Robust near-diagonal Green function estimates

Seminar

[Seminar] Thalamic Networks Coordinate Dynamic Updating of Cortical Representations to Enable Perceptual Inference by Lukas Schmitt

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room L4F01

Dr. Lukas Schmitt, RIKEN Center for Brain Science

Seminar

QG seminar: An overview of the E11 program

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 13:00
Lab 4, E48

QG unit seminar. Speaker: Keith Glennon (King's College London). Title: An overview of the E11 program.

Seminar

[Seminar] Elucidating the structure of prefrontal cortical network transformation underlying flexible task-switching by Miho Nakajima

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 10:00 to 11:00
Seminar Room L4E01

Dr. Miho Nakajima, RIKEN Center for Brain Science

Seminar

[Seminar] "How intraspecific variation, phenotypic plasticity, and rapid evolution influence the maintenance of species diversity" by Simon Hart (University of Queensland)

Monday, January 22, 2024 - 15:00
Lab 3, C700

Dr. Simon Hart

Lecturer in Quantitiative Biology

University of Queensland School of the Environment

Language: English, all are welcome!

Seminar

Seminar - IBM’s recent progress on quantum computing development: Era of quantum utility

Monday, January 22, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:30
Seminar Room B250 - Ctr Bldg

OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) would like to invite you to the seminar by Jay Gambetta, IBM Fellow and VP of IBM Quantum on January 22 (Monday).

Speaker: Dr. Jay M. Gambetta, IBM Fellow and Vice President of IBM Quantum

Title: IBM’s recent progress on quantum computing development: Era of quantum utility

Seminar

[Seminar] Different definitions of conformal dimension are (essentially) equal, Professor Sylvester Eriksson-Bique, University of Jyväskylä

Monday, January 22, 2024 - 10:00 to 11:00
L4E01 + Zoom
Different definitions of conformal dimension are (essentially) equal, Professor Sylvester Eriksson-Bique, University of Jyväskylä Abstract:

I want to tell you about something that came out of OIST. Last May OIST hosted a work- shop in analysis, random walks and potential theory on metric spaces, which showcased some exciting developments in these areas. I was fortunate to participate, and the topics of the conference prompted discussions with another participant Mathav Murugan, who told about an open problem regarding the conformal dimension of the Sierpinski carpet. The question asks, if different definitions of this notion are equal. Through discussions at the workshop, I solved this question. I will explain the problem, the notions of conformal dimension, and the crucial tool: a new notion of discrete modulus. There are roughly two approaches classically to define discrete modulus, and this new approach lies roughly in between the two — in such a way, that it can benefit from good estimates in both of the worlds. The talk will be fairly mathematical, but I will try to give definitions of the main concepts and some motivation.

Workshop

Winter Admissions Selection

Monday, January 22, 2024 - 09:00 to Friday, February 9, 2024 - 17:30
Online

Online Admissions Selection for shortlisted PhD applicants from January 22 nd to February 9 th , 2024.

Information sessions about PhD program, faculty talks and interviews all via zoom.

The event is targeted towards shortlisted applicants for our PhD program.

Please contact phd-selection@oist.jp for further details.

Outreach

Science Talk in Naha

Saturday, January 20, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Okinawa prefectural library

Science Talk

Seminar

Asymptotic analysis for a sharp interface model related to pattern formation in biomembranes

Friday, January 19, 2024 - 16:00 to 17:00
zoom

Speaker: Dr. Denis Brazke, Heidelberg University

Industry Relations

Okinawa Startups Taking on the Globe / 世界に挑む!沖縄発スタートアップのマインドセット

Friday, January 19, 2024 - 14:30 to 17:00
Lab4 E48

OKINAWA STARTUPS TAKING ON THE GLOBE!

JETRO will provide updates on Japanese startups' international reach. We will then hear directly from the ambitious founders of these pioneering local companies as they share their innovative offerings, global opportunities and challenges, and keys to bringing their ventures worldwide.

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

Friday, January 19, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Lab 4, F01
Travis Scrimshaw , Hokkaido University Title: An Overview of Kirillov-Reshtikhin Modules and Crystals
Workshop

Image Analysis Support available: Call4help, "image.sc" Live! Around the World

Friday, January 19, 2024 - 13:00 to 17:00

Image Analysis Support available

Wellness

Mindfulness Practice Jan.19th 12:15to 12:30

Friday, January 19, 2024 - 12:15 to 12:30
C209 or Zoom

There will be a mindfulness meditation practice on 19th Jan. from 12:15 to 12:30 at Seminar Room C209 or Zoom.

We hope to see you all.

時刻: 2024年1月19日 12:15 PM 大阪、札幌、東京

参加 Zoom ミーティング

https://oist.zoom.us/j/97971311800?pwd=UDVQZXQ1ZU9GVWpsbVptNm1BVzdiUT09

ミーティング ID: 979 7131 1800

パスコードを設定する: 958041

Seminar

The Collaborative Abilities of ChatGPT Agents in a Number Guessing Game

Friday, January 19, 2024 - 12:00
L5DE13

Explore AI's frontier at our Second LLM Lunch Seminar ! Uncover the latest research on ChatGPT-3.5 and 4 , revealing their performance in a collaborative number-guessing game .

Seminar

The Anisotropic Gaussian Isoperimetric Inequality and Ehrhard Symmetrization

Friday, January 19, 2024 - 09:00 to 10:00
zoom

Speaker:Dr. Kuan-Ting Yeh, University of Washingtom

External Events

The 7th International Conference on Materials Engineering and Applications (ICMEA 2024)

Friday, January 19, 2024 (All day) to Saturday, January 20, 2024 (All day)
OIST Conference Center - Meeting Rooms 1 & 2

This is an externally organized event. Please contact the organizers directly for further details. Website: https://www.icmea.org/

Seminar

”Stable adaptation and learning in dynamical systems” by Prof. Jean-Jacques Slotine from MIT.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
L4E48

Speaker: Prof. Jean-Jacques Slotine (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Seminar

[Seminar] "Origami-inspired Computational Fabrication" by Dr. Koya Narumi

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - 11:00
C209, Center Building

Dr. Koya Narumi, Project Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Hosted by Cybernetic Humanity Studio (OIST - Sony CSL collaboration)

Seminar

Seminar"Synthetic Recognition Materials: Mimicking Nature’s Antibodies"Mark Sullivan

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 15:00
B503

Language: English

Seminar

Multiplicative and quasi-multiplicative random walks

Monday, January 15, 2024 - 16:00 to 17:00
Lab4, Level E, L4E01

Prof. Colm Connaughton, London Mathematical Laboratory Language: English

Seminar

Seminar "From sequences to structures, from structures to biology - On homo-oligomers and co-translational assembly" by Prof. Emmanuel Levy

Monday, January 15, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Lab 3, C700

Prof. Emmanuel Levy, Weizmann Institute of Science .

Workshop

Nikon Day @ OIST

Monday, January 15, 2024 - 09:00 to Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 15:00
Lab1B 380 or @ your own microscope

Nikon DAY @ OIST

OIST Workshops

OIST Workshop "Geometric Aspects of Partial Differential Equations"

Monday, January 15, 2024 (All day) to Thursday, January 18, 2024 (All day)
Main Campus, Seminar Room B250 (Center Building)

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Qing Liu (Geometric Partial Differential Equations) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions.

Culture

OIST x OKIU Cooking and Language Exchange

Saturday, January 13, 2024 - 10:00
Onna Fureai Center

The OIST Language Section, POWER Club, and Okinawa International University are collaborating to organize a special edition of the Community Cooking Series. 20 students from Okinawa International University will be visiting Onna to participate in a language exchange, cooking class, and finally a Campus Tour of OIST.

Symposium

Prescribed curvature measure problem in the hyperbolic space

Friday, January 12, 2024 - 16:00 to 16:50
zoom

Speaker:Fengrui Yang (University of Freiburg)

Symposium

Asymptotic behavior of low energy nodal solutions of the Lane-Emden problem,

Friday, January 12, 2024 - 15:00 to 15:50
zoom

Speaker: Dr. Zetao Cheng (Tsinghua University)

Seminar

Seminar "Development of photoresponsive self-assembled macrocycle supported on silica nanoparticles for controlled release of Ca2+" by Prof. Fernando Arteaga Arteaga

Friday, January 12, 2024 - 13:30 to 14:30
Lab 3, C700

Dr. Fernando Arteaga Arteaga, ISP Assistant Professor in School of Science, Hokkaido University

Symposium

The existence of singular isoperimetric hypersurfaces

Friday, January 12, 2024 - 13:00 to 13:50
zoom

Speaker: Dr. Gongping Niu (University of California San Diego)

Symposium

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to the Yamabe equation in low dimensions,

Friday, January 12, 2024 - 12:00 to 12:50
zoom

Speaker:Prof. Lei Zhang (University of Florida)

Symposium

Kato-Ponce inequality with multiple (A_{\vec P}) weights

Friday, January 12, 2024 - 10:00 to 10:50
zoom

Dr. Sean Patrick Douglas (University of Missouri)

Symposium

Sharp functional inequalities in geometry and PDEs

Friday, January 12, 2024 - 09:00 to 09:50
zoom

Dr. Joshua Flynn , McGill University

Seminar

Seminar"Spontaneous Detachment of Reacting Drops"Xuehua Zhang

Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 15:00
C700

Language: English

Seminar

[Tutorial] Stress control molecular dynamics simulation methods designed for simulating soft matter by Keiko Aoki

Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4E48

Seminar/Tutorial by Dr. Keiko Aoki, TSVP visitor Language: English. Target Audience: Students and researchers interested in the field. This seminar will be in a tutorial style to make it accessible also to those with limited experience in molecular dynamics (MD) methods.

Seminar

Seminar"Spreading Law of Evaporative Droplets"Zhenying Wang

Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 15:00
C700

Language: English

Symposium

Symmetry of hypersurfaces with ordered non-local mean curvature

Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 11:00 to Friday, January 12, 2024 - 11:50
zoom

Speaker: Dr. Animesh Biswas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Seminar

[Seminar] Monitoring ecosystems autonomously with spatial sound (Becky Heath, U. Cambridge)

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - 13:00
Lab 3, C700
Dr. Becky Heath Research Associate Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/becky-heath
Holiday

成人の日 Coming of Age Day

Monday, January 8, 2024 (All day)

National holiday

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