Upcoming Events
Seminar "Nonlinear dynamics of transitional and turbulent flows" by Prof. Jae Sung Park
[Speaker] Prof. Jae Sung Park, Richard L. McNeel Associate Professor of Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Seminar: “Annealing Amorphous Solids using Oscillatory Shear and Active Dopants and Memory Formation” by Prof. Smarajit Karmakar
Speaker: Prof. Smarajit Karmakar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
[Seminar] Classical Rotation of Quantum Spins and Quantum Rotations of Classical Particles
Dr Alexander Wood, The University of Melbourne
[Seminar] Integrating connectivity and spatial transcriptome at single cell resolution in the cerebellar nuclei of the zebrafinch
Dr.Salvatore Andrea Lacava, Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins Universitity. Language: English
OIST Alumni Workshop
OIST Graduate School invites you to join Alumni Workshop, featuring our recent PhD graduates!
Coming from different professional backgrounds, the speakers will present their work and take your questions on issues related to professional and career development. Join this event to learn about career paths leading to the US and Japan, the work and professional life of our graduates, while you can also expand your network and develop a meaningful connection with the newest alumni of OIST!
【May 22th】 Travel Consultation Session/ 【5/22】 旅費相談会
Travel Expense Team will hold a travel consultation session.
旅費相談会を開催いたします。
2025/05/22(Thu) @A151 Center Bldg. 15:00-16:00
TSVP Talk: "Mechanical Problem Solving in Mice" by Henning Sprekeler
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).
OIST Innovation Open Hour
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? We welcome your ideas and questions!
Graduation Ceremony 2025
The Graduation Ceremony to award degrees to those who graduated in the period May 2024 to April 2025. The ceremony will take place at the OIST Auditorium on Saturday, May 24, 2025.
The event will be streamed online for those who cannot attend in person. For more information on the graduation program, speakers, and graduates, please visit: https://www.oist.jp/graduation
For any questions, please contact: graduation@oist.jp
Presidential Lecture by Jens Nielsen
Presidential Lecture by Jens Nielsen: New insight into cellular metabolism from the use of mathematical models
Seminar "Bubble column fluid dynamics: a multi-scale perspective" by Prof. Giorgio Besagni
[Speaker] Prof. Giorgio Besagni, Associate Professor, Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
[Seminar] "Active materials and reactive fluids" by Prof. Chun Liu
Title: Active materials and reactive fluids
Speaker: Prof. Chun Liu (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Analysis on Metric Spaces Seminar 2025 | Topological regularity of Busemann spaces, Professor Tadashi Fujioka, Kyoto University
We discuss the topological regularity theorem for Busemann spaces of nonpositive curvature, while reviewing the corresponding results for Alexandrov spaces and CAT spaces. All of these are metric spaces with upper or lower curvature bounds in some synthetic senses, and we address the question of when such spaces are topological manifolds. This is joint work with Shijie Gu (Northeastern University, China). Preprint available at arXiv:2504.14455.
ZOOM Register from here
12th International Symposium on Leaf Surface Microbiology (“Phyllosphere 2025”)
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: David Armitage (Integrative Community Ecology Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
TSVP Symposium: Aspects of Generalized Symmetries
Symposium : Aspects of Generalized Symmetries
From June 16-21, 2025 at OIST
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 .
Okinawa Memorial Day Lecture 2025
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.
Japan in the Age of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912) – Shaping a future in a turbulent world
Japan in the Age of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912) – Shaping a future in a turbulent world
Mini-courses on Topological Data Analysis (by Dr. Emerson Escolar & Dr. Luis Scoccola)
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 and bottleneck stability (by Dr. Luis Scoccola)The lectures for the minicourses will be between 9:30-12:00, on Monday (June 30), Tuesday (July 1), Thursday (July 3), and Friday (July 4). * There will be no minicourse on Wednesday (July 2)*
In the same week, there will be an Expository Talk (by Prof. Hideto Asashiba) on the related topics.
[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
Dr. Kristina Prokina, Postdoctoral researcher, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay
Mini-courses on Representation Theory (by Dr. Baptiste Rognerud & Dr. Shijie Zhu)
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)The lectures for the minicourses will be between 9:30-12:00, on Monday (July 7), Tuesday (July 8), Thursday (July 10), and Friday (July 11). * There will be no minicourse on Wednesday (July 9)*
In the same week, there will be an Expository Talk (by Prof. Gordana Todorov) on the related topics.
Recent Advances in Potential Theory and Partial Differential Equations
OIST Workshop | OIST organizer: Ugur Abdulla (Analysis and Partial Differential Equations) | Website | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
TSVP Symposium: Representation Theory and Topological Data Analysis
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.
Mini-course & Tutorial on Topological Data Analysis for Machine Learning (by Dr. David Loiseaux)
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 Monday (July 28), Tuesday (July 29), Thursday (July 31), and Friday (August 1).
* There will be no minicourse on Wednesday (July 30)*OIST Representation Theory Seminar
[Seminar]"Multiplexed cortical representations of performance monitoring and reinforcement learning variables in humans" by Prof. Markus Ullsperger
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
CDC Art Exhibition "OCEAN"
Ocean-themed art by CDC chilren and children of SAP ages 6-12.
Okinawa School in Physics: From quantum key distribution to the quantum internet
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: David Elkouss Coronas (Networked Quantum Devices Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
Quantum Reference Frames: a QISS workshop
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Philipp Höhn (Qubits and Spacetime Unit)| OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
Cephalopod International Advisory Council 2025 in Okinawa (CIAC2025)
OIST Workshop | Website | Conference Chair Ryuta Nakajima and Dan Rokhsar | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
International Conference on Embodied of Cognitive Science (ECogS 2025)
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Tom Froese (Embodied Cognitive Science Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).
New Years Holiday 年末年始2026
National holiday
Emerging Concepts in Cell Division Cycles: From Early Development to Cancer and Aging
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Tomomi Kiyomitsu (Cell Division Dynamics Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
Building a Sustainable and Resilient Future: Addressing Demographic Challenges, Health and Gender Disparities, and Economic Inequality
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Yuliya Kulikova (Science and Technology Group)| OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.