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Holiday

National Holiday 海の日

Monday, July 21, 2025 (All day)

National holiday

Symposium

TSVP Symposium: Representation Theory and Topological Data Analysis

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 (All day) to Friday, July 25, 2025 (All day)
OIST, Lab 4, Room L4E48

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.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Plasticity-Stability Balance in Neural Circuits: From basic principles to malfunctions" by Prof. Inna Slutsky, Tel Aviv University

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
L5D23

"Plasticity-Stability Balance in Neural Circuits: From basic principles to malfunctions" by Prof. Inna Slutsky, Tel Aviv University

Seminar

[Seminar] Towards quantum science and technology with Brillouin-Mandelstam scattering

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room C209 - Ctr Bldg

Prof Michael R. Vanner, Imperial College London

Seminar

[Seminar] "2 - Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite as a Promising Semiconductor for Large Area Electronics" by Dr. Tomasz Marszalek

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - 13:30 to 14:30
Seminar Room L4F01

Speaker: Dr. hab. eng. Tomasz Marszalek, Group Leader at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research & Lodz University of Technology

Seminar

Seminar"The influence of surfactants on bubble bursting and air-liquid-air sheets"Jun Eshima

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - 15:00
B503

Language: English

Professional Development

#4 Study Session for University Staff (ENG) - Organization of Universities, Japan's science promotion policy

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
Zoom (registration required)
Session 4: June 22nd, Tuesday, 15:00-16:00 via Zoom - Organization of Universities, Japan's science promotion policy Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki (Provost), Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai (C-Hub)
Seminar

[Seminar] Visible frequency plasmonic effects in graphene and diamond heterostructures by Prof. Bohuslav Rezek

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - 16:30 to 17:30
D23, Lab5 & Zoom

Title: Visible frequency plasmonic effects in graphene and diamond heterostructures

Speaker: Dr. Bohuslav Rezek, Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia

Language: English

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

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

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.

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!

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

Lecture

TSVP Talk 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).

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
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

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?"

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.

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
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
TBD

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).

Lecture

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

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

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

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).

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

Lecture

Expository Talk by Prof. Ulrich Bauer

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:30
L5D23 -- Located on floor D of Lab 5

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: TBA

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!

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
Lab1B503

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

Recreation

Okinawan Grass Weaving Workshop with KEIO students!FY2025

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00

Okinawan Grass Weaving Workshop with KEIO students!FY2025

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!

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

[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: "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).

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: TBA

Time: 10:30-11:30, August 7, 2025

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

Zoom Link: Will be posted closer to the event!

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.

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.

Lecture

Expository Talks by Dr. Dolores Herbera

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

Expository Talk by Prof. Dolores Herbera (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: TBA

Time: 10:30-11:30, August 7, 2025

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

Zoom Link: Will be posted closer to the event!

Holiday

National Holiday 山の日

Monday, August 11, 2025 (All day)

National holiday

Culture

CDC Art Exhibition "OCEAN"

Monday, August 18, 2025 (All day) to Friday, August 29, 2025 (All day)
Center Building Level C and Skywalk

Ocean-themed art by CDC chilren and children of SAP ages 6-12.

Professional Development

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

Thursday, August 21, 2025 - 14:30 to 18:00
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

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 5 of 6 on September 4

Friday, August 22, 2025 - 00:00
TBD (Once registered you will receive updates.)

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 5: Job Search Process II---Will take place on September 4. Please register if you plan to attend at least one of the modules in the series, which is open to all OIST members.

Outreach

OIST 夏休み特別企画 キッズキャンパスツアー2025

Friday, August 22, 2025 - 14:00 to 16:00
OIST

*This event is held in Japanese only

夏休み特別企画として、小学校高学年を対象としたキャンパスツアーを開催します。

OISTの紹介、科学者によるおはなし、ラボがある研究棟も見学することができます。

日時: 2025年8月22日(金)14:00-16:00

会場: OIST メインキャンパス

対象: 小学校高学年とその保護者(希望があれば小学校低学年・中学生も参加可)

定員: 100名 (保護者含む)※保護者1名に付き、小学生3名まで申込可

言語: 日本語のみ

Prospective Students

OIST NetCafé Online Information Session in August 2025 (JA)

Friday, August 22, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:30
Online (Zoom)

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

August 22, 2025, 14:00 - 15:30 (JST UTC+9), Online (Zoom), Language: Japanese, Target: Prospective students

Seminar

Research & Career Seminar by AIST

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - 13:00 to 15:00
Lab 3, Seminar Room C700

OIST and AIST have launched a joint Career Development Project to help students and researchers explore research and career opportunities in Japan. The project includes seminars, lab tours, and internships, particularly for those interested in research roles at domestic institutions like AIST. The first event features quantum researchers from AIST’s G-QuAT presenting their work and participating in a career Q&A session. All interested participants are welcome.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Design and synthesis of semiconducting polymers for nature-inspired electronics and energy"

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room L4F01

[Seminar] "Design and synthesis of semiconducting polymers for nature-inspired electronics and energy", by Professor Ho-Hsiu Chou, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Innovation

VC Mentoring Hours: DEEPCORE

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - 14:00 to 16:00
Online (Zoom)

In collaboration with leading venture capital firms, OIST Innovation offers startups and entrepreneurial researchers or students the opportunity to connect directly with venture capitalists for one-on-one mentoring and discussion. Each round begins with an open seminar-style introduction, where participants can learn about the VC firm's investment focus and characteristics. This is followed by private, closed-door mentoring sessions between startups/researchers/students and the VC representatives.

The featured VC for this round is DEEPCORE .

Graduate School

Welcome Ceremony Class of 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:30
OIST Auditorium

Welcome Ceremony for new faculty members joining OIST, and PhD students joining the Class of 2025.

The ceremony is open to all OIST community members and will be held at the Auditorium.

Professional Development

Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 5 of 6 on September 4

Thursday, September 4, 2025 - 16:30 to 18:00
TBD (Once registered you will receive updates.)

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 5: Job Search Process II---Will take place on September 4. 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

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 6 of 6 on September 25

Friday, September 5, 2025 - 14:15
TBD (Once registered you will receive updates.)

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 6: Job Interviews---Will take place on September 25. Please register if you plan to attend at least this last module in the series, which is open to all OIST members.

Holiday

National Holiday 敬老の日

Monday, September 15, 2025 (All day)

National holiday

OIST Workshops

Okinawa School in Physics: From quantum key distribution to the quantum internet

Sunday, September 21, 2025 - 18:00 to Friday, October 3, 2025 - 12:30
OIST Seaside House

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.

Holiday

National Holiday 秋分の日

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 (All day)

National holiday

Professional Development

Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 6 of 6 on September 25

Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 16:00 to 18:00
TBD (Once registered you will receive updates.)

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 6: Job Interviews---Will take place on September 25. Please register if you plan to attend at least this last module in the series, which is open to all OIST members.

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