Thematic Programs

We are excited to launch Thematic Activity as new part of the Theoretical Sciences Visiting Program (TSVP), with the first programs being held in 2023. In this podcast DJ Nick Luscombe, OIST Podcaster in Residence, talks to two of the coordinators of the first two Thematic Programs.

Thematic Programs (TPs) are held at OIST for 2 weeks up to 2 months. TPs are hosted by a group of two or more researchers (coordinators) who are invited to stay at OIST for the duration of the TP. Successful proposals will be provided with the financial and administrative support needed to bring participants to OIST, 4-8 of whom are expected to be present at any one time. Where it fits the goals and timeframe of the program, a symposium linked to the program can be hosted at OIST.

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Thematic Programs

Name Field(s) Starting Date End Date Symposium

Isogeny-based Cryptography (Jonathan K. Eriksen, Chloe Martindale, Tanja Lange, Steven Galbraith, Tomoki Moriya, Jonathan Komada Eriksen, Hiroshi Onuki, Carlos Cid, Tsuyoshi Takagi | TP25IC)

Computer Science, Mathematics

2026-01-05 2026-02-28 (Tentative) 2026-02-01 to 07

TDA PARTI - Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined (Sira Gratz, Kaveh Mousavand, Steve Oudot | TP25TD)

Mathematics

2025-06-23 2025-08-09

Representation Theory and Topological Data Analysis, 2025-07-22 to 26

Generalized Symmetries in Quantum Matter (Danny Bulmash, Abhinav Prem, Masahito Yamazaki, Han Yan | TP25QM)

Mathematics, Physics

2025-05-12 2025-07-05

Aspects of Generalized Symmetries, 2025-06-16 to 21

Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing (Tetsuya J. Kobayashi, Simon K. Schnyder, and Naoki Honda | TP24BI) Evolutionary Biology 2025-02-24 2025-03-16

Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing, 2025-03-06 to 10

Neuromodulation of Adaptive Learning: Theoretical Lessons Learned From Invertebrate and Vertebrate Brains (Srikanth Ramaswamy, Arvind Kumar, Upi Bhalla, Vatsala Thirumalai | TP24NM) Neuroscience 2024-07-01 2024-08-11 Neuromodulation of Adaptive Learning, 2024-07-08 to 10
Response Diversity and Ecosystem Stability (Samuel Ross and Owen Petchey | TP23RD) Ecology 2024-03-01 2024-03-29 The Future of Response Diversity and Ecosystem Stability, 2024-03-25 to 28
Exact Asymptotics: From Fluid Dynamics to Quantum Geometry (Samuel Crew, Harini Desiraju, Omar Kidwai, Gergő Nemes, Phil Trinh | TP23EA) Mathematics, Theoretical Physics 2023-08-01 2023-10-30 Nonlinear Differential Equations and the Stokes Phenomenon, 2023-09-04 to 15