BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Vienna BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1788163200@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260831T100000 DTEND:20260831T110000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Anastasiia Teplova\nhosted by Martin Loose\nAbstract: This thesis comprises two parts addressing distinct questions in plant sig nalling. Part I examines the proposed nucleotide-cyclase activities of pro teins involved in plant hormone signalling. Part II investigates how plant s sense gravity and how this information is translated into a directional growth response.In this thesis defense talk\, I will focus on the second p art and present my research on the molecular mechanisms underlying root gr avitropism. Gravity is perceived in specialized cells called statocytes\, where starch-filled amyloplasts sediment according to the direction of gra vity. This leads to auxin redistribution\, which drives differential growt h and allows the root to bend towards gravity. LZY proteins provide an imp ortant molecular link between statolith sedimentation and the establishmen t of cell polarity. However\, how LZY polarity is connected to the downstr eam regulation of auxin transport remains incompletely understood.My work investigates this connection\, focusing on the dynamic localization and po larization of proteins in root statocytes following root reorientation. In particular\, I examine the relationship between LZY proteins and two pote ntially interconnected systems: AGC kinases involved in regulating PIN aux in transporter activity\, and the RLD–GNOM machinery involved in membran e trafficking and PIN polarity. I show that components of both systems dyn amically redistribute during the gravitropic response and investigate thei r connections with LZY proteins and with each other. Together\, these resu lts contribute to understanding how gravity-induced cell polarity is conne cted to the regulation of auxin transport during root gravitropism. LOCATION:Sunstone Bldg / Ground floor / Big Seminar Room B (I23.EG.102) and Zoom\, ISTA ORGANIZER: SUMMARY:Anastasiia Teplova: Thesis Defense: Chasing the elusive: Investigat ing nucleotide cyclase activity in gibberellin and strigolactone signallin g\; Cellular mechanisms of gravity sensing and response in roots URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6593 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1788267600@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260901T150000 DTEND:20260901T160000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jonas Ingmanns\nhosted by Monika Henzinger\nAbstract: Precise microscopic models of physical processes are often too complex to be useful for understanding or simulating phenomena on a macroscopic scale . The complexity can be drastically reduced if there is a suitable approxi mation which still accurately captures the effective large-scale behavior of the underlying model. This thesis contains contributions to the rigorou s justification of such large-scale approximations  or three different mo dels. Chapter 2 presents joint work with Federico Cornalba\, Julian Fisch er\, and Claudia Raithel. We consider a large system of weakly interacting particles\, driven by independent Brownian motions. The physicists Dean a nd Kawasaki proposed a strongly singular SPDE to describe fluctuations of the particle density. However\, without a suitable regularization\, the De an–Kawasaki equation has been shown to be ill-posed in the sense that it does not admit martingale solutions for any continuous initial data. We s how that a structure-preserving discretization of the Dean–Kawasaki equa tion – acting as a suitable regularization – captures the density fluc tuations of the particle system up to arbitrary order in the inverse numbe r of particles and a discretization error. Chapter 3 presents joint work with Elisa Davoli and Lorenza D’Elia. We consider a magnetic body consis ting of a composite material with a random microstructure. The oscillating magnetic properties are encoded in the micromagnetic energy functional wh ich is restricted to functions taking values on the sphere\, governing the observable states of magnetization. We obtain a qualitative stochastic ho mogenization result in the form of Γ-convergence. The Γ-limit is a micro magnetic energy functional with constant\, deterministic coefficients\, me aning that the magnetic body can be treated as if consisting of a single m aterial when the microstructure is small enough. On a technical level\, we obtain an analogous result replacing the sphere with other sufficiently re gular manifolds.Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 present joint work with Julian Fis cher. We consider interface motions driven by curvature and a uniform forc ing through a stationary field of possibly impenetrable random obstacles s atisfying a finite range of dependence assumption. This process models\, e .g.\, the motion of dislocation lines or magnetic domain boundaries in mat erials with inhibiting impurities. In Chapter 5\, for dimension = 2\, we introduce an easy-to-check criterion for general obstacle fields which imp lies ballistic behavior. More precisely\, this criterion yields an almost guaranteed effective minimum speed on large scales for the interface motio n \, with ‘effective’ meaning that enclosures left behind a main front can be ignored. In Chapter 4\, for any dimension ≥ 2\, assuming such a n almost guaranteed effective minimum speed\, we obtain a quantitative sto chastic homogenization result in any dimension\, proving that the main fro nt can be approximated with a constant-speed motion on large scales. LOCATION:Office Bldg West / Ground floor / Heinzel Seminar Room (I21.EG.101 ) and Zoom\, ISTA ORGANIZER: SUMMARY:Jonas Ingmanns: Thesis Defense: On the large-scale behavior of inte racting particle systems\, composite magnetic materials\, and interface mo tions through random obstacle fields URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6560 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1788433200@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260903T130000 DTEND:20260903T140000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Nathalie Gruber\nhosted by Jérémie Palacci\nAbstract : Bacteria inhabit an extraordinary range of environments\, each shaped by its own selective pressures that can fluctuate within seconds to seasons. A persistent selective pressure across these environments is imposed by v iruses that infect bacteria\, called phages. This ongoing coevolution betw een bacteria and phages has led to multiple defense strategies on both sid es. Bacteria have defense strategies at multiple levels: at the cell surfa ce\, physical barriers such as capsules\, exopolysaccharides\, and recepto r modifications limit phage adsorption\, while intracellularly\, molecular defense systems degrade or restrict invading genomes. However\, how these spatially distinct layers are coordinated during infection remains largel y unexplored.To address this\, we investigated the genome-clustered anti-p hage defense island of Escherichia coli K-12\, which encodes four anti-pha ge systems. We found that a single system dominated intracellular defense across diverse phages. Strikingly\, under sustained phage pressure\, a sec ond extracellular layer of defense emerges: phage-induced mucoidy. This is a regulator of capsule synthesis (Rcs)-dependent and quorum-sensing-indep endent response that generates protective extracellular matrix. This mucoi d matrix confers broad resistance\, protecting against 29 of the 31 phages tested. Critically\, the two layers are not independent\; the strength of the defense system-mediated restriction directly sets the phage dose thre shold at which mucoidy is induced. Therefore\, intracellular and extracell ular defenses do not operate in isolation but as a single\, quantitatively coupled immune response.By revealing a direct mechanistic link between in tracellular anti-phage systems and phenotypic switching to mucoidy\, this work reframes bacterial immunity as an integrated\, multi-layered process\ , with broad implications for phage–host coevolution and for the design of phage therapies against mucoid variants\, which are associated with inc reased patient mortality. LOCATION:Central Bldg / O1 / Ballroom (I01.O1.006) and Zoom\, ISTA ORGANIZER: SUMMARY:Nathalie Gruber: Thesis Defense: Genetic Strategies Enabling Bacter ial Adaptation to Selective Pressures URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6591 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:6a6718ef86935830306549@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260903T134500 DTEND:20260903T150000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Eduardo Fernández Ortuño\nhosted by Lora Sweeney \nAbstract: The phenomenal size and cellular diversity of the human cerebr al cortex is the outcome of an elaborate developmental program sculpted by evolutionary forces during millions of years. This evolution involved cha nges in neural progenitor cells\, which compared to reptiles and birds acq uired the capacity to generate larger numbers of neurons and in greater di versity. Genetic causes of increased progenitor cell proliferation during evolution have been identified\, but mechanisms involved in the diversific ation of neural progenitor cells remain unknown. To address this question\ , we performed the first integrated\, multi-level\, comparative study of n eural progenitor cells and lineages in the embryonic cortex across amniote s. The analysis was focused on four strategic species that cover the spect rum of cortical phenotypes: house snake\, chick\, mouse and ferret. Our re sults revealed an unsuspected diversity of basal progenitor cell types in chick\, superior to mouse and with similarities to the more complex ferret cortex. Chick dorsal pallial progenitors included subapical and basal Rad ial Glia\, and co-expressed Pax6 and Tbr2\, similar to ferret but unlike m ouse\, where these are largely absent. Our findings challenge current conc epts on the evolutionary trajectory of the cerebral cortex\, revealing a v ery early diversification of cortical progenitor cell types in amniotes th at predated the last common ancestor of mammals and birds. LOCATION:Sunstone Bldg / Ground floor / Big Seminar Room B / 63 seats (I23. EG.102)\, ISTA ORGANIZER:jgazsi@ist.ac.at SUMMARY:Eduardo Fernández Ortuño: Don't Put All Your Eggs in the Neoc ortex: How the small chick dorsal pallium challenges mammalian-centric vie ws on brain cortex evolution URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6573 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1788508800@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260904T100000 DTEND:20260904T110000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Andreas Ehrmann\nhosted by Paul Schanda\nAbstract: Bio logy is overwhelmingly good at designing building blocks that are orchestr ated in remarkable processes to enable the functioning of complex organism s. Is it possible to achieve similar complexity in nanotechnology? The fie ld of self-assembly offers a promising route towards bio-inspired function ality. While significant progress has been made in the inverse design of c omplex structures\, little is currently known about embedding these struct ures with dynamics and functional behavior at levels found in biology. Unl ike biology\, we do not have million years of evolution to result in optim al behavior. We aspire to discover fundamental design principles in simple physical systems by taking an optimization approach that builds up on met hods developed by the Machine Learning community to achieve a desired func tion. Many future nanotechnologies will need to do more than hold a desig ned shape: they will need to move\, switch states\, and interact with othe r objects in controlled ways. Is it possible to replicate the precise\, ta rgeted energy delivery of ATP hydrolysis in synthetic systems\, where we c annot rely on biochemical interactions\, to power synthetic nanomachines? In this thesis\, we develop a mechanical model for a controlled energy-del ivery mechanism between bistable nanostructures\, and discover key design features necessary to generate a pathway for efficient energy transduction . Inspired by the universality of ATP hydrolysis\, this achievement could serve as a scheme for powering more and more complex tasks. We show how bi stable nanostructures can be designed so that their conformational changes produce a prescribed behavior. By separating the energetic control of a n anoscale switch from the geometric placement of its binding sites\, we ide ntify which aspects of its energy landscape can be programmed under realis tic constraints. The results provide design principles for turning synthet ic nanostructures into functional\, machine-like objects. By demonstrating how we can translate the scheme for energy delivery to three-state molecu lar machines walking along a track at a very basic level\, we take a first step towards performing a task. We reveal a fundamental speed-efficiency tradeoff and important design considerations. This research contributes to wards designing nanomachines that might eventually be able to contest with the levels of complexity and functionality found in biology. LOCATION:Central Bldg / O1 / Mondi 2a (I01.O1.008)\, ISTA ORGANIZER: SUMMARY:Andreas Ehrmann: Thesis Defense: Biological functionality without b iochemistry: designing nanomachines for target behavior URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6578 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1788951600@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260909T130000 DTEND:20260909T140000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Andrea Stöllner\nhosted by Jorryt Matthee\nAbstract: Charge accumulation on aerosol particles plays an important role in a vari ety of natural and industrial processes. An example is cloud electrificati on\, in which collisions between ice crystals and graupel cause large amou nts of charge to be exchanged between airborne particles. Optical tweezers are a highly specialized tool that can hold a single micrometer-sized air borne particle stably in the same position over weeks while measuring its electric charge with elementary-charge resolution. In this work\, we show that the trapping laser can also be used to give charge to the micropartic le. Via a two-photon process the particle acquires more and more positive charge\, enabling us to study its electrical behavior from uncharged up to multiple hundred elementary charges. By studying the dynamics of such hig hly charged particles over days and weeks we find that they spontaneously undergo microdischarges which range from just a few to several hundred ele mentary charges. We show that these discharges are triggered by cosmic-ray muons which pass through the air close to the particle and supply the ion s needed to cause charge loss. Our findings highlight the potential of aer osol optical tweezers to provide new insights into microscale charging and discharging phenomena\, with implications for both fundamental studies an d atmospheric electrification processes. LOCATION:Central Bldg / O1 / Mondi 3 (I01.O1.010)\, ISTA ORGANIZER: SUMMARY:Andrea Stöllner: Thesis Defense: Microscale Electrical Behavior of Highly Charged Individual Aerosol Particles Using Optical Tweezers URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6572 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1789983000@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260921T113000 DTEND:20260921T123000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Lena Schwarz & Jiawei Bao\nhosted by Jorryt Matthee & Martin Hetzer\nAbstract: Lena Schwarz | Mapping Developmental Dynamics of Autism Spectrum DisorderMouse Models at Single-Cell ResolutionAutism spect rum disorder (ASD) is associated with a wide range of risk genes\, yet how distinct mutations lead to overlapping clinical features remains poorly u nderstood. ASD is also diagnosed more often in males than females\, but th e molecular basis of this sex disparity remains unclear.We used single-nuc leus multi-omics sequencing to simultaneously examine gene expression and chromatin accessibility in 251 samples from eleven monogenic ASD mouse mod els. The dataset included both sexes\, two brain regions\, and three devel opmental stages. Across models\, ASD-associated mutations delayed radial g lial cell progression and transiently affected neural lineage specificatio n. The strongest transcriptional alterations occurred during the perinatal period\, particularly in excitatory and inhibitory neurons. These changes included reduced expression of synaptic and ion-channel-related genes\, p otentially reflecting homeostatic adaptations. Although several molecular alterations were shared across models\, each mutation also produced a dist inct molecular signature.Convergence was most pronounced at the early post natal stage\, a putatively critical period of cortical maturation and refi nement. At later developmental stages\, the shared molecular processes  i ncreasingly diverged\, identifying the early postnatal period as a key win dow of ASD-related molecular vulnerability. We also observed marked sex-sp ecific effects\, with females frequently displaying broader transcriptiona l dysregulation and larger effect sizes than males.Overall\, our findings reveal dynamic\, developmentally regulated molecular consequences of genet ically diverse ASD-associated mutations. They identify both convergent and mutationspecific mechanisms\, emphasize the importance of sex-dependent e ffects\, and provide a comprehensive view of developmental cellular and mo lecular dynamics across models of ASD.____________________________________ ___________________________________________Jiawei Bao | The Pulsing of th e Tropical Climate SystemWeather forecasts keep us prepared for the week a head\, while climate projections warn us of long-term changes over coming decades. But what about the weeks and months in between? This middle groun d\, known as the subseasonal-to-seasonal timescale\, remains one of the mo st challenging frontiers in atmospheric science\, yet it is precisely the timescale that matters most for managing floods\, droughts\, and food secu rity. In this talk\, I will walk through how scientists predict weather a nd climate\, the tools and models involved\, and why the gap in between ha s proven so difficult to bridge. I will then introduce a newly discovered phenomenon in the tropics — the Tropics-Wide Intraseasonal Oscillation ( TWISO) — a coherent pulse that links tropical weather phenomena across t he globe\, not just within one region or system\, on timescales of weeks t o months. It looks as if the tropical climate system is pulsing together. By capturing signals that existing frameworks miss\, TWISO offers a promis ing new avenue for improving predictability in the tropics\, with potentia l benefits for communities most vulnerable to extreme weather. LOCATION:ISTA | Central Building | Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Lena Schwarz & Jiawei Bao: ISTA PostDoc Award URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6386 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1790074800@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260922T130000 DTEND:20260922T180000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: We are excited to announce the 2nd annual Neuroscienc e Faculty Symposium organized by your student neuroscience track represent atives!Every neuroscience PI will hold a brief talk discussing their lab' s current research. The symposium will include catered breaks! Please als o join us for the Pizza Reception following the talks.We look forward to seeing you all there! LOCATION:Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER: SUMMARY:Neuroscience Faculty Symposium URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6589 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:6a1e9cbf72e58407814214@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260922T150000 DTEND:20260922T160000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Domenico Cafiero\nhosted by Robert Seiringer\nAbstract : Anyons are 2d identical quantum particles with an intermediate exchange symmetry characterized by representations of the braid group. In the abeli an case\, they can be modelled through the so-called magnetic representati on\, namely as a system of bosons with an Aharonov-Bohm flux attached to e ach particle.In this talk\, I will discuss the construction of self-adjoin t Hamiltonians\, different from the Friedrichs realization\, for a system of three abelian anyons. I will focus in particular on the Ter-Martirosyan -Skornyakov extensions. This family of Hamiltonians turns out to be parame trized by a suitable boundary operator\; I will present a complete classif ication of its self-adjoint realizations and compute the negative spectrum for the specific case of interest. These results shed light on the possib le occurrence of Thomas instability in the three-anyon model. Joint work w ith Michele Correggi (PoliMi) and Davide Fermi (PoliMi). LOCATION:Office Bldg West / Ground floor / Heinzel Seminar Room (I21.EG.101 )\, ISTA ORGANIZER:boosthui@ist.ac.at SUMMARY:Domenico Cafiero: On the three-body Hamiltonian for abelian anyons URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6566 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1790092800@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260922T180000 DTEND:20260922T190000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Klaus Robert Müller\nhosted by ÖAW\nAbstract: Abstra ctIn recent years\, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) methods have begun to play a more and more enabling role in the sciences and in industry. In particular\, the advent of large and/or complex data c orpora has given rise to new technological challenges and possibilities. I n his talk\, Müller will touch upon the topic of ML applications in the s ciences\, in particular in medicine and if time permits also in chemistry. He will also discuss possibilities for extracting information from machin e learning models to further our understanding by explaining nonlinear ML models. Finally\, Müller will briefly discuss perspectives and limitation s.BioKlaus-Robert Müller is Professor for Machine Learning at TU Berlin a nd at Korea University\, Seoul. He is director of BIFOLD – one of 5 perm anently funded German national AI centers. He is a member of Leopoldina\ , BBAW and Acatech and an external scientific member of the Max-Planck S ociety. Among others he received the Berlin Science prize\, the Vodafone I nnovation Award\, the Hector Science award\, the Feynman award\, the IEEE CIS Neural Network Pioneer Award and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz prize. Consecutively from 2019 on he became ISI Highly Cited Researcher. His rese arch interests are in AI for the sciences and in the foundations of AI.Pho to: © Bifold LOCATION:Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2\, 1010 Vienna\, Austria\, ISTA ORGANIZER:events@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Klaus Robert Müller: AI for the Sciences: towards Understanding URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6288 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1790240400@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260924T110000 DTEND:20260924T120000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Prof. Yves Geerts\nhosted by Rafal Klajn\nAbstract: Lo uis Pasteur and Pierre Curie dreamed of directing chiral symmetry breaking using external magnetic and electric fields. [Chem. Rev. 1998\, 98\, 2391 ] Their attempts failed due to time-inversion symmetry\, theoretically exp lained by Laurence Barron. [JACS 1986\, 108\, 5539] Dissipative non-equili brium conditions break this symmetry and allow the separation of enantiome rs under the influence of erroneous chirality\, as recently demonstrated b y Ron Naaman and Francesco Tassinari. [Chem. Sci. 2019\, 10\, 5246. Cryst. Growth Des. [2021\, 21\, 2925] With my team\, we have undertaken a resear ch project to further our understanding by directing deracemization toward s R or S enantiomers using chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS). [Acc . Chem. Res.] [2020\, 53\, 2659] I will report on our latest results and t he prospects for realizing Pasteur and Curie's long-held dream. LOCATION:Seminar Room C | Moonstone\, ISTA ORGANIZER:hcai@ist.ac.at SUMMARY:Prof. Yves Geerts: Spin-directed Chiral Symmetry Breaking URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6579 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1790341200@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260925T150000 DTEND:20260925T180000 DESCRIPTION:hosted by ISTA\nAbstract: Join a lively peertopeer event design ed for postdocs navigating the job search.Share practical tips\, vent comm on frustrations\, celebrate successes\, and exchange honest advice — all in a relaxed speednetworking format that reminds you: you’re not alone in this process!Food\, fun\, facilitation\, and meaningful connections inc luded.The Maria Gugging hills are waiting for you! LOCATION:Moonstone Seminar Room F+G\, ISTA ORGANIZER:boris.cesnik@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:PAW Closure Networking Event URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6495 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1790587800@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20260928T113000 DTEND:20260928T123000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Francesco Locatello\nhosted by Christoph Lampert\nAbst ract: Causality at Machine Learning Scale and ComplexityDistinguishing coi ncidence from cause-and-effect relationships is a central challenge in AI (and science): which patterns just co-occur\, and which signal causality? Statistical causality offers a rigorous framework for this question\, but it assumes clean\, low-dimensional\, structured data\, which clashes with the raw\, high-dimensional observations of machine learning applications\, including in science. In this talk\, I will present how we can now learn causal structure directly from unstructured data using deep learning\, bri dging between the modeling power of causality and the scalability properti es of machine learning. I will also highlight some cross-disciplinary coll aborations my group has built\, uniquely enabled by ISTA.  LOCATION:Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Francesco Locatello: Tenure Talk URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6548 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1791192600@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20261005T113000 DTEND:20261005T123000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Friedrich Stricker & Yuval Wigderson\nhosted by Mikhai l Lemeshko LOCATION:ISTA | Central Building | Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Friedrich Stricker & Yuval Wigderson: Inaugural Lecture | Friedrich Stricker & Yuval Wigderson URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6357 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:68498ab73a3db369081593@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20261006T110000 DTEND:20261006T120000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Morten Kjaergaard\nhosted by Johannes Fink\nAbstract: I will discuss recent results from our lab on developing a tight control-a nd-feedback loop between rapid FPGA-based advanced logic and superconducti ng qubit control\, which enables qubit characterization\, optimization\, g ate benchmarking\, and parameter estimation on millisecond wall-clock time scales. I will introduce our work on a suite of sparse-sampling and on-FPG A inference methods\, including efficient estimators for exponential and s inusoidal response functions as well as on-FPGA implementations of NelderM ead optimization\, golden-section search and an adaptive Bayesian updating algorithm. With this approach\, we estimate T1 in a few milliseconds and find highly surprising dynamics at these rapid timescales\, we optimize re adout parameters in roughly 100 ms\, we optimize pulse amplitudes in 1 ms\ , we perform Clifford randomized benchmarking in 107 ms\, and sustain more than 74\,000 consecutive recalibrations during a 6-hour closed-loop run. These approaches enable in situ recalibration that can track evolving qubi t dynamics and enable new approaches to maximizing superconducting qubit p rocessor performance and reveal new physics of state-of-the-art quantum pr ocessors. LOCATION:Office Bldg West / Ground floor / Heinzel Seminar Room (I21.EG.101 )\, ISTA ORGANIZER:swiddman@ist.ac.at SUMMARY:Morten Kjaergaard: Superconducting qubit control on millisecond tim escales: from rapid feedback to new qubit dynamics URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6555 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1791797400@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20261012T113000 DTEND:20261012T123000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Suvi Gezari Stock\nhosted by Zoltan Haiman LOCATION:Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Suvi Gezari Stock: Institute Colloquium | Suvi Gezari Stock URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6590 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1794220200@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20261109T113000 DTEND:20261109T123000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Lauren O'Connell\nhosted by Lora Sweeney\nAbstract: Ti tle | Lessons from Poison Frogs on Ecological Tuning of Animal Behavior a nd PhysiologyAbstract |Behavior and physiology are the substrates of natu ral selection. Our overarching goal is to understand how new traits in phy siology and social behavior have evolved from existing genetic and cellula r components using poison frogs as research organisms. First\, we want to understand how organisms evolve ways to evade predation by using natural p roducts that target the nervous system. Animals with a rich diversity of c hemical defenses must also protect their own nervous systems from toxicity . We recently discovered toxin sponge proteins that bind deadly toxins and transport them to specific locations in poison frogs. Such a system is ri pe for reverse engineering drug carriers to better understand how chemical defenses evolve. Second\, we want to understand how new social behaviors evolve through changes in nervous system function using a comparative\, or ganismal approach. We have established poison frog tadpoles as a model sys tem for infant social behavior\, where species have evolved new communicat ion and social behaviors based on their rearing environments. Together\, t hese research avenues are enabling us to understand the design principles of chemical defense and social behaviors. LOCATION:Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Lauren O'Connell: Lessons from Poison Frogs on Ecological Tuning of Animal Behavior and Physiology URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6550 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1794825000@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20261116T113000 DTEND:20261116T123000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Vivian Kuperberg & Carla Fernandez-Rico\nhosted by Mik hail Lemeshko LOCATION:ISTA | Central Building | Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Vivian Kuperberg & Carla Fernandez-Rico: Inaugural Lecture | Vivian Kuperberg & Carla Fernandez-Rico URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6389 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1795429800@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20261123T113000 DTEND:20261123T123000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Kim Modic\nhosted by Mikhail Lemeshko LOCATION:ISTA | Central Building | Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Kim Modic: Tenure Talk | Kim Modic URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6390 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1796639400@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20261207T113000 DTEND:20261207T123000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Daniel Robert\nhosted by Scott Waitukaitis LOCATION:Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Daniel Robert: Institute Colloquium | Daniel Robert URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6551 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1797244200@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20261214T113000 DTEND:20261214T123000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Monika Visan & Simone Fatichi LOCATION:Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Monika Visan & Simone Fatichi: Inaugural Lecture | Monika Visan & S imone Fatichi URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6552 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T054157Z UID:1800268200@ist.ac.at DTSTART:20270118T113000 DTEND:20270118T123000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Lora Sweeney\nhosted by Mario de Bono LOCATION:ISTA | Central Building | Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at SUMMARY:Lora Sweeney: Tenure Talk | Lora Sweeney URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6387 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR