DJ Nick Luscombe, OIST Podcaster in Residence, checks out OIST's Visiting Program (TSVP). In this episode, he introduces the Thematic Programs that started last year as part of the TSVP. He talks to Dr. Samuel Ross, OIST researcher who is the scientific coordinator for the second the Thematic Program on "The Future of Response Diversity and Ecosystem Stability" in March 2024 and Dr. Harini Desiraju from the University of Sydney, who was one of the coordinators of the first TSVP Thematic Program "Exact Asymptotics: From Fluid Dynamics to Quantum Geometry", which took place from August 1 to October 28, 2023. Last but not least he interviews Prof. Nic Shannon of OIST's Theory of Quantum Matter unit, who was one of the founders of the TSVP. 

Check out the TSVP’s website: https://groups.oist.jp/ja/tsvp 

And its Thematic Programs: https://groups.oist.jp/tsvp/thematic-programs