Fifth German-American Symposium
German-American Academic Council Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 10-13, 1999
Potsdam, Germany
Sessions:
- Bionics
- Carbon Nanotubes: From Macromolecules to Nanotechnology
- Up Down, Left and Right - Developing Asymmetry in Biological Systems
- Exoplanet/Proto-Planetary Systems
- Image Recognition
- Neotectonics
- Neutrinos
- The Role of NO in Animal and Plant Defense Mechanisms
Bionics
Organizers: Frank Mücklich and Viola Vogel
Chair: Michael Dickinson, University of California, Berkeley
Speakers:
Ulrike G.K. Wegst, Cambridge University
The Mechanical Efficiency of Natural Materials
Antonia B. Kesel, Universität des Saarlandes
Material, Structure, Function: The Biological System Insect Wing From an Engineers Point of View
Carbon Nanotubes: From Macromolecules to Nanotechnology
Organizers: Roland Würschum and Viola Vogel
Chair: Pulickel M. Ajayan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The Ultimate Carbon Architecture in Nanometer Space
Speakers:
Jean-Christophe Charlier, University of Louvain
Carbon Nanotube: The Ultimate Quantum Wire
Andrew G. Rinzler, University of Florida
Nanotube Applications: Present and Future
Up Down, Left and Right - Developing Asymmetry in Biological Systems
Organizers: Daphne Preuss and Roland Fischer
Chair: Didier Stainier, University of California, San Francisco
Speakers:
Christof Niehrs, DKFZ-Heidelberg
Head Induction During Amphibian Embryogenesis
Piali Sengupta, Brandeis University
The Worm's Sense of Smell: Development of the Olfactory System in the Nematode C. Elegans
Exoplanet/Proto-Planetary Systems
Organizers: Hans-Walter Rix, Philip Anfinrud and Ruth Knoche
Chair: Joan Najita, National Observatory, Tucson
Speakers:
William Benz, University of Bern
Planet Formation: Old and New Ideas
Artie Hatzes, University of Texas
Searching for and Discovering Planets Around Other Stars
Image Recognition
Organizers: Stefan Muller and Philip Anfinrud
Chair: Joachim M. Buhmann, University of Bonn
Vision and Learning: Should we believe what our algorithms see?
Speakers:
Jitendra Malik, University of California, Berkeley
Computational Models of Visual Grouping
Pietro Perona, California Institute of Technology
Recognition of Object Classes via Photometry and Probabilistic Geometry
Neotectonics
Organizers: Brad Clement and Ruth Knoche
Chair: Brad Clement, Florida International University
Speakers:
Bill Holt, State University of New York at Stonybrook
Quantifying the Kinematics and Dynamics of Large-Scale Continental Deformation
Robert McCaffrey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Measuring and Interpreting Strain at Tectonic Boundaries
Neutrinos
Organizers: Mats Selen and Roland Fischer
Chair: Dave Besson, University of Kansas
Speakers:
Doug Cowen, University of Pennsylvania
Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos and Evidence for Neutrino Oscillations
Christopher Wiebusch, DESY Institute for High-energy Physics Zeuthen
High Energy Neutrino Astronomy
The Role of NO in Animal and Plant Defense Mechanisms
Organizers: Christiane Gatz and Daphne Preuss
Chair: Jane Glazebrook, Novartis Agricultural Discovery Insitute
Defense Signaling in Animals and Plants
Speakers:
J.S. Stamler, Duke University Medical Center
Hemoglobins and Nitrosative Stress
Jörg Durner, GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health
Nitric Oxide: Key Player in Plant Immunity