Sixth German-American Symposium
German-American Academic Council, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 8-10, 2000
Irvine, California
Sessions:
- Atom Laser/Bose-Einstein
- Biological Surfaces
- Black Holes
- Brain Prostheses
- Global Climate Models Past and Present
- Pattern Formation in Granular Media
- Random Matrices and Quantum Chaos
- Single Molecules
Atom Laser/Bose-Einstein
Organizers: Mats Selen and Martina Havenith
Chair: Martin Wilkens University of Potsdam
Speakers:
Lene Vestergaard Hau, Harvard University and the Rowland Institute for Science
Mark Kasevich, Yale University
Biological Surfaces
Organizers: Cassandra Fraser and Antonia Kesel
Chair: Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley
Speakers:
Laura Kiessling, University of Wisconsin
Manipulating Cellular Responses through Cell Surface Interactions
Christoph Neinhuis, Universität Bonn
The Plant Cuticle: Models, Hypotheses, New Information
Black Holes
Organizers: Hans Walter Rix and Artie Hatzes
Chair: Bernd Bruegmann, Albert-Einstein-Institute, Golm
Speakers:
Andrea Ghez, University of California, Los Angeles
Supermassive Black Holes at Galaxy Centers
Jochen Greiner, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam
Micro-quasars and Stellar-Mass Black Holes
Brain Prostheses
Organizers: Anna Roe and Joachim Buhmann
Chair: Andrew B. Schwartz, The Neurosciences Institute
Speakers:
J.-Uwe Meyer, Fraunhofer IBMT
Towards the Development of Microelectronic Implants for Interfacing Neurons at Multiple Sites
Stefan Rotter, Universität Freiburg
Decoding Neuronal Activity Associated with Movement
Global Climate Models Past and Present
Organizers: Bill Holt and Frank Mucklich
Chair: Martin Stute, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Speakers:
Gerrit Lohmann, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorlogy
Global Climate Models - Past and Future
Amy Clement, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation: Past, Present, Future
Pattern Formation in Granular Media
Organizers: Frank Mücklich and Mats Selen
Chair: Hans J. Herrmann, University of Stuttgart
Introduction to the Unusual Properties of Granular Materials
Speakers:
Hernan A. Makse, Schlumberger-Doll Research
Pattern Formation in Nature: Growing Order Out of Disorder
Gerald H. Ristow, Universitaet des Saarlandes
How Numerical Simulations Help to Understand Pattern Formation
Random Matrices and Quantum Chaos
Organizers: Stefan Müller and Bill Holt
Chair: Thomas Kriecherbauer, University of Munich
Speakers:
Jens Marklof, University of Bristol
Quantum Chaos
Alexander Soshnikov, California Institute of Technology
Universality in Random Matrix Ensembles
Single Molecules
Organizers: Viola Vogel and Martina Havenith
Chair: Thomas Basché, Universitat Mainz
Speakers:
Shuming Nie, Indiana University
Optical Detection and Spectroscopy of Single Molecules
Julio Fernandez, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
The Micro-Mechanics of Single Proteins Studied with AFM and Molecular Biology
