12th Annual U.S. Symposium
November 2-4, 2000
Irvine, California
Sessions:
- Superconducting Vortex Dynamics
- Visualizing Biological Processes
- Extrasolar Planets
- Population Biology and Modeling/Emerging Viruses
- Surface Molecular Recognition – including Self-Assembly
- Solitons: "In respect that it is solitary, I like it very well"
- Acquisition of Language in Children
- North Atlantic Oscillation
Superconducting Vortex Dynamics
Organizer: Heinrich Jaeger
Chair: Franco Nori, University of Michigan
Intermittently Flowing Rivers of Quantized Magnetic Flux: Vortex Motion, Noisy Fractal Networks, and Flux Avalanches in Superconductors
Speakers:
David Grier, University of Chicago
Interactions, Dynamics and Phase Transitions in Vortex Matter and Related Systems
Wai-Kwong Kwok, Argonne National Laboratory
Vortex Behavior in High Temperature Superconductors
Visualizing Biological Processes
Organizer: Carolee Barlow
Chair: Julie Theriot, Stanford University
Speakers:
Matthew A. Wilson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sanjiv Gambhir, University of California, Los Angeles
Noninvasive Imaging of Molecular Events in Living Subjects
Extrasolar Planets
Organizer: Martin White
Chair: Dimitar Sasselov, Harvard University
Images Of Distant Worlds: The Many Faces Of Extrasolar Planets
Speakers:
The Revolution in Extrasolar Planets
Geoffrey W. Marcy, University of California, Berkeley
Norman W. Murray, University of Toronto
Population Biology and Modeling/Emerging Viruses
Organizer: Stuart Nichol
Chair: Beatrice H. Hahn, University of Alabama at Birmingham
AIDS as a Zoonosis: Characterizing the Primate Reservoir
Speakers:
Jeffery Taubenberger, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Genetic Characterization of the 1918 ‘Spanish’ Influenza Virus
Rustom Antia, Emory University
Modeling CD8 Responses
Surface Molecular Recognition – Including Self-Assembly
Organizer: John Hartwig
Chair: Nicole Sampson, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Speakers:
Milan Mrksich, University of Chicago
A Surface Chemistry Approach to Studying Cell Adhesion
Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley
Chemistry and Biology at the Surfaces of Cells
Solitons: "In Respect That it is Solitary, I Like it Very well"
Organizer: Mary Pugh
Chair: Jared Bronski, University of Illinois
A History of Solitons
Speakers:
Michael Weinstein, Lucent Technologies
Mordechai Segev, Technion Israel Institute of Technology/Princeton University
Incoherent Solitons
Acquisition of Language in Children
Organizer: Nancy Bonini
Chair: John Trueswell, University of Pennsylvania
Studying Real-Time Language Processing in Children: The Monitoring of Eye Movements During Listening
Speakers:
Jenny Saffran, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Infant Statistical Learning and Language Acquisition
Ann Senghas, Barnard College
From Symbols to Syntax: The Creation of New Language by Deaf Children
North Atlantic Oscillation
Organizer: Susan Trumbore
Chair: Martin Visbeck, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
What is the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Why Is It Important?
Speakers:
Heidi Cullen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
The North Atlantic & The Middle East: Investigating Climate Dynamics and Variability in a Water Scarce Region
Jim Hurrell, National Center for Atmospheric Research
The North Atlantic Oscillation
Lorenzo Polvani, Columbia University
Is the North Atlantic Oscillation Coupled to the Stratosphere?
