Fourth Chinese-American Symposium
Chinese Academy of Sciences - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
September 21-23, 2001
Beijing, China
Sessions:
- Advanced Catalytic Materials
- Aspects of Scientific Computing
- Biological Networks
- Dinosaur Evolution
- Gamma Ray Bursts
- Mid-Ocean Ridge Dynamics
- Pattern Formation
- Visual Processing
Advanced Catalytic Materials
Organizers: Douglas Gin and Zhang Xi
Chair: SonBinh Nguyen, Northwestern University
Speakers:
Can Li, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
Striving for Environmentally Benign Catalysis in the 21st Century
Andreas Stein, University of Minnesota
Designing Porous Solids over Multiple Pore Size Regimes
Aspects of Scientific Computing
Organizers: Bai Fengshan and Eberhard Bodenschatz
Chair: Bai Fengshan, Tsinghua University
Speakers:
Chen Zhiming, Institute of Computational Mathematics, CAS
Adaptive Computation and Error Control
Shi Jin, University of Wisconsin
Numerical Computations of Multiscale Physical Problems
Biological Networks
Organizers: Philip Benfey and Jiang Hua Liang
Chair: Terry Hwa, University of California, San Diego
Biocomplexity of Molecular Networks
Speakers:
Luhua Lai, Peking University
Michael Elowitz, Rockefeller University
The Unnatural Network: A Synthetic Approach to Cellular Circuitry
Dinosaur Evolution
Organizers: Philip Benfey and Zhang Zhi Bin
Chair: Zhou Zhonghe, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS
Speakers:
Peter Makovicky, American Museum of Natural History
Evolutionary History of the Horned Dinosaurs (Ceratopsia: Ornithischia)
Xu Xing, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS
Gamma Ray Bursts
Organizers: Matthias Steinmetz and Yang Ji
Chair: Ralph A. M. J. Wijers, State University of New York at Stonybrook
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Who Ordered That?
Speakers:
Pawan Kumar, Institute for Advanced Study
Collimation and Energetics of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Dai Zigao, Nanjing University
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Mid-Ocean Ridge Dynamics
Organizers: Ellen Wohl and Zhang Zhi Bin
Chair: James Holden, University of Georgia
Mid-Ocean Ridge Dynamics: an Overview
Speakers:
Melanie Summit, Washington University
Ocean Floor Hot Springs: Novel Life Beneath the Seabed and Extraterrestrial Implications
Zhou Huai-Yang, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry
Pattern Formation
Organizers: Eberhard Bodenschatz and Bai Fengshan
Chair: Eberhard Bodenschatz, Cornell University
Speakers:
Ou Yang Qi, Peking University
Herbert Levine, University of California, San Diego
Biological Applications Of Pattern-Formation Physics
Visual Processing
Organizers: Yishi Jin and Zhang Xu
Chair: Richard M. Masland, Massachusetts General Hospital
Speakers:
He Shigang, Institute of Neuroscience, CAS
Direction Selectivity in the Retina
Marla B. Feller, University of California, San Diego
The Role of Spontaneous Retinal Activity in the Development of the Visual System
