Fourth Japanese-American Symposium
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
October 10-12, 2001
Tokyo, Japan
Sessions:
- Asteroid Impact
- Bose-Einstein Condensation
- Chirality
- Death and Destruction
- Imaging the Human Mind
- Nontraditional Computing
- Prion Diseases
- The Sun
Asteroid Impact
Organizers: Eiichi Tajika and Susan Trumbore
Chair: Toshiko Takata, Miyagi University of Education
Speakers:
Seiji Sugita, University of Tokyo
A New Observational Method for Hypervelocity Impact Study: High-Speed Emission Spectroscopy
Mark Boslough, Sandia National Laboratories
Computational Simulations of Asteroid and Comet Impacts
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Organizers: Yoshiteru Maeno and Kate Scholberg
Chair: Masahito Ueda, Tokyo Institute of Technology
An Introduction to Artificial Macroscopic Quantum Matter: Laser-Cooled Bose-Einstein Condensation
Speakers:
Lithium-6 and Lithium-7: A Tale of Non-Identical Twins
Randall G. Hulet, Rice University
“Passive” and “Active” Optical Elements for Matter Waves
Mikio Kozuma, University of Tokyo
Chirality
Organizers: Pat Vaccaro and Masahide Terazima
Chair: Jay S. Siegel, University of California, San Diego
Eiji Yashima, Nagoya University
Helical Chirality of Macromolecules
Bart E. Kahr, University of WashingtonOptical Rotatory Power of Crystals
Death and Destruction
Organizers: Julie Theriot and Noriko Osumi
Chair: Randy Hampton, University of California, San Diego
Speakers:
Cecile M. Pickart, Johns Hopkins University
A Protein Machine for Intracellular Protein Destruction
Akira Kakizuka, Kyoto University
Molecular Analysis of Polyglutamine Diseases
Imaging the Human Mind
Organizers: Michael A. Paradiso and Noriko Osumi
Chair: Anthony Wagner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Transforming Experience Into Memory: Imaging Insights Into How The Brain Builds Memories
Speakers:
Hiroshi Imamizu, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
Human Cerebellar Activity Reflecting an Acquired Internal Model of a Novel Tool
Russell A. Poldrack, Harvard Medical School
Nontraditional Computing
Organizers: Wim Sweldens and Toshitake Kohno
Chair: Hiroshi Imai, University of Tokyo
Speakers:
Tetsuro Nishino, The University of Electro-Communications
A Mathematical Theory of Quantum Neural Networks
Christopher Alan Fuchs, Lucent Technologies
Prion Diseases
Organizers: Tetsuro Kokubo and Julie Theriot
Chair: David A. Harris, Washington University School of Medicine
Prion Diseases: Biological and Medical Implications
Speakers:
Kiyotoshi Kaneko, National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry
Attempts to Identifying New Players In Prion Replication and Its Therapeutic Applications
Byron Caughey, National Institutes of Health, NIAID
The Corruption of Prion Proteins and Neurodegenerative Disease
The Sun
Organizers: Shigeru Ida and Matthew Holman
Chair: Takaaki Yokoyama, National Astronomical Observatory
Our Active Star, The Sun
Speakers:
Jesper Schou, Stanford University
Studying the Sun with Sound Waves
Toshifumi Shimizu, National Astronomical Observatory
The Solar Corona
