10th Japanese-American Symposium
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
December 1-3, 2007
Kanagawa, Japan
Sessions:
- Detecting Gravitational Waves
- Frontiers in Optical Materials
- Habitability of Planets
- Influenza
- Network Dynamics and Traffic Control: Jamming and Flow
- New Concepts in Synthetic Chemistry
- Origins of Human Speech
- Synthetic Biology
Detecting Gravitational Waves
Organizers: Rachel Bean and Kae Nemoto
Chair: 
Gravitational-wave Detection and Astronomy
Patrick Brady, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Speakers:Opening a New Window onf the Universe: Gravitational-Wave Sources
Alessandra Buonanno, University of Maryland
Detecting Gravitational Waves
Masatake Ohashi, University of Tokyo
Frontiers in Optical Materials
Organizers: David Norris and Koji Hatanaka
Chair: Frontiers in Optical Materials
Teri Odom, Northwestern University
Speakers:Chemistry Based Next Generation Solar Cells
Yasuhiro Tachibana, Osaka UniversityElectromagnetic Metamaterials
David R. Smith, Duke University
Habitability of Planets
Organizers: Minoru Yoneda and Arjun Heimsath
Chair:
Habitability of Planets
Eiichiro Kokubo, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Speakers:Habitability of Planets
George Hashimoto, Kobe UniversityVolatiles and Habitability on Evolving Terrestrial Planets
Taylor Perron, Harvard University
Influenza
Organizers: Katie Peichel and Yoshihiro Kubo
Chair: Evolution of Influenza A Viruses
Joshua Plotkin, University of Pennsylvania
Speakers:Exploration and Innovation in the Evolution of Influenza
Katia Koelle, Duke UniversityThe Molecular Mechanisms that Allow Avian Influenza Viruses to Infect Humans
Kyoko Shinya, Tottori University
Network Dynamics and Traffic Control: Jamming and Flow
Organizers: Raissa D'Souza and Misako Takayasu
Chair: Network Dynamics and Traffic Control: Jamming and Flow
Dimitris Achlioptas University of California, Santa Cruz
Speakers:Jammology: Physics of Self-Drive Particle - Toward a Solution of All Jams
Katsuhiro Nishinari, The University of Tokyo
Jennifer M. Schwarz, Syracuse University
New Concepts in Synthetic Chemistry
Organizers: Motonari Uesugi and Tom Muir
Chair: New Concepts in Synthetic Chemistry
Masayuki Inoue, The University of Tokyo
Speakers:New Concepts in Organic Synthesis - Toward Innovation in the Organic Electronics
Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Nagoya UniversityDiverse Peptide-Based Catalysts for Diverse Organic Reactions
Scott Miller, Yale University
Origins of Human Speech
Organizers: Barry Rolett and Minoru Yoneda
Chair: Origin of Human Speech
Kazuo Okanoya, RIKEN
Speakers:Recent Origin for Modern Human Speech Capabilities
Robert McCarthy, Florida Atlantic UniversityUniquely Human Language Processing
Kuniyoshi Sakai, The University of Tokyo
Synthetic Biology
Organizers: Masami Hagiya, Kenzo Hirose and Linda Carlson
Chair: Synthetic Biology
Hiroki Ueda, RIKEN
Speakers:How does Fluctuation Facilitate Adaptation?
Tetsuya Yomo, Osaka UniversityTowards in vivo Cellular Automata
Yaakov (Kobi) Benenson, Harvard University
