14th German-American Symposium
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 11-14, 2008
Potsdam, Germany
Sessions:
- Brain-Machine and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- CO2 Sequestration
- Computational Creativity
- Energy from Waste
- The Evolution of Complex Adaptation
- Extraterrestrial Materials
- Neuronal Correlates of Decision Making
- Noise in Biological Systems
Brian-Machine and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Organizers: Daniel Tracey, Lisa Borland and Gunter Meister
Introductory Speaker:
Brain-Machine and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Thomas B. DeMarse, University of Florida
Speakers:
Brain Machine Interfaces
Daniel Tracey, Duke University
CO2 Sequestration
Organizers: Carrine Blank, Antje Schwalb and Andrew Taton
Introductory Speaker:
Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide – A Climate Mitigation Measure?
Michael Kühn, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam
Speakers:
The Ecology of Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Manuel Lerdau, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Marine Options for CO2 Storage
Matthias Haeckel, Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR)
Computational Creativity
Organizers: Stefan Bornholdt and Elaine Chew
Introductory Speaker:
Making Computers and Ourselves More Creative
Doug DeCarlo, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Speakers:
Computational Modeling of High-Level Musical Concepts
Morwaread Mary Farbood, New York University, USA
Design Exploration Using Computation
Axel Kilian, "Design Consultancy: designexplorer", Ulm, Germany
Energy from Waste
Organizers: Stefanie Dehnen and Ruth Ley
Introductory Speaker:
Utilizing Energy Resources in Waste: Waste-to-Energy
Shelley Minteer, Saint Louis University, MO, USA
Speakers:
Converting Organic Wastes into Bioenergy
Lars Angenent, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA
Hydrothermal Carbonization of Plant Material: A Route to Nanostructured Carbonaceous Materials and an Efficient Chemical Process to Treat the CO2 Problem
Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Max-Planck-Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
The Evolution of Complex Adaptation
Organizers: Stefan Borland, Juergen Geist and John Logsdon
Introductory Speaker:
The Genetic Bases and Evolution of Complex Adaptations
Todd Oakley, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA
Speakers:
Swordtail Fish and the Evolution of Specialized Fins
Gerrit Begemann, Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
The Evolution of Color and Color Pattern
Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Extraterrestrial Materials
Organizers: Carrine Blank and Regine von Klitzing
Introductory Speaker:
Extraterrestrial Materials
Paul Kalas, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Speakers:
The Long Road from Dust to Planets
Gerhard Wurm, Universiy of Münster, Germany
What is the Universe Made of?
Matthias Steinmetz, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, Germany
Neuronal Correlates of Decision Making
Organizers: Daniel Tracey and Felix Kratz
Introductory Speaker:
Neuronal Correlates of Decision Making
Michael Platt, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Speaker:
The Neural Basis of Simple Economic Decision-Making
Hilke Plassmann, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Noise in Biological Systems
Organizers: Stefan Bornholdt and Nirao Shah
Introductory Speaker:
Life: Avoiding or Exploiting Noise?
Jan Freund, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Speakers:
Noise in Neuronal Spikes
Gordon Pipa, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FISA) and Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research
Noise in Gene Expression
Johan Paulsson, Harvard Medical School