13th Chinese-American Symposium
Chinese Academy of Sciences – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
September 23-25, 2010
Irvine, California
Sessions:
- Crysophere - Hydrosphere Interaction
- Human Computation
- Invisible Electronics
- Neuroeconomics
- Origins of Complex Life
- Plasmonics
- Solar System Exploration/Solar Activity
- The Regulatory Code
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Crysophere – Hydrosphere Interaction
Organizers: Ma Yaoming, Peter Mohler, and David Fike
Chair:
Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Interaction
Wang Ninglian, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS
Speakers:
Peter Huybers, Harvard University, On the Origins of Earth's Glaciations
Yao Tandong, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS
Human Computation
Organizers: Darren Gergle and Li Zhihong
Chair:
Human Computation
Luis van Ahn, Carnegie Mellon University
Speakers:
Solving Hard Problems with Symbiotic Human-Computer Architecture
Zoran Popović, University of Washington
Human Computation Systems in the Era of Social Computing
Irwin King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Invisible Electronics
Organizers: Lynn Loo and Chen Hongzheng
Chair:
Invisible Electronics
Michael Chabinyc, University of California, Santa Barbara
Speakers:
Invisible Electronics
Antonio Facchetti, Polyera Corporation
Synthesis & Fabrication of Graphene Structure for Invisible Electronics
Guangyu Zhang, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Neuroeconomics
Organizers: Val Kalatsky and Bi Guo-Qiang
Chair:
Neuroeconomics
P. Read Montague, Baylor College of Medicine
Speakers:
Fun and Games: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Strategic Decision-Making
Ming Hsu, University of California, Berkeley
Sharing Losses and Sharing Gains: Increased Demand for Fairness under Adversity
Zhou Xiaolin, Beijing University
Origins of Complex Life
Organizers: Xiao Xiang and David Fike
Chair:
Origins of Complex Life
Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Tech
Speakers:
Complexity is No Simple Matter
Casey Dunn, Brown University
Origin and Early Evolution of Metazoans: Fossil Records from South China
Guoxiang Li, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Plasmonics
Organizers: Xu Hongxing and Sabine Lammers
Chair:
Zhaowei Liu, University of California, San Diego, Plasmonics
Speakers:
Plasmon Resonances in Biology and Medicine
Jason Hafner, Rice University
Localized and Propagating Surface Plasmons in Au/Ag Nanostructures
Wei Hong, Institute of Physics, CAS
Solar System Exploration/Solar Activity
Organizers: Ji Jianghui and Alicia Soderberg
Chair:
The Sun: Continuous Challenges to an Old Subject
Zhang Mei, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Speakers:
Solar Eruptions—As the Source of Space Weather
Chen Pengfei, Nanjing University
Exploring an Alien Meteorological Cycle
Emily Schaller, University of Arizona
The Regulatory Code
Organizers: Artyom Kopp and Cui Xiaoyong
Chair:
The Regulatory Code
Saurabh Sinha, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Speakers:
Interpreting the Human Genome
Manolis Kellis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Identification and Analysis of Non-coding RNA in Mouse and Human using Next-generation Sequencing Technology
Hu Songnian, Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation with additional support from the National Academy of Sciences.