15th Chinese-American Symposium
Chinese Academy of Sciences - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
October 12-14, 2012
Sessions:
- Collective Organismal Behavior
- Dark Matter Theory and Experiment
- Earthquake Mechanics and Forecasting
- Epigenetics
- From Circuits to Behaviour
- Molecular Motors
- On Learning
- Terahertz Physics
Collective Organismal Behavior
Organizer: Sarah Brosnan, Yehuda Ben-Shahar and Sun Jibin
CHAIR:
Exploring the Collective Motion Evolution
Haitao Zhang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
SPEAKERS:
Minimal models for locust swarms
Chad Higdon-Topaz, Macalester College
Grouping Behavior in Animals
Jiang Zhigang, Institute of Zoology, CAS
Dark Matter: Theory and Experiment
Organizer: Emily Schaller, Ji Li and Katherine Copic
CHAIR:
Dark Matter
Jason Kumar, University of Hawaii
SPEAKERS:
Dark Matter Particle Detection in Space
Jin Chang, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Direct Detection of Dark Matter
Jocelyn Monroe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Earthquake Mechanics and Forecasting
Organizers: Greg Druschel and Cheng Hefa
CHAIR:
Earthquake Mechanics: Nucleation, Propagation, and Ground Shaking
Eric Dunham, Stanford University
SPEAKERS:
Earthquakes: Stress and Randomness
Jeanne Hardebeck, United States Geological Survey
Better Earthquake Location and Focal Depth: Implication for Studies on Seismo-Genesis and Earthly Warning
Si-Dao Ni, Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics
Epigenetics
Organizers: Chen Zhe-Yu and Jennifer Brisson
CHAIR:
Jessica Tyler, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
SPEAKERS:
Decipher the Histone Code with 'Reader' Modules
Li Haitao, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University
Epigenetic Regulation in Stem Cells
Barbara Panning, University of California, San Francisco
From Circuits to Behavior
Organizers: Wang Liping and Sarah Brosnan
CHAIR:
From Neurocircuits to Behavior
Xu Fuqiang, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
SPEAKERS:
Modulation of brain neural circuits by gut and heart peptide hormones
Luo Minmin, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing
Deconstruction of neural circuits for hunger
Scott Sternson, HHMI, Janelia Farm
Molecular Motors
Organizers: David Gracias and Zhu Jinsong
CHAIR:
Synthetic Molecular-scale Motors: A Chemist's Perspective
Milan Stojanovic, Columbia University
SPEAKERS:
Can Molecular Translation be put at Work?
Current Advances and Challenges in Building Molecular Motors
Jovica Badjic, The Ohio State University
Make smart DNA-based machines
Wang Zhen-Gang, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
On Learning
Organizers: Na Lei and Mark Campbell
CHAIR:
On Learning
Zhou Zhi-Hua, National Key Lab for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University
SPEAKERS:
Regularized Bayesian Inference
Zhu Jun, Tsinghua University
Machine Learning for Robotics
Pieter Abbeel, University of California, Berkeley
Terahertz Physics
Organizers: Lin Yuan, Emily Schaller and Katherine Copic
CHAIR:
Research progress of terahertz physics and devices in China
Cao Juncheng, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, CAS
SPEAKERS:
Correlated Electrons at Terahertz Frontiers
Shriram Ramanathan, Harvard University
Terahertz Physics
Zhang Yan, Capital Normal University
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 funding from the National Academy of Sciences.