16th Chinese-American Symposium

October 11-13, 2014
Beijing, China

Sessions:

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Big Data

Organizers: Mark Campbell and Tang Shuming

CHAIR:
Big Data
Randal Burns, Johns Hopkins University

SPEAKERS:
Big Data in the Cloud: A Case for Cloud Storage Diversity
Hakim Weatherspoon, Cornell University

Big Data
Zhang Xuetao, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Bioorthogonal Chemistry

Organizers: Jovica Badjic and Yao Zhujun

CHAIR:
Bio-orthogonal Chemistry
Jiangyun Wang, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

SPEAKERS:
Visualize Glycans in Living Systems and Human Samples Using Bioorthogonal Chemistry
Peng Wu, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bioorthogonal Reactions
Peng Chen, Peking University

Communicating Science to the Public

Organizers: Jennifer Brisson, Sarah Horst and Li Ji

CHAIR:
Communicating Science to the Public
Michael Dahlstrom, Iowa State University

SPEAKERS:
Communicating Science to the Public - Astronomy Outreach in China
Jin Zhu, Beijing Planetarium

The State of the Empirical Research on Scientists as Public Communicators
Anthony Dudo, The University of Texas at Austin

Extreme Weather

Organizers: Chris Gerbi and Ni Si Dao

CHAIR:
Extreme Weather
Luo Yali, State Key Lab of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

SPEAKERS:
Human Contributions to Extreme High Temperature Events in China
Sun Ying, National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration

Improved Understanding of Extreme Weather The Southern Great Plains of the United States
Jeffrey Basara, University of Oklahoma

Galactic Center: Probing our Black Hole SgrA

Organizers: Sarah Horst and Ji Li

CHAIR:
An Astrophysical Laboratory in the Milky Way’s Galactic Nucleus
Daryl Haggard, Amherst College

SPEAKERS:
Stars Born in the Extreme Environment around a Supermassive Black Hole
Jessica Lu, University of Hawaii

Accretion onto the Supermassive Black Hole in the Galactic Center
Feng Yuan, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS

Human Microbiota and its Microbiome

Organizers: Yehuda Ben-Shahar and Yan Zhang

CHAIR:
Human Microbiota and its Microbiome
Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Washington University at St. Louis

SPEAKERS:
Networks of Exchanging Antibiotic Resistance in Human and Environmental Microbiota
Gautam Dantas, Washington University Medical School

Microbiota-Based Diagnosis and Prediction of Ecosystem Health (e.g., in our body)
Xu Jian, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, CAS

Long Non-coding RNA

Organizers: Li Haitao and Jennifer Brisson

CHAIR:
Regulatory long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs)
Shen Xiaohua, Tsinghua UniversityWang Yangming, Peking University

SPEAKERS:
New Long Noncoding RNA Species in Gene Regulation
Chen Lingling, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS

Epigenetic Regulation of the Human Genome by Long Intergenic Non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs)
Ahmad Khalil, Case Western

Neural Basis of Emotion

Organizers: Jianyun Sun and Annika Paulkner

CHAIR:
Neural Basis of Emotion
Chengyu Li, Institute of Biophysics

SPEAKERS:
The Neural Mechanism of Social Heirarchy
Hailan Hu, Institute of Biophysics

The Neural Control of Socio-Emotional Behavior in Non-Human Primates
Katalin M. Gothard, Arizona Health Sciences Center

Quantum Communication

Organizers: Yan Zhang and Michael Kirby

CHAIR:
Chuanfeng Li, University of Science and Technology of China

SPEAKERS:
Fuguo Deng, Beijing Normal University

Graeme Smith, IBM Research

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.

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