28th Annual U.S. Symposium

November 4-6, 2016
Irvine, California

Sessions:

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3D Printing: Where are we and what is next?

Organizers: Stuart Rowan, University of Chicago

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
3D Printing: Where are we and what is next?
Alshakim Nelson, University of Washington

SPEAKERS:
Tomorrow’s Problems Will Not Be Solved By Yesterday’s Materials – How Additive Manufacturing Is Changing Medicine
Matthew Becker, University of Akron

3D Manufacturing: A Future Fabricated with Light
Jason Rolland, Carbon 3D

Causal Inference

Organizer: Bradley Voytek, University of California, San Diego and Jenny Tung, Duke University

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Causal Inference
Samantha Kleinberg, Stevens Institute of Technology

SPEAKERS:
Inferring Causal Relationships from Observational Data
Elizabeth Ogburn, Johns Hopkins University

Language & Causality
Lera Boroditsky, University of California, San Diego

Causes and Consequences of Climate and Weather Extremes

Organizer: Carrie Morrill, NOAA

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Global warming and extreme climate events
Noah Diffenbaugh, Stanford University

SPEAKERS:
Snow, Wind, and Fire: Understanding Drivers of Past Climate Variability
Valerie Trouet, University of Arizona

Valuing Planetary Scale Assets: What is the climate worth?
Solomon Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley

The Future of Genome Technologies

Organizer: Jonathan Berg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Jenny Tung, Duke University

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Ubiquitous DNA Sequencing
Yaniv Erlich, Columbia University

SPEAKERS:
Learning the Metadata of the Cell with Single Cell Genomics
Rahul Satija, New York University

Reading, Writing, and Editing DNA
Sri Kosuri, University of California, Los Angeles

Ground-Breaking Direct Detection of Gravitational Waves

Organizer: Daryl Haggard, McGill University

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Characterization of Gravitational Wave Transients in Advanced LIGO
Benjamin Farr, University of Chicago

SPEAKERS:
Astrophysical Implications of the First Gravitational Wave Detections
Laura Sampson, Northwestern University

Advanced LIGO Detectors at the Beginning of the New Gravitational Wave Era
Lisa Barsotti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nanomaterials for Health – A Fantastic Voyage

Organizer: Daniela Oliveira, University of Florida

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Nanomaterials for Health – A Fantastic Voyage
Carlos Rinaldi, University of Florida

SPEAKERS:
Probing Cellular-Particle Interactions in Design of Nanocarriers for Vascular-Targeted Drug Delivery
Omolola Eniola-Adefeso, University of Michigan

DNA Nanodevices for Manipulation, Measurement, and Delivery
Carlos Castro, Ohio State University

Open Science

Organizers: Bradley Voytek, University of California, San Diego

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Open Science
Leif Nelson, University of California, Berkeley

SPEAKERS:
Getting Journals to Embrace Open Science
Simine Vazire, University of California, Davis

Open Science: Changing the Scientific Culture?
Fernando Perez, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Quantum Computing

Organizers: Emanuel Gull, University of Michigan and Daniela Oliveira, University of Florida

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Quantum Computing - from Topology to Applications
Krysta Svore, Microsoft Research

SPEAKERS:
Topological Quantum Computing with Majorana Fermions
Sergey Frolov, University of Pittsburgh

What Should We Do With A Small Quantum Computer?
Aram Harrow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Resurrecting the Past: Genomic Reconstructions of Human History

Organizer: Jenny Tung, Duke University

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Understanding the Human Past through Studies of Genetic Diversity and Its Structure
John Novembre, University of Chicago

SPEAKERS:
The Great Migration and African-American Genomic Diversity
Simon Gravel, McGill University

Causes and Consequences of Human Genomic Variation
Sohini Ramachandran, Brown University

The Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation, with additional funding from the National Academy of Sciences.

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