18th Chinese-American Symposium
October 19-21, 2018
Nanjing, China
Sessions:
- Carbon Monitoring and Verifications following the Paris Accord
- Chiral Science
- Deep Learning with Domain-Specific Knowledge
- Environmental DNA in the Ocean
- Gravitational Wave and Electromagnetic Detection of Neutron Star Mergers
- Neuroprosthetics
- Single Cell Analysis
- Topological States of Matter
Video AvailableCarbon Monitoring and Verifications following the Paris Accord
Organizers: Samantha Siedlecki and Fadong Li
CHAIR:
Challenges and New Approaches in Carbon Monitoring and VerificationAbigail Swann, University of Washington
SPEAKERS:
Carbon Monitoring Requires Accurate Predictions of Terrestrial and Ocean Carbon CyclingGretchen Keppel-Aleks, University of Michigan
The Chinese Global Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Satellite (Tansat) Mission: Global CO2 Monitoring and Data ApplicationDongxu Yang, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chiral Science
Organizers: Sanzhong Luo and Gabriel Menard
CHAIR:
The Chemistry of ChiralityAng Li, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
SPEAKERS:
Deep Learning with Domain-Specific Knowledge
Organizers: Adrianna Gillman and Weiwei Xu
CHAIR:What is Deep Learning? And Why does it Work?
Ankit Patel, Baylor College of Medicine & Rice University
SPEAKERS:Visual SLAM for Augmented Reality
Guofeng Zhang, Computer Science Department, Zhejiang UniversityWhat Does the Revolution in Artificial Intelligence Mean for Physics?
Kyle Cranmer, New York University
Environmental DNA in the Ocean
Organizers: Samantha Siedlecki, Wei Wensheng and Yan Zhang
CHAIR:
SPEAKERS:
Tracking Ecosystem Shifts, from Microbes to Mammals, with Environmental DNAAnni Djurhuus, University of South Florida
Gravitational Wave and Electromagnetic Detection of Neutron Star Mergers
Organizers: Li Ji and Shane Davis
CHAIR:
Gravitational Wave and the Merger of Double Neutron Stars GW170817Youjun Lu, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
SPEAKERS:
The Discovery of Gravitational Waves and the Electromagnetic CounterpartsMeng Su, University of Hong Kong
Neuroprosthetics
Organizers: Katalin Gothard and Zilong Qui
CHAIR:
SPEAKERS:
Neuroprosthetics for Upper-Limb AmputeesFang Peng, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Biological and Bionic Hands: Natural Neural Coding and Artificial PerceptionSliman Bensmaia, University of Chicago
Single Cell Analysis
Organizers: Ahmad Khalil and Zilong Qui
CHAIR:
Single-cell RNA-Seq Analysis Reveals a Developmental Atlas of the Human Preforntal CortexXiaoqun Wang, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
SPEAKERS:
Noncoding RNAs Coordinate with Histone Acetylation to Regulate the Binding and Transcriptinal Functions of Chromatin Reader ProteinsShannon Lauberth, University of California, San Diego
Topological States of Matter
Organizers: James Olsen and Xuai Zhuang
CHAIR:
SPEAKERS:
Prediction of Topological SemimetalsHongming Weng, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Experimental Realization of Topological Insulator and BeyondMadhab Neupane, University of Central Florida
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
