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German-American 
Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium Series

Fourteenth Annual German-American 
Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium

National Academy of Sciences - Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
June 11-14, 2008 - Potsdam, Germany

2008 Program and Audio Presentations

Brain-Machine and Brain-Computer Interfaces

 Evolution of Complex Adaptation
Computational Creativity Extraterrestrial Materials
CO2 Sequestration Neuronal Correlates of Decision Making
Energy from Waste

Noise in Biological Systems

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Brain-Machine and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Organizers: Daniel Tracey, Lisa Borland and Gunter Meister  
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Brain-Machine and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Daniel Tracey, Duke University:  		-Presentation audio_icon
SPEAKER:  Brain-Machine and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Thomas DeMarse, University of Florida		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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Computational Creativity
Organizers: Stefan Bornholdt and Elaine Chew
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Computational Creativity
Doug DeCarlo, Rutgers University		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: Computational Modeling of High-Level Musical Concepts
Mary Farbood, New York University		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: Design Exploration Using Computation
Axel Kilian, Design Consultancy: designexplorer

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CO2 Sequestration
Organizers: Antje Schwalb, Carrine Blank and Andrew Taton 
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: CO2 Sequestration
Michael Kühn, GeoForschungszentrum Potsdam 		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER:  Marine Options for CO2 Storage
Matthias Haeckel, Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences 		-Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER:  Ecology of Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Manuel Lerdau, University of Virginia

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Energy from Waste
Organizers: Stefanie Dehnen and Ruth Ley
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Energy from Waste
Shelley Minteer, Saint Louis University		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: Converting Organic Wastes into Bioenergy
Lars Angenent, Washington University St. Louis		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: Hydrothermal Carbonization of Plant Material
Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Max-Planck-Institute Postdam

Evolution of Complex Adaptation
Organizers: Lisa Borland, Juergen Geist and John Logsdon
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Evolution of Complex Adaptation
Todd Oakley, University of California, Santa Barbara 		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: Swordtail Fish and the Evolution of Specialized Fins
Gerrit Begemann, University of Konstanz		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: The Evolution of Color and Color Pattern
Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard University

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Extraterrestrial Materials
Organizers: Regine von Klitzing and Carrine Blank
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Extraterrestrial Materials
Paul Kalas, University of California, Berkeley		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: What is the Universe Made of?
Matthias Steinmetz, Astrophysical Institute Postdam		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: The Long Road from Dust to Planets
Gerhard Wurm, university of Muenster:

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Neural Basis of Simple Economic Decision-Making
Organizers: Daniel Tracey and Felix Kratz 
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Neural Basis of Simple Economic Decision-Making
Michael Platt, Duke University 		-Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: The Neural Basis of Simple Economic Decision-Making
Hilke Plassmann, California Institute of Technology 		-Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER:  With no Reason: Neural Basis of Unconstrained Decision Making
Carlo Reverberi, Humboldt University of Berlin

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Noise in Biological Systems
Organizers: Nirao Shah and Stefan Bornholdt
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Noise in Biological Systems
Jan Freund, University of Oldenburg 		-Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: Limits on Suppression of Randomness in Cells
Johan Paulsson, Harvard Medical School		 -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: Self Organisation of Neuronal Information Processing
Gordon Pipa, University of Frankfurt

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The German-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium series is sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and supported in part, with funding from the Kavli Foundation.

 		 

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Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers (2009):
KFOS bullet Cyberinfrastructure / LHC Data Challenge
KFOS bullet Drug Design/Protein Structure
KFOS bullet Epgenetics / Disease
KFOS bullet Gamma-Ray Bursts
KFOS bullet Life in Extreme Environments / Early Life
KFOS bullet Neural Plasticity / Sleep
KFOS bullet Organic Devices in Energy and Electronics
KFOS bullet Quaternary Climate Change / Paleoecology

U.S. Kavli Frontiers (2009): 
KFOS bullet Antibiotic Resistance
KFOS bullet Game theory, economic modeling, and economic regulation from a computational perspective
KFOS bullet Geoengineering
KFOS bullet Holography
KFOS bullet MicroRNA
KFOS bullet Our Hot and Uncertain Future: Is Adaptation to Climate Change Possible?
KFOS bullet Sex Differences in the Brain
KFOS bullet Understanding Dark Matter

Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers (2008):
KFOS bullet Bayesian Statistics & Massive Data Streams
KFOS bullet Detecting Dark Matter
KFOS bullet Evolution of Sleep and Memory
KFOS bullet Measurements and Conditions for Happiness
KFOS bullet Nanomedicine
KFOS bullet New Chemistry of Renewable Raw Materials
KFOS bullet Optical Measurement and Control of Neuronal Activity
KFOS bullet Prediction of Future Sea Level in a Greenhouse World - Theory and Observations

Indo-American Frontiers (2009):
KFOS bullet Atmospheric Haze
KFOS bullet Bioinspired Chemistry
KFOS bullet Cellular Mechanisms for Encoding Information
KFOS bullet Infection and Cognition
KFOS bullet Particle physics at the Energy and Intensity Frontiers
KFOS bullet String Theory and Geometry
KFOS bullet The Changing Brain
KFOS bullet Unraveling the tiny wrinkles in Cosmic Microwave Background radiation: Determining the past and future evolution of the Universe

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