Japanese-American Frontiers of Science

Seventh Annual Japanese-American Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Irvine, California - December 10-12, 2004

2004 Program and Audio Presentations
(sessions in alphabetical order)

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Algorithmic Approaches to Music Composition and Performance
Organizers: Andrew Belmonte and Masayuki Numao 

CHAIR: Andrew Belmonte, Pennsylvania State University	-Presentation
SPEAKER: Can we Calculate Music like Numbers? Keiji Hirata, NTT Communication Science Laboratories	-Abstract
SPEAKER: Musical Intelligence and Machine Learning Belinda Thom, Harvey Mudd College	-Abstract -Presentation

Carbon Nanotubes and Nanowires
Organizers: Toshiya Okazaki and Hilary Godwin 

CHAIR: Generation and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes and Silicon Nano-Wires/Nanotubes Shigeo Maruyama, The University of Tokyo	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Atomic Level Characterization of Carbon Nano-Structures Kazutomo Suenaga, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Semiconductor Nanowires and Nanotubes Peidong Yang, University of California, Berkeley

Cosmic Microwave Background / Evolution of the Universe
Organizers: Steve Barwick and Mio Murao

CHAIR: Quantum Universe Hitoshi Murayama, University of California, Berkeley	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Universe Sean Carroll, University of Chicago	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Cosmic Microwave Background: Reveals Secrets of the Universe Naoshi Sugiyama, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan	-Abstract -Presentation

Mars
Organizers: Naoki Kobayashi and Kerry Sieh 

CHAIR: Follow the Water Oded Aharonson, California Institute of Technology
SPEAKER: Volatile reservoirs at the Martian poles Shane Byrne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Supply of Water from the Underground of Mars Sho Sasaki, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan	-Abstract -Presentation

Social Networks
Organizers: Tamotsu Onozaki and David Reiley

CHAIR: Social Networks and the Small World Carter Butts, University of California, Irvine	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Social Network Structure and Solidarity of the Society Ryuhei Tsuji, Meiji Gakuin University	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Networks in Games, Networks in Markets: Two Laboratory Explorations Alessandra Cassar, University of San Francisco	-Abstract

Stem Cells and Genetic Reprogramming
Organizers: Shigeo Okabe and Shelley Copley

CHAIR: Epigenetic Reprogramming in Mammals -Biological Significance of Genomic Imprinting Mechanism Fumitoshi Ishino, Tokyo Medical and Dental University	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Animal Cloning by Somatic Cell Reprogramming Teruhiko Wakayama, RIKEN, Center for Developmental Biology	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Regulation of Genomic Imprinting in Mammals Marisa Bartolomei, HHMI, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	-Abstract -Presentation

Synapse and Psychiatry
Organizers: Atsushi Iriki and Gina Poe 

CHAIR: Molecular Image of Schizophrenia Tetsuya Suhara, National Institute of Radiological Sciences	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Calcineurin and Schizophrenia: Signal Transduction and Genes-to-Behaviors Pathways in Psychiatric Diseases Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Kyoto University	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Cortisl, Stress and Autism Blythe Corbett, University of California, Davis	-Abstract -Presentation

Ultra-High Precise Measurements
Organizers: Hiroaki Misawa and Robert Carlson 

CHAIR: Ultra-High Precise Measurement Jens Gundlach, University of Washington	-Presentation
SPEAKER: Generation and Interferometry of Entangled Photons Keiichi Edamatsu, Tohoku University	-Abstract -Presentation
SPEAKER: Quantum Metrology and the Precise Measurement of Time Christopher Monroe, University of Michigan	-Abstract -Presentation