Bayesian Statistics & Massive Data Streams
Organizers: Raissa D’Souza and Katsuhiro Nishinari 

CHAIR:  Bayesian Statistics for Massive Data Streams Jake Hofman, Yahoo! Research	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Statistical Mechanical Approach to Massive Bayesian Inference Yoshiyuki Kabashima, Tokyo Institute of Technology	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Bayesian Statistics and Massive Data Streams Mark Hansen, University of California, Los Angeles	-Presentation

Detecting Dark Matter 
Organizers: Patrick Brady and Hazuki Furukawa

CHAIR: Detecting Dark Matter Douglas Finkbeiner, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Dark Matter (DM) and Particle Physics Mihoko M. Nojiri, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Dark but not Too Dark?  Experimental Efforts to Detect Dark Matter Brian Odom, Northwestern University	-Abstract  -Presentation

Evolution of Sleep and Memory
Organizers: Robert McCarthy, Lena Hileman and Kenzo Hirose 

CHAIR:  Evolution of Sleep and Memory Kazuhiko Kume, Kumamoto University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Evolution of Sleep and Memory: Neuronal Activity Patterns during Sleep and Plasticity Hiroyuki Miyamoto, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN	-Presentation
SPEAKER:  Evolution of Sleep and Memory - non vertebrate sleep Kazuhiko Kume, Kumamoto University	-Presentation

Measurements and Conditions for Happiness 
Organizers: Koji Mizoguchi and Don Cooper

CHAIR: Measurements and Conditions for Happiness Kenji Matsumoto, Tamagawa University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Neural Measurements of Reward Value and Happiness Ken-ichiro Tsutsui, Tohoku Univesity	-Abstract
SPEAKER:  What is an Emotion? Lisa Barrett, Boston University	-Abstract  -Presentation

Nanomedicine
Organizers: Teri Odom and Koji Hatanaka 

CHAIR: Using the Fabrication Technologies from the Microelectronics Industry to Address the Unmet Needs in Drug Delivery Joseph M. DeSimone, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	-Abstract
SPEAKER: Nanoshells for Photothermal Cancer Therapy Jennifer West, Rice University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Nanotech-Based Cell Sheet Engineering for Regenerative Medicine Masayuki Yamato, Tokyo Women’s Medical University	-Abstract  -Presentation

New Chemistry of Renewable Raw Materials
Organizers: Motonari Uesugi and Chekesha Liddell

CHAIR: New Chemistry of Renewable Raw Materials Tetsuo Kondo, Kyushu University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: New Chemistry of Renewable Raw Materials: Next Generation Thermoplastics from Biorenewable Feedstocks Stephen A. Miller, University of Florida	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: New Chemistry of Renewable Raw Materials: The Use of CO2 as a Carbon Resource Kyoko Nozaki,The University of Tokyo	-Abstract  -Presentation

Optical Measurement and Control of Neuronal Activity 
Organizers: Haruhiko Bito and Don Cooper

CHAIR: Optical Measurement and Control of Neuronal Activity Hajime Hirase, RIKEN	-Abstract
SPEAKER: Engineering Fluorescent Proteins to Visualize and Manipulate Biological Functions Takeharu Nagai, Hokkaido University	-Abstract
SPEAKER:  Voyages into Inner Space: Single Vesicle Imaging of Exo-Endocytosis Derek Toomre, Yale University School of Medicine
SPEAKER:  Feng Zhang, Stanford University

Prediction of Future Sea Level in a Greenhouse World - Theory and Observations
Organizers: Minoru Yoneda and Pascale Poussart

CHAIR: Prediction of Future Sea Level in a Greenhouse World - Theory and Observations Shawn Marshall, University of Calgary	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Global sea level budget and the Ice sheets Isabella Velicogna, University of California, Irvine	-Abstract
SPEAKER: Empirical Constraints on Sea-Level Rise in Future Yusuke Yokoyama, University of Tokyo	-Abstract  -Presentation

The Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.  Major support in the U.S. is provided by the Kavli Foundation, with additional support from the National Academy of Sciences.