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Kavli Frontiers of Science
Symposium Series

Eighteenth Annual
Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium

National Academy of Sciences
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center - Irvine, California
November 2-4, 2006

2006 Program and Audio Presentations - sessions in alphabetical order

Artificial Photosynthesis / Alternative Energy Sources

Frontiers in Population Biology using Ancient DNA

Biometrics: Identity Technologies How Many Dimensions Does The Universe Have?

Evolutionary Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior Memory and Learning

Extrasolar Planets
Prepare Immediately for Whatever Happens Next

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Artificial Photosynthesis / Alternative Energy Sources
Organizer: Matt DeLisa, Cornell University

CHAIR: Artificial Photosynthesis / Alternative Energy Sources
Elena Galoppini, Rutgers University -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: Solar Energy Conversion at Molecular-Semiconductor Interfaces
Gerald Meyer, Johns Hopkins University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Innovative Technologies for the Photoproduction of Renewable Hydrogen
Maria Ghirardi, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Biometrics: Identity Technologies
Organizer: Juan Gilbert, Auburn University

CHAIR: Biometrics: Identity Technologies
Damon L. Woodard, Clemson University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Biometrics: Putting Pattern Recognition to the Test?
Arun Ross, West Virginia University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Privacy by Design
Elaine Newton, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Evolutionary Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior
Organizer: Todd Preuss, Emory University

CHAIR: Daniel J. Povinelli, University of Louisiana at Lafayette -Presentation

SPEAKER: The Evolution of Cultural Evolution
Richard McElreath, University of California, Davis -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Searching for Human Brain Specializations with Structural and Functional Neuroimaging
James K. Rilling, Emory University
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Extrasolar Planets
Organizer: Caitlin Griffith, University of Arizona

CHAIR: Extrasolar Planets
Fred Adams, University of Michigan -Abstract
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SPEAKER: What we learn about the birth of our own system of planets from studies of the small bodies in the outer solar system and an example of how do we do it and what we'd like to do next
Michael E. Brown, California Institute of Technology -Presentation

SPEAKER: The Galactic Planetary Census
Gregory Laughlin, UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California Santa Cruz
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Frontiers in Population Biology using Ancient DNA
Organizer: Jessica Hellmann, University of Notre Dame

CHAIR: Advances in Ancient DNA of Populations
Elizabeth Hadly, Stanford University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: The population history of Native Americans: Insight from ancient DNA analyses
Ripan Malhi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Genetic time travel: what ancient DNA tells us about the past
Uma Ramakrishnan, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
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How Many Dimensions Does The Universe Have?
Organizer: Vijay Balasubramanian, University of Pennsylvania

CHAIR: The Idea of Extra Dimensions
Mark Trodden, Syracuse University -Presentation

SPEAKER: Dimensions in String Theory
Gary Shiu, The University of Wisconsin, Madison -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Testing Extra Dimensions
Jonathan Feng, University of California, Irvine
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Memory and Learning
Organizer: Blanka Rogina, University of Connecticut Health Sciences Center

CHAIR: Introduction to Memory Session
Alcino J. Silva, University of California, Los Angeles -Abstract
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SPEAKER: How Sleep Effects Memory
Matthew P. Walker, Harvard Medical School -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Memory Reactivation During Sleep
Matthew A. Wilson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Prepare Immediately for Whatever Happens Next
Organizer: Christina Hulbe, Portland State University

CHAIR: Climate Change and Human Civilization
Christina Hulbe, Portland State University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: An Inconvenient Climate: Lessons on the Dynamics of Regional Climate Changes from Past and Present-Day Examples
John Chiang, University of California, Berkeley
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SPEAKER: And the Reassuring Lies about Societal Adaptation: Is the U.S. the Next Akkadian Empire?
Susanne Moser, National Center for Atmospheric Research
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The Kavli US 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 support from the National Academy of Sciences and the Ellison Medical Foundation.

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Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers (2009):

KFOS bullet Cyberinfrastructure / LHC Data Challenge

Drug Design/Protein Structure

Epgenetics / Disease

Gamma-Ray Bursts

Life in Extreme Environments / Early Life

Neural Plasticity / Sleep

Organic Devices in Energy and Electronics

Quaternary Climate Change / Paleoecology

U.S. Kavli Frontiers (2009):

KFOS bullet Antibiotic Resistance

Game theory, economic modeling, and economic regulation from a computational perspective

Geoengineering

Holography

MicroRNA

Our Hot and Uncertain Future: Is Adaptation to Climate Change Possible?

Sex Differences in the Brain

Understanding Dark Matter

Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers (2008):

KFOS bullet Bayesian Statistics & Massive Data Streams

Detecting Dark Matter

Evolution of Sleep and Memory

Measurements and Conditions for Happiness

Nanomedicine

New Chemistry of Renewable Raw Materials

Optical Measurement and Control of Neuronal Activity

Prediction of Future Sea Level in a Greenhouse World - Theory and Observations

Indo-American Frontiers (2009):

KFOS bullet Atmospheric Haze

Bioinspired Chemistry

Cellular Mechanisms for Encoding Information

Infection and Cognition

Particle physics at the Energy and Intensity Frontiers

String Theory and Geometry

The Changing Brain

Unraveling the tiny wrinkles in Cosmic Microwave Background radiation: Determining the past and future evolution of the Universe

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