Sessions:
- Adaptation to Extreme Environments
- Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
- Beginning of Time: Observing the Universe with JWST
- Ctrl-Alt-Del Carbon!
- Extreme Weather and Climate Events
- Environmental Epigenetics
- How does the Brain Encode Thought?
- Soft Biological Robots
Adaptation to Extreme Environments
Organizer: Tali Mass, University of Haifa
SPEAKERS:
Tal Luzzato-Knaan University of Haifa
Nyssa Silbiger, California State University
Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
Organizers: Peter Orth, Saarland University and Ofra Amir, Technion
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Tomer Shadmy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
SPEAKERS:
Nir Rosenfeld, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
David Grant, University of Florida
The Beginning of Time: Observing the Early Universe with JWST
Organizers: Peter Orth, Saarland University, Ranny Budnik, Weizmann Institute of Science and Erez Berg, Weizmann Institute of Science
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
To be confirmed
SPEAKERS:
Benny Trakhtenbrot, Tel Aviv University
Ctrl-Alt-Del Carbon!
Organizers: Luisa Whittaker Brooks, University of Utah and Hannah Noa Barad, Bar-Ilan University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Marcel Schreier, University of Wisconsin, Madison
SPEAKERS:
Igal Levine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Carlos Morales Guio, University of California, Los Angeles
Extreme Weather and Climate Events
Organizers: Pedro DiNezio, University of Colorado and Aviad Scheinin, University of Haifa
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Shira Raveh-Rubin, Weizmann Institute of Science
SPEAKERS:
Nili Harnik, Tel Aviv University
Environmental Epigenetics
Organizers: Tali Mass, University of Haifa and Christina Camell, University of Minnesota
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Katie Lotterhos, Northeastern University
SPEAKERS:
Maayan Salton, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jose Eirin-Lopez, Florida International University
How does the Brain Encode Thought?
Organizers: Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Technion and Stephanie Rudolph, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Liad Mudrik, Tel-Aviv University
SPEAKERS:
Erez Simony, Holon Institute of Technology / Weizmann Institute of Science
Soft Biological Robots
Organizers: Nadav Amdursky, University of Sheffield
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Shahar Sukenik, Syracuse University
SPEAKERS:
Ron Orbach, Bar-Ilan University
Brian Belardi, University of Texas, Austin
The Israeli-American Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities. Major support is provided by the Philip and Sima Needleman Family Legacy Fund.
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