aspuru-list November 2006

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [theochem-announce] Wednesday 11/29 Seminar

by Chiao-Lun Cheng

Hi all, Please take note of the Theochem seminar this coming wednesday. Title-- (A) A Tutorial Lecture on Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulations (B) Computer Simulations of Generalized Ensembles Speaker-- Bernd Berg Florida State University Time-- Wed, November 29th 4pm Place-- MIT (24-121) http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=24-121 More Information-- http://people.bu.edu/theochem _______________________________________________ theochem-announce mailing list theochem-announce(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/theochem-announce

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Fwd: Harvard cluster will be down in Angstrom]

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Guys, No cluster this weekend :( A. -- Alán Aspuru-Guzik Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617)384-8188 Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Environmental Events at Harvard 11/22/06 - 12/7/06

by Jenny MacGregor

Dear HUCE Faculty and Friends, A very happy Holiday to one and all. Please refer to the Center website for complete details on these and other environmental events taking place at and near Harvard. If you would like to add an event to the calendar, or unsubscribe from this list, please contact Jenny MacGregor, jenny_macgregor(a)harvard.edu <mailto:jenny_macgregor@harvard.edu>, 617-495-8883. *Highlights:* 11/29/06 -- Operation Wallacea -- conservation research opportunities for faculty and students -- informational meeting 12/4/06 -- Harvard Climate Seminar on new day and time -- Henry Elderfield of the University of Cambridge 12/5/06 -- ETIP Seminar -- carbon capture and storage *Calendar Listings:** Friday 11/24/2006 * Cambridge Science Festival, Call for Entries <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6156…> The Cambridge Science Festival invites members of the Harvard community to contribute programming to its April 2007 celebration *Monday 11/27/2006* 12:00p - 1:00p Mercury Pollution and Human Health <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6157…> Josef Pacyna, Norwegian Institute for Air Research Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge 4:00p - 5:00p Singing Icebergs and Roaring Oceans---Early results from Broadband Cryospheric Seismology in Antarctica <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6157…> Rick Aster, New Mexico Tech Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Colloquium Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 5:00p - 7:30p The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization - Discuss the book with the author <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6153…> TUFTS - Fletcher School of Diplomacy - Cabot 206 7:30p - 9:30p An Inconvenient Truth: Film Screening <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6135…> Science Center Lecture Hall D, Harvard University, Cambridge Sponsored by the Harvard Environmental Action Committee and HGCI *Tuesday 11/28/2006 * 1:00p - 2:00p Seismology, ice sheets, soil moisture, and transients: New results from GPS <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6052…> Kristine M. Larson, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder Solid Earth Physics Seminars EPS Faculty Lounge, 4th Floor of Hoffman Laboratory, 20 Oxford St 7:30p - 8:30p Myths and Realities of Climate Change <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6144…> Daniel Schrag, Professor of Geochemistry and Director of HUCE Harvard Climate Change Initiative Speaker Series Kirkland House Junior Common Room, Harvard University, Cambridge * Wednesday 11/29/2006* 3:00p - 4:30p Operation Wallacea - Informational Meeting - conservation research opportunities <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6157…> Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Faculty Lounge, 4th Floor, Hoffman Laboratories, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge 4:00p - 5:30p Statistical vs. Identified Lives in Benefit-Cost Analysis <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5898…> James Hammitt, Harvard University, and Nicolas Treich, University of Toulouse Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University *Thursday 11/30/2006 * 12:00p Automotive Product Strategies and Carbon Burdens <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5948…> John DeCicco, Senior Fellow, Environmental Defense ETIP Innovation in Transportation Seminar Series Kalb Room, Taubman 275 at JFK School of Government 4:00p - 5:00p Dynamics of ecological speciation: case studies and mathematical models <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6157…> Sergey Gavrilets, University of Tennessee Organismic and Evolutionary Seminar Series Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge 4:00p - 5:00p Acid Rain in China: Current Situation and a New National Initiative <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6046…> WANG Tao, Professor, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Visiting Scholar, China Project, HUCE/DEAS Harvard China Project seminars Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge *Friday 12/1/2006 * Constructing the Swiss Landscape <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6141…> Piper Auditorium, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge Cambridge Science Festival, Call for Entries <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6156…> 8:30a - 9:30p Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Friday <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5918…> Roy Kishony, Harvard University (HMS, Systems Biology) Research Focus: Microbial Epistasis Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 12:00p - 1:00p Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions and Their Importance in the Global Mercury Cycle <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6157…> Robert P. Mason, University of Connecticut Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Series Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge *Saturday 12/2/2006 * Constructing the Swiss Landscape <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6141…> Piper Auditorium, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge *Monday 12/4/2006 * 11:30a - 12:30p Fast movements and acoustic defenses: evolutionary physiology in the marine environment <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6157…> Sheila Patek, University of California, Berkeley OEB Special Seminar Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge 2:00p - 3:00p Carbonate Mysteries Revisited: What do foram proxies tell us about seawater history and what do they tell us about forams? <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6157…> Harry Elderfield, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge Harvard Climate Seminar Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge 4:00p - 5:00p The past, present and future of methane on Titan <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6157…> Jonathan Lunine, Lunar and Planetary Lab, University of Arizona Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Colloquium Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street *Tuesday 12/5/2006* 9:00a - 10:30a Industrial Organization and the Prospects for Carbon Capture and Storage in Deep Sea Sediment <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6046…> Jeff Bielicki, ETIP Fellow, Harvard Energy Technology Innovation Project Seminar Series Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, KSG 3:30p - 4:30p Obesity and asthma: Lessons from animal models <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5836…> Stephanie Shore Colloquium in Environmental Health Kresge G-2, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston 4:00p - 5:00p Acoustic Tomography of Ocean Climate (1982-2000): How a Group of Distinguished Cold War Oceanographers Tried (and Failed) to Become Environmental Scientists who Would Definitively Answer the Question of Global Warming <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5989…> Naomi Oreskes, Department of History/Program in Science Studies, UCSD Department of the History of Science Colloquia Science Center Room 469, 1 Oxford St. * Wednesday 12/6/2006* 6:00p - 7:00p Friend or Foe? The Complex Relationships of Caterpillars and Ants <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6157…> Cambridge Lecture by Naomi Pierce in conjunction with the HMNH's new exhibition, Arthropods: Creatures that Rule Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge -- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] IIC Panel Discussion on Nov. 30, 2006 - Future of Computer Intensive Science in the U.S.

by Helene Tingle

Initiative in Innovative Computing IIC Panel Discussion Thursday, November 30, 2006; 4:00pm Future of Computer Intensive Science in the U.S. Dr. Daniel Reed, Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Director of the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) and Dr. Sangtae Kim, Donald W. Feddersen Distinguished Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Schools of Engineering Dr. Daniel Reed Title of Talk: The Challenge of Consilience Abstract Ten years – a geological epoch on the computing time scale. Looking back, a decade brought the web and consumer email, digital cameras and music, broadband networking, multifunction cell phones, WiFi, HDTV, telematics, multiplayer games, electronic commerce and computational science. It also brought spam, phishing, identity theft, software insecurity, outsourcing and globalization, information warfare and blurred work-life boundaries. What will a decade of technology advances bring in communications and collaboration, sensors and knowledge management, modeling and discovery, electronic commerce and digital entertainment, critical infrastructure management and security? What will it mean for research and education? As new discoveries increasingly lie at the interstices of traditional disciplines, computing is the enabler for a scholarship in the arts, humanities, creative practice and public policy. This talk will describe emerging opportunities in the arts, humanities, science and engineering where interdisciplinary Renaissance approaches can have profound impact on discovery and creative expression. Dr. Sangtae Kim Title of talk: Cyberinfrastructure and Economic Curvature Creating Curvature in a Flat World Abstract The role of classical infrastructure (roads, power grids, and water utilities) as foundational elements for economic growth is well understood and appreciated by the leaders and planners promoting economic development. Today, with the pervasive presence of information technology, an increasingly important role is being played by another type of infrastructure, called "cyberinfrastructure." This is the IT infrastructure made up of computers, software, databases, transmission lines and facilities, as well as the people and services needed to make the system work. Cyberinfrastructure is central to scientific advancement in the modern, data-intensive research environment. For example, the recent revolution in the life sciences, including the seminal achievement of sequencing the human genome on an accelerated time frame, was made possible by parallel advances in cyberinfrastructure for research in this data-intensive field. But beyond the enablement of basic research, cyberinfrastructure is a driver for global economic growth despite the disruptive 'flattening' effect of IT in the developed economies. But even at the regional level, visionary cyber investments to create smart infrastructures will induce 'economic curvature' a gravitational pull to overcome the dispersive effects of the 'flat' world and the consequential acceleration in economic growth. Date and Time: Thursday, November 30, 2006; 4:00pm; Full Refreshment Buffet at 3:45pm Location: 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Parking: Parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are attending the IIC Seminar. A map is available on line at http:// iic.harvard.edu/contactphp. Upcoming IIC seminars Dec. 6, 2006 - Richard Gabriel, Distinguished Engineer The Seminar Series schedule is available on the IIC website – http:// iic.harvard.edu/events.php. The website will be updated often with additional information and seminars. All IIC seminars will be held at the 60 Oxford Street Building, Room 330 unless otherwise noted. _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] No group meeting tomorrow.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear Group, The group meeting of tomorrow is canceled. Masoud has his leg immobilized so it is better not having him come to campus. Let's plan on meeting after the Thanksgiving break. Alan -- Alán Aspuru-Guzik Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617)384-8188 Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Fwd: Fwd: special group meeting tomorrow, Tues. 11/21]

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Sounds pretty interesting guys... Here is the abstract. A.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Fwd: final email re Cyril Petitjean's talk]

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group, I hope you guys can make it. I teach at that time, so enjoy the talk! Alan

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Environmental Events at Harvard 11/16/06 - 11/30/06

by Jenny MacGregor

Dear HUCE Faculty and Friends, Please refer to the Center website for complete details on these and other environmental events taking place at and near Harvard. If you would like to add an event to the calendar, or unsubscribe from this list, please contact Jenny MacGregor, jenny_macgregor(a)harvard.edu <mailto:jenny_macgregor@harvard.edu>, 617-495-8883. *Highlights:* 11/20/06 -- Air Pollution Policy at Harvard School of Public Health 11/30/06 -- Acid Rain in China -- Chin Project Seminar *Calendar Listings:*** *Thursday 11/16/2006 * 7:30p Religion and Climate Change <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6055…> Boylston Hall Room 110, Fong Auditorium, Harvard Campus Sponsored by the Environmental Action Committee and the Interfaith Council *Friday 11/17/2006* 8:30a - 9:30p Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Friday <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5918…> Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 12:30p - 2:00p Public Bads and Civic Deficits: Siting Controversial Facilities in Advanced Industrial Democracies <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5920…> Daniel Aldrich. Assistant Professor of Political Science, Tulane University, and Advanced Research Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Bowie-Vernon Room (N262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge 7:30p - 9:00p Sacred Sites: Environmental Justice & Religious Freedom <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6098…> Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St. *Monday 11/20/2006* 3:30a - 5:00p Towards Efficient Air Pollution Policy in the United States <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5992…> Landmark Center, West Atrium, 414A, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA Robert Mendelsohn, Ph.D. and Nicholas Muller, Ph.D. candidate, Yale University *Tuesday 11/21/2006 * 9:00a - 10:30a The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Program: Past, Present, and Future <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6046…> Gustavo Collantes, ETIP Fellow Harvard Energy Technology Innovation Project Seminar Series Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, KSG 4:00p - 5:00p Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar Series <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6052…> Antonis Rokas The Broad Institute Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford *Tuesday 11/28/2006 * 1:00p - 2:00p Seismology, ice sheets, soil moisture, and transients: New results from GPS <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6052…> Kristine M. Larson, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder Solid Earth Physics Seminars EPS Faculty Lounge, 4th Floor of Hoffman Laboratory, 20 Oxford St. *Wednesday 11/29/2006 * 4:00p - 5:30p Statistical vs. Identified Lives in Benefit-Cost Analysis <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5898…> James Hammitt, Harvard University, and Nicolas Treich, University of Toulouse Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard *Thursday 11/30/2006 * 12:00p Automotive Product Strategies and Carbon Burdens <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5948…> John DeCicco, Senior Fellow, Environmental Defense Innovation in Transportation Seminar Series Shorenstein Center Conference Room/Kalb Room (Taubman 275 at JFK School of Government) 4:00p - 5:00p Acid Rain in China: Current Situation and a New National Initiative <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6046…> WANG Tao, Professor, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Visiting Scholar, China Project, HUCE/DEAS Harvard China Project seminars Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge Calendar: Center for the Environment -- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Future of Energy Event with Mark Little this Thursday

by Jenny MacGregor

The Future of Energy Please join the Center for the Environment for the first address of the 2006-2007 Future of Energy Lecture Series. Green is Green Mark M. Little Senior VP and Director of Global Research, GE *When:* Thursday, November 16 at 5 PM *Where:* Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge *Directions: *Exit Harvard Yard near the Science Center at the corner of Oxford and Kirkland Streets. Take a right onto Kirkland and the first left onto Divinity Avenue. The Yenching Building is on the right and easily recognized by the two marble lions in front of the entrance. The Auditorium is on the ground floor, opposite the main entrance. * Mark M. Little* is a Senior Vice President and the Director of GE Global Research. Little is the 9th director to lead the GE Global Research Lab which focuses on industrial research and technical innovation and is a leader in energy research and development. The Future of Energy speaker series is intended to help focus attention on critical energy research areas and build a foundation for new scholarship and collaboration at Harvard. Speakers will include leaders from Business, government and academia. The next lecture, with John P. Holdren, Theresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at Harvard and Director of The Woods Hole Research Center will be on December 14 - also at the Yenching Auditorium. * This event is free and open to the public.* * The Future of Energy Series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment and Bank of America.* -- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group meeting II.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group, Dr. Mike Stopa from DEAS is going to give a group meeting this Thursday at 5.00 about his work on the electronic structure on quantum dots. So this week, we have 2 group meetings. One today and one on Thursday, both at 5.00 PM. We are ramping up! Alan -- Alán Aspuru-Guzik Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617)384-8188 Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu

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