aspuru-list December 2006

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group meetings.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group. As always, we are nuts with the group meetings. Here is what we have for the week: Tomorrow 5-6 : Stephen Jordan, MIT Wednesday 5-7: Python Tutorial!! Thursday 5-6: DFT Tutorial!! 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] today

by Edward Farhi

Dear All We will meet today at 1:00 in the usual spot. Richard Cleve will be joining us. Eddie *********************************************** Edward Farhi Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology NE25 Room 4024 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 ***********************************************

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Environmental Events at Harvard 12/7/06 - 12/21/06

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:* TODAY -- Harvard's *Paul Moorcroft* in a special 12/14/06 -- 'Future of Energy' Lecture with Professor *John Holdren *-- Meeting the Energy-Environment Challenge...and how Harvard can help The first 'Future of Energy' presentation by *Mark Little *is now available for viewing on the Center's website <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/video/future_of_energy/little/presentati…>. Please note that you will need the latest version of Real Player to view this and other presentations on our site. Click here <http://www.real.com/> for free download. *Calendar Listings:** Thursday 12/7/2006 * 4:00p - 5:00p How close are we to a predictive science of the biosphere? <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6194…> Dr. Paul Moorcroft, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University OEB Special Seminar Main Lecture Hall, BioLabs Building *Friday 12/8/2006* ONGOING 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…> David Weitz, Harvard University (FAS- Dept Engineering and Applied Sciences) Research Focus: Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Physics Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Faculty Lounge, 4th Floor, Hoffman Laboratories, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge 11:00a - 12:00p Chelonian conservation in Massachusetts: a tale of three turtles <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6181…> Paul Sievert - University of Massachusetts Harvard Forest Autumn 2006 Seminar Series Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA 12:30p - 1:30p On the Small Area Estimation <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6194…> Dr. Tapabrata Maiti, the Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology at Iowa State University SPH2-426, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston *Saturday 12/9/2006 * 2:00p - 4:00p An afternoon with Ramachandra Guha <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6175…> Taubman Building, Room 301, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge *Monday 12/11/2006* 11:30a - 0:30a Evolution of development and the origin of adaptation <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6181…> Alex Badyaev, University of Arizona Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Special Seminar Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge *Tuesday 12/12/2006 * 12:30p - 2:00p Japan and East Asia's Energy Security <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6194…> Peter C. Evans Director, Global Oil, and Research Director, Global Energy Forum, Cambridge Energy Research Associates Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar *Wednesday 12/13/2006* 8:00a - 9:15a Molecular Epidemiology of Dioxin Toxicity in Seveso <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6025…> Andrea Baccarelli, MD, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist, Department of Environmental Health, HSPH Genetics and Environmental Health Series Kresge Building, Room 110, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, HSPH 10:00a - 11:30a Outcome Mapping: A Tool for Measuring the Results of Development Interventions and Innovations <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6184…> Fred Carden, Evaluation Unit, International Development Research Centre, Canada Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series Center for International Development, Perkins Room -- Rubenstein Bldg, Room 415, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 12:00p - 1:30p Review and Prospects of the Development of Clean Vehicles in China <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6204…> Zhang Xin, MIT Energy Technology Innovation Project Seminar Series Brown Bag Lunch BCSIA Library, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge 12:00p - 1:00p Taxonomic intelligence and the Encyclopedia of Life: using taxonomic principles to manage information about organisms on the internet <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6181…> David Patterson, Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Special Seminar *Thursday 12/14/2006 * 12:00p Making Emissions Trading Work for Transportation <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=5948…> Mark Proegler, Director of Emissions Markets, BP Group Innovation in Transportation Seminar Series Carr Center Conference Room, Rubenstein 219, 79 JFK Street, KSG 1:00p - 2:30p Property Rights for a Small Planet: Role of Common Property in a Sustainable Future <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6184…> Margaret McKean, Department of Political Science and Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series Center for International Development, Perkins Room -- Rubenstein Bldg, Room 415, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 4:00p - 5:00p Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Weekly Seminar Series <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6181…> Andreas Wagner, University of New Mexico Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge 5:00p - 6:15p The Future of Energy Lecture Series - Meeting the Energy-Environment Challenge ...and How Harvard Can Help <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6071…> John P. Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Kennedy School of Government, and Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Director, The Woods Hole Institute 6:00p - 7:00p The Puzzle of Uncultured Bacteria <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6153…> Geoff McFadden, Northeastern University, Dept of Biology Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street *Friday 12/15/2006 * 4:00p - 5:15p Photovoltaics to meet the Terawatt Challenge <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6204…> Harry Atwater, Director, Caltech Center for Sustainable Energy Research; Director, Caltech Center for Science and Engineering of Materials; Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology Pierce 209, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge Calendar: Center for the Environment *Saturday 12/16/2006 * 10:00a - 11:00a Science by Candlelight: A Holiday Lecture for Children and Their Parents <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6178…> Harvard Science Center, Lecture Hall B, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge Recommended for ages 7 and up *Wednesday 12/20/2006 * 7:00a - 8:00a Looking for Life Without a Known Chemical Core <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6204…> Professor Neville Woolf, University of Arizona The Origins Forum Main Lecture Hall, BioLabs Building *Thursday 12/21/2006 * 12:30p - 2:00p AIDS Research in Africa: Solutions to the Global Pandemic <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6157…> Saidi Kapiga, associate professor of reproductive health, Department of Population and International Health; Phyllis Kanki, professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative Building FXB G-12, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston -- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Seminar TONIGHT!!! "Molecules for Quantum Computing"

by Alejandro Perdomo

Group, I found out that there will be a seminar in Jefferson 256 (J256) tonight (Wed, Dec 06) at 7:30PM. Professor John Doyle will be talking about "Molecules for Quantum Computing". If you are interested in going we will be leaving from the main office at 7:20PM. Cheers, Alejandro On 11/30/06, Alan Aspuru-Guzik <aspuru(a)fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > > Note the attachment in the previous e-mail. > A. > On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 08:52 -0500, Alan Aspuru-Guzik wrote: > > Dear group, > > We are very busy with group meetings. > > 9.00 AM Introduction to computational chemistry M113 > > 11.15 AM-12.00 AM TODAY: Meeting with Bernd Berg. I decided to make > > this meeting with him open to all the group so we can meet him. This > > will take place either in my office or in M113 > > > > Bernd Berg is one of the world experts in Monte Carlo simulation. I > > think this is important for both the QC and the classical people in the > > group. Especially his PRL about optimization in rugged landscapes for > > protein folding/etc. We should compare our QC algorithms to his! > > > > > > > > Next tuesday at 5.00 we will listen from Jonathan from the David Cory > > group about the simulation of Hydrogen in NMR > > Next thursday, we will listen to a potential postdoctoral candidate, > > Sarin Deshpande from Cornell University talk to us a about a scheme for > > measuring individual elements of the density matrices! (Relevant to > > stuff that we are doing in DFT and in quantum computing) > > > > Alan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Aspuru-list mailing list > > Aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list > > _______________________________________________ > Aspuru-list mailing list > Aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list >

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] IIC Seminar TODAY - Richard Gabriel

by Helene Tingle

Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard Seminar Series Wednesday, December 6, 2006; 4:00pm 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Richard P. Gabriel, PhD MFA, Distinguished Engineer Sun Microsystems, Inc. Seminar Title: Design Beyond Human Abilities Abstract For 50 years we've been developing a science and practice of software based on understandings and explorations of software systems of modest size-centering on systems of a few tens of thousands of lines of code but extending up to about 50 million lines. Scale makes a difference: scale of time and of size. The prospect of ultra large scale software systems-systems with perhaps trillions of lines of code encompassing millions of processors, ranging from sensors the size of dust to the largest servers, with much of it with real-time requirements-will change everything. Imagine, if you can, how such systems will be made. Can they truly be said to be designed at all? The realities of such systems will force us to re examine the very foundations of computing and software engineering; our concepts of abstraction, modularity, information hiding, pure static typing, and many other things will need to be refined, expanded, or reformulated. Consider, further, that such systems in normal circumstances cannot be routinely re-installed nor globally rebooted, and when used in life-critical situations, they must not stop. Data must be readable and usable for decades, even as standards and hardware changes. This talk will examine the nature of such systems, especially how they are designed, built, and what is needed to keep them running. We'll take both a philosophical and technical look at some of the aspects of ultra large scale software that make us need to revise our foundations and what those revisions will be like. Upcoming IIC seminars Continue to stay up to date with our IIC Seminar Schedule. Parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are attending the IIC Seminar. _______________________________________________ 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] M110 temperature control

by C. Brian Roland

Hello M-110 office mates, It appears that we have figured out how to control the temperature of the office by setting the thermostat near the office door. The situation is much improved. Since this innovation, however, my desk -- which is near a window -- has been too cold. The air from the fan blows over my hands, making it uncomfortable to type. Additionally, I have begun sneezing. I am afraid that I may catch a cold. Thus, it is too cold. I suggest we agree on a setting for the thermostat. I suggest the interval 75-76 degrees C. Someone in the office has consistently been setting the thermostat to 72-73 degree C; this is too cold. Please reply to this email if you object to the setting 75-76 degrees C, at which point we can discuss the matter further. Brian -- C. Brian Roland Ph.D. candidate, Chemical Physics (2007) Harvard University

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [theochem-announce] Seminar Tomorrow (12/6)

by Chiao-Lun Cheng

Hi all, Please take note of the Theochem seminar this coming wednesday. Title-- FOLLOW THE WATER! from theory of molecular liquids to what is special about water as the matrix of life Speaker-- Lawrence Pratt Los Alamos National Laboratory Time-- Wed, December 6th 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] [iic-seminars] Reminder - IIC Seminar with Richard Gabriel on Wed. Dec. 6 - tomorrow!

by Helene Tingle

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] 2006 Condensed Matter and Applied Physics Colloquium

by Helene Tingle

2006 Condensed Matter and Applied Physics Colloquium Condensed Matter and Applied Physics Colloquium Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University "Diffusing, Growing, Swimming: Multiscale Simulations using Particles" Petros Koumoutsakos ICOS - Institute of Computational Science ETH Zurich 4:00 p.m, Friday, December 8, 2006 Pierce Hall, Room 209 Abstract: What can we learn about a cell's endoplasmic reticulum from astrophysics simulations? How can we harness 100,000 processors for the study of cancer? How can we harvest energy from an eel? We will address these questions as we explore the dynamics of complex physical systems that emerge in the fields of biology, fluid mechanics, nanotechnology and their interfaces. Our computational investigations rely on novel, multiscale, particle methods that address common computational challenges across diverse physical problems. Particle methods involve computational elements with time dependent properties and entail a broad class of computational schemes ranging from molecular dynamics to vortex methods. We present enhancements to the classical method in order : to accurately simulate processes with complex, deforming geometries (as in diffusion in the endoplasmic reticulum, tumor growth and eel swimming), to resolve systems requiring computational adaptivity and multiresolution interface capturing in astrophysics and two phase flows) and to couple stochastic and deterministic models of multiscale systems (spatial modeling of biological networks and nanotubes in dense fluids). We will discuss insights that have been gained by our computational investigations, including the role of geometry in estimates of diffusion constants in cell organelles and the link between swimming modes and energetics of anguiliform swimmers. website: www.icos.ethz.ch/cse/people/koumoutsakos _______________________________________________ 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] [iic-seminars] IIC Seminar Reminder - Wednesday, December 6, 2006

by Emily Lohmann

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