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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Update October 18-31

by Lisa Matthews

Dear Friends of HUCE, This email contains event listings for Thursday, October 18 through Wednesday, October 31, 2007. Please check the HUCE calendar on our Web site, www.environment.harvard.edu <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/> , for the most up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions throughout the semester. If you would like to submit an event to the calendar or unsubscribe (!) from this list, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Please distribute this email to your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around the community. We hope to see you soon and often. Highlights: * Monday, October 22: "Literature, Culture and Ecology: Tracing a History of Place in Australia's Federal Capital", with Kate Rigby, Monash University, Australia. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Environment, the Committee on Australian Studies, and the Poetry and Poetics Seminar. * Wednesday, October 24: First in the HUCE Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change lecture series-Shahid Naeem, Professor of Ecology at Columbia University, will discuss the Empirical and Theoretical Foundation for the Importance of Thirty Million Species. Calendar Listings: Friday 10/19/2007 11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest 2007 Seminar Series Elisabeth Almgren - University of Uppsala (Sweden) and Harvard Bullard Fellow Harvard Forest Seminar Room, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Contact: Audrey Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, (978) 724-3302 Saturday 10/20/2007 6:00p - 8:00p Harvard Climate Change Colloquium Bill Mckibben - environmentalist, activist, scholar, and author Adams LCR, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: greencrimson.com Sunday 10/21/2007 7:30p Sunlight is Life! The Path Toward a Sustainable Future Steven Strong Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA Contact: Nancy Nolan, nan.lex(a)verizon.net Monday 10/22/2007 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00p - 1:30p CSRI New Directions in Regulation Seminar Series A. Denny Ellerman, Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management, MIT T-275, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA Contact: rpp(a)ksg.harvard.edu 12:30p - 1:30p Monday ERC Seminars in Occupational and Environmental Health Carl-Gustaf Bornehag, PhD, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden Kresge 502, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA Contact: Ann Backus, abackus(a)hohp.harvard.edu, (617) 432-3327 4:00p Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia Mark Harrison, UCLA Haller Hall, 20 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu 5:00p Literature, Culture and Ecology: Tracing a History of Place in Australia's Federal Capital Kate Rigby, Monash University, Australia HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: Janet Hatch, jhatch(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:00p - 9:00p Clean Perspectives Debut Event: Moving Towards a Solar Economy in Massachusetts Featuring: Representative Daniel E. Bosley - Chair of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Marriott Copley, Boston, MA Contact: www.cleanperspectives.com 6:30p - 8:30p It Takes a Village: Caring for the Urban Forest Nina Bassuk, Professor and Program Leader, Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell University Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston, MA Contact: http://calendar.arboretum.harvard.edu/index.php Tuesday 10/23/2007 9:30a - 11:00p Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series Gustavo Collantes, ETIP Fellow L-369, Belfer Center Library, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Kennedy School of Government Speaker Contact: ETIP Coordinator, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-5584 11:30a Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series Yann Klinger, Laboratoire Tectonique, Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: http://esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEMINAR.html 12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series Orchid pollination, fossils and the age of Orchidaceae with Santiago Ramirez Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Avenue, Harvard Campus, Cambridge Contact: www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ Wednesday 10/24/2007 3:00p - 7:00p The Energy Symposium An afternoon with the thought leaders in the largest industry in the world. Spangler Auditorium, Harvard Business School, Allston, MA To register, send a blank email to engy(a)studentclubs.hbs.edu. $10 registration fee. 3:30p Radcliffe Institute Fellows' Presentation Series Daniel Rothman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, current Radcliffe Institute fellow Second floor Colloquium Room, 34 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA Contact: (617) 495-8212 4:15p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy A. Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University, and Molly Lipscomb, University of Colorado L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-8054 5:00p Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change Shahid Naeem, Professor of Ecology, Columbia University Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495-8883 6:00p The Death of Environmentalism and the Politics of Possibility Authors Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu 6:00p The Faces of Fair Trade Tour: Uniting the Global and Local Tosteson Medical Education Center, Medical School Quad, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA Contact: Jaclyn Olsen, jaclyn_olsen(a)harvard.edu <mailto:jaclyn_olsen@harvard.edu> , 617-384-8860 Thursday 10/25/2007 11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest 2007 Seminar Series Charlie Cogbill - Historical Ecologist and Harvard Bullard Fellow Harvard Forest Seminar Room, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Contact: Audrey Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, (978) 724-3302 4:00p OEB Seminar: The origins of complexity-Mechanisms of functional evolution in the steroid human receptors Speaker: Joe Thornton, University of Oregon Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu Friday 10/26/2007 8:30a - 9:30a Friday Chalktalk: "Harnessing Environmental Diversity for Improving Microbial Biofuel Production" Speaker: Dr. Gautam Dantas HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA The Church Lab, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Hospital. Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495-8643 Sunday 10/28/2007 7:00p Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast Dr. Peter C. Frumhoff, Union of Concerned Scientists and Will Brownsberger, MA State Representative Belmont High School, 221 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA Contact: sustainablebelmont(a)gmail.com Monday 10/29/2007 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:00p Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia Haller Hall, 20 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu, 4:15p Lectures in the Sciences: The Changing Carbon Cycle Inez Fung, Berkeley Institute of the Environment, University of California at Berkeley. Lecture Hall A, Science Center, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: 617-495-8600 6:30p Convergence of Climate Change, Energy Policy, and National Security A conversation with Mr. Theodore Roosevelt IV, hosted by Lehman Brothers. RSVP required. The Charles Hotel, Longfellow Room, 1 Bennett St., Cambridge, MA Contact: Carey Starno, carey.starno(a)lehman.com Tuesday 10/30/2007 9:00a - 4:00p Tipping Point Grassroots Training Day Appalachian Mountain Club, Cabot Auditorium, 5 Joy St., Boston, MA Contact: Alana Miller, Kendra Fortin, amiller(a)smith.edu, <mailto:amiller@smith.edu,%20kfortin@smith.edu> kfortin(a)smith.edu, (858) 405-5613 12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series Ascomycetes, the Basidiomycetes of Aquatic Habitats with Carol Shearer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Avenue, Harvard Campus, Cambridge Contact: www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ 6:00p Ethnobotany: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Medicine Speaker: Dr. Michael Balick, ethnobotanist Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu Lisa Matthews Events Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu p. 617-495-8883 f. 617-496-0425

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] Reminder - IIC Seminar on Wednesday, October 24th

by Helene Tingle

Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard Seminar Series Wednesday, October 24, 2007; 4:00pm 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Kwan-Liu Ma, Director, Institute for Ultrascale Visualization Professor, Computer Science Department, University of California, Davis Seminar Title: Visualizing Ultra-Scale Data Abstract: Advanced computing and imaging technologies enable scientists to study natural phenomena at unprecedented precision, resulting in an explosive growth of data. The size of the collected information about the Internet and mobile device users is expected to be even greater, a daunting challenge we must address in order to make sense and maximize utilization of all the available information. Visualization transforms large quantities of, possibly multiple- dimensional, data into graphical representations that exploit the high-bandwidth channel of the human visual system, leveraging the brain's remarkable ability to detect patterns and draw inferences. It has thus become an indispensable tool in many areas of study involving large data. I will introduce several effective solutions to the large data visualization problems found in a variety of areas from physical science, security, to software development. 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] a bit more information

by Edward Farhi

Dear All I forgot to say that Ambainis's talk will be at 1:00 on Friday of this week in 6-310. Eddie :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::: Edward Farhi Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building 6 Room 300 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] Reminder - Innovative Computing for the Humanities Symposium today!

by Helene Tingle

The Initiative in Innovative Computing at Harvard and The Humanities Center at Harvard present a Special Symposium Innovative Computing for the Humanities Wednesday, October 17, 4-6pm Thompson Room, Barker Center 12 Quincy St. Imaging and Scanning, from 2D to 3D * Texts: Encoding, Mining, Analyzing * Multiverses and Virtual Worlds * Google, Libraries, and Research Information in the Humanities * Geospatial Visualization * Digital Audio Join us for an introduction to the Digital Humanities -- the first in a series of talks and workshops addressing new opportunities for research computing in the arts, humanities, and non-quantitative social sciences. Symposium featuring: Homi Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities; Director of the Humanities Center; Senior Advisor for the Humanities at the Radcliffe Institute Peter Bol, Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Virginia Danielson, Richard F. French Librarian of the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library; Curator of the Archive of World Music in the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library of Harvard College Library Dale Flecker, Associate Director of the Harvard University Library for Planning and Systems Alyssa Goodman, Professor of Astronomy; Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution; Director of the Initiative in Innovative Computing Wendy Guan, Director of GIS Research Services, Institute for Quantitative Social Science Michael Hemment, Research Librarian and Head of Scholarly Research Initiatives, Widener Library Michael McCormick, Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History Rebecca Nesson, Research Assistant in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Continuing Education/Special Programs Instructor Mark Schiefsky, Professor of the Classics Diana Sorensen, Dean for the Arts and Humanities in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; James F. Rothenberg Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature Alexandre Tokovinine, Graduate Student, Archaeology Liza Vick, Music Reference and Research Librarian, Loeb Music Library For more information: http://isites.harvard.edu/k15573 _______________________________________________ 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] WIKI ADDRESS:

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Group: Again, update your WIKI address to this: https://www2.lsdiv.harvard.edu/aspuru/wiki/ -- Alan 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] [iic-seminars] Reminder - Innovative Computing for the Humanities Symposium on Wednesday

by Helene Tingle

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Friday October 19

by Edward Farhi

Dear All We will have a special group meeting on Friday October 19 at 1:00 since Andris Ambainis will be at MIT that day. The usual spot, 6-310. Best, Eddie :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::: Edward Farhi Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building 6 Room 300 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Pretty molecular visualization volunteers needed. *SEE*

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group, I am going to need a subset of you to help me with the generation of a nice visualization. In particular, benzene-thiol bound to a gold surface. POV-RAY or the modelling package that Ivan showed me once (pink with grey, etc.) could work. This is for a grant about Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectrsocopy that will involve the Mazur, Crozier (EE) and us. It is kind of urgent (by tomorrow or tuesday) so volunteers are appreciated. You can use your favorite molecular builder or technique :) I copy Tom Baker that probably can help you with a good gold-surface coordinate file or even with the figure. Tom: Thanks, I would owe you one. Alan -- Alan 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] Change in next group meeting and in schedule for next group meetings

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear group, Next group meeting is postponed to Friday at 4PM. If you have any conflicts with this time, please let me know. Ali will talk about on optical activity. There are a few changes in the group meeting schedule. Look up your name in the list below and if you are not going to be in town for the date you are supposed to give group meeting let me know in advance, Oct 19: Ali Oct 23: James Oct 30: Alejandro Nov 6: Xuehai Ju Nov 13: Patrick Nov 20: Masoud Nov 27. Roberto Dic 4: Justin Cheers, Alejandro On 10/3/07, Alejandro Perdomo <aleperd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear group, > According to your preferences or no preferences at all, here is the > schedule for next group meetings. > > Oct 9: James > Oct 16: Ali > Oct 23: Ivan > Oct 30: Roberto > Nov 6: Alejandro > Nov 13: Masoud > Nov 20: Patrick > > -Alejandro > > On 9/25/07, Alejandro Perdomo < aleperd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Today, we will have the honor of having Leslie Vogt. See you all at 5PM. > > -Alejandro > > > >

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Meeting with Geordie Rose, Tuesday 10 AM ---> QC people.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group members, Geordie Rose, the CEO of D-Wave systems, will be with us from 10-11 AM in room M114 on Tuesday. Quantum computing related fellows are strongly encouraged to be around that morning 9-12 and non-QC related fellows are more than invited to meet him. There is case study discussed about his company later in the Business school for those interested. (About 1 PM) I attach the PDF of the case study. Alan -- Alan 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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