aspuru-list October 2007

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Windows machine back in combat.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group. The windows machine 'shanghai', which has been so useful to us, is back in combat. Please all use it for your Windows (Office et. al) needs. The Wiki has instructions on how to use it. Thank you to Jerry Lotto and John Spangler for making this migration possible. Alan On 10/11/07, Jerry Lotto <lotto(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> wrote: > Hi Alan, > > shanghai.chem.harvard.edu has been successfully migrated to the lsdiv > VMWare infrastructure. The DNS assignment has been updated to point > to the new IP address of the machine. Although I think that we have > covered all of the bases, there may be unresolved issues with > firewall configuration for terminal services or other network-related > components. Please ask your group to access the machine and make > certain it is accessible and fully functional. Should any problems > be encountered, let both John Spangler and me know and we will get > the machine back in full production. Thanks! > > - Jerry > > -- 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] HUCE Weekly Calendar Update October 11-24

by Lisa Matthews

Dear Friends of HUCE, This email contains event listings for Thursday, October 11 through Wednesday, October 24, 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: * Tuesday, October 16: Harvard Professor Peter Ashton presents new insights into how biodiversity is sustained and their implications for policies and management in Lessons from Tropical Rainforests: Science for Sustaining Biodiversity. * Tuesday, October 23: Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series. ETIP Fellow Gustavo Collantes discusses "The Fuel Economy-Biofuels Connection: Policy and Economic Issues" at the Kennedy School. * Wednesday, October 24: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change. Shahid Naeem, Professor of Ecology, Columbia University, will discuss the Empirical and Theoretical Foundation for the Importance of Thirty Million Species. Calendar Listings: Thursday 10/11/07 5:00p Sustainable Planning in Allston Harris Band and Alison Reinhardt, Allston Development Group Allston Exhibition Room, Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA Contact: J. Shapiro, jshapiro(a)fas.harvard.edu 5:30-7:30p MSI Thursday Evening Seminar: "The Ecology of Arsenic (as summarized in ten M's): Murder, Mayhem, Mobilization." Dr. Ron Oremland, USGS HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu Friday 10/12/2007 11:00a - 3:00p Environmental Business Council 3rd Semiannual Environmental & Energy Career Fair Lenox Hotel, 710 Boylston St., Boston, MA Contact: http://ebc.terranovum.com/index.php?id=9 12:30p - 1:30p Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds Aaron Thompson, MD, MPH Resident, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency, Harvard School of Public Health Kresge 502, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA Contact: Ann Backus, abackus(a)hohp.harvard.edu, (617) 432-3327 5:30p - 8:30p MIT Energy Night: Featuring over 40 speakers MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA Contact: http://web.mit.edu/mit_energy/programs/energynight/index.html Saturday 10/13/2007 8:30a - 3:30p Food vs. Fuel: Is Biofuel Production from Farms Jeopardizing Our Food Security? An Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) Issue Forum Behrakis Auditorium, Friedman School of Nutrition, 150 Harrison Ave., Tufts University, Boston, MA. Contact: Melissa Bailey, melissa.bailey(a)tufts.edu, www.elpnet.org/Biofuels.php 11:00a - 4:00p 7th Annual CitySprouts Harvest Festival M.L. King School and Amigos School Playground, 100 Putnam Ave., Cambridge, MA Contact: Carla Procaskey, anthony.flanders(a)verizon.net, (617) 349-6562 x208 Monday 10/15/2007 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 Stephen Johnston, University of Victoria Haller Hall, 20 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu 4:15p - 6:00p The Cultural Dimensions of Environmentalism Monika Griefahn, Member of the German Bundestag Lower Level Conference Room, 27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way, Cambridge, MA Contact: Jason Beerman, beerman(a)fas.harvard.edu Tuesday 10/16/2007 11:30a Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series Andrea Bizzarri, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna, Italy Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: http://esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEMINAR.html 3:00p - 6:00p An Afternoon in Cleantech Vinod Khosla: Cleantech Insights from The Legendary Venture Capitalist Aldrich 112, Harvard Business School, Allston, MA Contact: bweinberg(a)mba2008.hbs.edu 5:30p Ground Water Basins in Darfur and Surrounding Deserts Farouk El-Baz, Director, Boston University Center for Remote Sensing, Adjunct Professor of Geology, Ain Shams University, Cairo Case Study Room S020, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA Contact: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cafrica/calendar.shtml 6:00p Lessons from Tropical Rainforests: Science for Sustaining Biodiversity Peter Ashton, Harvard Professor and Japan Prize winner Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu Wednesday 10/17/2007 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Martin Weitzman, Harvard University L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-8054 4:00p Harvard Origins of Life Initiative Juan Perez-Mercader, Centro de Astrobiology, Spain Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: origins.harvard.edu/ 5:00p - 7:30p Climate Change, Economic Development, and Global Equity Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall, Tufts University Campus, Medford, MA Contact: Joshua Berkowitz, joshua.berkowitz(a)tufts.edu, (617) 627-3530 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 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 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 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] Symposium reminder- Innovative Computing for the Humanities

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 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://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr/ _______________________________________________ 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] Poker

by James D Whitfield

Dear Everyone, Does anyone want to play poker? JDW -- James D Whitfield Aspuru-Guzik Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University tel: 301-520-7847

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] Reminder - IIC Seminar today

by Helene Tingle

Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard Seminar Series Wednesday, October 10, 2007; 4:00pm 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Leland Wilkinson, Systat Software Inc. and University of Illinois at Chicago Seminar Title: Automated Visualization of Large Datasets Using the Grammar of Graphics Foundation Abstract: Visualization has at least three purposes: 1) the inspection of raw data, 2) the assessment of assumptions underlying fitted models, 3) the presentation of fitted models. Automated visualization (AV) is an attempt to serve these purposes through intelligent automation of visualization and statistical methods. While AV might be designed to serve all three purposes equally well, its most suitable applications involve the early stages of a discovery process. AV, however sophisticated, should not replace the interactive process underlying the development and fitting of models themselves. AV involves the development of autonomous agents capable of creating appropriate and informative visualizations based on a rich variety of data sources. It can be especially useful for providing initial views of data sources that are too large to comprehend in a single grasp. AV can help in discerning missing values, irregularities, anomalies, coding errors, and other effects that might bias the fitting of models or refinement of judgments based on data. Even the simplest visualization rests on a formal model. Thus, the development of AV for data discovery and exploration requires methods for devising and applying algebraic, semantic, statistical, and aesthetic components. We find such a system in the Grammar of Graphics. The Grammar of Graphics is the title of a book and a framework for developing intelligent visualizations of statistical and scientific data. Joint work with Graham Wills, Dan Rope, and a team at SPSS has led to the implementation of a scalable visualization library based on the book. And joint work with Anushka Anand and Robert Grossman at UIC has led to the development of a novel algorithm (originally proposed by John Tukey) for detecting patterns in high-dimensional datasets. This work has been combined in an application called AutoVis, which can detect and display significant patterns in an unusually large variety of small and large datasets. 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] baby announcement - Linda & Ali

by Ali Najmaie

Dear friends, A healthy and happy Armin Najmaie was born at 7:24 a.m. on Sunday, October 7, 2007 at the Brigham&Women's hospital in Boston (weight: 6 lbs 15 oz, height: 19 inches). As expected, mom did absolutely great. We hope our infinite love for our son will help him build a life around the principles of compassion and love for everyone and the world around him. We are grateful for the privilege of giving him our boundless love and wish him a long and constructive life. With much love, Linda & Ali -- Ali Najmaie NSERC-Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Monday October 15

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quantum People We will meet on Monday October 15 at 2:00 in 6-310. We will have a presentation by Ivan Kassal and there will be a talk later in the day by Yaoyun Shi who will probably come to the group meeting. See you then. 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] IIC Seminar Reminder - Leland Wilkinson on Wed., October 10

by Helene Tingle

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] unsubscribed

by jake

Hi everyone, well I made it to the UK safe and sound. I just unsubscribed from the group mailing list until next summer to limit the number of emails I am receiving --- so if there is anything on that list that anyone wants to particularly show me, please keep this in mind. Oxford is a neat place and everything is going well. let's keep in touch, jake-

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by Xuehai Ju

Dear all, The public computer with Ubuntu linux OS in Rm 116 was transfered to Rm 111 (opposite to Rm 116). This is an attention for those who need to use it. Best regards, Xuehai

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