aspuru-list February 2007

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Summer School on Quantum Monte Carlo.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear students and postdocs, Apparently there is a "free" (as in beer) quantum Monte Carlo summer school held in Urbana in July. Let me know if you are interested in attending. See attached message. 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] [iic-seminars] [Colloquium] CS Collo. 3/8/07 - Robert Austin

by colloquium＠deas.harvard.edu

Harvard University Computer Science Colloquium Series 33 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Colloquium Learning from Expert Innovators Rob Austin Harvard Business School Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:00PM Maxwell Dworkin G125 (Ice Cream at 3:30PM - Maxwell Dworkin 2nd Floor Lounge Area) Abstract In this seminar I’ll present interim results of a multiyear study of the processes, principles and practices used by people (and groups) acclaimed as expert innovators within their specific contexts. For the purposes of this study, we have defined innovation broadly, as activity that leads to the creation of valuable novelty, leaving open the criteria by which value is determined. This allows us to consider empirically whether there are commonalities in the processes, management principles, and practices in use across a range of fields in which innovation is considered important, from the arts, to design, entertainment, media, and even scientific research. Our methodology is inductive and case-based. Our objective is to advance general theoretical understanding of work and management approaches that repeatedly generate valuable novelty, and to relate the emerging theory to theoretical constructs in adjacent areas of research, such as business innovation, the psychology of individual creativity, and the social psychology of creativity. We find numerous categories of commonality that transcend fields of application. Host: Professor Michael Smith _______________________________________________ Colloquium mailing list Colloquium(a)deas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/colloquium _______________________________________________ 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 SPECIAL Seminar- Edward Tufte

by Emily Lohmann

Initiative in Innovative Computing at Harvard **Special Event** Wednesday, February 21, 2007; 7:00pm Location: Biolabs Room 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue Edward Tufte, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science, and Senior Critic in the School of Art at Yale Title of Talk: An Academic and Otherwise Life, An N = 1. Abstract Edward Tufte will talk about his education and careers in statistics, political economy, analytical design, landscape sculpture, book publishing, and consulting. A question session will follow the talk. Parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage and the Broadway Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are attending the IIC Event with Edward Tufte. Emily E. Lohmann Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard Administrative Assistant emily_lohmann(a)harvard.edu 617-384-5922 _______________________________________________ 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] notes on dipole-dipole interaction

by Ali Najmaie

Dear group, We had many interesting discussions today. One was on the nature of dipole-dipole interaction, I am attaching a file (my notes) on dipole-dipole interaction in a system with many dipoles, with a derivation of the form of the interaction, which we had a discussion about. I am hoping to have another file on the application of dipole-dipole interaction to quantum dots fairly soon. I will eventually put these on the group Wiki. Cheers, Ali -- Ali Najmaie NSERC-Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Volunteers for Forster Seminar.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear Alejandro, Leslie, James and Ivan, To follow up on the excellent session that we had today, I think that each one of you should present some of the topics. I am suggesting (you can modify this list) that you pick one of the following topics and present each other week. These are the topics: - Greg Scholes's paper (get from Wiki and/or Masoud) - Friesner paper on Excitation Energy transfer - Mino and Fleming paper (math paper) - A chapter on the textbook of energy transfer (to be obtained soon) If you have any preference let me know and let us know who is the first volunteer. Alan PS. Masoud will put the PDFs online. I will put the Friesner -- 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 2/15 - 3/1/07

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. Please note that some previously advertised events have been canceled: 2/16 - David Miliband at MIT 2/21 - Björn Bjarnason at KSG *Highlights:* 2/22/07 - Hermann Scheer - Energy Autonomy 2/26/07 - Stephen Brown - Arctic Migration patterns and the loss of habitat for migrating birds * Calendar Listings:*** *Friday 2/16/2007 * 8:30a - 9:30a Metazoan influence on microbial processes: The biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seeps <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6396…> Dr. Erik Cordes, Dept of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (Harvard University) MSI Chalktalk Breakfast Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 1:00p - 6:00p Remote Sensing Technology and Applications Workshop <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6175…> CGIS South Building, Room 010, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 1:30p - 3:00p Paying for Permanence: Public Preferences for Life-Saving <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6415…> Anna Alberini, Ph.D., AREC, University of Maryland Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Seminar Series Landmark 414A, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston 2:00p - 3:30p CANCELED - Global warming: turning the corner in 2007 <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6429…> Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UNITED KINGDOM MIT, Wong Auditorium, Building E51 Tang Center 3:15p - 4:15p Chemistry of Organic Aerosol Particles in Indoor and Outdoor Air <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6337…> Sergey Nizkorodov, UC Irvine Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge *Tuesday 2/20/2007* 3:00p - 4:00p Gas Markets development, Algeria's Role <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6429…> H.E Dr. Chakib Khelil, Algeria's Minister for Energy and Mines Aldrich 10, Harvard Business School 4:00p - 5:00p A Burgess Shale Renaissance <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6409…> Jean-Bernard Caron, University of Toronto Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar Series Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 4:30p - 5:30p Updated Projections of Mortality and Burden of Disease from 2002 to 2030: A Review of Methods and Implications for Future Work <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6429…> Dr. Colin Mathers, Measurement and Health Information Department, World Health Organization, Geneva 104 Mt. Auburn Street, 3rd Floor 6:00p - 7:30p The Urban Whale: North Atlantic Right Whales at the Crossroads <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6382…> Lecture and booksigning by Scott Kraus and Rosalind Rolland Harvard Museum of Natural History *Wednesday 2/21/2007* 2:15p - 4:00p CANCELED - Climate Change and Iceland's Role in North Atlantic Security <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6382…> Björn Bjarnason, Minister of Justice, Iceland Belfer Center, Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA 4:00p - 5:00p Mineral Mediated Reactions: A Constraint on Emergent Biochemistry <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6442…> George Cody, Carnegie Institution of Washington Harvard Origins of Life Initiative Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge *Thursday 2/22/2007* 12:30p - 2:00p Perspectives on Global Health <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6415…> Tadataka Yamada, president, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation This event is part of the World Health Forum Series Armenise Building, Amphitheater, Longwood Campus, Harvard Medical School, Boston 3:30p - 4:30p Gender Differences in Travel Behavior of Low-Income Residents: Case Studies in Chengdu (China) and Chennai (India) <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6405…> Dr. Sumeeta Srinivasan, Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, China Project China Project Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge 4:00p - 5:00p Aquilegia as a new model system for the study of floral evolution <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6415…> Elena Kramer, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Special Seminar Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge 5:00p -- 6:00p Energy Autonomy: The economic, social and technological case for renewable energy <http://my.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=myharvard&panel=icb.pagecontent256…> Dr. Hermann Scheer, member of the German Parliament, President of EUROSOLAR, the European Association for Renewable Energy, and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy Maxwell-Dworkin G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge 6:00p - 7:00p Science and Leadership: The Imperative <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6442…> Shirley Ann Jackson, president, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Former chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission The 2007 Gustav Pollak Lecture John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge *Friday 2/23/2007 * 8:30a - 9:30a Chromosome Motion and Position in Escherichia coli <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6396…> Prof. Nancy Kleckner, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology (Harvard University) MSI Chalktalk Breakfast Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 12:00p - 1:00p Lifetimes and Time Scales in Atmospheric Chemistry <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6415…> Michael Prather, UC Irvine Atmospheric Sciences Seminars Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge * Saturday 2/24/2007 * 2:00p - 3:00p Energy Autonomy: The economic, social and technological case for renewable energy <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6429…> Dr. Hermann Scheer, member of the German Parliament, President of EUROSOLAR, the European Association for Renewable Energy, and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy Tufts University, 008 Barnum Hall, Medford, Massachusetts 8:00p - 9:30p Cello Concert and Environmental Presentation <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6429…> Cellist and Environmentalist Reinmar Seidler presents a cello recital//powerpoint presentation on his work with community based conservation efforts in India Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge *Sunday 2/25/2007 * 2:00p - 3:30p Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6415…> Stephen Brown, Director, Shorebird COnservation Research Program, Manomet Center for Conservation Studies Harvard Museum of Natural History Family Program Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street *Monday 2/26/2007 * 2:00p - 3:00p Source estimation of aerosol precursors using 4-dimensional variational data assimilation <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6442…> Daven Henze, Caltech SPECIAL Applied Mechanics Colloquium Maxwell-Dworkin G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge 4:00p - 5:00p Earth and Planetary Sciences Departmental Colloquium <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6415…> Deborah Clark, University of Missouri, St Louis Earth and Planetary Sciences Departmental Colloquium Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 5:00p - 6:00p Shorebird Distribution and Abundance on the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6415…> Stephen Brown, PhD, Director, Shorebird Conservation Research Program, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Maxwell-Dworkin G125 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge *Tuesday 2/27/2007 * 9:30a - 11:00a Passenger Vehicle Emissions in China, and an Analysis of Possible Mitigating Policy Options <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6382…> Hongyan Oliver, ETIP Fellow Energy Technology Innovation Project Seminar Series Belfer Center Library, Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA *Wednesday 2/28/2007* 4:00p - 5:30p Coming Clean and Cleaning Up? Examining the Effects of Self-Policing <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=6305…> Michael Toffel, Harvard Business School, and Jodi Short, University of California, Berkeley Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University -- 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 Special Event - Edward Tufte at 7pm, Feb. 21, 2007

by Helene Tingle

Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard **Special Event** Wednesday, February 21, 2007; 7:00pm Edward Tufte, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science, and Senior Critic in the School of Art at Yale Title of Talk: An Academic and Otherwise Life, An N = 1. Abstract Edward Tufte will talk about his education and careers in statistics, political economy, analytical design, landscape sculpture, book publishing, and consulting. A question session will follow the talk. *Location to be announced. Please check iic.harvard.edu for information.* Parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage and the Broadway Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are attending the IIC Event with Edward Tufte. _______________________________________________ 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] [Colloquium] REMINDER: CANCELED Evaluating OS's to Enhance Robustness (Neeraj Suri)

by colloquium＠deas.harvard.edu

my.harvard calendar reminder: Event Information: Date : 2/15/2007 Start Time : 04:00 PM End Time : 05:00 PM Title : CANCELED Evaluating OS's to Enhance Robustness (Neeraj Suri) Description : CANCELED CANCELED CANCELED Harvard University Computer Science Colloquium Series 33 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Colloquium Evaluating OS's to Enhance Robustness Neeraj Suri TU Darmstadt, Germany www.deeds.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/suri Thursday, February 15, 2006 4:00PM Maxwell Dworkin G125 (Ice Cream at 3:30PM - Maxwell Dworkin 2nd Floor Lounge Area) Abstract While the elusive quest of perfect-by-design software continues, in the meantime software/OS's unfortunately still continue to expand on Murphy's laws of failures. At the OS level, the complexity of run time software interactions and especially the plethora of add-on device drivers makes providing for robust OS operations an even harder challenge. As analytical/formal techniques are often constrained in handling the operational and growing OS state space complexity, this work investigates the use of complementary experimental techniques to first profile and locate robustness vulnerabilities, and subsequently add (post-design) wrapper code to enhance OS robustness. To systematically drive this process, a basic objective targets development of realistic and measurable OS robustness quantifiers. The talk delves into the joys and travails of experimentation abetting theory and vice-versa! Host: Professor Greg Morrisett Location : Maxwell Dworkin G125 (Ice Cream at 3:30PM - Maxwell Dworkin 2nd Floor Lounge Area) URL : Phone : Calendar : Computer Science Colloquium Series _______________________________________________ Colloquium mailing list Colloquium(a)deas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/colloquium _______________________________________________ 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] [Colloquium] CANCELLED - Neeraj Suri CS Collo. 2/15/07

by colloquium＠deas.harvard.edu

*CANCELED* Harvard University Computer Science Colloquium Series 33 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Colloquium Evaluating OS's to Enhance Robustness Neeraj Suri TU Darmstadt, Germany www.deeds.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/suri Thursday, February 15, 2006 4:00PM Maxwell Dworkin G125 (Ice Cream at 3:30PM - Maxwell Dworkin 2nd Floor Lounge Area) Abstract While the elusive quest of perfect-by-design software continues, in the meantime software/OS's unfortunately still continue to expand on Murphy's laws of failures. At the OS level, the complexity of run time software interactions and especially the plethora of add-on device drivers makes providing for robust OS operations an even harder challenge. As analytical/formal techniques are often constrained in handling the operational and growing OS state space complexity, this work investigates the use of complementary experimental techniques to first profile and locate robustness vulnerabilities, and subsequently add (post-design) wrapper code to enhance OS robustness. To systematically drive this process, a basic objective targets development of realistic and measurable OS robustness quantifiers. The talk delves into the joys and travails of experimentation abetting theory and vice-versa! Host: Professor Greg Morrisett _______________________________________________ Colloquium mailing list Colloquium(a)deas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/colloquium _______________________________________________ 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] [Colloquium] REMINDER: Evaluating OS's to Enhance Robustness (Neeraj Suri)

by colloquium＠deas.harvard.edu

my.harvard calendar reminder: Event Information: Date : 2/15/2007 Start Time : 04:00 PM End Time : 05:00 PM Title : Evaluating OS's to Enhance Robustness (Neeraj Suri) Description : Harvard University Computer Science Colloquium Series 33 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Colloquium Evaluating OS's to Enhance Robustness Neeraj Suri TU Darmstadt, Germany www.deeds.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/suri Thursday, February 15, 2006 4:00PM Maxwell Dworkin G125 (Ice Cream at 3:30PM - Maxwell Dworkin 2nd Floor Lounge Area) Abstract While the elusive quest of perfect-by-design software continues, in the meantime software/OS's unfortunately still continue to expand on Murphy's laws of failures. At the OS level, the complexity of run time software interactions and especially the plethora of add-on device drivers makes providing for robust OS operations an even harder challenge. As analytical/formal techniques are often constrained in handling the operational and growing OS state space complexity, this work investigates the use of complementary experimental techniques to first profile and locate robustness vulnerabilities, and subsequently add (post-design) wrapper code to enhance OS robustness. To systematically drive this process, a basic objective targets development of realistic and measurable OS robustness quantifiers. The talk delves into the joys and travails of experimentation abetting theory and vice-versa! Host: Professor Greg Morrisett Location : Maxwell Dworkin G125 (Ice Cream at 3:30PM - Maxwell Dworkin 2nd Floor Lounge Area) URL : Phone : Calendar : Computer Science Colloquium Series _______________________________________________ Colloquium mailing list Colloquium(a)deas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/colloquium _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars

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