aspuru-list May 2007

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] EU and Climate Change - May 8, 2 PM

by Jenny MacGregor

Please join us for a special discussion on European Climate Change policy and approaches... * "What's the difference?! The European approach to climate change"* /with/ Karl-Heinz Florenz Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (2004-2007) Info: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?id=103 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?id=1038&lan… moderated by *David Blackbourn*, Coolidge Professor of History, Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies * Tuesday, May 8, 2007, 2:00 - 3:30pm * * Busch Hall, Center for European Studies, Lower Level Conference Room, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA, www.ces.fas.harvard.edu Pre-Talk Reception at 1:30. Reception and lecture are free and open to the public. * (flyer attached) *Walking directions from Harvard Square:* Leave Harvard Square Station and cross Massachusetts Ave. (also known as Mass Ave.). You'll see a tall fence - part brick, part wrought iron. Pass through one of the many gates and you'll find yourself in Harvard Yard (a large quad surrounded by brick buildings). You should be able to see the statue of John Harvard in front of a light gray granite building. If you face the statue and turn left, you'll see a gate at the far end of the Yard. If you pass through this gate, the Science Center (a modern building with several telescope domes on top) is in front of you. To your right will be Memorial Hall, a large brick building which has a striking copper and slate steeple complete with gargoyles. Between the Science Center and Memorial Hall, there is a pedestrian path that leads to the corner of Oxford and Kirkland Streets. At the corner look right and you will see Busch Hall which has a clock tower and a red tile roof. There is a yellow wooden home to the left of Busch Hall and a very tall white building (William James Hall) to the right. The actual entrance to Busch Hall is on the left side of the building fifty feet down Cabot Way, a public walkway. -- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Monday May 7

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quantum types We will meet on Monday at 1:00 in our usual spot. I have invited Dave Bacon and hopefully he will attend. He usually has lots to say. 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 around Harvard 5/3/07 - 5/17/07

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. *Highlights:* 5/8/07 - European Climate Policy with the former head of the EU Committee on the Environment, Karl-Heinz Florenz 5/8/07 -- Global Environmental Security with UNEP chief, Achim Steiner 5/12/07 -- Global Water Crisis Symposium at the Harvard School of Public Health *Calendar Listings:* *Thursday 5/3/2007 * 6:00p - 7:30p Sex, Drugs, and Natural Selection: The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=67796403> Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases at Harvard Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge *Friday 5/4/2007* 12:00p - 1:00p Lessons learned from the 2004 and 2005 Alaskan fires based on field observations of burn severity - implications for modeling of pyrogenic emissions and understanding processes controlling terrestrial carbon cycling <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=67796426> Eric Kasischke, Univ. of Maryland Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge *Monday 5/7/2007 * 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=65724763> A Weekly roundtable discussion open to the Harvard and MIT communities Harvard Univ. Center for the Environment (HUCE) conf. room 310, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge 12:00p - 1:30p A Holistic Strategy For Malaria <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=67796377> Onesmo ole-MoiYoi, Director of Research and Partnerships of the African Insect Science for Food and Health (ICIPE) Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series and Global Health Student Group Center for International Development, Perkins Room -- Rubenstein Bldg, Room 415, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University *Tuesday 5/8/2007* 1:45p - 3:00p What's the difference?! The European Approach to Climate Change <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=66653188> Karl-Heinz Florenz, MdEP Dr. Florenz is the former Chairman of the European Environment Committee Center for European Studies, Lower Level Conference Rm. 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 2:30p - 3:30p Role of clouds in trace gas retrieval: FRESCO principle and applications <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68384554> Ping Wang, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) Pratt Conference Room, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard Observatory, Garden Street, Cambridge 4:00p - 5:30p Danish-U.S. Relations: Meeting Today's Global Challenges <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68131730> H.E. Friis Arne Petersen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark Allison Dining Room, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, KSG, 79 JFK St. , Cambridge 4:00p - 5:30p A Case Study in Sustainable Development: A Holistic Approach to the Control of Malaria <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=67796408> Onesmo Ole-MoiYoi, Director of Research and Partnerships, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) Kresge 502, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston 6:00p - 7:30p EARTH OUT OF BALANCE: Rethinking Global Environmental Security <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=67712705> Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya The Kennedy School Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Littauer Building, First Floor, Cambridge *Wednesday 5/9/2007* 6:00p - 7:30p The Snoring Bird <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=67796404> Lecture and booksigning by Bernd Heinrich Science Center Lecture Hall D, Harvard 7:30p - 8:30p Animal Crossing <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68131733> An interdisciplinary panel discussion on the place of animals in the history of science, natural history, religion, literature, and the law Harvard Hall 104, Harvard Yard *Thursday 5/10/2007* 8:30a - 9:30a Molecular Phylogenies, Genomics and the Microbial Species Concept <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68081518> Margaret Riley, Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts- Amherst JOINT Microbial Sciences Initiative and Population and Evolutionary Genomics/Genetic Seminar Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 8:30a - 6:30p 3rd Annual Plant Biology Symposium <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68384572> Sherman Fairchild, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave., Cambridge 9:00a - 4:45p Harvard Plant Biology Symposium on Plant Stem Cells <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=64663674> Fairchild Auditorium, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge 12:00p - 1:30p Harvard Ecology Discussion Group <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=65589783> Weekly roundtable discussion open to the Harvard and MIT communities Harvard Univ. Center for the Environment (HUCE) conf. room 310, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge 3:30p - 4:30p The Economic Value of Air-Pollution-Related Health Risks in Chengdu, China <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=64462524> Prof. James K. Hammitt, Director, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis and Harvard School of Public Health, and/or Dr. GUO Xiaoqi, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, *Friday 5/11/2007 * 11:00a - 12:00p The ecological logic of indigenous landscape burning <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68359378> David Bowman, School of Plant Science, The University of Tasmania Harvard Forest Winter/Spring 2007 Seminar Series Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA 12:00p - 1:00p Climate Impacts of Air Pollution From Specific Sources <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=66628184> Nadine Unger, University of Vermont Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge 1:00p - 5:00p The Impact of the Global Water Crisis on Health and Human Development <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68359373> Kresge Snyder Auditorium HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston *Sunday 5/13/2007 * 2:00p - 4:00p Deep-Sea Volcanoes! <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68215925> Harvard Museum of Natural History Sunday Family Program with Ken Mallory Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge *Monday 5/14/2007* 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=65724764> Weekly roundtable discussion open to the Harvard and MIT communities Harvard Univ. Center for the Environment (HUCE) conf. room 310, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge *Wednesday 5/16/2007 * 12:00p - 1:00p Climate Change at the Arctic's Edge <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=65927489> Alan Fortescue, Director of Education, Earthwatch Global EARTHWATCH, OLSEN AUDITORIUM, 4 Clock Tower Place, 5th floor in Maynard, MA *Thursday 5/17/2007* 12:00p - 1:30p Harvard Ecology Discussion Group <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=65589784> Weekly roundtable discussion open to the Harvard and MIT communities Harvard Univ. Center for the Environment (HUCE) conf. room 310, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge 6:00p - 7:30p A Place To Call Home: The Ecology and Evolution of Birds' Nests and Eggs <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68222987> Exhibition opening lecture by Scott Edwards Harvard Museum of Natural History 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] [Colloquium] REMINDER: Flow-based optimization methods in computer vision (Ramin Zabih)

by colloquium＠deas.harvard.edu

my.harvard calendar reminder: Event Information: Date : 5/3/2007 Start Time : 04:00 PM End Time : 05:00 PM Title : Flow-based optimization methods in computer vision (Ramin Zabih) Description : Computer Science Colloquium Series 33 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Colloquium Flow-based optimization methods in computer vision Ramin Zabih Cornell University www.cs.cornell.edu/~rdz Thursday, May 3, 2007 4:00PM Maxwell Dworkin G125 (Ice Cream at 3:30PM - Maxwell Dworkin 2nd Floor Lounge Area) Abstract Computer vision is a rich source of important yet intractable optimization problems. During the last decade, algorithms based on max flow ("graph cuts") have had a large impact on the field. These algorithms combine interesting theoretical properties with compelling experimental results. I will describe the most important algorithms and their properties, and sketch a few applications where these methods have proven to be particularly successful. Finally, I will discuss some challenges and opportunities that arise in applying these methods to medical imaging problems. 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] Reminder - IIC Seminar today- Mark Musen

by Helene Tingle

Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard Seminar Series Wednesday, May 2, 2007; 4:00pm 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Mark Musen, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics) and Computer Science, Stanford University Seminar Title: The Craze over Bio-Ontologies Abstract In the past decade, there has been an explosion in the use of formal ontologies to enumerate and categorize the entities in scientific disciplines. This trend is particularly palpable in biology, where an avalanche of available data requires new technologies for search, integration, and analysis. Work in biomedical ontology has largely been stimulated from the ground up, where the pressing needs of small groups of scientists have spawned a large cottage industry of pragmatic ontology developers. The National Center for Biomedical Ontology, one of the seven national centers for biomedical computing recently created under the NIH Roadmap, has been created to help move this cottage industry into the industrial age. In this talk, I will discuss the rise of ontologies in biology in the context of e- science, the challenges of organizing the cottage industry into a coherent work force, and some of the opportunities afforded by the representation and dissemination of scientific knowledge in machine- processable form. ***Parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are attending the IIC Seminar. Upcoming IIC seminars Continue to stay up to date with our IIC Seminar Schedule. _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars

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