aspuru-list June 2008

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] IIC-related Seminar: Earth System Information Science (June 18th)

by Helene Tingle

The Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis, the Harvard University Center for the Environment and the ABCD-GIS Working Group invite you to: "Earth System Information Science" Ronald Eastman, Clark University Professor of Geography Wednesday, June 18 12:00-1:30pm CGIS Knafel Building 3rd floor, Room N354 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA Abstract: It has become increasingly apparent that the earth system has entered a highly dynamic and transitional phase. With a goal of monitoring these changes a wide variety of earth observing systems have been put in place providing a wealth of environmental image time series. However, the development of tools to process and analyze these data has not kept pace. In this presentation a suite of software tools for image time series analysis will be presented, including tools for seasonal and inter-annual trend analysis, series decomposition based on Principal Components and Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnection analysis, Fourier and Wavelet spectral analysis and lagged linear modeling tools. Based on this presentation, the question will be raised as to whether there is now the need for a new disciplinary focus that might be called Earth System Information Science. About the speaker: Clark University Geography Professor Ronald Eastman is the Director of Clark Labs within the George Perkins Marsh Institute and its associated projects for the development, production and support of the Idrisi and Cartalinx software programs. His interests include geographic information systems, remote sensing, and cartography. Dr. Eastman is also a Visiting Professor at the Department of Resources and Environmental Sciences at Beijing Normal University. He has worked extensively in the area of GIS development and its applications, particularly in an international development setting. Through UNITAR, UNEP and USAID, he has participated in field work throughout Asia, South America and Africa. See http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do for more information about the Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis. Lunch box provided. _______________________________________________ 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] Harvard Energy Journal Club

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

Hi This e-mail is to remind you that the Harvard Energy Journal Club takes place on Monday at 12 in 20 Oxford St. You can look at the link to find tomorrow's reading. I'm about to start reading it myself. The topic is about nuclear energy. Roberto http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/wiki/index.php?title=Papers_Archive

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Re: [Aspuru-Guzik group list] Aspuru-list Digest, Vol 24, Issue 12

by Jacob D. Biamonte

Hey everyone, also about the webpage: most in the group don't even have their contact info or anything else relevant listed about themselves. I know because I have needed to locate several of you and I looked at the webpage for contact info with no luck. On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 12:00 PM, <aspuru-list-request(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > Send Aspuru-list mailing list submissions to > aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > aspuru-list-request(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > aspuru-list-owner(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Aspuru-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Website revamp: Images and text. **Your input needed** > (Alan Aspuru-Guzik) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:05:53 -0400 > From: "Alan Aspuru-Guzik" <aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> > Subject: [Aspuru-Guzik group list] Website revamp: Images and text. > **Your input needed** > To: "Shuting Jin" <aspuru.assistant(a)gmail.com>, Group > <aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> > Message-ID: > <d03997750806131605h54cc29c1j57b59e48ab362501(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear group members, > > I will ask each one and every one of you to think and work about the > following: We need to set up a page in the group site where we discuss our > research projects in more detail than what we have right now, but don't > give > up any "trade secrets" or too much specifics of the projects that we are > doing if we have not published them or put them in the arxiv. Plots that > are > published or in the arxiv are fine. > > I would like for you to write those two paragraphs for one or more of your > projects, and send them to Shuting. You should also think hard of what > image > or images you will associate with them. We will have a page called Project > Gallery or something like that, so be creative and excited about your work. > Any questions? ask me or Shuting. > > The deadline is Tuesday the 24th. > > Thank you! > 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] Website revamp: Images and text. **Your input needed**

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group members, I will ask each one and every one of you to think and work about the following: We need to set up a page in the group site where we discuss our research projects in more detail than what we have right now, but don't give up any "trade secrets" or too much specifics of the projects that we are doing if we have not published them or put them in the arxiv. Plots that are published or in the arxiv are fine. I would like for you to write those two paragraphs for one or more of your projects, and send them to Shuting. You should also think hard of what image or images you will associate with them. We will have a page called Project Gallery or something like that, so be creative and excited about your work. Any questions? ask me or Shuting. The deadline is Tuesday the 24th. Thank you! 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] No group meeting today

by Alejandro Perdomo

For those of you who did not make to the seminar at noon. Due to saturation of knowledge we will not have group meeting today. Patrcik will resume next week. Remember tomorrow we will have the last lunch seminar of the week. 12pm in the Division Room. Have a productive afternoon, -Alejandro

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Schedule and locations for group meeting/seminars this week

by Alejandro Perdomo

Today, Thursday 12pm in **Pfizer Hall** -- Li Chen will talk about "First principle study of interactions between atoms, molecules and carbon nanotubes and catalytic properties". 4pm in the Division Room -- Patrick will continue with ENACT (bring the handout paper from last time. If you don't have it, contact Patrick). On Friday, Lunch seminar, 12pm Division Room -- Yiming Zhang -Alejandro

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group Postdoctoral candidate tomorrow Talk/Lunch with Pizza at 1.00

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear Group, We will have postdoctoral candidate talks with lunch included tomorrow, Wednesday and Friday all at 12.00 Tomorrow's talk will be given by Zhonghua Ma, from the group of David Coker from Boston University Title: Simulation of Quantum Decoherence in Condensed Phases Abstract: When the molecules excited interact with their environment the different molecular vibrational quantum states prepared in the superposition will drive the solvent dynamics in different ways resulting in an evolving entangled state. As the different environmental wave functions move relative to one another the coherent superposition will collapse and the timescale for this collapse is known as the pure dephasing. We present a new method for computing these dephasing times which incorporates a method for sampling an approximation to the full quantum thermal phase space distribution of the environmental variables together with an approximate description of the environmental dynamics that occurs in the presence of the coherent superposition state. The studies will address vibrational quantum decoherence effects in the presence of weak dissipation in a realistic model of vibrationally excited halogen molecules in condensed rare gas environments where recent detailed data from TR-CARS experiments are available. See you all there! We will have food and beverages. 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] Be a Part of the Process: House to take Key Action on Science Funding This Week

by James D Whitfield

Its important that our voice be heard so that the academy can remain the important institution that it is. JDW ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter J. Delfyett - NSBP President <president(a)nsbp.org> Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:07 PM Subject: Be a Part of the Process: House to take Key Action on Science Funding This Week To: whitfield(a)chemistry.harvard.edu Dear James, This week Congress returns from its Memorial Day recess to consider FY08 supplemental appropriations bills. Most of the money in the supplemental bills is for continued funding of the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the Senate version at least also contains provisions for $1.2B appropriations to the various federal science agencies. If enacted into law, this bill would correct the disappointing FY08 appropriations for science <http://www.aip.org/fyi/2008/001.html> that became law back in December 2007. You can be a part of the process by writing to your Senators and Represenative in Congress and encourage them to pass the $1.2B supplemental appropriations for science. Write to your Members of Congress now<http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=nsbp&hotissue=3> The President has been threatening a veto of the bill if it contains any domestic spending. The thinking has been to agree on the war funding now, then deal with domestic spending later. That does not seem to be politically possible because despite the President's veto threat, on May 15th the full Senate approved -by a veto-proof majority- an FY08 supplemental appropriation bill that includes domestic spending provisions, including $1.2B for the various science agencies. The letters that many NSBP members and supporters sent to Senators, as well as the calls made to their offices, undoubtedly played a role in moving the Senate to take this action. How did your Senators vote?<http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/votes/?votenum=137&chamber=S&con…> The House had considered and eventually voted down a version of the bill did not include such provisions for science. The House was more deferential to the President, and there is a group of key House Democrats<http://www.bluedogdems.com/index.html>that are concerned about the overall cost of the bill. The House will evenutally approve some version of the supplemental appropriations bill. But before the appropriations becomes law, and the funding becomes available to support science, including student and postdoc stipends, there are two major steps that must be taken. First, the House and the Senate versions must be same before it can go to the President for signature. The two versions will be reconciled via a conference committee, and there must be a final revote in both chambers approving this committee's final version of the bill. Second, the President must actually sign the bill. Letting your views be known with your Senators, your Representative and the White House will definitely encourage them to take the necessary actions to correct the FY08 budget for science. NSBP encourages you to call and write your Senators and Representative today<http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=nsbp&hotissue=3>. Very best regards, Peter J. Delfyett, Ph.D. President, NSBP You are on the "Newsletter" list for National Society of Black Physicists<http://www.nsbp.org/> . (policy <http://www.schipul.com/policy/>) If you no longer want to receive this letter, follow this link<http://www.nsbp.org/en/emails/utilities/unsubscribe.asp?u=DAE5D748-2C05-483…> . If you no longer want to receive any emails from National Society of Black Physicists, follow this link<http://www.nsbp.org/en/emails/utilities/unsubscribe.asp?u=DAE5D748-2C05-483…> . RSS syndication available <http://www.nsbp.org/en/rss/index/> for the National Society of Black Physicists site. National Society of Black Physicists - 1100 N. Glebe Road Suite 1010 Arlington, VA 22201 -- 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] group meeting at 3pm

by Masoud Mohseni

Dear All, Just a reminder that Ali Rezakhani give a talk at our group meeting at 3pm today. Best, Masoud Title: Correlation Effects in a Discrete Quantum Random Walk Abstract: We introduce history-dependent discrete-time quantum random walk models by adding uncorrelated memory terms and also by modifying Hamiltonian of the walker to include couplings with memory-keeping agents. We the study correlation effects in these systems. It is argued that to characterize different regimes of a quantum system, variance is not a sufficient tool, and more stronger methods should be used. We propose a correlation exponent as a relevant candidate for this purpose. Our analysis can easily be used for more realistic models in which different regimes may emerge because of competitions between different underlying mechanisms. -- *********************************************************** Masoud Mohseni, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 012138, USA Office: M 111, Telephone: (617) 496-9964, Fax: (617) 496-9411 Email: masoud(a)chemistry.harvard.edu URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/People/Masoud%20Mohseni/ **************************************************************

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: group meetings this week

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear group, Please find below some details about the talk by Mike Stopa. The relevant articles are attached. -Alejandro ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Stopa <stopa(a)deas.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [Aspuru-Guzik group list] group meetings this week To: Alejandro Perdomo <aleperd(a)gmail.com> Hi Alejandro, My talk tomorrow will be of the journal club variety so it would help if everyone could get a copy of the relevant articles. There are three, which are all attached: Lombardi and Birke, J Chem Phys 126, 244709 (07) Lombardi et al, J. Chem Phys 84, 4174 (85) Albrecht J. Chem. Phys. 34, 1476 (61). Could you pass them around ? Thanks. By the way, I will start with Albrecht. -Mike Stopa Alejandro Perdomo wrote: Dear group, Group meeting this week: Tomorrow, Thursday 4pm in the Division Room Joint group meeting with Adam Cohen -- Sabrina Leslie ( UC Berkeley ) Topic: Spinor condensates Also on Friday, 4pm in the Division Room, Mike Stoppa will review some papers about SERS for those of you interested. Cheers, -A ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Aspuru-list mailing listAspuru-list@lists.fas.harvard.eduhttp://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list -- Michael Stopa Director: National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Computation Project Center for Nanoscale Systems Harvard University 11 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 phone: 617-496-1931

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