aspuru-list August 2008

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Harvard email address for Semion

by Semion K Saikin

Dear Colleagues, This is my Harvard email address. Please, use it for further communications. My other email at UCSD will be removed eventually. Thank you, Semion P.S. To clarify, I prefer to spell my last name as Saikin but in all the official documents it is spelled as Saykin. ******************************************** Semion K. Saikin Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 email: saykin(a)fas.harvard.edu phone: (619)212-6649 ********************************************

15 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] tomorrow's group meeting @ 4pm in M217

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear group, Tomorrow Cesar is up and the title of his talk is "Non-Markovian Open Quantum Systems". See you all tomorrow in the room M217 by the department center, 2nd floor. Cheers, -A

15 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] group meeting schedule

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear group, Please write down and be prepared for the date you were assigned to give your group meeting, August 20: Cesar August 27: James Sept 3: Darren Lipomi -- Invited Sept 10: Ivan Sept 17: Semion Sept 24: Sangwoo Oct 1: Roberto Oct 8: Sigi Oct 15: Leslie Oct 22: Joel Oct 29: Alejandro Nov 5: Patrick Nov 12: Ville Nov 19: Bryan You can also check the schedule at http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/Seminars/. I set the dates according to the conflicts and constraints you sent me, so if you have any further conflicts try to switch with another speaker and let me know about the changes. -Alejandro

15 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: LaSh08 DEADLINE EXTENSION

by Jacob D. Biamonte

The following seems relevant to those working on proteins and optimization algorithms: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- LaSh08 - WORKSHOP ON LOGIC AND SEARCH Computation of structures from declarative descriptions Leuven, Belgium, November 6-7, 2008 http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dtai/LaSh08 DEADLINE EXTENSION: August 25, 2008. ................................................................ IMPORTANT DATES: Submission: August 25, 2008 Notification: September 15, 2008 Workshop: November 6-7, 2008 SCOPE: LaSh is the first workshop that aims to bring together researchers from the areas of Propositional Satisfiability (SAT), Constraint Programming (CP), and Answer Set Programming (ASP). While so far SAT, ASP and CP have developed as three independent disciplines, the past years have shown a trend in which the application domains of SAT, CP and ASP are more and more overlapping and the languages developed in these areas tend to converge. There is a growing awareness of the potential of combining techniques and algorithms from the different areas. Objectives ========== LaSh08 aims to offer a discussion forum for research in SAT, ASP and CP. We invite contributions on modeling languages, methodologies, theoretical analysis, techniques, algorithms and systems. The forum is an occasion to exchange ideas on the state-of-the-art; to discuss specific technical problems; to formulate challenges and opportunities ahead; to analyse differences and simularities between the different areas; to study opportunities for synergy and integration. In particular, we would like to foster exchange at least on the following topics: -- integrations of SAT, ASP and/or CP technologies -- comparisons of modeling languages -- criteria for choice of modeling languages (for modeling convenience or efficiency) -- new algorithm directions -- efficient modeling strategies -- new applications -- complexity results, tractable subsets -- completeness results (e.g. capturing complexity classes) -- methods for taking advantage of tractability results -- SAT modulo theories -- solver implementation techniques, -- algorithms for grounding -- modeling languages and constructs (aggregates, global constraints,..) -- search control and heuristics in the context of model generation -- symmetry breaking in model construction -- optimisation problems in model construction: -- languages for optimality criteria; -- algorithms for computing optimal models LaSh08 will also provide an opportunity for presentation of implemented systems and tools at a demo session. Thus, we invite submissions of systems and tools that reflect the above ideas, and aim at facilitating declarative problem solving, and making it practical and used. Workshop format: ================ The workshops objective is to create an informal, stimulating atmosphere for exchange of ideas. The invited speakers are well-known experts: * Pascal Van Hentenryck, Brown University, "Constraint Programming at Work ". * Robert Nieuwenhuis, Technical University of Catalonia, "The Barcelogic approach to search: fast and robust but expressive". A panel with experts of the different fields will be organized to discuss differences and similarities between the different areas, opportunities for integration, etc. Paper Format ============= Technical papers and application papers must be in the Springer LNCS format and must not exceed 15 pages. Experimental and tool papers are intended to describe implementations of systems, to report experiments with implemented systems, or to compare implemented systems. They can be at most 8 pages long in the LNCS style. The workshop has no formal proceedings; copies of the contributions will be available. Program Chair ============= * Marc Denecker, K.U.Leuven Organizing Committee ==================== * Enrico Giunchiglia, University of Genova * Victor Marek, University of Kentucky * David Mitchell, Simon Fraser University * Eugenia Ternovska Simon Fraser University * Mirek Truzczynski, University of Kentucky * Marc Denecker, K.U.Leuven Program Committee ================= * Peter Baumgartner, The Australian National University * Francesco Calimeri, University of Calabria * Koen Claessen, Chalmers University of Technology * Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology * Wolfgang Faber, University of Calabria * Pierre Flener, Uppsala University * Alan Frisch, University of York * Enrico Giunchiglia, University of Genova * Daniel LeBerre, Universite d'Artois * Fangzen Lin, Hong kong University of Science and Technology * Ines Lynce, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa * Tony Mancini, Sapienza Universita di Roma * Victor Marek, University of Kentucky * David Mitchell, Simon Fraser University * Pierre Marquis, Universite d'Artois * Ilkka Niemela, Helsinki University of Technology * Karem Sakallah, University of Michigan * Torsten Schaub, University of Potsdam * Barry O'Sullivan, University College Cork * Eugenia Ternovska Simon Fraser University * Mirek Truszcznski, University of Kentucky * Pascal Van Hentenryck, Brown University * Toby Walsh, University of New South Wales Local organisation ==================== * Marc Denecker, K.U.Leuven * Joost Vennekens, K.U.Leuven Venue ====== The workshop will take place in the Beguinage of Leuven, Belgium. Leuven is an old flemish town, hosting the oldest university of the lower countries. The Beguinage is a medieval city in the city, where the beguines lived together to form a religious community. The Beguinage is recognized as a Unesco World Heritage site. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Jacob D. Biamonte office: (+1) 617 - 496 - 7101 fax: 496-9411 cell: 335-4857 http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/People/Jacob_D._Biamonte/ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

15 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Access to Materials Studio on Windows Computer

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

Hello I'm trying to access Materials Studio on the windows machine (M110). Does anyone have the password, or does anyone's account have access to this program? Thanks for the information. Roberto

15 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Office Supplies Ordering

by Leslie Vogt

Hi guys, I am in charge of ordering office supplies for the group in the next two weeks. If you need something, let me know. If you need something urgently, let me know sooner. Leslie

15 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Dissertation topic.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear students, I need you to send me the proposed dissertation topic that you wrote in your G-2 exam form (James, Ivan, Leslie and Alejandro), and for the G-2s (Sangwoo, Roberto and Joel) please be creative and choose a very tentative title. Otherwise I will be creative. This is just for a form that I need to send to the department for the review committee, Alan Patrick: You are not officially a student until January '09 when you join "officially" so you are OK with this task. -- 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

15 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] SURVEY: TAKE IT!

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear Group, You must have received a copy of the survey attached to this message. PLEASE respond to it. It is important to have a good representation of theory and of assistant professors in the mix. Also, see below, you can win an iPod nano. We are a lucky group and if we all fill it, we can probably get one at least! Cheers, Alan ---- Just a reminder that surveys have been placed in your mail box and we are hoping to have all of them returned (either to the Dept Office or the Mail Room) by August 15th. If you did not get a copy, we have extras in the Dept. Office and the Mail Room. Remember we will be offering either nano-iPods or a digital camera (values up to $150) via a random drawing for each 30 completed forms. To preserve anonymity your name is on a separate sheet from the survey itself. Thx, Tony Anthony R. Shaw, Jr. Director of Laboratories Co-Director of Graduate Studies Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology (CCB) Harvard University 12 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 617-495-4283 (office) 617-496-5618 (fax) shaw(a)chemistry.harvard.edu http://www.chem.harvard.edu/admin/tony_shaw.php -- 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

15 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Bryan is up today!

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear group, Today, Wednesday at 4pm in M217, we will have Bryan O'gorman who will tell us about a possible approach towards the understanding of the complexity of protein folding. See you all tomorrow, -A

15 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] 1 TB Network Hard Drive now up!

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

Hi We have recently set up a network hard drive for backup purposes. Right now the IP address is 128.103.54.254, but hope to rename it svalbard.chem.harvard.edu (Svalbard<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault>). If you want a folder in there, visit me (Roberto) to set up an account, so you can tell me your password and IP address of your computer. If you don't have an IP address, this is a good chance to get one assigned to you by Matt McDonald (Instructions found on wiki<https://www2.lsdiv.harvard.edu/aspuru/wiki/index.php/Internet_Setup_and_Pri…> ). Usage instructions are available on the group wiki<https://www2.lsdiv.harvard.edu/aspuru/wiki/index.php/Network_Hard_Drive>. Roberto

15 years, 9 months

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