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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: 2010 Perimeter Institute Postdoctoral Recruitment

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sheri Keffer <contact(a)perimeterinstitute.ca> Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:15 PM Subject: 2010 Perimeter Institute Postdoctoral Recruitment To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com> Dear Colleague: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is inviting applications for Postdoctoral Research positions. For more information please visit http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/Scientific/Applications/Postdoctoral _Researcher/<http://intra.pi.local/sugar/campaign_trackerv2.php?track=31fe2800-5d66-366d…> We hope you will share the news by: 1. Forwarding this information directly to prospective candidates who may be interested in this opportunity. 2. Printing and hanging the poster located here<http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/images/pifiles/2010_pdf_poster.pdf> . Perimeter Institute offers a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment with maximum research freedom and opportunity to collaborate. We welcome all candidates to apply by November 15th, but applications will be considered until all positions are filled. Thank you in advance for forwarding and sharing this information. Sincerely, Sheri Keffer Human Resources Manager To remove yourself from this email list click here<http://intra.pi.local/sugar/removeme.php?identifier=5cab0d4e-c4ea-f69b-f9f5…>

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Rotation of Just Song.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear lab members, Justin Song will be rotating with us this semester working on the optical hyperdoping project with Eric Mazur. He will be downstairs in Converse in the desk next to the door. Please introduce yourselves to him. Alan Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: [Hptc-users-list] Odyssey access Key-fob update

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

Hello: This is an update regarding the key-fob's. I have just been told that you need to follow these instructions. The Bauer center is next to Naito (where the chemistry cafeteria is). Thanks, Roberto ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: FAS research computing users group < hptc-users-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:54 AM Subject: [Hptc-users-list] Odyssey access Key-fob update To: FAS research computing users group < hptc-users-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> Dear Users, Most of you already have your fob and have been working on the cluster. If you are still waiting to get your fob please do the following: 1) Fill out the form on the page <https://webapps.sciences.fas.harvard.edu/hptc/>. If you are remote your fob will be mailed to you. If you are local we will *not* mail your fob. You will *still* have to fill out the form in point (1). And then please pick it up in person: 2) Walk down to the basement of Bauer <http://map.harvard.edu/level3.cfm?mapname=camb_allston&tile=F6&quadrant=D&s eries=W<http://map.harvard.edu/level3.cfm?mapname=camb_allston&tile=F6&quadrant=D&s…>> and walk down to the room marked "Research Computing" on your right. 3) Someone inside will be able to help you get your fob. Thank you. FAS Research Computing _______________________________________________ Hptc-users-list mailing list Hptc-users-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/hptc-users-list -- Roberto Olivares-Amaya Aspuru-Guzik Group Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] NO group meeting tomorrow, Friday

by Alejandro Perdomo

Roberto is up for next week! -- Alejandro Perdomo Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Physics. Harvard University 12 Oxford St #482, Cambridge, MA, 02138. perdomo(a)fas.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Fred Manby Talk 9/28

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group, Dear Rick, A talk of interest: Fred Manby is very creative. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Troy Van Voorhis <tvan(a)mit.edu> Date: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:08 PM Subject: Fred Manby Talk 9/28 To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Alan, Here's the info on Fred's talk on Monday. Please forward it along to the theory crowd at Harvard. All are welcome. Troy Fred Manby Department of Chemistry University of Bristol "The Ornstein-Zernike equation in electronic structure theory" 5:00 PM Monday, September 28 MIT Room 4-149

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Fobs to your group to access Odyssey

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

Hello: If there is someone that has not gotten their nukular codes (i.e. the RSA keychains), please let me know by tomorrow so I can relay the information. So far, I know of three people that have not received them. This applies to all users, so if you are working with an undergraduate student who you think might not answer by tomorrow, just e-mail me her/his name. This is in hopes that by tomorrow afternoon all the group members can access odyssey. This is the list off the top of my head. 1) Dmitrij 2) Kenta 3) Sangwoo 4) Alejandro Thanks! Roberto ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com> Date: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:16 PM Subject: Re: Fobs to your group to access Odyssey To: "Suvendra N. Dutta" <suvendra_dutta(a)harvard.edu> Cc: Roberto Olivares-Amaya <olivares(a)fas.harvard.edu> Hi Suvendra I think we need 3-4 more. I copy Roberto Olivares who can distribute. Alan Aspuru-Guzik (Sent from my mobile phone and might contain typos. Thanks for understanding.) On Sep 24, 2009, at 11:26, "Suvendra N. Dutta" <suvendra_dutta(a)harvard.edu> wrote: Dear Alan, > > You are certainly one of our biggest groups. I wanted to confirm that you > and your group have got their fobs. If not, could you please nominate > someone in your group we could coordinate the distribution. We are finding > that is the most efficient way of getting the keys over. > > Please let us know if this would work for you and we'll work with that > person. > > Thanks. > Suvendra. > > -- Roberto Olivares-Amaya Aspuru-Guzik Group Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Salsa cruise

by Patrick Rebentrost

Dear All, I just called Boston Harbor Cruises and it turns out that there are no Salsa cruises for the rest of the year. They will resume in June next year. Best, Patrick

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] IIC Colloquium Sept. 30: Social Networks+Game-Making: Rethinking Education

by Rosalind Reid

You are cordially invited to next Wednesday's IIC Colloquium: Social Networks+Game-Making: Rethinking Education September 30, 2009, 4:00pm Room G115, Maxwell Dworkin, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge Idit Harel Caperton Founder and President, World Wide Workshop Abstract How can we cultivate and nurture today’s disengaged learners so that they become more creative and computationally capable? How can we help them to prosper in the high-tech global economy, able to manage complex communication and large-scale projects that are collaborative and computational? “We cannot wait for higher education or special professional training to do this,” asserts our speaker. “We must start young!” Using a groundbreaking new learning network called Globaloria, the World Wide Workshop Foundation has demonstrated that practicing the making of games and simulations, within a virtual design studio embedded in a social learning system, can help students develop sophisticated contemporary learning abilities. Bio Idit Harel Caperton, Ph.D., is a pioneer in using new-media technology for creative learning, innovation and globalization through constructionist learning theory. She founded the World Wide Workshop (www.worldwideworkshop.org ) in 2004 to leverage her unique blend of award-winning research, business acumen and leadership in new-media learning projects around the world. Most recently, the foundation launched Globaloria to invent ways of using social networking and Web 2.0 tools to teach game-making and project-based learning to youth worldwide. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Dr. Caperton conducted breakthrough research at the MIT Media Lab that led to publishing the book Constructionism with Seymour Papert. Her book Children Designers received the 1991 Outstanding Book Award by the American Education Research Association. In 1995, she founded MaMaMedia and launched MaMaMedia.com, ConnectedFamily.com, and Papert.org. Pioneering kids' Internet media, MaMaMedia established global distribution and advertizing partnerships and won numerous honors, including: the Computerworld-Smithsonian Award (1999), the Internet industry's coveted Global Information Infrastructure Award (1999), and the 21st-Century Achievement Award from the Computerworld Honors Program (2002). In 2002, she was honored by the Network of Educators in Science and Technology and MIT "for devotion, innovation and imagination in science and technology on behalf of children and youth around the world." Selected MaMaMedia activities were recently re-programmed for OLPC. Idit holds degrees from Tel Aviv University (BA, 1982), Harvard University (EdM 1984; CAS 1985) and MIT Media Lab (PhD, 1988). . --------------- For more information about IIC colloquia and other events : http://iic.harvard.edu/events/upcoming -------------- Initiative in Innovative Computing Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ iic-colloquium mailing list iic-colloquium(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-colloquium

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Update September 24 - October 8

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: October 1: Register now for the first of the Ecologies of the Human Flourishing lecture series: Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, President of the International Movement for a Just World and the Noordin Sopiee Professor of Global Studies at the Science University of Malaysia in Penang presents "A World in Crisis: The Relevance of Spiritual-Moral Principles." October 3: Join wildlife explorers John Francis, Tim Laman, and Conrad Anker for a slideshow and discussion about their fascinating adventures--from the island of Papua New Guinea to the steppes of Tibet --at their Harvard Museum of Natural History lecture. October 7: "The Return of Nature", featuring Elizabeth Diller, Mark Jarzombek, and Andrew Payne is the first of the Harvard Symposia on Architecture, an annual series of events which brings together architects, historians and theorists to consider the question of architecture's autonomy in relation to contemporary debates. Calendar Listings: Thursday 9/24/2009 5:30p Climate Emergency: Special Meeting of Cambridge City Council (Cambridge City Hall, 795 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA) Faculty, fellows, and students are welcome to help the city's efforts to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) city-wide 20% below 1990 levels by 2010. Contact: John Pitkin, greencambridge.wikispaces.com/Calenda... Friday 9/25/2009 8:30a MSI Chalktalk Breakfast (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) "Where Should I Sow my Bugs for the Best Electron Harvest?" Tom Weller, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Girguis Lab. Contact: klachmay(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.msi.harvard.edu 11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar (Harvard Forest, 324 North Main St., Petersham, MA) "Discovering how to grow seawater plants." Gordon Sato, The Manzanar Mangrove Initiative. Contact: harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... Sunday 9/27/2009 2:00p World Wide Views on Global Warming (Museum of Science, Science Park Boston, MA) The first of two fall forums that invite voices from around the globe to weigh in on our growing environmental challenges. Contact: www.mos.org/events_activities/special... Monday 9/28/2009 11:45a - 12:45p Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/ 4:00p EPS Fall Colloquium (Haller Hall (Geo-Museum 102), 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Subduction and the mantle flow field: constraints from seismic anisotropy." Maureen Long, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University. Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, ganna(a)eps.harvard.edu , (617) 495-3637 Tuesday 9/29/2009 1:00p - 5:00p SideWalk Through Time (Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) An art and science collaborative event between Harvard students, faculty, the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH), and the acclaimed local artist, Robert Guillemin. Contact: Phoebe A. Cohen, 617-495-7602 3:00p EPS Dissertation Defense (Haller Hall (Geo-Museum 102), 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Application of satellite observations and adjoint inverse modeling to intercontinental transport of ozone pollution." Lin Zhang, Harvard University. Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu 4:00p - 5:00p Petroleum 101: Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry (MIT, Building 66 Room 110, Cambridge, MA) Rich Sears, Visiting Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative and formerly at Royal Dutch/Shell, gives an overview of the oil and gas industry. Contact: Francisco Flores, fflores(a)mit.edu Wednesday 9/30/2009 4:00p Radcliffe Institute Fellows' Presentation Series (10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA) "Why Was Darwin's View of Species Rejected by Twentieth Century Biologists?" James Mallet, 2009-10 Helen Putnam Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, University College London. Contact: 617-495-8212 4:15p The Dawn of Green (Lower Library, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA) Speaker Harriet Ritvo, Arthur J. Conner Professor of History, MIT. Co-sponsored by the Center for History and Economics. Contact: web.mit.edu/hnritvo/www/ritvo.htm 7:00p Science in the News Seminar (Armenise Ampitheatre at Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA) "Modern Mass Extinction." Contact: https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/ 8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Thursday 10/1/2009 11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar (Harvard Forest, 324 North Main St., Petersham, MA) Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, State Climatologist, University of Vermont. Title TBA. Contact: harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... 12:00p - 2:30p Ecologies of Human Flourishing Lecture Series ( Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA) "A World in Crisis: The Relevance of Spiritual-Moral Principles." A presentation by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, President of the International Movement for a Just World. Contact: www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/theme... 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Departmental Seminar (Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall, Room 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA) "Why are males better than females at spatial cognition?" Sue Healy, University of St. Andrews. Contact: Katharine Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 Friday 10/2/2009 7:15a - 12:00p Massachusetts Green Career Conference (Marlborough Holiday Inn Ballroom, 265 Lakeside Ave., Marlborough, MA) Learn from leading experts about current and prospective green careers. Contact: Nathan Emerson, nateemerson(a)mindspring.com, 978 793 0440, greencareer.eventbrite.com/ Saturday 10/3/2009 10:00a National Geographic Grants Workshop at Harvard (Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA ) Students ages 18 to 25 are invited to register for National Geographic's Young Explorers Grants Workshop. Contact: www.nationalgeographic.com/field/gran... 8:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "An Evening of Field Exploration and Research" with National Geographic Lecture by Tim Laman, Conrad Anker, and Jimmy Chin. Contact: www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... Sunday 10/4/2009 11:00a - 4:00p Energy Savings Fair for Homes and Businesses (Lexington Depot Building, Depot Square, Lexington, MA) More than 30 vendors and exhibitors with products and services that will save you money, reduce your energy needs and lower your carbon footprint. Contact: www.lexgwac.org/ Monday 10/5/2009 11:45a - 12:45p Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/ Tuesday 10/6/2009 12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series (Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "Role of Theory in Tropical Forest Ecology: What Do We Want to Know?" Egbert Leigh, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution. Contact: www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ Wednesday 10/7/2009 11:15a Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar (Pierce Hall 114, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) Dr. McKenzie Smith. Contact: www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/cale... 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA) "Do National Borders Matter? Intranational Trade, International Trade, and the Environment." Carol McAusland, University of British Columbia, and Daniel Millimet, Southern Methodist University. Contact: Jason Chapman, 617-496-8054, isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword... 4:15p Can We Meet the Planet's Deadline? Battling Climate Change on the Road to Copenhagen (34-101 50 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Frances Beinecke, the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the United States' most influential environmental action groups. Contact: web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/deadl... 4:00p - 5:00p Origins of Life Forum (Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall, Room 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA) "The Role of Planet Earth in Life's Origins." Steven Benner, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution. Contact: origins.harvard.edu/Origins%20Forum.html 6:00p - 7:00p Carbon Capture and Sequestration - The Current State of Technology (E51-335, MIT, Cambridge, MA) Sandeep Verma, Schlumberger Doll Research, Principal Research Scientist. Sponsored by the MIT Energy Club. Open to the public. Contact: Mahesh Konduru , kondum(a)mit.edu 6:30p The Harvard Symposia on Architecture 1: The Return of Nature (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 42-46 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA) "The Limits of Sustainability." With Elizabeth Diller, Mark Jarzombek, and Andrew Payne. Contact: www.gsd.harvard.edu/events 8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Thursday 10/8/2009 8th Annual Global Voices Film Festival (The Harvard Film Archive, Brattle Theatre, and Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA) Global Voices has multiple thematic sessions, with each session comprised of a documentary screening and an associated event to place the topic in a broader context. Contact: lisa.unangst(a)unagb.org, (617) 482-4587, www.bostonfilms.org/ 3:30p China Energy and Environment Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity in China." Lu Xi, doctoral student, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard. Contact: Chris Nielsen, nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Departmental Seminar (Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall, Room 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA) Eric Haag, University of Maryland. Title TBA. Contact: Katharine Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "How Apes and Monkeys May Help Us Understand the Economic Crisis." Lecture by Marc Hauser. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Cambridge Structural Database CD

by Roel Sanchez

Colleagues, I just to have the Cambridge Structural Database on my desk, but I can not find it anymore. If anyone has it, could you please tell me? Sigi

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