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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Tuesday March 9

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quanta We will meet on Tuesday March 9 at 11. I am not sure of the agenda. Maybe we will put the Harvard guys on the spot. Eddie ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6-300 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] Distinguished Lecture in Computational Science March 10: From Genome to Connectome

by Rosalind Reid

You are cordially invited to the next Distinguished Lecture in Computational Science, to be given by Michael F. Huerta of the National Institute of Mental Health. ********** From Soup to Wires--From Genome to Connectome Wednesday, March 10, 4:00 pm Room G-115, Maxwell Dworkin, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge Michael F. Huerta, Associate Director National Institute of Mental Health Abstract To understand the human brain is to understand the essence of humanity. Over the last hundred years, scientists have studied the chemical, genetic, molecular and cellular bases of nervous system function and dysfunction in model organisms and humans. The advent of - omics approaches in the last decade has multiplied data from these levels of biological organization many fold, and the questions scientists can now address are breathtaking in their scope, depth and complexity. The nervous system, however, has levels of organization beyond the cell; these higher levels represent the connectivity that allows communication across cells, circuits and systems. Knowledge about connectivity is crucial to understand brain function in health and disorder, yet this entire class of data is absent for the human brain in any systematic, comprehensive or otherwise modern sense. To fill this critical gap, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, an ongoing consortium comprising 16 institutes and centers of the NIH, has launched the Human Connectome Project (HCP). The HCP will use cutting-edge, noninvasive neuroimaging tools to collect high-quality, well characterized data from hundreds of healthy adults, and will share these data, models, analytic tools and other information with the research community at large. This $30 million effort is expected to transform our understanding of the human brain and will provide a conceptual framework allowing neuroscientists to better appreciate the meaning of, and relationships among, diverse data from all levels of biological organization. The HCP is an example of high-throughput biology approaches to biomedical research. As these approaches become more common, the biomedical research enterprise will change, with computational sciences becoming increasingly important to NIH in pursuit of its mission of improving the health of the nation and all of humanity. About the Speaker Michael Huerta’s research background is in systems neuroscience. He earned baccalaureate (zoology) and doctoral (anatomy) degrees from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, did postdoctoral work at Vanderbilt University, and served on the faculty of the University of Connecticut Health Science Center. He joined the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in 1991 to create a multiagency initiative that helped develop the field of neuroinformatics, and has continued to lead and participate in many digital biology and informatics activities across NIH, including the NIH Roadmap’s National Centers for Biomedical Computation, the NIH Blueprint’s Neuroscience Information Framework and Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse, the NIH Biomedical Informatics Coordinating Committee, and the Human Connectome Project. Dr. Huerta has also led efforts to change NIH practices to better accommodate paradigms such as team science and interdisciplinary research. Dr. Huerta currently serves as the: Associate Director of NIMH for Scientific Technology Research, Director of the NIMH Office of Cross-Cutting Science, and Director of the NIH’s National Database for Autism Research. _________ Refreshments served at 3:45 pm Mark your calendar for these upcoming talks: Mar. 8, noon: Patrik Jonsson, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (SciGPU Seminar) Mar. 24, 4:00 pm: Pat Hanrahan, CANON USA Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford (Distinguished Lecture in Computational Science) Mar. 31, 4:00 pm: Ben Fry, design and software consultant (IIC Colloquium) For more information about IIC colloquia and other events : http://iic.harvard.edu/events/upcoming_____________________________________… 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] Reminder for group meeting tomorrow Friday. Room M102 - 2:30pm

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear group, Tomorrow Dmitrij is up. The title of his talk is: "Modeling Molecules on Surfaces". As a heads up, next week we will have Carlos Amador. Tomorrow we will have a 1 hour meeting and Alan will also explain the changes in the group meeting dynamics. Hopefully a significant portion of the group is happy with this new strategy ;). See you all tomorrow at M102. Time: 2:30pm. Cheers, -A -- Alejandro Perdomo-Ortiz 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: Spread the Word- RIT's Future Faculty Career Exploration Program

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: Faculty Recruitment <facultyr(a)rit.edu> Date: Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:08 PM Subject: Spread the Word- RIT's Future Faculty Career Exploration Program To: "alan(a)aspuru.com" <alan(a)aspuru.com> *Dear Alan Aspuru-Guzik,*** * * I would like to ask for you and your organization’s support in spreading the word to Ph.D., MFA or Post Doctoral students interested in a teaching career about an upcoming, all-expense-paid opportunity to visit Rochester Institute of Technology. Please share information on the *annual Future Faculty Career Exploration Program (FFCEP) *with members of your organization and students whom you know may be interested and meet the criteria outlined below. *The annual FFCEP is one of a series of recruitment strategies designed to build relationships and fuel the future pipeline of faculty. The FFCEP program is a unique and exciting opportunity to explore potential career choices through:* - Exploratory interviews - Meetings with deans, department heads, and RIT’s President - Discuss academic work and career interests with RIT deans and faculty - Present on research - Tour the campus and surrounding community - Interact with RIT students - Learn about RIT’s teaching and research agendas and vision. This year marks the 8th annual program to take place at RIT. The past programs have been very successful in providing participants with valuable experiences including preparing them an official campus interviews. Past participants have also greatly enjoyed networking and building relationships among each other which have resulted in future collaborations. To date, we have hired twelve participants and invited many others back to campus for official job interviews. *FFCEP 2010 Selection Criteria* · Individuals with the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences. We are especially interested in applications from people of color who are underrepresented and underserved in teaching professions; i.e., African American, Latin American, American Indian, or Alaskan Native. · Within one to two years of receiving Ph.D. -or- · Within one year of receiving or already received MFA -or- · Engaged in a Post Doctoral assignment · Desire academic teaching career at an exceptional institution · Receiving degrees that are relevant to RIT in Business, Liberal Arts, Science, Engineering, Applied Science & Technology, Computing & Information Sciences, Imaging Arts & Sciences-complete list of programs <http://www.rit.edu/programs-level.html> · Demonstrate potential to fill open and/or anticipated vacancies at RIT* * · Be able to travel to Rochester, NY for a weekend, September 22-26, 2010 ** * * The RIT mission is to provide technology-based educational programs for personal and professional development. We rigorously pursue new and emerging career areas. We develop and deliver curricula and advance scholarship relevant to emerging technologies and social conditions. Our community is committed to diversity and student centeredness and is distinguished by our innovative and collaborative spirit. Internal and external partnerships expand our students’ experiential learning. RIT is committed to mutually enriching relationships with alumni, government, business and the world community. Teaching, learning, scholarship, leadership development, and student success are our central enterprises.** *Application Deadline: June 2nd, 2010 **(postmarked)* For more information and applications visit our website at: *http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/facultyrecruitment/faculty_program.php* * * If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Faculty Recruitment at facultyr(a)rit.edu or 585-475-5775 Thanks for your support and assistance! Sincerely, *Charity Bontadelli* Faculty Recruitment Specialist Rochester Institute of Technology 8 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623 ** *www.rit.edu/OFR * *“Excellence through Diversity, Journey to Greatness: Doing it the RIT Way”* **

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email March 4 - 18

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Friday, March 5, 2010: The Harvard Office of Career services "Environmental, Energy, and Clean Tech Expo" helps students explore where future jobs and internships will be in these sectors. Wednesday, March 10: The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for the Environment present a special event on the "Promises and Challenges of Development and Conservation in the Amazon." Save the dates! Mark your calendar for the three Future of Energy lectures in April, details below. Calendar Listings: March 4, 2010 4:00pm OEB Seminar Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave. Cambridge, MA "Good food and conservation: Molecular approaches to understanding the physiology of the squid-vibrio symbiosis." Ned Ruby, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Hosted by the Girguis Lab. Contact Name: Jeannette Everritt jeverritt(a)oeb.harvard.edu 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle (2002-09), President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (2009), and Founder of the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2010-Study-…... 4:00pm - 5:30pm Propaganda in Today’s American Politics Study Group Littauer 166 Harvard Kennedy School. 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Speaker: Dr. Robert Lichter, director of the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University and Professor of Communications. His presentation and discussion will focus on issues of media bias and will include how global warming is portrayed. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2010-Study-…... Contact Name: Ernest Istook Ernest_Istook(a)hks.harvard.edu 5:30pm - 7:00pm Considering Copenhagen: Rethinking Climate Policy Coolidge Room Ballou Hall, Tufts University Medford, MA Discussion Moderated by Professor Kelly Sims Gallagher, Energy and Environmental Policy, The Fletcher School. Contact Name: Jacqueline Deelstra Jacqueline.Deelstra(a)tufts.edu 6:30pm HelioFocus: The Potential for U.S.-Israel-China Cleantech Cooperation Harvard Business School Aldrich 110 Soldiers Field Road Boston, MA 02131 Dr. Ory Zik, Co-Founder of HelioFocus Ltd., and Mr. Shi Chuliang, Chief Engineer and Head of Advanced R&D at China's Sanhua Holding Group, will discuss the prospects for U.S.-Israel-China cooperation in clean technology. RSVP required. http://www.meetup.com/boston-israel/calendar/12439606/ March 5, 2010 8:45am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA "Getting a charge out of the deep subsurface: A story of extracellular electron transport and hydrothermal vents." Mark Nielsen, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology. Host: Peter Girguis. MSI-Info(a)hms.harvard.edu 10:00am - 11:30am Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Special Seminar Nye Conference Room A, Taubman Building, 5th Floor Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA "Climate policy after Copenhagen: the way forward for Europe and the world." Nancy Kontou, Former Head of Cabinet to the Commissioner for Environment, European Commission. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/climate Contact Name: Tyler Gumpright Tyler_Gumpright(a)harvard.edu 617-384-8415 11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA "The Yatir Pine Forest semi-arid flux site – overview with details on tree water use and LAI." Shabtai Cohen, Institute of Soil, Water & Environmental Sciences (Israel), and Harvard Bullard Fellow. http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:30pm - 1:30pm Green Design Lunch Lecture Graduate School of Design Gund Hall, Room 111 46 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA Discussion on Green Roofs with Christian Werthmann, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, GSD. Werthmann directs the Green Roof Initiative at the Graduate School of School of Design and will discuss contemporary design and management practices. 12:30pm - 8:00pm 2010 MIT Energy Conference Friday Workshops and Energy Showcase The Friday workshops provide a unique opportunity for deeper discussions of select topics. They are free and open to the public. http://www.mitenergyconference.com/friday.php 1:30pm - 4:00pm Harvard Environmental, Energy, and Clean Tech Expo Harvard University Cambridge, MA Join us for this educational event helping students explore where future jobs and internships will be in these sectors. Registration required. http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/ Contact Name: Scott LaChapelle slachap(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-496-0738 March 6, 2010 9:00am - 12:00pm Cambridge Climate Congress City Hall 795 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA Approximately 100 delegates from Cambridge community groups, businesses, institutions and faith-based organizations are participating in the Congress. http://www.cambridgema.gov/deptann.cfm?story_id=2457 Contact Name: Sam Seidel vharris(a)cambridgema.gov 617-349-4279 9:00am - 5:00pm Earth Rocks! Family Festival Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA Explore rocks, fossils, meteorites, earthquakes, and volcanoes and learn about Earth's dynamic history with hands-on activities. Free with Harvard Natural History Museum admission. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu 617-495-2563 March 8, 2010 12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:00pm EPS Spring Colloquium Haller Hall - Geo Museum 102 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA "High-precision U-Pb geochronology and the two biggest extinctions in earth history." Samuel Bowring, MIT. Contact Name: Ganna Savostyanova ganna(a)eps.harvard.edu 4:30pm - 6:00pm Population Center Seminar Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies 9 Bow Street Cambridge, MA "Social Networks and Migration: A Modeling Approach" presented by Barbara Entwisle, Director of the Carolina Population Center, and Kenan Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. POPCENTER(a)hsph.harvard.edu 5:15pm Ecologies of Human Flourishing Lecture Series Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, MA "Reality Check: How the Facts of Life on a Tough New Planet Shape Our Choices" A presentation by Bill McKibben, scholar in residence at Middlebury College and American environmentalist and writer who frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the risks associated with human genetic engineering. A response will be given by Daniel Schrag, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/theme.html Contact Name: Rebecca Kline Esterson resterson(a)hds.harvard.edu 5:30pm Business & Government Seminar Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor Taubman Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA "An Innovations Agenda for Massachusetts." Gregory Bialecki, Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/events.htm Paulina_OBrien(a)hks.harvard.edu 8:00pm Movie Screening: "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Aldrich 107 Harvard Business School Allston, MA "Who Killed the Electric Car?" is a 2006 documentary film that explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the early 1990s. http://www.green.harvard.edu Contact Name: Carol Anne Healy, LEED AP 617.496.4497 March 9, 2010 2:00pm - 5:00pm NESEA Green Roof Workshop World Trade Center One Seaport Lane Boston, MA 02210 This workshop will debunk green roof myths and provide important data to assist in your consideration of green roofs. http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2qpwoj26b046532&…... March 10, 2010 3:30pm - 5:00pm Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Seminar Series Harvard School of Public Health Landmark Center, Room 414A 401 Park Drive Boston, MA "Linking GIS and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Support Environmental Decision-Making: DECERNS WebSDSS." Boris Yatsalo, Ph.D., Obninsk State Technical University (IATE), Obninsk, Russia. Contact Name: Katherine von Stackelberg KVON(a)hsph.harvard.edu 617.998.1037 5:00pm - 7:00pm Promises and Challenges of Development and Conservation in the Amazon Science Center, Lecture Hall D Harvard University 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA Presentation and Commentary by: Arnóbio "Binho" Marques, Governor of the State of Acre, Brazil; Jorge Viana, Former Governor of the State of Acre, Brazil; Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Roscoe Pound Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School and former Minister of Strategic Affairs for the Brazilian government; and John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering at Harvard University and former World Bank Country Director for Brazil. http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil Contact Name: Marcio Siwi msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:00pm - 9:30pm Moving Toward a Smarter Electric Grid MIT Lincoln Lab Cafeteria 244 Wood Street Lexington, MA "Smart Grid Entrepreneur-ing", the second session in the Series. Smart Grid Entrepreneur-ing will address the Smart Grid as a business opportunity for Spin-offs, Spin-outs, Carve-outs, or just plain Start-ups. The evening will offer several diverse business and finance perspectives: http://ieeeboston.org/edu/class_room/2010_spring/smart_grid.html March 11, 2010 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of disucsion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 3:30pm Harvard China Project Seminar Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA "Modeling Private Car Ownership in China: Investigating the Impact of Urban Form across Mega-cities." LI Jieping, Transportation Planner, Central Transportation Planning Staff, Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization; former visiting scholar, Harvard China Project. Contact Name: Chris Nielsen nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle (2002-09), President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (2009), and Founder of the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2010-Study-…... 4:00pm OEB Seminar Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave. Cambridge, MA "Mimicry and butterfly speciation in the Amazon basin." James Mallet, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study & University College London. Contact Name: Jeannette Everritt jeverritt(a)oeb.harvard.edu 5:30pm Clean Coal? - Challenges and Opportunities! Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000, North Entrance Waltham MA Dr. Jay Agarwal will discuss new advances and emerging trends in Clean Coal Technology. Pre-registration is required. http://www.aiche-boston.org/events/eventdetail.php?eventId=73 781-895-5900 March 12, 2010 9:00am - 12:30pm Restructuring Roundtable Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard 13th Floor Conference Room Boston, MA 02210 "Revisiting Transmission and Renewables." http://www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtable.asp?sel=98 9:30am Second Best World Climate Policy and the WITCH model Belfer Library (3rd Floor Belfer Building) Harvard Kennedy School of Government 79, JFK Street, Cambridge MA, 02138 Valentina Bosetti, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM). 11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA "Deforestation, climate and the future of the Amazon." Christopher Neill, the Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory and Harvard Bullard Fello. http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu March 13, 2010 10:00am - 2:00pm Sustainability in the Food Industry: The Next Step -- Dishing Green! Cambridge School of Culinary Arts 2020 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 Rreview the unknown truths in today's food world and will move forward to the kitchen to prepare a seasonal luncheon that is both healthy, delicious and proudly green. Cost is $80. Contact Name: Sean Leonard sleonard(a)cambridgeculinary.com 617-354-2020 (X 113) March 15, 2010 12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu March 18, 2010 8:00am - 10:00am New England Clean Energy Council Finance Series: The Resurrection of Project Finance Mintz Levin One Financial Center Boston, MA A panel of experts discuss considerations that project developers need to make in today’s market, including various sources of capital, financial incentives and debt and equity structures. Contact Name: Walter Frick wfrick(a)cleanenergycouncil.org 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle (2002-09), President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (2009), and Founder of the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2010-Study-…... -- Finding secure, safe and reliable sources of energy to power world economic growth will be one of the great challenges of this century. The Harvard University Centerfor the Environment invites the Harvard community to take up the challenge by participating in this ongoing series of discussions. THE FUTURE OF ENERGY Spring 2010 David MacKay Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK Friday, April 2 Northwest Labs B103 - 4:00 pm [*please note change of location and time] Kristina M. Johnson Under Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy Tuesday, April 13 Northwest Labs B103 - 4:00 pm Marvin E. Odum President, Shell Oil Company and Managing Director for Upstream Americas Tuesday, April 27 Science Center D - 4:00 pm The Future of Energy lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. All of the lectures are free and open to the public. View detailed lecture information at www.environment.harvard.edu. --- Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Be sure to sign up to receive the HUCE newsletter. You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. [90]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 90. http://harvard.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&… Our mailing address is: 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 (T) 617-495-0368 www.environment.harvard.edu Copyright (C) 2008 Harvard University. All rights reserved.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Alan got the Excellence in Mentoring Award

by Cesar Rodriguez

Group: Alan was selected this year for the Everett* Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award! *Congratulations Alan!* And thanks to Joel for being the main mover of the nomination process. Cesar -- * Everett Award not related to the Many-Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] quantum computers review

by Alejandro Perdomo

For all the quantum computer geeks http://www.nature.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/nature/journal/v464/n7285/f… <http://www.nature.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/nature/journal/v464/n7285/f…> Enjoy! -A -- 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] Special Session Invitation: Fourth International Conference on Neural, Parallel, and Scientific Computations, August, 11-14, 2010,

by J D Whitfield

Hello everyone, There's a conference on Neural, Parallel, and Scientific Computations at Morehouse from August 11 to the 14th that some of you might be interested in. The website is http://www.dynamicpublishers.com/icnpsc4.htm/openconf.php JDW J. D. Whitfield Aspuru-Guzik Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University tel: 301-520-7847 web: aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/people/James_Whitfield ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Valentino A. Simpao <mcs007(a)muhlon.com> Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:06 PM Subject: Special Session Invitation:Fourth International Conference on Neural, Parallel, and Scientific Computations, August, 11-14, 2010, To: jdwhitfield(a)gmail.com Cc: anna(a)chemistry.harvard.edu, Troy Story <tstory(a)morehouse.edu> Dear J.D. Whitfield , Hope you're doing fine. Sure would welcome you to be participant in the Special Session below. Please share this with anyone else who might be interested. Special Session "Analytical Strategies for Classical/Quantum Dynamical Systems and Functional Differential Equations" is created in *http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/cazk-01***<http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/cazk-01> Let me know what you think at your earliest convenience. If so please follow the info below regarding abstracts and papers. Yours, Tony Valentino Anthony Simpao Mathematical Consultant Services 108 Hopkinsville St. Greenville, KY 42345 USA E-mail: *mcs007(a)muhlon.com* <mcs007(a)muhlon.com> Tel: 270-977-0575 Begin forwarded message: *From: *"Int. Conference on NPSC" <*icnpsc4(a)yahoo.com* <icnpsc4(a)yahoo.com>> *Date: *January 23, 2010 7:57:02 AM CST *To: *"Valentino A. Simpao" <*mcs007(a)muhlon.com* <mcs007(a)muhlon.com>> *Subject: Your Special Session is created* Prof. Valentino A. Simpao, Special Session "Analytical Strategies for Classical/Quantum Dynamical Systems and Functional Differential Equations" is created in *http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/cazk-01***<http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/cazk-01> I have also moved your abstract to this session. You can request your invited persons to submit their abstracts in it as soon as possible. Remind all of them that their paper for the proceeding is due by April 15. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. *M. Sambandham* Fourth International Conference on Neural, Parallel, and Scientific Computations, August, 11-14, 2010, *http://www.dynamicpublishers.com/icnpsc4.htm***<http://www.dynamicpublishers.com/icnpsc4.htm> Sixth International Conference on Dynamic Systems and Applications, May, 25-28, 2011 www.dynamicpublishers.com/icdsa6.htm Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, 30314, USA.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] ANNOUNCEMENT: March 16, 2010 - Prof. Shaul Mukamel - Excitonics Seminar

by rtavilla＠rle.mit.edu

Center for Excitonics Seminar Series Announcement The Center for Excitonics is an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Office of Basic Energy Sciences The Center for Excitonics invites you to join us at the next seminar of the Spring 2010 series. Please forward this information on to others who might be interested in attending this and other center seminars. Title: Quantum Transport Effects and Coherent Ultrafast Multidimensional Spectroscopy of Light Harvesting Photosynthetic Complexes Presenter: Shaul Mukamel Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Date: March 16, 2010 Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm Place: Haus Room 36-428 Center URL: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics Seminar URL: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/mukamel-031610.html Abstract The harvesting of solar energy and its conversion to chemical energy is essential for all forms of life. Whether quantum effects persist in the energy transport is under active debate. If confirmed, these may explain the high efficiency of light harvesting and open up applications to quantum computing and information processing stemming from entanglement of chromophores. Exciton dynamics simulations in the photosynthetic reaction center of photosystem II based on a novel quantum exciton dissipation theory clearly establish oscillatory energy transport at room temperature originating from interference of quantum pathways. These may be observed through temporal oscillations of time-resolved two dimensional coherent optical spectra. Our simulations reveal that quantum energy transfer effects may persist over the energy transport timescale at room temperature despite the rapid decoherence effects due to environment fluctuations. The response of photosynthetic light harvesting complexes to sequences of femtosecond optical pulses provides multidimensional snapshots of their structure and electronic dynamics. Two-dimensional (2D) signals show characteristic cross-peak patterns which carry information about structures, fluctuations and the entire pathways of energy and charge transfer. The signals reveal couplings between chromophores, and quantum coherence signatures of chromophore entanglement. Coherent quantum pathways and incoherent energy hopping processes may be resolved. Future extensions of multidimensional techniques to the attosecond regime using x-ray pulses will be discussed. Since core excitations are highly localized at selected atoms such signals can monitor the motions of valence electron wavepackets in real space with atomic spatial resolution. Common principles underlying coherent spectroscopy techniques for spins, valence electrons, and core electronic excitations, spanning frequencies from radiowaves to hard X-rays will be discussed. “Coherent Multidimensional Optical Probes for Electronic Correlations and Exciton Dynamics; from NMR to X-rays”, S. Mukamel, D. Abramavicius, L. Yang, W. Zhuang, I.V. Schweigert and D. Voronine. Acct.Chem.Res. Acct.Chem.Res. 42, 553-562 (2009). “Coherent Multidimensional Optical Spectroscopy Excitons in Molecular Aggregates; Quasiparticle vs. Supermolecule Perspectives”, D. Abramavicius, B. Palmieri, D. Voronine, F. Sanda and S. Mukamel, Chem. Rev. 109, 2350-2408 (2009). “Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biomolecules; Concepts, Simulations and Challenges”. W. Zhuang, T. Hayashi and S. Mukamel, Agnew Chem. Int.Ed. 48, 3750-3781 (2009). Bio Shaul Mukamel received his B.Sc degree in Chemical Physics in 1969 and his Ph.D. in 1976 both from Tel Aviv University. He served on the faculty of the Weizmann Institute and Rice University and in 1982 he joined the chemistry department of the University of Rochester and became a professor in 1985. In 2000 he became the Kenneth Mees Professor and in 2003 was appointed joint Professor of Physics. Since 2003 he serves on the faculty of UC Irvine as a Chancellor Professor of Chemistry. Professor Mukamel's group interests focus on the design of novel ultrafast multidimensional coherent optical spectroscopies for probing and controlling electronic and vibrational molecular dynamics in the condensed phase; Theoretical and computational studies and applications include attosecond nonlinear x-ray spectroscopy of molecules; Many-body theory of optical and photonic materials; a time dependent reduced density matrix framework for computing electronic excitations and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of conjugated polymers, molecular nanostructures, chromophore aggregates and semiconductor and solar cell nanoparticles; Folding and dynamical fluctuations in proteins and DNA; Long range electron transfer, energy funneling, and collective nonlinear optical response of biological light harvesting complexes; Photon statistics in single molecule spectroscopy; Nonlinear dynamics and fluctuations in quantum and classical optical response. Mukamel is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America. He is the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan, the Guggenheim, the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award and the 2003 Lippincott award of the OSA.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] Reminder -- Distinguished Lecture in Computational Science Thursday: Erik Winfree

by Rosalind Reid

In place of the IIC Colloquium this week, Erik Winfree of Caltech will present the second Distinguished Lecture in Computational Science. Please note that this colloquium will be on Thursday afternoon. ********** Systematic Construction of Nucleic Acid Circuits for Cell-Free, Enzyme- Free Environments Thursday, March 4, 4:00 pm Room G-115, Maxwell Dworkin, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge Erik Winfree, Associate Professor in Computer Science, Computation & Neural Systems and Bioengineering California Institute of Technology Abstract In an attempt to understand how molecularly encoded information can guide chemical processes and create complex structures and behaviors, we study what may be the conceptually simplest example of information- based chemistry: synthetic DNA, by itself, in a test tube. The design space is remarkably rich. In this talk, I will show how arbitrary digital and analog circuits can be constructed. Both theoretical principles and experimental implementations will be presented. About the Speaker Erik Winfree is an Associate Professor in Computer Science, Computation & Neural Systems and Bioengineering at Caltech. He is the recipient of the Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology (2006), the NSF PECASE/CAREER Award (2001), the ONR Young Investigators Award (2001), a MacArthur Fellowship (2000), Tulip prize in DNA Computing, and Technology Review's first TR100 list of "top young innovators" (1999). Prior to joining the faculty at Caltech in 1999, Winfree was a Lewis Thomas Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Biology at Princeton and a Visiting Scientist at the MIT AI Lab. Winfree received a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Chicago in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Computation & Neural Systems from Caltech in 1998. --------------- Ice cream at 3:30 p.m., Maxwell Dworkin 2nd floor lobby Mark your calendar for these upcoming talks: Mar. 8, noon: Patrik Jonsson, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (SciGPU Seminar) Mar 10, 4:00 pm: Michael F. Huerta, Associate Director, National Institute of Mental Health (Distinguished Lecture in Computational Science) Mar. 24, 4:00 pm: Pat Hanrahan, CANON USA Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford (Distinguished Lecture in Computational Science) March 31, 4:00 pm: Ben Fry, design and software consultant (IIC Colloquium) For more information about IIC colloquia and other events: http://iic.harvard.edu/events/upcoming _______________________________________________ iic-colloquium mailing list iic-colloquium(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-colloquium

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