| Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 8/14, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Eshel Ben-Jacob
KITP & Tel-Aviv University |
Evolvable Hardware: Genetic Search in a Physical Realm[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/17-21 |
Conference: |
Pattern Formation in Physics and Biology |
| 8/26, 12:00 p.m. |
Dr. David Egolf
Georgetown University |
Lunch Discussion: Diagnosing Patterns |
| 8/27, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. L. Mahadevan
University of Cambridge |
Wrinkling, Folding and Coiling[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/28, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. David Kessler
Bar-Ilan University |
Discrete Pattern Formation[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/29, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Martin Falcke
Hahn Meitner Institut |
Introduction to Ca Dynamics[Aud][Cam] |
| 8/31-9/02 |
Symposium: |
Calcium Dynamics |
| 9/10, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Karin Dahmen
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
Disorder Induced Critical Behavior: From Avalanches to Earthquakes to Bacteria Colonies[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/11, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Len Sander
KITP & University of Michigan |
Front Propagation in a One-Dimensional Epidemic Model: Discreteness Effects Revisited[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/16, 12:00 p.m. |
Dr. Nadav M. Shnerb
Bar Ilan University |
Discreteness, Noise and Pattern Formation in Reactive Systems[Aud][Cam] |
| 9/18, 10:30 a.m. |
Mr. David Mobley
KITP Graduate Fellow |
Journal Club: Eukaryotic Chemotaxis: Rappel et al.[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/23, 12:00 p.m. |
Dr. Angela Stevens
MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany |
Structure and Function:Interacting Cell Systems[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/24, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Philip Maini
Centre for Mathematical Biology, Oxford |
Preliminary Steps Towards a Multiscale Model for Cancer Growth[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/25, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Martin Howard
Imperial College, London |
Mechanisms for Precise Positional Information in Bacteria[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/30, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Werner Pesch
Universität Bayreuth, Germany |
Shaking a Rayleigh-Benard Cell: Stripes and Stars[Aud][Cam] |
| 10/01, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Henry Greenside
Duke University |
The Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Olfaction[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/02, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Mark Paul
Caltech |
Numerical Simulations of Rayleigh-Benard Convection[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/02, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Mike Cross
Caltech |
Informal Discussion of Spatiotemporal Dynamics |
| 10/03, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Charles R. Doering
University of Michigan |
The Stochastic Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piscunov Equation, Interacting Particles, and Duality[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/7-10 |
Workshop: |
Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias |
| 10/13-17 |
Miniconference: |
Neural Pattern Formation |
| 10/21, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Vincent Hakim
Laboratoire de Physique Statistique Ecole Normale Superieure |
Sub-Threshold Resonance and Synchronization in Neural Networks[Aud] |
| 10/22, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Uwe Rascher
Columbia University |
Imaging and Imagining Spatio-Temporal Variations of Metabolism in a Plant Circadian Rhythm[Slides][Vid][Aud] |
| 10/23, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Theo Geisel
Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung |
Pattern Formation in the Developing Visual Cortex[Slides][Aud] |
| |
Dr. Alain Pumir
CNRS, INLN |
Intermittent Distribution of Heavy Particles in a Turbulent Flow[Slides][Aud] |
| 10/23, 2:30 p.m. |
Dr. Alain Pumir
CNRS, INLN |
Electric Fields in Cardiology: From Clinics to Theory and Back (perhaps ..)[Slides][Aud] |
| 10/28, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Sitabhra Sinha
Institute of Math Sciences, Chennai |
Spatiotemporal Chaos and Control in Models of Cardiac Arrhythmia[Slides][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/29, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Jean Carlson
UCSB |
Are Forest Fires HOT?[Aud][Cam] |
| 10/30, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Fred Wolf
Max Planck Institute |
A Swift-Hohenberg-Equation for the Architecture of the Visual Cortex[Aud][Cam] |
| 11/04, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Peilong Chen
National Central University, Taiwan |
Orientation and Defect Dynamics of Sheared Lamellar Phases[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/05, 10:30 a.m. |
D. Jordi Garcia Ojalvo
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya |
Noise and Order in Activator-Inhibitor Media[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/05, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Thibault Damour
IHES |
Informal Seminar: Chaos and Symmetry Breaking in String Cosmology |
| 11/06, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Jean-Pierre Hébert
Artist in Residence, KITP |
Math and Mirrors[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/07, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Pierre Coullet
Institut Non-Linéaire de Nice |
How much information can be stored in a spatial pattern?[Aud][Cam] |
| 11/11, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Robert Spatschek
Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany |
Fast Crack Growth by Surface Diffusion[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/12, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Christian Beck
University of London |
Generalized Statistical Mechanics Methods for Pattern Forming and Turbulent Systems[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/13-14 |
Minisymposium: |
Role of Intercellular Calcium
Signaling in Healthy and Diseased Tissue |
| 11/17-19 |
Workshop: |
Immune System Modeling |
| 11/20, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Ilya Nemenman
KITP |
Subextensivity and Complexity in Physical Systems: An Informal View[Aud] |
| 11/21, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Somdatta Sinha
Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology |
Dynamics and Structural Design in Biochemical Pathways[Aud][Cam] |
| 11/21, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Alan Newell
University of Arizona |
Kolmogorov Spectra[Aud][Cam] |
| 11/24, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Alan Newell
University of Arizona |
Global Pattern Formation Far from Onset: A Case Study[Aud][Cam] |
| 12/02, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Theo Geisel
Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen |
Lessons from SARS: Models for the Spreading of Epidemics on the Aviation Network[Aud][Cam] |
| 12/04, 2:00 p.m. |
Mr. David Mobley
UC Davis & KITP |
Modeling Alzheimer's Abeta Peptide Insertion into Lipid Bilayers[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/03, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. E. Brener
IFF FZ-Juelich |
Fracture and Friction: Stick-Slip Motion[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/04, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Harald Pleiner
Max-Planck |
Soret-Driven Thermal Instability in Ferrofluid Binary Mixtures[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/08, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Bo Persson
Research Center Juelich IFF |
Contact Mechanics and Adhesion with Applications to Biological
Systems[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/10, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. S. G. Lipson
Technion |
Oscillatory Particle Banding in a Rotating Fluid[Slides][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/10, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Jay Fineberg
Hebrew University |
Control of Spatio-temporal Disorder in Parametrically Forced Surface Waves[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/11-13 |
Workshop: |
Tumor Biology Modeling |
| 12/16, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Alain Pocheau
IRPHE, France |
Patterns in Thin Plate Elasticity[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
