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2010 Visitors
Michael Genkin, Cornell University- Host: Alexander Gutfraind (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 20th, 2010 to Dec. 25th, 2010.
- Dr. Genkin will collaborate with Dr. Gutfraind on sociology and psychology of recruitment into terrorism.
- Talks:
Elena Nesterova, University of Guadalajara- Host: Gennady Berman (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 17th, 2010 to Jan. 23rd, 2011.
- Professor Nestorova will visit while on sabbatical. She will be involved in the research on the "online education."
Eran Bouchbinder, Weizmann Institute- Host: Turab Lookman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 14th, 2010 to Dec. 17th, 2010.
- Dr. Bouchbinder will collaborated with Drs. Lookman, Beyerlein and Reichhardt on dislocations, plasticity, effective temperature, and glassy behavior.
- Talks:
Jim Langer, University of California at Santa Barbara- Host: Turab Lookman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 14th, 2010 to Dec. 18th, 2010.
- Dr. Langer will be continuing a collaboration on Dislocation Mediated Plasticity with Dr. Lookman.
Claudio Canizares, University of Waterloo- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 13th, 2010 to Dec. 14th, 2010.
- Professor Canizares will present the Smart Grid seminar on Dec. 14 on "Stability-constrained Optimal Power Flows and Their Applications to Electricity Markets."
- Talks:
Thomas Hope, Northwestern University- Host: Alan Perelson (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 13th, 2010 to Dec. 15th, 2010.
- Dr. Hope will present the CNLS colloquium on video microscopy and modeling of virus movement through mucous and tissue layers.
- Talks:
Navin Kashyap, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 6th, 2010 to Dec. 10th, 2010.
- Professor Kashyap will collaborate with Drs. Chertkov, Johnson, Santhi and Kudekar on matriod theory, coding theory and combinatorial optimization.
- Talks:
Mladen Kezunovic, Texas A&M- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 6th, 2010 to Dec. 7th, 2010.
- Dr. Kezunovic will present the Smart Grid Seminar on 12/7/10.
Norman Yao, Harvard University- Host: Wojciech Zurek (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 6th, 2010 to Dec. 10th, 2010.
- Dr. Yao will present the Quantum Lunch on Dec. 9th on Quantum Computation and Quantum Optics. He will collaborate with Dr. Zurek.
- Talks:
Dmitry Novikov, NYU School of Medicine- Host: Nikolai Sinitsyn (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 5th, 2010 to Dec. 10th, 2010.
- Dr. Novikov will present a talk on NMR relaxation and diffusion in biological tissues and heterogeneous media.
- Talks:
Cesar Rodriguez-Rosario, Harvard University- Host: Wojciech Zurek (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 30th, 2010 to Dec. 3rd, 2010.
- Dr. Rodriguez-Rosario will present the Quantum Lunch "System-Environment Correlations and Quantum Discord" and collaborate with Dr. Zurek
- Talks:
David Saad, Aston University, UK- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 29th, 2010 to Dec. 3rd, 2010.
- Professor Saad will collaborate with Dr. Cherkov and others working on smart grid, networks and algorithms.
- Talks:
Annarita Giani, University of California at Berkeley- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 23rd, 2010 to Nov. 24th, 2010.
- Dr. Giani will present the Smart Grid Seminar on 11/24/10.
- Talks:
Alexander Fetter, Stanford University- Host: Eddy Timmermans (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 15th, 2010 to Nov. 19th, 2010.
- Professor Fetter will present this year's Distinguished Quantum Lecture Series. He will give three lectures on Bose-Einstein condensation and vortex physics.
Sumit Mazumdar, University of Arizona- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 15th, 2010.
- Dr. Mazumdar will present the CNLS colloquium on November 15 and collaboration with Dr. Ecke.
Rajan Lamichhane, Wayne State University- Host: Brian Munsky (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 8th, 2010 to Nov. 12th, 2010.
- Dr. Lamichhane will be interviewing for a joint CNLS/CINT postdoc position.
- Talks:
Patrick Coles, Carnegie Mellon University- Host: Michael Zwolak (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 4th, 2010 to Nov. 5th, 2010.
- Dr. Coles will present the Nov. 4 Quantum Lunch, "Information-Theoretic Treatment of Tripartite Systems and Quantum Channels."
- Talks:
Alexander Abanov, SUNY Stony Brook- Host: Nikolai Sinitsyn (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 2nd, 2010 to Nov. 5th, 2010.
- Professor Abanov will be collaborating with Dr. Sinitsyn on geometric phases in quantum phase transitions.
Shi Yunzhou, Purdue University- Host: Brian Munsky (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 1st, 2010 to Nov. 5th, 2010.
- Ms. Yunzhou will present a seminar on biological imaging.
Aram Harrow, University of Washington- Host: Robin Blume-Kohout (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 27th, 2010 to Oct. 30th, 2010.
- Dr. Harrow will present the Quantum Lunch and discuss quantum information science.
- Talks:
Hulin Wu, University of Rochester- Host: Ming Zhang (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 24th, 2010 to Oct. 27th, 2010.
- Professor Wu will present the CNLS Colloquium.
- Talks:
Michael Daily, University of Wisconsin- Host: Michael Wall (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 20th, 2010.
- Dr. Daily will present a postdoctoral interview seminar on computational biology.
Sidhartha Goyal, University of California at Santa Barbara- Host: Anton Zilman (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 18th, 2010 to Oct. 22nd, 2010.
- Dr. Goyal will present a q-bio seminar and collaborate with Drs. Zilman and Munsky on quantitative biology of gene regulation.
- Talks:
Srivathsan Srinivasagopalan, Louisiana State University- Host: Aric Hagberg (T-5)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 18th, 2010 to Oct. 20th, 2010.
- Dr. Srinivasagopalan will present a seminar on distributed network algorithms, wireless sensor networks and communication graphs.
- Talks:
Dengming Ming, Fudan University- Host: Michael Wall (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 27th, 2010 to Dec. 10th, 2010.
- Professor Ming will collaborate with Dr. Wall on analysis of protein dynamics to predict protein interactions.
Franz Mertens, University of Beyruth- Host: Alan Bishop (T-DO)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 22nd, 2010 to Oct. 26th, 2010.
- Professor Mertens will collaborate with Dr. Bishop and other members of T-Division on the modeling of vortices in magnetoelastic materials with coupled magnetic and elastic forces.
Sarah Keller, University of Washington- Host: Michael Wall (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 20th, 2010 to Sep. 21st, 2010.
- Professor Keller will present the CNLS Colloquim on biophysics and biological dynamics.
Florent Krzakala, ESPCI Paris- Host: Lenka Zdeborova (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 20th, 2010 to Oct. 8th, 2010.
- Dr. Krzakala will be continuing his collaboration with Drs. Chertkov and Zdeborova.
Igor Kolokolov, Landau Institute- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 20th, 2010 to Oct. 1st, 2010.
- Professor Kolokolov will collaborate with Dr. Chertkov on smart grid, turbulence and physics of algorithms.
William Klein, Boston University- Host: Turab Lookman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 14th, 2010 to Dec. 19th, 2010.
- Collaborate with Drs. Lookman and Alexander on the role of IS&T in microstructure analysis.
Sergei Lukashuk, University of Hull- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 14th, 2010 to Sep. 24th, 2010.
- Professor Lukashuk will be collaborating with Drs. Chertkov and Ecke on subjects related to turbulence, statistical hydrodynamics, and particle tracking.
Geoffrey Vallis, Princeton Unversity- Host: Beth Wingate (CCS-2)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 13th, 2010 to Sep. 16th, 2010.
- Professor Vallis will present the CNLS Colloquium and collaborate with the COSIM group.
Evgeny Podivilov, Russian Academy of Science- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 13th, 2010 to Sep. 24th, 2010.
- Professor Podivilov will be collaborating with Dr. Chertkov on coding and smart grids.
Amit Acharya, Carnegie Mellon University- Host: Turab Lookman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 12th, 2010 to Sep. 17th, 2010.
- Dr. Acharya will continue collaborations on multiscale bridging of elasto-plasticity problems with Dr. Lookman.
- Talks:
Douglas Abraham, Oxford University- Host: Avadh Saxena (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 1st, 2010 to Sep. 15th, 2010.
- Dr. Abraham will collaborate with Drs. Nisoli, Lookman and Saxena on the statistical mechanics and dynamics of failures in nanowires.
Yehuda Wei, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 30th, 2010 to Sep. 3rd, 2010.
- Yehua will work with Misha Chertkov and Feng Pan to complete a collaboration on BP for interdiction.
Ashton Bradley, University of Otago- Host: Chris Ticknor (T-1)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 30th, 2010 to Sep. 4th, 2010.
- Dr. Bradley will be collaborating with Drs. Ticknor and Sykes on investigating various quantum systems with both temperature and quantum fluctuations.
- Talks:
Rafael Zarate-Minano, University de Castilla - La Mancha- Host: Marian Anghel (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 30th, 2010 to Aug. 31st, 2010.
- Dr. Zarate-Minano will present the Smart Grid seminar on Optimal Power Flow with Stability Constraints.
Charles Meneveau, Johns Hopkins University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 23rd, 2010 to Aug. 24th, 2010.
- Dr. Meneveau will present the Smart Grid seminar on August 24.
- Talks:
Neri Izaak, Intitute of Theoretical Physics, K.U. Leuven- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 18th, 2010 to Aug. 20th, 2010.
- Dr. Izaak will present the Smart Grid seminar on August 17, 2010.
Chunbo Lou, University of California at San Francisco- Host: Brian Munsky (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 16th, 2010 to Aug. 19th, 2010.
- Dr. Lou will visit LANL to present a seminar on quantitative synthetic biology and also meet with Brian Munsky regarding ongoing collaborations
- Talks:
Alvin Tamsir, University of California at San Francisco- Host: Brian Munsky (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 16th, 2010 to Aug. 19th, 2010.
- Dr. Tamsir is a synthetic biologist who will present a q-bio seminar. He will also be collaborating with Dr. Munsky.
Stuart Wolf, University of Virginia- Host: Gennady Berman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 16th, 2010 to Aug. 22nd, 2010.
- Professor Wolf will give two presentations on recent developments in nanotechnology.
- Talks:
Andrea Trombettoni, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati- Host: Gennady Berman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 10th, 2010 to Sep. 17th, 2010.
- Dr. Tombettoni will collaborating with Dr. Berman on the influence of geometrical factors and defects on performance of superconducting phase qubits.
Svitlana Torous, National Technical University of Ukraine- Host: Gennady Berman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 4th, 2010 to Sep. 30th, 2010.
- Ms. Torous will be involved in numerical simulation of the ONR unclassified project on high data rate laser communication in turbulent atmosphere.
Sean Decatur, Oberlin College- Host: Giovanni Bellesia (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 3rd, 2010 to Aug. 6th, 2010.
- Professor Decatur will collaborate with Drs. Gnanakaran and Bellesia on disordered proteins.
Arjun Raj, University of Pennsylvania- Host: Brian Munsky (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 2nd, 2010 to Aug. 4th, 2010.
- Dr. Raj will give a q-bio seminar about his new experimental approach for observing mRNA molecules.
- Talks:
John Burke, Boston University- Host: Golan Bel (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 2nd, 2010 to Aug. 6th, 2010.
- Dr. Burke will present a seminar on snaking and collaborate with Drs. Hagberg and Bel.
- Talks:
Soumya Kundu, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 1st, 2010 to Sep. 10th, 2010.
- Mr. Kundu will be collaborating with Drs. Backhaus and Chertkov on analysis of load control techniques for power grid.
- Talks:
Malcolm Danielewski, AGH University of Science and Technology- Host: Tomasz Durakiewicz (MPA-CMMS)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 29th, 2010 to Jul. 30th, 2010.
- Dr. Danielewski will present the Quantum Lunch seminar on bi-velocity approach to the transport phenomena in multicomponent and multiphase condensed phases.
Tom Woolf, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine- Host: Anurag Sethi (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 28th, 2010 to Jul. 30th, 2010.
- Professor Woolf will present a CNLS seminar on Dynamic Importance of Sampling of Biomolecular Conformational Change.
- Talks:
Jasmin Fisher, Microsoft Reserch, Cambridge- Host: Bill Hlavacek (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 26th, 2010 to Jul. 30th, 2010.
- Dr. Fisher will be presenting the q-bio seminar on the application of computer science methods to the modeling of cellular regulatory systems. She will be meeting with Drs. Barua, Goldstein, Gutenkunst, and Hlavacek
- Talks:
Florent Krzakala, ESPCI Paris- Host: Lenka Zdeborova (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 26th, 2010 to Aug. 20th, 2010.
- Dr. Krzakala will collaborate with Drs. Chertkov and Zdeborova.
Nathan Lemons, Central European University- Host: Bill Hlavacek (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 22nd, 2010 to Aug. 11th, 2010.
- Dr. Lemons will collaborate with Dr. Hlavacek on application of Kevrekidis' ideas about equation-free computation to accelerated simulation of rule-based models.
Gerhard Wellein, University of Erlangen- Host: Alan Bishop (T-DO)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 21st, 2010 to Aug. 6th, 2010.
- Dr. Wellein is a guest of Dr. Bishop. He will advise LANL staff on numerical algorithms adapted to high-performance computational platforms.
Holger Fehske, University Griefswald - Host: Alan Bishop (T-DO)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 21st, 2010 to Aug. 6th, 2010.
- Dr. Fehske is a guest of Dr. Bishop. He will advise LANL staff on numerical algorithms adapted to high-performance computational platforms applied to strongly correlated electronic materials.
Chunbo Lou, University of California at San Francisco- Host: Brian Munsky (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 19th, 2010 to Jul. 23rd, 2010.
- Dr. Lou will visit LANL to present a seminar on quantitative synthetic biology and also meet with Brian Munsky regarding ongoing collaborations
Alvin Tamsir, University of California at San Francisco- Host: Brian Munsky (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 19th, 2010 to Jul. 23rd, 2010.
- Dr. Tamsir is a synthetic biologist who will present a q-bio seminar. He will also be collaborating with Dr. Munsky.
- Talks:
Raphael Chetrite, Weizmann Institute- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 12th, 2010 to Jul. 23rd, 2010.
- Dr. Chetrite will collaborate with Drs. Chertkov, Turitsyn, and Chernyak.
Blair Blakie, University of Otago- Host: Malcolm Boshier (P-21)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 6th, 2010 to Jul. 10th, 2010.
- Dr. Blakie will collaborate with Drs. Boshier, Zurek, Roberts and Damski on the physics of Bose-Einstein condensation.
- Talks:
Sven de Man, VU university, Amsterdam- Host: Francesco Intravaia (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 6th, 2010 to Jul. 16th, 2010.
- Dr. de Man will present the Quantum Lunch.
- Talks:
Arun Phadke, Virginia Tech- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 6th, 2010 to Jul. 7th, 2010.
- Professor Phadke will present the Smart Grid seminar on July 6, 2010.
- Talks:
Justyna Pytel, Nicolaus Copernicus University- Host: Spyridon Michalakis (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 1st, 2010 to Aug. 23rd, 2010.
- Ms. Pytel will collaborate with Dr. Michalakis on quantum information theory.
Federico Milano, University of Castilla - La Mancha- Host: Marian Anghel (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 28th, 2010 to Jul. 9th, 2010.
- Professor Milano will present a seminar on the continuous Newton's method for power flow analysis and he will collaborate with the Smart Grids team on building control and optimization models for power grids.
- Talks:
Nicolas Lopez Valdez, University of California at Riverside- Host: Eddy Timmermans (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 28th, 2010 to Jul. 2nd, 2010.
- Mr. Lopez Valdez will collaborate with Dr. Timmermans on theoretical studies of cold atomic gasses.
Thomas Maillart, ETH Zurich- Host: Alexander Gutfraind (T-5)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 26th, 2010 to Jun. 30th, 2010.
- Dr. Maillart will present a talk about his recent work in complex networks, power laws, and cybersecurity.
Jonathan Yedidia, MERL - Mistubishi Research- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 22nd, 2010 to Jun. 25th, 2010.
- Dr. Yedidia will present an IS&T Colloquium and collaborate with Misha Chertkov.
- Talks:
Andrea Montanari, Stanford University- Host: Lenka Zdeborova (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 21st, 2010 to Jun. 25th, 2010.
- Dr. Montanari will present the CNLS colloquium and collaborate with Dr. Chertkov and his group on coding theory and information theory.
- Talks:
Pirooz Vakili, Boston University- Host: Josephine Olivas (Institutes Office)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 16th, 2010 to Jun. 17th, 2010.
- Dr. Vakili will present the IS&T seminar on June 16.
- Talks:
Ioannis Tsimpanogiannis, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Greece- Host: Panagiotis Maniadis (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 13th, 2010 to Jun. 20th, 2010.
- Dr. Tsimpanogiannis will collaborate with Drs. Lookman and Maniadis on a project involving phase behavior of multiblock copolymers absorbed inside porous materials.
Cris Moore, University of New Mexico & Santa Fe Institute- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 8th, 2010.
- Professor Moore will present a CNLS seminar, "Approximating the Permanent via Nonabelian Determinants."
Marcelo Miranda, University of Leeds- Host: Brian Kendrick (T-1)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 5th, 2010 to Jun. 19th, 2010.
- Professor Miranda will collaborate with Drs. Kendrick and DiRosa on quantum control and quantum many body physics. He will also present a Quantum Lunch seminar.
Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Frank Alexander (Institutes Office)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 3rd, 2010.
- Dr. Hadjiconstatintinou will present a computational physics seminar as part of the IS&T Seminar Series
- Talks:
Duncan O'Dell, McMaster University- Host: Malcolm Boshier (P-21)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 2nd, 2010 to Jun. 4th, 2010.
- Dr. O'Dell will present a Quantum Lunch seminar on his work with Bose-Einstein Condensates and discuss collaborations with Drs. Boshier, Ryu, Zurek and Damski
- Talks:
Cecile Fradin, McMaster University- Host: Anton Zilman (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 2nd, 2010 to Jun. 4th, 2010.
- Dr. Fradin will present the q-bio seminar.
- Talks:
Mary-Louise Timmermans, Yale University- Host: Beth Wingate (CCS-2)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 1st, 2010 to Jun. 2nd, 2010.
- Dr. Timmermans will present a seminar at CNLS and collaborate with members of the COSIM team.
Robin Blume-Kohout, Perimeter Institute- Host: Michael Zwolak (T-4)
- Visit Dates: May. 27th, 2010 to May. 28th, 2010.
- Dr. Blume-Kohout will give a Quantum Lunch seminar and discuss research work on quantum knowledge as well as explore potential collaborations with Drs. Zwolek and Damski.
- Talks:
Yogeshwer Sharma, Cornell University- Host: Feng Pan (D-6)
- Visit Dates: May. 25th, 2010 to May. 27th, 2010.
- Dr. Shwarma will present a seminar on combinatorial optimization and network design.
Lydia Tapia, University of Texas at Austin- Host: Bill Hlavacek (T-6)
- Visit Dates: May. 25th, 2010.
- Dr. Tapia will present the q-bio Seminar "From Robots to Molecules: Intelligent Motion Planning and Analysis with Probabilistic Roadmaps." She will be collaborating with Dr. Hlavacek.
- Talks:
Simon Thalabad, National Center for Atmospheric Research - Boulder- Host: Freddy Bouchet (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 24th, 2010 to May. 28th, 2010.
- Mr. Thalabard will be working with Freddy Bouchet and Balu Nadiga on the statistical mechanics of geophysical flows, aiming at explaining the self organization of flows.
Aurelien Decelle, LPTMS, Universite Paris-Sud- Host: Lenka Zdeborova (T-4)
- Visit Dates: May. 24th, 2010 to Jun. 11th, 2010.
- Mr. Decelle will collaborate with Lenka Zdeborova and Petr Sulc on a project about the limits of detectability of communities in complex networks.
Vincent Crespi, Penn State University- Host: Cristiano Nisoli (T-4)
- Visit Dates: May. 23rd, 2010 to May. 28th, 2010.
- Prof. Crespi will present the CNLS colloquium on simulations of complex matter systems.
- Talks:
Christof Teuscher, Portland State University- Host: Marian Anghel (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: May. 21st, 2010.
- Professor Teuscher will present a seminar on Novel Computing Paradigms and will collaborate with Drs. Anghel, Wang and Chen on the design of communication methods for bottom-up self-assembled nanowire networks for emerging computer architectures.
- Talks:
Sanjoy Mitter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Josephine Olivas (IS&T)
- Visit Dates: May. 18th, 2010 to May. 19th, 2010.
- Dr. Mitter will be the co-speaker for the IS&T Seminar on May 19.
Peter Doerschuk, Cornell University- Host: Josephine Olivas (IS&T)
- Visit Dates: May. 18th, 2010 to May. 19th, 2010.
- Dr. Doerschuk will be the co-speaker for the IS&T Seminar on May 19.
Akira Onuki, Kyoto University- Host: Turab Lookman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: May. 17th, 2010 to May. 20th, 2010.
- Dr. Onuki will present a seminar on phase ordering and dynamics in liquids and solids and/or equilibrium and non-equilibrium elastic and plastic phenomena.
- Talks:
Mahesh Bandi, Harvard University- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 17th, 2010 to May. 28th, 2010.
- Dr. Bandi will continue a collaboration and experiments with Dr. Ecke on granular materials and jamming.
Luca Spadafora, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Brescia- Host: Gennady Berman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: May. 17th, 2010 to May. 28th, 2010.
- Dr. Spadafora will be collaborating with Dr. Berman on statistical analysis of transactional databases and optimization of algorithms for searching spatial-temporal frequent patterns.
- Talks:
Peter Qin, University of Southern California- Host: Ming Zhang (T-6)
- Visit Dates: May. 16th, 2010 to May. 19th, 2010.
- Dr. Qin will present the CNLS colloquium on "Nucleic Acid Structure and Dyanmics: A Spin Label's Perspective"
- Talks:
David Marchette, Johns Hopkins University- Host: Joshua Neil (ADTSC)
- Visit Dates: May. 10th, 2010.
- Dr. Marchette will present a talk on Cyber Security.
Alexander Nesterov, University of Guadalajara- Host: Gennady Berman (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 5th, 2010 to Feb. 28th, 2011.
- Professor Nesterov will work on the theory of quantum information during his sabbatical at CNLS
Vladimir Chernyak, Wayne State University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 3rd, 2010 to Jul. 30th, 2010.
- Prof. Chernyak will collaborate with Drs. Chertkov and Tretiak.
Graeme Smith, IBM Research- Host: Jon Yard (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: May. 3rd, 2010 to May. 7th, 2010.
- Dr. Smith will collaborate with Dr. Yard on quantum information theory.
- Talks:
Eric Lauga, University of California at San Diego- Host: Konstantin Turitsyn (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 2nd, 2010 to May. 4th, 2010.
- Dr. Lauga will present the CNLS colloquium on molecular motors.
- Talks:
Michael Savageau, University of California at San Diego- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 30th, 2010 to May. 1st, 2010.
- Participant in the 2010 CNLS External Advisory Committee meeting.
David Weitz, Harvard University- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 30th, 2010 to May. 1st, 2010.
- Participant in the 2010 CNLS External Advisory Committee meeting.
Herbert Levine, University of California at San Diego- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 30th, 2010 to May. 1st, 2010.
- Participant in the 2010 CNLS External Advisory Committee meeting.
Susan Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 30th, 2010 to May. 1st, 2010.
- Participant in the 2010 CNLS External Advisory Committee meeting.
Alan Willsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 30th, 2010 to May. 1st, 2010.
- Participant in the 2010 CNLS External Advisory Committee meeting.
Aaron Clauset, Santa Fe Institute- Host: Alexander Gutfraind (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 26th, 2010.
- Aaron will present a talk at CNLS on the dynamics of violent social movements.
Nikolai Prokofiev, University of Massachusetts, Amherst- Host: Nikolai Sinitsyn (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 21st, 2010 to Apr. 23rd, 2010.
- Professor Prokofiev will present a seminar and discuss a possible collaboration.
Amy Jordan, UNM- Host: Bob Ekce (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 21st, 2010.
- Ms. Jordan will be meeting with Dr. Ecke and others to discuss a possible collaboration on complex networks and information theory.
Marko Merkli, Memorial University of Newfoundland- Host: Gennady Berman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 19th, 2010 to May. 21st, 2010.
- Dr. Merkli will collaborate with Dr. Berman on quantum information by developing resonant mathematical theory of decoherence, relaxation and creation of entanglement of quantum bits. He will also be presenting a Quantum Lunch seminar.
Marianne Corvellec, Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis- Host: Freddy Bouchet (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 19th, 2010 to Jul. 30th, 2010.
- Marianne will be collaborating with her PhD adviser, Freddy Bouchet
- Talks:
Edward Dougherty, Texas A&M University- Host: Josephine Olivas (Institutes Office)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 14th, 2010.
- Dr. Dougherty will be presenting the IS&T seminar on April 14.
Bernard Neenan, Electric Power Research Institute- Host: Scott Backhaus (MPA-CMMS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 13th, 2010 to Apr. 14th, 2010.
- Dr. Neenan will present a Smart Grid seminar on the topic of electricity market design and operations.
Theresa Flaim, Energy Resource Economics, LLC- Host: Scott Backhaus (MPA-CMMS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 13th, 2010 to Apr. 14th, 2010.
- Dr. Flaim will present a Smart Grid seminar on the design and operations of electricity markets.
Eugene Demler, Harvard University- Host: Konstantin Turitsyn (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 12th, 2010 to Apr. 13th, 2010.
- Prof. Demler will present the CNLS colloquium and give an overview about recent advances in cold atom physics and quantum optics.
- Talks:
Itai Cohen, Cornell University- Host: Robert Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 5th, 2010 to Apr. 7th, 2010.
- Dr. Cohen will present the CNLS Colloquium and the q-bio seminar.
- Talks:
Sanjay Shakkotai, University of Texas at Austin- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 5th, 2010 to Apr. 9th, 2010.
- Dr. Shakkotai will present the IS&T colloquium.
Duncan Callaway, University of California at Berkeley- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 5th, 2010 to Apr. 7th, 2010.
- Professor Callaway will present a Smart Grid seminar on aggregated electricity load modeling.
Vittorio Cristini, University of Texas at Houston- Host: Bill Hlavacek (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 29th, 2010 to Mar. 31st, 2010.
- Dr. Cristini will present a talk in the q-bio seminar series on modeling tumor growth.
Matthias Christandl, LMU Munich- Host: Jon Yard (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 29th, 2010 to Apr. 11th, 2010.
- Dr. Christandl will collaborate with Dr. Yard on theoretical research in quantum information theory.
Florent Krzakala, ESPCI Paris- Host: Lenka Zdeborova (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 29th, 2010 to Apr. 30th, 2010.
- Dr. Krzakala will collaborate with Dr. Zdeborova on information theory of complex systems, smart grid and glassy materials.
- Talks:
Linda Petzold, University of California at Santa Barbara- Host: Brian Munsky (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 22nd, 2010 to Mar. 23rd, 2010.
- Dr. Petzold will present a research seminar on the stochastic analysis of biological systems as part of the q-bio seminar series.
- Talks:
Christian Claudel, University of California at Berkeley- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 22nd, 2010 to Mar. 24th, 2010.
- Dr. Claudel will present the Smart Grid seminar on using smart phones as monitoring sensors.
- Talks:
Randall Kamien, University of Pennsylvania- Host: Konstantin Turitsyn (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 21st, 2010 to Mar. 23rd, 2010.
- Dr. Kamien will present the CNLS colloquium.
Ross Baldick, University of Texas at Austin- Host: Marian Anghel (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 18th, 2010 to Mar. 19th, 2010.
- Professor Baldick will present a lecture on energy markets and will have discussions with members of the smart grid DR team.
- Talks:
Matthew Hanson, US Government- Host: Alexander Gutfraind (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 15th, 2010 to Mar. 19th, 2010.
- Dr. Hanson will give a seminar presenting unique mathematical modeling work: Matt studied the insurgency using methods from Econometrics. This was in support of counter-insurgency operations in Iraq 2006-2010. He will also continue a collaboration on applying signaling theory to study claims of attacks by terrorist groups
- Talks:
Takahashi Nishikawa, Clarkson University- Host: Marian Anghel (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 15th, 2010 to Mar. 26th, 2010.
- Professor Nishikawa will present a lecture on "Visual analytics for discovering group structures in networks" and collaborate with members of the Smart Grid team.
Eugene Kolomeisky, University of Virginia- Host: Ryan Kalas (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 1st, 2010 to Mar. 2nd, 2010.
- Dr. Kolomeisky will present the CNLS colloquium on Casimir forces.
- Talks:
Ivo Batistic, University of Zagreb- Host: Avadh Saxena (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 1st, 2010 to Mar. 14th, 2010.
- Dr. Batistic will collaborate with Avadh Saxena, Darryl Smith and Alan Bishop on graphene nanoribbons and transport in conjugated polymer networks
Eric Klavins, University of Washington- Host: Brian Munsky (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 1st, 2010 to Mar. 3rd, 2010.
- Dr. Klavins will present a seminar as part of the q-bio seminar series in addition to meeting with researchers regarding control theory, dynamical systems, self-organizing systems, and the modeling and analysis of stochasticity in robotics and biological systems.
- Talks:
Jin Yang, Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai- Host: Bill Hlavacek (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 1st, 2010 to Mar. 12th, 2010.
- Dr. Yang will collaborate with Dr. Hlavacek on algorithms for simulation of rule based models and modeling of signal-transduction systems.
- Talks:
Mahesh Bandi, Harvard University- Visit Dates: Feb. 22nd, 2010 to Feb. 26th, 2010.
Roman Groger, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic- Host: Turab Lookman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 19th, 2010 to Mar. 6th, 2010.
- Dr. Groger will be collaborating with Drs. Lookman and Saxena on elasto-plastic behavior of materials and dislocation dynamics.
Francesco Bullo, University of California at Santa Barbara- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 15th, 2010 to Feb. 17th, 2010.
- Professor Bullo will present the Smart Grid seminar on Feb. 16.
- Talks:
Mariusz Gadja, Polish Academy of Sciences- Host: Bogdan Damski (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 14th, 2010 to Feb. 18th, 2010.
- Dr. Gadja will present the Quantum Lunch seminar on Bose-Einstein condensates on February 17, 2011.
Jack Quinn, University of California at San Diego- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 9th, 2010 to Feb. 11th, 2010.
- Dr. Quinn will be interviewing with CNLS for a postdoctoral position. He will be presenting a seminar.
- Talks:
Richard O'Neill, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission- Host: Feng Pan (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 8th, 2010 to Feb. 10th, 2010.
- Dr. O'Neill will present the Smart Grid seminar on February 9, 2009 and will collaborate with Dr. Feng Pan.
Laith Haddad, Colorado School of Mines- Host: Cristiano Nisoli (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 7th, 2010 to Feb. 10th, 2010.
- Mr. Haddad will collaborate with Dr. Nisoli on the subject of Graphene. He will also present a seminar at CNLS.
Lorenzo Maccone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Wojciech Zurek (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 3rd, 2010 to Feb. 5th, 2010.
- Dr. Maccone will present the Quantum Lunch on February 4.
- Talks:
Anny Usheva, Harvard Medical School- Host: Boian Alexandrov (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 2nd, 2010 to Feb. 8th, 2010.
- Dr. Usheva will be collaborating with Drs. Alexandrov and Timmermans as well as presenting a seminar.
Michael Dinitz, Carnegie Mellon University- Host: Feng Pan (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 1st, 2010 to Feb. 4th, 2010.
- Dr. Dinitz will present a talk on Algorithms for Wireless Networks or some results on a new network design called "Constrained Connectivity."
- Talks:
Kate Marvel, Stanford University- Host: Rajan Gupta (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 1st, 2010 to Feb. 4th, 2010.
- Dr. Marvel will present the Smart Grid seminar.
- Talks:
William Klein, Boston University- Host: Turab Lookman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 31st, 2010 to Feb. 9th, 2010.
- Dr. Klein will be collaborating with Dr. Alexander on nonequilibrium phenomena, kinetics of phase transitions, nucleation and growth.
Gregory Dente, GCD Associates- Host: Peter Milloni (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 28th, 2010.
- Dr. Dente will present the Quantum Lunch on "Electronic Structure Calculations Using a Fermi-Thomas Model." He will only be here one day.
Zachary Slepian, Princeton Unversity- Host: Cristiano Nisoli (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 26th, 2010 to Jan. 30th, 2010.
- Mr. Slepian will present a seminar on finite time collapse, a project he is working on with Drs. Nisoli and Roberts.
- Talks:
Islam Hussein, Worcester Polytechnic Institute- Host: Josephine Olivas (IS&T)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 20th, 2010.
- Dr. Hussein will present the IS&T seminar.
- Talks:
Nathan Lemons, Hungarian Academy of Sciences- Host: Bill Hlavacek (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 19th, 2010 to Feb. 16th, 2010.
- Mr. Lemons will be working with Dr. Hlavacek on writing a paper and a grant application.
Justyna Pytel, Nicolaus Copernicus University- Host: Michael Zwolak (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 18th, 2010 to Feb. 17th, 2010.
- Ms. Pytel will be collaborating with Drs. Zwolak and Yard on entanglement witnesses and quantum channels. She will be presenting a seminar on her recent work on optimal entanglement witnesses.
Ian Hiskens, University of Michigan- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 18th, 2010 to Jan. 20th, 2010.
- Dr. Hiskens will present the Smart Grid Seminar.
- Talks:
David Sherrington, University of Oxford- Host: Robert Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 18th, 2010 to Mar. 13th, 2010.
Alexandre Megretski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Frank Alexander (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 12th, 2010 to Jan. 14th, 2010.
- Dr. Megretski will present the IS&T Seminar on system identification and model reduction.
- Talks:
David Chassin, Pacific Northwest National Lab- Host: Scott Backhaus (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 11th, 2010 to Jan. 12th, 2010.
- Dr. Chassin will present the Smart Grid seminar on the statistical models of retail electricity markets.
- Talks:
Martin Loebl, Charles University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 11th, 2010 to Jan. 22nd, 2010.
- Professor Loebl will visit to LANL for two weeks in to establish the scientific connection between the group of Dr. Chertkov at LANL and the group of Professor Loebl in Prague.
- Talks:
Florent Krzakala, ESPCI Paris- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 11th, 2010 to Mar. 3rd, 2010.
- Dr. Krzakala will collaborate with Lenka Zdeborova and Misha Chertkov on statistical physics of complex, glassy and granular systems.
Sera Kahruman-Anderoglu, Texas A&M- Host: Aric Hagberg (T-5)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 11th, 2010 to Jan. 15th, 2010.
- Dr. Kahruman-Anderoglu will present a seminar on provably best heuristics for discrete hard optimization and meet with members of T-5.
Vladimir Chernyak, Wayne State University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 11th, 2010 to Jan. 15th, 2010.
- Dr. Chernyak will be collaborating with Drs. Chertkov and Turitsyn.
Pedro Embid, University of New Mexico- Host: Beth Wingate (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 6th, 2010 to Jan. 5th, 2011.
- Dr. Embid will spend his sabbatical year visiting CNLS and collaborating with scientists in T, CCS, P and X divisions as well as the COSIM and ASC teams.
Michael Genkin, Cornell University- Host: Alexander Gutfraind (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 4th, 2010 to Jan. 8th, 2010.
- Mr. Genkin will be collaborating with Sasha Gutfraind and Cristiano Nisoli by providing sociological expertise to several projects on terrorism based at CNLS
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