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2011 Visitors
Dibendu Roy, University of Cincinnati- Host: Nikolai Sinitsyn (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 21st, 2011 to Dec. 23rd, 2011.
- Dr. Roy will be discussing a new collaboration with Drs. Saxena, Crooker, and Sinitsyn.
Oleksiy Roslyak, CUNY Hunter College- Host: Andrei Piryatinski (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 12th, 2011 to Dec. 13th, 2011.
- Dr. Roslyak will collaborate with Dr. Piryatinsky.
- Talks:
Emmanuel Kpemlie, University of Grenoble- Host: Balu Nadiga (CCS-2)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 12th, 2011 to Dec. 22nd, 2011.
- Dr. Kpemlie will be collaborating with Dr. Nadiga on data assimilation and ocean dynamics.
- Talks:
Tigran Shahbazyan, Jackson State University- Host: Andrei Piryatinski (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 8th, 2011 to Dec. 9th, 2011.
- Dr. Shahbazyan will present a seminar on "Plasmon-mediated spectroscopies in metal nanostructures: many-body and cooperative effects."
David Wineland, NIST- Host: Robert Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Dec. 6th, 2011.
- Dr. Wineland will present the Quantum Distinguished Lecture Series.
Anatoli Polkovnikov, Boston University- Host: Adolfo Del Campo (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 30th, 2011 to Dec. 2nd, 2011.
- Dr. Polkovnikov will present the Quantum Lunch on quantum phase transitions and breakdown of adiabaticity.
Victor Berdichevsky, Wayne State University- Host: Turab Lookman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 30th, 2011 to Dec. 1st, 2011.
- Dr. Berdichevsky will collaborate with Dr. Lookman on continum mechanics theory.
William Eaton, National Instutites of Health- Host: Gnana Gnanakaran (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 28th, 2011 to Dec. 1st, 2011.
- Dr. Eaton will present a series of seminars at CNLS.
Mark Raizen- Host: Adolfo del Campo (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 28th, 2011 to Nov. 29th, 2011.
- Dr. Raizen will deliver the CNLS Colloquium on November 28, 2011.
Marco Piani, IQC, University of Waterloo- Host: Robin Blume-Kohout (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 16th, 2011 to Nov. 18th, 2011.
- Dr. Piani will present the Quantum Lunch talk on, "Nonclassical Correlations and Distillable Entanglement" and collaborate with Drs. Blume-Kohout, Yard and Zurek.
- Talks:
Jim Sethna, Cornell University- Host: Cristiano Nisoli (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 16th, 2011 to Nov. 18th, 2011.
- Dr. Sethna will present a seminar at CNLS.
- Talks:
Shawn Martin, Sandia National Laboratories- Host: Mike Wall (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 8th, 2011.
- Dr. Martin will present the q-bio seminar.
- Talks:
Fausto Cattaneo, University of Chicago- Host: Robert Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 7th, 2011 to Nov. 8th, 2011.
- Dr. Cattaneo will present the CNLS colloquium on supernovae and astrophysics.
- Talks:
Seth Blumsack, Penn State University- Host: Russell Bent (D-4)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 7th, 2011 to Nov. 9th, 2011.
- Dr. Blumsack will present the Smart Grid seminar.
- Talks:
Fritz Wiegel, University of Amsterdam- Host: Alan Perelson (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 6th, 2011 to Dec. 3rd, 2011.
- Dr. Wiegel will collaborate with Drs. Perelson, Pearson and Sinitsyn on stochastic models of early viral infection.
Hojin Kim, Purdue University- Host: Tim Germann (T-1)
- Visit Dates: Nov. 3rd, 2011 to Nov. 23rd, 2011.
- Dr. Kim will be collaborating with Dr. Germann on large-scale atomistic modeling.
Brian DeMarco, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign- Host: Bogdan Damski (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 31st, 2011 to Nov. 12th, 2011.
- Dr. DeMarco will deliver a Quantum Lunch talk and collaborate with Drs. Damski and Zurek on dynamics of quantum phase transitions.
- Talks:
Jared Whitehead, University of Michigan- Host: Beth Wingate (CCS-2)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 27th, 2011 to Oct. 28th, 2011.
- Dr. Whitehead will collaborate with Dr. Wingate.
- Talks:
Margaret Cheung, University of Houston- Host: Karissa Sanbonmatsu (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 26th, 2011 to Oct. 28th, 2011.
- Dr. Cheung will present the q-bio seminar.
Michael Thorpe, Arizona State University- Host: Mike Wall (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 24th, 2011 to Oct. 25th, 2011.
- Dr. Thorpe will be presenting the CNLS Colloquium, "The Flexibility and Mobility of Frameworks."
Joe Eto, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab- Host: Scott Backhaus (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 24th, 2011.
- Dr. Eto will present the Smart Grid seminar on the integration of time-intermittent renewable generation into the electrical grid.
Yuri Makarov, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory- Host: Scott Backhaus (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 24th, 2011 to Oct. 25th, 2011.
- Dr. Makarov will present the Smart Grid seminar on his work related to electrical power system security.
- Talks:
Ilya Grigorenko, Penn State University- Host: Nikolai Sinitsyn (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 18th, 2011 to Oct. 20th, 2011.
- Dr. Grigorenko will present a talk about controls of complex artificial molecules that can mimic biological processes and collaborate with Drs. Sinitsyn and Balatsky.
- Talks:
Marco Bacci, University of Florence- Host: Giovanni Bellesia (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 4th, 2011 to Oct. 5th, 2011.
- Dr. Bacci will be establishing collaborations with Dr. Bellesia and other T-6 staff members.
- Talks:
Natalya Gomez, Harvard University- Host: Xylar Asay-Davis (T-3)
- Visit Dates: Oct. 3rd, 2011 to Oct. 5th, 2011.
- Dr. Gomez will collaborate with LANL's COSIM group on modeling gravitationally self-consistent seal level.
Michael Lowenberg, Yale University- Host: Marianne Trancois (CCS-2)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 26th, 2011.
- Dr. Lowenberg will present the CNLS colloquium on dynamics of complex fluids and soft condensed materials.
Andrey Rogachev, University of Utah- Host: Dima Mozyrsky (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 22nd, 2011 to Sep. 23rd, 2011.
- Dr. Rogachev will present the Quantum Lunch on nanowires and ultra-thin films.
- Talks:
Franz Mertens, University of Bayreuth- Host: Avadh Saxena (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 8th, 2011 to Oct. 13th, 2011.
- Dr. Mertens will collaborate with Dr. Saxena on nonlinear aspects of magnetic systems and the solutions of driven nonlinear Schrodinger equation.
Mogens Samuelsen, Institute of Physics- Host: Kim Rasmussen (T-5)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 6th, 2011 to Sep. 30th, 2011.
- Dr. Samuelsen will continue his collaboration with Drs. Rasmussen and Saxena regarding stbility and scattering of soliton excitons as described by the generalized, nonlinear Schrodinger equation.
Maxim Nikurashin, MIT- Host: Balu Nadiga (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 6th, 2011 to Sep. 8th, 2011.
- Professor Nikurashin will deliver a seminar.
- Talks:
Cornelia Vespoor, University of Colorado- Host: Mike Wall (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Sep. 1st, 2011 to Sep. 2nd, 2011.
- Dr. Vespoor will collaborate with Dr. Wall on biomedical text mining.
David Sherrington- Visit Dates: Aug. 29th, 2011 to Sep. 27th, 2011.
- Professor Sherrington will be at LANL to collaborate with colleagues and post docs from T-4.
Stanley Rotman- Visit Dates: Aug. 23rd, 2011 to Aug. 24th, 2011.
- Professor Rotman will be presenting the IS & T seminar on August 24, 2011.
Osama Mohammed, Florida International University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 15th, 2011 to Aug. 16th, 2011.
- Dr. Mohammed will be presenting the Smart Grid Seminar.
David Straub, McGill University- Host: Balu Nadiga (CCS-2)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 15th, 2011 to Sep. 1st, 2011.
- Dr. Straub will collaborate with Dr. Nadiga on ocean dynamics and loss of balance.
Joel Miller, Harvard School of Public Health- Host: Aric Hagberg (T-5)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 15th, 2011 to Aug. 19th, 2011.
- Dr. Miller will present a seminar at CNLS and collaborate with Dr. Hagberg on algorithm models for network epidemics and dynamics.
- Talks:
Ned Seeman, New York University- Host: Cristiano Nisoli (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 10th, 2011.
- Dr. Seeman will present a special CNLS colloquium on Wednesday, August 10 at 1:30pm.
Pradeep Kumar, University of Florida- Host: Avadh Saxena (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 10th, 2011 to Aug. 25th, 2011.
- Prof. Kumar will collaborate on infinite order phase transitions with Dr. Saxena and on cross-response of multi-ferroic phase transitions with staff from the Magnet Lab.
Romain Vasseur- Host: Turab Lookman (T-4: PHYS OF CONDENSED MATTER & COMPLEX SYSTEMS)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 9th, 2011 to Aug. 24th, 2011.
- Mr. Vasseur will be at LANL to collaborate with Dr. Lookman and other colleagues, both staff and postdocs.
Anthony Davis, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory- Host: Scott Backhaus (MPA-10)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 7th, 2011 to Aug. 8th, 2011.
- Dr. Davis will present the Smart Grid seminar and collaborate with Drs. Backhaus and Chertkov.
Mahesh Bandi, Harvard University- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 1st, 2011 to Aug. 4th, 2011.
- Dr. Bandi will be collaborating with Dr. Ecke.
Colm Connaughton, Unviersity of Warwick- Host: Balu Nadiga (CCS-2)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 1st, 2011 to Aug. 19th, 2011.
- Dr. Connaughton will continue collaborations with CCS-2 and CNLS staff on geophysical fluid dynamics and baroclinic instability.
- Talks:
Ehud Meron, Ben-Gurion University- Host: Aric Hagberg (T-5)
- Visit Dates: Aug. 1st, 2011 to Sep. 10th, 2011.
- Dr. Meron will be collaborating with Dr. Hagberg on the mathematical analysis of pattern formation and localized structures in models of chemical systems and vegetation.
- Talks:
Annick Pouquet, National Centre for Atmospheric Research- Host: Hussein Aluie (T-5)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 25th, 2011 to Jul. 27th, 2011.
- Dr. Pouquet will present the CNLS colloquium on turbulence and its role in climate modeling.
- Talks:
Geoffrey Vasil, University of Toronto- Host: Robert Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 25th, 2011 to Jul. 29th, 2011.
- Dr. Vasil will be collaborating with Dr. Ecke.
- Talks:
Rene Pfitzner, ITH, Switzerland- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 18th, 2011 to Jul. 22nd, 2011.
- Dr. Pfitzner will collaborate with Dr. Chertkov.
Zhihua Qu, University of Central Florida- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 18th, 2011 to Jul. 19th, 2011.
- Dr. Qu will present the Smart Grid Seminar.
Konstantin Turitsyn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 11th, 2011 to Aug. 2nd, 2011.
- Dr. Turistyn will collaborate with Drs. Ecke, Chertkov and Backhaus on Smart Grid.
Douglas Abraham- Visit Dates: Jul. 11th, 2011 to Jul. 30th, 2011.
- Professor Abraham will be collaborating with LANL colleagues.
Nicholas Cook, University of California at Los Angeles- Host: Avadh Saxena (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jul. 6th, 2011 to Jul. 29th, 2011.
- Mr. Cook will be collaborating with Drs. Saxena and Bishop on the effect of disorder on tricritical points.
Ilya Safro, Argonne National Laboratory- Host: Sasha Gutfraind (IS&T)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 21st, 2011 to Jun. 23rd, 2011.
- Dr. Safro will collaborate with Dr. Gutfraind on network science and present the IS&T colloquium.
- Talks:
Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 20th, 2011 to Jun. 21st, 2011.
- Dr. Dominguez-Garcia will present the Smart Grid seminar.
Francesco Volpe, University of Wisconsin- Host: Andrew Richardson (T-5)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 15th, 2011 to Jun. 22nd, 2011.
- Dr. Volpe will be collaborating with Drs. Finn and Richardson on plasma physics research
Adrian Jenkins- Host: Xylar Asay-Davis (T-3)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 13th, 2011.
- Dr. Jenkins will deliver the CNLS Colloquium on June 13th, 2011. He will speak about the Pine Island Glacier and global warming.
Girish Agarwal, Oklahoma State University- Host: Michael Di Rosa (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 9th, 2011 to Jun. 10th, 2011.
- Professor Agarwal will deliver the Quantum Lunch Seminar on June 9, 2011. The topic will be non-classical properties of light and its interactions with atoms.
Elizabeth Bradley, University of Colorado- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 6th, 2011 to Jun. 7th, 2011.
- Dr. Bradley will be presenting the CNLS Colloquium.
John Klein, Wayne State University- Host: Nikolai Sinitsyn (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jun. 2nd, 2011 to Jun. 30th, 2011.
- Dr. Klein will collaborate with Dr. Sinitsyn on geometric effects in stochastic processes.
Mark Wilson, Claremont Graduate University- Host: Jason Johnson (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 30th, 2011 to Jun. 10th, 2011.
- Professor Wilson will be working with LANL colleagues, discussing power grid optimization using a combination of combinatorial and convex methods.
Chris Hammel, Ohio State University- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 27th, 2011 to May. 31st, 2011.
- Dr. Hammel will collaborate with Dr. Ecke on optomechanical oscillators, quantum science, and magnetic force microscopy.
Darema Frederica- Host: Frank Alexander (IS & T)
- Visit Dates: May. 24th, 2011.
- Dr. Frederica will deliver the IS & T Seminar Tuesday May 24, 2011 in CNLS.
Chris Vale, Swinburne University of Technology- Host: Chris Ticknor (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 23rd, 2011 to May. 25th, 2011.
- Dr. Vale will give a Quantum Lunch Seminar on the work his lab has done on the BEC-BCS crossover system in Lithium 6.
Terrence O'Kane, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), AUSTRALIA- Host: Balu Nadiga (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 23rd, 2011 to Jun. 10th, 2011.
- Dr. O'Kane will collaborate with LANL colleagues on data assimilation and predictability studies.
Daniel Goldman, Georgia Institute of Technology- Host: Cristiano Nisoli (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 15th, 2011 to May. 19th, 2011.
- Professor Goldman will deliver the CNLS Colloquium on May 16, 2011. The topic will be Granular Materials.
- Talks:
Xing Wu, Northwestern University- Host: Feng Pan (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 10th, 2011 to May. 11th, 2011.
- Professor Wu will deliver a seminar on the shortest reliable paths in stochastic networks.
- Talks:
Sevag Gharibian, University of Waterloo- Host: Rolando Somma (T-4)
- Visit Dates: May. 9th, 2011 to May. 13th, 2011.
- Mr. Gharibian will present a seminar on his recent results in quantum information theory and quantum algorithms. He will collaborate with Drs. Somma and Yard on fractional transformations as alternative tools for fast quantum algorithms for optimization.
- Talks:
Le Xie, Texas A&M- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: May. 9th, 2011 to May. 10th, 2011.
- Prof. Xie will be presenting the Smart Grid seminar.
- Talks:
Krishnan Raghavachari, Indiana University- Visit Dates: May. 9th, 2011 to May. 11th, 2011.
- Professor Raghavachari will deliver a q-bio seminar.
Mark Sussman, University of Florida- Host: Misha Shashkov (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 9th, 2011 to May. 10th, 2011.
- Professor Sussman will give the Numerical Analysis Seminar,Two new developments for accelerating the simulation of incompressible multiphase flow problems, on May 9, 2011.
- Talks:
Vladimir Chernyak, Wayne State University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4: PHYS OF CONDENSED MATTER & COMPLEX SYSTEMS)
- Visit Dates: May. 9th, 2011 to Jul. 29th, 2011.
- Professor Chernyak will be a visiting as a limited term staff member in T-4, seated in CNLS. He will be consulting with LANL's Smart Grid Team while here.
Subir Sachdev, Harvard University- Host: Bob Ecke (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: May. 2nd, 2011 to May. 6th, 2011.
- Dr. Sachdev will present the 2011 Kac Lecture Series at CNLS.
- Talks:
Marko Merkli, Memorial University of Newfoundland- Host: Gennady Berman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: May. 1st, 2011 to May. 31st, 2011.
- Dr. Merkli will collaborate with Drs. Berman, Redondo and Bishop on quantum and classical collective effects in NMR and bio systems.
Alla Kammerdiner, New Mexico State University- Host: Russell Bent (D-4)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 29th, 2011 to May. 2nd, 2011.
- Dr. Kammerdiner will present the Smart Grid Seminar.
Xing Wu, Northwestern University- Host: Feng Pan (D-4)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 27th, 2011 to Apr. 28th, 2011.
- Mr. Wu will present research about reliable shortest path in stochastic networks.
Amelia Musselman, Claremont Graduate University- Host: Russell Bent (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 26th, 2011.
- Professor Musselman will deliver a Smart Grid Seminar.
Robert Carrington, Claremont Graduate University- Host: Russell Bent (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 26th, 2011.
- Professor Carrington will deliver a Smart Grid seminar on April 26, 2011.
Wilson Mark, Claremont Graduate University- Host: Russell Bent (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 26th, 2011.
- Professor Mark will deliver a Smart Grid seminar on April 26, 2011.
Gerhard Hummer, NIH- Host: Jianhui Tian (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 26th, 2011 to Apr. 28th, 2011.
- Professor Hummer will deliver the q-bio seminar on April 26, 2011 and collaborate with LANL colleagues.
- Talks:
Richard Murray, California Institute of Technology- Host: Brian Munsky (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 25th, 2011 to Apr. 26th, 2011.
- Dr. Murray will be presenting the q-bio seminar.
- Talks:
Seth Rittenhouse, Harvard- Host: Chris Ticknor (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 20th, 2011 to Apr. 26th, 2011.
- Dr. Rittenhouse will give a Quantum Lunch Seminar on 3 body recombination of dipoles to a system of 3 dipoles in 2D.
Nathan Lemon- Host: Aric Hagberg (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 19th, 2011 to Apr. 21st, 2011.
- Dr. Lemon will deliver a seminar through T-5.
Lijun Chen, California Institute of Technology- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 18th, 2011.
- Dr. Chen will be presenting the special Smart Grid seminar on 4/18/2011.
- Talks:
Steven Low, California Institute of Technology- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 18th, 2011.
- Dr. Low will be discussing Caltech's Smart Grid research on 4/18/2011 during informal afternoon talks.
James Bagrow, Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University- Host: Aric Hagberg (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 18th, 2011 to Apr. 20th, 2011.
- Dr. Bagrow will give a seminar through T-5.
David Straub, McGill University- Host: Balu Nadiga (CCS-2)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 13th, 2011 to Apr. 29th, 2011.
- Dr. Straub will present a seminar and collaborate with CCS-2 and CNLS staff on fluid dynamics of ocean circulation, breakdown balance, and coherent structures.
- Talks:
Joseph Tate, University of Toronto- Host: Scott Backhaus (MPA-10)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 11th, 2011 to Apr. 12th, 2011.
- Dr. Tate will present the Smart Grid Seminar and collaborate with Drs. Backhaus, Chertkov, and Bent.
Christopher Jarzynski, University of Maryland- Host: Jianhui Tian (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Apr. 4th, 2011 to Apr. 7th, 2011.
- Dr. Jarzynski will present the q-bio seminar.
Gerald Goldin, Rutgers- Host: Cristiano Nisoli (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 28th, 2011 to Mar. 31st, 2011.
- Dr. Goldin will present the CNLS colloquium.
- Talks:
Roman Groger, Czech Academy of Sciences- Host: Turab Lookman (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 25th, 2011 to Apr. 8th, 2011.
- Dr. Groger will collaborate with CNLS and T-4 staff on the study of dislocations and defects in metals.
Philip Anfinrud- Host: Partha Ram (T-6: THEORETICAL BIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 22nd, 2011 to Mar. 23rd, 2011.
- Professor Anfinrud will give the Q-Bio seminar on 3-23-2011.
- Talks:
Michael Hecht, Princeton Unversity- Host: Giovanni Bellesia (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 15th, 2011 to Mar. 17th, 2011.
- Dr. Hecht will be presenting the CNLS colloquim and the q-bio Seminar.
- Talks:
Vladimir Lebedev, Landau Institute- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 7th, 2011 to Mar. 14th, 2011.
- Dr. Lebedev will continue existing collaborations with T-4 staff and CNLS postdocs.
James Bono, American University- Host: Russell Bent (D-4)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 7th, 2011 to Mar. 9th, 2011.
- Dr. Bono will present the Smart Grid seminar on March 8, 2011.
- Talks:
Mark Transtrum, Cornell University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 7th, 2011 to Mar. 8th, 2011.
- Dr. Transtrum will present a seminar on "Information Geometry, Sloppy Models, and Optimization" and discuss future collaborations with Dr. Chertkov
Igor Mezic, University of California at Santa Barbara- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 1st, 2011.
- Dr. Mezic will present the Smart Grid Seminar, "Coherent Dynamics and Instability of Power Grids."
- Talks:
Spiros Michalakis, California Institute of Technology- Host: Michael Zwolak (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Mar. 1st, 2011 to Mar. 4th, 2011.
- Dr. Michalakis will present a seminar and discuss his work on stability of topological quantum order.
David Banks, Duke University- Host: Alexander Gutfraind (T-5)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 28th, 2011 to Mar. 2nd, 2011.
- Dr. Banks is an international expert on statistical modeling, inference and its application to networks. He is also known for introducing decision-theoretical methods for adversarial situations. His visit will initiate collaborations with lab staff. He will present a colloquium in the area.
- Talks:
Devarajan Thirumalai, University of Maryland- Host: Anurag Sethi (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 28th, 2011 to Mar. 3rd, 2011.
- Prof. Thirumalai will be presenting the q-bio seminar and collaborating with Dr. Gnanakaran
Keith Schwab, California Institute of Technology- Host: Ivar Martin (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 28th, 2011 to Mar. 2nd, 2011.
- Professor Schwab will collaborate with Dr. Martin on the Quantum Initiative.
Peter Turner, University of Tokyo- Host: Robin Blume-Kohout (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 24th, 2011 to Mar. 10th, 2011.
- Professor Turner will collaborate with Dr. Blume-Kohout and other quantum information researchers on topics including quantum statistical inference, entanglement theory, and group theoretical transformations in quantum mechanics.
Douglas Abraham, Oxford University- Host: Avadh Saxena (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 23rd, 2011 to Mar. 19th, 2011.
- Dr. Abraham will continue his collaboration with Dr. Nisoli on statistical mechanical effects in nano-scale surface structures.
Jeff Gore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Brian Munsky (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 22nd, 2011 to Feb. 23rd, 2011.
- Dr. Gore will present the q-bio seminar on evolutionary dynamics on Feb. 22.
- Talks:
Daniel James, University of Toronto- Host: Eddy Timmermans (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 22nd, 2011 to Feb. 23rd, 2011.
- Dr. James will collaborate with Dr. Timmermans on the latest developments in photonic quantum information.
- Talks:
Hsiao-Dong Chiang, Cornell University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 22nd, 2011.
- Dr. Chiang will present the Smart Grid Seminar, "On-Line Transient Stability Assessments and Control of PJM Power Systems."
Martin Loebl, Charles University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 21st, 2011 to Mar. 4th, 2011.
- Dr. Loebl will continue collaborations with Drs. Chertkov, Johnson and Gurvitz.
- Talks:
Pavel Rytir, Charles University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 21st, 2011 to Mar. 4th, 2011.
- Mr. Rytir will join the collaborations of Dr. Loebl with Drs. Chertkov, Johnson and Gurvitz.
- Talks:
Christopher Wipf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Richard Hughes (P-21)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 21st, 2011 to Feb. 25th, 2011.
- Dr. Wipf will be presenting the Quantum Lunch seminar on, "Experimental Quantum Mechanics with Gram-Scale Mirrors."
Achim Kempf, University of Waterloo- Host: Alexander Gutfraind (T-5)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 18th, 2011 to Feb. 23rd, 2011.
- Dr. Kempf will present the CNLS Colloquium on superconductivity.
- Talks:
Vladimir Chernyak, Wayne State University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 14th, 2011 to Mar. 4th, 2011.
- Dr. Chernyak will continue his collaboration with Drs. Chertkov and Tretiak.
Robert J. Woods, University of Georgia- Host: Partha Ram (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 8th, 2011 to Feb. 9th, 2011.
- Dr. Woods will present the q-bio seminar on February 8, 2011
- Talks:
Gia-Wen Chern, University of Wisconsin - Madison- Host: Cristian Batista (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 7th, 2011 to Mar. 5th, 2011.
- Dr. Chern is an ICAM postdoc who will be collaborating with Drs. Martin and Batista on understanding the fundamental properties of complex materials, with applications to magnetic storage and sensing.
Ferrie Christopher, University of Waterloo- Host: Robin Blume-Kohout (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 4th, 2011 to Feb. 22nd, 2011.
- Dr. Ferrie will present the Quantum Lunch seminar on negativity and quasiprobability distributions for representation of quantum states.
Ekhard Salje, Cambridge University- Host: Avadh Saxena (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Feb. 1st, 2011 to Apr. 30th, 2011.
- Dr. Salje will be at CNLS collaborating with staff from T-4, MST-6, MST-8 and CNLS on phase transitions in functional materials.
Justyna Pytel, Nicolaus Copernicus University- Host: Michael Zwolak (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 31st, 2011 to Feb. 25th, 2011.
- Ms. Pytel will collaborate with Dr. Zwolek on Quantum Information topics, in particular entanglement witnesses, quantum discord, and open systems.
Zaida Luthey-Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign- Host: Anurag Sethi (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 25th, 2011 to Jan. 26th, 2011.
- Professor Luthey-Schulten will present the q-bio seminar on Nov. 18th.
Creighton Thomas, Texas A&M- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 25th, 2011 to Jan. 26th, 2011.
- Dr. Creighton will present a seminar on "Algorithms, Chaos and Universality for Two-Dimensional Spin Glasses."
- Talks:
Noam Shental, Open University of Israel- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 20th, 2011 to Jan. 21st, 2011.
- Dr. Shental will present the Smart Grid seminar on "Identification of Rare Alleles and Their Carriers Using Compressed Se(que)nsing."
Patrick Coles, Carnegie Mellon University- Host: Michael Zwolak (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 20th, 2011 to Feb. 16th, 2011.
- Dr. Coles will be collaborating with Drs. Zwolak, Zurek and Yard on the theory on open quantum systems and their decoherence.
- Talks:
Mesrob Ohannessian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 18th, 2011 to Jan. 21st, 2011.
- Dr. Ohannessian will be presenting the Smart Grid Seminar, "Inference About Rare Events: Parallels in the Asymptotics of Unobserved Probability and Tail Estimation," and collaborating with Dr. Chertkov.
Ryan Wilson, JILA- Host: Chris Ticknor (T-1)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 17th, 2011 to Jan. 21st, 2011.
- Mr. Wilson will collaborate with Drs. Ticknor and Bohn on 2D dipolar gasses.
Konstantin Turitsyn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 16th, 2011 to Feb. 3rd, 2011.
- Collaboration with Drs. Chertkov, Ecke and other T-4/MPA researchers.
Robert O'Connell, Louisiana State University- Host: Peter Milloni (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 13th, 2011 to Jan. 14th, 2011.
- Professor O'Connell will present the Quantum Lunch "Is There Unruh Radiation?" on Jan. 13 and collaborate with Drs. Dalvit, Behunin, Intravaia and Milonni.
- Talks:
Francis Doyle, University of California at Santa Barbara- Host: Brian Munsky (CCS-3)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 11th, 2011 to Jan. 12th, 2011.
- Dr. Doyle will present the q-bio seminar on systems biology on January 11.
Sidney Redner, Boston University- Host: Alexander Gutfraind (T-CNLS)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 10th, 2011 to Jan. 14th, 2011.
- Dr. Redner is an international expert in statistical mechanics and complex networks. He will present the latest research in that area as a CNLS colloquium. The visit will advance his ongoing collaborations with lab staff.
Aranya Chakrabortty, North Carolina State University- Host: Misha Chertkov (T-4)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 10th, 2011 to Jan. 11th, 2011.
- Dr. Chakarabortty will present the Smart Grid Seminar on 1/11/11.
- Talks:
Jerome Percus, New York University- Host: Alan Perelson (T-6)
- Visit Dates: Jan. 2nd, 2011 to Jan. 8th, 2011.
- Dr. Percus will be collaborating with Drs. Perelson and Pearson on stochastic models of viral infection. He will present the seminar, "How to Win without Overtly Cheating: The Inverse Simpson Paradox."
- Talks:
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