Conference Program
SUNDAY - MAY 18, 2003
8:00 - 9:00
Coffee, Rolls, Juice, and Registration
9:00 - 9:20
N.G. van Kampen, Utrecht University,
Down with Langevin
9:20 - 9:40
J. R. Dorfman, Univeristy of Maryland,
Generalizing the Boltzmann Equation - the Contributions of Eddie Cohen
9:40 - 10:00
T. R. Kirkpatrick, University of Maryland,
Logarithmic Terms in the Density Expansion of the Transport Coefficients: A System Where They Can be Computed and Observed
10:00 - 10:20
M. H. Ernst, University of Utrecht,
The Molasses Tails Revisited
10:20 - 10:40
H. van Beijeren, Utrecht University,
Small Lyapunov Exponents and Collective Modes in Hard Sphere Systems
10:40 - 11:10
Coffee
11:10 - 11:30
J. P. Boon, Universite Libre de Bruxelles,
The Ant and the Marathon: Temporal Diffusion
11:30 - 11:50
A. G. Hunt, NSF,
Equilibration and Percolation in Unsaturated Natural Porous Media. Analogue to an Ideal Glass Transition?
11:50 - 12:30
M. Feigenbaum, Rockefeller University,
Pattern Selection: Determined by Symmetry and Modifiable by Distant Effects
12:30 - 2:00
Lunch
2:00 - 2:20
S. Tanveer, Ohio State University,
Is There a Selection of Hele-Shaw Fingers in a Zero-Surface-Tension Finite-Fluid Model?
2:20 - 2:40
B. Alder, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Instability Onset in Fluid Flows
2:40 - 3:00
J. V. Sengers, University of Maryland,
Thermal Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in Fluid Layers below the Convective Rayleigh-Benard Instability
3:00 - 3:20
S. Putterman, UCLA,
Spontaneous Energy Focusing Phenomena vs Local Equilibrium in Statistical Mechanics
3:20 - 3:40
R. Ziff, University of Michigan,
More on the Lattice Lorentz Gas and Percolation Cluster Hulls
3:40 - 4:10
Coffee
4:10 - 4:30
H. Weiss, Penn State Univeristy,
The Dynamics of Schelling-Type Segregation Models
4:30 - 4:50
L. Bunimovich, Georgia Tech,
Kinematics, Equilibrium and Shape
4:50 - 5:10
Y. Sinai, Princeton University,
Dynamical Aspects of the Problem of Adiabatic Piston
5:10 - 5:50
J. Gollub, Haverford College,
Shear-Induced Ordering, Hard Spheres, and Dynamics of a 3D Granular Fluid
6:00
COCKTAIL PARTY IN HONOR OF E.G.D. COHEN's 80th BIRTHDAY
PIANO RECITAL BY NEDA NAVAEE
Beethoven: Sonata op. 28
Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie c. major
SPONSORED BY KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
ALL ARE INVITED
7:45
BANQUET DINNER IN HONOR OF E.G.D. COHEN's 80th BIRTHDAY (Reservations Required)
MONDAY - MAY 19, 2003
8:00 - 9:00
Coffee, Rolls, Juice, and Registration
9:00 - 10:30
Short Talks, Session A
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:40
M.E. Fisher, University of Maryland
Reflections on the Beguiling but Wayward Spherical Model
11:40 - 12:40
SESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL RESPOSIBILITIES OF SCIENTISTS
Renee C. Fox, Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania,
Moral Dilemmas of Medical Humanitarian and Human Rights Witnessing Action: A Sociological Case Study of Médecins Sans Frontières
E. Chudnovsky, Lehman College,
The Situation in Cuba - A Report on a Recent Visit
12:40 - 2:00
Lunch
2:00 - 2:20
R. Fox, Georgia Tech,
"Momentary" State Analysis of Multiphoton Processes
2:20 - 2:40
Y. Gefen, Weizmann Institute,
What Is Quantum about Quantum Noise?
2:40 - 3:00
R. Livi, University of Florence,
Anomalous Transport in Low-Dimension
3:00 - 3:20
D. Evans, Australian National University,
The Fluctuation Theorem - Theory and Experiment
3:20 - 3:50
Coffee
3:50 - 4:10
L. Rondoni, Politecnico di Torino,
Equivalence of Nonequilibrium Ensembles? One Example
4:10 - 4:30
R. Rechtman, UNAM, Mexico,
Simple Maps and Complex Phenomena
4:30 - 4:50
S. Ruffo, University of Florence,
Quasi-Stationary States in Systems of Globally Coupled Rotators
4:50 - 5:30
H. Swinney, University of Texas,
Scaling in Rotating Fluid Turbulence
5:30 - 6:00
A. Levelt Sengers, NIST,
Phase Separation in Helium-Containing Mixtures, 1906 and Beyond
6:00 - 8:00
Cocktails and Dinner
8:00
ROUND TABLE on: The Boltzmann Equation and Its Descendents: Past, Present, and Future
Participants will include Eddie Cohen, Joel L. Lebowitz and many many others
TUESDAY - MAY 20, 2003
8:15 - 8:50
Coffee, Rolls, Juice, and Registration
8:50 - 10:00
Short talks, Session B
10:00 - 10:20
M. Pettini, National Institute of Astrophysics, and National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Florence, Italy,
A Topological Approach to Phase Transitions
10:20 - 10:50
Coffee
10:50 - 11:30
K. Binder, University of Mainz,
The Interface Localization Transition in a Double Wedge Geometry: A New Type of Critical Behavior
11:30 - 11:50
B. Widom, Cornell University,
Adsorption at Lines of Three-Phase Contact
11:50 - 12:10
M. Nauenberg, University of California, Santa Cruz,
Evolution of Radiation towards Thermal Equilibrium: a Soluble Model Illustrating the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
12:10 - 12:30
M. Lipkin, Amer. Stk. Exchange,
On the Pinning of Optionable Stocks, a Langevin Equation Approach
12:30 - 1:50
Lunch
1:50 - 2:10
C. Dettmann, University of Bristol, UK,
Fractal Asymptotics
2:10 - 2:30
F. Bonetto, Georgia Tech,federico.
Some Properties of the SRB Measure for Coupled Arnold Cat Maps on a Lattice
2:30 - 2:50
R. van Zon, Rockefeller University,
Work and Heat Fluctuations of a Brownian Particle in a Moving Harmonic Potential
2:50 - 3:10
L. Rey-Bellet, University of Massachussets,
The Gallavotti-Cohen Fluctuation Theorem in Open Systems
3:10 - 3:30
H. Posch, University of Vienna,
Large-System Phase-Space Dimensionality Loss in Stationary Heat Flows
Coffee