7:45 - 8:45 Coffee and Registration
8:45 - 9:05 Earthquakes, Phase Transitions, and Organized Self-Criticality D. S. Fisher, Harvard University,
9:05 - 9:25 Splintered Electrons in Strongly Correlated Materials M. P. A. Fisher, University of California, Santa Barbara,
9:25 - 9:45 Particle-Hole Symmetric Localization, D. A. Huse, Princeton University,
9:45 - 10:05 Can a Signal Travel Faster in a Composite Than in Its Constituent Phases? G. W. Milton, University of Utah,
10:05 - 10:25 Connecting Local Structure to Interface Formation: Generalized van der Waals Theory of Nonuniform Fluids. J. D. Weeks, University of Maryland,
10:25 - 10:55 Coffee
10:55 - 11:15 Old and New Results on Multicritical Points. A. Aharony, Tel Aviv University,
11:15 - 11:35 Casimir Forces in Critical Fluid. S. Dietrich, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Metallforschung and University of Stuttgart,
11:35 - 11:55 Critical Phenomena in Fluids with Competing Order Parameters. J. V. Sengers, University of Maryland,
11:55 - 12:15 The Puzzling Slow Dynamics of Liquid and Glassy Water. H. E. Stanley, Boston University,
12:15 - 12:35 The Hydrophobic Heat-Capacity Anomaly. B. Widom, Cornell University,
12:35 - 1:50 Lunch
1:50 - 2:10 Surface Tension of Electrolyte Solutions. Y. Levin, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,
2:10 - 2:30 From Polymers to Primitive Models to Polyelectrolytes. G. Stell, SUNY at Stony Brook,
2:30 - 2:50 Korteweg's Theory of Plaits on Surfaces (1891). A. Levelt Sengers, NIST,
2:50 - 3:10 DNA denaturation D. Mukamel, Weizmann Institute,
3:10 - 3:30 Structural Transition in DNA Packaging. D. Jasnow, University of Pittsburgh,
3:30 - 3:55 Coffee
3:55 - 4:30 Cross-over Scaling Functions for Two-Dimensional Vesicles, and the Yang-Lee Edge Singularity. J. Cardy, Oxford University,
4:30 - 5:05 The Statistical Physics of Rotating Superfluids D. Thouless, Washington University,
5:05 - 5:40 Puzzles -- and Maybe Some Solutions -- in the Physics of Fracture. J. S. Langer, University of California, Santa Barbara,
5:40 - 6:00 Whose Knowledge? N. D. Mermin, Cornell Univeristy,
6:00 COCKTAIL PARTY IN HONOR OF MICHAEL E. FISHEER'S 70TH BIRTHDAY, SPONSORED BY KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBLISHERS ALL ARE INVITED
7:00 BANQUET DINNER IN HONOR OF MICHAEL E. FISHER'S 70TH BIRTHDAY, P.C. HOHENBERG, MC PIANO RECITAL BY NEDA NAVAEE: Schumann's 2nd Sonata in G Minor Opus 22, and Haydn Sonata in F Major
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2001
7:30 - 8:00 Coffee and Registration
8:00 - 10:05 Short talks, Session A
10:05 - 10:30 Coffee
10:30 - 11:05 Random Matrices in Various Contexts. E. Brezin, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris,
11:05 - 11:40 Convective Turbulence: Between Geometry and Algebra L. P. Kadanoff, University of Chicago,
11:40 - 12:30 Human Rights Session, M. J. Fisher on Technology for Economic Growth and Job Creation in Africa, J. L. Lebowitz, and others
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
1:45 - 2:20 3D Normal Metals in the Strong Magnetic Field: Topology and Dynamical Systems S. Novikov, University of Maryland,
2:20 - 2:55 Statistical and Probabilistic Problems in Metallurgy: Thirty Years Later. J. W. Cahn, NIST,
2:55 - 3:15 Unzipping DNA and the Sinai Problem D. R. Nelson, Harvard University,
3:15 - 3:35 Statistical Mechanics and Biomembranes J. F. Nagle, Carnegie Mellon,
3:35 - 3:55 Cluster Analysis of Gene Expression Data E. Domany, Weizmann Institute,
3:55 - 4:25 Coffee
4:25 - 4:55 Infering Coregulated Genes by Clustering Sequence Motifs E. Siggia, Rockefeller University,
4:55 - 5:25 Noise in the Brain: Mechanisms and Functional Consequences H. Sompolinsky, Hebrew University,
5:25 - 5:55 Movements of Molecular Motors R. Lipowsky, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG), Potsdam/Golm,
5:55 - 6:25 Genetic and Biochemcial Networks: How to Live with All This Noise? S. Leibler, Rockefeller University,
6:25 - 8:15 COCKTAILS AND DINNER
8:15 - 9:45 Round Table on Statistical Physics and Biology: What Is the Connection, with E. Domany, S. Leibler, R. Lipowsky, J. F. Nagle, E. Siggia, H. Sompolinsky
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2001
7:30 - 8:00 Coffee and Registration
8:00 - 10:30 Short talks, Session B
10:30 - 10:55 Coffee
10:55 - 11:30 Helium in Vycor; A test of Hyperuniversality. J. D. Reppy, Cornell University,
11:30 - 12:05 Decoherence in Mesoscopic Systems. R. A. Webb, University of Maryland,
12:05 - 12:25 On Analytic Properties of Scaling Function in 2D Ising Model. S. Zamolodchikov, Rutgers,
12:25 - 1:35 Lunch
1:35 - 1:55 New techniques for Localization properties of (continuum)Schrodinger Operators. M. Aizenman, Princeton University,
1:55 - 2:15 Double Conformal Multifractality. B. Duplantier, CEA, Saclay,
2:15 - 2:35 Branched Polymers and Dimensional Reduction. J. Imbrie, University of Virginia,
2:35 - 2:55 The Law of Invariant Mortality. M. Ya. Azbel, University of California, Santa Barbara and Tel Aviv University,
2:55 - 3:15 Quasiperiodic Ising Models. H. Au-Yang, Oklahoma State University,
3:15 - 3:35 Statistical Dynamics of Coupled Harmonic Oscillator Systems. What's New? R. Rubin, National Institutes of Health,
3:35 - 3:55 Brownian Surfaces J. Leandre, University of Nancy,
3:55 - 4:15 Coffee
4:15 - Short talks, Session C