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February 12, 2014: Other Earths and the Origins of Life

New evidence of exoplanets reveals a higher-than-expected occurrence of potentially habitable worlds in our galactic neighborhood. What does this evidence tell us about life on other planets? How can we search for signs of life on other planets?

February 12, 2014: Other Earths and the Origins of Life

New evidence of exoplanets reveals a higher-than-expected occurrence of potentially habitable worlds in our galactic neighborhood. What does this evidence tell us about life on other planets? How can we search for signs of life on other planets?

Other Earths and the Origins of Life

Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium 160 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

New evidence of exoplanets reveals a higher-than-expected occurrence of potentially habitable worlds in our galactic neighborhood. What does this evidence tell us about life on other planets? How can we search for signs of life on other planets?

Robust Integral Equation Methods for Forward and Inverse Scattering

Integral equation methods play an important role in the numerical simulation of electromagnetic scattering. They are easy to employ in complex geometry and impose the desired radiation conditions at infinity without the need for artificial numerical boundaries. Two of the obstacles faced by current forward simulation tools are “low-frequency breakdown” and the lack of easy to use high order quadrature rules for complicated surfaces. In this talk, I will review the relevant background material, discuss a new mathematical formalism for scattering from perfect conductors and briefly describe a new quadrature technique that yields easily implementable high order rules for singular and weakly singular integrals. The scheme, denoted QBX (quadrature by expansion) is compatible with fast hierarchical algorithms such as the fast multipole method.

Quantum Physics Beyond Simple Systems (2014)

St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort State Road 187 kilometer 4.2, Río Grande, Puerto Rico

Organizers: Boris Altshuler, Columbia University Vladimir Falko, Lancaster University Charles Marcus, Neils Bohr Institute   The Simons Symposium on Quantum Physics Beyond Simple Systems was the second symposium organized on...

February 26, 2014: Neuroimaging Contributions to the Understanding of Brain Development in Autism

While autism clearly involves altered function of the central nervous system, the neuropathology of the disorder remains controversial. This is due in part,to the enormous complexity of the disorder, which likely has many causes and many biological trajectories. It is also due to the fact that few neuroimaging studies involve very young children or severely affected individuals. This lack of information is compounded by the fact that findings at the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) level of analysis cannot be confirmed and extended to the cellular level due to a lack of postmortem brains.

Neuroimaging Contributions to the Understanding of Brain Development in Autism

Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium 160 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

While autism clearly involves altered function of the central nervous system, the neuropathology of the disorder remains controversial. This is due in part,to the enormous complexity of the disorder, which likely has many causes and many biological trajectories. It is also due to the fact that few neuroimaging studies involve very young children or severely affected individuals. This lack of information is compounded by the fact that findings at the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) level of analysis cannot be confirmed and extended to the cellular level due to a lack of postmortem brains.

Genes That Regulate Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila

Circadian (~24 hour) clocks are endogenous mechanisms that time the recurring, daily activities observed in most organisms. These clocks are genetically regulated, and generate biochemical oscillations within individual cells composing most tissues. Recently our laboratory has searched for and identified genes that affect the homeostatic regulation of sleep in Drosophila. This research has uncovered specific neurons whose activity promotes sleep.

Perspectives on Big Data in Biology

Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium 160 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

This Biotech Symposium will focus on perspectives on big data in biology from leading practitioners in the field.

Discrete Analysis: Beyond the Boolean Cube (2014)

March 9 – 15, 2014 Organizers: Elchanan Mossel, UC Berkeley Ryan O'Donnell, Carnegie Mellon University Krzysztof Oleszkiewicz, University of Warsaw The Simons Symposium on Discrete Analysis: Beyond the Boolean Cube...


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