J Stat Phys (2014) 157:603–607 DOI 10.1007/s10955-014-1074-z
Program of the 111th Statistical Mechanics Conference Rutgers University, Busch Campus, Hill Center Sunday, May 11, 2014–Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Guests of Honor: JOHN HOPFIELD, LEONID PASTUR, RAGHU VARADHAN Joel L. Lebowitz
Published online: 26 August 2014 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
1 Invited Speakers Erik Winfree, Caltech Neural network behaviors in synthetic biochemical systems Lai-Sang Young, Courant Institute Emergent dynamics in a model of visual cortex Frédéric Klopp, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Interacting electrons in a random medium John Imbrie, University of Virginia A rigorous result on many-body localization Abel Klein, University of California - Irvine Ac-conductivity and electromagnetic energy absorption for the Anderson model in linear response theory Gianni Jona-Lasinio, University of Rome - La Sapienza Finite time thermodynamics Christian Maes, KU Leuven H-theorems and Forces out of equilibrium. Bertrand Halperin, Harvard University Bose-Einstein Condensation of Excitons and Polaritons. Yannis Kevrekidis, Princeton University Coarse-graining the dynamics of (and on) complex network
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Bernard Chazelle, Princeton University Dynamic Networks, Influence Systems, and Renormalization Partha Mitra, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Statistical physics and distributed control theory Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania Mechanical reaction-diffusion equations in biological systems Alexander Grosberg, New York University Scaling in topologically constrained polymers Larry Abbott, Columbia University Harnessing the Dynamics of Random Networks Stanislas Leibler, Rockefeller University Kinetic proofreading: 40 years later Mark Alber, University of Notre Dame Cell clustering and cell division during bacterial swarming Mark Newman, University of Michigan Graph spectra and phase transitions in complex networks Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan Crowding & Transitions in Shape Space William Bialek, Princeton University Thermodynamics for networks of real neurons Eugene Chudnovsky, CUNY Lehman College and Graduate School Random Fields and Topology Timothy Halpin-Healy, Columbia University 2+1 KPZ: Universal Correlators & Distributions Peter Mueller, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Anderson’s orthogonality catastrophe Alexander Soshnikov, University of California - Davis CLT type results for eigenvalue statistics in large random matrices Boris Khoruzhenko, Queen Mary University of London How many eigenvalues of a truncated orthogonal matrix are real? Yan Fyodorov, Queen Mary University of London High-dimensional random landscapes and random matrices Werner Kirsch, University of Hagen On the semicircle law for Curie-Weiss matrix ensembles Paul Chaikin, New York University Self-replication, Exponential growth and environmental selection in an artificial system
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Gregory Falkovich, Weizmann Institute New Type of Anomaly in Turbulence Francesco Zamponi, Ecole Normale Superieure Exact computation of the critical exponents of the jamming transition Anna De Masi, Universita di L’Aquila Global solution for a free boundary problem via hydrodynamic limit and mass transport inequalities Krishnamurthi Ravishankar, State University of New York - New Paltz Voter model perturbations and one dimensional stochastic Potts models Michael Aizenman, Princeton University Resonant Delocalization on the Complete Graph Stefano Olla, Université Paris Dauphine Fractional superdiffusion of energy in a chain of oscillators Jeremy Quastel, University of Toronto The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation and universality class Horng-Tzer Yau, Harvard University Recent advances for the spectral statistics of random matrix Percy Deift, Courant Institute On the asymptotic behavior of a log gas in the bulk scaling limit in the presence of a external field Peter Sarnak, Princeton University Topologies of the zero sets of random band limited functions Yakov Sinai, Princeton University Stochastic calculus and the Ising model
2 Short Talks Mustafa Keskin, Erciyes Üniversity Coauthor(s): Mehmet Erta Dynamic phase transitions and dynamic phase diagrams in the mixed spin-(1/2, 1) Ising model in an oscillating magnetic field Ge Zhang, Princeton University Coauthor(s): Ge Zhang*, Frank H. Stillinger, and Salvatore Torquato Disordered classical ground states of collective coordinate potentials Michael A. Klatt, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, Princeton University Coauthor(s): Salvatore Torquato Characterizing Maximally Random Jammed Sphere Packings using Minkowski Functionals and Tensors
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Steven Atkinson, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University Coauthor(s): S. Atkinson, F. H. Stillinger, and S. Torquato Rattlers in Maximally Random Jammed Packings of Hard-Spheres Duyu Chen, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University Coauthor(s): Yang Jiao, Salvatore Torquato Equilibrium Phase Behavior and Maximally Random Jammed State of Truncated Tetrahedra Dima Bolmatov, Baker Lab, Cornell University The Phonon Theory of Liquid Thermodynamics and New Understanding of Supercritical State Vasily Geyko, Princeton University Coauthor(s): N.J. Fisch Modified Engine Cycle with Spinning Gas Eugene Kolomeisky, University of Virginia Coauthor(s): Joseph P. Straley and Hussain Zaidi Fermion space charge in narrow-band gap semiconductors, Weyl semimetals and highly charged nuclei Klaus Mecke, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Topology of confinement is visible in thermodynamics Leonid Pryadko, UC, Riverside Coauthor(s): Alexey Kovalev (UNL) Spin glass reflection of the decoding transition for quantum error correcting codes Benjamin Webb, The Rockefeller University Coauthor(s): E.G.D. Cohen A Dynamical Transition from Periodic to Self-Avoiding Motion in a Lorentz Lattice Gas Yao Li, New York University Coauthor(s): Lai-Sang Young Nonequilibrium Steady-States for Particle Systems Peter Nandori, Courant Institute, NYU Coauthor(s): Dmitry Dolgopyat Non equilibrium density profiles in Lorentz tubes with thermostated boundaries Ramis Movassagh, Northeastern/MIT Eigenvalue Attraction Sungchul Ji, Rutgers University The generalized Planck equation (GPE) fits data from atoms, proteins, DNA, cells, brains, and BICEP2 David Yao, Rutgers University School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology Coauthor(s): Sungchul Ji Experimental Evidence for the Existence of the Cell Force and Cell Metabolic Field
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Vadim Tkachenko, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva Gaps in spectra of 1-d periodic selfadjoint differential operators of order 4 Yongjoo Baek, KAIST, South Korea Coauthor(s): Meesoon Ha, Hawoong Jeong, Hyunggyu Park The origin of increased mean entropy production after coarse-graining Ranjini Vaidyanathan, Georgia Institute of Technology Coauthor(s): Hagop Tossounian Partially Thermostated Kac Model Ana Laura Garcia-Perciante, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana - Cuajimalpa Coauthor(s): A. Sandoval-Villalbazo Time evolution of the heat flux in Chapman-Enskog’s shceme: the importance of the Knudsen parameter ordering and consequences on the stability of the relativistic gas Alma Rosa Méndez, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa Coauthor(s): A. R. Méndez, A. L. García-Perciante, A. Sandoval-Villalbazo Modifications to the Rayleigh-Brillouin spectrum of a simple fluid in the presence of an external constant electric field Shenshen Wang, MIT Coauthor(s): Mehran Kardar, Arup Chakraborty Guiding affinity maturation to generate broadly neutralizing antibodies Amir Levy, MIT Coauthor(s): David Andelman and Henri Orland The dielectric constant ionic solutions: A field theory approach Carl Goodrich, University of Pennsylvania Coauthor(s): Andrea J. Liu and Sidney R. Nagel What’s the opposite of a crystal? Peter Kleban, University of Maine Coauthor(s): Steven Flores, University of New Hampshire Rigorous solution of PDEs from Conformal Field Theory and SLE Robert Ziff, University of Michigan Coauthor(s): Peter Kleban, University of Maine How many holes are there in a percolation cluster? Samuel Schoenholz, University of Pennsylvania Coauthor(s): E.D. Cubik, J. Rieser, B.D. Malone, D.J. Durian, E. Kaziras, A.J. Liu Identifying structural defects in amorphous solids Saurabh Gujarathi, Michigan State University Coauthor(s): Phillip M. Duxbury Ab-initio reconstruction of complex Euclidean networks in two dimensions
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