SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2001
8:45 - 9:05 Earthquakes, Phase Transitions, and Organized Self-Criticality D. S. Fisher, Harvard University, fisher@physics.harvard.edu
9:05 - 9:25 Splintered Electrons in Strongly Correlated Materials M. P. A. Fisher, University of California, Santa Barbara, mpaf@itp.ucsb.edu
9:25 - 9:45 Particle-Hole Symmetric Localization, D. A. Huse, Princeton University, huse@princeton.edu
9:45 - 10:05 Can a Signal Travel Faster in a Composite Than in Its Constituent Phases? G. W. Milton, University of Utah, milton@math.utah.edu
10:05 - 10:25 Connecting Local Structure to Interface Formation: Generalized van der Waals Theory of Nonuniform Fluids. J. D. Weeks, University of Maryland, jdw@ipst.umd.edu
10:25 - 10:55 Coffee
10:55 - 11:15 Old and New Results on Multicritical Points. A. Aharony, Tel Aviv University, aharony@post.tau.ac.il
11:15 - 11:35 Casimir Forces in Critical Fluid. S. Dietrich, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Metallforschung and University of Stuttgart, dietrich@mf.mpg.de
11:35 - 11:55 Critical Phenomena in Fluids with Competing Order Parameters. J. V. Sengers, University of Maryland, sengers@ipst.umd.edu
11:55 - 12:15 The Puzzling Slow Dynamics of Liquid and Glassy Water. H. E. Stanley, Boston University, hes@buphy.bu.edu
12:15 - 12:35 The Hydrophobic Heat-Capacity Anomaly. B. Widom, Cornell University, widom@wisteria.chem.cornell.edu
12:35 - 1:50 Lunch
1:50 - 2:10 Surface Tension of Electrolyte Solutions. Y. Levin, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, levin@if.ufrgs.br
2:10 - 2:30 From Polymers to Primitive Models to Polyelectrolytes. G. Stell, SUNY at Stony Brook, gstell@sbchm1.chem.sunysb.edu
2:30 - 2:50 Korteweg's Theory of Plaits on Surfaces (1891). A. Levelt Sengers, NIST, johanna.sengers@nist.gov
2:50 - 3:10 DNA denaturation D. Mukamel, Weizmann Institute, fnmukaml@wisemail.weizmann.ac.il
3:10 - 3:30 Structural Transition in DNA Packaging. D. Jasnow, University of Pittsburgh, jasnow+@pitt.edu
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, cardy@thphys.ox.ac.uk
4:30 - 5:05 The Statistical Physics of Rotating Superfluids D. Thouless, Washington University, thouless@phys.washington.edu
5:05 - 5:40 Puzzles -- and Maybe Some Solutions -- in the Physics of Fracture. J. S. Langer, University of California, Santa Barbara, langer@physics.ucsb.edu
5:40 - 6:00 Whose Knowledge? N. D. Mermin, Cornell Univeristy, mermin@ccmr.cornell.edu
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, 20017:30 - 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, Edouard.Brezin@ens.fr
11:05 - 11:40 Convective Turbulence: Between Geometry and Algebra L. P. Kadanoff, University of Chicago, l-kadanoff@uchicago.edu
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, novikov@ipst.umd.edu
2:20 - 2:55 Statistical and Probabilistic Problems in Metallurgy: Thirty Years Later. J. W. Cahn, NIST, john.cahn@nist.gov
2:55 - 3:15 Unzipping DNA and the Sinai Problem D. R. Nelson, Harvard University,nelson@cmt.harvard.edu
3:15 - 3:35 Statistical Mechanics and Biomembranes J. F. Nagle, Carnegie Mellon, nagle+@andrew.cmu.edu
3:35 - 3:55 Cluster Analysis of Gene Expression Data E. Domany, Weizmann Institute, fedomany@wicc.weizmann.ac.il
3:55 - 4:25 Coffee
4:25 - 4:55 Infering Coregulated Genes by Clustering Sequence Motifs E. Siggia, Rockefeller University, siggia@eds1.rockefeller.edu
4:55 - 5:25 Noise in the Brain: Mechanisms and Functional Consequences H. Sompolinsky, Hebrew University, haim@fiz.huji.ac.il
5:25 - 5:55 Movements of Molecular Motors R. Lipowsky, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG), Potsdam/Golm, lipowsky@mpikg-golm.mpg.de
5:55 - 6:25 Genetic and Biochemcial Networks: How to Live with All This Noise? S. Leibler, Rockefeller University, sudulj@rockefeller.edu
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, jdr13@cornell.edu
11:30 - 12:05 Decoherence in Mesoscopic Systems. R. A. Webb, University of Maryland, rawebb@squid.umd.edu
12:05 - 12:25 On Analytic Properties of Scaling Function in 2D Ising Model. S. Zamolodchikov, Rutgers, sashaz@physics.rutgers.edu
12:25 - 1:35 Lunch
1:35 - 1:55 New techniques for Localization properties of (continuum)Schrodinger Operators. M. Aizenman, Princeton University, aizenman@math.princeton.edu
1:55 - 2:15 Double Conformal Multifractality. B. Duplantier, CEA, Saclay, bertrand@spht.saclay.cea.fr
2:15 - 2:35 Branched Polymers and Dimensional Reduction. J. Imbrie, University of Virginia, ji2k@virginia.edu
2:35 - 2:55 The Law of Invariant Mortality. M. Ya. Azbel, University of California, Santa Barbara and Tel Aviv University, azbel@post.tau.ac.il
2:55 - 3:15 Quasiperiodic Ising Models. H. Au-Yang, Oklahoma State University, perk@okstate.edu
3:15 - 3:35 Statistical Dynamics of Coupled Harmonic Oscillator Systems. What's New? R. Rubin, National Institutes of Health, robertr@intra.niddk.nih.gov
3:35 - 3:55 Brownian Surfaces J. Leandre, University of Nancy, Remi.Leandre@antares.iecn.u-nancy.fr
3:55 - 4:15 Coffee
4:15 - Short talks, Session C