90th STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE
Rutgers University, Hill Center, Room 114
Sunday, Monday & Tuesday, December 14-16, 2003
Conference Program
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2003
8:00 - 9:00
Breakfast and Registration
9:00 - 9:20
P. Bleher, Indiana University, bleher@math.iupui.edu
Random Matrix Model with External Source and Multiple
Orthogonal Polynomials
9:20 - 9:40
T. Spencer, Institute for Advanced Study, spencer@ias.edu
Random Matrices and Hyperbolic Sigma Models
9:40 - 10:00
C. Tracy, University of California, Davis,
tracy@math.ucdavis.edu
Differential Equations for Dyson Processes
10:00 - 10:20
L. Pastur, University Paris 7, pastur@math.jussieu.fr
Limiting Theorems for Eigenvalue Linear Statistics of
Unitary Invariant Matrix Models
10:20 - 10:40
D. Ruelle, IHES/Rutgers, ruelle@ihes.fr
The Lee-Yang Circle Theorem and Zeros of
Graph-Counting Polynomials
10:40 - 11:10
Coffee
11:10 - 11:30
P. Cvitanovic, Georgia Tech,
predrag.cvitanovic@physics.gatech.edu
Exceptional Magic: Lie Groups as Invariance Groups
11:30 - 11:50
M. Aizenman, Princeton University,
aizenman@math.princeton.edu
New perspective on Parisi's Hierarchal Ansatz for
Spin Glass Models
11:50 - 12:30
P. Deift, NYU/Courant,
deift@CIMS.nyu.edu
On Szegö's Strong Limit Theorem for Toeplitz Determinants
12:30 - 1:50
Lunch
1:50 - 2:30
J. Bourgain, IAS, bourgain@ias.edu
On Almost Periodicity and Diffusion in Hamiltonian PDE's
2:30 - 3:10
H. Iwaniec, Rutgers University, iwaniec@math.rutgers.edu
Spacing of Zeros of the Riemann zeta-Function and
Some Arithmetical Applications
3:10 - 3:40
Coffee
3:40 - 4:20
J. Froehlich, ETHZ, Switzerland, juerg@phys.ethz.ch
Some Problems in Physics That I Would Like to See
Solved Mathematically
4:20 - 5:00
H.T. Yau, Stanford University, yau@math.stanford.edu
Scaling Limits of Quantum Dynamics of Many-Body Systems
5:00 - 5:20
J. P. Solovej, University of Copenhagen/IAS, solovej@math.ku.dk
Dyson's Conjecture for the Energy of a Charged Bose Gas
5:20 - 5:35
E. Lieb, Princeton University, lieb@math.princeton.edu
A Short Appreciation of Freeman Dyson's Long Career in Science
5:35 - 5:45
A. Lenard, Indiana University, lenard@indiana.edu
Freeman Dyson -- a Personal Retrospective
5:50
COCKTAIL PARTY IN HONOR OF FREEMAN DYSON'S EIGHTIETH
BIRTHDAY, FOLLOWED BY A PIANO RECITAL
BY RENANA GUTMAN at 7:00 PM
SPONSORED BY KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
ALL ARE INVITED
7:40
BANQUET DINNER (Reservations Required)
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2003
7:45 - 8:15
Breakfast and Registration
8:15 - 10:20
Short Talks, Session A
10:20 - 10:45
Coffee
10:45 - 10:50
M. Scully, University of Arizona/Princeton, mscully@princeton.edu
Learning Statistical Mechanics from Onsager
10:50 - 11:10
J. Nagle, Carnegie Mellon University, nagle@andrew.cmu.edu
Onsager, Ice and Biomembranes
11:10 - 11:40
M. E. Fisher, University of Maryland
Some Fruits of Genius: Lars Onsager and the Ising Model
11:40 - 12:30
Human Rights and Social Responsibilities of Scientists
a). I. Lerch, Director of
International Affairs, The American Physical
Society, lerch@aps.org
Effects of the the Patriot Act on Scientists and
Science in the USA
b). M. I. Weinstein, Bell Labs, miw@research.bell-labs.com
Scientific Cooperation in the Troubled Middle East
c). Discussion
12:30 - 1:50
Lunch
1:50 -2:10
J. McCauley, University of Houston, jmccauley@uh.edu
Adam Smith's Unreliable Hand: Instability of Financial Markets
2:10 - 2:30
P. Kevrekidis, University of Massachusetts,
kevrekid@math.umass.edu
Nonlinear Waves in BEC: A Collection of Short Stories
2:30 - 2:50
N. Frankel, University of Melbourne, Australia,
frankel@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Generalizations and Applications of Fisher-
Hartwig Asymptotics
2:50 - 3:10
N. Jisrawi, Brookhaven National Laboratory/Birzeit University,
najeh@solids.phy.bnl.gov
The Critical Size for Cubocahedral to Icosahedral
Transformation in Nano-Sized Palladium Clusters
3:10 - 3:30
C. Henley, Cornell University,clh@msc.cornell.edu
Many-Fermion Density Matrix for a Block in a Lattice:
New Tricks
3:30 - 3:55
Coffee
3:55 - 4:35
E. Brezin, ENS, edouard.brezin@lpt.ens.fr
A Sketch of the Random Matrices Landscape
4:35 - 5:15
E. Titi, University of California, Irvine, T-7, Los
Alamos National Laboratory/Weizmann Institute of
Science, etiti@math.uci.edu
Global Regularity for Certain Analytic Turbulence Model
5:15 - 5:35
E. Vanden Eijnden, NYU/Courant Institute,eve2@cims.nyu.edu
Conformation Dynamics and Transition Pathways in
Complex Systems
5:35 - 5:55
B. Shraiman, Rutgers University, shraiman@physics.rutgers.edu
Morphogen Gradients and Growth and Size Control
5:55 - 6:15
N. Komarova, Rutgers University, komarova@math.rutgers.edu
Does Cancer Solve an Optimization Problem
6:15
Cocktails and Dinner
8:00 - 8:45
A. Levine, IAS, alevine@ias.edu
The Human Genome Project
8:45 - 9:30
Statistical Mechanics and Biology: A Discussion
Participants Include:
W. Olson, Rutgers, olson@rutche.rutgers.edu
N. Rajewsky, NYU, nr@scarbo.bio.nyu.edu
B. Shraiman, shraiman@physics.rutgers.edu
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2003
7:45 - 8:15
Breakfast and Registration
8:15 - 10:10
Short talks, Session B
10:10 - 10:30
Coffee
10:30 - 11:10
G. Kotliar, Rutgers University, kotliar@physics.rutgers.edu
Strongly Correlated Electrons: a Dynamical Mean Field
Perspective
11:10 - 11:50
J. Jona-Lasinio, University of Rome, Gianni.Jona@roma1.infn.it
Onsager's Legacy in Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
11:50- 12:10
B. Schmittmann, Virginia Tech,
schmittm@vt.edu
Fast Coarsening in Low Dimensions
12:10 - 12:30
M. de Llano, UNAM, Mexico, dellano@servidor.unam.mx
New Statistical Theory of Superconductivity
12:30 - 1:50
Lunch
1:50 - 2:10
M. B. Ruskai, Tuft University, marybeth.ruskai@tufts.edu
Quantum Information Theory
2:10 - 2:30
J.H.H. Perk, Oklahoma State University,
jhhp@jperk.phy.okstate.edu
Q-Dependent Susceptibilities in Planar Ising Models:
Recent Progress Combining Two Solution Methods
Pioneered by Onsager
2:30 - 2:50
B. West, US Army Research Office, Bruce.J.West@us.army.mil
The Onsager Principle and the Phenomenon of Aging
2:50 - Short talks, Session C
Coffee and chatting