92nd STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
HILL CENTER, ROOM 114
SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19-21, 2004


    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2004

    8:00 - 9:00
    Breakfast and Registration

    9:00 - 9:20
    M. Falk, University of Michigan, mfalk@umich.edu
    Localization of Plastic Deformation in Amorphous Solids

    9:20 - 9:40
    T. Lubensky, University of Pennsylvania, tom@physics.upenn.edu
    Nonlinearity and Non-Affinity in Elastic Networks

    9:40 - 10:00
    N. Goldenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, nigel@uiuc.edu
    Renormalization Group Approach to Multiscale Modelling in Materials Science

    10:00 - 10:20
    G. Casati, Giulio.Casati@uninsubria.it
    Controlling The Heat Flow: a Thermal Transistor

    10:20 - 10:50
    Coffee

    10:50 - 11:10
    D. Mermin, Cornell University, mermin@ccmr.cornell.edu
    Stapp's Last Blast

    11:10 - 11:30
    J. Cahn, NIST, john.cahn@nist.gov
    Glass Formation by a Nucleation and Growth Process as in a First-order Transition

    11:30 - 12:10
    M. Chan, Penn State University, chan@phys.psu.edu
    Observation of Superflow in Solid Helium

    12:10 - 12:30
    J. Cardy, University of Oxford/IAS, cardy@thphys.ox.ac.uk
    Entanglement Entropy in Extended Systems

    12:30 - 1:50
    Lunch

    1:50 - 2:10
    D. Huse, Princeton University/Harvard University, huse@Princeton.EDU
    Hydrodynamic Long-Time Tails at High Temperatures in Hubbard-Like Models

    2:10 - 2:30
    B. Halperin, Harvard University, halperin@hall.harvard.edu
    Patterns of Domains in the Microwave-Induced "Zero-Resistance State" of Two-Dimensional Electron Systems

    2:30 - 2:50
    I. Procaccia, Weizmann Institute, itamar.procaccia@weizmann.ac.il
    Branching Instabilities in Rapid Fracture: Dynamics and Geometry

    2:50 - 3:10
    A. Karma, Northeastern University, a.karma@neu.edu
    How Does a Crack Choose Its Path

    3:10 - 3:30
    J. Swift, University of Texas, swift@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
    Fluctuations in a Driven Granular Medium

    3:30 - 4:00
    Coffee

    4:00 - 4:30
    J. Gollub, Haverford/Penn, jgollub@haverford.edu
    Structures and Chaotic Fluctuations of Granular Clusters in an Excited Fluid Layer

    4:30 - 5:00
    G. Ahlers, University of California, Santa Barbara, guenter@physics.ucsb.edu
    Fluctuations Near Phase Transitions in Two-Dimensional Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Systems

    5:00 - 5:30
    H. Swinney, University of Texas at Austin, swinney@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
    Fractal Growth in Thin Sheets, Leaves, and Viscous Fingers

    5:30 - 6:00
    R. Goldstein, University of Arizona, gold@physics.arizona.edu
    The Platonic Ideal of Speleothem Growth

      6:00 - 7:45
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      7:50
      BANQUET DINNER (Reservations Required)
      Location: Busch Campus Center-Multi-purpose room

    MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2004

    8:00 - 8:30
    Breakfast and Registration

    8:40 - 9:50
    Short Talks, Session A

    9:50 - 10:20
    Coffee

    10:20 - 10:40
    D. Stone, Yale University, douglas.stone@yale.edu
    Quantum Limited Detection, Dephasing and Information in Mesoscopic Systems

    10:40 - 11:00
    R. Shankar, Yale University, r.shankar@yale.edu
    Dots for Dummies

    11:00 - 11:20
    M. Kardar, MIT, kardar@MIT.EDU
    Casimir Forces, Surface Fluctuations, and Thinning of Superfluid Films

    11:20 - 11:40
    S. Chakravarty, UCLA, sudip@physics.ucla.edu
    Competing Order, Vertex Models, and High Tc Superconductors

    11:40 - 12:25
    Human Rights and Social Responsibilities of Scientists
    K. R. Sreenivasan, J. L. Lebowitz and others

    12:25 - 1:45
    Lunch

    1:45 - 2:15
    K. R. Sreenivasan, ICTP, Trieste, krs@ictp.trieste.it
    Superfluid Turbulence

    2:15 - 2:45
    S. Nagel, University of Chicago, srnagel@uchicago.edu
    Low Temperature Anomalies Near Jamming

    2:45 - 3:05
    A. Liu, University of Pennsylvania, ajliu@physics.upenn.edu
    Jamming and k-Core Percolation

    3:05 - 3:35
    L. Kadanoff, The University of Chicago, leop@uchicago.edu
    Two Cheers for Computer Simulations

    3:35 - 4:05
    Coffee

    4:05 - 4:35
    M. E. Fisher, University of Maryland
    Valency in Ionic Criticality: Field Theory, Simulation, and Understanding

    4:35 - 4:55
    A. Ruckenstein, Rutgers University, andreir@physics.rutgers.edu
    A Composite-Ratchet Model of Transcription Elongation and its Control

    4:55 - 5:15
    R. Albert, Penn State, ralbert@phys.psu.edu
    Connecting the Structure and Dynamics of Gene Regulatory- and Signal Transduction Networks

    5:15 - 5:35
    D. McLaughlin, New York University, david.mclaughlin@nyu.edu
    Kinetic Theory for Neuronal Networks: An Effective Representation for Scale-up

    5:35 - 6:05
    P. Mitra, Cold Spring Harbor, mitra@cshl.edu
    Design Principles in Biological Systems: Or, Will Theory Ever be Interesting in Biology?

    6:05 - 8:00
    Cocktails and Dinner

    8:00 -
    Round Table: Patterns in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems
    Participants: G. Ahlers, E. Bodenschatz, J. Gollub, P. Hohenberg, L. Kadanoff, J. Langer and H. Swinney. J. L. Lebowitz, Chair

    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2004

    8:00 - 8:35
    Breakfast and Registration

    8:35 - 10:20
    Short talks, Session B

    10:20 - 10:45
    Coffee

    10:45 - 11:15
    J. Yorke, University of Maryland, yorke@ipst.umd.edu
    Estimating the Infectiousness of HIV/AIDS

    11:15 - 11:35
    W. F. Wreszinski, University of Sao Paulo, wreszins@fma.if.usp.br
    Order Parameters in Disordered Systems

    11:35 - 11:55
    M. den Nijs, University of Washington, dennijs@phys.washington.edu
    Queuing Transitions in Stochastic One Dimensional Flow, Faceting in Paper Combustion, and Polymer Localization

    11:55 - 12:15
    P. Moussa, CEA/Saclay, moussa@spht.saclay.cea.fr
    Perturbative Calculations for Generalised Dimensions

    12:15 - 12:35
    B. Meerson, Hebrew University/The University of Michigan, meerson@cc.huji.ac.il
    Hydrodynamic Singularities in a Freely Cooling Inelastic Gas

    12:35 - 1:45
    Lunch

    1:45 - 2:05
    T. Prellberg, Queen Mary, University of London, t.prellberg@qmul.ac.uk
    Polymer Simulations with a Flat Histogram Stochastic Growth Algorithm

    2:05 - 2:25
    J. Sethna, Cornell University, sethna@ccmr.cornell.edu
    Sophisticated Statistical Mechanics of Sloppy Models: Making Predictions about Protein Dynamics in Cells

    2:25 - 2:45
    Y. Kevrekedis, Princeton University,     yannis@Princeton.EDU
    Equation-Free Dynamics Renormalization for Complex/Multiscale Problems

    2:45 - 3:05
    K. Burke, Rutgers University, kieron@dft.rutgers.edu
    Density Functional Theory of Dissipative Systems

    3:05 - 3:25
    Coffee

    3:25 Short Talks, Session C