94th STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE

                         Rutgers University, Hill Center, Room 114
                                      Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
                                           December 18-20, 2005




                          SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2005

8:00 - 9:00
Breakfast and Registration

9:00 - 9:20
P. Hohenberg, New York University, pierre.hohenberg@nyu.edu
The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: an Update

9:20 - 9:40
R. Balian, CEA-Saclay, balian@cea.fr
Quantum Measurement, a Problem of Statistical Mechanics

9:40 - 10:00
N. Berker, Koc University and M.I.T., nihat@gursey.gov.tr
New Phases, Superfluid Weights, and Free Carrier
Densities: Renormalization-Group Theory of Electronic Models

10:00 - 10:20
N. Andrei, Rutgers University, natan@physics.rutgers.edu
Nonequilibrium Transport in Quantum Impurity Systems (exact results)

10:20 - 10:50
Coffee

10:50 - 11:10
D. Nelson, Harvard University, nelson@cmt.harvard.edu
Two Dimensional Hydrodynamics: Can Cell Membranes Sense Walls?

11:10 - 11:30
J. Banavar, Penn State University, jayanth@phys.psu.edu
Patterns in Ecology -- a Statistical Mechanics Perspective

11:30 - 11:50
R. Lipowsky, Max-Planck Institute, lipowsky@mpikg.mpg.de
Activity Patterns on Scale-Free Networks

11:50 - 12:10
J. Chayes, Microsoft, jchayes@microsoft.com
Controlling the Spread of Viruses on Power-Law Networks

12:10 - 12:40
L. Barabasi, Notre Dame University, alb@nd.edu
The Nature of Time in Complex Networks

12:40 - 2:10
Lunch

2:10 - 2:30
F. Wu, Northeastern University, fywu@neu.edu
Two-point Impedance in an Impedance Network: A New Formulation

2:30 - 2:50
C. Borgs, Microsoft, borgs@microsoft.com
The Random Energy Conjecture for Number Partitioning and Spin Glasses

2:50 - 3:10
I. Giardina, University of Rome, irene.giardina@roma1.infn.it
Metastability and Supersymmetry in Glassy Systems

3:10 - 3:30
A. Theumann, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
do Sul, Brazil, albath@if.ufrgs.br
Quantum Spherical Spin Glass: Supersymmetry and Annealing

3:30 - 4:00
Coffee

4:00 - 4:30
P. Young, University of California Santa Cruz, peter@bartok.ucsc.edu
Do Spin Glasses Have a Phase Transition in a Magnetic Field?

4:30 - 5:00
J.-P. Bouchaud, CEA-Saclay, bouchau@dsm-mail.saclay.cea.fr,
Cooperative Lengthscales in Glass-Formers: Theoretical Motivations
and Empirical Evidence

5:00 - 5:30
J. Langer, University of California, Santa Barbara, langer@physics.ucsb.edu
Dynamics of the Glass Transition

5:30 - 6:00
E. Brezin, ENS, brezin@physique.ens.fr
Historical Perspective on Quantum Field Theory

6:05 - 8:00
COCKTAILS, HARPSICHORD CONCERT BY KUMIKO IMAMURA IN
THE FIBER OPTICS BUILDING

COCKTAILS AND CONCERT ARE SPONSORED BY SPRINGER,
PUBLISHER OF THE JOURNAL OF STAT. PHYS. AND COMMUNICATIONS
IN MATH. PHYS. THEY ARE DEDICATED TO CIRANO DE DOMINICIS AND
PAUL MARTIN. ALL ARE INVITED



7:45
BANQUET DINNER (Reservations Required)



                           MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2005

8:00 - 8:40
Breakfast and Registration

8:40 - 10:15
Short Talks - Session A

10:15-10:45
Coffee

10:45 - 11:05
J. Zinn-Justin, CEA-Saclay, Jean.Zinn-Justin@cea.fr
The Critical Temperature of the Weakly Interacting Bose Gas

11:05 - 11:35
A. G. Yodh, University of Pennsylvania, yodh@physics.upenn.edu
Melting in Temperature Sensitive Suspensions

11:35 - 11:55
P. Winkler, Dartmouth College, peter.winkler@dartmouth.edu
Fluid/solid Transition in a Hard-core System

11:55 - 12:35
Human Rights and Social Responsibilities of Scientists

J. Hirsch, University of California, San Diego, jhirsch@ucsd.edu
Why are Physicists Silent? The Dangers of New US Nuclear Weapons Policies
J. Lebowitz, Human Rights of Scientists and Academics


12:35 - 2:05
Lunch

2:05 - 2:25
H. W. Diehl, Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, phy300@theo-phys.uni-essen.de
Casimir Effect in the Presence of van-der Waals-Type Interactions

2:25 - 2:45
J. Hirsch, University of California, San Diego, jhirsch@ucsd.edu
Electric Fields in Superconductors: an Explanation of the Tao Effect

2:45 - 3:05
B. Shraiman, University of California, Santa Barbara, shraiman@itp.ucsb.edu
Physics and Biology of Growth

3:05 - 3:35
H. Orland, CEA-Saclay, orland@spht.saclay.cea.fr
RNA Folding and Large N Matrix Field Theory

3:35 - 4:05
Coffee

4:05 - 4:25
C. Jarzynski, Los Alamos National Laboratory, chrisj@lanl.gov
Microscopic Reversibility, Macroscopic Irreversibility, and
Nonequilibrium Work Theorems

4:25 - 4:45
D. Richards, Penn State University, richards@stat.psu.edu
Higher-Order Generalizations of the Gaussian Correlation Conjecture

4:45 - 5:05
A. Erzan, Istanbul Technical University, erzan@itu.edu.tr
Dynamics on Random Content Based Boolean Networks

5:05 - 5:25
F. Haake, Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, fritz.haake@uni-essen.de
The Role of Chaotic Classical Orbits for Universality in Quantum Spectra
and Transport

5:25 - 6:05
A. Tremblay, Sherbrooke University, tremblay@physique.usherbrooke.ca
High Temperature Superconductors: Theory without a Small Parameter

6:05
COCKTAILS AND DINNER

8:00 - 9:30
Special Session with Informal Talks:

Spin Dynamics and Spin Transport in Metals and Semiconductors
B. Halperin, Harvard University, halperin@hall.harvard.edu

Broken-Symmetry Dynamics: Nematic Liquid Crystals and More
Tom Lubensky, University of Pennsylvania,tom@dept.physics.upenn.edu

Post Enlightenment Blues
L. Kadanoff, University of Chicago, LeoP@Uchicago.edu

Emergent Fields: "Do we need fermions?"
M.E. Fisher, University of Maryland




                          TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2005

8:00 - 8:40
Breakfast and Registration

8:40 - 10:40
Short Talks - Session B

10:40 - 11:00
Coffee



11:00 - 11:20
W. Theumann, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
do Sul, Brazil, theumann@if.ufrgs.br
Sequence Processing in Feed-Forward Layered Neural Networks

11:20 - 11:40
L. S. Young, New York University, lsy@cims.nyu.edu
Nonequilibrium Steady States for Some Hamiltonian and Stochastic Models

11:40 - 12:00
K. Mallick, CEA-Saclay, mallick@spht.saclay.cea.fr
Spectral Properties of the Asymmetric Exclusion Process

12:00 - 12:20
M. Evans, University of Edinburgh, martin@ph.ed.ac.uk
Factorised Steady States and Condensation Transitions

12:20 - 1:30
Lunch

1:30 - 1:50
O. Costin, Ohio State University, costin@math.ohio-state.edu
Ionization in Time Periodic Fields of Arbitrary Strength: Rigorous Results

1:50 - 2:10
P. Contucci, Universita di Bologna, contucci@dm.unibo.it
Factorization and ultrametricity in short-range spin glasses: rigorous
and numerical results

2:10 - 2:30
S. Okounkov, Princeton University, okounkov@math.princeton.edu
The Pearcey Process

2:30 - 2:50
L. Koralov, Princeton University, koralov@math.princeton.edu
Inverse Problem for Gibbs Fields

2:50 - 3:10
V. Mastropietro, University of Rome, mastropi@mat.uniroma2.it
Anomalies and Ward Identities in Lattice Spin Models

3:10 - 3:30
Coffee

3:30
Short Talks - Session C