91st STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, HILL CENTER, ROOM 114
SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MAY 16-18, 2004

Conference Program



SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2004



8:00 - 9:00 - Breakfast and Registration

9:00 - 9:20
C.K. Hu, Academia Sinica, huck@phys.sinica.edu.tw
Exact Finite-Size Corrections for Critical Ising and Dimer Models

9:20 - 9:40
F. Stillinger, Princeton University, fhs@princeton.edu
Pair Correlation Function Realizability Problems

9:40 - 10:00
S. Torquato, Princeton University, torquato@electron.Princeton.EDU
Local Density Fluctuations, Hyperuniformity, and Order Metrics

10:00 - 10:20
P. Debenedetti, Princeton University, pdebene@Princeton.EDU
Energy Landscape Statistics

10:20 - 10:50 - Coffee

10:50 - 11:10
G. Slade, University of British Columbia, slade@math.ubc.ca
Phase Transition in High-Dimensional Networks

11:10 - 11:30
S. Havlin, Bar Ilan University, havlin@ophir.ph.biu.ac.il
Structure and Stability of Complex Networks

11:30 - 11:50
M. Newman, University of Michigan, mejn@umich.edu
The Statistical Mechanics of Networks

11:50 - 12:10
S. Solla, Northwestern University, solla@northwestern.edu
Self-Sustained Activity and Failure in a Small-World Network of Excitable Neurons

12:10 - 12:30
R. da Silveira, Harvard University, rava@cmt.harvard.edu
Minimal Paths in a Model Cortex

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch

2:00 - 2:20
Y. Sinai, Princeton University, sinai@math.princeton.edu
New Results from Mathematical Hydrodynamics

2:20 - 2:40
C. Newman, NYU/Courant Institute, newman@CIMS.nyu.edu
The Full Scaling Limit of 2D Critical Percolation

2:40 - 3:00
L. Blum, University of Puerto Rico, lblum@rrpac.upr.clu.edu
Analytical Theory of Liquid Water: A Phase Transition with Potential Interest in Biology

3:00 - 3:20
J.D. Weeks, University of Maryland, jdw@ipst.umd.edu
Screeing, Structure, and Simulations of Ionic Fluids

3:20 - 4:00
D. Chandler, University of California, Berkeley, chandler@cchem.berkeley.edu
Geometry and Dynamic Scaling of Structural Glass Formers

4:00 - 4:30 - Coffee

4:30 - 4:50
M. Magnasco, Rockefeller University, marcelo@zahir.rockefeller.edu
Virtual Gating in the Nuclear Pore Complex

4:50 - 5:10
A. Sengupta, Rutgers University, anirvans@physics.rutgers.edu
Specificity of Protein-DNA Interaction in Transcription Control: Physics, Evolution and Bioinformatics

5:10 - 5:50
D. Fisher, Harvard University, fisher@dsf.harvard.edu
Evolution: Is ANYTHING Understood Quantitatively?

6:00

7:00
8:00

MONDAY, MAY 17, 2004

8:00 - 8:30 - Breakfast and Registration

8:30 - 9:30
SHORT TALKS, SESSION A

9:30 - 9:50
D. Vanderbilt, Rutgers University, dhv@physics.rutgers.edu
Electronic Structure of an Insulator in a Finite Electric Field: What to Do When There Is No Ground State

9:50 - 10:10
S. Sachdev, Yale University, subir.sachdev@yale.edu
Breakdown of the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson Paradigm at Quantum Phase Transitions

10:10 - 10:30
T. Senthil, MIT, senthil@mit.edu
Deconfined Quantum Criticality

10:30 - 11:00 - Coffee

11:00 - 11:40
A. Libchaber, Rockefeller University, asveste@mail.rockefeller.edu
Techniques from Physics, Problems from Biology

11:40 - 12:30
Human Rights and Social Responsibilities of Scientists
E. Chudnovsky, J. L. Lebowitz and others

12:30 - 1:50 - Lunch

1:50 - 2:30
R. W. Kenyon, Princeton University, rkenyon@math.princeton.edu
Limit Shapes and Fluctuations of Crystalline Surfaces

2:30 - 2:50
V.B. Priezzhev, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia, priezzvb@thsun1.jinr.ru
Exact Nonstationary Probabilities in the Asymmetric Exclusion Process on a Ring

2:50 - 3:10
P. Chandra, Rutgers University, pchandra@physics.rutgers.edu
Relaxation in a Simple Spin System

3:10 - 3:30
A. Neimark, TRI/Princeton, aneimark@triprinceton.org
Phase Transitions and Nucleation in Finite Volumes

3:30 - 4:00 - Coffee

4:00 - 4:20
C. Marchetti, Syracuse University,mcm@physics.syr.edu
Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Motor-Microtubules Mixtures

4:20 - 4:40
M. Shelley, NYU/Courant, shelley@CIMS.nyu.edu
Locomotion by Destabilizing Symmetries

4:40 - 5:20
E. Siggia, Rockefeller University, siggia@eds1.rockefeller.edu
Evolution and Development: What can Physics Contribute

5:20 - 6:00
W. Bialek, Princeton University, wbialek@Princeton.EDU
Which Bits Does the Brain Use?

6:00 - 7:55 - Cocktails and Dinner

7:55 - 8:35
S. Leibler, Rockefeller University, kirks@mail.rockefeller.edu
On Cellular Switches, Gates and Clocks

8:35 -
What Can Statistical Mechanics Do for Biology? A Discussion.
M. E. Fisher, Chair. Participants include: B. Bialek, D. Fisher, J. L. Lebowitz, E. Siggia and others.

TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2004



8:00 - 8:30 - Breakfast and Registration

8:30 - 10:00
SHORT TALKS, SESSION B

10:00 - 10:40
G. Lawler, Cornell University, lawler@math.cornell.edu
Brownian Loops and Central Charge

10:40 - 11:00 - Coffee

11:00 - 11:20
S. Redner, Boston University, redner@buphy.bu.edu
Dynamics of Consensus and Contention in Interacting Spin Systems

11:20 - 11:40
G. Forgacs, University of Missouri, forgacsg@missouri.edu
Directing the Sell-Assembly of Cells and Tissues Into Organ Modules by Exploiting Their Physical Properties

11:40 - 12:00
E. Sontag, Rutgers University, sontag@math.rutgers.edu
Interconnections of Monotone Systems with Steady-State Characteristics, and Multi-stability of Biochemical Systems

12:00 - 1:20 - Lunch

1:20 - 1:40
L. Berlyand , Penn State, berlyand@math.psu.edu
Ginzburg-Landau Minimizers with Prescribed Degrees in Perforated Domains. Capacity of the Domain and Emergence of Vortices

1:40 - 2:00
I. V. Lebed, Central Aero Hydrodynamic Institute, Russia lebed-i@newmail.ru
The Pair Functions Theory in Hydrodynamics

2:00 - 2:20
J. Wang, SUNY at Stony Brook/Citigroup, jinwang@sprynet.com
Energy Landscape and Specificity of Biomolecular Bindings

2:20 - 2:40
D. Saakian, Institute of Physics, Academica Sinica, Taiwan and Yerevan Physics Institute, Armenia. david_saakian@yahoo.com
Exact Solution of Eigen Model of Evolution

2:40 - 2:55- Coffee

2:55 - SHORT TALKS, SESSION C