CAS Spring Symposium 2015
A two day interdisciplinary symposium highlighting work of recent Center for Advanced Study Associates and Fellows
Day One – Monday, April 20, 2015
8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30-8:40 Introductory Remarks
Vice Chancellor for Research Peter Schiffer
8:40-10:30 Directors Panel on Interdisciplinary Research at Illinois
Tamer Başar (CAS Director) Moderator
Participants/Speakers Dianne Harris (Director, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities) Art Kramer (Director, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology) Gene Robinson (Director, Institute for Genomic Biology) Edward Seidel (Director, National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
10:30-10:50 Break
10:50-12:20 Session One
David Ceperley (CAS Professor of Physics) Chair
Wendy Cho (Political Science) An Extreme-Scale Computational Approach to Redistricting Optimization abstract
Charles Schroeder (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering) New Frontiers in Single Polymer Dynamics abstract
Robert Brunner (Astronomy) Statistical and Machine Learning for Petascale Astronomy abstract
12:30-1:30 Break
1:40-3:10 Session Two
Maria Todorova (CAS Professor of History) Chair
Harry Liebersohn (History) The Globalization of Music: Craft, Science and Commerce since the Late Nineteenth Century abstract
Antonios Augoustakis (Classics) Death, Burial, and Ritual in Latin Literature abstract
Matthew Winters (Political Science) The Effects of Branded Foreign Aid: Evidence from Bangladesh abstract
3:10-3:30 Break
3:30-5:00 Session Three
Laura Greene (CAS Professor of Physics) Chair
Soon-Jo Chung (Aerospace Engineering) Control and Motion-Planning Algorithms for Robotic Falcons to Prevent Airport Bird Strikes abstract
Martin Ostoja-Starzewski (Mechanical Science and Engineering) Continuum Mechanics Beyond the Second Law of Thermodynamics abstract
Karin Dahmen (Physics) Universal Slip Statistics: From Nanopillars to Earthquakes abstract
5:00-5:05 Closing for Day One reception to follow
Day Two – Tuesday, April 21, 2015 8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast 8:30-8:40 Welcoming Remarks Tamer Başar (CAS Director) 8:40-9:40 Session Four
Nigel Goldenfeld (CAS Professor of Physics) Chair
Catherine Prendergast (English) Writer, Painter, Banker, Thief: The American Arts Colony in the Public Account abstract
Yi Lu (Electrical & Computer Engineering) To Wait or not to Wait: The Power of Scheduling abstract
9:40-10:00 Break 10:00-11:30 Session Five
Nigel Goldenfeld (CAS Professor of Physics) Chair
Philip Godfrey (Computer Science) Networking at the Speed of Light abstract
Yi Lu (Chemistry) Functional DNA Nanotechnology and its Applications in Environmental Monitoring,Food Safety, Medical Diagnostics and Imaging abstract
Mara Wade (Germanic Languages and Literatures) Emblems and Early Modern Intellectual Networks abstract
11:30-11:40 Closing of Symposium 11:40-11:55 Informal discussions over tea/coffee