Science Seminars is a weekly list of science-related seminars sponsored by colleges, research institutes, and other organizations throughout Penn State. Science Seminars is published by the Penn State Eberly College of Science as a service to Penn State and its surrounding communities

Science Seminars

5 to 11 November 2007

MONDAY, 5 NOVEMBER

"Leakage Control for Semicustom Design of Large-Scale Circuits," Youngsoo Shin, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 10:00 a.m., 113 Information Sciences and Technology Building (Cybertorium), Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Population Games for Vaccination and Epidemiology," Tim Reluga, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Application and Improvement of Protein-Chip Technology," Heng Zhu, Johns Hopkins University, 12:10 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Yinong Yang, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Department of Plant Pathology (863-7065).

"Phocine-Distemper-Virus Outbreak in European Harbor Seals," Petra Klepac, Penn State, 2:00 p.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-3371).

"Hausdorff Dimension of the Set of Singular Vectors," Yitwah Cheung, San Francisco State University, 3:35 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

(title to be announced), Robin Selinger, Kent State University, 3:35 p.m., 216 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Analysis of Proteins That Couple Chromatin Changes to Transcription Elongation," Karen Arndt, University of Pittsburgh, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Joseph Reese, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-1976).

"Gamma-Ray Bursts and Particle Astrophysics," Peter Meszaros, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (863-9605 or www.gravity.psu.edu).

"Geoengineering," Damon Matthews, Concordia University (Canada), 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (863-7091).

(title to be announced), Douglas Granger, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

TUESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER

(title to be announced), Patrick T. Mather, Case Western Reserve University, 10:00 a.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

"Trapdoors for Hard Lattices, with Cryptographic Applications," Christopher Peikert, SRI International, 10:00 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building (Cybertorium), Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

(title to be announced), Matthias Beck, San Francisco State University, 11:15 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Fractional Quantum-Hall Effect: Lessons for Outsiders," Jainendra Jain, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (863-9605 or www.gravity.psu.edu).

"Classical Geometry of Curves and Completely Integrable Systems," Gloria Mari Beffa, University of Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m., 315 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Back to Unitary Group Representations: Part Two," Misha Guysinsky, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 216 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Hydraulic Jump in Liquid Helium," Michael Pettersen, Washington & Jefferson College, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-9759).

"Results on Borexino and on the Exploration of Underground Argon," Cristiano Galbiati, Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, host: Doug Cowen, Department of Physics (863-9759).

"Science and Ethics: A Marriage of Necessity and Choice for this Millenium," Roald Hoffman, Cornell University, 4:00 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium), Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (865-1626).

"Strain and Rotation Rate from Global-Positioning-System (GPS) Data in Continental Plateaus: In Search of a Permanent Deformation Signal," Rick Allmendinger, Cornell University, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

WEDNESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER

"Snowball Earth Prevention by Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Re-Mineralization" (video conference), Richard Pelltier, University of Toronto (Canada), 12:00 noon, 541 Deike Building, Office of the Dean of the Graduate School and Worldwide Universities Network (865-6718).

"Navigation" (video), 105 Deike Building, 12:15 p.m., Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

THURSDAY, 8 NOVEMBER

"Understanding the Evolution of Complex Microstructures: Fundamentals and Applications," Katsuyo Thornton, University of Michigan, 10:10 a.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering (865-4992).

"Hilbert's Tenth Problem Over Function Fields of Positive," Alexandra Shlapentokh, East Carolina University, 11:15 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Hilbert's Tenth Over Subrings of Q," Alexandra Shlapentokh, East Carolina University, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Equi-Energy Sampler: From Statistical Inference to Statistical Mechanics," Samuel Kou, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Exploring the Neutrino Questions," Boris Kayser, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Tyce DeYoung, Department of Physics (863-9759).

"First-Order System LL* (FOSLL*) for Maxwell's Equations in 3-D with Edge Singularities," Thomas Manteuffel, University of Colorado, 4:00 p.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527)

FRIDAY, 9 NOVEMBER

(title to be announced), Maarten V. de Hoop, Purdue University, 3:35 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The D^4-R^4 Term in Type-IIB String Theory on T^2 and U-Duality," Anirban Basu, Princeton University, 11:00 a.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (863-9605 or www.gravity.psu.edu).

"The Ecology and Evolution of Attraction and Defense in Plant-Insect Interactions," Lynn Adler, University of Massachusetts, 11:15 a.m., 107 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Entomology Student Association and Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Muscle Cramps During Exercise: Is It Fatigue or Electrolyte Deficit?" Michael Bergeron, Medical College of Georgia, 11:15 a.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Physiology (865-3453).

"Fine Mapping of the Maize Unstable Factor for Orange1 (Ufo1), an Epigenetic Modifier That Regulates Tissue-Specific Expression of a Multiple-Copy Allele of Pericarp Color1," PoHao Wang, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (865-6541).

"Microbial Biosignatures, Part Two: Biosignatures (Metals and Carbon)," Matt Fantle and Kate Freeman, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 341 Deike Building, Penn State Astrobiology Research Center (865-4074).

"The Unfolding Universe" (video), 3:35 p.m., 211 Davey Laboratory, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library (865-7617 or www.libraries.psu.edu/pams/filmseries.html).

"Chapare, Bolivia: Coca Economics, Coca Policies, and Land-Cover Change," Andrew Millington, Texas A & M University, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Geography (865-3433).

SATURDAY, 10 NOVEMBER and SUNDAY, 11 NOVEMBER

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