The Second RIES-Hokudai Symposium 「yoh12p-1.gif (862 バイト)(Fluctuation)」

Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo JAPAN 
Venue: University Conference Hall 

Thursday,8 March
       9:00-9:15 Welcome Address: Kuon Inoue, Director of RIES
Opening Remarks: Tateo Shimozawa, Chair of Organizing Committee
　

Session 1: Multi-disciplinary Introduction to yoh12p-1.gif (862 バイト)

Chairman: Koichi Kawahara (RIES)
      9:15-955 Toshiaki Iwai (RIES, Sapporo)
“Multiple scattering of laser light”
      9:55-10:35 Phyllis M. Gootman (SUNY Downstate Med. C., USA)
“Changes in the complexity of heart rate dynamics as a function of development”

Coffee break

Chairman: Tetsuo Ueda (RIES)
    10:50-11:30 Toshirou Yagi (RIES, Sapporo)
“Fluctuations in solids observed by the t- and ω- domain spectroscopies”
    11:30-12:10 Masataka Kinjo (RIES, Sapporo)
“Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in Cell Biology”
    12:10-13:10 Photos and Lunch
　

Session 2: yoh12p-1.gif (862 バイト) , dissipation, and structures

Chairman: Takayoshi Nakamura (RIES)
    13:10-13:50 David Williams (Cambridge U., UK)
“Single-electronics”
    13:50-14:30 Toshio Yanagida (Osaka U., Osaka)
“Single molecule nano-bioscience”
    14:30-15:10 Masatsugu Shimomura (RIES, Sapporo)
“Mesoscopic patterning of polymers based on dissipative structures”

Coffee break
　

Session 3: yoh12p-1.gif (862 バイト) as a Seed of Diversity

Chairman: Takeshi Karino (RIES)
    15:30-16:10 Tetsuya Yomo (Osaka U., Osaka)
“Development of genetic information”
    16:10-16:50 Yoshiharu Yamamoto (U. Tokyo, Tokyo)
“Use of neural noise in sensitizing human brain”
    16:50-17:30 Keith A. Nelson (MIT, USA)
“New tools for study of spatial and temporal evolution: Spatiotemporal imaging, spatiotemporal femtosecond pulse shaping, and spatiotemporal coherent control”
    18:00-20:00 Mixing Banquet at RIES faculty room, with Poster Presentation
　

Friday, 9 March

Session 4: Trans-disciplinary futurity with yoh12p-1.gif (862 バイト)

Chairman: Mamoru Tamura (RIES)
     9:00-9:40 Rupert Krautbauer (Ludwig-Maximilians U., GERMANY)
“Molecular mechanics of DNA”
     9:40-10:20

Elliot Elson (Washington U., USA)
“Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurement in microrheology of reconstituted model tissues”

Coffee break

Chairman: Nobuhiro Ohta (RIES)
    10:35-11:15 Kizhakeyil L. Sebastian (Indian Institute of Science, INDIA)
“Activated barrier crossing by long chain molecules-A Kramers problem in infinite dimensions”
    11:15-11:55 Tsuneyoshi Nakayama (Hokkaido U., Sapporo)
“Glasses: Dynamics at THz frequencies and below”
    11:55-12:35 Toshiyuki Nakagaki (RIES, Sapporo)
“Maze-solving by an amoeboid organism”
　

Closing remarks