Meeting Planner
Following provides a schedule of presentations given by University, Argonne and Fermilab researchers and administrators with links to session details.
AAAS 2009 Annual Meeting
12 - 16 February, Chicago IL
Hyatt Regency Chicago
151 East Wacker Drive
Thursday, 12 February
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Opening Ceremony
Robert Zimmer, President of The University of Chicago, to give opening remarks
Fairmont Chicago, Imperial Ballroom
200 N Columbus Dr.
Friday, 13 February
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Earth’s History and Future Revealed at the Frontier of Scientific Computing
HRC Columbus GH
Robert Rosner, Director, Argonne National Laboratory
“Using Simulations to Learn About Cosmic Evolution and Its Connections to Earth's History”
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Basic Research for Global Energy Security: A Call to Action
HRC Grand F
George Crabtree, Distinguished Fellow, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
“Addressing the Global Energy Challenge: Energy Conversion Using Nanoscale Materials”
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Beyond E=mc2: Unveiling the Early Universe with High-Intensity Accelerators
HRC Regency C
Boris Kayser, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
“The Role of Neutrinos in the Early Universe”
Symposium Co-Organizer: Kurt Riesselmann, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Symposium Co-organizer: Bob Tschirhart, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The Mathematical Twists and Turns of Data Sets
HRC Columbus GH
Shmuel Weinberger, Professor, Department of Mathematics and the College, The University of Chicago
“Detecting Topological Structure”
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Topical Lecture on “Human Genetics”
HRC, Crystal C
T. Conrad Gilliam, Marjorie I. and Bernard A. Mitchell Professor and Chair of the Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago
Lecture speaker
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Global Integration, Local Ecosystems: Frontiers of Science for Biodiversity Policy
HRC Columbus AB
Sir Peter Crane, The John and Marion Sullivan University Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences and the College, The University of Chicago
Moderator
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Beyond the Beagle: Evolutionary Approaches to the Study of Social Behavior
HRC Columbus CD
Jill Mateo, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development, Cmte. Evol. Biol., Inst. Mind & Biol., and the College, The University of Chicago
Moderator
Symposium Organizer
“Sex and Smells: Kin Recognition, the Armpit Effect, and Mate Choice”
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Last Piece of Darwin's Puzzle: The Evolution of the Social Mind
HRC Crystal A
Dario Maestripieri, Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development, Cmte. Evol. Biol., Cmte. Neurobiol., Inst. Mind & Biol. and the College, The University of Chicago
“The Evolution of Primate Social Intelligence”
Saturday, 14 February
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Animal Body Plan Evolution of Development
HRC Regency D
Christopher J. Lowe, Assistant Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, The University of Chicago
“Superficial Insights into Brain Evolution: Skin Brains and the Origins of Vertebrates”
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The Grid, the Cloud, Sensor Nets, and the Future of Computing
HRC Columbus GH
Rick Stevens, Professor, Department of Computational Science, Physical Science Collegiate Division, The University of Chicago; Associate Laboratory Director for Computing, Environment, and Life Sciences, Argonne National Laboratory; Senior Fellow, Computation Institute
“Grid Computing and the Biology Revolution”
Ruth Pordes, Computing Division, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Discussant
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Exciting Research at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fairmont Imperial Ballroom
Spencer Pasero, Education Office, Fermi National Acceleratory Laboratory
Symposium Co-Organizer
Niki Saoulidou, Particle Physics Division, Fermi National Acceleratory Laboratory
“Neutrino Oscillations and Neutrino Masses
Rob Roser, Particle Physics Division, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
“After the Top Quark”
Michael B. Crisler, Particle Physics Division, Fermi National Acceleratory Laboratory
“The Search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles”
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
C2ST: The Nation's First Metropolitan Science Council
HRC Columbus AB
Robert Rosner, Director, Argonne National Laboratory
“The Role of a National Laboratory in a Metropolitan Science Council”
Sunday, 15 February
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Social Emotion and the Brain
HRC Columbus CD
John T. Cacioppo, Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor in Psychology, The University of Chicago
Discussant
Jean Decety, Professor, Psychology and Psychiatry, The University of Chicago
“Empathy and Morality: Integrating Social and Neurosciences Approaches”
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World: Science-Based Strategy for the 21st Century
HRC Grand A
Sir Peter Crane, The John and Marion Sullivan University Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences and the College, The University of Chicago
“Scientific Issues and Needs for Biodiversity”
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Embodied Language and Cognition: Brains, Mouths, and Hands
HRC Columbus CD
Susan Goldin-Meadow, Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Psychology and Comparative Human Development, The University of Chicago
“Using Our Bodies To Change Our Minds”
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Languages Without Ancestors
HRC Crystal A
Marie Coppola, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department Psychology, The University of Chicago
“The Gesture Systems of Linguistic Isolates: Raw Material for a New Sign Language”
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Evolution Makes Sense of Biology
HRC Crystal C
Neil Shubin, Robert R. Bensley Professor, Associate Dean for Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Chicago; Provost, The Field Museum
“Evolution Makes Sense of Anatomy”
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
High-Energy Physics Discoveries: From the Tevatron to the Large Hadron Collider
HRC Regency C
Joseph Lykken, Theory Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Co-organizer
Dmitri Denisov, DZero Experiment, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
“Closing in on the Higgs with the Tevatron Data”
Jacobo Konigsberg, CDF Experiment, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
“Discoveries with the Tevatron Collider at Fermilab”
Pier Oddone, Director, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Discussant
Monday, 16 February
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
New Computing Platforms for Data-Intensive Science
HRC Columbus GH
Ian Foster, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor in Computer Science, The University of Chicago; Director, Computation Institute; Associate Director, Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory
“Grid Computing and Data-Intensive Science”
Symposium Organizer
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Casting New Light on Ancient Secrets
HRC Grand C North
Murray Gibson, Associate Laboratory Director, Photon Sciences, Argonne National Laboratory
Moderator
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Celebrating Darwin at 200: Explaining How Human Morality Evolved
HRC Grand A
Robert Richards, Morris Fishbein Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, and Professor in the Departments of Philosophy, History, Psychology, and in the Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, The University of Chicago
“All that Is Most Beautiful: Darwin and the Moral Sentiment”
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
College Science Courses: Remembering C.P. Snow
HRC Columbus EF
Robert Zimmer, President, The University of Chicago
“Teaching Science as a Core Curriculum”
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Origins and Endings: From the Beginning to the End of the Universe
HRC Columbus KL
Angela Olinto, Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
Moderator
John Carlstrom, S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, and the College; Director, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, The University of Chicago
“The Cosmic Microwave Background: Progress and Prospects”
Scott Dodelson, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
“Gravitational Waves as a Probe of the Early Universe”