Charles V. Schaefer, Jr.
    School of Engineering and Science
 
SPRING 2005 :  Jan  |   Feb  |   Mar  |   Apr  |   May Current Semester  |  Archive 

January - February  
Jan 24
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Farooq Anjum, Telcordia
Secure Wireless Networks: An Oxymoron
Jan 26
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Basalingappa L. Hungand, Nathan S. Kline Inst. for Psychiatric Research
Role of endocannabinoid and cannabinoid receptors in alcohol-drinking relate behaviors
Jan 31
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Visualization Seminar
Klaus Mueller, SUNY Stony Brook
The Urban Security Project: Accelerated Dispersion Simulation For Urban Security
Feb 2
Wed
11:00am
715 Burchard
Physics Colloquium
Robert Johnson, University of Virginia
Cassini at Saturn
Feb 2
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Hoau-yan Wang, City University of New York
A neuronal receptor for beta-amyloid in our minds: Therapeutic implication in Alzheimer's disease
Feb 9
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Stefan Bernhard, Princeton University
Combinatorial discovery of luminophores for OLED applications and photoinduced hydrogen production
Feb 9
Wed
3:30pm
Pierce 218
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Arnold Urken, Department of Social Science
Error-resilient collective choice
Feb 9
Wed
Postponed
to later date
Physics Colloquium
Frank Narducci, NAVAIR (Navy)
TBA
Feb 14
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
David Mazieres, New York University
How to Protect your Data by Eliminating Trusted Storage Infrastructure
Feb 16
Wed
11:00am
715 Burchard
Physics Colloquium
Brian Cairns, Columbia University
Polarimetric Remote Sensing
Feb 16
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Mott Room
Humanities Forum
Larry Levine, Dept of Mathematical Sciences
Three Unusual Jews
Feb 16
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Unmesh Shah, Dept of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Enantioselective total synthesis of ent-himbadine and derivatives
Feb 18
Fri
12:00pm
Burchard 430
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Ionut Florescu, Purdue University
Stochastic Volatility Stock Price -- Option Pricing and Coefficient Estimation
Feb 22
Tue
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Thorsten Altenkirch, University of Nottingham
Towards a High-Level Quantum Programming Language
Feb 22
Tue
4:00pm
Morton 203
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Darinka Dentcheva, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Inverse modeling of coastal ocean processes and sensor allocation
Feb 22
Tue
4:00pm
DeBaun
  Auditorium
Humanities - Music & Technology
David Musial, Dept of Art, Music & Technology
The Music Producer Showcase
Feb 23
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Akira Kawamura, New York University
Genomic screening of natural products
Feb 23
Wed
7:00pm
Kidde 228
Humanities Forum
Talat Halman,
Yunus Emre
Feb 24
Thu
1:00pm
Burchard 124
Mathematical Sciences - Nonlinear Systems
Nikola Petrov, University of Michigan
Regularity of critical objects in dynamical systems: Numerical methods and results
Feb 25
Fri
8:00pm
DeBaun
  Auditorium
Humanities - Department of Literature
Stevens Dramatic Society
The Vagina Monologues
Feb 28
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Visualization Seminar
Dinesh Pai, Rutgers University
Multisensory Interaction
March  
Mar 1
Tue
4:00pm
Morton 203
Mathematical Sciences - Nonlinear Systems
Kevin Lin, New York University
Entrainment and chaos in the pulse-driven Hodgkin-Huxley neuron model
Mar 2
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
Marehalli Prasad, Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Bhagavadgita: A Conversation About Life
Mar 2
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
John Koh, University of Delaware
Rational molecular design and synthesis
Mar 4
Fri
11:00am
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Johannes Buchmann, Darmstadt University of Technology
Post Quantum Signatures
Mar 4
Fri
12:00pm
Burchard 430
Mathematical Sciences - Nonlinear Systems
Christian Remling, University of Osnabruck, Germany
Discrete and essential spectra of Schrodinger operators
Mar 7
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Alexei Myasnikov, CUNY and McGill Univ.
Algebraic Cryptography: Generic Complexity and Black Holes
Mar 7
Mon
4:00pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
Bissinger Lecture Series on Science & Humanities
Claudine Cohen, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
A Philosopher in the Mines: Leibniz's Protogaea
Mar 8
Tue
4:00pm
Morton 203
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
David Morton, University of Texas
Network interdiction
Mar 9
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
Robert Abel, Davidson Laboratory
Aquaculture in the Middle East and in New Jersey: A Comparative Analysis
Mar 9
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Robert A. Goodnow Jr., Hoffmann-La Roche Inc
Designing for success: The generation of useful leads with small molecule libraries
Mar 14
Mon
10:30am
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Jean-Pierre Hubaux, EPFL
Secure positioning of sensor networks
Mar 15
Tue
4:00pm
Morton 203
Mathematical Sciences - Nonlinear Systems
Firas Rassoul-Agha, Ohio State University
Limit Theorems for Random Walk in Random Environment: The Particle Story
Mar 16
Wed
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Lei Xu, Rutgers University
Digital holography and application in micro-metrology
Mar 16
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
Humanities Forum
Lisa Dolling, Division of Humanities
Panel on Censorship
Mar 16
Wed
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University
Building a Trustworthy, Secure, and Private Network
Mar 16
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Jing Li, Rutgers University
Nanostructured Materials that Are Independent of Particle Size: A Novel Class of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid II-VI Semiconductors
Mar 16
Wed
4:00pm
DeBaun
  Auditorium
Humanities - Music & Technology
David Musial & students, Dept of Art, Music & Technology
The Animation Soundtrack Showcase
Mar 29
Tue
3:00pm
Burchard 124
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Michael Ferris, University of Wisconsin
Sampling issues for optimization in radiotherapy
Mar 30
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Garth D. Ehrlich, Drexel University College of Medicine
The role of bacterial phenotypic and genotypic diversity in maintaining chronic infections
April  
Apr 4
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Shai Halevi, IBM T.J. Watson
A cryptographic model for access control
Apr 5
Tue
4:00pm
Morton 203
Mathematical Sciences - Nonlinear Systems
Luc Rey-Bellet, University of Massachusetts
Statistical mechanics of the nonlinear wave equation
Apr 6
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
James McClellan, Division of Humanities
Tales From the Crypt Archives: Reflections of a Scholar
Apr 6
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Orlin Velev, North Carolina State University
On-chip dielectrophoretic manipulation and assembly of nanoparticles, live cells and droplets
Apr 6
Wed
2:30pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Phong Vo, AT&T - Research
Vcodex: A platform for data transformation
Apr 11
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
R. Chandramouli, Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Opportunistic Encryption to Optimize Security vs. Throughput Trade-off in Wireless Networks
Apr 11
Mon
4:00pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
Bissinger Lecture Series on Science & Humanities
Claudine Cohen, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Women in Prehistory: A Fresh Look at Human Evolution
Apr 12
Tue
4:00pm
Morton 203
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Jeffrey Linderoth, Lehigh University
Multistage Stochastic Linear Programming on a Computational Grid
Apr 13
Wed
8:30a-3:30p
Hayden Hall
Lounge
4th Annual ISSA Graduate Student Conference
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Societies of ISSA
Conference Schedule
Apr 13
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
Manu Malek, Dept of Computer Science
Persian Poetry: From Classic to Modern
Apr 15
Fri
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
M.R. Flannery, Georgia Institute of Technology
Interactions and Collisions in Ultracold Rydberg Plasmas
Apr 18
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Wenliang (Kevin) Du, Syracuse University
On Privacy-Preserving Data Mining: Deriving Private Information from Disguised Data
Apr 19
Tue
4:00pm
Morton 203
Mathematical Sciences - Nonlinear Systems
Victor Donnay, Bryn Mawr
Computer Visualization In Mathematics
Apr 20
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
Mehment Erol
Current Trends in Middle Eastern and Turkish Foreign Policy
Apr 20
Wed
2:15pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Peter W. Schiller, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
Opioid peptide-based drug development
Apr 20
Wed
2:00pm
Burchard 118
Stevens Center for Science Writings & Communication
Panelists: John Horgan, Alan Lightman, Michael Waldholz, Chris Search
Panel Discussion:  Can Science be the Stuff of Prose?
Apr 20
Wed
4:00pm
Burchard 118
Bissinger Lecture Series on Science & Humanities
Alan Lightman, MIT
The Physicist as Novelist: Similarities and Differences between Scientist and Artist
Apr 21
Thu
4:00pm
DeBaun
  Auditorium
Humanities - Music & Technology
David Musial & students, Dept of Art, Music & Technology
Student Electronic Music Concert
Apr 26
Tue
4:00pm
Morton 203
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Mikhail Smirnov, Columbia University
Dynamic Leverage: A Contingent Claims Approach
Apr 27
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
Mary Ann Hellrigel, Division of Humanities
Thomas Edison's Jungle Experience
Apr 27
Wed
4:00pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
Mathematical Sciences - Celebrating Mathematical Awareness Month
Roger Pinkham, Dept of Mathematical Sciences
Mathematical Delights
May  
May 2
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Jaideep Vaidya Rutgers University
Privacy-Preserving Outlier Detection
May 4
Wed
5:00pm
Kidde 228

Reception

7:30pm
Kidde 228
Turkish & Middle Eastern Studies and Light Millennium
A Panel session
Cultural Diversity, Removing Prejudice & Fostering Global Connectivity


A lecture by preeminent Turkish author, Adalet Agaoglu
Developments in the Turkish Novel Between 1970-80
May 6-8
Fri-Sun

Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
Workshop On Science & Technology Studies
Department of History, Stevens Institute of Technology
The Applied-Science Problem
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