From evi@gopher.chem.wayne.edu Thu Feb 9 12:34:53 1995 Received: from CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU for evi@gopher.chem.wayne.edu by www.ccl.net (8.6.9/930601.1506) id KAA27281; Thu, 9 Feb 1995 10:39:28 -0500 Received: from gopher.chem.wayne.edu by CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Thu, 09 Feb 95 10:39:12 EST Received: by gopher.chem.wayne.edu (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA00260; Thu, 9 Feb 1995 10:36:06 +0500 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 10:36:05 -0500 (EST) From: Evelyn Goldfield X-Sender: evi@gopher.chem.wayne.edu To: molecular-dynamics-news@mailbase.ac.uk, chemistry@ccl.net Subject: PC95info (fwd) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII content-length: 5987 ------------------------------------------------------- PHYSICS COMPUTING '95 [for the latest info see http://aps.org] June 5-8 1995 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania This conference will present some of the newest research results and developments in computational physics in a wide variety of subjects, including mini-symposia on lattice gauge theory, density functional methods, advances in computational materials science, computers in education, nonlinear dynamics and time series analysis. The conference is sponsored by the American Physical Society Division of Computational Physics. ABSTRACTS Abstracts are due by March 10, 1995. They can be mailed to APS Meetings Department/PC95 Abstracts One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3844 or submitted electronically. For information on electronic abstracts, send email to abs-info@aps.org. Please include the word "info" in the text of your message. LOCATION The Westin William Penn, a national landmark, is located in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh within one block of notable restaurants, tourist attractions, shopping centers and sporting events. The Westin William Penn features 595 guest rooms, a business center, a fitness center, two restaurants and two lounges, and valet parking. All of which are accessible to the handicapped in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Each guest room features color television, radio, voice message service, alarm clock, hairdryers, and bath amenities. ACCOMMODATIONS The Westin William Penn 530 William Penn Place Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 281-7100 Fax: (412) 553-5239 Single and Double Room Rates: $101.00/night One bedroom suite: $190/night Room Reservation DEADLINE: May 8, 1995 TRAVEL The Westin William Penn is only 25 minutes from the Pittsburgh International Airport, the hub airport facility for USAir. The Airport Limousine Bus Company provides transportation on a regular basis to and from the airport. The cost is $12.00 one way or $20.00 for a round trip. At the airport, follow signs to ground transportation. The shuttle schedule to the The Westin William Penn: Monday though Friday: Hourly 6:45 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: Hourly 7:10 a.m. until 11:40 p.m The hotel is a few blocks from the Pittsburgh bus and train stations. A taxi is suggested as the simplest way to find it from either. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT... Lorilee Graul Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 4400 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 graul@psc.edu 412-268-5131 or APS Meetings Department scanlan@aps.org 301-209-3288 (phone) 301-209-0866 (fax) CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Plenary speakers: Tomas Arias, MIT, Wavelet bases in the numerical solution of coupled non-linear partial differential equations and applied to the ab initio calculation of electronic structure Roberto Car, Lausanne David Landau, Georgia, Exploring Phase Transitions with Modern Monte Carlo Techniques Zaida Luthey-Schulten, NCSA, Protein structure prediction using optimized hamiltonians Gregory Mcrae, MIT, Quantum Mechanics, Chemical Plants, and the Environment Bruce Sherwood, Carnegie-Mellon, Using and developing educational software Junko Shigemitsu, Ohio State, Using Numerical Simulations to Probe the Standard Model of Particle Physics Steve White, Irvine, The Density Matrix Renormalization Group Gert Zumofen, ETH Zurich, Levy Statistics in Dynamical Systems and Related Phenomena MINI-SYMPOSIA Contributed talks are welcome. See above for information on submitting abstracts. Note the firm March 10 deadline. NONLINEAR DYNAMICS MINI-SYMPOSIUM Coordinator: Dawn Meridith, meridith@aretha.unh.edu Invited talks: Gert Zumofen, ETH Zurich, Levy Statistics in Dynamical Systems and Related Phenomena (plenary talk) Tim Sauer, George Mason University, Reliability of computed trajectories in chaotic simulations Kevin Short, University of New Hampshire, Computational issues in unmasking chaotic communications Emily Stone, Utah State University, Archetypical analysis of complex spatio-temporal data sets James Theiler, Los Alamos National Lab, Hypothesis testing in nonlinear time series using constrained-realization surrogate data MINI-SYMPOSIUM ON THE ROLE OF COMPUTATION IN THE UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS CURRICULUM Coordinators: Harvey Gould (hgould@black.clarku.edu), Bob Ehrlich, and Michael Strayer Invited talks: Amy Bug, Swarthmore, chair Bruce Sherwood, Carnegie-Mellon, Using and developing educational software (plenary talk) Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College Jim Feagin, California State University, Fullerton John Risley, North Carolina State University Jan Tobochnik, Kalamazoo College LATTICE GAUGE THEORY MINI-SYMPOSIUM Coordinator: Claudio Rebbi, rebbi@pthind.bu.edu Invited talks: Junko Shigemitsu, Ohio State, Using Numerical Simulations to Probe the Standard Model of Particle Physics (plenary talk) Aida El-Khadra Steve Gottlieb Vittorio Lubicz Robert Mawhinney MINI-SYMPOSIA ON "DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHODS" AND "ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE" Coordinator: Barry Klein, klein@bethe.ucdavis.edu Physics Computing '95 program committee: Dan C. Barnes (Conference Chair) Michael Creutz (Program Chair) David Anderson Jay Boris Emily A. Carter Richard DeVore Gary Doolen Robert Ehrlich Roscoe Giles Evelyn Goldfield Harvey Gould Barry M. Klein Dawn C. Meredith John Negele Elaine Oran Sok Pantelides Karin M. Rabe Claudio Rebbi Peter Reynolds Ralph Roskies Michael R. Strayer Robert Swendsen