Program Schedule
 

Time Event Speaker

13:45 – 14:00

Registration
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14:00 – 14:05

Welcome Remarks
 

14:05 – 14:40

Turing Machines in Biological Evolution
(Abstract)
Robert Austin
(Princeton University and HKUST IAS)

14:40 – 15:15

Why Do We Want Superconductivity at Higher Temperature, and How Do We Achieve It?
(Abstract)
Paul C. W. Chu
(University of Houston and Taiwan Comprehensive University System)

15:15 – 15:50

Condensed Matter Physics: Nanoscience and Superconductivity
(Abstract)
Marvin Cohen
(University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and HKUST IAS)

15:50 – 16:05

Refreshments

16:05 – 16:40

Inflationary Cosmology in Light of Planck
(Abstract)
John Ellis
(King's College London, CERN and HKUST IAS)

16:40 – 17:15

Algebras, Groups and Strings
Peter Goddard
(Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)

17:15 – 17:50

Supersymmetry, the Higgs Mass and String Theory
(Abstract)
 
Luis Ibanez
(Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid )

17:50 – 18:00

Closing Remarks
 

 

Venue
 
HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST (near South Entrance)
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