mpipks colloquia in 2008


15.12.2008
Nicolas Brunel, CNRS, Université Paris
"Optimizing information storage in neural circuits:
Consequences on the statistics of synaptic connectivity"

08.12.2008
Martin Holthaus,
Universität Oldenburg
"Near-field scanning thermal microscopy"

01.12.2008
Martin Wolf, Freie Universität Berlin
"Ultrafast dynamics of correlated electron systems"


17.11.2008
Alois Loidl,
Universität Augsburg
"Frustrated lattices in spinel compounds"
24.11.2008
John S Briggs,
Universität Freiburg
"Max Born's legacy to quantum mechanics:
From entanglement to quantum gravity"

10.11.2008
Frédéric Mila,
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
"Exploring the physics of lattice bosons with quantum magnets"
03.11.2008
Qian Niu,
University of Texas
"Berry phase effects on spin and charge transport"

27.10.2008
Andreas Bausch,
Technische Universität München
"Cytoskeletal mechanics: Structure and dynamics"


20.10.2008
Peter Wölfle,
Universität Karlsruhe
"The Kondo effect: From magnetic alloys to nanoelectronics"

13.10.2008
Nigel E. Hussey
, University of Bristol
"Anisotropic scattering and anomalous criticality in high temperature superconductors"


06.10.2008
Fred MacKintosh
, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
"Non-equilibrium mechanics and fluctuations in the cytoskeleton"
15.09.2008
Martin Maxey,
Brown University, Providence (USA)
"Active particle suspensions: Inertial particles in turbulence to micro-swimmers"
22.09.2008
Eberhard Bodenschatz,
MPI für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation
"Taming electrophysiological turbulence of the heart"

01.09.2008
Paul Chaikin,
New York University
"Toward self-replication with colloids"


18.08.2008
Ulrich Weiss,
University of Stuttgart
"Decoherence and relaxation of coupled qubits"

04.08.2008
Andrea Cavalleri,
University of Hamburg
"Stimulated cooperative dynamics in complex solids"


28.07.2008
K
evin Bassler, University of Houston
"The evolution of networks of competing Boolean nodes"
21.07.2008
Uri Banin,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Hybrid metal-semiconductor and semiconductor-semiconductor nanoparticles: From architecture to function"
14.07.2008
Falk Lederer
, Universität Jena
"Shaping light in structured materials"
07.07.2008
Manfred Sigrist
, ETH Zürich
"How to form Cooper pairs without inversion symmetry?"

30.06.2008
Piers Coleman
, Rutgers University
"Qu-transitions. Phase transitions in the quantum era"


23.06.2008
Alan Tennant
, Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin
"Magnets as model systems - why simpler is better"


17.06.2008
Laurens Molenkamp,
Universität Würzburg
"Quantum spin Hall effect"
09.06.2008
Raymond Shaw
, Pennsylvania State University
"Several unsolved problems in the physics of atmospheric clouds"
02.06.2008
Carsten Honerkamp
, Universität Würzburg
"Lifestyles of the small and simple - exploring the world of interacting lattice fermions"
26.05.2008
Udo Seifert
, Universität Stuttgart
"Stochastic thermodynamics"
19.05.2008
Marileen Dogterom
, AMOLF Amsterdam
"Interaction of dynamic microtubule ends with 'cortical' dynein in vitro"
05.05.2008
Guido Caldarelli,
University of Rome
"Self-organized network evolution coupled to extremal dynamics"
28.04.2008
Jeroen van den Brink
, Universiteit Leiden
"Novel routes to Multiferroics"
21.04.2008
Roland Netz
, Technische Universität München
"Protein adhesion, friction and unfolding: Theoretical approaches"
14.04.2008
Michael Berry
, University of Bristol
"Tsunami asymptotics"
07.04.2008
Albrecht Ott
"Criticality and spontaneous symmetry breaking are part of Hydra's developmental program for axis definition"
31.03.2008
Martin Gutzwiller Fellowship, Award Ceremony
Mahir S. Hussein
"Role of chaos in the collective response of atom clusters and nuclei"
18.02.2008
Charles Marcus
, Harvard University
"Schrödinger's Chip: Semiconductor approaches to quantum information"
28.01.2008
Achim Richter, TU Darmstadt
"Playing billiards with microwaves - Quantum manifestations of classical chaos"
21.01.2008
Jascha Repp, Universität Regensburg
"Current-induced conductance switching of individual molecules"
07.01.2008
Hiroki Sayama, Binghamton University, SUNY, USA
"Self-organizing structures and behaviors of heterogeneous self-propelled particle swarm models"

previous colloquia in 2007
2006
2004/2005
2003/2002
2001/2000
Colloquia 2008