2-29 January 2014

Activities

International Conference (13 - 17 January 2014)

Venue: IAS Lecture Theater, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST

Schedule: (Updated on 16 January 2014)
 

 
13 Jan | 14 Jan | 15 Jan | 16 Jan | 17 Jan


13 January 2014 (Monday)

Time

Event

Chair

08:25 – 08:45

Registration with refreshment

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08:45 – 09:00

Welcome & Opening by President Tony F. Chan

Penger Tong,
HKUST

09:00 – 10:00

Keynote Talk #1: Tom Lubensky, University of Pennsylvania

“Isostatic Lattice: From Jamming to Topological Surface Phonons” [Abstract]

Ping Sheng,
HKUST

10:00 – 10:40

Talk #1: Itai Cohen, Cornell University

“Using a Confocal Rheoscope to Investigate Soft Squishy Materials” [Abstract]

10:40 – 11:10

Tea Break

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11:10 – 11:50

Talk #2: Eric Weeks, Emory University

“Flow of Jammed Quasi-two-dimensional Emulsion Droplets” [Abstract]

Itai Cohen,
Cornell University

11:50 – 12:30

Talk #3: Zexin Zhang, Soochow University

“Dynamical Heterogeneities and Cooperative Rearrangements in Attractive Colloidal Glasses” [Abstract]

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch (self-arranged)

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14:00 – 15:00

Keynote Talk #2: Masao Doi, Beihang University

“Physics in Drying of Polymer Solutions” [Abstract]

Pik-Yin Lai, National Central University

15:00 – 15:40

Talk #4: Haiping Fang, Chinese Academy of Sciences

“Surf-riding in Thermal Fluctuations of Asymmetric Molecules – Orientation-dependent Free Diffusion and Directional Transportation of Asymmetrical Molecules at Room Temperature” [Abstract]

15:40 – 16:10

Tea Break

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16:10 – 16:50

Talk #5: Yilong Han, HKUST

“Nucleation in Solid-solid Transitions of Colloidal Crystals” [Abstract]

Hsuan-Yi Chen, National Central University

16:50 – 17:30

Talk #6, Lei Xu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

“Visualizing Kinetic Pathways of Homogeneous Nucleation in Colloidal Crystallization” [Abstract]

 
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14 January 2014 (Tuesday)

Time

Event

Chair

09:00 – 10:00

Keynote Talk #3: Robert Kohn, New York University

“An Approach to the Analysis of Wrinkling through Scaling Laws and Bounds” [Abstract]

Xiao-Ping Wang, HKUST

10:00 – 10:40

Talk #7: Chun Liu, The Penn State University

“An Energetic Variational Approach for Ionic Fluids and Ion Channels” [Abstract]

10:40 – 11:10

Tea Break

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11:10 – 11:50

Talk #8: Ming-Chih Lai, National Chiao Tung University

“Numerical Simulations of Vesicle Dynamics by Immersed Boundary Method” [Abstract]

Chun Liu,
The Penn State University

11:50 – 12:30

Talk #9: Xiao-Ping Wang, HKUST

“Analysis of Contact Angle Hysteresis” [Abstract]

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch (self-arranged)

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14:00 – 14:40

Talk #10: Ming Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences

“Kinetics of Single DNA Compaction by Multivalent Cations: Effect of Twist Constraint” [Abstract]

Eric Weeks,
Emory University

14:40 – 15:20

Talk #11: Xiangjun Xing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

“Some Recent Results on Coulomb Many-body Systems” [Abstract]

15:20 – 15:30

Group Photo

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15:30 – 17:30

Poster Session

IAS Refreshments

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18:00 – 20:00

Reception at UC Bistro, HKUST

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15 January 2014 (Wednesday)

Time

Event

Chair

9:00 –
10:00

Keynote Talk #4: David Weitz, Harvard University

“Fluctuations and Stiffness of Cells” [Abstract]

Eric Perez,
École Normale Supérieure

10:00 – 10:40

Talk #12: Fred MacKintosh, VU University

“Elasticity on the Edge of Stability: Soft Matter Inspired by the Cell” [Abstract]

10:40 – 11:10

Tea Break

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11:10 – 11:50

Talk #13: Eric Perez, École Normale Supérieure

“Membrane Fusion in Intracellular Trafficking and Fertilisation: Molecules, Forces, Energies and Networking” [Abstract]

Ming Li,
Chinese Academy of Sciences

11:50 – 12:30

Talk #14 Shi Jue, Hong Kong Baptist University

“Unraveling Cell Fate Control by Differential Pathway Dynamics at the Single Cell Level” [Abstract]

12:30 – 17:30

Local Tour with Lunch (Paying Activity)

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16 January 2014 (Thursday)

Time

Event

Chair

09:00 – 10:00

Keynote Talk #5: Daan Frenkel, University of Cambridge

“Granular Entropy and the Gibbs Paradox” [Abstract]

Fred MacKintosh, VU University

10:00 – 10:40

Talk #15: Ning Xu, University of Science and Technology of China

“Understanding the Glass Transition from Structural and Vibrational Properties of the Zero-temperature Glasses” [Abstract]

10:40 – 11:10

Tea Break

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11:10 – 11:50

Talk #16: Nico van der Vegt, Technical University of Darmstadt

“Molecular Driving Forces for Cosolvent-induced Conformational Changes of Water-soluble Macromolecules and Proteins” [Abstract]

Haiping Fang, Chinese Academy of Sciences

11:50 – 12:30

Talk #17: Alex Levine, University of California, Los Angeles

“Non-equilibrium Semiflexible Networks: Aging, Ripping, and Motor-driven Fluctuations” [Abstract]

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch (self-arranged)

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14:00 – 14:40

Talk #18: Sriram Ramaswamy, TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences

“Motile Fluids: Granular, Colloidal and Living” [Abstract]

Ning Xu,
University of Science and Technology of China

14:40 – 15:20

Talk #19: Yu-qiang Ma, Nanjing University

“Disclination Dynamics Revealing Collective Motions in Active Nematics” [Abstract]

15:20 – 16:00

Talk #20: James Feng, The University of British Columbia

“Bubble Migration and Size Segregation in Sheared Two-dimensional Foam” [Abstract]

16:00 – 16:30

Tea Break

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16:30 – 17:10

Talk #21: Hsuan-Yi Chen, National Central University

“Symmetry Breaking Bacterial Motility” [Abstract]

Sriram Ramaswamy, TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences

17:10 – 17:50

Talk #22: Hepeng Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

“Mechanics and Statistics of Bacterial Locomotion” [Abstract]

18:00 – 21:00

Banquet at Sai Kung (Seafood will be served)

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17 January 2014 (Friday)

Time

Event

Chair

09:00 – 10:00

Keynote Talk #6: Paul Chaikin, New York University

“Self-Replication, Exponential Growth and Evolutionary Selection of Artificial Systems” [Abstract]

Daniel Ou-Yang,
Lehigh University

10:00 – 10:40

Talk #23: John Crocker, University of Pennsylvania

“Transforming Colloidal Crystals and Clusters with DNA Handshaking” [Abstract]

10:40 – 11:10

Tea Break

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11:10 – 11:50

Talk #24: Jerome Bibette, ESPCI Paris Tech

"Adaptative Radiation Within Microbial Populations Under Stress" [Abstract]

John Crocker,
University of Pennsylvania

11:50 – 12:30

Talk #25: Elisabeth Charlaix, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble

"Effect of Surface Elasticity on the Rheology of Nanometric Liquids"

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch (self-arranged)

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14:00 – 14:40

Talk #26: Weiqing Ren, National University of Singapore

“Modeling and Simulation of Moving Contact Lines in Multi-phase Flows” [Abstract]

James Feng,
The University of British Columbia

14:40 – 15:20

Talk #27: Shuyu Sun, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

“Simulating Compositional Two-Phase Fluid Systems using a Diffusive Interface Model” [Abstract]

15:20 – 15:50

Tea Break

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15:50 – 16:30

Talk #28: Tiezheng Qian, HKUST

“Droplet Motion Driven by Liquid-vapor Transition at Three-phase Contact Line” [Abstract]

Penger Tong,
HKUST

16:30 – 17:10

Talk #29: Anderson Shum, The University of Hong Kong

“All-aqueous Emulsions – Formation, Characterization and Stability” [Abstract]

17:10 – 17:20

Concluding Remarks

 

Penger Tong
HKUST

 
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