THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR

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Wiener Symposium  - October 8-14, 1994
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Norbert Wiener was an important figure in mathematics and its applications.  
He was also an important figure at M.I.T.  We are celebrating the centennial 
of his birth with a week-long Symposium, October 8-14.

Specific information about the Symposium can be requested from Susan Worton 
(e-mail address below). In short, the Columbus Day weekend (3 days) is devoted 
to current mathematics research in which Norbert made fundamental contributions.  
A day each will be devoted to physics, electrical engineering and computer science, 
financial economics, and biology, which have strong and growing relationships to 
mathematics.  Banquets are scheduled Sunday and Thursday evenings.  Special evening 
sessions will be devoted to Wiener at M.I.T. and Wiener's philosophy on science and 
society.

You are cordially invited to join the celebration.  We also urge you to inform your colleagues and students about the Symposium.

If you have any questions or would like more detailed information, please contact Susan Worton (e-mail: susany@math.mit.edu).  If you plan to attend either banquet, please make 
your reservation with Ms. Worton.  We hope you will celebrate the Wiener Symposium with us.

Week of October 9-October 15, 1994

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 10:30 am

Boston University
Special Seminar
Room SCI-352, 590 Commonwealth Avenue 
"Time's Arrow and Quantum Measurement Theory"
PROFESSOR L. SCHULMAN
Clarkson University

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 4:00 pm

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Physics Colloquium
Olin Hall (Physics), Room 107
"Determining Wave Propagation in Bounded Media 
without Boundary Conditions: Applications to 
Optical Activity"
DONALD F. NELSON
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Coffee will be served at 3:45 pm in Olin 118

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 4:00 pm

Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium
Physics Building, Abelson 131
"From Alpha to Bethe and Gamov: Nucleosynthesis 
and Stellar Energy Till the 1950s"
PROFESSOR SAM SCHWEBER
Brandeis University
Refreshments will be served in Room 333 at 3:30 pm

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 4:15 pm

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Astrophysics Colloquium
Marlar Lounge (37-252), 70 Vassar Street
"Observations of the Universe at Ultra-low 
Surface Brightness"
DR. JULIANNE DALCANTON
Princeton University
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 pm

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 4:00 pm

Northeastern University
Special Physics Seminar
114 Dana
"Scaling in Gel Electrophoresis of DNA"
DR. GERARD BARKEMA
Cornell University

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 4:30 pm

Harvard University
Joint Theory Seminar
Jefferson 256
"A New Interpretation of the Schr\"{o}dinger Wave"
YAKIR AHARONOV
Boston University, Tel Aviv University, and
the University of South Carolina

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 12 noon

Harvard University
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Pierce 100F
"Dislocations in Solids, Order(N) Methods"
PROFESSOR THOMAS ARIAS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2:30 pm

Brown University
Theoretical Seminar
Physics Department, Barus & Holley, Room 555
"A Quantum Gravitational Mechanism for Exiting Inflation"
PROFESSOR R. WOODARD
University of Florida

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 3:30 pm

Harvard University
Special Materials Science Seminar
The David Turnbull Room, Gordon McKay Laboratory
Room 402, 9 Oxford Street
"Nonequilibrium Roughening of Interfaces in Crystal 
Subjected to Shear: Application to Ball Milling"
PASCAL BELLON
CEN, Saclay, France

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 4:00 pm

Clark University
Physics Colloquium
Sackler Science Center, Room N-105
"Electrokinetics and Permeability of Random Porous Media"
DR. DAVID PENGRA
University of Massachusetts-Amherst

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 4:15 pm

Harvard University
Special Theory Seminar
Jefferson 256
"Exact Results in 4D Supersymmetric Gauge Theories"
KEN INTRILIGATOR
Rutgers University

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 4:15 pm

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physics Colloquium
Room 10-250
"The Hubble Space Telescope: New Perspectives"
H.S. PETER STOCKMAN
Space Telescope Institute
Refreshments served at 3:45 pm outside Room 10-250

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 12:30 pm

Boston University
Condensed Matter Seminar
Room SCI-352, 590 Commonwealth Avenue
"The Mystery of the Constant Phase Angle Impedence"
PROFESSOR P. WONG
University of Massachusetts-Amherst

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 4:00 pm

Harvard University
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
209 Pierce Hall
"Universality in DNA Statistical Structure"
PROFESSOR MARK AZBEL
Tel Aviv University
Refreshments follow the talk in the Brooks Room