BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The communication of scientific knowledge in society. The role of the media DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19990923T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19990923T144500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033919@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Why should the media report on science - and how? Increasingly scientific influence is regarded as risky or even dangerous\, for example nuclear power or genetic engineering. Societies have to decide on such is sues and therefore people have to be informed about these kinds of science . And where science itself is under scrutiny\, media have to provide argum ents and room or time for discussion. \n\nIn that view the job of science journalism is not only to translate scientific speech into everyday langua ge - as science journalism is often regarded. Science journalism also has to consider the context the man in the street is interested in. \n\nThese are two different goals science reporting has to address. And it is necess ary to distinguish between the two levels of serving readers interests. Sc ience journalists should orient themselves on journalistic rules\, not sci entific needs. And scientists should know that journalists are not the tra nslators of scientists. The arising conflicts between scientists and Journ alists will be discussed.Organiser(s): James Gillies/ AS DivisionNote: * T ea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/confer enceDisplay.py?confId=a033919 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033919 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Physics and information technology - an interplay between science \nand engineering\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991014T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991014T144500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033920@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:In the last decade of this century and millennium\, the comput er and communication revolution has shown its power to transform the socie ty. \n\nIn this talk I will reflect on my personal experience of witnessin g \nthis revolution from an observation post in Silicon Valley. In \nparti cular\, I will emphasise the role of physics and the interplay \nbetween s cience and engineering in this development. \n\nInformation technology is often viewed as based on some physics \ndiscoveries and inventions such as the transistor and the \nsemiconductor laser. Much of the subsequent deve lopment\, the \nintegrated circuit being a good example\, has been an engi neering \nfeat. \n\nWith shrinking dimensions of the circuits we are appro aching the \nquantum limitations\, requiring new types of computer archite ctures \nbased on fundamental physics concepts. In this context we may ask \nif we should include the basic concepts of information and information handling as part of physics. \n\nFinally I will include some remarks on th e views of physics as seen \nin the eyes of a group of politicians.\n\nThi s is based on a personal experience as past chairman of a \nparliamentary committee on science policy in Sweden. Organiser(s): James GILLIES / AS Di vision\n\nNote: Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\nhttp://indico .cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033920 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033920 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Scientists as Shamans\, Shamans as Scientists DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991021T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991021T144500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033921@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Shamanism and science share unsuspected common ground\, cast l ight on each other and confirm each other as paths to knowledge.\n\nOrgani ser(s): James GILLIES/AS DivisionNote: Tea & coffee will be served at 16:0 0 hrs\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033921 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033921 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Reconstructing human evolution\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991104T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991104T154500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033922@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:One can reconstruct human evolution using modern genetic data and \nmodels based on the mathematical theory of evolution and its four ma jor factors: mutation\, natural selection\, statistical fluctuations in fi nite populations (random genetic drift)\, and migration. Archaeology gives some help on the major dates and events of the process. Chances of studyi ng ancient DNA are very limited but there have been a few successful resul ts. Studying DNA instead of proteins\, as was done until a few years ago\, and in particular the DNA of mitochondria and of the Y chromosome which a re transmitted\, respectively\, by the maternal line and the paternal line \, has greatly simplified the analysis. It is now possible to carry the an alysis on individuals\, while earlier studies were of necessity based on p opulations. Also the evolution of 'culture' (i.e. what we learn \nfrom oth ers)\, in particular that of languages\, gives some help and can be greatl y enlightened by genetic studies. Even though it is largely based on mecha nisms of mutation and transmission quite different from the genetic ones\, it has similar patterns.\n\nOrganiser(s): James Gillies / AS Division\n\n Note: Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/c onferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033922 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033922 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Digging for the human mind: cognitive archaeology and the origins of science\, art and religion DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991118T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991118T154500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033923@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Understanding the nature of the human mind is one of the great est challenges faced by science\, and one which requires the participation of many disciplines. During the last decade there have been strong argume nts that an evolutionary perspective on the mind is required Ñ just like any other species humans are the products of biological evolution and this will have moulded the way we think as much as the way we walk and talk. S ome evolutionary psychologists go so far as to argue that the way we think remains largely conditioned by the lifestyle of our prehistoric hunter-ga therer ancestors. While there is both logic and substantial evidence for t his claim\, it fails to account for many of the activities of modern human s which have no \nevolutionary precedent or even the faintest trace in our closest \nliving relative\, the great apes. Notably among these are the p ursuit of pure science\, art and religion Ñ activities that appear to lac k any functional value. In my paper I will suggest how these can indeed be accounted for from an evolutionary perspective by examining the details o f the archaeological record and examining the mental architecture of Neand erthals and other human ancestors and relatives.Organiser(s): James Gillie s / AS DivisionNote: * Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\n\nhttp ://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033923 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033923 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Changing perspectives on public understanding of science in the UK \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20000204T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20000204T154500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033924@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Activities to promote public understanding of science in the U K date back over 150 years. \nSince the mid-1980s\, however\, there has be en a substantial growth of interest and activities in this area. This pres entation will highlight a number of the developments that have taken place . \nHowever\, the apparent success of these activities is challenged by co ncern that enough able young people are still not being attracted into sci ence\, and the low level of appreciation of science that has characterised recent public discussion about issues such as genetically modified crops and foods. These concerns have helped to prompt an inquiry by the House of Lords into science and society and a review of the role of COPUS\, the Co mmittee on the Public Understanding of Science. Neither has been completed but both will be discussed.\n\nOrganiser(s): James Gillies / ETT Division Note: Please note unusual day.\nTea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\ n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033924 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033924 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Is evaluation of scientists objective? DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20000511T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20000511T144500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033925@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:There is ample data demonstrating that female scientists advan ce at a far slower rate than their male colleagues. The low numbers of fem ale professors in European and North American universities is\, thus\, not solely an effect of few women in the recruitment pool but also to obstacl es specific to the female gender. Together with her colleague Christine We nnerås\, Agnes Wold conducted a study of the evaluation process at the Sw edish Medical Research Council. Evaluators judged the \n'scientific compet ence'\, 'research proposal' and 'methodology' of applicants for post-docto ral positions in 1995. By relating the scores for 'scientific competence' to the applicants' scientific productivity and other factors using multipl e regression\, Wennerås and Wold demonstrated that the applicant's sex ex erted a strong influence on the 'competence' score so that male applicants were perceived as being \nmore competent than female applicants of equal productivity. The study was published in Nature (vol 387\, p 341-3\, 1997) and inspired several studies of the review process in other research coun cils in Europe.Organiser(s): James Gillies / ETT DivisionNote: Tea & coffe e will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay. py?confId=a033925 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033925 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Galileo Galilei: a Poet against Academia\, in English for the Firs t Time DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20000621T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20000621T144500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033926@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Everyone knows Galileo Galilei as an astronomer\, physicist an d writer of books that changed our perception of the world. Few people kno w that Galileo also wrote poetry in elegant XVI century Italian. While all major Galileo works were almost immediately translated into English\, his poetry never was. Giovanni F. Bignami\, a long-time AAS member\, Rossi pr ize-winner in 1993\, has now translated the longest of Galileo's poems 'Co ntro il portar la toga'. It is a satiric poem of 301 lines\, written in 15 90 when Galileo was the poorest paid lecturer at the Pisa University. He d espised and challenged Pisa's strict \nacademic tradition especially the r ule obliging professors to wear their gown at all times\, under penalty of a stiff fine. To deride such rule he wrote 'Against the Donning of the Go wn'. The poem\, little known even in Italy\, presents a fascinating new Ga lileo: mocking\, witty\, biting\, at times shocking for his directness. Th e English version\, in iambic pentameter\, keeps the terse rhyming pattern of the original Italian and is printed vis-à-vis Galileo's Italian. Also \nGalileo's unsolved riddle 'Enigma'\, in sonnet form\, is translated\, a nd a solution is proposed in graphic form. Samples of the translation (wit h drawings) can be found at http://www.galileounaluna.com/.\n\nOrganiser(s ): James Gillies / ETT DivisionNote: Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033926 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033926 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bridging the Information Gap in Neuroscience DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20001218T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20001218T163000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033927@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Developments in modern computer-aided microscopies and advance s in high performance computational infrastructure offer great promise for delivery of new information about the structural and functional dynamics of the nervous system. Neuroscientists are involved in research covering a wide range of scales\, from modeling molecular events and subcellular org anelles to mapping of brain systems. They are also interested in the ways in which single neurons and small networks of neurons process and store in formation. It is now possible to create detailed models of single neurons and to use these as the starting point for modeling the complex properties of neurons and neuronal networks. Breakthroughs in optical imaging method s and image processing have provided spectacular new opportunities for der iving information about the 3-D relationships between biological structure s. Structure-function work is rapidly moving into the realm of 4-D imaging . The speaker will describe the development of novel techniques for 3 dime nsional visualization of neuronal structures and modeling of their dynamic properties. He will place special emphasis on examples that involve the a pplication of parallel processing and distributed computing. He will also highlight progress in the field of remote access to highly specialized and expensive instruments\, like high voltage electron microscopes. Telemicro scopy\, as it is called\, promises to make the technologies described in t his presentation widely available to scientists\, even at smaller colleges and universities.Organiser(s): James Gillies / ETT DivisionNote: Tea & co ffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDispl ay.py?confId=a033927 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033927 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Science Education: Problems\, Issues and Dilemmas DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20010426T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20010426T153000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a035076@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:This presentation will consider the many problems and dilemmas that surround contemporary science education and the arguments for change . The core status of science on the curriculum can only be justified if th e curriculum offers something that is of universal value to every young pe rson. Traditionally\, science education has been a preparation for a scien tific career. Yet if\, as commonly portrayed\, science is merely a gateway to a set of limited career options in science and technology\, it merits no higher status than any other optional subject and this reason alone is insufficient to merit universal compulsion and a place at the curriculum h igh table.\n\nIn addition\, the emphasis on content by traditional science courses has led to the exclusion of any education about the other three p illars on which any public understanding of science rests - the processes of science\, an analysis of risks and benefits\, and a knowledge of the so cial practices of science - knowledge which is necessary for the future ci tizen. Including these aspects will require a course that approaches the c ontent\, not from a foundational perspective where the final holistic pict ure is only accessible for those who complete a full education in science\ , but rather from an approach that emphasises the major explanatory storie s that science has to offer. It would also require the scientific communit y to expect less of school science. Rather\, such a course would seek to e mphasise the development of an appreciation of science as a cultural activ ity rather than an extensive knowledge of its contents.\n\nIt will be argu ed that it is essential for any new curricula to make science education mo re relevant to contemporary students - developing an awareness that scienc e is both an interesting and important activity\, and the capacity of stud ents to engage with science in a positive and enthusiastic manner. Scienti sts\, such as those at CERN\, \nhave an important role to play in communic ating the incredible achievements they have made\, the importance of scien ce in our culture and the value of an understanding of science as a genera l qualification and ways in which this can be achieved will be explored.\n \nHowever\, a number of obstacles to improving the quality of science educ ation exist. The introduction on standards has reinforced the dominance of easily assessable content and the attempt to make the important measurabl e\, has made only the measurable important. The imposition of such framewo rks has undermined teachers' sense of commitment and professionalism\, and many are now resistant to change. \nThese issues\, examples of new approa ches\, their implications and more will be discussed and explored in this lecture.\n\nOrganiser(s): James Gillies / ETT DivisionNote: * Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.p y?confId=a035076 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a035076 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dynamics of correlations for integrable and non-integrable systems - A two levels formulation of laws of nature DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020124T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020124T163000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033929@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Hamiltonian systems can be classified according to Poincaré i nto integrable and non-integrable systems. On the other hand\, our previou s work introduced a formulation of dynamics based on the evolution of corr elations. It is shown that for integrable systems this method is equivalen t to the diagonalisation problem of the Hamiltonian for integrable systems but our method can be easily extended to non-integrable systems through a nalytic continuation. This leads to a description of unstable dressed exci ted states\, as well as to excitations for interacting fields. The mechani sm of the formation of dressed objects will be analysed in terms of two di fferent time scales. The analogy with these dissipative structures will be emphasized. We may distinguish two levels in the formulation of laws of n ature. The first is in terms of Hamiltonian dynamics\, the second\, necess ary for classes of non-integrable systems\, arises from limiting processes and leads to time symmetry breaking and to an intrinsically probabilistic description. Kinetic theories and thermodynamics correspond to an extensi on of dynamics and not to some approximation scales.\n\nBackground informa tion\n\nIlya Prigogine received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1977 for contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics\, especially the theory of dissipative structures. His theoretical work extended the work of Lars On sager by developing thermodynamic methods of understanding irreversible pr ocesses as well as the classical reversible reactions that were supposed t o result in states of equilibrium.\n\nPrigogine was born in Moscow on Janu ary 25\, 1917. He received his Ph.D. in 1942 at the Free University in Bru ssels\, where he accepted the position of professor in 1947. In 1962 he be came director of the International Institute of Physics and Chemistry\, So lvay\, Belgium. He also served as director of the Center for Statistical M echanics and Thermodynamics at the University of Texas\, Austin\, from 196 7. The Science & Society seminar is part of a new seminar series in the fr amework of the Geneva Research Collaboration in which participate research ers from the University of Geneva\, CERN and different research groups at banks in the Geneva region. The main objective of the Geneva Research Coll aboration is to establish an international\, open\, and creative research framework for developing and disseminating new mathematical and physical m odels in social science\, in general\, and in finance and environmental sc iences\, in particular. The collaboration involves researchers at the Univ ersity of Geneva and CERN\, other Swiss and foreign research institutions\ , practitioners from banks in the Geneva area\, as well as selected indivi dual researchers\, who will interact through the organization of different types of research seminars. The topics of interest to the Geneva Research Collaboration include models related to financial engineering\, financial time series\, investment strategies\, risk management\, technical analysi s\, dynamics of biological and environmental systems\, climate change\, da ta analysis\, stochastic processes\, optimization methods\, statistical me chanics\, and quantum mechanics.Organiser(s): James Gillies / ETT Division \n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033929 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033929 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cracking the Cipher Challenge DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020205T133000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020205T143000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033930@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:In the back of 'The Code Book'\, a history of cryptography\, S imon Singh included a series of 10 encoded messages\, each from a differen t period of history. The first person to crack all 10 messages would win a prize of £10\,000. Now that the prize has been won\, Simon can reveal th e story behind the Cipher Challenge. Along the way he will show how mathem atics can be used to crack codes\, the role it played in World War Two and how it helps to guarantee security in the Information Age.\n\nOrganiser(s ): James Gillies / ETT DivisionNote: * Please note unusual time of seminar \n**Tea & coffee will be served at 14.00 hrs.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/con ferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033930 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033930 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:On the Future of the Education System in India DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020628T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020628T153000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033934@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Drawing on my work in the US and India on HIV intervention and school education (please see http://t8web.lanl.gov/people/rajan/AIDS-indi a/). I will analyse the state of the education system in India. The focus will be on key issues in school\, college and university education\, and I will discuss the current inadequacies and strengths. I will then highligh t the need for providing the combination of health care\, nutrition and ed ucation to the 300-500 million poor in India for whom the present system i s not working\, and present my plans for educating them using computers an d modern communication systems. I will touch on the issues of migration an d brain drain and tie this discussion with the overall global threats to h uman security. Finally\, some examples of the project 'students as agent o f change' will be presented.Organiser(s): James Gillies / ETT DivisionNote : Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/confe renceDisplay.py?confId=a033934 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033934 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Evolution of Meme machines\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20021024T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20021024T153000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033931@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:We humans are meme machines. So are the phones and photocopier s\, computers and web servers that we have built to help us. But why are t hey changing so fast\, and were they really designed for our benefit? Acco rding to the theory of memetics\, they were all designed by memetic evolut ion.\nMemes are habits\, skills\, technologies and stories\, that are copi ed from person to person by imitation. Like genes\, memes are replicators. That is\, they are information that is copied with variation and selectio n\, which makes an evolutionary process possible. As with other evolutiona ry processes\, memetic or cultural evolution happens for the benefit of th e replicators themselves\, in this case the memes. \nI shall outline the b asic theory of memetics and discuss how it provides a new vision human evo lution\, with novel explanations for the traditional mysteries of the enor mous human brain and the uniquely human capacity for language. These can b e seen as inevitable consequences of the co-evolution between replicators (memes) and their replicating machinery (brains). This same process is now occurring in the evolution of information technology. The web and all its consequences are just what we should expect of the rapidly accelerating e volution of meme machines.\n\nOrganiser(s): James Gillies / ETT DivisionNo te: Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/con ferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033931 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033931 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The work and the life of S.I.Vavilov DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20021121T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20021121T163000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033932@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Sergei Ivanovitch Vavilov (1891-1951) was an outstanding Russi an physicist and President of the USSR Academy of Sciences. His life is of interest not only for the history of physics but also for the history of Soviet Society. He conducted fundamental research in physical optics and l uminescence. His most famous results were his discoveries of the non-linea r optical effect in 1926\, and of the Vavilov-Cerenkov radiation in 1934. In 1932 he was appointed Head of Research at the State Optics Institute (G OI) in Leningrad. In 1934 he became the founder and first director of the Lebedev Institute of Physics (FIAN) in Moscow.S.I.Vavilov made colossal co ntribution to the progress of research and to the growth of both institute s. GOI was instrumental in the emergence of an advanced optics industry in Russia\, where no optical engineering had ever existed. Under S.Vavilov's leadership\, FIAN grew out of a small laboratory to become the multidisci plinary institution\, which is today. S.Vavilov made great contribution to the development of nuclear and cosmic ray physics. In July 1945 S.I.Vavil ov was elected President of the USSR Academy of Sciences. While he was pre sident\, until 1951\, he accomplished much to foster science in Russia: th e laboratories were better supplied with equipment\, the salaries of the r esearchers were much increased\, the number of the scientific publications was multiplied tremendously. Vavilov was also concerned with the general issues of national science administration\, the development of higher educ ation\, practical applications of the knowledge gained from fundamental re search\, and the broad cultural progress of the nation. Unfortunately his heavy administrative responsibilities did not leave him enough time to pur sue his own research objectives. Vavilov could not behave otherwise\, thou gh: he was a man of integrity\, and his own interests were never his prima ry concern. Acting as President of the Academy under the brutal dictatoria l regime of Stalin was the source of an appalling stress. With his Eldest brother (the biologist Nikolai Vavilov ) having been murdered by this regi me\, Vavilov's health was seriously damaged\, and he died two months befor e his sixtieth birthday. The talk will review S.I.Vavilov's very rich life and presents the still poorly known history of the discovery of the Ceren kov effect.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033932 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033932 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:!!!CANCELLED!!!
Science as a Common Language i n a Globalised World - Scientific Collaboration: Promoting Progress\, Buil ding Bridge DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20021212T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20021212T163000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a035117@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:SEMINAR CANCELLED.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay. py?confId=a035117 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a035117 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Science as a Common Language in a Globalised World - Scientific Co llaboration: Promoting Progress\, Building Bridges DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20030306T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20030306T163000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033917@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:International scientific collaboration and co-operation can ac celerate the progress of science\, help build bridges between diverse soci eties\, and foster the development of science and technology in non-indust rialised countries. This is possible because science is a common language (although the progress of science is often influenced by non-scientific f actors). I shall describe examples of the role that scientific collaborati on can play in bridge building and in conflict resolution. I shall then p resent a proposal for "Bridge Building Fellowships" which would contribute to strengthening scientific capacity in developing countries by helping t o stem the brain drain and providing a basis for collaborations with scien tists in industrialised countries.*Tea & coffee will be served at 16:00hrs Organiser(s): James Gillies\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py? confId=a033917 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033917 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:What is known about integrity in research and why should Europeans care? DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20030611T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20030611T153000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a033918@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Over roughly the last two decades\, a growing body of scholarl y literature has begun to paint a picture of the commitment researchers ha ve\, or do not have\, to intellectual honesty and practices generally acce pted for the responsible conduct of research. This literature suggests th at while deliberate misconduct in research may not be common\, lesser shor tcomings are. It also suggests that some seemingly insignificant question able practices\, such as inappropriate authorship\, duplicate publication\ , and a failure to follow proper administrative procedures\, can seriously impact the research record and public confidence in research. The focus of the proposed seminar/meeting would be to summarize briefly what is know n about integrity in research and to suggest ways Europeans might use this information to avoid some of the problems that have occurred in the US.\n Nicholas H. Steneck\, PhD\, is Professor of History\, University of Michig an\, and a consultant at the Office of Research Integrity\, HHS. He has b een writing about and involved in public policy making relation to researc h integrity for nearly twenty years.Organiser(s): James GilliesNote: Tea & coffee will be served at 16:00 hrs.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDi splay.py?confId=a033918 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033918 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Search For the Real Earnest Rutherford DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20031016T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20031016T153000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130522T183207Z UID:indico-event-a035666@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:This talk will cover some of the lesser known aspects of Ruthe rford's work\, including his development of what was later improved to be now called the Geiger-Muller tube\, his acoustic work during the First Wor ld War\, confirmation of the ionosphere\, the development of particle acce lerators\, and why he received just one Nobel Prize.Organiser(s): James Gi llies / EP Division\n* Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.\n\nhttp:/ /indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a035666 LOCATION:CERN Main Auditorium URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a035666 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR