Academia Sinica E-news No. 13 LECTURES Date Time Thu 14:00 Apr 26 Mon 10:30 Apr 30 10:30 Tue May 1 14:00 10:00 Wed May 2 14:00 14:00 Thu May 3 15:30 Venue Moderator Speaker Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Dr. Kun-Chan Lan , Assistant Professor, A Wireless Mesh Network Testbed for National Cheng Kung Traffic Control Univ. Auditorium 106, new IIS Building, Inst. of Inf. Science R1101, 11F, Dr. Hong Guo, Building for Dr. Chao-Cheng McGill Univ., Humanities and Kaunn Montreal, Canada Social Science Dr. Chen-Hung Kao, 2Fl. Lounge, Inst. Dr. Heng-Hsiu Associate Research of Statistical Tsai Fellow, Inst. of Statistical Science Science 2Fl. Lounge, Inst. Dr. Heng-Hhsiu Prof. Geoffrey J Iverson, of Statistical Tsai U.C. Irvine, USA Science Auditorium 106, Prof. Takao Nishizeki, Inst. of Inf. Tohoku Univ. Japan Science R1101, Building for Humanities and Social Dr. Po-Hsiung Lin,, Science, Research Assistant Professor, Center for National Taiwan Univ. Environmental Changes) 1F auditorium, Inst. of Physics 3Fl. Lecture Hall, Inst. of Earth Science Auditorium 106, Inst. of Inf. Science A108 Conf. Room, Inst. of Chem. Wed 15:00 May 2 Thu 11:00 May 3 Thu 14:00 Apr 26 First Principles Modeling of Spintronics On the Genotypic Distribution under Random Mating Frequentist and Bayesian Analyses of Intransitive Preferences Inner Rectangular Drawings of Plane Graphs-Application of Graph Drawing to VLSI Layouts Twenty Year Trend of Solar Radiation at Taiwan and the Cloud/Aerosol Radiative Forcing from Observation Dr. Bor-Ming Jahn Storage and Retrieval of Light Pulses and Prof. Ite Albert Yu, Applications in Manipulation of Quantum National Tsing Hua Univ. In Origin of the Mesozoic Magmatism in the Dr. Bin Chen, Peking North China Craton: Petrological and Univ., Beijing, China Geochemical Constraints Dr. Hsueh-Fen Juan, Molecular Regulation from Gene Associate Professor, Expression to Network National Taiwan Univ. Dr. Wen-Shan Li Prof. Jim-Min Fang, National Taiwan Univ. Dr. Sungkit Yip SARS and Antiviral Drugs Discovery Prof. Henryk A. Witek, National Chiao Tung When Finite Becomes Infinite? Univ. Division of Life Sciences 1Fl. Auditorium, Dr. Yi-Ping Dr. Hwai-Jong Cheng , Wiring of the Brain: How Axon Repulsion Inst. of Molecular Hsueh Assistant Professor , and Axon Pruning Shape Our Nervous Biology U.C. Davis System R106, Inst. of Dr.Wei-Chin Chang Q&A on Plant Cell Culture Plant and Research Fellow, Microbial Inst. of Plant and Biology Microbial Biology 1Fl. Auditorium, Dr. Cheng-Ting Dr. Konrad Basler, Analysis of Wnt/Wingless Signalling by Inst. of Molecular Chien University of Zurich, Genetic Mosaics Biology Switzerland Division of Humanities and Social Science IPSAS Conf. Dr. Szu-chien Hsu , Room B (5Fl., N. Assistant Research How Is Democracy Perceived in Mainland Building for Fellow, IPSAS; Ms. China? An Empirical Study Humanities and Yi-Ching Hsiao, Ph. D. Social Sciences) Student, National Dr. Poe Lecture Hall, NTU Tue 11:00 May 1 Title 1 Academia Sinica E-news No. 13 Chengchi Univ. 10:00 R702 Language Typology Research Group, Inst. of Linguistics 14:30 R2319 3rd Conf. Room, Inst. of Ethnology Mon Apr 30 Tue 15:00 May 1 R110, Building B, Inst. of Economics Thu 14:00 May 3 Focus Group Dr. Meng-Li Room, Center for Yang Survey Research Prof. Joy Wu, National Taiwan Normal Univ. Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Assistant Professor, Chang Jung Christian Univ. Dr..Jun-Jen Chang ,Associate Research Fellow, Inst. of Economics Dr.Janet Harkness, Intl. Social Survey Programme with Center for Survey Research and Methodolgy (ZUMA) Mannheim, Germany 2 Voice Constructions in Amis Civil Patrol and the Practice of Citizenship: An Ethnographic Study of Volunteer Policing in a Taiwanese Village Consumption Externalities, Market Imperfections, and Optimal Taxation: A Clarification Adaptation in Comparative Questionnaires