Academia Sinica E-news No. 78 LECTURES Date Time 14:10 Thu 8/7 15:00 15:30 Fri 8/8 14:00 Mon 8/11 10:30 Wed 8/13 14:00 Mon 8/11 11:00 Tue 8/12 11:00 Wed 8/13 16:00 9:00 Thu 8/14 11:00 Venue Speaker Title Moderator Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Academician Wen Infrared Semiconductor Room 1101, 11F, I. Wang Optoelectronics for Director Yia-Chung HSSB Columbia Univ., Chemical Sensing Chang USA Applications Dr. Ming-Lun Hsieh p-adic Families of Ordinary Conference Room, Postdoctoral Eisenstein Series on Unitary Inst. of Mathematics Research Fellow, Groups Inst. of Mathematics Prof. Design and Preparation of Conference Room Cheng-Chung Organic Optical Molecules Dr. Chen-Hsiung A108, Inst. of Chang for Biomarkers and Hung Chemistry National Chung Anti-cancer Candidates Hsing Univ. Academician Room 104 of Global Change and the Frank Shu Physics Dept. Energy Crisis: Analyses and UC San Diego, Building, NTU Solutions USA Lecture Hall, 2F, LC-MS Data Prof. Tianwei Yu Tsai Yuan-Pei Pre-processing for Emory Univ., Dr. Jeng-Min Chiou Memorial Hall, Inst. Metabolomics—an USA of Statistical Science Adaptive Strategy Sensitivity and Parameter Auditorium, Optimization of a Global Prof. Francois Research Center for Ocean Biogeochemistry Primeau Environmental Model using Dissolved Univ.of California Changes (11F, S. Inorganic Carbon, at Irvine, USA HSSB) Alkalinity and Phosphate Data Division of Life Sciences Prof. Cheng-Ming Room 114, Inst. of Epigenetic Control of Chiang Biological UT Southwestern Chromatin-dependent Chemistry Medical Center at Transcription Dallas, USA Assistant Prof. B1B Lecture Room Yasunori Hayashi Molecular Mechanism of (Basement), Inst. of Massachusetts Dr. Yi-Shuian Huang Learning and Memory Biomedical Sciences Inst. of Technology, USA Dr. Chiu-Ping Room 106, Inst. of T^ete-`A-T^ete of Plants Cheng Plant and Microbial and Microbes—A Case Dr. Erh-Min Lai National Taiwan Biology Study on Bacterial Wilt Univ. Dr. Vladimir Post-transcriptional Conference Room Director Ming-Che Kaberdin Mechanisms Mediated by A108, Inst. of Inst. of Molecular RNase E and Small RNAs Shih Chemistry Biology in Bacteria Structural and Functional Prof. Wei-Jen Analysis of Human Insulin B1B Lecture Room Tang Degrading Enzyme toward (Basement), Inst. of Dr. Yijuang Chern Univ. of Chicago, the Therapeutic for Biomedical Sciences USA Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease Division of Humanities and Social Sciences 1 Academia Sinica E-news No. 78 Date Tue 8/12 Wed 8/13 Thu 8/14 Time Venue 14:30 Conference Room A108, Inst. of Chemistry 12:00 Conference Room 2420, 4F, New Building, Inst. of Ethnology 14:00 Focus Group Room of CSR, RCHSS, Academia Sinica Speaker Dr. Angus C. Chu Assistant Research Fellow, Inst. of Economics Associate Prof. Scott Simon Univ. of Ottawa, USA Dr. Fu-chang Wang Associate Research Fellow, Inst. of Sociology 2 Title Fiscal Centralization versus Decentralization: Growth and Welfare Effects of Leviathan, Spillover, and Tax Competition The Anthropology of Autonomy: Indigenous rights and Scholarship in Contemporary Taiwan The Origins and Connotation of the “Ethnic” Concept in Contemporary Taiwan Moderator Dr. Meng-Li Yang