Academia Sinica E-news No. 204 LECTURES Date Time Venue Speaker Title Moderator Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Thu 2/17 Conference Room 15:30 A108, Inst. of Chemistry Dr. Patrick Malenfant (National Research Council of Canada) Wed 2/23 Room 1101, 11F, South Dr. Pao-Shin Chu Wing, Building for (Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, 14:00 Humanities and Social USA) Sciences Hybrid Nanomaterials–Non-oxide Nanoceramics via Self-assembly and Nanocarbon Based Battery Materials for High Capacity Lithium Ion Batteries Dr. Yu-Tai Tao Changes in Precipitation Extremes in the Hawaiian Islands Under a Warming Climate Division of Life Sciences Thu 2/17 R114, Inst. of Biological Mr. Marcel Lin 10:00 Chemistry (Hammer Co, Ltd.) BCF M105 Training Course: Introduction of AutoLab Esprit Dr. Chris Jao SPR (Surface Plasmon Resonance) Wed 2/23 Dr. Jung-Hsin Lin R114, Inst. of Biological (Inst. of Biomedical 11:00 Chemistry Sciences) Multiscale Molecular Simulations of Protein Membrane Interactions and Drug Design Thu 2/24 R409, Inst. of 10:00 Biological Chemistry BCF M102 Training Course: Dr. Introduction of Biacore T200 Chris Jao (Surface Plasmon Resonance) Fri 2/25 R114, Inst. of Biological Dr. Yuan-Chao Lo 10:00 Chemistry (IBMS) BCF M106 Training Course: Introduction of Aviv CD 202 (Circular Dichorism) Fri 3/04 R114, Inst. of Biological Mr. Shu-Ming Chang 10:00 Chemistry (FC Biotech) The Applications of QCM on bio-molecular interactions and Dr. viscoelasticity measurements Chris Jao (Quartz Crystal Microbalance) Mr. Forest Lee (GE Healthcare) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Thu 2/17 Sino-American Commercial Archives Building, Inst. Dr. Ling-chun Wu Treaty in Late Qing: Market, 14:30 of Modern History (National Dong Hwa Univ.) Profit and the Modernization of China Room 802, 8F, Inst. of Dr. Zong-Rong Lee Sociology (Inst. of Sociology) Structure and Antecedents of Kinship Network Among Business Groups in Taiwan Conference Room Ms. Chia-Wen Chen B110, Building B, Inst. (Univ. of California) of Economics Estimating the Foreclosure Effect of Exclusive Dealing: Evidence from the Entry of Specialty Beer Producers Fri 2/18 14:30 Tue 2/22 2nd Conference Room, Dr. Shu-Perng Hwang Institutum 10:00 Institutum Iurisprudentiae Iurisprudentiae (Preparatory Office) (Preparatory Office) 1 The Reversed Relationship Between Freedom and Safety: A Comparative Analysis of Police Law, Environmental Law Dr. Yu-Ling Shih Dr. Chris Jao Academia Sinica E-news No. 204 Date Time Venue Speaker Title Moderator and Telecommunications Law Tue 2/22 Conference Room Dr. Hsiu-Hsin Ko 14:30 B110, Building B, Inst. (Kaohsiung Univ.) of Economics Revisiting the Out-of-sample Exchange Rate Predictability in the Monetary Model Tue 2/22 Conference Room 14:30 C103, Inst. of Economics Thu 2/24 Conference Room,2F, Dr. Yuan-Ju Liu Inst. of Chinese 10:00 (Inst. of Chinese Literature Literature and and Philosophy) Philosophy Thu 2/24 Tests of Marginal Homogeneity Focus Group Room of and Multiple Marginal CSR, Research Center Dr. Jeng-Tung Chiang Independence for 14:00 for Humanities and (National Chengchi Univ.) Choose-at-Most-k-Items Social Sciences Questions Dr. Hanjoon Michael Jung A Simple Model of Dairy Products Supply (Inst. of Economics) 2 Encounters with Gods: Crossing This and the Other Worlds in Lüxiang gantong zhuan Dr. Siao-chen Hu