FIP Activities at the March and April 2016 Meetings

FIP Activities at the March Meeting 2016

Session B12 FIP DBIO: Large Scale Neuroscience Projects
Chair: Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology
Invited Speakers: Terry Sejnowski, Miyoung Chun, Hanchuan Peng, David Tank

Session P14 FIP DCOMP: International Cooperative Efforts for Electronic Structure Methods
Chair: Aldo Romero, West Virginia University
Invited Speakers: Lucia Reining, Gian-Marco Rignanese, Francois Gygi, Micael Oliveira, Andrea Marini

Session Y4 FIP: Physics and Physicists in Cuba
Chair: Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology
Invited Speakers: David Gross, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, Frances Colón

The FIP annual reception took place on Tuesday evening, March 15 at the Baltimore Hilton. The reception, cosponsored by the APS Office of International Affairs (INTAF), the Overseas Chinese Physics Association (OCPA), Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA), and the Iranian-American Physicists Group Network (IrAP), was a great success. Dr. Amy Flatten (INTAF Director) spoke about the mission and activities of the APS FIP. Following Flatten’s talk the other international organizations made presentations and gave awards.

FIP Activities at the April Meeting 2016

Session S7 FIP DPF: Big International Neutrino Projects and Collaborations
Chair: Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology
Invited Speakers: David Wark, Mark Thomson, Marco Zito

Session U7 FIP Sakharov Prize Session
Chair: Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology
Invited Speakers: Zafra Lerman, Perry Link, Adam Jermyn

Session X7 FIP Physics and Physicists Around the World
Chair: Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology
Invited Speakers: Vladimir Shiltsev, Hossein Sadeghpour, Wang Yifang

Session Y7 FIP Next Generation of Large International Telescopes and Cosmic Experiments
Chair: Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology
Invited Speakers: Fred Raabi, Angela Olinto, Miguel Morales