DOCSLIB.ORG

Scientific Activities 2001

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

The Weizmann Institute of z Science Scientific Activities 2001 Rehovot, Israel Edited, Designed and Typeset by Aviva Ovadia Cover Design by Shoshana Zioni, Graphics Department We wish to thank all the secretarial staff who worked on this project, without whose help this publication would not be possible. Printed in Israel By Ben-Zvi Hafakot Ltd., Jerusalem ISSN 0083-7849 Contents The Board of Governors vii The Scientific and Academic Advisory Committee xv Officers of the Weizmann Institute xvii The Weizmann Institute of Science xix Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science - Overview 3 Computer Science and Applied Mathematics 5 Mathematics 13 The Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute of Mathematics 19 and Computer Science The Carl F. Gauss Minerva Center for Scientific Computation 21 The Minerva Center for Formal Verification of Reactive Systems 23 Faculty of Physics Faculty of Physics - Overview 29 Condensed Matter Physics 31 Particle Physics 37 Physics of Complex Systems 45 Physics Services 53 The Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics 55 The Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Center for Submicron Research 59 The Albert Einstein Minerva Center for Theoretical Physics 63 The Maurice and Gabriella Goldschleger Center for Nanophysics 65 The Minerva Center for Nonlinear Physics of Complex Systems 67 Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry - Overview 73 Chemical Physics 77 Environmental Sciences and Energy Research 83 Materials and Interfaces 87 Organic Chemistry 93 Structural Biology 99 Solar Research Facilities Unit 105 iii iv Chemical Services 109 The Center for Energy Research 117 The Fritz Haber Center for Physical Chemistry 119 The Ilse Katz Institute for Material Sciences and Magnetic 121 Resonance Research The Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science 123 The Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Molecular Design 125 The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular 127 Structure and Assembly The Joseph and Ceil Mazer Center for Structural Biology 129 The Gerhard M. J. Schmidt Minerva Center for Supramolecular 131 Architecture The Sussman Family Center for the Study of Environmental Sciences 133 Faculty of Biochemistry Faculty of Biochemistry - Overview 137 Biological Chemistry 141 Molecular Genetics 149 Plant Sciences 157 Biological Services 163 The Avron-Wilstätter Minerva Center for Research in Photosynthesis 165 The Y. Leon Benoziyo Institute for Molecular Medicine 167 The Dr. Josef Cohn Minerva Center for Biomembrane Research 169 The Crown Human Genome Center 171 The Mel Dobrin Center for Nutrition 173 The Leo and Julia Forchheimer Center for Molecular Genetics 175 The Kekst Family Center for Medical Genetics 177 The Charles W. and Tillie K. Lubin Center for Plant Biotechnology 179 The M.D. Moross Institute for Cancer Research 181 The David and Fela Shapell Family Center for Genetics Disorders Researhc 183 The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Center for Plant Molecular 185 Genetics Research Faculty of Biology Faculty of Biology - Overview 189 Biological Regulation 191 Immunology 197 Molecular Cell Biology 205 Neurobiology 217 Veterinary Resources 223 Helen and Norman Asher Center for Human Brain Imaging 225 Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurosciences 227 The Carl and Micaela Einhorn-Dominic Institute for Brain Research 229 The Murray H. and Meyer Grodetsky Center for Research of Higher 231 Brain Functions v The Robert Koch-Minerva Center for Research in Autoimmune Diseases 233 The Belle S. and Irving E. Meller Center for the Biology of Aging 235 The Willner Family Center for Vascular Biology 237 Women's Health Research Center 239 Yad Abraham Research Center for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy 241 Feinberg Graduate School Feinberg Graduate School 247 Science Teaching 293 Young@Science 301 The Aharon Katzir-Katchalski Center 305 Institute-Wide Centers The Clore Center for Biological Physics 311 The Dolfi and Lola Ebner Center for Biomedical Research 313 Division of Information Systems 315 Division of Logistics and Research Services 323 Academic Secretariat 327 Conference Section 357 The Amos de-Shalit Foundation 361 Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd. 363 Scientific Activities on the Internet 365 Current Research Projects on the Internet 367 The Board of Governors Gershon Kekst*, New York, Chairperson of the Board H. Thomas Beck*, Toronto, Deputy Chairperson of the Board Lawrence S. Blumberg*, New York, Deputy Chairperson of the Board Vivien Duffield*, Geneva, Deputy Chairperson of the Board Prof. Michael Sela*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Deputy Chairperson of the Board S. Donald Sussman*, Greenwich, Deputy Chairperson of the Board Joshua Maor*, Ramat-Gan, Chairperson of the Executive Council Ayala Zacks Abramov, Jerusalem Gary M. Abramson, N. Bethesda Alfred Akirov, Tel Aviv (until November 2001) Sem Almaleh, Geneva Prof. Ruth Arnon*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot Prof. Zvi Artstein, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot (from November 2001) Helen Asher***, Chicago Robert H. Asher*, Chicago, ex-officio member (also elected member) David Assia, Or-Yehuda Yehuda Assia*, Tel Aviv Prof. John M. Ball, University of Oxford Prof. David Baltimore, Caltech, Pasadena Prof. Allen J. Bard, University of Texas, Austin Amnon S. Barness, New York (until November 2001) Robert G. Begam, Phoenix Robert Belfer, New York Abraham Ben-Naftali*, Tel Aviv Prof. Haim Ben-Shahar, Tel Aviv Dr. Emile Benassayag, Paris Marshall Bennett, Chicago Prof. Sir Michael V. Berry, University of Bristol Maks L. Birnbach*, New York Paul Borman, Southfield (until November 2001) Frances Brody, Los Angeles Andrea M. Bronfman, New York *Member of the Executive Council ***Member of the Executive Council until November 2001 vii viii L. Yehuda Bronicki*, Yavne Stanley Chais*, Beverly Hills Prof. Ilan Chet** (member from November 2001 - President, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot from December 1, 2001) Joseph Ciechanover, Tel Aviv Doron Cohen*, Ramat-Gan Norman D. Cohen*, New York Sir Ronald Cohen, London Prof. Mildred Cohn, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Samy Cohn*, Rio de Janeiro Lester Crown*, Chicago Prof. Paul J. Crutzen, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz Dr. Hubert Curien, Paris Prof. Constantine M. Dafermos, Brown University, Providence Leslie L. Dan, Scarborough The Hon. Mrs. Janet de Botton, London Raoul de Picciotto, Monte-Carlo Meir de Shalit, Herzliya Pituach David L. Dennis, Toronto (until November 2001) Helen Diller, Woodside (from November 2001) Prof. Charles A. Dinarello, University of Colorado, Denver Dr. Zvi Dinstein, Tel Aviv Ido Dissentshik*, Tel Aviv Sonnie Dockser, Bethesda Prof. Israel Dostrovsky*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot Robert J. Drake*, Wassenaar Prof. Sidney D. Drell, SLAC, Menlo Park Prof. Mildred S. Dresselhaus, M.I.T., Cambridge (from November 2001) Prof. Aryeh Dvoretzky*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot Ralph S. Dweck, Washington, DC Maurice M. Dwek*, Geneva Prof. Michael Eisenbach*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, ex-officio member Stuart E. Eizenstat, Washington, DC (from November 2001) Robert Equey, Chene-Bougeries Michael Federmann*, Tel Aviv Prof. Mitchell J. Feigenbaum, The Rockefeller University, New York Prof. Alan Roy Fersht*, FRS, Cambridge University Chemical Laboratory Alan A. Fischer*, Larchmont Prof. Edmond H. Fischer, University of Washington, Seattle Prof. Michael E. Fisher, University of Maryland, College Park *Member of the Executive Council **Member of the Executive Council from November 2001 ix Michael R. Forman, Los Angeles William Frankel***, Philadelphia Louise Gartner, Dallas Moshe Gavish*, Tel Aviv Dr. Martin L. Gecht, Chicago Mauricio Gerson, Mexico, D.F. (from November 2001) Martin S. Gerstel*, Jerusalem Henny Gestetner, OBE, London David Ginsburg*, Washington, DC Francoise Glasberg, Paris Prof. Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic, Yale University, New Haven Bram Goldsmith, Beverly Hills Abraham M. Goldwasser**, Savyon Richard F. Goodman, New York Dr. Allan S. Gordon, Toronto (until November 2001) Prof. Michael B. Green, University of Cambridge (from November 2001) Prof. Yoram Groner*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot Prof. François Gros*, Academy of Sciences, Paris Joseph Gurwin, Kings Point Wilhelm Haas, Bonn Joseph D. Hackmey*, Tel Aviv Gideon J. Hamburger*, Ramat-Gan Prof. Haim Harari* (President, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot until November 30, 2001) Shimshon Harel, Herzliya Pituach Irving B. Harris, Chicago Lilian Hertzberg, New York Prof. Michael J. Higatsberger, University of Vienna Joseph D. Hollander, Herzliya Pituach (from November 2001) Ephraim Ilin*, Tel Aviv Jules James, Toronto (until November 2001) Armando Jinich, Mexico, D.F. Dr. Yair Kadishay*, Ramat Hasharon Roberto Kaminitz, Sao Paulo Prof. Richard M. Karp, University of California, Berkeley Prof. Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot Isaac Kaul*, Ramat-Gan James F. Kay, Toronto Morris Kerzner, Toronto Helen L. Kimmel*, New York *Member of the Executive Council **Member of the Executive Council from November 2001 ***Member of the Executive Council until November 2001 x Martin S. Kimmel*, New York Derrick Kleeman*, Geneva Peter J. Kleeman*, London Andrea Klepetar-Fallek, New York Prof. Sir Aaron Klug, FRS, Medical Research Council, Cambridge Marvelle Koffler, Willowdale (from November 2001) Murray B. Koffler*, Willowdale Prof. Walter Kohn, University of California, Santa Barbara Prof. Daniel E. Koshland, University of California, Berkeley Reuben Kunin, Toronto Martha Laub*, Wilrijk-Antwerpen Prof. Leon M. Lederman, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
Recommended publications
  • Elia Samuele Artom Go to Personal File

    Elia Samuele Artom Go to Personal File

    Intellectuals Displaced from Fascist Italy © Firenze University Press 2019 Elia Samuele Artom Go to Personal File «When, in 1938, I delivered my last lecture at this University, as a libero docente Link to other connected Lives on the [lecturer with official certification to teach at the university] of Hebrew language move: and literature I would not have believed...»: in this way, Elia Samuele Artom opened Emanuele Menachem the commemoration of his brother-in-law, Umberto Cassuto, on 28 May 1952 in Artom 1 Enzo Bonaventura Florence, where he was just passing through . Umberto Cassuto The change that so many lives, like his own, had to undergo as a result of anti- Anna Di Gioacchino Cassuto Jewish laws was radical. Artom embarked for Mandatory Palestine in September Enrico Fermi Kalman Friedman 1939, with his younger son Ruben. Upon arrival he found a land that was not simple, Dante Lattes whose ‘promise’ – at the center of the sources of tradition so dear to him – proved Alfonso Pacifici David Prato to be far more elusive than certain rhetoric would lead one to believe. Giulio Racah His youth and studies Elia Samuele Artom was born in Turin on 15 June 1887 to Emanuele Salvador (8 December 1840 – 17 June 1909), a post office worker from Asti, and Giuseppina Levi (27 August 1849 – 1 December 1924), a kindergarten teacher from Carmagnola2. He immediately showed a unique aptitude for learning: after being privately educated,3 he obtained «the high school honors diploma» in 1904; he graduated in literature «with full marks and honors» from the Facoltà di Filosofia e 1 Elia Samuele Artom, Umberto Cassuto, «La Rassegna mensile di Israel», 18, 1952, p.
  • Mattos Chassidus on the Massei ~ Mattos Chassidus on the Parsha +

    Mattos Chassidus on the Massei ~ Mattos Chassidus on the Parsha +

    LIGHTS OF OUR RIGHTEOUS TZADDIKIM בעזרת ה ' יתבר A Tzaddik, or righteous person , makes everyone else appear righteous before Hashem by advocating for them and finding their merits. Kedushas Levi, Parshas Noach (Bereishis 7:1) MATTOS ~ MASSEI _ CHASSIDUS ON THE PARSHA + Dvar Torah – Mattos Keep Your Word The Torah states (30:3), “If a man takes a vow or swears an oath to G -d to establish a prohibition upon himself, he shall not violate his word; he shall fulfill whatever comes out of his mouth.” In relation to this passuk , the Midrash quotes from Tehillim (144:4), “Our days are like a fleeting shadow.” What is the connection? This can be explained, says Rav Levi Yitzchok, according to a Gemara ( Nedarim 10b), which states, “It is forbidden to say, ‘ Lashem korban , for G-d − an offering.’ Instead a person must say, ‘ Korban Lashem , an offering for G -d.’ Why? Because he may die before he says the word korban , and then he will have said the holy Name in vain.” In this light, we can understand the Midrash. The Torah states that a person makes “a vow to G-d.” This i s the exact language that must be used, mentioning the vow first. Why? Because “our days are like a fleeting shadow,” and there is always the possibility that he may die before he finishes his vow and he will have uttered the Name in vain. n Story The wood chopper had come to Ryczywohl from the nearby village in which he lived, hoping to find some kind of employment.
  • Visiting Zoos in Halacha

    Visiting Zoos in Halacha

    Visiting Zoos in Halacha Visiting Zoos in Halacha By Eliezer Brodt This article originally appeared in Ami Magazine (2012) Issue #88. This version has a few updates. I hope to return to this subject shortly. For a more expanded version of this article see my article in Yeshurun 26 (2012), pp. 853–874 (PDF available upon request). Zoos are hotspots on Chol Hamoed. Standing together with the rest of Brooklyn or Yerushalayim, trying to give your children a glimpse of a penguin or seal or elephant, is always a pleasant way to spend a day. But what do the poskim have to say about visiting the zoo? [1] The Gemara in Berachos (58b) notes that if one sees a monkey or an elephant he should make the brachah “M’shaneh habriyos.”This halachah is brought in the Tur and Shulchan Aruch. [2] There are a few questions to ask about this brachah. How often should the brachah be made? That is actually a machlokes Rishonim. The Ravi, known as the second Raavad, says that one makes thisbrachah of “M’shaneh habriyos” only once in 30 days on any specific animal, i.e., a particular elephant. However, if you see another animal, that is, a second elephant, you can make another M’shaneh Habriyos even within 30 days of the first brachah. [3] The Radvaz quotes this Ravi. [4] However, the Tur quotes a Raavad that one only makes such a brachah once in a lifetime, as the effect that seeing this animal has on a person is a onetime thing.
  • Dr. Oliver Hofstetter Associate Professor

    Dr. Oliver Hofstetter Associate Professor

    Oliver Hofstetter Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography Dr. Oliver Hofstetter Associate Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry January 29, 2015 Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 Phone: (815) 753 6898 e-mail: [email protected] Education January 1999 Dr. rer. nat., Major: Organic Chemistry University of Tübingen, Germany Dissertation title: “Stereoselective Antibodies to Amino Acids” April 1995 Diploma in Biochemistry University of Tübingen, Germany Thesis title: “Stereoselective Interactions of Chiral Compounds with Bovine Serum Albumin and Antibodies” Honors and Awards 2001 Research Innovation Award, Research Corporation 1999 The Sir Charles Clore Postdoctoral Fellowship 1999 Hoffmann-La Roche Young Investigators Award “Affinity 99” 1995 Boehringer-Ingelheim Fonds Short-term Fellowship Oliver Hofstetter Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography Professional Experience August 2006 to present Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. Teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses in general chemistry and biochemistry. Research in the field of analytical biochemistry and immunochemistry. Supervision of graduate and undergraduate research students. October 2008 to December 2008 Visiting Professor, Technical University Berlin, Institute of Chemistry, Division of Technical Chemistry; Berlin, Germany. August 2000 to August 2006 Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. January 1999 to July 2000 Postdoctoral fellow with Meir Wilchek at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Research in the field of immunoaffinity chromatography. Purification, fragmentation, and derivatization of antibodies; chemical activation and derivatization of support materials; development of immunoassays for the determination of enantiopurity. May 1995 to January 1999 Research and Teaching Assistant with Volker Schurig, University of Tübingen, Germany.
  • It's Back to School at the Jewish Academy of Orlando 72

    It's Back to School at the Jewish Academy of Orlando 72

    Editorials ..................................... 4A Op-Ed .......................................... 5A Calendar ...................................... 6A Scene Around ............................. 9A Synagogue Directory ................ 11A News Briefs ............................... 13A WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 43, NO. 51 AUGUST 23, 2019 22 AV, 5779 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ COS computers hacked—not an attack By Christine DeSouza losing word documents, excel and spreadsheets. For According to a newsletter example, the COS back-to- sent to all COS members school articles Amy Geboff, via email, Congregation COS director of Youth and Ohev Shalom experienced Family Education, sent a ransomware attack on its Heritage are now encrypted main server on Monday, Aug. on her computer. She’s been 5. Ohev administration con- there over 20 years—that’s tacted the Maitland Police a lot of documents. Department, the Depart- “Inconvenient” was the ment of Homeland Security word Hornik used describing and the FBI. the effect the hack has had Taking the lead in the in- on the staff, while also saying vestigation, the FBI does not that “inconvenient” really believe the synagogue was isn’t a strong enough word. targeted by an anti-Semitic The newsletter further group. stated that there is no in- “Nothing was ‘taken’ or dication that confidential ‘captured,’” clarified Steven synagogue information, Hornik, Ohev president. including personally identi- Certain data and files on the fiable information of mem- main server were encrypted bers and staff and financial and aren’t accessible. The information was encrypted criminals who hacked in or compromised. want money to “fix” the According to Hornik, who problem. However, Hornik teaches a cyber security stated Ohev has chosen not course at UCF, maleware is Students pose for first day at school selfies.
  • American Broadcasting Company from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia Jump To: Navigation, Search for the Australian TV Network, See Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    American Broadcasting Company from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia Jump To: Navigation, Search for the Australian TV Network, See Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    Scholarship applications are invited for Wiki Conference India being held from 18- <="" 20 November, 2011 in Mumbai. Apply here. Last date for application is August 15, > 2011. American Broadcasting Company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For the Australian TV network, see Australian Broadcasting Corporation. For the Philippine TV network, see Associated Broadcasting Company. For the former British ITV contractor, see Associated British Corporation. American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Radio Network Type Television Network "America's Branding Broadcasting Company" Country United States Availability National Slogan Start Here Owner Independent (divested from NBC, 1943–1953) United Paramount Theatres (1953– 1965) Independent (1965–1985) Capital Cities Communications (1985–1996) The Walt Disney Company (1997– present) Edward Noble Robert Iger Anne Sweeney Key people David Westin Paul Lee George Bodenheimer October 12, 1943 (Radio) Launch date April 19, 1948 (Television) Former NBC Blue names Network Picture 480i (16:9 SDTV) format 720p (HDTV) Official abc.go.com Website The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948. As one of the Big Three television networks, its programming has contributed to American popular culture. Corporate headquarters is in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City,[1] while programming offices are in Burbank, California adjacent to the Walt Disney Studios and the corporate headquarters of The Walt Disney Company. The formal name of the operation is American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., and that name appears on copyright notices for its in-house network productions and on all official documents of the company, including paychecks and contracts.
  • Illustrated History Atlas Martin Gilbert Preface

    Illustrated History Atlas Martin Gilbert Preface

    JERUSALEM Illustrated History Atlas Martin Gilbert Preface In this Atlas, I trace the history of Jerusalem from biblical times to the present day. Each map is illustrated by a facing page of prints or photographs. The sixty-six maps, taken together, are intended to provide a broad survey of Jerusalem's history, with special emphasis on the City's development during the last hundred and fifty years, when it grew from a remote and impoverished provincial town of the Ottoman Empire, with a population of less than 40,000, to a capital city with a population of more than 360,000. In the bibliography, beginning on page 124, I have listed those maps, atlases, guide books, travellers' tales and historical works which I consulted while preparing the maps, and on which I drew for the contemporary material which they contained for each decade of the city's history. I am extremely grateful to all those individuals who gave me advice, encouragement and materials, both in London and Jerusalem, during my work on the maps and illustrations for this volume: in particular I should like to thank Azaria Alon, Professor Yehoshua Ben-Arieh, Ruth Cheshin, Fritz Cohen, David S. Curtis, David Eldan, Oded Eran, Rabbi Hugo Gryn, Peter Halban, Mrs. Adina Haran, Ya'acov Harlap, Dr. Michael Heymann, Dr. Benjamin Jaffe, Mrs. Sheila Koretz, Henry Kendall, Teddy Kollek, Tomi Lamm, Menahem Levin, Irene Lewitt, G. Eric Matson, Margaret McAfee, Martin Paisner, Professor Leo Picard, Zev Radovan, David Rubinger, Michael Sacher, Hanna Safieh, Lord Samuel, Mrs. Yael Vered, Dr. Zev Vilnay, Mrs.
  • Daily Eastern News: March 05, 2004 Eastern Illinois University

    Daily Eastern News: March 05, 2004 Eastern Illinois University

    Eastern Illinois University The Keep March 2004 3-5-2004 Daily Eastern News: March 05, 2004 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2004_mar Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: March 05, 2004" (2004). March. 5. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2004_mar/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2004 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in March by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. March 5, 2004 + f RI 0 AY Hittin' the hookah Champaign hookah bar offers good times. Page 1B VERGE APPORTIONMENT BOARD Have a Cuts made nice Day to budget Howie Day to headline proposals UB spring concerts +Board will recommend budgets for By Brittany Robson 2005 to president's council ACTIVITIES EDITOR Songwriter and performer Howie Day, 22, from By Brian O'Malley Bangor, Maine, will play April 4 at Lantz Arena as open STUDENT GOVERNMENT EDITOR for the University Board's spring concert series. UB is paying $28,500 for Day to perform at Eastern. The Apportionment Board Thursday approved a Day independently released his first album, "Australia" total combined budget of $477,000 for the five-fee in 2000. More than a year funded boards of AB for fiscal year 2005, which they later, over 100,000 copies will recommend to Shirley Stewart, vice president for have been sold. student affairs. In addition to that, he has Spring Concert Series The total proposed amount was more than $525,000, released "Madrigals EP" which is about $7,000 fewer than last year's proposal.
  • Science and Fascism

    Science and Fascism

    Science and Fascism Scientific Research Under a Totalitarian Regime Michele Benzi Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Emory University Outline 1. Timeline 2. The ascent of Italian mathematics (1860-1920) 3. The Italian Jewish community 4. The other sciences (mostly Physics) 5. Enter Mussolini 6. The Oath 7. The Godfathers of Italian science in the Thirties 8. Day of infamy 9. Fascist rethoric in science: some samples 10. The effect of Nazism on German science 11. The aftermath: amnesty or amnesia? 12. Concluding remarks Timeline • 1861 Italy achieves independence and is unified under the Savoy monarchy. Venice joins the new Kingdom in 1866, Rome in 1870. • 1863 The Politecnico di Milano is founded by a mathe- matician, Francesco Brioschi. • 1871 The capital is moved from Florence to Rome. • 1880s Colonial period begins (Somalia, Eritrea, Lybia and Dodecanese). • 1908 IV International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rome, presided by Vito Volterra. Timeline (cont.) • 1913 Emigration reaches highest point (more than 872,000 leave Italy). About 75% of the Italian popu- lation is illiterate and employed in agriculture. • 1914 Benito Mussolini is expelled from Socialist Party. • 1915 May: Italy enters WWI on the side of the Entente against the Central Powers. More than 650,000 Italian soldiers are killed (1915-1918). Economy is devastated, peace treaty disappointing. • 1921 January: Italian Communist Party founded in Livorno by Antonio Gramsci and other former Socialists. November: National Fascist Party founded in Rome by Mussolini. Strikes and social unrest lead to political in- stability. Timeline (cont.) • 1922 October: March on Rome. Mussolini named Prime Minister by the King.
  • Israeli Settler-Colonialism and Apartheid Over Palestine

    Israeli Settler-Colonialism and Apartheid Over Palestine

    Metula Majdal Shams Abil al-Qamh ! Neve Ativ Misgav Am Yuval Nimrod ! Al-Sanbariyya Kfar Gil'adi ZZ Ma'ayan Baruch ! MM Ein Qiniyye ! Dan Sanir Israeli Settler-Colonialism and Apartheid over Palestine Al-Sanbariyya DD Al-Manshiyya ! Dafna ! Mas'ada ! Al-Khisas Khan Al-Duwayr ¥ Huneen Al-Zuq Al-tahtani ! ! ! HaGoshrim Al Mansoura Margaliot Kiryat !Shmona al-Madahel G GLazGzaGza!G G G ! Al Khalsa Buq'ata Ethnic Cleansing and Population Transfer (1948 – present) G GBeGit GHil!GlelG Gal-'A!bisiyya Menara G G G G G G G Odem Qaytiyya Kfar Szold In order to establish exclusive Jewish-Israeli control, Israel has carried out a policy of population transfer. By fostering Jewish G G G!G SG dGe NG ehemia G AGl-NGa'iGmaG G G immigration and settlements, and forcibly displacing indigenous Palestinians, Israel has changed the demographic composition of the ¥ G G G G G G G !Al-Dawwara El-Rom G G G G G GAmG ir country. Today, 70% of Palestinians are refugees and internally displaced persons and approximately one half of the people are in exile G G GKfGar GB!lGumG G G G G G G SGalihiya abroad. None of them are allowed to return. L e b a n o n Shamir U N D ii s e n g a g e m e n tt O b s e rr v a tt ii o n F o rr c e s Al Buwayziyya! NeoG t MG oGrdGecGhaGi G ! G G G!G G G G Al-Hamra G GAl-GZawG iyGa G G ! Khiyam Al Walid Forcible transfer of Palestinians continues until today, mainly in the Southern District (Beersheba Region), the historical, coastal G G G G GAl-GMuGftskhara ! G G G G G G G Lehavot HaBashan Palestinian towns ("mixed towns") and in the occupied West Bank, in particular in the Israeli-prolaimed “greater Jerusalem”, the Jordan G G G G G G G Merom Golan Yiftah G G G G G G G Valley and the southern Hebron District.
  • Curriculum Vitae 1

    Curriculum Vitae 1

    Olga Maleva, Curriculum Vitae 1 CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Olga Maleva E-mail: [email protected] School of Mathematics Web page: http://web.math.bham.ac.uk/∼malevao 1 Employment: • Aug 2017–now: Reader in Pure Mathematics, University of Birmingham, UK. • Oct 2014–July 2017: Senior Lecturer in Pure Mathematics, University of Birmingham, UK. • Aug 2008–Sept 2014: Lecturer in Pure Mathematics, University of Birmingham, UK. • Sept 2006–July 2008: EPSRC Postdoctoral Position, University of Warwick, UK. • Oct 2005–Sept 2006: College Teaching Officer and Director of Studies in Pure Mathematics, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK. • Dec 2003–Nov 2005: EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University College London, UK. 2 Education: • 1998–2003: The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel; PhD in Mathematics. Supervisor: Professor Gideon Schechtman. • 1996–1998: St Petersburg State University, Russia; MSc (equiv) in Mathematics with distinction, Grade point average: 5.0 out of 5.0. • 1993–1995: St Petersburg State University, Russia; BSc studies under a joint programme of the St Pe- tersburg University and the Steklov Institute of Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Grade point average: 5.0 out of 5.0. 3 Research: 3.1 Research to date I work in Mathematical Analysis. My research is in the area of Functional Analysis. Motivated by fundamen- tal questions about geometry of Banach spaces, I have to date achieved results in its emerging frontiers with a variety of disciplines, including geometric measure theory via rectifiable subsets and density of measures, metric differentiability spaces, and analysis of smoothness of functions and local structure of negligible sets.
  • Activity Report 2019/20

    Activity Report 2019/20

    THE PHILLIPE MONASTER CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH ACTIVITY REPORT 2019/20 2 THE PHILLIPE MONASTER CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH ACTIVITY REPORT 2019/20 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. MEMBERS OF THE CENTER 3 II. OPENING REMARKS (presented by Ro’i Zultan, Director) 4 III. ACTIVITIES IN DETAIL: Seminars; Research Contracts, Fellowships, and Awards; Committees, Society Fellowships, Appointments, and Research Collaborations 5 IV. PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS 12 V. PUBLICATIONS 14 VI. WORKING PAPERS: Titles and Recent Abstracts 17 VII. RESEARCH SUMMARIES 23 3 I. MEMBERS OF THE MONASTER CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH DIRECTOR: Prof. Ro’i Zultan MEMBERS Dr. Suleiman Abu-Bader Dr. Aamer Abu-Qarn Prof. Ofer Azar, Department of Business Administration Dr. Tanya Baron Dr. Nadav Ben-Zeev Prof. Tomer Blumkin Dr. Chen Cohen, Department of Public Policy and Administration Prof. Danny Cohen-Zada, Chairman, Department of Economics Dr. Ran Eilat Prof. Ezra Einy Dr. Koresh Galil Dr. Naomi Gershoni Dr. Ada González-Torres Prof. Mark Gradstein, Prof. Ori Haimanko Dr. David Lagziel Dr. Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot Dr. Oren Rigbi Prof. Edna Schechtman, Department of Industrial Engineering and Managemen Prof. Aner Sela Dr. Ity Shurtz Dr. Miri Stryjan Dr. Karine van der Beek Prof. Oscar Volij Prof. David Wettstein Prof. Ro’i Zultan 4 II. OPENING REMARKS The 2019-2020 academic year was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which greatly interfered with research and teaching. Nonetheless, Center members found ways to overcome the obstacles, with the year proving to be another productive period. With the move to online seminars, many top researchers were able to present research at our local seminars, while member of the Center participated in virtual conferences and presented their research at overseas seminars.