Annual Report to the Killam National Conference
2008
Annual Report to the Killam National Conference 2008: Table of Contents
Introduction ...... 2 Killam Predoctoral Scholarships ...... 2 Faculty of Graduate Studies Departmental Allocations ...... 3 Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships ...... 3 Killam Chairs ...... 3 Dorothy J. Killam Memorial Lectures ...... 4 Faculty of Science Killam Prize ...... 4 Faculty of Science Killam Professorships ...... 4 Killam Dinner ...... 4 Administrative Updates...... 5
Appendix 1: 2008 Killam Predoctoral Scholarship Competition Selection Committee ...... 7 Appendix 2: 2008-2009 Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarships a. New & Renewal Summary ...... 8 b. New 2008-2009 ...... 9 c. Renewal 2008-2009 ...... 11 Appendix 3: 2008 Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition Selection Committee ...... 14 Appendix 4: Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships — New 2008 ...... 15 Appendix 5: Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships — Continuing 2008 ...... 16 Appendix 6: 2008 Killam Chairs ...... 17 Appendix 7: 2008 Killam Chair Reports a. Zhizhang (David) Chen...... 18 b. John Cullen ...... 21 c. Evangelos Milios ...... 25 d. Axel D. Becke ...... 27 e. Martin Alda...... 30 Appendix 8: Killam Lecture Committee ...... 31 Appendix 9: Report on the 2007-2008 Killam Lectures: “Resilient Communities: Envisioning and Acting for Sustainable Futures” ...... 32 Appendix 10: Faculty of Science Killam Prizes ...... 35 Appendix 11: Faculty of Science Killam Professorship Recipients ...... 36 Appendix 12: Chronicle Herald/Mail Star (October 2008) ...... 37 Appendix 13: 2008 Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship Advertising Campaign ...... 38
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INTRODUCTION
I am very pleased to present this report on the many activities in the last year of the Killam programs at Dalhousie University. The University Killam Trust Committee, with membership from the senior administration, Killam Committee Chairs, and the Killam Trustees, meets annually to provide guidance and coordination for all activities related to the Killam programs at Dalhousie, and this report therefore is presented on behalf of this committee.
The Killam Endowments enable Dalhousie University to maintain five programs:
1. Killam Predoctoral Scholarships are funded from the Advanced Studies fund;
2. Funding for Faculty of Graduate Studies Departmental Allocations for Graduate Scholarships are provided by the Killam Memorial Research and Scholarship (Anonymous Donor) fund and the Killam Residue fund;
3. Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships are funded by the Advanced Studies fund;
4. Killam Chairs are funded from the Killam Chair fund; and
5. Dorothy J. Killam Memorial Lecture Series and the annual Killam Dinner are funded from the Killam Residue fund.
In recognition of the financial support provided to the Faculty of Science by the Killam Endowment, two additional awards were established in 1994-95:
1. Faculty of Science Killam Prize, funded from the Faculty of Science Operating fund; and
2. Faculty of Science Killam Professorships, funded from the Killam Memorial Salary fund.
1) KILLAM PREDOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Killam Predoctoral Scholarships are awarded to graduate students in thesis programs at the master's and doctoral level in all disciplines except the fine arts. Killam Scholarships are the most prestigious awards offered by the university. Killam Predoctoral Scholarships are awarded based on a highly selective competition. Members of the 2008-2009 Killam Predoctoral Scholarship Competition Selection Committee are listed in Appendix 1. The competition for the 2008-2009 scholarships concluded with the awarding and acceptance of 38 new awards to first- year and continuing students (13 master’s, all new students, and 25 doctoral), while 68 students had their award renewed (15 master’s and 53 doctoral, see Appendix 2). Among the Killam scholars, 91 are Canadian, while 15 are students from 12 different countries. Of the 106 2008-2009 Killam Scholars, 64 were successful in obtaining major
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external awards, demonstrating the very high quality of our scholarship recipients. All Killam PhD award holders starting PhD programs at Dalhousie are also eligible for the President’s Award, which covers tuition.
2) FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES DEPARTMENTAL ALLOCATIONS
The Killam Memorial Research and Scholarship (Anonymous Donor) fund and the Killam Residue fund, award graduate scholarships to Canadian students in departments in the sciences and engineering. For the 2008-09 aca- demic year (September to August) students receiving these scholarship awards were in the Facul- ties/Departments/Schools/Programs of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Biological Engineering, Architecture, Atmos- pheric Science, Biochemistry, Biological Engineering, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Community Health and Epidemiology, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Economics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Electronic Commerce, Engineering Mathematics, Environmental Studies, Food Science, Health & Human Performance, Health Services Administration, Health Informatics, Human Communication Disorders, Interdisciplinary PhD, International Development Studies, Marine Affairs, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Microbiology & Immunology, Mining Engineering, Naval Architecture, Nursing, Oceanography, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physics, Physiology & Bio- physics, Planning, Political Science, Public Administration, and Statistics.
3) KILLAM POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
The Dalhousie University Killam Fellowship competition is open to doctoral graduates, within two years of graduation, from any discipline or nationality. Selection from among a very large number of national and international applicants is based on research potential, academic excellence, and a research proposal that demonstrates the opportunity to contribute to Dalhousie’s departmental and university-wide research activities. Killam Postdoctoral Fellow recipients are selected by the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition Selection Committee (see Appendix 3). Five (5) new Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships were awarded in the 2008 competition (see Appendix 4), while five (5) Killam Postdoctoral Fellows continue at various stages of the second year of their fellowship (Appendix 5). The Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship competition is advertised internationally, and builds on Dalhousie’s reputation as one of the world’s top universities for research climate and interdisciplinary cooperation. The Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship advertisements as they appeared in 2008 are shown in Appendix 13.
4) KILLAM CHAIRS
Dr. Zhizhang (David) Chen in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dr. John Cullen in Ocean Studies, Dr. Axel Becke, Chemistry, Dr. Evangelos Milios, Computer Science, and Dr. Martin Alda, Mood Disorders, continued their terms. There were no new appointments made in 2008. Details of the appointments and reports from the current Killam Chairs on their activities in the past year are presented in Appendices 6 and 7.
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5) DOROTHY J. KILLAM MEMORIAL LECTURES
Each year Dalhousie’s Dorothy J. Killam Lecture Series attracts audiences from the wider Halifax and indeed Nova Scotia community to the university. The lectures have been held since 1976, and with topics of current interest varying from the humanities to science and technology, they form a highlight of the university’s extracurricular academic activities for the year. The topic of last year’s Killam Lectures was “Resilient Communities: Envisioning and Acting for Sustainable Futures”, organized by Dr. Jill Grant of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning. The series presented by three high profile speakers. The first speaker was Ken Greenberg, architect and urban designer from Toronto. The second speaker was Clive Doucet, city councilor and author from Ottawa. The third speaker was Randolph Hester, landscape architect and educator from Berkeley, California. The 2008 Killam Lecture series at Dalhousie, organized by the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, is titled “The African Renaissance”. (Appendix 9)
6) FACULTY OF SCIENCE KILLAM PRIZE
The Faculty of Science Killam Prize was established in recognition of the financial support provided to the Faculty of Science by the Killam Endowment. Prizes are awarded annually to enhance the career of promising scientists who have obtained their doctorate within the past eleven years. The Faculty of Science Killam Prize is funded from the Dalhousie University Faculty of Science operating budget. The recipient of the 2008 Faculty of Science Killam Prize is Dr. Helene Deacon, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, for her research. (See Appendix 10.)
7) FACULTY OF SCIENCE KILLAM PROFESSORSHIPS
The Faculty of Science Killam Professorships are funded by the Dalhousie University General Salary account and can be held for a 5-year term. These appointments recognize the scientific contributions of the Faculty of Science’s most outstanding scientists. Currently 9 faculty members hold Faculty of Science Killam Professorships (see Appendix 11). The term of Dr. James Pincock (Chemistry) ended. A new award was announced for Dr. Robert Scheibling (Biology).
8) KILLAM DINNER
The 2007 Killam Dinner was held on Monday, October 15, in the McInnis Room of the Dalhousie Student Union. This location continues to prove highly successful, providing excellent and well-appointed space first for the reception and then for the dinner. This annual event is an important occasion to mark the achievements of the Killam Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows. The approximately 245 guests included Killam Trustees Mr. George Cooper, Ms. Ann McCaig, Mr. John Matthews, and Mr. John Montalbano, as well as new and renewal Killam predoctoral scholars, postdoctoral fellows, Killam Chairs and Research Professors, members of the various Killam selection committees, and many other guests. Speakers at the dinner included President Tom Traves, Mr. George Cooper, and Dr. Clint Kelly (Psychology), a Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, presented the after dinner talk. The annual announcement of all Killam Scholarship and Fellowship award recipients was placed in the Chronicle Herald of
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October 16th (see Appendix 12), to publicly honour the recipients. The advertisement is popular with the scholarship holders as a memento, and of course serves to publicize the Dalhousie Killam programs in the community. Pictures taken during recent Dalhousie Killam Dinners can be found on the FGS website’s Killam pages, dalgrad.dal.ca/killam.
9) ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES
The assistance of the members of the various selection committees, graduate coordinators and staff in academic units, staff in the Financial Services and Personnel Services offices, and the Killam Trust office is gratefully acknowledged. Administration and support for the continued success of the Killam programs at Dalhousie is an important and rewarding task for the Faculty of Graduate Studies. I am pleased to acknowledge the important role of the staff in the FGS office in the organization and administration of the scholarship and fellowship programs, and in the organization and success of other Killam events at Dalhousie.
Respectfully submitted
Carolyn Watters, Dean Faculty of Graduate Studies
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Annual Report to the Killam National Conference 2008: Appendices
Appendices
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Appendix 1: 2008 Killam Predoctoral Scholarship Competition Selection Committee
ELECTED FACULTY
Name Term End Department Qigang Gao 2009 Computer Science Greg Hebb 2009 Business Administration Patricia McMullen 2009 Psychology Trevor Ross 2009 English Zoheir Farhat 2010 Process Engineering & Applied Science Peter O'Brien 2010 Classics Meinhard Doelle 2011 Law Paul Murphy 2011 Physiology and Biophysics Howard Ramos 2011 Sociology and Social Anthropology Laura Turculet 2011 Chemistry George Turnbull 2011 Physiotherapy John Cameron 2011 International Development Studies
STANDING MEMBERS
• Dieter Pelzer, Associate Dean, FGS (Coordinating Chair)
• Danielle Pottie, Killam Administrator, FGS
• Killam Trustees (receive all papers, agendas, minutes, and notices of meetings related to Killam Scholarships)
• George Cooper
• John Matthews
• M. Ann McCaig
• John Montalbano
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Appendix 2a: Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarships 2008-2009 New & Renewal Summary
NEW & RENEWAL SUMMARY
Total New Masters Degrees - Female 8 Total New Masters Degrees - Male 5 Total New Doctoral Degrees - Female 12 Total New Doctoral Degrees - Male 13 Total New 38
Total Renewal Masters Degrees - Female 8 Total Renewal Masters Degrees - Male 7 Total Renewal Doctoral Degrees - Female 23 Total Renewal Doctoral Degrees - Male 30 Total Renewal 68
SCHOLARSHIP SUMMARY
2007-2008 Actual 2008-2009 Budget New $939,698.47 (New and Renewal) $ 368,877.00 Renewal $ 805,923.00 Travel $11,745 (All Killam Travel) $ 4,000.00 Travel KPDF $ 7,000.00
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Appendix 2b: Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarships — New 2008-2009
Killam Last Name First Name Department Deg Citizenship Start Date Gender External Name Killam Total Arabi Alya Biochemistry MSc Canadian Sep-08 F NSERC $2,700.00
Kelly Jennifer Biology PhD Canadian Sep-08 F NSERC $0.00
Schmidt Allison Biology PhD Canadian Sep-08 F NSERC $4,000.00
Smith David Biology PhD Canadian Sep-08 M NSERC $0.00
Heverly-Coulson Gavin Chemistry MSc American May-08 M $25,190.00
Hesp Kevin Chemistry PhD Canadian Sep-08 M NSERC $0.00
Lundgren Rylan Chemistry PhD Canadian Sep-08 M NSERC $4,000.00
Marx Vanessa Chemistry PhD Canadian Sep-08 F NSERC $4,000.00
Goreham Vince Civil Engineering PhD Canadian Jan-09 M NSERC $7,700.00
Lee Benjamin Classics PhD Canadian Sep-08 M SSHRC $0.00
Adsett Constance Computer Science PhD Canadian Sep-08 F NSERC $0.00
Kellett Dawn Earth Sciences PhD Canadian Sep-08 F NSERC $16,667.00
Hutka Adam English PhD Canadian Sep-08 M SSHRC $0.00
Schoeneck Annette German MA German Sep-08 F $25,190.00
Bradley Kristina Health and Human MSc Canadian Sep-08 F SSHRC $2,500.00
White Justin Health and Human MSc Canadian Sep-08 M CIHR $2,500.00
Burger Erika Interdisciplinary PhD PhD Canadian Sep-08 F SSHRC $5,000.00
Muaror-Wilson Jieni Interdisciplinary PhD PhD Fiji Sep-08 F $30,190.00
Van De Keere Laurel IDS MA Canadian Sep-08 F $20,000.00
Engler Cecilia Law LLM Chilean Sep-08 F $25,190.00
Adlam Caroline Math and Stats PhD Canadian Sep-08 F NSERC $4,000.00
Cyr David Microbiology MSc Canadian Sep-08 M NSERC $0.00
Garant Katy Microbiology PhD Canadian Sep-08 F NSERC $0.00
Routledge Faye Nursing PhD Canadian Sep-08 F $25,000.00
Richards Clark Oceanography PhD Canadian Sep-08 M $25,000.00
Copeland Samantha Philosophy MA Canadian Sep-08 F $20,000.00
Shea Patrick Physics MSc Canadian Sep-08 M NSERC $2,700.00
Klages Peter Physics PhD Canadian Sep-08 M $25,000.00
Patterson Steven Physics PhD Canadian Sep-08 M NSERC $4,000.00
van Donkelaar Aaron Physics PhD Canadian Sep-08 M NSERC $4,000.00
Nelson Stephanie Physiology MSc Canadian May-08 F NSERC $2,500.00
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Appendix 2b: Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarships — New 2008-2009
Killam Last Name First Name Department Deg Citizenship Start Date Gender External Name Killam Total McDonough David Political Science PhD Canadian Sep-08 M SSHRC $0.00
Butcher Nancy Psychology MSc Canadian Sep-08 F NSERC $0.00
Fawcett Jonathan Psychology PhD Canadian Sep-08 M NSERC $0.00
Lawrence Michael Psychology PhD Canadian Sep-08 M NSERC $0.00
Noel Melanie Psychology PhD Canadian Sep-08 F NSHRF $4,970.00
Chira Sinziana SOSA PhD Romanian Sep-08 F $30,190.00
Stanley David SRES MES New Zealand Sep-08 M $25,190.00
Total New — 38 Male — 18 Female — 20
Masters — 13 Male — 5 Female — 8
Doctoral — 25 Male — 13 Female —12
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Appendix 2c: Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarships — Renewal 2008-2009
Year of External Total Killam Last Name First Name Department Deg Citizenship Eligibility Gender Award Award Mukhida Karim Anatomy PhD Canadian 3 of 3 M Parkisons $25,000.00
Gawryluk Ryan Biochemistry PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M $0.00
Pinder Jordan Biochemistry PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M CGSD $0.00
Uribe Elke Biochemistry PhD Mexican 3 of 3 F $26,730.00
Gero Shane Biology PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M NSERC CGSD $16,667.00
Yorke Alana Biology (Transfer) MSc Canadian 2 of 2 F PGSM $2,500.00
Zemlak Tyler Biology PhD Canadian 2 of 2 M NSERC PGSD $4,000.00
Green Anthony Biomedical Engineering PhD Canadian 2 of 3 F $25,000.00
Rutherford Derek Biomedical Engineering PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M NSHRF $4,970.00 Eliza Carpenter Yuen-ying Chemistry PhD Canadian 3 of 3 F $4,000.00 Ritchie/NSERC MacDonald Frank Chemistry MSc Canadian 2 of 2 M NSERC PGS M $20,000.00
Rockwell Gregory Chemistry PhD Canadian 4 of 4 M NSERC CGSD $0.00
Taylor Alexis Chemistry PhD Canadian 3 pf 3 F NSERC PGSD $4,000.00
Gibbons Meaghan Civil Eng PhD Canadian 4 of 4 F $16,667.00
Riggs Timothy Classics MA Canadian 2 of 2 M $20,000.00
Wilson Emily Community Health MSc Canadian 2 of 2 F NSHRF $2,176.00
Abouzied Azza Computer Science MCSc Canadian 2 of 2 F CGSD $0.00
Hamilton Christopher Computer Science PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M $25,000.00
Lichodzijewski Peter Computer Science PhD Canadian 3 of 3 M $25,000.00
Mason Jane Computer Science PhD Canadian 3 of 4 F $25,000.00
Zhang Ji Computer Science PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M $25,000.00
Barresi Tony Earth Sciences PhD Canadian 3 of 3 M $16,667.00
Bashforth Arden Earth Sciences PhD Canadian 3 of 3 M $25,000.00
Braid James Earth Sciences MSc Canadian 2 of 2 M PGSD $4,000.00
Gradmann Sofie Earth Sciences PhD German 4 of 4 $25,000.00
Ibrahim Walid Electrical and Comp Eng PhD Egyptian 2 of 3 M $25,000.00
Long Aaron Engineering Math PhD Canadian 3 of 3 M NSERC CGSD $0.00
Goossen Jonathan English PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M SSHRC CGSD $0.00 SSHRC Rodd Mary English PhD Canadian 2 of 3 F $25,000.00 Doctoral Vautour Bart English PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M SSHRC CGSD $0.00
Takam Alain French PhD Cameroonian 2 of 2 M $25,000.00
Lys Candice Health and Human MSc Canadian 2 of 2 F $20,000.00
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Appendix 2c: Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarships — Renewal 2008-2009
Year of External Total Killam Last Name First Name Department Deg Citizenship Eligibility Gender Award Award SSHRC Harding Robert History PhD Canadian 2 of 2 M $5,000.00 Doctoral Stanley David History MA New Zealand 2 of 2 M $25,190.00
Huybers Sherry Interdisciplinary PhD PhD Canadian 4 of 4 F $25,000.00
Pelletier Nathaniel Interdisciplinary PhD PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M NSERC CGSD $0.00
Wilson Jeffrey Interdisciplinary PhD PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M NSERC CGSD $0.00
Allen Meghan Math and Stats PhD Canadian 2 of 3 F NSERC PGSD $4,000.00
Hoefel Andrew Math and Stats PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M $25,000.00
McKay Neil Math and Stats PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M NSERC PGSD $4,000.00
Noble Rob Math and Stats PhD Canadian 3 of 3 M NSERC PGSD $4,000.00
Algar Christopher Oceanography PhD Canadian 4 of 4 M NSERC PGSD $2,667.00
Saunders Megan Oceanography PhD Canadian 2 of 3 F NSERC CGSD $8,333.00
Kepkay Rosemarie Pathology MSc Canadian 2 of 2 F NSERC PGS M $20,000.00
Renault Nisa Pathology PhD Canadian 3 of 3 F CIHR D $2,667.00 SSHRC Behme Christina Philosophy PhD German 3 of 3 F $25,000.00 Doctoral Harbin Ami Philosophy PhD Canadian 2 of 3 F SSHRC CGSD $0.00
Heiti Warren Philosophy PhD Canadian 3 of 3 M $25,000.00
Brewer Kimberly Physics PhD Canadian 3 of 3 F NSERC CGSD $8,333.00
Chevrier Vincent Physics PhD Canadian 3 of 3 M $25,000.00
Croft Betty Physics PhD Canadian 3 of 3 F $25,000.00
Glister Jacqueline Physics PhD Canadian 2 of 3 F NSERC PGSD $4,000.00
Jakubinek Michael Physics PhD Canadian 4 of 4 M $25,000.00
Rioux James Physics MSc Canadian 2 of 2 M NSERC PGS M $20,000.00
Ryan Gillian Physics PhD Canadian 3 of 3 F $25,000.00
Tamblyn Isaac Physics PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M NSERC CGSD $0.00
Thompson Katherine Planning MPS Canadian 2 of 2 F $20,000.00
VanderZaag Andrew Process Engineering PhD Canadian 2 of 3 M NSERC PGSD $11,000.00
Bandstra Nancy Psychology PhD American 3 of 3 F $30,190.00
Filliter Jillian Psychology PhD Canadian 2 of 3 F CGSD $0.00
Fulton Heather Psychology PhD Canadian 3 of 3 F $25,000.00
Ishigami Yoko Psychology PhD Japanese 3 of 3 F $30,190.00
Mazerolle Erin Psychology PhD Canadian 2 of 3 F NSERC CGSD $0.00
Scantlebury Jordan Psychology MSc Canadian 2 of 2 M NSHRF $20,000.00
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Appendix 2c: Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarships — Renewal 2008-2009
Year of External Total Killam Last Name First Name Department Deg Citizenship Eligibility Gender Award Award ten Brinke Leanne Psychology MSc Canadian 2 of 2 F NSERC PGS M $20,000.00
Leon Jenny Sociology & Soc Anthro MA Canadian 2 of 2 F $20,000.00
Blanchard Wade Statistics PhD Canadian 4 of 4 M $25,000.00
Total Renewal— 67 Male — 36 Female — 31
Masters — 14 Male — 6 Female — 8
Doctoral — 53 Male — 30 Female — 23
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Appendix 3: 2008 Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition Selection Committee
ELECTED FACULTY
Name Term End Department Philip Girard 2009 Law Dean Irvine 2009 English Helmuth Thomas 2009 Oceanography Axel Becke 2011 Chemistry Abdel-Aziz Farrag 2011 Computer Science
STANDING MEMBERS
• Sunny Marche, Associate Dean (Chair), FGS
• Danielle Pottie, Scholarship Officer, FGS
• Killam Trustees (receive all papers, agendas, minutes, notice of meetings related to Killam Scholarship only)
• George Cooper
• John Matthews
• M. Ann McCaig
• John Montalbano
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Appendix 4: Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships — New 2008
Doctoral Appointment Name Gender Discipline Research Topic University Date Christopher M University of English August 2008 Banal Multiculturalism Dobson Toronto Peter Coffman M Queen’s History September 2008 Nineteenth-Century University Gothic Revival Architecture in Nova Scotia Emma Varley F University of Bioethics September 2008 The Contribution of Toronto Interpersonal Enmities and Violent Islamic Sectarianism to Exceptionally High Maternal illness and Mortality Rates Among Muslim Women in Pakistan’s Northern Areas Robert Ronconi M University of Biology July 2008 High seas exploitation by Victoria marine predators: Habitat selection, niche- partitioning and conservation of pelagic seabirds Afra Foroud F University of Psychology September 2008 Behavioural Mechanisms Lethbridge Underlying the Interrelations of Movement and Language
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Appendix 5: Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships — Continuing 2008
Appointment Name Gender Doctoral University Discipline Research Topic Date Mausam Verma M University of Water Sciences June 2007 Bioethanol Production from Quebec Alternative Subtrates Using Lytic Enzyme Producing Microorganisms Linnea Veinotte F Acadia University Biology May 2007 The Role of CXCR6 in NKT Cell Activation Clint Kelly M University of Zoology September 2007 Mating, Illness and Toronto Immunity Georgios M National & Natural Sciences August 2007 The Field of Spatially Pspadopoulos Kapodistrian Homogeneous University of Athens Cosmological Models at the classical level Kirstin F University of Philosophy January 2008 The Ethics of Evidence Borgerson Toronto
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Appendix 6: 2008 Killam Chairs
Chair Incumbent Year of Appointment Electrical & Computer Engineering Zhizhang (David) Chen February 2005 Oceanography John Cullen January 2006 Computer Science Evangelos Milios April 2006 Chemistry Axel Becke July 2006 Mood Disorders Martin Alda July 2007
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Appendix 7a: 2008 Killam Chair Reports — Zhizhang (David) Chen
Killam Chair in Wireless Technology Interim Progress Report for the Period October of 2007 to August of 2008
By
Zhizhang (David) Chen Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dalhousie University Email: [email protected] Web site: myweb.dal.ca/zdchen
This report describes my activities as a Killam Chair in Wireless Technology for the period of October, 2007 to August, 2008.
This was the first year after my second sabbatical leave. I restarted teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses: two full undergraduate classes in the winter of 2008 and, one graduate direct-studies course in the summer of 2007. I continued my other teaching functionality such as supervising 3 senior student projects and grading co- student student reports. My in-classroom teaching load was finally reduced a half of a regular ECE faculty member as agreed with the previous dean at the beginning of this Chair appointment. The department I am with reluctantly agreed to give me more teaching relief.
I have continued the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF) project on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR) with joint participation of researchers from University of New Brunswick, Dalhousie University and University of Moncton. There are 5 sub-projects in this project. The project for which I am responsible involves the development of generic smart RF transceivers, with a total cost of $2.1 million. Our industrial partner is the Cobham Tracking and Locating Ltd. (formerly Seimac Ltd.), a local company specializing in developing marine- based communication equipment. The project was completed in June, 2008.
I also carried out the research in the areas of computational electromagnetics aimed at developing new numerical techniques for modeling RF/microwave communication circuit and component structures. The research was sponsored by NSERC with close to $50K per year of financial support in term of a Discovery Grant; the 50K support is a relatively high number in comparisons with the grant size my colleagues were awarded.
I have established collaborative projects with two university research groups in China and one research group in US; we are working on topics related to wireless sensor networks, wide band wireless technology and time-domain modeling techniques. In addition, we are also currently in the process of collaborating with Nova Scotia Environmental Health Center to study the sensitivity of human being to radio waves in air.
I have completed supervision of 2 Master students and continued to supervise a research team of 1 postdoctoral fellow, 2 research associates, 1 PhD students, 5 Master students and 1 summer visiting student from UK. They are
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Appendix 7a: 2008 Killam Chair Reports — Zhizhang (David) Chen all working on RF/microwave communications and computational electromagnetics related topics and have made good scientific and engineering progress.
Since October of 2007, together with my research team and collaborators, we have had 2 journal papers accepted for publications, 4 journal and 14 refereed conference papers published. We also filed a patent on an ultra-wide- band (UWB) communication technology of which we are currently pursuing commercialization. We attended and made presentations in 7 IEEE sponsored technical conferences (October in Perugia of Italy, December in Singapore, January in Orlando, March in Niagara Falls, May in Halifax, and June in Atlanta). I was also invited to give five special seminars on generalization of electromagnetic modeling techniques in University of Nottingham, University British Columbia, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Southeast University and Beihang University, respectively. I was also invited to give a workshop presentation on electromagnetic modeling at IEEE International Microwave Symposium and a tutorial talk on ultra-wide-band communication systems at CNSR2008.
I completed my 4-week visiting fellowship at University of Nottingham in October, 2007; the fellowship was awarded by Royal Society of United Kingdom. Together with Drs. W. J. R. Hoefer and P. So, we were invited to China and gave a total of 9 days of seminars on various topics in modeling and simulation techniques from May 24, 2008-June 11, 2008.
As a steering committee member, I participated in organizing the 2008 Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services (CNSR). The conference was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on May 5-8, 2008. I also organized the tutorial sessions as the conference tutorial chair. The conference attracted the participation of researchers from around the globe in the area of advanced communication networks and services. The conference featured keynote speakers, tutorial sessions and technical sessions on advances in communication systems and technologies. It was the result of joint efforts by researchers and staff from University of New Brunswick, Dalhousie University, University de Moncton and Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. The conference was technically sponsored by IEEE Computer Society and all the accepted papers will be published in the highly reputable IEEE on-line database.
I was appointed as a member of NSERC discovery grant committee #335; I will review and participate in 2009 deliberations of the discovery grant applications. I served as an editorial board member of the International Journal of Numerical Modeling – Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields – by John Wiley and Sons. In all, since October, 2007, I have served on technical or steering committees for 6 different international conferences or workshop. I also served on Microwave Field Theory Committee of IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques society and its speaker bureau. At Dalhousie University, I served on 4 different committees including Engineering New Faculty Tenure & Promotion Guideline Committee, Faculty Tenure & Promotion Guideline Committee, Advisory Committee for Institute for Research in Materials and Departmental teaching load committee.
I received the 2007 Senior Faculty Research award from the Engineering Faculty and a 2007 Foreign Scientist Visiting fellowship awarded by Royal Society of United Kingdom. I also nominated for the IEEE Fellow of 2009 Class.
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In summary, the past year of the Killam Chair has been productive and hectic for both me and my research team. With the help of teaching relief that unfortunately comes late, I look forward to more achievements next year in teaching, research and service.
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Appendix 7b: 2008 Killam Chair Reports — John Cullen
Activities of John Cullen, Killam Chair in Ocean Studies — October 2007 to September, 2008
During this third year of my appointment, I continued efforts to develop new technologies for observing and describing a dynamic ocean in real time using advanced sensors and sophisticated numerical models as our successful five-year ocean observatory programme wound down and plans for Dalhousie’s new Ocean Tracking Network were being developed. Meantime, our laboratory began work on a major new project to evaluate microalgae for use as a source of renewable fuels. Much time was also spent contributing to a global debate on fertilization of the ocean for carbon offsets.
Leadership Activities, Including Background of the Research Programme
Marine Environmental Prediction
Consistent with my concurrent appointment as NSERC/Satlantic Industrial Research Chair in Environmental Observation Technology (now in its third five-year term), my activities have been focused on the theme of marine environmental observation and prediction. The Centre for Marine Environmental Prediction (CMEP) began in 1998 as an idea shared by seven principal investigators from Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University and one each from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC). Under my lead, it expanded to a research enterprise that has generated $13M in funding for a variety of projects including two major programmes funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS): The Lunenburg Coastal Observatory and Forecast System (described below), and a $2.8M research network on Global Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction and Predictability (GOAPP), led by CMEP members Keith Thompson and Hal Ritchie.
In support of our strategic vision, Dalhousie committed three successful Canada Research Chair nominations to CMEP. Keith Thompson’s internal appointment to a Tier 1 Chair facilitated his leadership of GOAPP which started last year. Newer CRCs Helmuth Thomas and Katja Fennel joined our research efforts and provided new directions to our work: Thomas was a Principal Investigator on our Lunenburg Project, and Fennel is working with Dalhousie oceanographers on new initiatives for robotic ocean observing systems to provide data in near-real time for ecosystem models in support of Dalhousie’s Ocean Tracking Network.
My own research has been most closely tied to CMEP’s project in Lunenburg Bay, “Interdisciplinary Marine Environmental Prediction in the Atlantic Region”, an ambitious and world-leading effort to employ a real-time automated ocean observatory to feed data into forecasts of the ocean weather, including wind, waves, currents, and even ocean biology. Data from the system, including real-time conditions in the ocean and atmosphere from spring through fall, were made available on the internet, via cell phone, and through Google Earth. This CFCAS “Lunenburg Project” was built upon infrastructure funded through the Canada Foundation for Innovation and Nova Scotia; the research network included 15 principal investigators from Dalhousie, MSC and DFO. During five years of active research, the project provided full or partial support for the activities of roughly 100 undergraduate or graduate students, postdocs, technicians, programmers or researchers. The technology developed for the
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Lunenburg observing system was integrated during 2007, the final year of its operation, and a major demonstration and open house was held at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in late September, 2007. This year, the project was terminated and the research network dismantled because the Government of Canada did not renew funding for CFCAS, and no alternate source of support could be identified. An automated ocean observation buoy is being moved to Bedford Basin from Lunenburg to serve as the foundation of a new observatory program conducted jointly by researchers from Dalhousie and DFO, with plans to coordinate with MSC.
Microalgae for biofuels
In December, 2007 we announced our participation in a major initiative to grow marine microalgae to produce vegetable oil for conversion into biofuel. Our university-based research effort is supported by Cellana, a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell plc and HR Biopetroleum. They are building a demonstration facility in Hawaii. I lead Dalhousie’s MicroAlgal Performance Evaluation Laboratory (MAPEL) and serve on the Scientific Leadership Team for Cellana. We are very excited about this project, which has many advantages over other methods for producing biofuels, including no need for freshwater or arable land, rates of production much higher than conventional crops, and the production of fuel with a very small carbon footprint. Further, if the project develops as planned, the process will produce large amounts of protein feedstock.
Ocean fertilization
Twenty years ago, it was proposed that fertilization of the ocean with iron could stimulate the growth of phytoplankton which would multiply near the sea surface, then sink, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in the deep sea. Despite a statement of concern by the parties of the London “Dumping” Convention and a call for a moratorium on fertilization of the open ocean by 191 countries of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity, planning for ocean iron fertilization continues, spearheaded by a company that hopes to sell carbon offsets for their activities. I have been involved with this controversial issue since its inception, and reluctantly, I continue to play a role as the expert who argues that carbon offsets should not be authorized until it can be shown that long-term effects of ocean fertilization can be predicted and verified (which I assert is not likely). During the past year I delivered invited presentations at the 20th anniversary symposium for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme in Stockholm, at a high-profile international conference in Woods Hole, MA, and at a meeting of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. I also contributed an invited peer-reviewed article to a special thematic section of the peer-reviewed journal, Marine Ecology Progress Series and was interviewed by and quoted in many media outlets, including the Science, Scientific American, Geotimes, National Public Radio, the Boston Globe and several other publications.
Research Activities
The research group under my supervision or co-supervision this year comprised 3 postdoctoral fellows (PDFs), 5 graduate students (2 Ph.D., 2 M.Sc.), and 9 technical staff. All contribute to our broad range of activities, an overview of which is presented here.
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During the reporting period, the Lunenburg Project ended after its fifth and final year. We succeeded in developing a real-time, interdisciplinary ocean observatory and forecast system, although there was much more work to do. Regrettably, the termination of funding meant that the research group had to be dismantled. But there is a bright side: students, post-docs and technicians who developed highly advanced skills during this project have moved on to jobs in government laboratories (including the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis), and key personnel will support the Ocean Tracking Network. Also, we leave a legacy of being the first in Canada to develop an interdisciplinary real-time ocean observatory and forecast system. And we made significant contributions to ocean observatories being developed and deployed world-wide by our industrial partner, Satlantic, Inc. of Halifax. Graduate student Adam Comeau published a paper describing one of these systems, the Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory, deployed in the Northwest Arm and providing data daily on the web.
Of course, the Lunenburg Project leaves a rich resource of data (managed by Jon Pye) on coastal processes that will support further research for years. Led by Research Associate Susanne Craig and supported by data analysts Richard Davis and Chris Jones, we have been conducting very thorough analyses of optical data (potentially useful for characterizing biological dynamics and the physiology of phytoplankton). Adam Comeau has been using the data for his thesis on retrieving physiological information from observations of chlorophyll fluorescence. Recent publication of a study by M.Sc. recipient Christina Schallenberg provides a foundation for interpretation. All of this is coming together into a systematic and quantitative assessment of fluorescence as a tool in phytoplankton ecology. We hope to make authoritative contributions to this topic, which has been around for decades but which seems to be increasing in prominence.
Modeling continues to be centrally important to our research, as we move from the Lunenberg Project to the Ocean Tracking Network and beyond. Maud Guarracino completed her biological/physical modeling effort for Lunenburg and submitted her work for publication. Arnaud Laurent continues his Ph.D. research on models of Lunenburg Bay. Diego Ibarra, in collaboration with CRC Katja Fennel, has developed a 3-D model of Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia, as influenced by a mussel ranch. He is using ROMS, an open-source modeling system that is showing promise of being the tool of choice for a wide range of ocean modeling applications. Katja Fennel, Susanne Craig and I are also working on a new generation of models that will incorporate physiological information directly from optical measurements.
Meantime, M.Sc. student Tara Tapics is wrapping up her M.Sc. research on chemotaxis in microalgae — a mechanism for swimming microbes to find nutrients in patchy environments that might be more characteristic of the ocean than previously thought.
During much of the year, I have been cooperating with the leaders of Dalhousie’s new Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) to plan effective implementation of this exciting project that will be a cornerstone of Dalhousie’s ocean research for years to come. In particular, we are working to apply our experience and interests in ocean observation and prediction systems to OTN, starting with deployment of robotic ocean sensor systems (ocean gliders) to
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The microalgae-for-fuels project has greatly enhanced our capabilities to study phytoplankton in the laboratory, providing the resources to replace worn out equipment, purchase new instruments, and renovate lab space to relieve a facilities crisis that threatened our ability to conduct experimental research. Now the MicroAlgal Performance Evaluation Laboratory is working at full speed, coordinated by Science Manager and Research Associate Flavienne Bruyant and supported by an expert team of seven. Working in parallel with labs at the University of Hawaii and the University of Southern Mississippi, we are testing a large number of strains of algae to find the best for producing fuels at a demonstration site in Hawaii.
International Activities and Recognition
In addition to the three invitations to speak on ocean fertilization, I was invited to present a description of the Lunenburg Project at a conference convened by the Venice Water Authority. Also, I was appointed to a Task Team on Oceans for the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). We are charged with finding the next big question for study, to be sponsored by this highly effective organization. I was also asked to join the group that summarized an international conference on fluorescence for the journal, Photosynthesis Research.
Service
After many delays, a book edited by Marcel Babin, Collin Roesler and I was published by UNESCO: “Real-time Coastal Observing Systems for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Harmful Algal Blooms: Theory, Instrumentation and Modelling.”
Teaching
This year, I continued teaching the Department of Oceanography’s core course in Biological Oceanography and co- taught the Biology of Phytoplankton. Also, for the third year in a row, I was an invited Faculty member at the Agouron Institute Summer Course at the University of Hawaii, “Microbial Oceanography: From Genomes to Biomes.”
Respectfully submitted by John Cullen 25 August 2008
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Appendix 7c: 2008 Killam Chair Reports — Evangelos Milios
Activities of Evangelos Milios, Killam Chair in Computer Science September 2007 – August 2008
Research Activities I continue my research on Topical Web Crawling, Summarization and Clustering in Networked Information Spaces, funded by an NSERC Discovery Grant. The motivation for my research is the realization that several large document collections of significant interest form networks of documents that are interconnected by links of various types, such as the World Wide Web, the scientific literature and the associated citation graph, and social bookmarking and tagging networks, such as del.icio.us and bibsonomy.org, involving large numbers of online users sharing and tagging (assigning keywords to) bookmarks and personal publication collections, and establishing direct links to other users sharing their interests. Key research challenges with social bookmarking and tagging networks such as these include: (a) the identification of communities of users sharing common interests; (b) the extraction of meaning from the tags users have assigned to resources; (c) tag recommendation or prediction for a user bookmarking a given resource based on the content of the resource, the tags other users have assigned to it, and the profile of the user; (d) detection of spam. With PhD student Marek Lipczak, we took part in the tag prediction challenge of the 2008 European Conference on Machine Learning and achieved 2nd place among five entries.
I have been furthermore involved in applying basic research to problems of relevance to industry and government. Funding from the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) Federal Network of Centres of Excellence continued towards the project entitled ``Modeling and Mining of Networked Information Spaces (MoMiNIS)’’, co-funded by a Federal Research Laboratory interested in extracted anomalous patterns in the dynamic behaviour of large communication graphs, such as phone call graphs and email graphs.
The project entitled ``NETPAL, Dynamic Network Administration’’, funded jointly by the Precarn Inc. Small Company Program, Palomino Inc. and the Telecom Applications Research Alliance concluded successfully in early 2008. Palomino Inc. is currently commercializing the prototype for the web hosting and telecommunications industry.
We receive expressions of interesting in applying the NETPAL concept to other domains involving maintenance of complex or networked equipment. Motivated by the NETPAL project, and our work on extracting anomalies, I have recently been involved in the application of machine learning techniques to system administration problems, with colleague Nur Zincir-Heywood.
Finally, I continue to maintain a close working relationship with the Intelligent Systems Group at the Technical University of Crete, Greece, and I started working on a joint project with the Databases and Information Systems Department of the Max Planck Institut fuer Informatik in Saarbruecken, Germany.
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Teaching activities
In the past academic year, I taught two courses, a graduate course on Networks and the Web for Health Informatics to an audience of non-technical health-related professionals in the fall of 2007, and a graduate course on Machine Learning, with a focus on text mining and probabilistic inference, jointly listed with a 4th year undergraduate course on Artificial Intelligence in the summer of 2008.
Administrative activities
I was appointed acting Associate Dean – Research in the Faculty of Computer Science on January 1, 2008, tasked with facilitating the evolution of the research culture of the Faculty towards focusing more on collaboration with industry and other Dalhousie Faculties, and aiming to double research funding over the next three years. A detailed strategic plan for research was completed at the end of June 2008, refining the Faculty-wide strategic plan completed earlier in the year. I applied and got elected for the regular position of Associate Dean – Research, established based on the recommendation of the Faculty-wide strategic plan. In my role as Associate Dean – Research, I facilitated a number of major research proposals, the outcome of which will be known in the fall of 2008.
Professional Activities
I have been serving on the Precarn Research Management Committee for several years, and more recently on the Precarn Expert Advisory Panel (EAP). Precarn Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation that supports pre-competitive research in the national intelligent systems sector, and the EAP is a panel of academic and industry experts assisting the Precarn Board in the review of project proposals and the monitoring of the funded projects.
As a member of NSERC Grant Selection Committee 331, I participated in the 2007-2008 competition. In addition, I took active part in the restructuring exercise of NSERC, helping to define the research areas in the new conference model that NSERC is adopting for the review of Discovery Grant proposals.
I continue to serve as co-Editor-in-Chief of the Computational Intelligence journal.
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Appendix 7d: 2008 Killam Chair Reports — Axel Becke
Prof. Axel D. Becke FRSC FRS — Killam Chair Report, August 2008
(This report covers the calendar year 2007)
Research in the Density-Functional theory (DFT) of atomic and molecular structure has been our focus. I have been a world leader in this field for the past two decades. See, for example, the recent overview articles in
• Physics Today, Chemistry on the Computer, April 2008 issue, page 58. • Chemical and Engineering News, Battle of the Functionals, June 30 2008 issue, page 34.
The papers A.D. Becke, Journal of Chemical Physics 98, 5648 (1993) and A.D. Becke, Physical Review A 38, 3098 (1988) continue to be the 1st and 3rd most cited papers in the chemical literature. To date these papers have been cited 22,331 and 14,383 times respectively (ISI Science Citation Database) with citations increasing at the rate of 2,667 and 1,445 per year!
Total career citations as of Aug. 18, 2008… 49,139.
In the last few years significant progress has been made in three research areas. We summarize the situation in each area, and our publications in 2007, below.
Nonlocal Correlation Models
Density-functional models of electronic structure have, until quite recently, been based on “electron-gas-like” physics. That is, correlations in the motions of electrons arising from Pauli and Coulomb repulsions are assumed to be local in extent. This is a good approximation in atoms and in closed shell molecules near equilibrium geometries. In stretched molecules and, particularly, in stretched molecules with an odd number of electrons (i.e., chemical radicals), electron correlations may extend over many centers in the molecule and are non-local in extent.
All contemporary DFT methods fail dramatically on stretched molecules and especially on stretched radicals. This lack of robustness of standard DFTs has long been a fundamental concern. In 2003 we reported a first attempt to solve this nonlocal correlation problem in A.D. Becke, J. Chem. Phys. 119, 2972 (2003), but the theory was not entirely satisfying. Satisfactory completion of the theory was accomplished in 2005 [A.D. Becke, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 064101 (2005)].
This 2005 nonlocal correlation model worked well for intramolecular interactions. It could not, however, be used in applications where intermolecular interactions are important (see next section). In the following paper,
• A.D. Becke and E.R. Johnson. A Unified Density-Functional Treatment of Dynamical, Nondynamical, and Dispersion Correlations. Journal of Chemical Physics 127, 124108 (2007)
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• E.R. Johnson and A.D. Becke. A Unified Density-Functional Treatment of Dynamical, Nondynamical, and Dispersion Correlations II: Thermochemical and Kinetic Benchmarks. Journal of Chemical Physics 128, 124105 (2008).
Dispersion (van der Waals) Forces
Another failure of contemporary DFT methods, until recently, has been their inability to describe “dispersion” or “van der Waals” (vdW) forces. These are the forces that attract molecules to each other (“inter”molecular interactions). Dispersion forces are extremely weak compared to the forces responsible for internal molecular structure (“intra”molecular interactions), and of much longer range. They play a critical role, however, in determining the architecture of large molecular assemblies. For example, vdW forces govern the structures of materials, biomolecules, nanosystems, etc…
The underlying physics of the dispersion force is missing from standard density functionals. Until now, empirical patches have been used, based on fits to reference data, that contain no physics whatsoever. Consequently, the application of DFT to biological chemistry has been seriously curtailed. In 2005, however, we introduced a novel conceptual approach to the dispersion problem that was intriguing, nonempirical, and computationally promising [A.D. Becke and E.R. Johnson, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 154104 (2005)].
Two years later, in at least a half dozen papers listed in last year’s report, our dispersion model has been refined to a highly satisfying theoretical and computational level. In 2007, in particular, the conceptual underpinnings were placed on a much more solid foundation in
• A.D. Becke and E.R. Johnson. Exchange-Hole Dipole Moment and the Dispersion Interaction Revisited. Journal of Chemical Physics 127, 154108 (2007) and the model was combined with our nonlocal correlation model (see previous section) in
• A.D. Becke and E.R. Johnson. A Unified Density-Functional Treatment of Dynamical, Nondynamical, and Dispersion Correlations. Journal of Chemical Physics 127, 124108 (2007).
The way is now open to economical and robust DFT applications in biochemistry, materials science, surface science, and nanoscience. This will be the focus of future work.
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Transition-Metal Atoms in Density-Functional Theory
The open 3d shells of transition-metal atoms cannot be treated by standard density-functional methods unless corrected for the effects of current density. We have applied a current-density correction to transition-metal atoms in
• E.R. Johnson, R.M. Dickson, and A.D. Becke. Density Functionals and Transition-Metal Atoms. Journal of Chemical Physics 126, 184104 (2007) thus solving another long-standing fundamental problem in DFT. Previous to this work, it was not clear how to perform DFT atomic reference calculations in transition-metal chemistry, with or without current density. This study has, for the first time, provided an unambiguous prescription for doing so.
Invited Conference Lectures in 2007
• American Physical Society. Denver, USA.
• Theory of Atomic and Molecular Clusters. Richmond, USA.
• Canadian Society for Chemistry. Winnipeg, MB.
• Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, U. Minnesota: Classical and Quantum Approaches in Molecular Modeling. Minneapolis, USA.
Contributed Conference Presentations in 2007
• E. R. Johnson and A. D. Becke. 47th Sanibel Symposium, St. Simon's Island, USA.
• E. R. Johnson and A. D. Becke. Canadian Society for Chemistry, Winnipeg, MB.
Other Developments in 2007
On June 30, 2007, a creative and productive two-year research leave under the Canada Council Killam Research Fellowship program came to an end.
Erin R. Johnson defended her Ph.D. thesis, A Density-Functional Theory including Dispersion Interactions, at Queen’s University in November 2007, concluding three years of ground-breaking research with me at Queen’s and at Dalhousie. She is now an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University in the US.
A new student, Felix Kannemann, commenced graduate studies with me in September 2007.
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Appendix 7e: 2008 Killam Chair Reports — Martin Alda
Killam Chair Report — Dr. Martin Alda, Killam Chair in Mood Disorders
In the first year of my appointment as Killam Chair in Mood Disorders, I have focused on expanding the research and clinical program at Dalhousie University. In particular, my colleagues and I have applied and been successful in obtaining grants to support our research work. The projects are related to the treatment of depression in subjects with a family history of bipolar disorder (Dr. O’Donovan, funded by NSHRF, $150,000), and the examination of risk factors in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (Dr. T. Hajek, funded by Dalhousie University and NARSAD, $505,000); my role in both projects has been that of mentor. Furthermore, I have received funding from CIHR for genetic studies of bipolar disorder ($1,127,335) and for collaborative projects on mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder (with Dr. L.T. Young from University of British Columbia) and for studies of interferon-induced depression (with Dr. M.-J. Brouillette at McGill University). Our group has published a total of 14 papers this year; seven additional papers are currently under review.
Recently, based on our contribution to the field of psychiatric genetics, we have been invited to lead an international consortium to study genetics of response to lithium prophylaxis jointly with research groups from NIMH and Harvard University, and participating centres from Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, and several centres in the United States. In addition, we collaborate with several Canadian (McGill University, McMaster University, University of Toronto and University of British Columbia) and international (University of Pittsburgh, International Group for Study of Lithium Treated Patients, University of Cagliari) groups.
The Department of Psychiatry of Dalhousie University is well positioned to develop a clinical and research program in major psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder or major depression. We are the only specialized mood disorders program in the Maritimes, serving a genetically unique population of more than 1.5 million. As well, we are fortunate to collaborate locally with Dr. Anne Duffy, an internationally known child psychiatrist specializing in early onset mood disorders. These are key ingredients for being able to identify risk factors for severe mood disorders, and for early detection and effective treatment. However, the program development has been difficult for lack of infrastructure support, and it remains the most challenging aspect of my appointment so far.
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Appendix 8: Killam Lecture Committee
Name Term End Department George Turnbull 2011 Physiotherapy Dan Jackson 2010 Faculty of Science Philip Zachernuk 2009 History Dawn Morrison Public Relations Carolyn Watters, Dean (Chair) FGS 1 vacancy 2011
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Appendix 9: Report on the 2007-2008 Killam Lectures: “Resilient Communities: Envisioning and Acting for Sustainable Futures” (Faculty of Architecture and Planning)
The annual Dorothy J. Killam Memorial Lecture Series brings some of the world's best minds to Dalhousie University and to the community at large to speak on a topic of current interest. The Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture and Planning hosted the 2007-2008 Lectures Series on the theme Resilient Communities: Envisioning and Acting for Sustainable Futures.
The oldest city in Canada, Quebec City, celebrates its 400th anniversary in 2008. By global standards, Canadian cities and towns are relatively young. Will our descendants look back as they celebrate a millennium of urban life in Canada and thank us for our choices? Will our communities still be thriving and healthy? The decisions we make today about the character and form of our communities shape options for generations in the future. What does it take to make our communities resilient enough to thrive not only for the short term but over the centuries and millennia to come? What does it take to nurture resilient communities where people feel supported, engaged, creative, and productive? What do we need to do to build sustainable futures? These questions guided this year’s Killam Lecture Series.
Perceptions of insecurity, a growing gap between north and south and between rich and poor, a rise in new diseases and a resurgence in established ones, climate change, and environment devastation are a few of the challenges facing contemporary communities. Through the theme Resilient Communities: Envisioning and Acting for Sustainable Futures we explored what it takes to create resilient and sustainable communities and to build the political will to respond to contemporary challenges. Each of the speakers addressed this theme from their different perspectives as decision makers, designers and planners. Collectively they engaged and inspired the lecture attendees with their wisdom and enthusiasm for envisioning sustainable futures.
The lectures were as follows:
• Ken Greenberg, urban designer and planner from Toronto, 7 November 2007 • Clive Doucet, city councillor and author from Ottawa, 30 January 2008 • Randolph Hester, landscape architect and educator from Berkeley CA, 12 February 2008
The first lecture was held in the McInnes Room of the SUB; the other two lectures were in the Potter Auditorium in the Rowe Building. All began at 7 pm.
All three lectures were very well attended and well received, with enthusiastic audiences of 250-350 each. While many in the audience were students or members of the local design and planning communities, we also noted extensive community participation and faculty and students from other parts of the university.
Amber Nicol, the lecture coordinator, acted as MC for the events. We began with a discussion of Dorothy Killam and the Killam Trusts (in the first lecture by Mr George Cooper, a member of the Trust; next by Kate Thompson, a recipient of a Killam Scholarship in our Faculty; finally by the Dean of Graduate Studies, Carolyn Watters). In each case the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Grant Wanzel, introduced the speakers. The speakers
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Appendix 9: Report on the 2007-2008 Killam Lectures: “Resilient Communities: Envisioning and Acting for Sustainable Futures” (Faculty of Architecture and Planning) addressed the audience for about an hour and then took questions from the audience for 30-40 minutes. A wine and cheese reception followed.
In addition to the formal lectures we provided venues for the speakers to meet with students and faculty members in the afternoon before the lecture. Two of the speakers stayed on after their lectures either to meet with community groups dealing with local planning issues (in the case of Mr Doucet), or to participate in a community conference organized by students in the Faculty (in the case of Prof Hester). In collaboration with a local book store, we organized a book signing for one of the speakers. We are having each of the lectures transcribed and hope to make them available on the Faculty web site.
Our publicity program seemed quite successful. The speakers appeared in the local media, and the lecture series received rave reviews in The Coast. We printed 500 beautiful pamphlet/posters (designed by Candice Sepulis, a student in the Faculty) and distributed them widely. (We did two pin-ups of posters across the campus and in public places like the library: one in the fall before the series began, and a second one early in January as the second and third lectures approached.) We put information about the series on the Faculty web site and distributed notices through a variety of list serves and mailings. We placed community service announcements on radio and sent press releases to local news outlets. The series was profiled on the Dalhousie web portal and in the DalNews.
Our lecture coordinator is preparing a short guide for future organizers of the lecture series to document the lessons learned and to assist in streamlining the activities for future events.
One of the significant problems we faced was getting the best rooms for the venue. The Potter Auditorium was a very good venue, but we could not obtain it for a fall lecture.
Our lecture coordinator, Amber Nicol, and her assistant Pam MacDonald, did a superb job of organizing all of the events and activities associated with the lecture series: their efforts underlined the success of the series. We appreciated the assistance of staff in FGS, in the Killam Trusts administration, and in the External Relations office. Carol Madden, Martha Barnstead and Eric Guile provided invaluable support in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning.
Killam Lecture Committee for 2007:
• Terry Galvin, School of Architecture • Jill Grant, School of Planning (Chair) • Amber Nicol, School of Planning (Lecture coordinator) • Grant Wanzel, Dean of Architecture and Planning
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Speakers/Dates/Venues
Ken Greenberg – Wednesday, 7 November 2007 Location: McInnes Room, Dalhousie Student Union Building, 6136 University Avenue Time: 7 pm, reception following
Ken Greenberg, an architect and urban designer, has played a leading role on a broad range of assignments in highly diverse urban settings in North America and Europe. Much of his work focuses on the rejuvenation of downtowns, waterfronts, and neighbourhoods, and campus master planning. Current efforts include implementing the Master Plan for the renewal of Regent Park, a major public housing project in Toronto, plans for the new Don River Park in Toronto, a Master Plan for the Grand Parade in Halifax and integrated strategies for transit-oriented redevelopment along the proposed new LRT line in Ottawa.
Clive Doucet – Wednesday, 30 January 2008 Location: Potter Auditorium, Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue Time: 7 pm, reception following
Clive Doucet is an urban activist, well-known journalist, poet, best-selling author, and an Ottawa city councillor. Some of his major projects have included securing funding for the renovation of the Glebe Community Centre and the reconstruction and beautification of Bank Street in Old Ottawa South. He previously worked with the Federal Ministry of Urban Affairs and as a policy advisor on local government reform at the Ontario Municipal Affairs Ministry. Mr Doucet has published many books, his latest titled Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual.
Randolph Hester - Tuesday, 12 February 2008 Location: Potter Auditorium, Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue Time: 7 pm, reception following
Randolph Hester is a professor of Landscape Architecture, Environmental Planning and Urban Design at the University of California Berkeley. Professor Hester’s research focuses on the role of citizen involvement in community design and ecological planning. He is one of the founders of the research movement to apply sociology to the design of neighbourhoods, cities, and landscapes. His current work is searching for a design process to support ecological democracy. He is the author of several books including Planning Neighborhood Space with People, Design for Ecological Democracy, and Neighborhood Space.
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Appendix 10: Faculty of Science Killam Prizes
2008 Awardee:
• Hélène Deacon, Department of Psychology
Previous Awardees
Killam Prize Winner Department Year Awarded Alison Thompson Department of Chemistry 2007 Tara Perrot-Sinal Department of Psychology 2006 Mark Stradiotto Department of Chemistry 2005 Daniel Washbusch Psychology 2004 John Gosse Earth Sciences 2004 Ulrike Lohman Physics & Atmospheric Science 2003 Shelly Adamo Psychology 2002 Frances Cozens Chemistry 2002 Darcy Santor Psychology 2001 Sara Iverson Biology 2000
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Appendix 11: Faculty of Science Killam Professorship Recipients
Faculty Incumbent Year Awarded Biology Robert Scheibling July 2008 Oceanography Marlon Lewis July 2007 Psychology Chris Moore July 2007 Earth Sciences David Scott July 2005 Psychology Sherry Stewart July 2005 Biology Tom MacRae July 2004 Chemistry Jean Burnell July 2004 Earth Sciences Martin Gibling July 2004 Psychology Dennis Phillips July 2004 Chemistry James Pincock July 2003 Oceanography Chris Beaumont July 2002 Psychology Richard Brown July 2002 Chemistry Amares Chatt July 2001 Physics Richard Dunlap July 2001 Psychology Patrick McGrath July 2001 Oceanography John Cullen July 2000 Biology Hal Whitehead July 2000
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Appendix 12: Chronicle Herald/Mail Star (October 2007)
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Appendix 13: 2008 Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship Advertising Campaign
2008 Advertisement Appearances
Publication Issue Dates Cost (in CDN dollars)
The Chronicle of Higher Education August 1, September 5 $ 1,143.19
Times Higher Educational Supplement September 12, October 3 $ 1,007.41
Nature September 11, October 2 $ 2,197.44
University Affairs August/September, October $ 880.00
CAUT Bulletin September $ 510.00
TOTAL $ 5,738.04
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