IPS 2008 - Program


09:00-09:50Refreshments and fast track registration (*)   Zonnenfeld hall,
Bldg. 73
 Plenary session
chair: Prof. Amnon Aharony (BGU)
09:50-10:00Welcome:
Prof. Rivka Carmi (BGU president)
10:00-10:15Opening and IPS prizes:
Prof. Avishai Dekel  (IPS president)
10:15-11:00Plenary Lecture:
Prof. Moty Heiblum (WIS),
Fractionally charged quasiparticles in the fractional quantum Hall effect.
11:00-11:40Registration for non-registered participants (**)Bldg. 90
 Review 1
High energy and Astrophysics
chair: R. Brustein (BGU)
Review 2
Quantum and Solid state physics

chair: G. Deutscher (TAU)
Review 3
Biophysics and Statistical Physics

chair: E. Domany (WIS)
11:40-12:10LHC - a theorist's perspective,
Yossi Nir (WIS)
Experimental quantum information processing - the |\psi\rangle of the art,
Nadav Katz (HU)
From bioinformatics to systems biology: what's the physicist's role?
Eli Eisenberg (TAU)
12:10-12:40Magnetars,
David Eichler (BGU)
Electronic structure of the cuprate superconducting and pseudogap states from spectroscopic imaging STM,
Seamus Davis (Cornell)
Imaging physical concepts: A review of Bose-Einstein condensation,
Jeff Steinhauer (Technion)
12:40-14:00
Lunch break,
Posters, Trade fairJob fair (***)
 
Campus
14:00-16:00Parallel sessions A [Click here for details]Bldg. 90
16:00-16:30Coffee break
16:30-18:30Parallel sessions B [Click here for details]
(*) Fast track registration is intended for those who have registered in advance and filled the payment webform.
(**) There will be 6 PC stands available for web browsing, as well as wireless network coverage for guests. 
(***) Posters and fairs are expected to be available starting from 11:00 at the lobby of Bldg.90.

List of the parallel sessions
 Parallel SessionRoomChairAssistant
14:00-16:00 A1. Solid state physics - superconductivity I Jorge Berger (Ort Braude)Ilan Barboy
A2. Solid state physics - nano  Efrat Shimshoni (BIU)Tal David
A3. Soft condensed matter physics Yitzhak Rabin (BIU)Yenon Benhaim
A4. Statistical physics and complex systems Ron Lifshitz (TAU) 
A5. Quantum physics  Avraham Schiller (HUJI) 
A6. Optics and photonics Yaron Silberberg (WIS) 
A7. High energy and nuclear physics I Barak Kol (HUJI) 
A8. Astrophysics and cosmology I Rennan Barkana (TAU) 
16:30-18:30 B1. Solid state physics - superconductivity II  Amit Keren (Technion)Amir Erez
B2. Solid state physics - nano II Yuval Gefen (WIS)Itamar Sela
B3. Biological physics Oleg Krichevsky (BGU)Olga Shusterman
B4. Non-linear physics David Kessler (BIU)Assaf Kletter
B5. Solid state physics - magnetic and electric properties Alexander Gerber (TAU)Olga Shusterman
B6. Plasma physics Michael Mond (BGU)Yudith Barzilay
B7. High energy and nuclear physics II Barak Kol (HUJI) 
B8. Astrophysics and cosmology I Rennan Barkana (TAU) 

 
Fast track registration
The IPS site is constantly improving, and we are ware of some difficulties that are associated with its interface. Still we urge you to do the effort in advance. The directions in the BGU meeting site under "Registration" should guide you safely via the maze... Those who fill in advance the payment form enjoy fast track registration in the reception desk. The others will have to wait for a PC stand where assistants will help them to access the form in the IPS site. Optionally it can be done using your own PC using the BGU wireless network.
 
Instructions how to access the BGU wireless network
You have the possibility to connect to the BGU non secure wireless network called WL_GEUSTS. Please verify that your internet browser is not set to use a proxy server. Then, after connecting, surf with it to any site. A security alert should pop up. Choose OK. Then in the next screen, enter the username "physics" and the password that you can have from the reception desk. After the identification all the network and internet services are open to you. Click here for more details if required.