[LA-SiGMA] Mardi Gras Workshop!!

[Mark Jarrell]

Dear Colleagues,
I would like to invite you to register and participate in the upcoming 2012
Mardi Gras Conference on Computational Materials and Biosystems which will
take place on LSU Campus -- Energy, Coast & Environment Building Dalton
Woods Auditorium, between February 16 and February 18, 2012.
This year Conference is the 18th edition and is organized under the
auspices of the LSU Center for Computation & Technology, LONI, and
LA-SiGMA.  It is part of a successful series of conferences that started
decades ago. As in the previous years the conference will bring together
experts from computational sciences, physics, chemistry, biology,
engineering, etc. and will discuss the current developments in various
areas of computational materials and bio-systems. The list of confirmed
keynote speakers includes:

·                     Tunna Baruah, University of Texas, Dept. of Physics
·                     Thomas Beck, University of Cincinnati, Dept. of
Chemistry
·                     Michal Brylinski, Louisiana State University, Dept.
of Biological Sciences
·                     Alexander Burin, Tulane University, Dept. of Chemistry
·                     Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University, Dept. of
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
·                     Manolis Doxastakis, University of Houston, Dept. of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
·                     Gennady Gutsev, Florida A&M University, Dept. of
Physics
·                     Mahesh Hosur, Tuskegee University, Materials Science
and Engineering
·                     Jerzy Leszczynski, Jackson State University, Dept. of
Chemistry and Biochemistry
·                     David Mobley, University of New Orleans, Dept. of
Chemistry
·                     Juana Moreno, Louisiana State University, Dept. of
Physics & Astronomy
·                     Mark Novotny, Mississippi State University, Dept. of
Physics and Astronomy
·                     Susan Rempe, Sandia National Laboratories,
Nanobiology Dept.
·                     Jianmin Tao, Tulane University, Dept. of Physics
·                     John Weeks, University of Maryland, Dept. of
Chemistry and Biochemistry
·                     Collin Wick, Louisiana Tech, Dept. of Chemistry

In addition to oral presentations the conference presents a great
opportunity for graduate students and postdocs to showcase their research
during the poster session. *The graduate students and postdocs registration
is free of charge.  *Of course, LA-SiGMA (or LONI Institute) can be used to
pay for faculty registration.

Participation to the conference will provide LA-SiGMA members with the
opportunity to meet and exchange opinions and ideas about their ongoing
collaborative research.  Moreover, to ensure the success of the conference
registration and participation of the LA-SiGMA members is critical. The
registration process can be completed on-line on the conference website (
http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012 ).
The LSU LA-SiGMA members can register on-line by choosing faculty option

For questions call: Karen Jones, (225-578-0595) or Dorel Moldovan
(225-578-6488) who is the lead organizer.

With Best Regards,
Mark


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