56th OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MOLECULAR
SPECTROSCOPY
June 11-15, 2001, Columbus, Ohio, USA
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Terry A. Miller, Chair
Frank C. DeLucia
Eric Herbst
Russell M. Pitzer
International Advisory Committee
Takayoshi Amano (Ibaraki U.)
Peter Botschwina (U. G”ttingen)
Michael A. Duncan (U. Georgia), Chair*
William R. M. Graham (TCU)*
Edward Grant (Purdue U.)
Michel Herman (U. Libre de Bruxelles)
Yen-Chu Hsu (Academia Sinica)
Robert Kuczkowski (U. Michigan)*
A. Robert McKellar (NRC)*
Takamasa Momose (Kyoto U.)
Mitchio Okumura (Caltech)
Agnes Perrin (Universit‚ Paris Sud)
Eric Rohlfing (OBES, DOE)*
Amanda Ross (Lyon)
David Dale Skatrud (ARO)
Ad Vander Avoird (U. Nijmegen)
Timothy S. Zwier (Purdue U.)
* steering committee member
For additional information contact:
Terry A. Miller, Chair
International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
Department of Chemistry
120 West 18th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA
http://molspect.mps.ohio-state.edu/symposium/
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
614-292-2569 (phone),-1948 (FAX)
*******INFORMATION FOR 56th MEETING************
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Peter Chen, ETH Zurich
Kevin Lehmann, Princeton University
Takayuki Ebata, Tohoku University
Roger Miller, University of North Carolina
Wolfgang Jaeger, University of Alberta
David Pratt, University of Pittsburgh
Stacey Bent, Stanford University, Coblentz Award Winner
SPECIAL SESSIONS
Several special mini-symposia are planned for this year's
meeting. Robert Field, MIT, and Richard Dixon, University of
Bristol, are organizing a mini-symposium entitled, "Dynamics from
Spectra: Beyond Frequency/Time Complementarity" which will
focus on the different sorts of insights into molecular dynamics
obtainable from frequency- and time-domain spectroscopic
measurements. Invited speakers will include Mark Child, Oxford
University; Gustav Gerber, Universitaet Wurzberg; and Albert
Stolow, National Research Council of Canada. A second
mini-symposium is being organized by Stewart Novick, Wesleyan
University, on the subject of "Spectroscopic Freeware." Talks will
describe non-commercial, freely available software useful for the
collection, analysis, interpretation, and referencing of molecular
spectra. Invited speakers for this mini-symposium include
Jens-Uwe Grabow, Universitaet Hannover; and David Plusquellic,
NIST. A third mini-symposium is being organized by Richard
Saykally, University of California at Berkeley, on "Clusters
Containing Water." The symposium will include work on both neat
water clusters and clusters containing both water and other
molecules. Invited speakers include Udo Buck, Max-Planck
Institut; Claude Leforestier, Universite Montpellier; and Mark
Johnson, Yale University. A session on theory is being organized
by Russell Pitzer, Ohio State University, featuring a talk by Sotiris
Xantheas, Pacific Northwest National Lab.
ELECTRONIC ACCESS
We continue to emphasize electronic communication with
respect to the Symposium. These efforts are driven by our dual
desire to provide the best service while minimizing costs. The key
place to learn symposium details is our WWW site,
http://molspect.mps.ohio-state.edu/symposium/. All the
information in the flyer plus much more is available there. When
the preliminary program (containing complete abstracts) is
completed in early April, it will be immediately available at the
WWW site, and you will be informed of its availability by email
(for all on our email list).
We strongly encourage abstracts to be submitted electronically.
Detailed instructions for electronic abstract submission (EAS) can
be obtained by email or by viewing our WWW site
(http://molspect.mps.ohio-state.edu/symposium). Please note that
we will maintain a test service so that you can preview your
abstract on our machine before you make a final submission.
Please visit our WWW site to learn about the services, e.g.,
template, examples, help pages, etc, that are provided to make
electronic abstract submission as simple as possible. We will again
produce the entire abstract book
electronically.
PRE-REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS
In an effort to make it easier to pre-register, especially for those
with currency exchange problems, we accept credit cards. You will
be able to charge your entire pre-registration (conference and
dorm) fee to your Visa or MasterCard credit card (see registration
page). For those few not pre-registering, you will be able to charge
your dorm accommodations upon check-in, AND your Symposium
registration fee at the Smith Lab registration desk. We would
encourage those for whom it does not represent a major
inconvenience to continue to pay by check, as you realize that
credit card use comes at a price to the Symposium. At this time we
are working to implement on-line pre-registration. Whether this
will be available for next June's meeting is not yet known. Please
check the Symposium WWW site for progress. The dorm
rooms have internet access freely available; so those of you with
laptops who wish to stay in touch, should bring them.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
The abstract book will be printed directly from a computer file
this year. All abstracts whether submitted electronically or on paper
should have the style indicated below for uniform appearance in
the abstract book. This appearance will be automatically created
for abstracts submitted electronically but of course must be created
by the author for paper abstracts. Abstracts on paper will be
scanned and reproduced at approximately a 1:1 scale.
The formatting details for contributed papers can be found in the
paper version of this announcement which should be received by
persons on the symposium mailing list in January 2001 or are
viewable at our Web site. Briefly, paper abstracts will be scanned
and must be smaller than 6.75 inches (17.1cm) wide and 4.25
inches (10.8cm) long. Note at the bottom paper category (see
below) and time (5, 10, 15 min) requested for presentation.
IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE
1. If submitting by the traditional paper method, please send a total
of three copies of each abstract, at least one of high quality for
electronic reproduction.
2. Underline the name of the person presenting the paper.
3. Remember to indicate in the comment line if the speaker is to
be considered for the Rao Prize (see below for complete
instructions).
4. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ALL ABSTRACTS IS
MARCH 1, 2001.
5. For the time of your presentation, check the program, available
by April 15 on our WWW site.
SESSION CATEGORIES
1. Electronic (large molecules)
2. Electronic (small molecules)
3. Theory (quantum calculations)
4. Theory (other)
5. Infrared
6. Raman
7. Microwave
8. Jet and Beam Spectra
9. Radicals and Ions
10. Matrix
11. Condensed Phase
12. Mini-symposium: Spectroscopy/Dynamics
13. Mini-symposium: Freeware
14. Mini-symposium: Clusters Containing Water
ELECTRONIC ABSTRACT SUBMISSION (EAS)
To submit your abstract electronically, you must download the
instructions. To accomplish this, do one of the following:
1. Access the Symposium World Wide Web site (URL--
http://molspect.mps.ohio-state.edu/symposium/) and follow
the menu to electronic abstract submission instructions, or
2. Anonymous logon to our FTP site,
molspect.mps.ohio-state.edu and download the file
/symposium/submit, or
3. Send an email to [log in to unmask] The
email should contain only the subject line: EAS Instructions.
When you have completed your electronic abstract, just email it to
our test address for viewing or to the above email address for
actual submission. Upon receipt, your document will be processed
by a LaTeX-2e compiler and you will automatically receive an
email reply indicating either a successful submission or a problem.
If you submit electronically and you receive confirmation of a
successful submission, you need do nothing more. Once you have
successfully submitted your abstract, DO NOT resubmit it or a
"revised" copy electronically. DO NOT send us an additional
paper copy. Either action could result in your abstract being
included twice in the program. Please note that we can only handle
one format for electronic submission. LaTeX was chosen because
of its support by several American professional societies and
widespread use in the worldwide scientific community.
SPONSORSHIP We are pleased to announce our anticipated
sponsorship for the 56th Symposium. We anticipate that principal
funding will come from the Army Office of Research (ARO). We
are most grateful to ARO for their support. We are also receiving
support from The Ohio State University through the Chemistry
and Physics Departments, and the College of Mathematical and
Physical Sciences. Our anticipated Corporate sponsors are
Coherent Inc., and Spectra Physics. As in the past, Coherent will
sponsor the coffee and doughnuts. The support of Spectra Physics
will allow us to reduce the cost of the picnic for students.
Academic Press plans to support the Journal of Molecular
Spectroscopy Review Lecture in one of the mini-symposia. ABB
Bomem, Laser Components Instrument Group and Ontar will
again be exhibiting. These and other sponsors will have exhibits at
the Symposium and we encourage you to visit their displays.
RAO PRIZE Due to a tie in the voting, this year four Rao Prizes
for the most outstanding student talks at the 2000 meeting will be
presented. The winners are Thomas Gilbert, ETH Zurich; Jochen
Kuepper, Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet; Jennifer van
Wijngaarden, University of Alberta; and Shoujun Xu, Johns
Hopkins University. The Rao Prize was created by a group of
spectroscopists who, as graduate students, benefitted from the
emphasis on graduate student participation, which has been a
unique characteristic of the Symposium. This coming June three
more Rao Prizes will be awarded. In order to be eligible for the
Rao Prize, a student must (i) be primary author of the work being
presented; (ii) be the actual presenter of the talk; (iii) never have
competed for the Rao Prize prior to this year; and (iv) not have
completed a Ph.D. thesis prior to March 1, 2001. If a student
wishes to compete for the Rao Prize, he or she should indicate this
in the comment area of the abstract (due by March 1) for the talk
they wish to be judged and send a letter from the research
supervisor certifying that the student meets all four of the above
requirements. This certification letter may be a simple email
message addressed to Terry A. Miller ([log in to unmask]
state.edu). The letter should identify the talk abstract by its
acceptance number (when available) which is furnished by return
email to those submitting electronically. The letter of certification
is not a nomination letter and will not be considered by the prize
judges. Rao Prize winners and their co-authors are invited to
submit articles to the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy which are
based on the research described in their talks. After passing the
normal review process, each article will appear in the Journal with
a caption identifying the paper with a talk that won the Rao Prize.
The award will be administered by a Prize Committee chaired by
Arlan Mantz, Connecticut College, and comprised of Michael
Heaven, Emory University; Angela R. Hight Walker, NIST; Kevin
Lehmann, Princeton University; John Muenter, University of
Rochester; and Deanne Snavely, Bowling Green State University.
Any questions or suggestions about the Prize should be addressed
to the Committee. Anyone (especially post-docs) willing to serve
on a panel of judges should contact Arlan Mantz (email:
[log in to unmask]).
PICNIC The Symposium picnic will be held on Wednesday
evening, June 13, at the Fawcett Center. The cost of the picnic is
included in your registration (at below cost to students), so that all
may attend the event. The Coblentz Society is the host for
refreshments at 6:30pm before the picnic at 7:45pm at the Fawcett
Center.
LIABILITY The Symposium fees DO NOT include provisions for
the insurance of participants against personal injuries, sickness,
theft or property damage. Participants and companions are advised
to take whatever insurance they consider necessary. Neither the
Symposium executive committee, its sponsors, nor individual
committee members assume any responsibility for loss, injury,
sickness, or damages to persons or belongings, however caused.
REGISTRATION
Preregistration is highly encouraged with a special rate for those
prepaying on or before May 15, 2001.
Registration Type Prepaying After May 15 (circle one)
Regular* $75 $100
Student* $25 $35
*Please note that the registration fee includes the cost (students
subsidized) of the picnic on Wednesday. Tickets for accompanying
persons may be purchased for $25 each.
Give name as you wish it to appear on your name tag.
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(if you want it on name tag)
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Make checks (U.S. currency only payable through a US bank)
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Send to: Terry A. Miller
International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
The Ohio State University
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DORMITORY RESERVATION
The Ohio State Dormitories have a limited number of rooms.
Preregister by May 15 to guarantee your space. The prepayment
and regular dormitory rates as indicated below are per person per
night.
Submitting an abstract does NOT preregister you.
(Indicate one) Prepayment Regular (after May 15)
Single room $40.00 $45.00
Double room $20.00 $25.00
Graduate students, (dbl room) $18.00 $23.00
Please indicate which nights you require accommodations.
(NOTE: Dorm will NOT open until 10:00am June 10)
Sunday, June 10 _____ If requesting double, indicate:
Monday, June 11 _____ male ___ female ___
Tuesday, June 12 _____ or name of roommate.
Wednesday, June 13 _____
Thursday, June 14 _____ _______________________
Friday, June 15 _____ Roommate Name
*Saturday, June 16 _____
*(Check out time at the dorm on Sunday morning is 8am. Note:
there are a limited number of these rooms-reserve early)
If you prefer other accommodations during the conference or must
arrive on Saturday night, June 9, refer to our web site:
http://molspect.mps.ohio-state.edu/symposium/. Go to registration
information.
Please remit fees as a single sum in U.S. currency payable through
a U.S. bank. (Persons who find this requirement impossible to
fulfill should contact the Symposium office directly.)
Refunds must be requested in writing by Monday, June 4.
NOTE: Payments or reservations received after Friday, June 1, will
be processed as walk-ins.
Payment required:
Registration___ +Dorm Fee (#nights X rate) ___ =Total
(additional picnic tickets are $25, please add that to your total if
you purchase one)
NOTE: The Symposium server is NOT secure. Do NOT email your
credit card number. You should print this page and either enclose
your check or fill out the credit card information and then mail it to
the Symposium address given near the beginning of this message.
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