***ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT***
57th OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MOLECULAR
SPECTROSCOPY
June 17-21, 2002, 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. Goettingen)
Philippe Brechignac (University Paris Sud)
Allan S. C. Cheung (U. Hong Kong)
Michael A. Duncan (U. Georgia), Chair*
William R. M. Graham (TCU)*
Edward Grant (Purdue U.)
John W. Hepburn (U. British Columbia)
Michel Herman (U. Libre de Bruxelles)
Robert Kuczkowski (U. Michigan)*
Michael C. McCarthy (Harvard U.)
Takamasa Momose (Kyoto U.)
Mitchio Okumura (Caltech)*
Amanda Ross (U. 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.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/symposium/
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
614-292-2569 (phone),-1948 (FAX)
*******INFORMATION FOR 57th MEETING************
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Stacey Bent, Stanford University
Stephen Leone, JILA
Jean-Marie Flaud, University Paris Sud
Michael McCarthy, Harvard-Smithsonian Center
Marsha Lester, University of Pennsylvania
Martin Suhm, Universitaet Goettingen
Andrei Tokmakoff, MIT, Coblentz Award Winner, 2002
SPECIAL SESSIONS
Several special mini-symposia are planned for this year's
meeting. Eric Herbst, The Ohio State University, and Brian
Howard, Oxford University, are organizing a mini-symposium
entitled, "Van der Waals Molecules" on the occasion of the 75th
birthday of William Klemperer. Invited speakers will include
William Klemperer, Harvard University; Michael Heaven, Emory
University; and Brian Howard, Oxford University. A second
mini-symposium is being organized by David Pratt, University of
Pittsburgh, on the subject of "Bio-Molecules." Talks will feature
studies of the structures and dynamical behaviors of large
molecules of biological significance or their mimetics, in a
solvent-free environment. Invited speakers for this
mini-symposium include Walther Caminati, University of
Bologna; Martin Jarrold, Northwestern University; and Mattanjah
de Vries, University of California at Santa Barbara. A third
mini-symposium is being organized by Roger Miller, University of
North Carolina, and Takamasa Momose, Kyoto University on
"Spectroscopy in Quantum Liquids and Solids," emphasizing
research in He clusters and H2 crystals and related work. Invited
speakers include Mario Fajardo, Eglin Air Force Base; Andrey
Vilesov, University of Southern California; and Tsutomu
Yabuzaki, Kyoto University; and Giacinto Scoles, Princeton
University. A session on theory is being organized by Russell
Pitzer, Ohio State University, featuring a talk by Wilfried
Meyer, University of Kaiserslautern.
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.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/symposium/. All the
information in this announcement 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.
We strongly encourage abstracts to be submitted electronically.
Detailed instructions for electronic abstract submission (EAS) can be
obtained by email (see below) or by viewing our WWW site. 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 accommodations upon dorm 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. The dorm
rooms have internet access freely available; so those of you with
laptops who wish to stay in touch, should bring them. Internet
connections for laptops, as well as OSU desktops, will again be
available in Smith Lab for your use.
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, 2002.
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: Van der Waals Molecules
13. Mini-symposium: Bio-Molecules
14. Mini-symposium: Spectroscopy in Quantum
Liquids and Solids
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.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/symposium/) and
follow the menu to electronic abstract submission
instructions, or
2. Anonymous logon to our FTP site,
molspect.chemistry.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 57th 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. These
and other sponsors will have exhibits at the Symposium and we
encourage you to visit their displays.
RAO PRIZE This year three Rao Prizes for the most outstanding
student talks at the 2001 meeting will be presented. The winners are
Alfredo Bracamonte, Yale University; Sherri Hunt, University of
Minnesota; and Yaqian Liu, University of Alberta. 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, 2002. 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]). 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 to the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy articles that 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 the talk that won the Rao Prize.
The award will be administered by a Prize Committee co-chaired by Arlan
Mantz, Connecticut College, and Brenda Winnewisser, Ohio State
University and comprised of Michael Heaven, Emory University; Angela R.
Hight Walker, NIST; Kevin Lehmann, Princeton University; and John
Muenter, University of Rochester. 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]) or Brenda Winnewisser ([log in to unmask]
state.edu).
PICNIC The Symposium picnic will be held on Wednesday
evening, June 19, 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, 2002.
Registration Type Prepaying After May 15 (circle one)
Regular* $100 $125
Student* $ 35 $ 50
*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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Family Name First Name Middle
(if you want it on name tag)
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Department/Division
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University/Organization Street Address
(to appear on name tag)
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City State/Country Zip Code
Electronic Communication:
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Telephone Fax
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e-mail address
Make checks (U.S. currency only payable through a US bank)
payable to: International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
Send to: Terry A. Miller
International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
The Ohio State University
120 W. 18th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
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 $38.00 $43.00
Double room $19.00 $24.00
Graduate students, (dbl room) $18.00 $23.00
Please indicate which nights you require accommodations.
(NOTE: Dorm will NOT open until 10:00am June 16)
Sunday, June 16 _____ If requesting double, indicate:
Monday, June 17 _____ male ___ female ___
Tuesday, June 18 _____ or name of roommate.
Wednesday, June 19 _____
Thursday, June 20 _____ ________________________
Friday, June 21 _____ Roommate Name
*Saturday, June 22 _____
*(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 15, refer to our web site:
http://molspect.chemistry.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 10.
NOTE: Payments or reservations received after Friday, June 7, will
be processed as walk-ins.
NOTE:The conference fee will be charged upon receipt. The dorm
fee is processed separately and usually charged the week before the
conference.
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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