Special Events@PED in 2004
all events held at One Brattle Square unless otherwise indicated
| Date | Name/Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 8 March | Peter Hammerstein Institute for Theoretical Biology Berlin, Germany |
"Is Human cooperation unique in nature " PED Seminar Room, OEB Special Seminar |
| 10 March | Martin Nowak | "Evolutionary Dynamics " "Science Center Research Lectures for Non-Specialists Lecture Hall D |
| 20 April | Marc Hauser Professor, Harvard University Co-Director of Mind, Brain and Behavior Program Department of Psychology, Program in Neurosciences Speech and Hearing Sciences Faculty, MIT-Harvard-MGH |
"Evolutionary Origins of Music" PED Seminar Room |
| 7-8 Sep | The Edge End-of-Summer Event, organized by John Brockman of the Edge Foundation, Inc. |
The focus of this year's event is to highlight the work of Robert Trivers. The speakers are:
Robert Trivers on "New Work on Selfish Genetic Elements" (View Slideshow Presentation) Craig Venter on "Ocean Genomic" Seth Lloyd on "The Computational Universe" Martin Nowak on "The Evolution of Cooperation" Robert Trivers on "Deceit and Self-Deception" |
| 27 Sep | Eric Lander, Director Broad Institute Harvard/MIT, Cambridge Held at Harvard University Science Center Auditorium B. |
Distinguished Lecture: Beyond the Genome Project View Slideshow Presentation Error - You must upgrade your flash player to see this video (update the Flash software on your computer by clicking here) |
| 5-6 Nov | Interdisciplinary Conference: Recent Developments in Evolutionary Game Dynamics Organized by Drew Fudenberg and Martin Nowak. |
click here for conference details |
| 10 Dec | Language roundtable mini-conference held at PED, One Brattle Sq.and organized by Prof. Marc Hauser, Harvard University Co-Director of Mind, Brain and Behavior Program Department of Psychology, Program in Neurosciences Speech and Hearing Sciences Faculty, MIT-Harvard-MGH |
presenters: Marc Hauser Martin Nowak Steven Pinker Ray Jackendoff Cedric Boeckx C.T. James Huang Susan Carey Jesse Snedeker Stuart Schreiber Leslie Valiant |