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Click on "Video" or "Slides"below to view movies or slides of talks.| 0800-0830 | Registration |
| 0830-0845 |
Welcome: Video Juan M. Sanchez, Vice President for Research : Video Mary Ann Rankin, Dean, College of Natural Sciences : Video The University of Texas at Austin |
| 0845-0900 | Inaugural Talk and Message from Sheldon Glashow : Video E.C.G. Sudarshan: Quantum Catalyst Rodger Walser, University of Texas at Austin |
| I. V-A: Universal Theory of Weak Interaction, Chair: Jan Nilsson, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden : Video | |
| 0900-0945 | Plenary Talk: Video V-A was the Key Steven Weinberg, University of Texas at Austin |
| 0945-1015 | A Brief History of Weak Interaction Theory : Video Susumu Okubo,University of Rochester, Rochester, NY |
| 1015-1030 | Coffee Break |
| 1030-1100 |
V-A Theory: A View from the Outside :
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Slides
Ashok Das, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY |
| 1100-1130 | 50 Years of V-A (Living Dangerously) :
Video,
Slides
Sandip Pakvasa, University of Hawaii |
| II. Symmetry Message from Yakir Aharonov : Video Chair: Richard Arnowitt, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX : Video | |
| 1130-1215 | Plenary Talk
: Video The Symmetries of Nature Sydney Meshkov, California Institute of Technology |
| 1215-1315 | Lunch Break |
| 1315-1345 | George Sudarshan, No-Go Theorems and the Exclusion Principle M.Y. Han, Duke University, Raleigh, NC : Video & Slides ! |
| 1345-1415 | E.C.G. Sudarshan and Symmetry in Classical Dyamics, Optics and Quantum Mechanics :
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Slides
N. Mukunda, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India |
| 1415-1445 | Why Quantum Dynamics is Linear, How One Qubit Almost Completely Reveals the Dynamics of Two, and Other Things Learned Following George's Lead Tom Jordan, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN : Video, Slides |
| 1445-1500 | Coffee Break |
| III. Spin Statistics Chair: Ranjit Nair, Centre for Philosopy and Foundation of Science, New Delhi, India | |
| 1500-1545 | Plenary Talk
: Video Spin and Statistics in Arbitrary Dimensions Luis J. Boya, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain |
| 1545-1615 | Toward an Understanding of the Spin-Statistics Theorem Ian M. Duck, Rice University, Houston, TX : Video |
| 1615-1645 | Spin, Statistics, and Superconductivity David Ritz Finkelstein, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA : Video |
| 1645-1715 | Sudarshan's Non-Relativistic Approach to the Spin-Statistics Connection
: Video,
Slides
Anil Shaji, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM |
| 1745 | Cocktails : Video |
| 1715-1745 |
Can the physicists' description of reality be considered complete? Brian D. Josephson, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, England Video, Slides |
| 1900 | Banquet: Austin Gleeson, University of Texas at Austin, Speaker Under the Oaks Dining Room, Thompson Conference Center |
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006
| IV. Quantum Optical Coherence Chair: Harry Swinney, University of Texas at Austin : Video | |
| 0800-0845 | Plenary Talk : Video
Sudarshan Diagonal Coherent State Representation Developments and Applications C.L. Mehta, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India |
| 0845-0915 | Nonclassical Light—An Assessment of the Voyage into Hilbert Space H. Jeff Kimble, California Institute of Technology : Video |
| 0915-0945 | From Nonclassical Optics to Quantum Information Science: The Legacy of Sudarshan's Diagonal Representation Theory Rajiah Simon, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India (Talk was read by N. Mukunda) : Video, Slides, |
| 0945-1000 | E.C.G. Sudarshan 75th Birthday Party : Video |
| V. Quantum Zeno Effect, Chair: Iwo Bialynicki-Birula, Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland | |
| 1000-1030 | Plenary Talk :
Video,
Slides
Zeno Dynamics Giuseppe Marmo, Universita da Napoli, Italy |
| 1030-1100 | Quantum Zeno Dynamics Saverio Pascazio, University of Bari, Italy : Video, Slides |
| 1100-1130 | Perspectives on the Quantum Zeno Paradox Wayne M. Itano, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO : Video, Slides |
| 1130-1200 | Quantum Zeno Paradox: Survival and Decay Charles Chiu, University of Texas at Austin : Video, Slides |
| 1200-1300 | Lunch Break |
| VI. Theory of Tachyons Chair: David Freedman, Needham, MA : Video, Slides | |
| 1300-1345 | Plenary Talk
: Video Superluminal Objects and Waves/ Superluminal Motion Forty Years Later Erasmo Recami, University of Bergamo, Italy |
| 1345-1415 | Tachyons O.M. Bilaniuk, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA : Video, Slides |
| 1415-1445 | Does the Special Theory of Relativity (STR) Forbid the Existence of Particles Travelling With Speed Greater Than the Speed of Light in Vacuo (Tachyons)? S.K. Bose, University of Notre Dame, IN : Video |
| 1445-1500 | Coffee Break |
| VII. Quantum Mechanics of Open Systems Chair: Gianfausto Dell’Antonio, University of Rome, Rome, Italy : Video | |
| 1500-1545 | Plenary Talk :
Video,
Slides
Quantum Maps and Quantum States Manuel Asorey, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain |
| 1545-1615 | The Quantum Jump Approach—Applications to Quantum Optics and to Particle-Detector Spin Models Gerhard C. Hegerfeldt, Gottingen University, Germany : Video, Slides |
| 1615-1645 | Decohering Histories and Open Quantum Systems Eric Chisolm, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM : Video, Slides |
| Reflections & Observations Chair: Swadesh Mahajan, University of Texas at Austin |
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| 1645-1715 | Plenary Talk:
Audio Reflections on George Sudarshan V.V. Raman, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY |
| 1715-1800 | Reflections and Interconnections George Sudarshan, University of Texas at Austin : Video, Slides |
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