John Baez, Computations and the periodic table By now there is an extensive network of interlocking analogies between physics, topology, logic and computer science, which can be seen most easily by comparing the roles that symmetric monoidal closed categories play in each subject. However, symmetric monoidal categories are just the n = 1, k = 3 entry of a hypothesized ”periodic table” of k-tupl...

not available. Sat, Apr 22 10:15 0:35 Tom Ziegler The application of TDDFT to systems with a spin or space degenerate ground state Tom Ziegler, Mike Seth, and Fan Wang. Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary University Drive 2500, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada Ordinary time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is not able to treat singl...

Session I 9:30 – 10:45 AM Andrew Miles: Roanoke College Department of Philosophy Good, Evil and Well-being: Sam Harris’ Scientific Approach to Ethics One of the most controversial debates in ethics is how to define Good and Evil. Do “good” actions necessarily adhere to commandments set by a God? Or are there many different, equally valid definitions based on cultural norms? Neuroscientist and a...

Influenced by research designed to examine the effects of formative assessment on academic content learning (e.g., math) in mainstream classrooms (Black & Wiliam, 1998; Sadler, 1989; Wiliam, 2011), many second and foreign language assessment (L2) researchers (e.g., Genesee & Upshur, 1996; Leung, 2004; McNamara, 2001; Purpura, 2004; Rea-Dickens, 2008; Shohamy, 1998; Turner, 2012) have highlighte...