Annual Reports - The Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, TAU

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Annual Reports

2010 - 2011	Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Barry Honig Report by Prof. Nir Ben-Tal, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Douglas D. Osheroff Excerpts from the autobiographical sketch of the Nobel Prize Foundation Report by Prof. Ron Lifshitz, Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy Short biographical sketch of Prof. Anna Dominiczak and her seven secrets of survival Report by Prof. Shmuel Einav, Department of Biomedical Engineering Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis, Visit of Prof. Bernard Lewis - links to three public events (Jerusalem Post, 2/25/2011) Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Martin Blaser Report by Prof. Daniel I. Cohen, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Victor Granatstein Synopsis of Physical Principles of Wireless Communications Report by Prof. Avraham Gover, Department of Physical Electronics Report by Prof. Victor Granatstein Short biographical sketch of Prof. Henri Orland Report by Prof. David Andelman, Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy Abstract, Introduction and Acknowledgement: "Block Copolymer at Nano-Patterned Surfaces" (with Xingkun Man and David Andelman) Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Stevan Hobfoll Report by Prof. Mina Westman, Chair, Operational Behavioral Program, Faculty of Management Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Sabine Schmidtke Report by Dr. Camilla Adang, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies Description: "The Research Unit Intellectual History of the Islamicate World", Freie Universität Berlin. Introduction: "Preserving Yemens Cultural Heritage, The Yemen Manuscript Digitization Project", by Sabine Schmidtke and Jan Thiele Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Jeffrey Lesser Report by Prof. Raanan Rein, Director, The Daniel S. Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies, Faculty of Humanities. Report by Prof. Jeffrey Lesser Summary of talk: "Putting the Nation back into Transnationalism: Jews, Arabs, and Japanese in Brazil" Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Thomas Römer Report by Prof. Prof. Benjamin Sass, Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Oded Lipschits, Department of Archeology, Faculty of Humanities Article: "The Hebrew Bible as crisis literature – The Babylonian Exile, .......divine wrath and Matrix of a new identity Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Serge Haroche Report by Prof. David Andelman, Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Vladimir Rokhlin Report by Dr. Yoel Shkolnisk, School of Mathematical Sciences and Prof. Amir Averbuch, School of Computer Science Short biographical sketch and research summary of Prof. Aviel Rubin Including some answers to questions from Mirko Zorz's interview, 2003 Report by Prof. Avishai Wool, School of Electrical Engineering
2009 - 2010	Short biographical sketch of Prof. Lev Lipatov Report by Prof. Mark Karliner, Chairman, Department of Theoretical Physics Abstract and Conclusion from the article: "Analytic properties of high energy production amplitudes in N = 4 SUSY Short biographical sketch of Prof. David Gross Report by Prof. Lev Vaidman, Chairman of Conference "50 Years to the Aharonov-Bohm Effect", Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy Short biographical sketch of Prof. Joseph Halpern Report by Prof. Dov Samet, Faculty of Management ? Graduate School of Business Administration Abstracts from Prof. Halpern's Colloquium and Seminars Short biographical sketch of Prof. Gerald Schubert Report by Prof. Morris Podolak, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences Short biographical sketch of Prof. David Chandler Report by Prof. Eran Rabani, Chair, Department of Chemical Physics Short biographical sketch of Prof. Henri Orland Report by Prof. David Andelman, The Moyses Nussenzveig Chair in Statistical Physics Abstract and conclusion from the article: "Block Copolymers at Nano-Patterned Surfaces" Short biographical sketch of Prof. David Spergel Report by Prof. Amiel Sternberg, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Short biographical sketch of Prof. Shaye Cohen Report by Prof. Yuval Shahar, Department of Jewish History Abstract from "Judaea/Palaestina, Babylon and Rome: Jews in the Roman, Parthian and Sassanian Empires" and Excerpts from Prof. Cohen's writings and critiques by others Short biographical sketch of Prof. Daniel Portnoy Report by Prof. David Gutnick, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Report by Prof. Eyal Zisser, Director, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern & African Studies Highlights of the "Dialogue on the Middle East and Middle Eastern Studies between Prof. Bernard Lewis and Prof. Itamar Rabinovich" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Roger Waldinger Report by Prof. Gila Menahem, Chair, Department of Public Policy Short biographical sketch of Prof. Michael Karin Report by Prof. Lily Vardimon, Department of Biochemistry Short biographical sketch of Prof. Erich Gruen Report by Prof. Benjamin Isaac, Chair, Department of Classics Summary of article: "Punica Fides" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Elton Cairns Report by Prof. Emanuel Peled, The Nathan Cumming Chair of Pure and Applied Electrochemistry Short biographical sketch of Prof. Juan Bonifacino Report by Prof. Ronit Sagi-Eisenberg, Head, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Wasserstein Report by Prof. David S. Katz, Director, The Fred W. Lessing Institute for European History and Civilization Summary of the article: My Sisyphean Labour Short biographical sketch of Prof. Amnon Yariv Report by Prof. Ady Arie, Department of Electrical Engineering Physical Electronics Caltech applied physicist Amnon Yariv awarded National Medal of Science Photograph with President Barack Obama and link to the video presentation of the prize ceremony, November 17, 2010
2008 - 2009	Short biographical sketch of Prof. David B. Ruderman Report by Prof. David B. Ruderman, Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History; Ella Darivoff Director, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania Short biographical sketch of Prof. Steven Katz Director, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies, Boston University Letter to Prof. Steven Katz from Prof. Dina Porat Report by Prof. Shlomo Biderman, Dean, Faculty of Humanities Summary of article: "Mysticism, Epistemology and Metaphysics" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University Report by Prof. Eyal Zisser, Director, The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern & African Studies "Mideast peace rests with the Arabs, not the US or EU, Anwar Sadat striking a peace deal with Menachem Begin", Jerusalem Post, Friday, January 9, 2009, p. 22. Summary of articles: "Israel's Contribution: Ancient and Modern" and "Iran: Haman or Cyrus" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Julio M. Fernandez Report by Prof. Julio M. Fernandez Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York Short biographical sketch of Prof. Amnon Yariv Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics "Ortel in Three Acts" by Michael Rogers. The Entrepreneurial Issue, California Institute of Technology, "Cal Tech News" Short biographical sketch of Prof. David Konstan Department of Classics, Brown University Report by Prof. Benjamin Isaac, Chair, Department of Classics Introduction of article: "Forgiveness, Anger, and the Importance of Being Humble - Some Remarks on Pagan and Christian Strategies of Reconciliation" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Anton Kaes Departments of German and Film Studies, University of California, Berkeley Report by Dr. Nurith Gertz, Head of the Film Studies Program, Film and Television Department, Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts Note from Prof. Kaes to Ms. Ronit Nevo, Sackler Institute Secretary
2007 - 2008	Short biographical sketch of Prof. Awi Federgruen Report by Prof. Michal Zur, Industrial Engineering Department, The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering Abstracts from articles: "Competition in Service Industries", Operations Research, January-February 2007. "Outsourcing Service Processes to a Common Service Provider Under Price and Time Competition", Tel Aviv University, November 2007 Short biographical sketch of Prof. Sheldon Weinbaum Report by Prof. Shmuel Einav, The Herbert J. Berman Chair in Vascular Bioengineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering Three Latest Papers, Abstracts: "A model for the role of integrins in flow induced mechanotransduction in osteocyts". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., September 25, 2007. "The Structure and Function of the Endothelial Glycocalyx Layer" Ann. Rev. Biomedical Engineering, March 20, 2007. "A new hypothesis for vulnerable plaque rupture", 10th Annual Ascher Shapiro Lecture Short biographical sketch of Prof. Anton Kaes Report by Dr. Nurith Gertz, Head of the Film Studies Program, Film and Television Department, Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts Highlights from the article: "The Past as Trauma: Weimar Cinema and World War I" Summary of the article: "Fata Morgana: Werner Herzog and the Fate of German History" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Report by Prof. Eyal Zissler, Director, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern & African Studies Summary of articles: "The Periodization of History" and "Choices for the Middle East" "When defeat means liberation", Jerusalem Post, Up Front. by Ruth Blum, March 7, 2008, pp. 22-27 Short biographical sketch of Prof. David B. Ruderman Email from Prof. David B. Ruderman, Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History Ella Darivoff Director, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania Short biographical sketch of Prof. Hermann Lichtenberger Report by Prof. Aharon Oppenheimer, The Sir Isaac Wolfson Chair of Jewish Studies, Department of Jewish Studies, Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities Highlights from the article: "Essenes in Philo and Josephus" Email from Prof. Lichtenberger Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Wasserstein Report by Prof. David Katz, Director, The Fred W. Lessing Institute for European History and Civilization, Department of History, Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities Summary of the article: "Three of a Kind: Isaiah Berlin, Isaac Deutscher, and Arthur Koestler and their Jewish Wars" Short biographical sketch of Prof. David Grusky Report by Prof. Moshe Semyonov, The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Chair in Sociology of Labor, The Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences Short biographical sketch of Prof. Daniel S. Pine Report by Prof. Yair Bar Haim, Department of Psychology, The Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences Short biographical sketch of Prof. Richard Cohen Report by Prof. Asher Gotsman, Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Exact Sciences Short biographical sketch of Prof. Richard Eisenberg Report by Prof. Arkadi Vigalok, Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences Short biographical sketch of Prof. Didier Raoult Report by Prof. Leonard Leibovici, Head, Department of Medicine E, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus and Sackler Faculty of Medicine One-Day Symposium, Program: "Aspects of Infections Caused by Intra-Cellular Pathogens", April 29, 2008 Short biographical sketch of Prof. Scott L. Friedman, MD Report by Prof. Haim Werner, Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine "Pro-Pharmaceuticals & Mount Sinai School of Medicine Announce New Liver Fibrosis Research Collaboration" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Benjamin Harshav Report by Prof. Ziva Ben Porat, Head, The Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics Summary of article: "Theses On the Historical Context of the Modern Jewish Revolution"
2006 - 2007	Short biographical sketch of Prof. Amnon Yariv Report by Dr. Jacob Scheuer Summary of article: "Coherent Combination of Semiconductor MOPA Lasers Using Optical Phase Lock Loops" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Asher Wolinsky Report by Prof. Yoram Weiss Short biographical sketch of Prof. Dirk Obbink Report by Prof. Benjamin Isaac Receives Honoray Doctorate from Katholieke University, Leuven, Belgium Challenges and New Horizons in Physics Report of Prof. Stephen Hawking's visit Short biographical sketch of Prof. Marc Shell Report by Prof. Hana Wirth-Nesher Stutter, book review by Harvard University Press Polio and its Aftermath, book review by Harvard University Press Polio and its Aftermath The Paralysis of Culture, book review by Christopher J. Rutty Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Report by Prof. Asher Susser Summary of articles: "Orthodoxy and Heresy in Middle East Religions" and "Islam, the West and the Jews" Short biographical sketch of Prof. David Ruderman Two Reports by Prof. David Ruderman, Part I and Part II Review of article: "The Impact of Early Modern Jewish Thought on the Eighteenth Century: A challenge to the Notion of the Sephardi Mystique" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Dov Jaron Report by Prof. Ofer Barnea Short biographical sketch of Prof. David Harbater Report by Prof. Moshe Jarden Section of the Citation, 1995 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra

2005 - 2006

Short biographical sketch of Prof. Heinz Kreiss
Report by Prof. Eli Turkel
Short biographical sketch of Prof. Asher Wolinsky
Report by Prof. Itzhak Gilboa
"Vote Buying II: Legislatures and Lobbying" (with E. Dekel & M. O. Jackson)
Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis
Summary of articles:
"The Jews in History" and "The Ottoman Empire and the Jews"
Short biographical sketch of Prof. Tetsuya Osaka
Report by Prof. Yosi Shacham
Abstract of article: "Creation of Highly Functional Thin Films Using Electrochemical Nanotechnology"
Short biographical sketch of Prof. Jacek Lipkowski
Report by Prof. Eliezer Gileadi
Abstract of article and acknowledgement: "Layer by layer characterization of DMPC bilayers deposited on a Au(111) electrode surface by PM-IRRAS" (with N. Garcia-Arez, C.L. Brosseau, and P. Rodiguez)
Short biographical sketch of Prof. Mark A. Sperling
Report by Prof. Mark A. Sperling
Short biographical sketch of Prof. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Short biographical sketch of Prof. J?rg Hacker
Report by Prof. Eliora Ron and Prof. Yair Aharonowitz, Coordinators.
Letter from Prof. Hacker to Prof. Abraham Nitzan
Letter from Prof. Hacker to Ms. Matilda Elron
Short biographical sketch of Prof. Stanley J. Brodsky
Report by Prof. Marek Karliner
Report by Prof. Stanley J. Brodsky
Short biographical sketch of Adjunct Prof. Emerita Carolyn Pape Cowan
Short biographical sketch of Prof. Emeritus Philip Cowan
Report by Prof. Yona Teichman
Worksheet and summary of article:
"Assessing Family Relationships and Interventions"
"The Couple Attachment Interview (CAI)
A New Interview for Assessing Couple Relationships"
Short biographical sketch of Dr. Valery M. Dubin
Report by Prof. Yosi Shacham
Abstract of article: "Electrochemical Aspects of New Materials and Technologies in Microelectronics"
Short biographical sketch of Prof. K. Alex M?ller
Abstract of article: "From Single . To Bi-Polarons with Jahn-Teller Character and Metallic Cluster-Stripes in Hole Doped Cuprates"

2004 - 2005	Short biographical sketch of Prof. Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi Report by Prof. Dina Porat Summary of lecture by Prof. Yerushalmi: "From the Archives of the Inquisition of Toledo: A Seventeenth Century Case History" Introduction of article: "Assimilation and Racial Anti-Semitism: The Iberian and the German Models" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Norman H. Silverman Email from Prof. Norman Silverman Introduction and summary of article: "The Bicuspid Aortic Valve" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Peter Schäfer Report by Prof. Aharon Oppenheimer Letter from Prof. Sch?fer to Prof. Abraham Nitzan Introduction of article: "The Virgin Mary and the Shekhinah: Feminine Aspects of God in Judaism and Early Christianity" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Hilary Putnam Report by Prof. Anat Biletzki Introduction of article: "The Gödel Theorem and Human Nature" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Report by Prof. Asher Susser Summary of articles: "The Fourth World War?" and "The Crusades Revisited" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Ulf Hannerz Report by Prof. Moshe Shokeid Report by Prof. Ulf Hannerz - Summary of Two Lectures: Cosmopolitans and Correspondents Introduction of article: "Views of Culture in Globalization Studies" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Wout Ultee Report by Prof. Haya Stier Report by Prof. Wout Ultee Introduction of article: "Political Integration, War and Suicide: The Dutch Paradox" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Zohar Manna Report by Prof. Nachum Dershowitz Abstract of article: "Linear Ranking with Reachability" (with A.R. Bradley & H.B. Sipma) Short biographical sketch of Prof. Joseph Silk Report by Prof. Yoel Rephaeli Abstract of article: "Ultraluminous Starbursts from SMBH-induced outflows" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Christopher F. McKee Report by Prof. Amiel Sternberg Abstract of article: "Atomic Hydrogen Gas in Dark Matter Minihalos and the Compact High-Velocity Clouds" (with A. Sternberg & M.G. Wolfire) Short biographical sketch of Prof. Amnon Yariv Report by Dr. Avishay Eyal Introduction of article: "Catching the Wave" Executive summary and introduction of article: "Large Optical Delays in Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides"
2003 - 2004	Short biographical sketch of Prof. Alexandre J. Chorin Report by Prof. Saul Abarbanel Abstract of article: "Averaging and Renormalization for the KdV-Burgers Equation" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Report by Prof. Asher Susser Summary of articles: "Occidentalism and Orientalism" and "What Next in the Middle East" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Jörg Imberger Report by Prof. Elizer Kit Abstract of article: "Time and Space Scales of Interactions between the Ecology and the Hydraulic Environment in Natural Systems" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Thomas Elsaesser Report by Dr. Nurith Gertz Course Schedule: "Melodrama and Trauma: Modes of Cultural Memory in American Cinema" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Amnon Yariv (Jacob Scheuer, William M. J. Green and Guy A. DeRose) Report by Prof. Menachem Nathan Abstract of article: "InGaAsP annular Bragg lasers: theory, applications and modal properties"
2002 - 2003	Short biographical sketch of Prof. Eric Michielssen Report by Prof. Amir Boag Summary of article: "Recent Advances in Fast Plane Wave Time Domain Based Integral Equation Solvers". Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Report by Prof. Asher Susser Summary of article: "Democracy, Legitimacy and Succession in the Middle East". Short biographical sketch of Prof. Martin Ostwald Report by Prof. Benjamin Isaac Summary of article: "Free Speech in Classical Athens". Short biographical sketch of Prof. Amnon Yariv Report by Prof. Avi Gover Summary of article: "Annular Bragg Defect Mode Resonators". Short biographical sketch of Prof. Martin Rein Report by Prof. Gila Menahem Summary of article: "Conflicting Values in Social Policy: Separation, Linkage and blurring in the management of value conflict".
2001 - 2002	Short biographical sketch of Prof. Norman H. Silverman Report by Leonard Blieden Summary of article: "Echocardiography Without Catheterization for the Complete Repair of Complex Congenital Heart Defects". Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Report by Prof. Asher Susser Summary of article: ' "The Middle East and the West" after all'. Short biographical sketch of Prof. Morteza Gharib Report by Prof. Shmuel Einav Summary of article: "Fluid Mechanics of Heart Failure: On the Correlation Between Negative Near-wall Shear Stress in Human Aorta and Various Stages of CHF". Short biographical sketch of Prof. Leonid Pastur Report by Prof. Mikhail Sodin Report by Prof. Leonid Pastur Summary of article: "Asymptotics of Orthogonal Polynomials and Eigenvalue Distribution of Random Matrices". Short biographical sketch of Prof. Amnon Yariv Report by Prof. Avi Gover Summary of article: "Transverse Bragg resonance amplifiers and Lasers in two-dimensional periodic media".
2000 - 2001	Short biographical sketch of Prof. George G. Papanicolaou Report by Dr. Gadi Fibich Summary of article: "Mean-Reversion of S & P 500 Volatility" Short biographical sketch of Prof. David Donoho Report by Prof. Yoav Benjamini Summary of article: "Fast Slant Stack: A Notion of Radon Transform for Data in a Cartesian Grid which is Rapidly Computible, Algebraically Exact Geometrically Faithful and Invertible" Summary of article: "Can Recent Innovations in Harmonic Analysis 'Explain' Key Findings in Natural Image Statistics? Short biographical sketch of Prof. Paul H. Robinson Report by Prof. Eli Lederman Summary of article: "Why Does Criminal Law Care? What the Layperson Thinks is Just? Coercive Versus Normative Crime Control Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Report by Prof. Martin Kramer Summary of article: "Modernization and Westernization in the Middle East Short biographical sketch of Prof. Amnon Yariv Report by Prof. Avi Gover Summary of article: "Crtical Coupling and its Control in Optical Waveguide-Ring Resonator Systems" Short biographical sketch of Prof. John Bartlett Report by Prof. Miriam Eliav-Feldon Summary of article: "Paganism and Christianity in Medieval Europe: Some Structural Contrasts"
1999 - 2000	Short biographical sketch of Prof. Stjepan Marcelja Report by Prof. David Andelman Summary of article: "McMillan-Mayer Theory of Aqueous Electrical Double Layers" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Stanley Lieberson Report by Prof. Hanna Herzog Summary of article: "The Instability of Androgynous Names: The Symbolic Maintenance of Gender Boundaries" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Report by Prof. Martin Kramer Summary of article: "Food, Drink and History in the Middle East" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Abraham Udovitch Report by Prof. David Menashri Short biographical sketch of Prof. Werner Eck Report by Prof. Benjamin Isaac Summary of article: "Deceiving the Public - Or: The Impartiality of Tacitus as Historian" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Eli Kapon Report by Prof. Lichetenstadt Summary of article: "Quantum Wires and Quantum Dots for Optoelectronics: Recent Advances with Epitaxial Growth on Nonplanar Substrates"
1998 - 1999	Short biographical sketch of Prof. Isaac Marks Report by Dr. Reuven Dar Summary of article: "Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Exposure and/or Cognitive Restructuring a Controlled Study" Short biographical sketch of Prof. David Weiss Halivni Report by Prof. M. B. Lerner Summary of article: "Reflections on the Redaction of the Babylonian Talmud" Short biographical sketch of Prof. Bernard Lewis Report by Prof. Martin Kramer Summary of article: "Time, Space and Modernization in the Middle East"
1997 - 1998	Brief biographical details of the Visiting Fellows; a brief description of the scientific interaction of Fellows with other members of the University. A short summary and/or description of the publications of the Institute. These publications are the written versions of the invited addresses and/or research activities of the Fellows. It is to be expected that some of these will appear in modified form as articles in journals or other scientific publications.
1996 - 1997	Brief biographical details of the Visiting Fellows; a brief description of the scientific interaction of Fellows with other members of the University. A short summary and/or description of the publications of the Institute. These publications in multilithed form are the written versions of the invited addresses and/or research activities of the Fellows. It is to be expected that some of these will appear in modified form as articles in journals or other scientific publications.