Sixth International Conference on the Electrical Transport and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Media; July 15-19, 2002; Snowbird, Utah

建议：第六届非均匀介质电输运和光学性质国际会议将于2002年7月15-19日在犹他州的雪鸟召开。 这次会议将标志着第一次ETOPIM会议，这是在哥伦布，俄亥俄州，在1977年举行的25周年，并将是第二次ETOPIM会议在美国举行。复合材料和非均匀介质的电输运和光学性质是具有根本的重要性，在整个科学和工程的高度跨学科的问题广泛。 光子晶体和带隙结构，半导体，多孔介质和岩石，导电聚合物，心脏和大脑中的电活动，负折射率的复合材料，电流变液，光学网络，智能黏菌，复合微结构的优化设计，地球物理，医学和工业应用中的成像，纳米结构中的传输，以及海冰微结构和光学特性在极地生物学和气候中的作用，都是此类问题的例子。 ETOPIM第六届会议将讨论非均匀材料物理和工程领域的一系列活跃领域，并将以前ETOPIM会议的覆盖范围扩大到包括生物，地球物理和数学科学当前感兴趣的问题。会议预计将有100多名与会者，代表欧洲，亚洲，非洲，中东，大洋洲以及北美和拉丁美洲的22个国家。 在美国，将有21个州参加。 该计划将包括30多个邀请讲座，约60贡献的论文，和20海报。 大部分的演讲，邀请和贡献，将是系列的。 并行minisymphopsia已计划集中在数学方法的均匀化，多孔介质和渗流问题的水文，和随机激光和导电聚合物的实验结果。 通过在会议上计划的活动以及招聘，会议组织者将努力最大限度地提高年轻研究人员的参与，从博士后到研究生和本科生，为他们提供职业发展机会，并鼓励初级和高级研究人员之间的互动。

Proposal: DMS-0211211PI: Kenneth GoldenInstitution: University of UtahTitle: Sixth International Conference on the Electrical Transport and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous MediaABSTRACTThe "Sixth International Conference on the Electrical Transport and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Media" (ETOPIM 6) will be held in Snowbird, Utah, July 15-19, 2002. The conference will mark the 25th anniversary of the first ETOPIM conference, which was held in Columbus, Ohio, in 1977, and will be the second ETOPIM conference held in the US.The electrical transport and optical properties of composites and inhomogeneous media are of fundamental importance to a broad range of highly interdisciplinary problems throughout science and engineering. Photonic crystals and band-gap structures, semiconductors, porous media and rocks, conducting polymers, electrical activity in the heart and brain, composites with negative index of refraction, electrorheological fluids, optical networking, smart slime molds, optimal design of composite microstructures, imaging in geophysical, medical and industrial applications, transport in nanostructures, and the role of sea ice microstrucural and optical properties in polar biology and climate, are all examples of such problems. ETOPIM 6 will address a broad array of active areas in the physics and engineering of inhomogeneous materials and expand the coverage of previous ETOPIM conferences to include problems of current interest in the biological, geophysical and mathematical sciences.The conference is expected to have over 100 participant, representing 22 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Oceania, as well as North and Latin America. Within the USA, 21 states will be represented. The program will consist of more than 30 invited lectures, about 60 contributed papers, and 20 posters. Most of the talks, invited and contributed, will be in series. Parallel minisymposia have been scheduled to focus on mathematical methods in homogenization, porous media and percolation problems in hydrology, and experimental results on random lasers and conducting polymers. Through planned activities at the conference as well as recruiting, the conference organizers will try to maximize the participation of younger researchers, from postdoctoral associates to graduate and undergraduate students, provide career development opportunities for them, and encourage interactions between junior and senior researchers.