Program

4:30-5:00

Opening

Chairman:

András Prékopa, Professor, Rutgers University,  Professor Emeritus, Eötvös University, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

4:30-4:40

Opening remarks: Ambassador Károly Dán, Consul General of Hungary, New York

4:40-4:50

Opening remarks: John Micgiel Director, East Central European Center, Columbia University

4:50-4:55

Welcoming remarks: Zsófia Trombitás, Consul

4:55-5:00

Welcoming remarks: János Bergou, President of the NYHSS

5:00-5:15

Coffee break                            

5:15-6:15

Session 1: Hungarian Science: The early days

Chairman:

István Deák, Professor emeritus, Columbia University, External member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

5:15-5:30

Péter Lax: John von Neumann: mathematics, computing, and technology

5:30-5:45

Attila Pók: Some aspects of  Hungarian creativity in modern social sciences and humanities

5:45-6:00

István Hargittai: Edward Teller and Nuclear Safety

6:00-6:15

Ábel Lajtha: Albert Szent-Györgyi

6:15-6:25

Coffee break

6:25-8:10

Session 2: Hungarian Science: Today and Tomorrow 

Chairman:

János Bergou, Professor, CUNY Hunter College, DSc of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

6:25-6:40

Albert-László Barabási: Scale-free networks

6:40-6:55

György Buzsáki: Neural syntax and cognition

6:55-7:10

László Záborszky: Basal forebrain: Anatomy to function

7:10-7:25

Péter Lévai: Strongly interacting quarks in the Large Hadron Collider

7:25-7:40

Szabolcs Márka: The search for gravitational waves

7:40-7:55

Zoltán Haiman: The Life and Times of Black Holes Throughout  Cosmic Time

7:55-8:10

Questions and Answers

8:10-8:15

Closing remarks
Ambassador Károly Dán, Consul General of Hungary, New York

8:15

Refreshments and Hungarian wine