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Current Topics in Micromagnetics

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University, New York, NY 
June 1 - 3, 2005

Areas of focus include spin transfer, thermally activated switching, and numerical or analytical methods for modeling these phenomena.

The Courant Institute is at 251 Mercer Street in Manhattan
between 4th and 3rd Streets.

DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATION
Current Topics in Micromagnetics will be held at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences  of  New York University  from Wednesday, June 1 through Friday, June 3, 2005. 

The talks will take place at the Courant Institute, which is located at 251 Mercer Street (corner of Mercer Street and West 4th Street) in Manhattan.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Andy Kent, Dan Stein, Eric Vanden-Eijnden, Robert Kohn

If you have any question, please feel free to contact us.
SPEAKERS
The following people will be speaking:
A. Arrott - Virginia State
Micromagnetic studies of vortices entering nanoscale structures

A. Brataas - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Magnetization noise in magnetoelectronic nanostructures

G. Brown - Florida State University
Finite-Temperature Magnetization Dynamics in Nanoscale Magnets

Ruben Cantero-Alvarez - Bonn University
The concertina pattern in elongated micromagnetic thin films

E. Chudnovsky - CUNY
Universal Mechanism of Spin Relaxation in Solids

C. Garcia - UC Santa Barbara
Advances in Numerical Micromagnetics: Adaptive Mesh Refinement, and a
problem in Spin Polarized Transfer

Roger Koch - IBM
Parameter scaling for thermal effects in micromagnetics

M. Kurzke - IMA, University of Minnesota
Boundary vortices in thin magnetic films

Kyung-Jin Lee - Samsung
Micromagnetic Investigation of Magnetic Dynamics Induced by Spin-Transfer-Torque  [PDF]

M. Novotny - Mississippi State University
Advanced Computational Methods for Finite-Temperature Magnetization Dynamics

D. Ralph - Cornell
Manipulating Nanomagnets with Spin-Polarized Currents

W. Ren - Princeton
Current Dissipation in Thin Superconducting Wires: Numerical Evaluation
Using the String Method

M. Reznikoff - Bonn University
Thermally-Driven Rare Events, Action Minimization, and Reduced Limits  [PDF]

V. Slastikov - Carnegie Mellon University
Geometrically constrained walls

M. Stiles - NIST
Modeling of Spin Transfer Torques

S. Zhang - University of Missouri at Columbia
Thermal effects on current-driven magnetization dynamics
CHECK-IN AND SCHEDULE
Please refer to the Program page for the schedule of events.
PARKING
Please check here for details on parking garages close to the Courant Institute.
TRAVEL AND HOTELS
Some inexpensive housing has been reserved for the conference. Please contact Club Quarters at 212-443-4700 for more information.
ABOUT THIS WEB SITE
This web site will be updated from time to time. A list of participants will be posted approximately one week before the beginning of the conference.