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HAS Helps Symmetry Festival Succeed
With help from HAS, the Symmetry Festival in Budapest has brought new insights into a truly universal phenomenon.
Organized by the International Symmetry Association and its Hungarian Chapter, the event brought the best minds of the field to Budapest for four days (12-16 August) of lively discussions, exhibits and shows.
Below: participants and full programme schedule
BOARDS AND OFFICERS
Honorary Presidents:
Konstantin V. Frolov, István Hargittai
Johann J. Burckhardt, Theo Hahn, Kodi Husimi , Solomon Marcus, Dan Shechtman
Honorary President (deceased):
Yuval Ne'eman
Honorary Member (deceased):
Vladimir A. Koptsik
| Chairman of the Advisory Board: |
Sergei V. Petoukhov |
| Chairman of the Executive Board: |
Laurence I. Gould |
| CEO: |
György Darvas |
| Adler, Irving |
(USA) |
| Aerts, Diederik |
(Belgium) |
| Bookstein, Fred |
(USA) |
| Bruhn, Siglind |
(Germany and USA) |
| Caglioti, Giuseppe |
(Italy) |
| Collier, John |
(Canada and South Africa) |
| Crowe, Donald |
(USA) |
| D'Ambrosio, Ubiratan |
(Brasil) |
| Dunham, Doug |
(USA) |
| Elitzur, Avshalom |
(Israel) |
| Gerdes, Paulus |
(Mozambique) |
| He, Matthew |
(China and USA) |
| Hofkirchner, Wolfgang |
(Austria) |
| Ilgen, Fré |
(The Netherlands) |
| Kappraff, Jay |
(USA) |
| Kostov, Ruslan I. |
(Bulgaria) |
| Lederman, Leon |
(USA) |
| Mainzer, Klaus |
(Germany) |
| Marijuán, Pedro C. |
(Spain) |
| Miyazaki, Koji |
(Japan) |
| Olovsson, Ivar |
(Sweden) |
| Pardavi-Horvath, Martha |
(USA and Hungary) |
| Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo |
(Portugal) |
| Rosen, Joe |
(USA) |
| Ruffini, Remo |
(Italy) |
| Saniga, Metod |
(Slovakia) |
| Sequin, Carlo |
(USA) |
| Tennant, Raymond |
(United Arab Emirates and USA) |
| Verostko, Roman |
(USA) |
| Vitiello, Giuseppe |
(Italy) |
| Wegner, Bernd |
(Germany) |
| Wiggs, Robert A. |
(USA) |
| Zee, Anthony |
(USA) |
| Akner-Koler, Cheryl |
(Sweden) |
| Avnir, David |
(Israel) |
| Gould, Laurence I. |
(USA) |
| Patel, Ramila |
(Swaziland) |
| Riemer, Rachel |
(USA) |
| Takaki, Ryuji |
(Japan) |
| Yevin, Igor |
(Russia) |
FINAL PROGRAMME
12 August, Saturday
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Aula | |
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16.00 – 18.00 |
REGISTRATION |
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18.00 – 19.00 |
OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL Opening addresses by I. Hargittai and K.V. Frolov, Honorary Presidents of ISA |
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OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION ARS (DIS)SYMMETRICA’06 | |
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19.00 – 20.00 |
WELCOME RECEPTION |
13 August, Sunday
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Room Nizza – Plenary session | |
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09.00 – 11.15 |
THE UTILITY OF SYMMETRY |
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AT THE ROOTS OF THE SYMMETRY PHENOMENA | |
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BIOINFORMATICS: METRIC GENOTENSORS, GENERALIZED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND MUSICAL SCALES IN GENETIC MOLECULES | |
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11.15 – 11.40 |
Coffee |
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11.40 – 13.00 |
SYMMETRIES AND THEIR VIOLATION IN PARTICLE PHYSICS: CERN EXPERIMENTS |
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IN MEMORIAM Y. NE’EMAN | |
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13.00 – 14.45 |
Lunch (Veltins Restaurant – Hotel Rege) |
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Room Nizza – Symmetries in the genetic code | |
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14.45 – 16.05 |
THE GENETIC CODE STRUCTURE, FROM INSIDE |
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STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF PATTERNS IN TRIPEPTIDES | |
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WAVE SYMMETRIES IN ANIMAL LOCOMOTION V.V. Smolyaninov | |
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Room Amsterdam - Physical symmetries | |
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14.45 – 16.05 |
FUNDAMENTAL SYMMETRY PRINCIPLE IN QUANTUM MECHANICS---A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWPOINT |
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A NEW RELATIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN TIME, SPACE, MATTER AND NUMBER V.V. Aristov | |
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IOFFE EFFECT ON METALS | |
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PENTACANON - ANTHROPOMETRY INVARIANTS IN PENTAGRAM | |
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16.05 – 16.30 |
Coffee |
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Room Nizza – Symmetries in the living matter | |
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16.30 – 17.50 |
DESIGN TO LEARN SCIENCE AND ART SYMMETRICALLY |
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GOLDEN MODULORS: MYTHS AND THE REALITY | |
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TO BE ANNOUNCED L. Vörös | |
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Room Amsterdam - Symmetries in the perception, patterns and in the educational process | |
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16.30 – 17.50 |
PERCEPTUAL WHY AND WHEREFORE OF SYMMETRY - A PRELIMINARY REPORT J. B. Deregowski, P. McGeorge |
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SYMMETRY AS A BIG IDEA IN THE EDUCATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS | |
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AFFORDANCES OF SYMMETRY: DRAWINGS, LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHS AND CAR INTERIORS D. Humphrey | |
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DISTINCTION - INDICATIONS - PATTERN - FORMS – SYMMETRY A. Virágvölgyi | |
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17.50 – 19.00 |
Technical break |
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Room Nizza | |
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19.00 – 19.30 |
OPENING OF THE ART PROGRAM SERIES OF THE SYMMETRY FESTIVAL L. Beke |
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19.30 – 21.00 |
FUTURISM AND CHROMATIC ARCHITECTURES OF MUSIC IN SPACE-TIME DVD PERFORMANCE G. Caglioti, G. Rämme, T. Tchouvileva |
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MUSICAL PERFORMANCE DEDICATED TO PAUL ERDŐS E. D. M. Pimenta MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: Music of spheres S. Fekete-Kiss | |
14 August, Monday
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Room Nizza – Plenary session | |
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09.00 – 11.15 |
WHAT IS THE NATURE'S TEXT BOOK |
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INVARIANCE, IDENTITY, EQUIVALENCE Gy. Darvas | |
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SYNTHESIS OF LSD | |
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11.15 – 11.40 |
Coffee |
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11.40 – 13.00 |
SYMMETRY BREAKING IN AMINO ACIDS |
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IN MEMORIAM V. A. KOPTSIK | |
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13.00 – 14.30 |
Lunch (Veltins Restaurant – Hotel Rege) |
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Lobby - Exhibition area | |
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14.30 – 14.40 |
OPENING OF THE ORIGAMI EXHIBITION |
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Room Nizza - Symmetries in technology | |
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14.45 – 16.05 |
FROM *.CIF TO VIRTUAL MORPHOLOGY: NEW ASPECTS OF PREDICTING CRYSTAL SHAPES AS PART OF THE WINXMORPH PROGRAM W. Kaminsky |
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SYMMETRY AND ASYMMETRY, OR REGULARITY AND IRREGULARITY IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF FORCE IN HEAPED BODIES G. Lámer | |
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SYMMETRY IN THE DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, AND APPROBATING MACHINES AND MECHANISMS OF LOW-NOISE FUNCTIONING V.G. Kudinov | |
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Room Amsterdam - Origami and symmetry | |
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14.45 – 16.05 |
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORIGAMI SKILLS AND COGNITIVE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT M. Leikin, G. De-Vries |
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THE GREEK CROSS AND PAPER FOLDING SQUARES | |
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16.05 – 16.30 |
Coffee |
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Room Nizza - Social aspects 1: history and philosophy | |
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16.30 – 17.50 |
SNAPSHOTS OF SYMMETRY IN EINSTEIN'S RELATIVITY L. I. Gould |
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RELATIONS OF SYMMETRY IN SYSTEM "PERSON-SCIENCE-WORLD" I. Lizin | |
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NEW COMPOSITE PLANE SYMMETRY PATTERNS FROM THE ANCIENT EURASIA Sz. Bérczi | |
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Room Amsterdam - Origami and symmetry | |
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16.30 – 17.50 |
MASU MATRIOSHKI D. Brill |
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PLYTHAGORAS E. Pinzuti | |
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ABOUT FOLDED /CRUMPLED MODELS IN NATURE | |
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17.50 – 19.30 |
Technical break |
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Room Nizza | |
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19.30 – 20.30 |
2 short films: WATER PULU WAL(L)ZEN L. Galeta |
15 August, Tuesday
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09.00 – 11.15 |
SYMMETRIC HYPERBOLIC ART IN EDUCATION D. Dunham |
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MINIMAL SYMMETRY, RANDOM AND DISORDER | |
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ART AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: THE SYMMETRY CONNECTION | |
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11.15 – 11.40 |
Coffee |
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11.40 – 12.15 |
SPATIAL JUNCTIONS AND SEPARATIONS |
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12.25 – 13.15 |
ISA GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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13.15 – 14.30 |
Lunch (Veltins Restaurant – Hotel Rege) |
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15.15 – 16.00 |
Transfer from the Hotel Rege to the Light and Loft Gallery |
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Light & Loft Gallery | |
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16.00 – 18.00 |
MASTER AND HIS DISCIPLES J. Fajó and his students Opening addresses: L. Barabás, G. Darvas 30 YEARS OF THE FREE SUMMER ART SCHOOL J. Fajó |
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POLYDIMENSIONAL FIELDS | |
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18.00 – 18.30 |
Transfer from the Light and Loft Gallery to the K.A.S. Gallery |
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K.A.S. Gallery (Budapest, V, Váci utca 36.) | |
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18.30 – 19.30 |
HYPERCROSS Vernissage - Opening address by Zs. Dárdai J. Hiigli |
16 August, Wednesday
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Room Nizza - Plenary session | |
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09.00 – 11.15 |
WHY IS SCIENCE BEAUTIFUL? N. Kroó |
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CRITERIA FOR EUCLIDEAN AND OTHER REALIZATIONS OF COMBINATORIAL POLYHEDRAL TILINGS E. Molnár | |
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THE SPIRALLOHEDRON G. Gévay, L. Szilassi | |
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11.15 – 11.40 |
Coffee |
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11.40 – 13.00 |
THE PROPORTIONS OF THE PARTHENON: A WORK OF MUSICALLY INSPIRED ARCHITECTURE J. Kappraff, E. McClain |
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AESTHETICAL ABSTRACTION: OBSTACLES AND ATTRACTORS Ch. Akner-Koler | |
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13.00 – 14.45 |
Lunch (Veltins Restaurant – Hotel Rege) |
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Room Nizza - Symmetry in the art education | |
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14.45 – 16.05 |
SHORT HISTORY AND PRESENT DAY PRACTICE OF FORM-STUDIES IN THE MOHOLY - NAGY UNIVERSITY OF ARTS & DESIGN BUDAPEST J. Scherer |
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PAPER PLASTICS AS THE CULTURE OF SHAPE CREATION IN ARTS EDUCATION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOMETRY OF THE PAPER FORM J. Vasserchuk | |
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AN INTERDICIPLINARY ESSAY | |
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OPTICAL ILLUSIONS T. F. Farkas | |
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Room Amsterdam - Science and art of geometry 1 | |
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14.45 – 16.05 |
THE TETRAHEMIHEXAHEDRON |
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THE SPIDRON SYSTEM D. Erdély | |
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GOLDEN ROOT SYMMETRIES OF GEOMETRIC FORMS P. Stefanides | |
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ANALYSIS OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE FILTER APPLIED TO CHROME 041 J. Hiigli | |
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16.05 – 16.30 |
Coffee |
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Room Nizza - Social aspects 2: arts and society | |
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16.30 – 17.30 |
RETHINKING PICTORIAL ORDER IN WESTERN ART USING GEOMETRICAL MODELS AS ANALOGUES T. Degtyareva |
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MEASURE OF SYMMETRY IN THE MATHEMATICS AND ARCHITECTURE A. Iw. Firsov | |
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE STEW N. Czeglédy, R. Guardans | |
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Room Amsterdam - Science and art of geometry 2 | |
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16.30 – 17.30 |
FROM QUASICRYSTALLINE MICROSTRUCTURE TO CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC MATERIALS: MODELLING MATERIAL’S STRUCTURES BY USE OF MATHEMATICA Sz. Bérczi, S. Kabai |
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GEOMETRICAL ARABESQUE, AS A SCIENTIFIC AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITY (presentation and workshop) J.-M. Castera | |
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17.30 – 18.15 |
Technical break |
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18.15 – 19.00 |
Transfer from the Hotel Rege to the Ernst Museum |
| (Budapest VI, Nagymező u. 8) | |
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19.00 – 20.30 |
ASSOCIATED EXHIBITION OPENING I. Orosz Opening address: M. Hargittai
RECEPTION |