Session 1: Sunday evening
Discussion Leader: Hideo Ohno (Tohoku University, Sendai)
- David D. Awschalom (UC, Santa Barbara): "Injection, transport, and storage of spin coherence in semiconductors"
- Georg Schmidt (University of Würzburg, Germany): "Demonstration of efficient spin-injection into a semiconductor using a semimagnetic spin-filter"
- Anthony Bland (University of Cambridge, UK): "Spin polarized electron transport in ferromagnet semiconductor hybrid structures induced by photon excitation"
- Junsaku Nitta (NTT, Kanagawa, Japan): "Spin injection experiment with NiFe/2DEG-InAs heterostructures"
- Michael L. Roukes (CalTech, USA): "Electrical spin injection in ballistic two-dimensional electron gas"
Session 2: Monday morning
Discussion Leader: Jagadeesh Moodera (MIT, Boston)
- Jose M. De Teresa (CNRS/Thomson-CSF, Orsay): "Experiments on magnetic tunnel junctions"
- Peter M. Levy (NYU, New York): "Magnetic tunnel junctions : status of the theory"
- Y. Nakamura (NEC, Tsukuba): "Coherent quantum states and quantum computing"
Session 3: Monday evening
Discussion Leader: Bernard Barbara (CNRS, Grenoble)
- Hari Manoharan (IBM, Almaden): "Quantum mirages and phantom magnetism"
- Juergen Kirschner (MPI, Halle): "Spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy on ferromagnets"
- Andrew Kent (NYU, New York): "New results and perspectives on quantum tunneling of the magnetization in molecular magnets: Mn12 and Fe8"
Session 4: Tuesday morning
Discussion Leader: Jeff Byers (Naval Research Laboratory)
- Jack Bass (MSU, East Lansing): "Current perpendicular giant magnetoresistance (CPP-MR): scientific advances and technological potential"
- John Slonczewski (IBM, Yorktown): "Domain reversal and spin-wave excitation by means of spin-polarized current"
- Robert A. Buhrman (Cornell University, Ithaca): "Ferromagnet-superconductor interfacial transport: Andreev reflection and spin injection"
Session 5: Tuesday evening
Discussion Leader: Chia-Ling Chien (Johns Hopkins University)
- Mark D. Stiles (NIST, Gaithersburg): "Modeling exchange-biased multilayers"
- Gernot Güntherodt (RWTH, Aachen): "Microscopic origin of exchange bias at ferro/antiferromagnetic interfaces (experimental)"
Session 6: Wednesday morning
Discussion Leader: Juergen Kirschner (MPI, Halle)
- Joachim Stohr (IBM, Almaden): "X-ray spectro-microscopy of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic thin films"
- Alain Fontaine (CNRS and ESRF, Grenoble): "Local structure, local magnetism and element-selective dynamics of magnetic nanosystems with nanosecond-resolved XMCD"
- D. Weller (IBM, Almaden): "Thermal stability limits in magnetic recording media"
- Ursula Ebels (IPCMS-CNRS): "Domain wall magnetoresistance in magnetic wires"
Session 7: Wednesday everning
Discussion Leader: David Awshalom (University of California)
- Gustaaf Borghs (IMEC, Leuven): "Ferromagnetic III-V semiconductors"
- Zachary Fisk (Florida State University): "Low carrier density ferromagnetism"
Session 8: Thursday morning
Discussion Leader: Stuart Parkin (IBM, Almaden)
- Paolo P. Freitas (INESC, Lisbon) : "Applications of GMR and TMR to MRAM and read heads"
- J. Miltat (Université Paris-Sud, Orsay) : "Fast switching vs damping in sub-micron size elements or stacks from a theoretical and numerical perspective"
- Roger H. Koch (IBM, Yortown) : "Thermally-assisted magnetization reversal in sub-micron permalloy films : measurement, simulation and analysis"
Session 9: Thursday evening
Discussion Leader: Ingrid Mertig (TU-Dresden)
- Daniel Ralph (Cornell University): "Electron tunneling via single energy levels in cobalt nanoparticles"
- Sadamichi Maekawa (Tohoku University, Sendai): "Spin dependent tunneling with Coulomb blockade in granular systems"
- Patrick Bruno (MPI, Halle): "Summary of the conference"
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