Motivation and Scope of the Workshop

Resistive switching is one of those rare phenomena which brings together the most advanced theoretical concepts of first principles calculations and the arsenal of techniques developed for strongly correlated and non-equilibrium systems with the latest experimental techniques developed for the study of oxides and nanoscale phenomena. This confluence creates a powerful synergy . Further, recent lithographic breakthroughs have demonstrated that there is realistic promise that real circuit elements can be developed based on resistive switches. Excitingly, the resulting memristors may foster an entirely new paradigm in computer architecture, possibly mimicking the human brain for the first time. Our workshop intends to provide a creative environment to exchange ideas and set future directions in this exciting field, motivated by talks of its leaders.

Invited Speakers:
D. Basov (UCSD)
L. Chua (UC Berkeley)
M. DiVentra (UCSD)
A. Ignatiev (Houston, US)
I. Inoue (Tsukuba, Japan)
P. Littlewood (Cambridge, UK)
S. Parkin (IBM, US)
M. Rozenberg (Buenos Aires, Argentina, & Orsay, France)
Y. Shin (POSTECH, Korea)
R. Waser (Aachen/Julich, Germany)
S. Williams (Hewlett Packard, US)

Logistics announcements:

1. A convenient means of transportation from the San Francisco Airport to Davis is to contact Davis Airporter and arrange a pickup: http://www.davisairporter.com

2. On Friday and Saturday morning you can get to the conference site by at least one of two methods:

- a bus has been secured to pick up workshop participants at 8:30am in the lobbies of the two hotels.

- a local organizer will identify himself in each hotel lobby at 8:35 and lead a walking party over to the workshop site.

In case of emergencies, please contact the organizers directly at 530-400-3936.

For more information please contact the organizers:
O. Heinonen (Olle.Heinonen@seagate.com) and G.T. Zimanyi (zimanyi@physics.ucdavis.edu)

Partial support for graduate students is available.