May 17- May 23, 2004 THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic year by the Department of Physics at Boston University. You may send your announcement by e-mail (bapc-events@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu ) or FAX (617-353-9393). We cannot accept announcements by telephone. Entries should reach us no later than 5:00pm on the Tuesday of the week proceeding the week of the event. ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. Monday, May 17, 2004 Tuesday, May 18, 2004 Tuesday, May 18, 2003, 2:30pm Tufts University Joint Tufts/CFA/MIT Cosmology Seminar Robinson 250 "Models For The Brane-Bulk Interaction: Toward Understanding Braneworld Cosmological Perturbations" Martin Bucher University of Cambridge Refreshments served at 2:00pm in Knipp Library, Room 251 Wednesday, May 19, 2004 Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 2:30PM (Note new time) Massachusetts Institute of Technology String/Gravity Theory Seminar Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6, Third Floor seminar room ``String Taxonomy" Shamit Kachru Stanford Refreshments will be served Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 4:00 PM MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Room NW17-218 "Paleoclassical Transport" Peter Callen University of Wisconsin Refreshments at 3:45pm Thursday, May 20, 2004 Thursday, May 20, 2004, 4:00 pm Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phillips Auditorium 60 Garden Street, Cambridge "Title: TBA" Christine Jones Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics * tea and cookies at 3:30 p.m. * Thursday, May 20, 2004, 4:15 p.m. Harvard University Duality Seminar Jefferson 453 "String Taxonomy" Shamit Kachru Stanford University Refreshments served in the High Energy Theory coffee area, 4th floor Jefferson, at 3:45