Institute Calendar
Monday, October 10, 2011
Monday, October 10th, 2011
9:00am
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4:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Generic wavefunction approach to two-dimensional fractional topological insulators
Xiao-Liang Qi,
Asssistan Professor of Physics,
Department of Applied Physics,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Searches for Extra Dimensions and Black Holes at CMS
Greg Landsberg,
Brown University,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Encounters at the Edge of a Cluster: Environment's Effect on Galaxy Evolution
Dennis Just,
(Steward Observatory) ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Sensory Processing in a Small Brain
Rachel Wilson,
Associate Professor,
Neurobiology,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Sources and Cycling of Organic Matter in a Changing Arctic Ocean: Patterns, Proxies and Processes
H. Rodger Harvey,
professor and chair,
Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
Old Dominion University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Synthetic Design Tools for Complex Inorganic Solids and Nanostructures
Raymond Schaak,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Science Job Candidate
Dynamic Political Distortions Under Alternative Constitutional Settings
Carlo Prato,
Graduate Student,
Northwestern University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Chi-Square and Classical Exact Tests Often Wildly Misreport Significance; the Remedy Lies in Computers
Rachel Ward,
Assistant Professor / Harrington Fellow,
Mathematics,
University of Texas at Austin,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS) Lecture
A Talk with Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men
Andy Bichlbaum,
The YES MEN,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
Dr. Lisa Randall,
physicist and cosmologist,
Harvard University,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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