Institute Calendar
April 2006
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4/10
10:00pm
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4/1
2:00am
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Saturday, April 1st, 2006
9:00am
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5:00pm
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12:30pm
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11:00am
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4:15pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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9:00pm
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4/2
1:00am
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Sunday, April 2nd, 2006
10:00am
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6:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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6:30pm
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Monday, April 3rd, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special Mathematical Physics Seminar
A One-Dimensional Analysis of Real and Complex Turbulence and the Maxwell Set for the Stochastic Burgers Equation
Aubrey Truman,
professor of mathematics,
University of Wales Swansea,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Mathematical Physics Seminar
What Spectra Can Non-Selfadjoint Sturm-Liouville Operators Have?
Rostyslav Hryniv,
Institute for Applied Problems of Mechanics and Mathematics, Lviv, Ukraine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Combining Embryological, Genomic, and Bioinformatics Approaches to Study Neural Induction in the Ascidian, Ciona Intestinalis
Dr. Patrick LeMaire,
department of cognitive psychology and development/aging psychology,
University of Provence,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
Kurt Cuffey,
professor of geography,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Stochastic Gravitational Waves from the End of Inflation
Eugene Lim,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Spectroscopic and Computational Insights into the Biosynthesis and Reactivity of Coenzyme B12
Thomas C. Brunold,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Chemical Transformations in Nanocrystals
Paul Alivisatos,
Chancellor's Professor,
department of chemistry and materials science,
UC Berkeley,
8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special Mathematical Physics Seminar
Hardy Inequalities for Simply Connected Planar Domains
Alexander Sobolev,
School of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Birmingham,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Mathematical Physics Seminar
The Complex Moment Problem and Direct and Inverse Spectral Problems for the Block Jacobi Type Bounded Normal Matrices
3:00pm
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5:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
One-and-a-Half Quantum de Finetti Theorems
Matthias Christandl,
postdoctoral researcher and college research fellow,
Centre for Mathematical Sciences,
Cambridge Centre for Quantum Computation,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Numerical Simulations of Biological Locomotion in Fluids in a Moderate Reynolds Number Regime
Jeff Eldredge,
professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Hunting Correlation Patterns in the CMB Anisotropy
Tarun Souradeep,
assistant professor,
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Small Displacements, Intriguing Fluctuations: Statistical Mechanics of the Actin Cytoskeleton
Phillip Geissler,
assistant professor of chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Thomas Wolff Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
Equidistribution, Groups, and Primes
Peter Sarnak,
professor of mathematics,
Princeton University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
10:00am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Coming Out of the Dark: Using Genomics to Shed Light on the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis
Amy Schaefer,
research scientist,
department of microbiology,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Circumstellar Disks and their Clues for Planet Formation
Dr. Alycia Weinberger,
department of terrestrial magnetism,
Carnegie Institution of Washington,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Thomas Wolff Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
Equidistribution, Groups, and Primes
Peter Sarnak,
professor of mathematics,
Princeton University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, April 6th, 2006
10:00am
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1:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
The Response to Nicotine: From Quantum Mechanics to Mouse Behavior
Henry Lester,
Bren Professor of Biology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Scientific Challenges in Sustainable Energy Technology
Nathan S. Lewis,
George L. Argyros Professor and professor of chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Single Spin Detection by Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy
Dan Rugar,
IBM Almaden Research Center,
4:45pm
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6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Using Wind to Build the Megaliths of Ancient Egypt"
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Maureen Clemmons,
President,
Transformations,
5:30pm
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7:00pm
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Caltech Project for Effective Teaching Presents Learning Disabilities in the Classroom
Learning Disabilities in the Classroom
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, April 7th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
What Can Prehistoric Easter Island Teach Modern America about Sustainability?
Ashley Jones,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Descartes' Attempt (in the Regulae) to Base the Certainty of Algebra on Mental Vision
Hendrik Bos,
Professor of History of Mathematics, Utrecht University,
Visiting Professor of History, Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Development of Ru Catalysts for the Preparation of Hindered Olefins by Ring-Closing Metathesis
Katie Campbell,
postdoctoral scholar,
department of chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Power Supply Integrity: Integrated Circuit Design with Systems Techniques
Elad Alon,
doctoral candidate,
department of electrical engineering,
Stanford University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Thomas Wolff Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
Equidistribution, Groups, and Primes
Peter Sarnak,
professor of mathematics,
Princeton University,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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10:30pm
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