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Thursday, April 13th, 2006
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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General Biology Seminar
The Means to the Ends: mRNA Localization, Translation, and Membrane Trafficking in Drosophila
Dr. James Wilhelm,
staff associate,
Department of Embryology,
Carnegie Institute of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Exploration of Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Perspective from Short-Lived Radionuclides
Meenakshi Wadhwa,
curator of meteorites,
department of geology,
the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Modular Static Analysis with Sets and Relations
Viktor Kuncak,
PhD candidate, electrical engineering and computer science department, and research assistant,
computer science and artifical intelligence laboratory,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
So, What's Going on Over at LIGO?
Stan Whitcomb,
LIGO detector group leader,
department of physics,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Radar Sounding of Mars: MARSIS on Mars Express
Dr. Jeffrey Plaut,
co-principal investigator, MARSIS Instrument, Mars Express Spacecraft,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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9:15pm
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11:59pm
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Friday, April 14th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Albrecht Klemm,
associate professor,
department of physics,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Leonid Butov,
professor of physics,
UC San Diego,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
An Interdisciplinary Examination of Sustainable Development
Nathan Chan,
ESE,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Global Methods for High-Dimensional Datasets
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Development of a Closer Mimic of the Shilov Catalyst: Selectivity Trends in C-H Bond Activation by Ar2(NN)Pt2+ Complexes
Thomas Driver,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Special Seminar
Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics with Cold Polar Molecules
Peter Zoller,
professor of theoretical physics,
University of Innsbruck,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
On the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy
André de Gouvêa,
assistant professor of physics,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
The VLSI Design of a Bio-Inspired Silicon Cortex: Mixed-Signal and Analog Approaches
George Yuan,
graduate student in electrical engineering,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Radar Sounding of Mars: MARSIS on Mars Express
Dr. Jeffrey Plaut,
co-principal investigator,
MARSIS Instrument, Mars Express Spacecraft,
JPL ,
8:00pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, April 15th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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8:00pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: PUIG PARTY
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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1:00pm
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3:30pm
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9:00pm
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11:55pm
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Sunday, April 16th, 2006
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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7:00pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: ZENG/HSING PARTY
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, April 17th, 2006
7:30am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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LGBT Activism and Advocacy on Campus
Annmarie Eldering,
research scientist,
JPL,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Cellular Mechanisms of Asymmetric Stem-Cell Division in the Niche
Dr. Yukiko Yamashita,
Department of Developmental Biology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Evidence from Ophiolites, Blueschists, and Ultra-High Pressure Metamorphic Terranes that the Modern Episode of Plate Tectonics began in Neoproterozoic Time (1000–544 Ma)
Robert Stern,
professor of geosciences,
University of Texas, Dallas,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Modifications of the Properties of a Light Higgs Boson
Mark Wise,
John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Analysis and Design of Nucleic Acid Devices
8:30pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
7:30am
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12:00pm
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8:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Applications of the Jones Polynomial to Quantum Computation and Complexity Theory
Jon Yard,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Institute for Quantum Information,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Dynamics of Strings and Rods with Applications to Flagellar Motion
K. Ravi-Chandar,
professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics,
University of Texas, Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Squeezed States in Gravitational-Wave Interferometers
Nergis Mavalvala,
professor of physics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Indian Neutrino Observatory
Brajesh Choudhary,
senior scientist,
physics department,
Fermilab,
4:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Lecture
Huntington Library
Unlocking the Secrets of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Edo Berger,
postdoctoral fellow,
Carnegie Observatories,
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
7:30am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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3:30pm
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6:30pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Flow through Aquatic Vegetation
Heidi Nepf,
associate professor of civil and environmental engineering,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Gravitational-Wave Detection with Interferometers
Nergis Mavalvala,
professor of physics,
MIT,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, April 20th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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