Institute Calendar
May 2006
Monday, May 8th, 2006
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Results from Babar and on Cosmological Parameters from Weak Gravitational Lensing
Justin Albert,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Numerical Scaling Analysis of the Small-Scale Structure in Turbulence
8:30pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Gravity from Quantum Computation: Observational Consequences
Seth Lloyd,
professor of mechanical engineering,
MIT,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Incorporating Molecular Understanding in Process Design
Martha Gallivan,
assistant professor of chemistry,
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Georgia Tech,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Effects of Feedback and Environment on the Chemical Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies
Yeshe Fenner,
postdoctoral fellow,
Institute for Theory and Computation,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Uncovering Design Rules for Light-Driven Molecular Devices from First Principles Dynamics
Todd J. Martinez,
professor of chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Optimal Sobolev Regularity of a Class of Fourier Integral
Malabika Pramanik,
senior research fellow in mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Decisions, Decisions: The Ellsberg Paradox and the Neural Foundations of Decision Making under Uncertainty
Ming Hsu,
graduate student in humanities and social sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synthesis of Biologically Important N- and O-Heterocycles
Peter A. Jacobi,
professor of chemistry,
Dartmouth College,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, May 11th, 2006
8:00am
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8:30am
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2:30pm
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Towards Atomic-Resolution Manipulation: Multi-Scale Modeling of Carbon Nanotube Atomic Force Microscopy Processes
Santiago Solares,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Repeated Decision Making and Online Optimization
Adam Tauman Kalai,
assistant professor,
Toyota Technological Institute, Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Back-Action in Mesoscopic Physics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Aashish Clerk,
assistant professor of physics,
McGill University,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Planetary Robotics: To Mars and Beyond
Dr. Ashley Stroupe,
staff engineer,
Mars Exploration Rovers Engineering Team,
JPL,
Brett Kennedy,
staff engineer,
Robotic Hardware Group,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, May 12th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Phase Transitions in Topological String Theory
Marcos Marino,
department of theoretical physics,
CERN,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Nigel R. Cooper,
department of physics,
University of Cambridge,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Developmental Dynamics of Arabidopsis Primordium Formation
Marcus Heisler,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Ultra-Sensative Absorption Measurements through Cavity-Enhanced Spectroscopy
Timothy McGarvey,
graduate student biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Control and Communication: Noiseless Quantized Feedback on Linear Systems
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Linus Pauling Lectureship
The Structural Basis of Eukaryotic Gene Transcription
Roger D. Kornberg,
professor of structural biology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
George Gallup in Hollywood
Susan Ohmer,
assistant professor of modern communication,
University of Notre Dame,
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)
Planetary Robotics: To Mars and Beyond
Dr. Ashley Stroupe,
staff engineer,
Mars Exploration Rovers Engineering Team,
JPL,
Brett Kennedy,
staff engineer,
JPL Robotic Hardware Group,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, May 13th, 2006
9:00am
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 14th, 2006
1:00pm
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Monday, May 15th, 2006
8:00am
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Biophysics Lecture
Transient Differentiation at the Single-Cell Level
Michael Elowitz,
assistant professor of biology and applied physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Extrasolar Planets: A Rocky Start
Geoff Marcy,
professor of astronomy,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Signatures of Supernova Turbulence
Alexander Friedland,
staff scientist,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
DNA Interaction, Recognition, Aggregation, and Evolution of Life
Alexei A. Kornyshev,
professor of chemical physics,
department of chemistry,
Imperial College London,
8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
10:00am
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3:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
A Look at Particulate Flows in Tribology, Nanomanufacturing, and Space
C. Fred Higgs, III,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering,
Carnegie Mellon,