Institute Calendar
February 2015
Sunday, February 1st, 2015
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, February 2nd, 2015
4:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Derived equivalent CY 3-folds from cubic fourfolds
John Calabrese,
RTG Lovett Instructor,
Mathematics,
Rice University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Post-Selection Inference for Forward Stepwise and Least Angle Regression
Professor Robert Tibshirani,
Depts. of Health Research and Policy, and Statistics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
From the top of the world to the bottom of the ocean: Neogene environmental change and the Himalayan orogeny
Pratigya Polissar,
Lamont Associate Research Professor,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Membrane fluid mechanics: phase separation discloses flow in lipid bilayers
Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith,
Ph.D,
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
University of Cambridge,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Control and Optimization of Smart Grids
Steven Low,
Professor,
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information (IQI) Weekly Seminar
Phase transitions in non-Abelian string nets
Julien Vidal,
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI-MDL Seminar
Ryan Hurley,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
Aaron Wolf,
Guidance and Control System,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Fate of dynamo upon freezing of an iron-rich core
Jie Li,
Professor,
University of Michigan,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
8:00am
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2/10
5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Renormalized volume and pseudo Anosovs
Greg McShane,
Mathematics,
Institut Fourier, France,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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CANCELED - Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Dave Penneys,
Assistant Adjunct Professor,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Atmospheric signatures of changing global biogeochemistry
Ralph Keeling,
Professor,
Department of Geosciences Research,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Towards the Assembly of a Synthetic Bacterial Cell
Kumaran Ramamurthi,
Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
Center for Cancer Research,
National Cancer Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Mapping protein conformational ensembles and folding pathways with temperature-jump two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy
Carlos R. Baiz,
Ph.D,
Department of Chemistry,
The University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
The Knowledge Society as a Practical Utopia and its Hidden Impact on Higher Education
Liviu Matei,
Provost and Pro-Rector; Professor in the Department of Public Policy ,
Central European University,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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8:30pm
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11:00pm
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11:00pm
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Thursday, February 5th, 2015
10:30am
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11:30am
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11:15am
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12:15pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Precision Motion Control with Manufacturing Applications
Andrew Alleyne,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Heterologous Expression and Nonsense Suppression of a Nicotinic Receptor Involved in Parkinson's Disease and Addiction
Michael Post,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Distribution of orders in number fields
Ramin Takloo-Bighash,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
University of Illinois at Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Interstellar: A Physicist's Adventures in Hollywood
Kip Thorne,
The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus,
Caltech,
Friday, February 6th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Thermalization time bounds for Pauli stabilizer Hamiltonians
Paul Kristan Temme,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Fluctuating Intergalactic Ionizing Background Across Cosmic Time
Frederick Davies,
Graduate Student,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
UCLA,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Edward E. Zukoski Lecture
Multi-physics Modeling for Fire Protection
Sergey B. Dorofeev,
Assistant Vice President and Director of Fire Hazard and Protection Research,
FM Global,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Online Robust PCA or Online Sparse + Low-Rank Matrix Recovery
Namrata Vaswani,
Associate Professor,
ECE,
Iowa State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Seminar Title TBA
Alex Iosevich,
Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Flat strips in rank one CAT(0) spaces
Russell Ricks,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Multifunctional Materials via Photolithographic Olefin Metathesis Polymerization
Raymond Weitekamp,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
The Stability Problem for Extremal Black Holes
Stefanos Aretakis,
Veblen Research Instructor,
Mathematics,
Princeton University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, February 7th, 2015
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 8th, 2015
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, February 9th, 2015
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Universal unipotent local systems and Maurer-Cartan systems of algebraic cycles
Majid Hadian-Jazi,
Scott Russell Johnson Research Assistant Professor in Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Efficient Optimal Strategies for Online Prediction
Professor Peter Bartlett,
Division of Computer Science and Department of Statistics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
New matrix decompositions for Gaussian communication networks
Anatoly Khina,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
Tel Aviv University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Accreting the Earth and Forming its Core: Experimental and Theoretical Constraints
James Badro,
Professor and Research Director,
Research Department Experimental Geophysics,
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Renormalization Group Evolution of Dimension Six Operators in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory
Elizabeth Jenkins,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Novel Small-Molecule Activation Pathways Exploiting Late-Metal/Silicon Cooperation
Matthew T. Whited,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Carleton College,