Institute Calendar
June 2016
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6/3
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
8:00am
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Lieb-Thirring bounds for infinite gap Jacobi matrices
Jacob Christiansen,
Mathematics,
Lund Univeristy,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
A Total Synthesis of (+)-Ryanodol
Kangway Chuang,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Reisman group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Chebyshev and orthogonal polynomials on dynamically defined Cantor sets
Maxim Zinchenko,
Associate Professor,
Mathematics,
Universty of New Mexico,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemistry 250 Course: Advances in Pharmaceutical Research
Structure-Based Design of Protein-Protein Inhibitors
Sean P. Brown,
Dr., Ph.D., Principal Scientist,
Amgen, Inc.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Two questions, one answer: A multi-scale view of tripical convection
Da Yang,
Miller Research Fellow,
Department of Earth & Planetary Science,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Joseph Gerakos, University of Chicago
Prediction Versus Inducement and the Informational Efficiency of Going Concern Opinions
Joseph Gerakos, Associate Professor of Accounting and David G. Booth Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
The Trouble with Numbers: The Drama of Mathematics in the Age of Shakespeare
Carla Mazzio,
Associate Professor of English,
University of Buffalo,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
Multiplicative orders and distribution of points on varieties mod p
Mei-Chu Chang,
Mathematics,
UC Riverside,
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016
10:00am
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12:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Quantifying protein isoforms in single cells using next-generation sequencing
Chang Ho Sohn,
Dr.,
Department of Chemistry,
California institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Genome Engineering Technology Combined with Single-Cell Genomics for Interrogation of Tumor Immunology
Le Cong,
Broad Institute MIT and Harvard,
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
8:00am
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11:00am
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar
Market Dynamics of Best-Response with Lookahead
Krishnamurthy (Dj) Dvijotham, Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing and Mathematical Science, Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Faster Algorithms for the Constrained k-means Problem
Ragesh Jaiswal,
University of California, San Diego,
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Ultrashort self-assembling peptides for diverse biomedical applications
Charlotte A.E. Hauser,
Professor of Bioscience,
Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering,
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Is Hierarchical Merging Broken?
Charles Steinhardt,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
IPAC,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Strongly symplectic fillability of contact torus bundles
Youlin Li,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
"DFT Insights into the Mechanistic Steps Dictating Catalytic Production of NH3 vs H2 in Trigonal Bipyramidal Fe-N2 Systems"
Benjamin D. (Ben) Matson,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Boson condensation and instability in the tensor network representation of topological states
Sujeet Shukla,
Graduate Student,
Preskill Group,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Noncommutative Majorization Principles and Grothendieck's Inequality
Steven Heilman,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
5:30pm
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8:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Davoodian Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Limon Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Saturday, June 4th, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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8:00am
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6/7
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Sunday, June 5th, 2016
12:00am
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
9:00am
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CNS Seminar
Network dynamics of control over enhancement versus suppression in sustained attention
Agatha Lenartowicz,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Radiochemistry at the Extremes of Matter - Superheavy Elements and Fusion Processes at NIF
Dawn A. Shaughnessy,
Leader of the Experimental Nuclear and Radiochemistry Group,
Chemical Sciences Division,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
8:00am
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12:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Meeting
Le (Steven) Chang,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Tomokazu Sato,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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1:30pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Engineering Selectivity in Biocatalytic C-H Functionalization
David H. Sherman,
Hans W. Vahlteich Professor of Medicinal Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Michigan,
1:30pm
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2:00pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Adventures in Aldehyde C-H Bond Activation
Vy M. Dong,
Full Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Irvine,
2:00pm
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2:30pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Catalyst-Controlled Functionalization of Unactivated C-H Bonds
Huw M. L. Davies,
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Emory University,
2:30pm
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3:00pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Development of Direct C-H Amination Reactions
Sukbok Chang,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST),
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
8:00am
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8:00am
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6/10
5:00pm
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9:00am
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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting
Location to be announced
10:00am
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10:00am
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10:30am
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PhD seminar
Modeling the Effect of Vapor Wall Deposition on the Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol in Chamber Studies
Renee McVay,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Photography on Campus:Cheng Engagement Photoshoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Thursday, June 9th, 2016
8:00am
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12:00pm
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8:50am
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11:30am
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10:00am
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CD3 Seminar
Computational Rediscovery of Some Classical Force Laws
Mark Stalzer,
Principal Computational Scientist,
CD3,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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3:30pm
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2016 Herbert Newby McCoy Award Symposium
2016 Herbert Newby McCoy Award Symposium
Yufan Liang,
Chemistry, Fu group,
Caltech,
Jonathan Rittle,
Chemistry, Peters group,
Caltech,
Michael Webb,
Chemical Engineering, Miller group,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
A Neuroeconomic Theory of Attention- and Task-Switching with Implications for Autism and ADHD
Peter Landry,
Associate Professor, Marketing, University of Toronto,
Friday, June 10th, 2016
8:00am
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Stargazing Lecture
Black Holes Don't Suck
Chiara Mingarelli,
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Scholar in Astrophysics,
Caltech,
Saturday, June 11th, 2016
1:30pm
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5:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Khamisian Wedding Photoshoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, June 13th, 2016
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Targeting Undruggable Oncoprotein Epitopes with Protein Catalyzed Capture Agents
Ryan Henning,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Heath group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Engineering the Feeling of Thirst and the Sensation of Water
Yuki Oka,
Assistant Professor of Biology,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
Caltech,
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
10:30am
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General Biology Seminar
Probing Neural Circuits with Shaped Light
Na Ji,
Group Leader,
Janelia Research Campus,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
9:00am
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Thursday, June 16th, 2016
10:30am
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2:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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Caltech Reading Women
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Exploring DNA-mediated signaling in repair pathways
Andy Zhou,
Graduate Student in Chemistry,
CCE,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
2015-2016 El Niño Winter and California Water: What did we see from space?
Tom Painter,
Tom Farr,
Jay Famiglietti,
Duane Waliser,
Friday, June 17th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar--SEMINAR CANCELLED
TBA
Trevor J. Del Castillo,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Anomalous Floquet-Anderson Insulator as a Nonadiabatic Quantized Charge Pump
Paraj Titum Bhattacharjee,
Graduate Student, Refael Group,
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)
2015-2016 El Niño Winter and California Water: What did we see from space?
Tom Painter,
Tom Farr,
Jay Famiglietti,
Duane Waliser,
Saturday, June 18th, 2016
12:00pm
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3:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Manoukian Wedding Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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7:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Arvin Mehrabian Wedding Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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6:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Matevosyan Wedding Photo Shoot
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Shiau & Lee Wedding Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, June 20th, 2016
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
An anomaly in 8Be transitions and its interpretation as a new, light gauge boson
Susan Gardner,
University of Kentucky,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
"Synthetic RNA switches and nanostructures to control mammalian cell fate"
Hirohide Saito,
Professor,
Department of Life Science Frontiers,
Kyoto University,
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
5:00pm
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9:00am
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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting
Location to be announced
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
High temperature mechanical performance of metallic and metal-ceramic nanoscale multilayers
Quanshui Zheng,
Professor,
Department of Engineering Mechanics, Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, and Applied Mechanics Lab,
Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China,
2:00pm
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
11:45am
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1:15pm
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Undergraduate Research Mentoring Workshop
Effective Communication and Giving Constructive Feedback