Institute Calendar
November 2016
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11/1
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
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Caltech Associates Luncheon: Designing Engineered Cells
Designing Engineered Cells: A New Frontier of Medicine
12:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH
Data-driven methods for sparse network estimation
Somayeh Sojoud,
Assistant Project Scientist at University of California, Berkeley,
University of California, Berkeley,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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CCHF Virtual Merck Lecture Series
Merck Process Chemistry: Discovery and Development of Innovative Synthetic Methods to Drive Best Chemistry
Rebecca T. Ruck,
Dr., Ph.D., Director, Process Chemistry,
Merck Process Research and Development,
Merck & Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey,
1:00pm
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CCHF Virtual Merck Lecture Series
Merck Milestones in Chemistry: Medicine through Inspired Science
Michael H. Kress,
Dr., Ph.D., Vice President,
Merck Process Research and Development,
Merck & Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey,
3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Current Progress in Density Functional Theories
Donald G. Truhlar,
Regents Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Signaling Interactions that Control Sensory Organ Morphogenesis and Regeneration in the Zebrafish
Tatjana Piotrowski,
Associate Investigator,
Stowers Institute for medical Research,
4:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Amenability of discrete groups
Kate Juschenko,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Local Agency Costs of Political Centralization
Roger Myerson,
Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
6:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
Trekking to Everest South Col Southeast Ridge Base Camp
Jeremy Brouillet,
Caltech Alpine Club,
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Spectral shift functions and Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps
Jussi Behrndt,
Institut für Numerische Mathematik,
Technische Universität Graz,
12:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellow Adam Subhas & Resnick Postdoctoral Scholar Michael Haibach
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Cosmic microwave background spectral distortions and their cosmological implications
Siavash Yasini,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
USC,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Cool and Luminous Transients from Merging Binary Stars
Ondrej Pejcha,
Princeton,
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Value of Persistent Information
Jusso Toikka,
Professor, Department of Economics, MIT,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The oscillating fringe and paleo-intensity of the East Asian monsoon reconstructed using closed-basin lake-area and dDwax
Yonaton Goldsmith,
Graduate Student,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Heat Under the Microscope
Austin Minnich,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics,
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
12:00am
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CD3 Seminar
Deep Learning: the promise and the pitfalls
Ashish Mahabal,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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Biochemistry Seminar
Function and dysfunction of nuclear envelope proteins: mechanisms of protein quality control and cholesterol metabolism
Christian Schlieker,
Associate Professor,
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, and Department of Cell Biology,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Engineered biosynthesis of functionalized natural products
Wenjun Zhang,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
High-Dimensional Analysis of Stochastic Optimization Algorithms: Limiting Dynamics and Phase Transitions
Yue Lu,
Associate Professor,
Electrical Engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Grain size sensitivity controls strain localization in the lower crust: a study of the transition from dislocation creep to DisGBS in naturally deformed plagioclase
Elena Miranda,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Geological Sciences,
California State University, Northridge,
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Physics Research Conference
Light from Darkness? Searching for Dark Matter in the Sky
Tracy Slatyer,
Jerrold R. Zacharias Career Development Assistant Professor of Physics,
MIT,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, November 4th, 2016
8:00am
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Unsupervised Learning: the Next Frontier in AI
Silver Professor of Computer Science Yann LeCun,
The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
3d N = 2 theories on circle bundles and the Bethe equations
Brian Willett,
KITP/UCSB,
12:00pm
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CANCELLED Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Jörgen Kratz, Lund University
Kidney Exchange over the Blood Group Barrier
Jörgen Kratz, Graduate Student,
Department of Economics,
Lund University,
12:00pm
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Diversity in Chemistry Initiative Seminar
A Saga of Death, Destruction, and Rebirth: The Role of Iron-Sulfur Clusters in the Biosynthesis of Lipoic Acid
Squire Booker,
HHMI Investigator and Prof of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Pennsylvania State University,
12:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
'What commodity in Europe doth decay more than wood?' Scarcity, Political Ecology, and the Making of the English Atlantic
Keith Pluymers,
Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in the Humanities,
Caltech,
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exact solutions of N = (0 , 2) Landau - Ginzburg models
Pavel Putrov,
IAS,
1:10pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Constraining Dark Physics with Simulations
Oliver Elbert,
Graduate Student,
UC Irvine,
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
On the Ignition, Combustion and Output of Pyrotechnic Devices
Marcia Cooper,
Explosives Technologies Group,
Sandia National Laboratories,
3:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Summability condition and rigidity for finite type maps
Matthieu Astorg,
Mathematics,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Maximizers for Tomas Stein inequality
Rupert Frank,
Mathematics Department,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Rare-earth ions in crystals for integrating quantum resources
John Bartholomew,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Faraon Group,
4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Model checking and strategy synthesis for mobile autonomy: from theory to practice
Marta Kwiatkowska,
Trinity College, Unversity of Oxford,
5:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
How to Prepare for the Great American Eclipse of 2017
Erika Hamden,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Physics,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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Saturday, November 5th, 2016
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Photography on Campus: Sergey & Arsine Margaryan Wedding Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mirakyan/Tahmasian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: ksadzhikyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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Sunday, November 6th, 2016
12:00am
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Monday, November 7th, 2016
9:00am
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Beckman Institute Seminar Series
Five Easy Pieces: How the EAC has contributed to five Campus Research Activities
Nathan Dalleska,
Director, Environmental Analysis Center,
Beckman Institute,
Caltech ,
12:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Testable Forecasts
Luciano Pomatto,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Convex Polytopes and Local Models of Shimura Varieties
Qiao Zhou,
Department of Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Graph Structure in Polynomial Systems: Chordal Networks
Professor Pablo Parrilo,
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Moist energetics of tropical circulations and their coupling to precipitation and radiative feedbacks
Simona Bordoni,
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
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IST LUNCH BUNCH
"The Intelligent Search and Mapping of Shipwrecks in the Coastal Waters of Malta"
Zoe Wood,
Professor of Computer Science,
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo,
2:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Dr. Kevin Schlaufman,
Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Nanotechnology Meets Mechanobiology
Young-wook Jun,
Associate Professor, Programs in Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Department of Otolaryngology,
University of California, San Francisco,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Identifying the Algorithms for Calculating Spatial Maps
Lisa Giocomo,
Assistant Professor,
Neurobiology,
Stanford School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
A new beginning for transient gravitational-wave astrophysics
Vivien Raymond,
Albert Einstein Institute,
5:00pm
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
8:00am
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Quantum Approximate Markov Chains and the Locality of Entanglement Spectrum
Fernando Brandao,
Theoretical Physics,
California Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Balancing Carbon by the Gigaton in Soils and Seas: Can Ecosystems be Restored while Ensuring Global Food Security?
Brian von Herzen,
Executive Director,
The Climate Foundation,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Plasmonic Metal Oxide Nanocrystals
Delia Milliron,
Associate Professor, Fellow of the Henry Beckman Professorship, Fellow of the Frank A. Liddell, Jr., Fellowship in Chemical Engineering,
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering ,
University of Texas, Austin,
4:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
A Gromov-Hausdorff Distance for Hilbert Modules
Frederic Latremoliere,
Mathematics Department,
University of Denver,