Institute Calendar
December 2018
Friday, December 7th, 2018
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
A Theory of Recursive Aggregation with Applications
Hamed Hamze Bajgiran,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Biological propulsion in (and of?) the ocean
John Dabiri,
Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Using flat geometry to understand the dynamics of every point - Hausdorff dimension, divergence, and Teichmuller geodesic flow!
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Cooperative Bond Activation by a Pentanuclear Nickel Hydride Cluster
Manar Shoshani,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
The Anatomy of Artificial Intelligence
Kate Crawford,
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the AI Now Institute at NYU, Distinguished Research Professor at New York University, and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, December 8th, 2018
8:00am
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12/11
5:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tumanyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kamali Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, December 10th, 2018
11:30am
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2:00pm
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12:20pm
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12:50pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Dynamic regulations of co-translational protein targeting by the Signal Recognition Particle Receptor in E. coli and human
Yu-Hsien Hwang Fu,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Masses, Dark Matter and the New Physics Scale
Pavel Fileviez Perez,
Case Western Reserve University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
A 15 Year Love Affair with Metal Anodes and Sulfur Cathodes
John Muldoon,
Senior Principal Scientist,
Chemistry,
Toyota USA,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
8:00am
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12:00pm
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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Neuro Lunch Meeting
Stephen Grant,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Laura Luebbert,
Visiting Graduate Student,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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12:50pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:10pm
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12:50pm
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1:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
"Planar Cell Polarity in Development and Disease"
John Wallingford,
Professor,
Molecular Biosciences,
University of Texas Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Inference under Covariate-Adaptive Randomization
Azeem Shaikh,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Chicago,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
Tandem Adventure Along the Pacific Coast: From Vancouver to the Tip of Baja
Vito Rubino,
Research Scientist,
Aerospace,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2018
8:00am
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12/14
5:00pm
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8:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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11:30am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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11:30am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Boehringer-Ingelheim Lecture
Efficient Asymmetric Synthesis of P-Stereogenic Chiral Phosphine Ligands and Complex Drug Substances on Large Scale
Dr. Steve (Zhengxu) Han,
Senior Research Fellow,
Boehringer-Ingelsheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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4:00pm
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Boehringer-Ingelheim Lecture
Recent Efforts in the Synthesis of Complex Natural Products: The Evolution of Strategies for the Syntheses of Aspergilline A and Herquline B
John Wood,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
Baylor University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
When Are Robust Contracts Linear?
Gabriel Carroll,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics,
Stanford University,
11:30pm
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12/13
1:00am
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Thursday, December 13th, 2018
8:00am
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12:00pm
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8:30am
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11:00am
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10:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Finance Seminar
Exploration or Exploitation? Hedge Funds in Venture Capital
Laura Lindsey,
Associate Professor of Finance,
W. P. Carey School of Business,
Arizona State University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar
Footprints of the Large Magellanic Cloud and Sagittarius dwarf on the Galaxy
Chervin Laporte,
CITA National Fellow,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Victoria,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Who's In and Who's Out: Controlling Phase Separation of Lipids and Proteins in the Cell Nucleus
Alwin Koehler,
Professor of Mechanistic Cell Biology,
Max F. Perutz Laboratories,
Medical University of Vienna,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Hydrogel-based Electronics: Ultracompliant electrodes for neural interfaces and beyond
Christopher Bettinger,
Associate Professor,
Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Friday, December 14th, 2018
8:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Alkaline earth atoms in optical tweezers
Alexandre Cooper-Roy,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Endres Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Spatio-Temporal Pricing for Ridesharing Platforms.
Hongyao Ma,
Graduate Student,
EconCS,
Harvard University,
1:00pm
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5:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Probabilistic Protein Engineering
Kevin Yang,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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