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Friday, November 15th, 2019
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Tech Talks Toastmaster Club: Practice Speaking Confidently About Your Research, Improve Your Communication Skills

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mental Health First Aid Training (Part 2 of 2)

383 S. Hill Ave., Annex
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Special ACM Seminar

Moore B270
Variational Bayes for a Simple Neural Network
Tui Nolan, Fulbright Future Scholar, Statistics, University of Technology Sydney,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Deciphering the Landscape of Compact Binary Formation Channels
Mike Zevin, Graduate Student, CIERA, Northwestern University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Flight Testing of Supersonic Parachutes for Entry, Descent & Landing on Mars
Clara O'Farrell, Engineer, Guidance and Control, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of technology,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
GPV invariants and knot complements
Ciprian Manolescu, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 4:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 310
A sumset conjecture of Erdős
Florian Richter, Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University,
5:00pm – 5:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 310
The Joy of Small Parameters
Susan Friedlander, Department of Mathematics, USC,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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von Kármán Lecture - Looking Home: OCO-3 and Science from the International Space Station

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, November 16th, 2019
5:30pm – 7:30pm
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Giving Thanks: Antidote to Anxiety

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Film Screening - The Pathfinders: The Story of the First Mars Rover Mission

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Orchestra: Student Soloist Showcase

Ramo Auditorium
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Sunday, November 17th, 2019
7:00am – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Jackson Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm – 4:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Nguyen Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lam Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech Orchestra: Student Soloist Showcase

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Naturally 7: Vocal Play

Beckman Auditorium
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Monday, November 18th, 2019
10:30am – 11:30am
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A Fireside Chat with Dr. Timnit Gebru and Dr. Karina Edmonds (PhD '97)

Annenberg 105
11:00am – 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Crellin 151
Jiaming Li, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Tech Talk

Annenberg 105
Ethical AI
Timnit Gebru, Research Scientist, Ethical AI Team, Google,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week - Global Things: Travelling the World with Textiles

Avery Library
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Solving nonlinear elliptic equations in numerical relativity with the SpECTRE code
Nils Fischer, Graduate Student, Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Defining Your Leadership Style: CPA Nov Leadership Workshop

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Skein theory, Hecke algebras, and elliptic curves
Peter Samuelson, Department of Mathematics, UC Riverside,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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BELS

Kerckhoff 119
"Satisfying Symmetry: Functional Insights from Patterns in Membrane Protein Structures"
Lucy Forrest, PI, Computational Structural Biology, National Institutes of Health,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Hydrogen production and consumption under chemically and biologically "extreme" conditions in ultramafic aquifers
Alexis Templeton, Associate Professor, Department of Gecological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Thompson Sampling for learning in online decision making
Shipra Agrawal, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, and Data Science Institute, Columbia University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
The QCD axion and Unification
Clara Murgui, Universitat de Valencia & Case Western Reserve University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Redox Nano-Titrations at Electrochemical Interfaces: A Versatile Toolbox for Characterizing Reaction Intermediates
Joaquin Rodriquez Lopez, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Laboratory, Faculty Affiliate, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Curve Counting Reading Seminar

Linde Hall 183
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week - Educated on the Border

Avery Library
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
TBA
Pietro Perona, Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering, Engineering and Applied Science, CALTECH,
12:00pm – 12:50pm
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Meditation Mob

Hameetman Center B122 - Club Room 3
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Annenberg 107
Calculating Nature Naturally
Natalie Klco, Graduate Student, Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Nonlinear Spectroscopy with Quantum Light
Theodore Goodson, III, RICHARD BARRY BERNSTEIN COLLEGIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS PROFESSOR OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Chemistry, University of Michigan,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMI Seminar: Eliza O'Reilly

Annenberg 314
Modeling Repulsion with Determinantal Point Processes
Eliza O'Reilly, CMI Postdoc, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
Terrestrial Planet Geophysics: InSight@Mars, VERITAS@Venus
Sue Smrekar, Senior Research Scientist, JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Extreme mass-ratio inspirals: going beyond linear perturbation theory
Niels Warburton, University College Dublin,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Otters and Others: Ted Hughes to Alice Oswald
John Kerrigan, Professor of English, University of Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Acquisition of/Stochastic Evidence
Barton Lipman, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Boston University,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Special CMX Seminar

Annenberg 213
How Many Labels Do You Need For Semi-Supervised Learning?
Matthew Thorpe, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Factorization Algebras in Quantum Field Theory Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Renormalization and Effective Field Theories
Bowen Yang, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Associates East Coast Event: President's Circle Dinner

Off Campus
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Last day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections

10:00am – 11:00am
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TCS+ Talk

Annenberg 322
The Karger-Stein Algorithm is Optimal for $k$-cut
Jason Li, Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Decoding Diversity

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week - Nuclear Diplomacy, How States Make Peace Despite the Atom

Avery Library
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Lattice points on the sphere
Andrei Shubin, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers' Group Meeting

SFCC Office, 315 S. Hill Ave., Rear Building
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Physics of Enigmatic Fast Radio Bursts
Pawan Kumar, Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Weather radar, isotopes, and climate models
Courtney Schumacher, Texas A & M University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture

Gates Annex B122
A Personal Perspective on Chemical Biology: Before the Beginning
Peter Dervan, Bren Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
"Exploring and manipulating different quantum degrees of freedom in two-dimensional van der Waals materials and nano-metamaterials"
Nai-Chang Yeh, Professor of Physics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Two experiments on time preferences and repeated game
Jeongbin Kim, Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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PMA Postdoc Happy Hour

6:30pm – 8:00pm
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CS/EE UG Research at UCSD (SURF's and Grad School)

Annenberg 213
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Artworks of the Outdoors
Kelvin Nguyen, Southern California Mountaineers Association,
Thursday, November 21st, 2019
8:00am – Ongoing
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Registration for Winter Term

11:00am – 12:00pm
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CPET Seminar - The Softer Side of Math: Empowering Students by Developing a Growth Mindset

South Mudd 365
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
CANCELED - Growth, Instability, and Failure: Bringing Order into the Chaos of Natural Phenomena
Tal Cohen, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Crellin 151
Acoustic Biomolecules as Genetically Encoded Theragnostic Agents
Avinoam Bar-Zion, Postdoctoral Researcher, Shapiro Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Simon Says: How Norton Simon transformed a failing art museum into a cultural powerhouse
Andrea Thabet, Lecturer in American History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week - International Inspirations and Challenges: Engineering Space Origami

Avery Library
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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Condensed Mathematics Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Solid modules
Justin Campbell, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
2:45pm – 3:45pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 183
On the arithmetic of elliptic curves over quintic fields
Michele Fornea, Department of Mathematics, Princeton,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Linde Hall 289
Isoperimetric inequalities for Laplacian eigenvalues: recent advances
Mikhail Karpukhin, Department of Mathematics, UC Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
"Cryo-EM analysis of molecular machines involved in bacterial pathogenesis"
Melanie Ohi, Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan,