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Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

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Restriction theory in Fourier analysis
Hong Wang, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

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Quantum Simulation and Optimization in Near-Term Quantum Computers
Leo Zhou, Graduate Student, Harvard University,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

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Finite temperature simulations of strongly correlated systems
Chong Sun, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
3:00pm 3:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

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Sharpening the triangle inequality in Lp spaces
Paata Invanisvili, Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University,
4:00pm 4:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

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Proving Positive Lyapunov Exponents: Beyond Independence
David Damanik, Department of Mathematics, Rice University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Online Event
Atmospheric Mixing in Cool Exoplanet Analogs
Brittany Miles, Graduate Reserach Fellow, Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Online Event
"Targeting Neural Circuits to Address Pain and Addiction "
Xiaoke Chen, Associate Professor, Biology, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Webinar

Online Event
Transitioning to a Future Low Carbon Energy System: Key Scientific and Technological Challenges
Peter F. Green, Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and Technology and Chief Research Officer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),
  • Public Event
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
9:00am 10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar

Online Event
Contraction Analysis in Optimization, Learning, and Adaptive Prediction and Control
Jean-Jacques Slotine, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Information Sciences / Brain and Cognitive Sciences / Director of the Nonlinear Systems Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
10:00am 11:00am
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TCS+ Talk

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Faster Algorithms for Unit Maximum Flow
Yang Liu, Stanford University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Biology Seminar

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Expanding the Synthetic Capabilities of Yeast
Virginia Cornish, Helena Rubinstein Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Logic Seminar

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The definable content of homological invariants I: Ext(−,−)Ext⁡(−,−) and lim1(−)lim1⁡(−)
Aristotelis Panagiotopoulos, Institute for Mathematical Logic and Basic Research, University of Münster,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Online Event
Behavioral Neural Networks
Shaowei Ke, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

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Collective Gravity in the Outer Solar System
Ann-Marie Madigan, Researcher, University of Colorado,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Online Event
J. Dowling: Role of Long-Duration Energy Storage in Variable Renewable Electricity Systems ❖ K. Vasquez: Rapid hydrolysis of tertiary isoprene nitrate efficiently removes NOx from the atmosphere
Jackie Dowling, Caltech,
Krystal Vasquez, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Neutron Scattering applied to Hydrogen Storage in Metal-Organic Frameworks at the NIST Center for Neutron Research
Craig Brown, Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Team Lead Structure and Dynamics of Materials National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
9:00am 9:55am
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Analysis Seminar

Online Event
Dynamics of Newtonian stars
Juhi Jang, Department of Mathematics, USC,
10:00am 11:00am
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar

Online Event
Attentional Foundations of Framing Effects
Ernst Fehr, Professor of Economics and Director of the UBS Center for Economics in Society, University of Zurich,
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Online Event
Pattern Formation in Suspension Flows
Sungyon Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Online Event
The quest for an atomic understanding of prions, model members of the amylome
Jose Rodriguez, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Online Event
Understanding and Engineering Catalytic Materials Using Nanocrystal Precursors
Matteo Cargnello, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Stanford University,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

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"Exploring novel forms of endoplasmic reticulum with electron cryo-tomography (cryo-ET)"
Stephen Carter (Jensen Group), Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

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Multipole moments and fractional corner charges of insulating materials
Haruki Watanabe, University of Tokyo,
Friday, December 4th, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Khovanov homology from string theory
Mina Aganagic, UC Berkeley,
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Online Event
Precise Calibrations of Few-Body Physics in Potassium-39
Xin Xie, IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, Endres Group,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar--POSTPONED UNTIL 2021

Online Event
Impacts of Surface Chemistry in Metal and Metal-Like Nanoparticle Synthesis, Structure, and Performance
Jill Erin Millstone, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemical Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar

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Approximating Operators with Deep Learning
Nikola Kovachki, Graduate Student, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Star Formation in the Turbulent-Multiphase Interstellar Medium
Shmuel Bialy, ITC Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Theory and Computations (ITC), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

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Brieskorn spheres, homology cobordism and homology balls
Oguz Savk, Department of Mathematics, Bogazici University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar

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Probabilistic Programming Semantics for Name Generation
Michael Wolman, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
5:00pm 6:00pm
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7:00pm 9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

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Big Questions, Small Telescopes, and Fast Astronomy
Vikram Ravi, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
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Saturday, December 5th, 2020
Monday, December 7th, 2020
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Algorithm is Experiment: Machine Learning, Market Design, and Policy Eligibility Rules
Yusuke Narita, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics & Cowles Foundation, Yale University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Exoplanets as New Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detectors
Rebecca Leane, SLAC,
5:00pm 6:00pm
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Inaugural IDEAS Lecture

Online Event
Point of Care, Everywhere!
Axel Scherer, Bernard A. Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Medical Engineering, Applied Physics and Physics, Caltech,
Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
11:00am 12:15pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Online Event
Light activated matter: from sustainability to quantum information science
Giulia Galli, Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering & Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Online Event
Seasons in Titan's lower stratosphere
Melody Sylvestre, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

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Critical points of volume functionals
Antoine Song, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
12:00pm 1:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Online Event
This seminar has been postponed.
Konstantin Sonin, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago,