Institute Calendar
May 2024
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
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PhD Thesis Defense
Signal Processing for Large Arrays: Convolutional Beamspace, Hybrid Processing, and Distributed Algorithms
Po-Chih Chen,
Graduate student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Dispersive decay for the energy-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Matt Kowalski,
Mathematics Department,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM (Biard Lecture)
Planet Formation Under the Microscope
Karin Oberg,
Professor of Natural Sciences,
Department of Astronomy,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Alice in Fluxland: Down the rabbit hole of surface-atmosphere exchange and reactive organic carbon.
Delphine Farmer,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar
Complete constraints on hyperbolic surface spectra from the conformal bootstrap
Anshul Adve,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Solid-State Ionics for Energy Applications: Materials Development Through the Lens of Defect Chemistry
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
On the Origin of Biological Homochirality (General Lecture)
Donna G. Blackmond,
The John C. Martin Endowed Chair in Chemistry, Chemistry Department Chair,
Scripps Research,
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Mobile sand dunes - silent travelers of the desert
Michel Louge,
Emeritus Professor,
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Cornell University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Evolutionary Science EVOxZANKOU Seminar
"The evolution of bacterial CO2 concentrating mechanisms" and "The cellular substrate of evolutionary novelty"
Avi Flamholz,
Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee,
BBE,
Caltech,
Joe Parker,
Assistant Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering; Chen Scholar,
BBE,
Caltech,
- Internal Event
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Some equations involving the Gamma function
Adele Padgett,
Department of Mathematics & Statistics,
McMaster University,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Finance Seminar
Green Capital Requirements
Marcus Opp,
Professor of Finance,
Stockholm School of Economics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Multiplicative Relations Among Differences of Singular Moduli
Sebastian Eterovic,
School of Mathematics,
University of Leeds,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Critical Metals and the fermion sign problem
Erez Berg,
Weizmann Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Symmetries as Isomorphisms
Lu Chen,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
A Novel Paradigm for Asymmetric Organocatalysis (Technical Lecture)
Donna G. Blackmond,
The John C. Martin Endowed Chair in Chemistry, Chemistry Department Chair,
Scripps Research,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
A reading from Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe
Dr. Aomawa Shields,
Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
UC Irvine,
- Public Event
Friday, May 10th, 2024
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The Callan Rubakov Effect
Daniel Brennan,
UC San Diego,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Quantum eigenvalue transformation from and beyond Hamiltonian simulation
Dong An,
University of Maryland, College Park,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Tools for Noninvasive Imaging and Control of Engineered Bacteria In Vivo
Marjorie Buss,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Partial Post-Selection: Unveiling Measurement-Induced Transitions trajectory by trajectory
Alessandro Romito,
Lancaster University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Chemical biology in the executive branch: an introduction to NIH intramural research
Jordan Meier,
Senior Investigator,
Chemical Biology Laboratory,
National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Coupling & Collisions: The Dynamic Lives of Galactic Atmospheres
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Burn-resistant materials for high-performance reusable rocket engines
Zack Cordero,
Edgerton Career Development Assistant Professor,
Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Knots in circle bundles
Andrew Yarmola,
Department of Mathematics,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Photoinduced Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric C-N and C-X Coupling
Feng Zhong,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Fu Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Saturday, May 11th, 2024
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Monday, May 13th, 2024
9:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Spectroscopy and Kinetics of Reactive Intermediates in the Atmosphere of Venus: The Catalytic Role of Chlorine Atoms
Wen Chao,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
- Internal Event
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Altering Framework Topology and Heteroatom Distributions of Molecular Sieves by Designed Organic Structure-Directing Agents
Youngkyu Park,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech (Davis Group),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The NuSTAR and XMM-Newton Survey of the North Ecliptic Pole Time Domain Field / A systematic study of AGN torus with NuSTAR
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Orbital Architecture of Planetary Systems formed by Gravitational Scattering and Collisions
Eiichiro Kokubo,
Professor,
Division of Science, Center for Computational Astrophysics,
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Rethinking the Connections of Machine Learning and Control in the Era of Generative AI
Bin Hu,
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Coordinated Science Laboratory,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Heavy quark transverse momentum-dependent fragmentation
Zhiquan Sun,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
9:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Freeze-Cast Porous Ceramics: Tailoring Chemistry and Porosity to Applications
Laura Quinn,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
A theoretical framework for fault-slip styles from aseismic creep to regular earthquakes
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Understanding the Tropospheric Impacts of Isoprene-Derived Carbonyl Oxide Criegee Intermediates: Direct Studies of an Elusive Class of Reactive Intermediates.
Rebecca Caravan,
Assistant Chemist,
Argonne National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Homotopy Groups of Spheres
Zhouli Xu,
Department of Mathematics,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Choose Your Moments: Peer Review And Scientific Risk Taking
Josh Graff Zivin,
Professor; Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations; Director, Cowhey Center on Global Transformation; UC San Diego,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Novel Reactivity and Applications of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions
Xiaoyu Dan Tong,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Search for Kerr from Multipole Moments on the Worldline
Trevor Scheopner,
UCLA,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
On False Positive Error
Venkat Chandrasekaran,
Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering,
Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Invariant uniformization and reducibility
Michael Wolman,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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