Institute Calendar
Fall 2007-2008
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Non-CMC Solutions of the Einstein Constraint Equations and Convergent Adaptive Algorithms
8:30pm
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10:30pm
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8:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Counseling Center Workshop: "Snooze Your Way to Success"
Winnett Lounge
Snooze Your Way to Success: How to Improve Your Sleep Habits
Tim Cunningham,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Application of a Particle-Augmented Mixed Lubrication Model to Chemical Mechanical Polishing: Modeling and Experimentation
Elon Terrell,
postdoctoral researcher in mechanical engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Dissecting the Milky Way with SDSS and LSST
Zeljko Ivezic,
professor of astronomy,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The Effects of Slow IVR on Some Important Atmospheric Reactions
John R. Barker,
professor of atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences, and professor of chemistry,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
How Human Health Depends on Nature
Dr. Eric Chivian,
1985 Nobel Laureate,
director, Center for Health and Global Environment,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The XENON Dark Matter Experiment and Its Future
Maria Elena Monzani,
postdoctoral research scientist,
astronomy and astrophysics,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Innovation Diffusion in Heterogeneous Populations: Contagion, Social Influence, and Social Learning
H. Peyton Young,
professor of economics, University of Oxford,
and professor of economics, emeritus, The Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Archipelagic Macbeth
John Kerrigan,
professor of English,
University of Cambridge,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
9:00am
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4:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Nonlinear Dynamics of a System of Particle-Like Wavepackets
Alex Figotin,
professor of mathematics,
UC Irvine,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
New Insights into Lignocellulose Degradation by Termite Gut Microbes
Jared Leadbetter,
associate professor of environmental microbiology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Fuel for Galaxy Disks
Mary Putman,
assistant professor of astronomy,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
The Catalytic Cycle of Discovery in Total Synthesis
Phil S. Baran,
associate professor of chemistry,
Scripps Research Institute,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Typhoon in Taiwan
Yi-Chun Chen,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Thiol-ene Chemistry: An Enabling Tool for the Design and Synthesis of Functional Materials
Luis Campos,
materials research laboratory,
UC Santa Barbara,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Life at Low Molecule Number
Terrence J. Sejnowski,
professor of computational neurobiology,
Salk Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Can Silicon Change Photonics?
Bahram Jalali,
professor of electrical engineering,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Mode of Continental Rifting, Tectonic Inheritance, and the Geomorphometry of Active Normal Faults in the Northern Rio Grande Rift, Colorado
John Fletcher,
professor of geology,
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada (CICESE),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Threat to the Planet: Dark and Bright Sides of Global Warming
James Hansen,
director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies,
and adjunct professor of earth and environmental sciences,
Columbia University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
10:00am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Geometric Phases in String Theory
Julian Sonner,
department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics,
University of Cambridge,
1:00pm
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12/14
4:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Progress in AdS_3/CFT_2
Ari Pakman,
Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics,
State University of New York, Stony Brook,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Diffusion of Fuel Droplets in Turbulent Flows and Swimming Behavior of Marine Dinoflagellates Revealed Using Digital Holography
Joseph Katz,
professor of mechanical engineering,
The Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Zirconocene Hydrides: Speciation and Reaction with Alkyl Aluminum Reagents
Steven Baldwin,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Neutron Interferometry
Sam Werner,
professor of physics, emeritus,
University of Missouri-Columbia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
A/D Converters for Cellular Phones
Lennart Mathé,
principal engineer,
Qualcomm Incorporated,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:30pm
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12/1
2:00am
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
11:00am
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1:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Huang/Luck Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ishizu/Tsui Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
12:30pm
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2:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Observations of Galaxy Clusters and Cosmology
Yeng-Ting Lin,
postdoctoral fellow in astrophysics,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Atmospheric Perspective of Carbon Dioxide Exchange across North America: Carbon Tracker
Wouter Peters,
earth systems research laboratory,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Regulation of Metal Ions, Virulence, and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Chuan He,
assisant professor of chemistry,
The University of Chicago,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Dynamics and Defect Formation in Liquid Crystalline Polymers under Shear Flow
4:45pm
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6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Snares, Traps, and Surprises: Developing the Global Positioning System"
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Bradford Parkinson,
Edward C. Wells Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
An Overview of Quantum Expanders
Matthew Hastings,
member of the technical staff,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
On the Origin of Bubble Noise
Grant Deane,
research oceanographer,
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UC San Diego,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
The Stellar Planet Survey (STEPS): An Ongoing Astrometric Search for Extrasolar Giant Planets around Nearby M-dwarfs
Stuart Shaklan,
astronomer,
JPL,
Steve Pravdo,
astronomer,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Black Hole Binary Mergers and Black Hole Spectroscopy
Dr. Emanuele Berti,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar—CANCELLED
David Tank,
professor of molecular biology and physics,
Princeton University,