Institute Calendar
Fall 2008-2009
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
3:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
The Demographics of Extrasolar Planets with Gravitational Microlensing
Scott Gaudi,
Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Nipah: A New Virus in Malaysia and Some More Recent Updates on Worldwide Activity
Thomas Ksiazek,
special pathogens branch,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Observation of the Bottomonium Ground State, ETA_B(1S), in the Decay Y(3S) --> Gamma ETA_B
Veronique Ziegler,
research scientist in physics,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Arming, Negotiating and Fighting
Adam Meirowitz,
associate professor of politics,
Princeton University,
6:45pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:30am
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2:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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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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Abbott Symposium, Session I
Benzothiadiazine Hepatitis C NS5B Polymerase Inhibitors
Keith F. McDaniel,
Department of Infectious Disease Research,
Abbott Laboratories,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Abbott Symposium, Session II
Ring-Forming Strategies in Asymmetric Catalysis
Tomislav Rovis,
associate professor of chemistry,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Reconstructing Climate Deep in Earth history
John Eiler,
Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and professor of geochemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The Wason Task and the Paradox of Confirmation
Branden Fitelson,
associate professor of philosophy,
UC Berkeley,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
A History of Water Use in the West: Lessons from Cadillac Desert
Ashley Jones,
Ph.D. Candidate,
ESE,
Caltech,
9:00am
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3:00pm
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10:00am
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10:30am
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11:30am
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Glacial Erosion Potential across the Himalaya and Karakorum—Insights from Remotely Sensed Glacier Velocities
Dirk Scherler,
graduate student in geosciences,
University of Potsdam,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Nanosystems and Complexity: From 'Craft' to Technology—to New Frontiers
Michael Roukes,
professor of physics, applied physics, and bioengineering, and codirector,
Kavli Nanoscience Institute, Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The Mars Science Laboratory
Richard Cook,
project manager,
Mars Science Laboratory,
JPL,
9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
8:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Unitarity and Holography in Gravitational Physics
Don Marolf,
professor of physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
TeV Scale Physics from G2 Compactifications of M-Theory
Konstantin Bobkov,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Revisiting Adiabatic Shear Failure
Daniel Rittel,
professor of mechanical engineering,
Technion—Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Optimality in Movement Planning
Michael Landy,
professor of psychology and neural science,
New York University,
4:00pm
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4:15pm
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4:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
The Mars Science Laboratory
Richard Cook,
project manager,
Mars Science Laboratory,
JPL,
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
8:00am
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11:00am
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9:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Dolan/Slater Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Atrian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Childs Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Robles Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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6:15pm
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6:30pm
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Special CDS/CIMMS/GALCIT Seminar
Implementation of a Titan Saturn System Mission: One Giant Leap Beyond Cassini-Huygens
Kim R. Reh,
research scientist,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Boundary Behavior of Cauchy Transforms
Alexei Poltoratski,
professor of mathematics,
Texas A&M University,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Plume Versus Plate: Connective Interactions Beneath Western North America
Richard M. Allen,
associate professor of Earth and planetary science,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Seeking the Light of New Physics
Yuri Gershtein,
assistant professor of physics,
Rutgers University,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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