Institute Calendar
Fall 2009-2010
Friday, November 6th, 2009
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Geology Club Seminar
Water in Nominally Anhydrous Minerals: Recent Research at Caltech
Jed Mosenfelder,
research scientist,
Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
New Approaches to Redox Catalysis
Teshik P. Yoon,
professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria
Bonnie Bassler,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Squibb Professor of Molecular Biology,
Princeton University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
8:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Perturbative Spectra in Gauge Theories with Gravity Duals at Four Loops and Beyond
Christoph Sieg,
Neils Bohr Institute,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Revealing Network Neural Mechanism of Adaptive Social Behavior
Naotaka Fujii,
Laboratory for Adaptive Intelligence & BTCC Interactive Brain Communication Unit,
BSI, RIKEN,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Enriched Boundary Elements for Fracture Mechanics and Wave Scattering
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tima Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Mechanics of the Cytoskeleton and Cell Adhesions
Robert McMeeking,
professor of mechanical engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Mesoscopic Cavity QED with a Single Quantum Dot
Martin Winger,
Institute of Quantum Electronics,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Fault Slip Variations, Fault Geometrical Complexity, and Constraining Ground Motions Using LiDAR Data
Ken Hudnut,
geophysicist,
United States Geological Survey,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Ln(AlMe4)3—Gofer Alkyls in Disguise
Melanie Zimmermann,
visitor in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Electronics for High Performance Inertial Sensors
Bernhard E. Boser,
professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center,
UC Berkeley,
4:15pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Habib Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Solorzano Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
12:00pm
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4:30pm
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3:00pm
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10:00pm
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3:00pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Wu/Wong Group
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, November 9th, 2009
9:00am
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9:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Sustainability Lecture
Fuel Cell Technology
Sossina Haile,
professor of materials science and chemical engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Multiple Forms of Valuation in the Human Brain
Klaus Wunderlich,
graduate student in computation and neural systems,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Ly-alpha Emission from Galaxy Formation
Claude-André Faucher-Giguere,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
What Robotics and Control May Yet Learn from the Brain
Jean-Jacques Slotine,
professor of mechanical engineering and information science,
MIT,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Fossil Record of Plant Physiology and Development
Kevin Boyce,
assistant professor of paleontology,
The University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Quantum Fluxoids in Superconducting Nanocircuits: Flux Qubits and Quantum Simulation
Hans Mooij,
professor of nanotechnology,
Delft University of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
Do Natural Resouces Fuel Authoritarianism? A Reappraisal of the Resource Curse
Stephen Haber,
professor of political science,
Stanford University,
4:15pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Infinite-Randomness Quantum Critical Points Induced by Dissipation
Thomas Vojta,
associate professor of physics,
Missouri University of Science and Technology,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Determining Alphas(mZ): New Precision Results from Jets
Iain Stewart,
MIT,
8:30pm
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
9:30am
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Wireless Spectral Sharing Techniques and Issues
Fletcher Wicker,
the Aerospace Corporation,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optimizing the Layout and Error Properties of Quantum Circuits
John Kubiatowicz,
UC Berkeley,
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
Globular Clusters in the Outer Galactic Halo
Aaron Dotter,
research fellow in astrophysics,
University of Victoria,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Memory Consolidation and Retreival in Drosophila
Scott Waddell,
associate professor of neuroscience,
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
8:00am
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12:00pm
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
Building the 'App for That . . .': Whats in the Future for New Businesses in Mobile Computing?
10:00am
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12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Random Dirac Operators with Time Reversal Symmetry
Christian Sadel,
visiting assistant professor of mathematics,
UC Irvine,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Caltech Biotechnology Club Speaker
MicroRNA Regulatory Mechanisms
Victor Ambros,
professor,
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program; and Program in Molecular Medicine,
University of Massachussetts Medical School,
4:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
A Regularization Approach to the Many Instruments Problem
Marine Carrasco,
associate professor of economics,
University of Montreal,
4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Generalized Particle Flow for Maximal Stability of Nonlinear Filters
Fred Daum,
senior principal fellow,
Raytheon,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Importance of Wind Power for a Clean and Renewable Future
Cristina Archer,
assistant professor,
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences,
Cal State Chico,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Acellular Porcine Tissue Crosslinked with Functionalized Nanomaterials
Sheila Grant,
professor of biological engineering,
University of Missouri-Columbia,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Examining Cell Division Mechanisms Using Chemical Approaches
Tarun Kapoor,
professor of chemistry and cell biology,
the Rockefeller University,
4:15pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Spin Liquid with Fermi-surface: Exact Solution of Kitaev-type Model
Misha Feigelman,
Landau Intitute,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Why Do Fires Cause Debris Flows?
Michael Lamb,
assistant professor of geology,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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