Institute Calendar
Fall 2009-2010
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Ground States of Supersymmetric Matrix Models
Douglas Lundholm,
graduate student in mathematics,
KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Laboratory Studies of the Self and Cross Reactions of Atmospheric Peroxy Radicals
Aaron Noell,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Mapping the Milky Way: From SDSS and 2MASS to LSST and Gaia
eljko Iveziæ,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar
Abbie Liel,
assistant professor of structural engineering and structural mechanics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Subtropical Cloud Transitions: Observations, Theories and Impact on Climate
Joao Teixeira,
research scientist,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
The Two Conflicting Narratives of Metal-Optics
Eli Yablonovitch,
professor of electrical engineering and computer science,
UC Berkeley,
6:30pm
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9:00pm
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Veritas Forum at Caltech
A Thinking Person's Quest for Meaning
Os Guiness,
Senior Fellow,
EastWest Institute,
8:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
8:00am
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12/4
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Goals and Plans for Caltech's Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Paul Jennings,
professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics, emeritus,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:30am
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Metallicities and Abundance Ratios in the Galactic Bulge Based on Microlensed Dwarf Stars
Thomas Bensby,
European Southern Observatory, Chile,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Remembering Events Pasts: Conjunctions. Integration, and Errors in the Human MTL
Anthony Wagner,
associate professor of psychology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Continuous Tectonothermal Histories from Muscovite 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronometry
Mark Harrison,
professor of geology,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Topological Insulators : The Observation of Quantum Hall-like Effects without Magnetic Field
M. Zahid Hasan,
professor of physics,
Princeton University,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Driving innovation: How to Incentivize Breakthrough Thinking"
Peter Diamandis,
Chairman and CEO,
X PRIZE Foundation,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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11/20
1:00pm
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
8:00am
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9:00am
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11/21
5:00pm
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Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology: Regional Finals
Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Contributions of Dna2 and the Tim/Tipin Complex to Genomic Stability
Karen E. Wawrousek,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holography of Charged Dilaton Black Holes
Shamit Kachru,
Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Tensegrity Systems
Robert Skelton,
director,
Structural Systems and Control Laboratory,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Free-Space Excitation of Propagating Surface Plasmon Polaritons
Lukas Novotny,
professor of optics, biomedical engineering, and physics,
Institute of Optics,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Revising Paradigms of Plate Tectonics for the Western United States
Matthew Fouch,
associate professor of Earth and planetary exploration,
Arizona State University,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Transformations of Group 7 Carbonyl Complexes: Possible Intermediates in a Homogeneous Syngas Conversion Scheme
Nathan (Ned) West,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
11:00am
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Wong Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Houakimyan Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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Engagment Photography on Campus: Shakhbazyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
The Value of Information in the Court. Get it Right, Get it Tight
Matias Iaryczower,
assistant professor of economics and political science,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Wire Array Solar Cells: A Design for Inexpensive Photovoltaics
Joshua Spurgeon,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Multi-wavelength Studies of Galaxy Clusters and Their Use as Cosmological Probes
Doron Lemze,
Tel Aviv University,
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Molecular Engineering and NanoBiotechnology for Live Cell Imaging
Peter Yingxiao Wang,
assistant professor,
Department of Bioengineering, Molecular, and Integrative Physiology,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Anatomical, Physiological, and Pharmacological Properties Underlying Hippocampal Sensorimotor Integration
Brian Bland,
professor of psychology,
University of Calgary,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Probing the Rheology and Localization of Deformation in the Lower Crust: Evidence from Postseismic Relaxation and Tremor
Roland Burgmann,
professor of Earth and planetary science,
UC Berkeley,
4:15pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Kinetic Approach to the Calculation of Thermal Transport and the Nernst Effect
Karen Michaeli,
Department of Condensed Matter Physics,
Weizmann Institute of Science ,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Supermodels for early LHC
Zoltan Ligeti,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
4:45pm
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6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Tracking the Internet Into Outer Space"
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Vint Cerf,
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist,
Google,
8:30pm
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9:30pm
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