Institute Calendar
Fall 2010-2011
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
11:00am
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2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Wong/Wilson Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Topalkaradzhyan/Dishigrikyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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8:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Wong Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Sunday, November 14th, 2010
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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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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Monday, November 15th, 2010
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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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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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Chemical Synthesis and Discovery of Biologic Level Agents Revisiting Findings from Classical Physical Organic Chemistry
Samuel J. Danishefsky,
professor of molecular pharmacology and chemistry,
Sloan-Kettering Institute and Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Simulations of the Magellanic Stream in a First Infall Scenario
Gurtina Besla,
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Pushing the Envelope in Biological Imaging
Eric Betzig,
research campus group leader,
Janelia Farm,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Disordered Nonlinear Systems: From Localization to Hyper-transport
Yevgeny Krivolapov,
Technion Institute of Technology Israel,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Overpressure, Slope Failure, Fluid Venting, and Drilling along Deepwater Continental Margins
Peter Flemings,
professor and research scientist,
The University of Texas institute for Geophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Turnout and Political Polarization: How Encouraging Voting Changes Political Outcomes
Justin Valasek,
graduate student in economics,
Duke University ,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Detection and Imaging with Waves in Heterogeneous, Strongly Backscattering Media
Liliana Borcea,
professor of computational and applied mathematics,
Rice University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Energy-Dependent Composition of UHECRs and the Future of Charged Particle Astronomy
Antonio Calvez,
UCLA,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:30pm
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9:30pm
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9:40pm
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10:40pm
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
A Network Model for Foam Dynamics
Peter Stewart,
postdoctoral researcher,
Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics,
Northwestern University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Smart Grid
Steven Low,
professor of computer science and electrical engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Learning from Examples Using Quantum Annealing
Hartmut Neven,
Google,
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
Clarifying our View of Star Formation in Extreme Environments with Adaptive Optics
Jessica Lu,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Quantum Imaging of Topological Phases
Hari Manoharan,
professor of physics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Newtonian Noise or How to Get into Serious Trouble (and Out Again)
Jan Harms,
senior research fellow in physics,
LIGO,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Center for the Mathematics of Information Seminar
Gaussian Process Optimization in the Bandit Setting: No Regret and Experimental Design
Andreas Krause,
assistant professor of computer science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Graphene: Unique Properties and Practical Applications
Alexander Balandin,
professor of electrical engineering,
Nano-Device Laboratory,
UC Riverside,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Global networks that orchestrate lymphocyte development -Kees Murre
Kees Murre,
professor of molecular biology,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
On Dynamic Compromise
T. Renee Bowen,
assistant professor of economics,
Stanford University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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6:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
8:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Yong Shi,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
IPAC,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Wheels within Wheels: Hamiltonian Dynamics as a Hierarchy of Action Variables
Rory Perkins,
graduate student,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Violent Events in Extrasolar Planetary Systems: From Post-T Tauri Stars to White Dwarfs
Ben Zuckerman,
professor of astronomy, emeritus,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Time Preference: Experiments and Foundations
Jawward Noor,
assistant professor of economics,
Boston Univeristy,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Position-Based Cryptography: Classical and Quantum
Rafail Ostrovsky,
professor of computer science and mathematics,
Center for Information and Computation Security,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Ecoclimate Teleconnections: Remote Effects of the Interactions between Ecosystems and Climate
Abigail Swann,
postdoctoral fellow in sustainability science,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Deformation at the Nanoscale: Pushing the Limits of Strength
Dan Gianola,
professor of materials science and engineering,
the University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Reprogramming the Code of Life
Jason W. Chin,
Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
Medical Research Council,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Immanuel Velikovsky and the Pseudoscience Wars: The Great Collision of 1950
Michael Gordin,
professor of history,
Princeton University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Charles R. Deprima Memorial Undergraduate Mathematics Lecture
The Road Coloring Problem and Symbolic Dynamics
Benjamin Weiss,
professor of mathematics, emeritus,
Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:45pm
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8:45pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, November 18th, 2010
8:00am
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12/3
5:00pm
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8:30am
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4:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Generational Changes in Environmental Consciousness and Attitudes
Wilton Mui,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
10:30am
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12:30pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Using Cognition to Regulate Emotion: From Basic Mechanisms to Mechanistic Breakdowns
Kevin Ochsner,
associate professor of psychology,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Plastic Antibodies: Recent Advances in synthetic Receptors for Biological Macromolecules
Kenneth Shea,
professor of chemistry,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Early Precambrian Whiffs of Oxygen as Metasomatic Artifacts
Tim Raub,
postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,