Institute Calendar
Fall 2010-2011
Friday, November 26th, 2010
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Chomadzhyan Wedding Party
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Saturday, November 27th, 2010
2:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Avaness Wedding Party
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: V. Gevorgyan Wedding Party
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: H. Gevorgyan Wedding Party
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6:30pm
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8:30pm
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Sunday, November 28th, 2010
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, November 29th, 2010
11:30am
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12:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Development of RNA-based Genetic Control Modules for Predictable Tuning of Protein Expression in Yeast
Andrew Babiskin,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Inhibition of DNA-Binding Dependent Glucocorticoid Receptor Mediated Gene Expression
Katy Muzikar,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Engineering Modular Control Over Signaling and Metabolic Pathways
John Dueber,
assistant professor of bioengineering,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Mott Insulators of Ultracold Alkaline Earth Fermions: A New Class of Quantum Magnets
Michael A. Hermele,
assistant professor of theoretical condensed matter physics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Isocyanide Analogues of Unsaturated Metal Carbonyls
Joshua S. Figueroa,
assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry,
UC San Diego,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
10:30am
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11:30am
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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
Analysis of Bubble Dynamics and Mixing Properties of a Dense Particulate Flow Using Large-scale Euler-Lagrange Simulations
Olivier Desjardins,
professor of mechanical engineering,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
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
Steering Human Insight for Large-Scale Visual Learning
Kristen Grauman,
assistant professor of computer science,
the University of Texas at Austin,
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
Quantum Money
Andrew Lutomirski,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
MIT,
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
Topic to be announced.
Michael Brown,
Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor and professor of planetary astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Center for the Mathematics of Information Seminar
Large Population Stochastic Dynamic Games (Part 1)
Sachin Adlakha,
postdoctoral scholar in computer science,
Caltech,
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—cancelled
Elaine Ostrander,
Cancer Genetics Branch,
National Human Genome Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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The Humanities and Social Sciences Mellon Divisional Lecture
Modeling Causal Judgment
Christopher Hitchcock,
professor of philosophy,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Coupling Phonons with Photons and Atoms via Cavity Optomechanics
Eugene Polzik,
professor of physics,
Neils Bohr Institute,
Copenhagen University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Dark Matter Axion Detection with Molecular Interferometry
Surjeet Rajendram,
MIT and the Johns Hopkins University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
8:00am
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12:00pm
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9:00am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
The Connection Between Star Formation and Active Galactic Nuclei in Galaxies Since z~1
Stephanie Juneau,
University of Arizona,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Chemistry and Electronics of the Ge(111) Surface
David Knapp,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
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
Star Formation in Extreme Environments
Jessica Lu,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mutualistic Interactions between Free-living Marine Phytoplankton and Heterotrophic Bacteria
Erik Zinser,
assistant professor of microbiology,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Characteristics of Urban Nonpoin Source Pollution: A Case Study in Korea
Kangwoo Cho,
graduate student,
Caltech,
10:00am
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12/4
10:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Probabilistic Computations Despite Cognitive Limitations
Edward Vul,
assistant professor of psychology,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Parts, Devices and Chassis in Support of Metabolic Engineering
Kristala Jones Prather,
professor of chemical engineering,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Towards Understanding the Biological Function of Hopanoids
David Doughty,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Hubbert's Peak, The Coal Question, and Climate Change
David Rutledge,
Tomiyasu Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mkhitarian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium—Thesis Defense
Shock- and Impact-driven Flows in Mie-Gruneisen Fluids (Thesis Defense)
Geoff Ward,
GALCIT,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Dynamics of Ligand Binding to Nitric Oxide Synthase
Charlotte Whited,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Can Neurons Sense Millimeter Waves?
Peter H. Siegel,
Faculty Associate ,
Electrical Engineering ,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Leibniz and His Followers on Action and Reaction: The Origin of Kant's Third Law of Mechanics
Marius Stan,
Caltech-Huntington Mellon Postdoctoral Instructor in Philosophy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, December 4th, 2010
8:00am
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12/7
5:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Sulakhyan Wedding Party
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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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Wedding Photography on Campus: Khachikyan Wedding Party
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