Institute Calendar
Fall 2011-2012
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
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
"Exploring the Universe with WISE"
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Neuro-vascular interactions during development: a study with neural crest cells
Yoshiko Takahashi,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
The Calculus of the Security Dilemma
Avidit Acharya,
Visiting Research Associate,
W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy, Rochester University,
7:00pm
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10:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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9:30pm
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11:30pm
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Simulating time domain exoplanet observations with JWST
Tom Greene,
NASA Ames,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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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
Characterizing the distant galaxy population using pseudo-spectroscopy
Mariska Kriek,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Information Aggregation and Optimal Structure of the Executive
Francesco Squintani,
Department of Economics,
University of Essex,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Reagent and Reaction Development in the Service of Target-Oriented Synthesis: Chiral Proton Catalysis and the Advent of Umpolung Amide Synthesis
Jeffrey N. Johnston,
professor of chemistry,
Vanderbilt University,
4:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies Lecture
Moving An Asteroid - A Panel Discussion
Rusty Schweickart,
Former Apollo Astronaut,
B612 Foundation,
Dr. Tom Jones,
Former Shuttle Astronaut,
Dr. John Lewis,
Professor Emeritus,
University of Arizona,
Bill Nye the Science Guy,
Executive Director,
The Planetary Society,
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Regulation of Wild-Type and Mutant p53 through DNA-Mediated Charge Transport
Wendy Mercer,
Graduate Student in Chemistry,
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Barton Group,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Topological order and quantum entanglements -- from a unification of light and electrons to a classification of interacting topological insulators/superconductors
Xiao-Gang Wen,
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics,
MIT,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
9:30am
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10:30am
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Thesis Seminar
Investigating DNA-Mediated Charge Transport by Time-Resolved Spectroscopy
Eric Olmon,
Graduate Student in Chemistry,
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Barton Group,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Finding a Walrasian Equilibrium is Easy for a Fixed Number of Agents
Federico Echenique,
Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Attainment of Extreme and Reversed Values of Physical Properties
Rod Lakes,
Professor,
Department of Engineering Physics, Engineering Mechanics Program,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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4:30pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, October 1st, 2011
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Abnoosi Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Bazik Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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11:45pm
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
Annie Jacobsen,
Investigative reporter,
Los Angeles Times,
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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6:00pm
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10/5
5:00pm
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Through the Infrared Looking Glass: A Dusty View of Galaxy and AGN Evolution
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Through the Infrared Looking Glass: A Dusty View of Galaxy and AGN Evolution
6:00pm
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10/5
5:00pm
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Through the Infrared Looking Glass: A Dusty View of Galaxy and AGN Evolution
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
8:00am
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10/5
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Exploring the Gas-Cycle in High-Redshift Galaxies: A Joint Effort of Theory and Observations
Michele Fumagalli,
(UCSC) ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Emergent Dynamics in Multiphase Geophysical Flows: From Magma Chambers to Atmospheric Dynamics
Josef Dufek,
assistant professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences ,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Sharp Thresholds in Statistical Learning
Andrea Montanari,
Associate Professor,
Electrical Engineering and Statistics,
Stanford University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Higgs searches with diboson decays with CMS experiment
Emanuele Di Marco,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
10:00am
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12:00pm
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