Institute Calendar
Fall 2011-2012
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Ultracompact white dwarf binaries; a fresh look
Paul Groot,
Radboud University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Remote sensing of African smallholder farmers and their environment: Impacts of agricultural subsidies and climate adaptation
Gillian Galford,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Woods Hole Research Center,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
10:00am
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1:30pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Rational Control of Aspiration in Learning
Paul R. Schrater,
Associate Professor,
Departments of Psychology & Computer Science,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Atmospheric aerosols: at the interface between chemistry and climate
V. Faye McNeill,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Energy and Momentum Transfer via Electromagnetic Fluctuations
Arvind Narayanaswamy,
Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Experimental identification and manipulation of topological insulators
David Hsieh,
MIT,
4:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:30pm
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Friday, November 11th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
A Method for Computation of Discontinuous Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Solids
Kwang-Chun Park,
Professor,
Aerospace Engineering,
University of Colorado,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
New Ligand Architectures for Intramolecular Lewis Acid Promoted Syngas Conversion
Amaruka Hazari,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Broadcom Corporation and ADC-based Multi-GHz Wireline Transceivers
Afshin Momtaz,
Engineering Director ,
Broadcom,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies Lecture
Photons to Bits and Beyond: The Science and Technology of Digital Image Sensors
Eric Fossum,
Professor,
Engineering,
Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering,
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Asadoorian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:30pm
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9:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Bringing the High Energy Universe Into Focus
Dr. Fiona Harrison,
Principal Investigator,
NuSTAR,
Caltech,
8:30pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, November 12th, 2011
9:00am
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12:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Bell Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
10:00am
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mkrtchyan Party
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1:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Reyes Party
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2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mkrtchyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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Sunday, November 13th, 2011
1:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit & Self-Deception in Human Life
Dr. Robert Trivers,
evolutionary theorist,
Rutgers University,
2:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Shiskikyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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6:30pm
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11:00pm
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Social Image: Virtuous, Shame, and Temptation
Kota Saito,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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Special Mathematical Physics Seminar
A Supersymmetric Transfer Matrix Approach to Random Band Matrices
3:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Kinematics and Energetics in the Nuclei of Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies
Vivian U,
CfA,
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Cancer Cell Migration in 3D
Denis Wirtz,
Professor,
Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences - Oncology Center,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Random matrix theory and the informational limit of eigen-analysis
Raj Rao Nadakuditi,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Exploring the Early Bombardment of the Moon and Terrestrial Planets
Bill Bottke,
senior research scientist,
Southwest Research Institute,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Improving Collider Searches with Effective Field Theory
Nicholas Dunn,
UC Berkeley,
4:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Random matrix theory and the informational limit of eigen-analysis
Raj Rao Nadakuditi,
Assistant Professor,
EECS,
University of Michigan,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
Dr. Descartes: Resurrecting a Medical Philosopher
Gideon Manning,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
A Formal Approach to Data Privacy
Katrina Ligett,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science and Economics,
Caltech,
3:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
"Probing Extrasolar Planet Atmospheres through Transmission Spectroscopy"
4:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Binary Black Hole Simulations with SpEC
Mark Scheel,
Tapir,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Equilibrium Pricing of Semantically Substitutable Digital Goods and Welfare ?Theorems for the Resulting Mixed Economy
Vijay Vazirani,
Professor,
College of Computing,
Georgia Tech,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Dynamics of the epigenetic landscape during mouse hematopoietic differentiation
Ross Hardison,
professor of biochemistry and molecular biology,
the Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Microbial Geomorphology
Heather Viles,
Professor,
University of Oxford,
4:00pm
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Swift Lecture
Discovery of Metal-Catalyzed Reactions for Sustainable Chemistry
David Milstein,
Israel Matz Professorial Chair of Organic Chemistry,
the Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Revolt on the Nile: Economic Shocks, Religion and Political Power
Eric Chaney,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Harvard University,