Institute Calendar
Fall 2012-2013
Friday, October 12th, 2012
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Polymerization Catalysis for the Precision Synthesis of Chiral and Sustainable Polymers
Garret Miyake,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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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)
Herschel Opens Up the Cool Universe
Dr. Paul Goldsmith,
JPL,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, October 13th, 2012
2:30am
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5:30am
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Photography on Campus: Flydog Photography(Pet Photo)
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00am
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12:00pm
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Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum
Crowdfunding, Small IPO's and Private Offerings over the Internet: The NEw JOBS Act
Russ Frandsen,
Attorney at Law,
The Business Legal Group,
8:00am
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12:00pm
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9:00am
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11:00am
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Photography on Campus: Flydog Photography(Pet Photo)
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
11:00am
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:30pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Meenasian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 14th, 2012
9:30am
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12:30pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Monday, October 15th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
How Better Information Can Garble Experts' Advice (joint with Ben Golub and Andrei Kirilenko)
Matthew Elliott,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computer Science
Engineering Challenges at Quora
Adam D'Angelo,
Chief Executive and Co-Founder,
Quora,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The structural evolution of galaxies between z=0 and z=2.5
Daniel Szomoru,
Leiden,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Magmatic volatile reservoirs on the Moon as inferred from apatite
Francis McCubbin,
Senior Research Scientist 3,
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences ,
University of New Mexico,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Computational Complexity of Convex Bodies
Alexander Barvinok,
Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Michigan,
7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
8:30am
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3:00pm
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8:30am
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3:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
The Potts/Tutte Connection with an External Field
Joanna Ellis-Monaghan,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Saint Michael's College,
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:30pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding/Engagement Photography on Campus: Sholtz Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
A classical leash for a quantum tiger: Key distribution with minimal assumptions
Ben Reichardt,
Professor,
Electrical Engineering ,
University of Southern California,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Time-resolved Molecular Imaging with a Femtosecond Hard X-ray Laser
John C.H. Spence,
Regents' Professor,
Department of Physics,
Arizona State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Topic to be Announced
Sara Ellison,
Prof.,
University of Victoria,
Sara Ellison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Fluid Mechanics Research Conference
Nick Parziale,
"Hypervelocity Boundary Layer Transition",
Jeesoon Choi,
"Dynamics and Energy Extraction in Surging / Plunging Airfoils",
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Part I - Design Principles in Biology
Uri Alon,
Professor,
Dept Molecular Cell Biology & Dept Physics of Complex Systems,
Weizmann Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Bulk and Thin Film Electrical Contacts, RF Heating and Field Enhancement
Y.Y. Lau,
Professor,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Gridlock and Delegation in a Changing World
Steve Callander,
Associate Professor of Political Economy,
Stanford University,
5:15pm
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6:15pm
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General Biology Seminar - Part II
Part II - Love and Fear in the Lab: guitar and discussion of the importance of the subjective and emotional sides of doing science
Uri Alon,
Professor,
Dept Molecular Cell Biology & Dept Physics of Complex Systems,
Weizmann Institute,
5:30pm
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7:00pm
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CPET Seminar
Teaching & Learning at Caltech: Evidence, Values, and Vision
Cassandra Horii,
Director of Teaching and Learning Programs,
Office of the Provost,
California Institute of Technology,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:30am
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2:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Yeon-Koo Che,
Kelvin J. Lancaster Professor of Economic Theory,
Columbia University,