Institute Calendar
Fall 2013-2014
Saturday, October 12th, 2013
7:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Theodore von Karman and Rocketry at Caltech
Erik Conway,
Historian,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Saturday, October 12th, 2013
12:00pm
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6:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kouyoumjian 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: Gasardzhyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Oseguera Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Oseguera Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Sunday, October 13th, 2013
8:00am
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11:00am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Douangsitthi Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, October 14th, 2013
9:00am
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4:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Seismic Cycle Elements along the Peru-Ecuador Subduction Zone
Mohammed Chlieh,
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Hidden (Hastatic) Order in URu2Si2
Rebbeca Flint,
Professor,
Iowa State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
CANCELLED - Insights into the regulatory role of free Mg2+ revealed by a new genetic immunodeficiency disease
Michael Lenardo,
Chief,
Molecular Development of the Immune System Section,
Laboratory of Immunology - NIAID,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Implications of Strong-Rate-Weakening Friction for the Length-Scale Dependence of the Strength of the Crust; Why Earthquakes Are so Gentle
Thomas H. Heaton,
Professor of Engineering Seismology,
Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar-CANCELLED
Spin and Spin Polarization Effects on Energy and Electron Transfer Processes
James K. McCusker,
Professor and Associate Chair for Research,
Chemistry,
Michigan State University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Nimble Algorithms for Cloud Computing
Ravi Kannan,
Principal Researcher,
Microsoft Research, India,
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
10:30am
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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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IST Lunch Bunch
Approximate Formal Verification Using Model-Based Testing
Rance Cleaveland,
Professor of Computer Science,
University of Maryland,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBA
Prof. Niel Brandt,
PSU,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Quantitative modeling of function and evolution of cis-regulatory modules in drosophila
Saurabh Sinha,
Associate Professor and Affiliate Faculty,
Dept. of Computer Science, Inst. of Genomic Biology, Dept. of Entomology, Biophysics Program,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Magma Oceans and Atmospheric Loss During Earth's Accretion
Sarah Stewart,
Professsor,
Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Harvard University,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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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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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Competition in Persuasion
Emir Kamenica,
Professor of Economics,
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
What controls sulfur isotope fractionation during microbial sulfate reduction?
Min Sub Sim,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Vibrational Entropy of Materials
Brent Fultz,
Professor of Materials Science and Applied Physics,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Thioamides: Minimalist Chromophores for Monitoring Protein Folding and Stability
E. James Petersson,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Pennsylvania,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, October 17th, 2013
10:00am
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1:30pm
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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
Estimating Collapse Vulnerability of Buildings in Earthquakes using a Butterworth Filter
Song Shiyan,
Dr.,
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Light-Controlled Glucose Repression Pathway in Budding Yeast
Chang Ho Sohn,
Dr.,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Deep sea corals as a new archive of d15N records for studies of the N cycle through time
Maria Propenko,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Fortuitous Assemblages - Cratered Terrains Before and After Equilibrium (Meg Rosenburg); What controls the horizontal scale of the Madden-Julian Oscillation? (Da Yang)
Meg Rosenburg,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science, GPS,
Caltech,
Da Yang,
Graduate Student,
Environmental and Engineering, GPS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Fortuitous Assemblages - Cratered Terrains Before and After Equilibrium (Meg Rosenburg); What controls the horizontal scale of the Madden-Julian Oscillation? (Da Yang)
Meg Rosenburg,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science, GPS,
Caltech,
Da Yang,
Graduate Student,
Environmental and Engineering, GPS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
The Economics of Faith: Using an Apocalyptic Prophecy to Elicit Religious Beliefs
Ernesto Dal Bo,
Phillips Girgich Associate Professor of Business,
Haas School of Business,
University of California, Berkeley,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, October 18th, 2013
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00am
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8:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
BPS, Non-BPS and D-brane anti D-brane effective actions in type II Superstring theory with their corrections to all orders in alpha-prime
Ehsan Hatefi,
ICTP, Trieste,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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JCAP Special Seminar
Quantum Mechanical Insights into Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction Processes
John A. Keith,
Assistant Professor and R.K Mellon Faculty Fellow,
Energy Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering,
Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburg,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Project Design with Limited Commitment and Teams
George Georgiadis,
Linde Institute Postdoctoral Instructor in Business, Economics, and Management,
Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Can Black Hole-Neutron Star Binary Mergers Produce Gamma-Ray Bursts?
Zachariah Etienne,
Department of Astronomy,
UMD and NASA GSFC,
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Resnick Fellows Emily Kosten on Limiting Emission Angle for Improved Solar Cell Performance and David Brown on Phase Transition Enhanced Thermoelectrics
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction by a Cobalt Complex with a Redox Active Tetraazamacrocyclic Ligand
David Lacy,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,