Institute Calendar
Fall 2013-2014
Saturday, October 26th, 2013
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Monday, October 28th, 2013
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Catalytic Transformation of Strong s-Bonds: from New Cross-Coupling to Heterocycle Synthesis
Mamoru Tobisu,
Associate Professor,
Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies,
Osaka University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
"Protein structure determination using low-resolution experimental and evolutionary data"
David Baker,
Head of the Institute for Protein Design, and Professor of Biochemistry,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Bottom-Quark Forward-Backward Asymmetry in the Standard Model and Beyond
Chris Murphy,
UCSD,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Returning from the deep: Archean atmospheric fingerprints in modern hotspot lavas
Matthew G. Jackson,
Associate Professor ,
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of California, Santa Barbara ,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Advancements in modeling galaxy mergers: Synthetic observations and a more accurate numerical method
Chris Hayward,
ITS, Heidelberg,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Geoengineering the Earth's Climate (The World's Largest Control Problem!)
Doug MacMartin,
Senior Research Associate in Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
ENZ and MNZ Phenomena
Nader Engheta,
H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor,
University of Pennslyvania,
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
Dr. Chris Hayward,
Heidelberger Inst. for Theoretical Studies,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Design of protein structures, functions, and assemblies
David Baker,
Professor,
Biochemistry,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Gauge Theories for Baryon and Lepton Numbers
Pavel Fileviez Perez,
MPI, Heidelberg,
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 30th, 2013
8:00am
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11/5
5:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
New Strategies for the Total Synthesis of Aza-Propellane Natural Products
Raul Navarro,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Reisman Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Globular Clusters and Halo Stars: Chemodynamical tracers of galaxy assembly
Jean Brodie,
UCO Lick Observatory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Bargaining Under Strategic Uncertainty
Amanda Friedenberg,
Associate Professor of Economics,
Arizona State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Seminar
Petri nets, chemistry, and quantum theory
John Baez,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California - Riverside,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Proximity Effect Induced Topological Superconductor and Majorana Modes
Jinfeng Jia,
Professor,
Physics,
Shanghai Jia Tong University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Smart Grid & Climate Change: Socio-political Influence on Energy System Change
Jennie Stephens,
Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy,
Clark University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Extremes of Heat Conduction in Molecular Materials
David G. Cahill,
Department Head, Donald B. Willett Professor of Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Catalytic Asymmetric Molecular Rearrangements
Uttam K. Tambar,
Assistant Professor,
Biochemistry Department,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Thursday, October 31st, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Flame Synthesized Metal Oxide Nanowires as Effective Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting
Xiaolin Zheng,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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JCAP Special Seminar
Multiple Proton-coupled Electron Transfer in Electrocatalysis: Theory vs. Experiment
Marc T. M. Koper,
Professor of Fundamental Surface Science,
Leiden Institute of Chemistry. Leiden University,
Catalysis and Surface Chemistry,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Cloaking nanoparticles with natural RBC membranes for biomimetic drug delivery and detoxification
Liangfang Zhang,
Associate Professor,
Department of Nanoengineering,
University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, November 1st, 2013
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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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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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
The Network Improvement Problem for Equilibrium Routing
Umang Bhaskar,
Postdoctoral Scholar in the Center for Mathematics of Information,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Newborn Pulsars as sources of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays
Ke Fang,
Graduate Student,
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
University of Chicago,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Microscopic Suspension Feeders Near Boundaries: Feeding Restrictions and Strategies Due to Eddies
Rachel Pepper,
Miller Inst. Research Fellow,
Integrative Biology and Civil & Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Asymmetric Catalysis with Ferrocene Based Planar-Chiral DMAP Derivatives: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies
Sarah Yunmi Lee,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
12:00am
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12:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Malkchyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Moses Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Karapetyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
12:00am
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12:00am
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Monday, November 4th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
Unfree Labour: Did Indenture Reduce labour supply to Tea Plantations in Assam?
Bishnupriya Gupta,
Associate Professor in Economics,
University of Warwick,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Birth, life and fate of continental sediment in the wake of climate change and mountain uplift
Jane Willenbring,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Earth and Environmental Science,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
post-LHC R-Parity Violating Supersymmetry
Roberto Franceschini,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Molecular Programming Project Seminar
Model checking and strategy synthesis for mobile autonomy: from theory to practice
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Model checking and strategy synthesis for mobile autonomy: from theory to practice
Marta Kwiatkowski,
Trinity College, University of Oxford,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The Outer Architecture of M Dwarf Planetary Systems Revealed Through High-Contrast Imaging
Brendan Bowler,
GPS, Caltech,