Institute Calendar
Fall 2013-2014
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
EE Systems Seminar
Mung Chiang,
Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University,
Electrical Engineering, Applied and Computational Mathematics and Computer Science,
Princeton University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Joint Applied Mathematics Colloquium / EE Systems Seminar
From Cloud to Fog
Mung Chiang,
Electrical Engineering, Applied and Computational Mathematics and Computer Science,
Princeton University,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
10:30am
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12:00pm
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10:30am
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2:30pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
MOOC, MIIC, MOOE
Mung Chiang,
Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Princeton University,
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
Development and Performance of MOSFIRE, the Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infrared Exploration at Keck Observatory
Prof. Ian McLean,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:45pm
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Charles R. Deprima Memorial Undergraduate Mathematics Lecture
Geometrical Snapshots from Ancient Times to Modern Times
Tom Apostol,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Molecular Modeling of Metal-Organic Frameworks: Breathing, Proton Conduction, and Spin Crossover
Francesco Paesani,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Spitzer Surveys of Super-Earth Transits and Sub-Saturn to Super-Jupiter Secondary Eclipses (Josh Kammer); Warm Inner Disks in the Infrared: Synthetically Removing Atmospheric Absorption for Greater Sensitivity (Masha Kleshcheva)
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Preferential Voting and the Selection of Party Leaders: Evidence from Sweden
Olle Folke,
Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs,
Columbia University,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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6:30pm
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Materialities, Texts and Images Program Event
Genre as Artifact: Text and Image in American Autobiography from Benjamin Franklin to Ulysses S. Grant
Christopher Hunter,
Assistant Professor of English,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
9:00am
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10:30am
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1:00pm
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CMA presents "Dark Matter: The Universe through the Lens of Legendary Rapper GZA"
JPL
GZA,
Hip Hop artist,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The microphysics of astrophysics: adventures in computational magnetohydrodynamics
Xuening Bai,
Harvard,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Diversity and Evolution of Aerobic Respiration and Denitrification
James Hemp,
Agouron Postdoctoral Scholar,
Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Special CNS Seminar
Optical stimulation of distinct cell assemblies generates a new artificial associative-memory
Kaoru Inokuchi,
Professor,
University of Toyama,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 7th, 2013
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
Pattern Formation in Soft Elastic Films and Methods to Enhance Adhesion
Manoj Chaudhury,
Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Lehigh University,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
DNA Protection by the Bacterial Ferritin Dps via DNA Charge Transport
Anna Arnold,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Resnick Fellows Subrahmanyam Duvvuri on "A Fresh Approach to Turbulence Towards Reduction of Skin-friction Drag" and Michael Webb on "Path-Integral Methods in Stable Isotope Studies: Implications for Geochemical and Atmospheric Isotope Analysis"
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Sometimes Surprising Behavior of Magnetic Spins on a Complex Surface
Barbara Jones,
IBM Almaden Research Center,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
From IRAS to Spitzer and Beyond: 30 years of Space-Based Infrared Astronomy
Luisa Rebull,
Associate Research Scientist,
Spitzer Science Center (SSC), Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC),
Caltech,
Friday, November 8th, 2013
9:00am
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11/9
5:20pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
F-theory Compactifications With Multiple U(1)-Factors
Denis Klevers,
Univ of Pennsylvania,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Getting the Most Out of a Black Hole
Alexander Tchekhovskoy,
NASA Einstein Fellow ,
Nuclear Science,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Dynamic Eshelby Micromechanics (with inertia effects)
Xanthippi Markenscoff,
Distinguished Professor,
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Spontaneous Pattern Formation During the Growth of Inorganic Nanostructures
Bryce Sadtler,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
X-ray Electron Densities as a Tool in Materials Research
Bo Brummerstedt Iversen,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Aarhus University, Denmark,
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)
From IRAS to Spitzer and Beyond: 30 years of Space-Based Infrared Astronomy
Luisa Rebull,
Associate Research Scientist,
Spitzer Science Center (SSC), Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC),
Caltech,
Saturday, November 9th, 2013
11:00am
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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11/10
6:00am
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Monday, November 11th, 2013
9:00am
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9:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Unobserved Heterogeneity in Matching Games
Jeremy Fox,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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JCAP Special Seminar
CO2 Separations Using Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Membranes
Richard D. Noble,
Alfred T. and Betty E. Look Professor,
Chemical & Biological Engineering Department,
University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado,
4:00pm
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Subduction zone tremor and slow slip; what is and what should never be
John E. Vidale,
Professor of Earth and Space Sciences,
University of Washington,
4:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Sampling Algorithms in Numerical Linear Algebra and Their Application
Yousef Saad,
Computer Science and Engineering,
University of Minnesota,
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
9:00am
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3:30pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
A Calculus for the Optiman Quantification of Uncertainties
Houman Owhadi,
Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Control and Dynamical Systems,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Exponential Improvement in Precision for Hamiltonian-Evolution Simulation
Rolando Somma,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,