Institute Calendar
Fall 2013-2014
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
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CANCELLED General Biology Seminar
Edith Heard,
Professor,
Genetics and Developmental Biology,
College de France,
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. Alis Deason,
UCO/Lick),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Exploring the Free Energy Landscapes of Complex Molecules & Crystal Polymorphs Using Enhanced Sampling & Machine Learning Techniques
Mark E. Tuckerman,
Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics,
Department of Chemistry and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
New York University, New York, NY,
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Reading Between the Lines - Interpreting Europa's Fracture Systems
Alyssa Rhoden,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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6:30pm
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Free Public Lecture
Theodore von Kármán and Rocketry at Caltech
Erik M. Conway,
Historian,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
9:00am
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3:30pm
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9:30am
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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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International Education Week Lecture
Winnett Lounge
Remote Medical Analysis Research For Global Health
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
The Empirical Implications of Privacy-Aware Choice
Rachel Cummings,
PhD Student,
Northwestern University,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Beeps
Jeffrey C. Ely,
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Economics,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED General Biology Seminar
Jeff Errington,
Director and Professor,
Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology,
Newcastle University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
(A Chemist's) Exploration of the Potential Atmospheric Impacts of Carbonaceous Aerosol
Jon Abbatt,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
The Bottom-Up Organic Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
Ramesh Jasti,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Boston University,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Thursday, November 14th, 2013
8:30am
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2:00pm
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9:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Damage Detection in Civil Structures Using High-Frequency Seismograms
Vanessa Heckmann,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar
Ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening and drug delivery
Mania Samiotaki,
PhD candidate,
Columbia University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Beckman Institute Visibility Seminar
Unocking the Potential of Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting
Rochelle Diamond,
Manager, CIT Flow Cytometry/Cell Sorting Facility,
Beckman Institute,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Novel materials and processes for concentrated solar thermal power and thermochemical fuels production
Aldo Steinfeld,
Professor of Renewable Energy Carriers,
Mechanical and Process Engineering,
ETH, Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Spatiotemporal patterns of sub-threshold oscillatory activity in the inferior convexity of the macaque prefrontal cortex
Theofanis Panagiotaropoulos,
Ph.D.,
Biological Cybernetics,
Max Planck Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
International Science Diplomacy
E. William Colglazier,
Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State,
U.S. State Department,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Science Job Candidate
Guns and Roses: Exports and Electoral Violence in Kenya
Ameet Morjaria,
Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science,
Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard's Center for International Development,
4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Multi-Dimensional Polynomial Interpolation on Arbitrary Nodes
Professor Dongbin Xiu,
Department of Mathematics, and Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute,
Unversity of Utah,
6:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, November 15th, 2013
12:00am
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11/16
12:00am
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8:00am
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9:00pm
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Siemens Competition on Campus: Western Regional Finalists
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Phases of 5d Gauge Theories, Monopole Walls, and Melting Crystals
Sergey Cherkis,
Univ of Arizona,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Market Equilibrium: Complementary Pivot Algorithms and How They Led to a New Class of Utility Functions
Vijay Vazirani,
School of Computer Science,
Georgia Tech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Supernova neutrinos – flavor evolution and signals
Tina Lund,
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Department of Physics,
North Carolina State University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Modeling of Chemically Reacting, Nonequilibrium Flows Using Particle Approaches
Deborah Levin,
Professor,
Aerospace Engineering,
Penn State,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
A Neuro-Computational Account of Economic Choices
Philippe Domenech, MD. PhD.,
Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives,
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Boryl-Mediated H2 Activation at Metal Centers: Applications in Catalysis
Tzu-Pin Lin,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
NOA's Einstein / Einstein's NOA
Thomas Ryckman,
Professor of Philosophy,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, November 16th, 2013
12:00am
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4:00pm
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12:00am
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4:00pm
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6:00am
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Siemens Competition on Campus: Western Regional Finalists
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
11:00am
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Boyadzhyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Melkonian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Sunday, November 17th, 2013
10:00am
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8:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Komai Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, November 18th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Stability
Professor Bin Yu,
Departments of Statistics and EECS,
University of California at Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium **SPECIAL DAY/TIME**
Topic to be announced.
Bin Yu,
Chancellor's Professor,
Statistics / Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
University of California, Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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CNS Seminar
From the jungle to telemedicine: towards integration and translation in cognitive neurosciences
Ricardo Gil da Costa,
SALK Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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