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Friday, November 13th, 2015
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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Salsa & Bachata Class

South Catalinas Recreation Room
Friday, November 13th, 2015
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Beckman Room open on the day of the 25th anniversary symposium of the Beckman Institute

Beckman Institute 131
9:00am – 12:00pm
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The Beckman Institute at 25

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Which quantum field theories have emergent gravity?
Shamit Kachru, Stanford University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMI Seminar

Annenberg 314
Two-Source Dispersers for Polylogarithmic Entropy and Improved Ramsey Graphs - part 1 of 2
Gil Cohen, CMI Postdoctoral Fellow, CMS, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Transgender Awareness Speaker Series: Aydin Olson-Kennedy, "Rights for Transgender"

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Compact object mergers with spinning neutron stars
Will East, Postdoctoral Scholar, Dept of Physics, Stanford University,
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Success and Challenge in Scientific Tech Careers

Gates Annex B122
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Creating Giant Reconfigurable Space Systems Using Thousands of Spacecraft: Guidance & Control Perspectives
Soon-Jo Chung, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Cable space surgeries via jointly primitive presentations of knots
Olga Plameneuskaya, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Stony Brook,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Learning Seminar

Cohomology of algebraic varieties
Xinwen Zhu, Professor of Mathematics, Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
New Insights into Nitrogen Fixation by a Molecular Fe-Based Catalyst
Niklas Thompson, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
The quenched-induced geometric Hall response
Justin Wilson, Postdoctoral Scholar,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Fluid transport by aggregations of small swimming organisms
Monica Martinez-Ortiz, Graduate Student, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Introduction to Radio Astronomy

Annenberg 105
IEEE MTT-S, Caltech Mixed-Signal, RF & Microwave Seminar
Sander Weinreb, Sr. Faculty Associate, Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Saturday, November 14th, 2015
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Cross Country) Caltech at NCAA West Regional

11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Men's Water Polo) Chapman vs. Caltech

1:30pm – 3:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Chan & Ma Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:50pm – 3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Chen & Lee Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm – 5:30pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Permer & Oswald Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Davtyan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) Caltech at Occidental

7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra

Off Campus
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Glee Club and Chamber Singers

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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The Good Lovelies

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, November 15th, 2015
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, November 16th, 2015
10:00am – 11:00am
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Applied Physics Seminar

Watson 104
The Application of Cryogenic Rare Earth Ion Dopants for Quantum Information and Biomedical Imaging
Jevon Longdell, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Otago, New Zealand,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week Lecture

Winnett Lounge
Clean Water for Nepal
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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JPL Explore - Seminar #6

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Native American Heritage Keynote Talk

Avery Library
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Logarithmic geometry and some applications
Mattia Talpo, Post Doc, Mathematics, UBC,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
The formation of planets by pebble accretion
Michiel Lambrechts, Postdoctoral Scholar, Planetary Science, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Definite surfaces and alternating links
Josh Greene, Professor, Mathematics, Boston College,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Prospects of direct search for dark photons and dark Higgs in p+A collisions at Fermilab E-1067/SeaQuest experiment
Ming Liu, LANL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Metals Recycling and Photoredox: New Chemistry to Improve the Sustainability of the Rare Earth Elements
Eric J. Schelter, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

A higher-height lift of Rohlin's Theorem: on \eta^3
Mike Hill, Professor, Mathematics, UCLA,
Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding B117
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week Lecture

Winnett Lounge
How Did Europe Conquer the World?
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Chaos in a Bottle: Experimental Studies of Nonlinear Population Dynamics
Robert Desharnais, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Pasadena Unified Education Series: Innovative Programs, K-8

Avery Library
1:00pm – 2:30pm
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Admissions Criteria and Diversity in STEM Graduate Programs

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Annenberg 107
Detecting topological order in the Heisenberg pictureWe introduce a numerical method for identifying topological order in two-dimensional models based on one-dimensional bulk operators. The idea is to identify approximate symmetries supported on thin str
David Poulin, University of Sherbrooke,
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Logic Seminar

Weak containment of measure preserving group actions
Peter Burton, Graduate Student, Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Dr. Johanna Teske, Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism - CIW,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Understanding the chemical processes that affect growth rates of atmospheric nanoparticles
James N. Smith, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The GRACE Follow-On Laser Ranging Interferometer
Brent Ware, JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
A Measurement of the Ar(n,p)Cl cross section below 50 MeV
Nick Walsh, UC Davis,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar

Knot homologies and their deformations
Paul Wedrich, Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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The Space Connection: Navigating the Bridge between JPL and the Caltech Campus

Beckman Institute Auditorium
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy

Baxter B125
Bureaucratic Agency Problems and Legislative Oversight
Sean Gailmard, Professor, Travers Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week Lecture

Winnett Lounge
Faults, Glaciers and Rainforests
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Compact manifolds with integral bounds on the negative part of Ricci curvature and the Kato class
Christian Rose, Professor, Mathematics, Technische Universitat Chemnitz & UCLA,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers' Group Meeting

SFCC Office, 315 S. Hill Ave., Rear Building
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop - "Who Wants to Know? Deciphering Online Privacy"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar

Numerically detectable spectrum: why there exists no constructive proof of Wiener's 1/f theorem
Nikolai Nikkolski, Professeur Emérite, Mathematics, Bordeaux/ Steklov Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Evolution of the ISM in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
Jin Koda, Stonybrook,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125
Stochastic Sorting
Jan Eeckhout, ICREA Researcher, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CNS Thesis Defense

Broad 100
Firing Patterns of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells During Locomotion and Sleep
Britton Sauerbrei, CNS Graduate Student,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Giant planet polar cyclones: lessons from terrestrial hurricanes
Morgan O'Neill, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Informal Biology Seminar

Braun Laboratory 152
Interplay Between Morphogen and Cellular Competence in the Neural Tube Pattern Formation
Noriaki Sasai, Associate Professor, Developmental Biomedical Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Strongly Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions using Plasmonic Nanocavities
Maiken Mikkelsen, Nortel Networks Assistant Professor of Electricaland Computer Engineering and Assistant Professor of Physics, Duke University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Pasadena Playhouse Discounted Tickets

8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Ellen Rothenberg - Choosing the T-Cell Profession: Higher Education for Stem Cells

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
8:00am – 12/4 5:00pm
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Registration for Winter Term 2015-16

10:30am – 11:30am
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Radioactive Sealed Sources Orientation

Keith Spalding B117
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Ultrafast Spectroscopy for Energy Research
Xianfan Xu, Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University,