Institute Calendar
Fall 2016-2017
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016
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IST LUNCH BUNCH
From Pixels to Depth: Learning to Predict Shape from a Single Photograph
Oisin Mac Aodh,
Postdoc in Pietro Perona's Computational Vision Lab,
Engineering & Applied Science,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Prospects for Gravitational Wave Searches for Core-Collapse Supernovae within the Local Universe
Jasmine Gill,
Department of Physics,
ERAU,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Thompson's group F is not strongly amenable
Pooya Vahidi Ferdowsi,
Mathematics Department,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Overview and Status of the GMT Site, Enclosure and Facilities Design and Development
Dr. Bruce Bigelow,
Giant Magellan Telescope Organization,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Lateral lipid organization in model membranes
Peter Tieleman,
Professor of Biochemistry,
Biocomputing Group,
The University of Calgary,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Is Chromatin Just a Phase?
Gary Karpen,
Adjunct Professor,
Cell and Developmental Biology,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Bounds for Finite Linear Groups: From Jordan and Minkowski to a Question of Serre
Michael Collins,
Emeritus Professor,
Mathematics,
Oxford University,
6:00pm
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9:30pm
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:30pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellow Cody Finke & Resnick Postdoctoral Scholar Justin Jasper
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Topics in Matrix Inequalities
Rupert Frank,
Mathematics Department,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The MUSCLES Treasury Survey: An X-ray to IR Spectral Survey of Low-Mass Exoplanet Host Stars
Kevin France,
U. Colorado,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
"Hotter Droughts" and the fate of Tropical Forests
Sassan Saatchi,
Senior Scientist,
Carbon Cycle Science Group,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Where Does the Entropy of Materials Come From?
Brent Fultz,
Barbara and Stanley Rawn, Jr., Professor of Materials Science and Applied Physics,
Applied Physics and Materials Science Department,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Scientific Variables
Benjamin Jantzen,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
Virginia Tech,
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
10:20am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Realistic grain shapes in the discrete element method with dilated polyhedral"
Christopher Senseney,
Professor - Lt. Col.,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
US Air Force Academy,
11:30am
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1:30pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Molecular basis for the protection of ribosomal proteins from cellular degradation
Ferdinand Huber,
Graduate Student, Hoelz Research Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Visual Biochemistry: Understanding Biology by Watching Proteins on DNA, One Molecule at a Time
Stephen Kowalczykowski,
Distinguished Professor,
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics,
University of California, Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Eric Chauvin & Dave Ashby ,
GMTO,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar Series
‘The advancement and the perversion of mind at this particular time': The Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society, James Montgomery, and the Fate of Improvement
Jonathan Mee,
Professor of English,
University of York,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Special cycles on non-compact Shimura varieties
Zavosh Amir-Khosravi,
Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Broadening the Searchlight: New Ideas in Dark Matter Detection
Kathryn Zurek,
LBNL,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Asteroid Anchors, Rock Climbing Robots, Gecko Grippers, and Other Ways to Stick in Space
Aaron Parness,
Extreme Environment Robotics Group,
JPL,
Friday, October 21st, 2016
8:00am
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Social Science History Seminar
The Rise of Europe and Atlantic Trade
Daudin Guillaume,
Professor of Economics,
Université Paris-Dauphine,
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Destructive Birth of Massive Stars and Massive Star Clusters
Anna Rosen,
Graduate Student,
UC Santa Cruz,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Microscale "Turbulence" induced by Electrochemical Interfaces
Ali Mani,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
2D to 1D Oxide interfaces: superconductivity, magnetism and ballistic transport effects
Alon Ron,
Richard Chase Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar,
Hsieh Group,
4:30pm
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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)
Asteroid Anchors, Rock Climbing Robots, Gecko Grippers, and Other Ways to Stick in Space
Aaron Parness,
Extreme Environment Robotics Group,
JPL,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2016
12:00am
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