Institute Calendar
Fall 2016-2017
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Scaling Limits in Networked Control System"
Bassam Bamieh,
Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Adam Boynton,
Graduate Student, Barton Research Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
On Probabilistic Checking in Perfect Zero Knowledge
Michael Forbes,
MIT,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Mod p isogeny classes on Shimura varieties with parahoric level structure
Rong Zhou,
Department of Mathematics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Linking Interseismic Crustal Deformation to Long-Term Rock Denudation and Surface Processing in Taiwan
Mong-Han Huang,
NASA Postdoctoral Fellow,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Hasse Principle for multinorm equations
Eva Bayer-Fluckiger,
Mathematics,
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Physics and Biology of Morphogenesis
Boris Shraiman,
Susan F. Gurley Professor of Theoretical Physics and Biology, Permanent Member of KITP,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Using Algebraic Geometry for Computer Vision
Joe Kileel,
UC Berkeley,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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HSS 50th Anniversary Lecture
Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in Networks and Diffusion Processes
Matthew O. Jackson,
William D. Eberle Professor of Economics,
Stanford University,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 28th, 2016
11:00am
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Leonard Schulman, Caltech
The Duality Gap for Two-Team Zero-Sum Games
Leonard Schulman, Professor of Computer Science,
Engineering & Applied Science,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Undergraduate Math Club Seminar
Welzl's Theorem on Graph Homomorphisms
Jalex Stark,
Mathematics Department,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Simulating Galactic Winds on Supercomputers Using "Cholla"
Evan Schneider,
Graduate Student,
University of Arizona,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Enabling Humanity's First Interstellar Missions: Directed Energy for Relativistic Flight
Philip Lubin,
UCSB,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Realization of prism manifolds by integer surgery
William Ballinger & Tynan Ochse,
Mathematics Department,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Theoretical Insights into Substrate Selectivity: P3EFe-N2 Mediated N2-to-NH3 Conversion vs HER
Mr. Benjamin (Ben) Matson,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, October 29th, 2016
12:00am
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2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zerunian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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Sunday, October 30th, 2016
3:30pm
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Monday, October 31st, 2016
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Kerr Comb Generation: Dark Pulse Mode-locking in Normal Dispersion Microresonators
Andrew M. Weiner,
Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Purdue University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Volatile Cycling and Environmental Change on Early Mars
Bethany L. Ehlmann,
Assistant Professor of Planetary Science; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Partially Acoustic Dark Matter, Interacting Dark Radiation, and Large Scale Structure
Yuhsin Tsai,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Appreciation Problems of Neuroeconomics
Paul Hoyningen-Huene,
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Philosophy, Professor Emeritus; Universität Zürich, Department of Economics, Lecturer,
Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
11:00am
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1:00pm
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Caltech Associates Luncheon: Designing Engineered Cells
Designing Engineered Cells: A New Frontier of Medicine
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH
Data-driven methods for sparse network estimation
Somayeh Sojoud,
Assistant Project Scientist at University of California, Berkeley,
University of California, Berkeley,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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CCHF Virtual Merck Lecture Series
Merck Process Chemistry: Discovery and Development of Innovative Synthetic Methods to Drive Best Chemistry
Rebecca T. Ruck,
Dr., Ph.D., Director, Process Chemistry,
Merck Process Research and Development,
Merck & Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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CCHF Virtual Merck Lecture Series
Merck Milestones in Chemistry: Medicine through Inspired Science
Michael H. Kress,
Dr., Ph.D., Vice President,
Merck Process Research and Development,
Merck & Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Current Progress in Density Functional Theories
Donald G. Truhlar,
Regents Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Signaling Interactions that Control Sensory Organ Morphogenesis and Regeneration in the Zebrafish
Tatjana Piotrowski,
Associate Investigator,
Stowers Institute for medical Research,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Amenability of discrete groups
Kate Juschenko,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Local Agency Costs of Political Centralization
Roger Myerson,
Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
Trekking to Everest South Col Southeast Ridge Base Camp
Jeremy Brouillet,
Caltech Alpine Club,
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Spectral shift functions and Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps
Jussi Behrndt,
Institut für Numerische Mathematik,
Technische Universität Graz,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellow Adam Subhas & Resnick Postdoctoral Scholar Michael Haibach
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Cosmic microwave background spectral distortions and their cosmological implications
Siavash Yasini,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
USC,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Cool and Luminous Transients from Merging Binary Stars
Ondrej Pejcha,
Princeton,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Value of Persistent Information
Jusso Toikka,
Professor, Department of Economics, MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The oscillating fringe and paleo-intensity of the East Asian monsoon reconstructed using closed-basin lake-area and dDwax
Yonaton Goldsmith,
Graduate Student,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Heat Under the Microscope
Austin Minnich,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics,
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
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CD3 Seminar
Deep Learning: the promise and the pitfalls
Ashish Mahabal,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Function and dysfunction of nuclear envelope proteins: mechanisms of protein quality control and cholesterol metabolism
Christian Schlieker,
Associate Professor,
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, and Department of Cell Biology,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Engineered biosynthesis of functionalized natural products
Wenjun Zhang,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
High-Dimensional Analysis of Stochastic Optimization Algorithms: Limiting Dynamics and Phase Transitions
Yue Lu,
Associate Professor,
Electrical Engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Grain size sensitivity controls strain localization in the lower crust: a study of the transition from dislocation creep to DisGBS in naturally deformed plagioclase
Elena Miranda,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Geological Sciences,
California State University, Northridge,