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Thursday, October 27th, 2016
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
"Scaling Limits in Networked Control System"
Bassam Bamieh, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Toastmasters Club Meeting

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151
Adam Boynton, Graduate Student, Barton Research Group, CCE, Caltech,
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar

Annenberg 213
On Probabilistic Checking in Perfect Zero Knowledge
Michael Forbes, MIT,
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radiation Safety Orientation - Radioactive Material Handling

Keith Spalding B117
3:00pm – 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 – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
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 – 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 – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
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 – 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences

Annenberg 314
Using Algebraic Geometry for Computer Vision
Joe Kileel, UC Berkeley,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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HSS 50th Anniversary Lecture

Baxter Lecture Hall
Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in Networks and Diffusion Processes
Matthew O. Jackson, William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford University,
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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Salsa & Bachata Class

South Catalinas Recreation Room
Friday, October 28th, 2016
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Quantum computing and topological invariants
Stephen Jordan, NIST,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Leonard Schulman, Caltech

Baxter 127
The Duality Gap for Two-Team Zero-Sum Games
Leonard Schulman, Professor of Computer Science, Engineering & Applied Science, Caltech,
12:00pm – 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 – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Simulating Galactic Winds on Supercomputers Using "Cholla"
Evan Schneider, Graduate Student, University of Arizona,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Enabling Humanity's First Interstellar Missions: Directed Energy for Relativistic Flight
Philip Lubin, UCSB,
3:00pm – 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 – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Theoretical Insights into Substrate Selectivity: P3EFe-N2 Mediated N2-to-NH3 Conversion vs HER
Mr. Benjamin (Ben) Matson, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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(Women's Volleyball) Caltech at Occidental

Saturday, October 29th, 2016
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Cross Country) Caltech at SCIAC Championships

11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Men's Water Polo) Caltech at Cal Lutheran

1:00pm – 4:00pm
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(Men's Soccer) Cal Lutheran vs. Caltech

1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zerunian Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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(Women's Volleyball) La Verne vs. Caltech

3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Family Halloween Party

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
Sunday, October 30th, 2016
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

Beckman Auditorium
Monday, October 31st, 2016
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Watson 104
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 – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
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 – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Partially Acoustic Dark Matter, Interacting Dark Radiation, and Large Scale Structure
Yuhsin Tsai, University of Michigan,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
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 – 1:00pm
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Caltech Associates Luncheon: Designing Engineered Cells

Athenaeum
Designing Engineered Cells: A New Frontier of Medicine
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH

Annenberg 105
Data-driven methods for sparse network estimation
Somayeh Sojoud, Assistant Project Scientist at University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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CCHF Virtual Merck Lecture Series

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
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 – 2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

West Bridge 351 (LIGO Science Conference Room)
Automating Interferometer Control and Noise Regression
Eric Quintero, LIGO, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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CCHF Virtual Merck Lecture Series

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
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 – 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Annenberg 107
Interactive Proofs for Quantum Computations
Urmila Mahadev, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Current Progress in Density Functional Theories
Donald G. Truhlar, Regents Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 125
Signaling Interactions that Control Sensory Organ Morphogenesis and Regeneration in the Zebrafish
Tatjana Piotrowski, Associate Investigator, Stowers Institute for medical Research,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Amenability of discrete groups
Kate Juschenko, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Northwestern University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy

Baxter B125
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 – 9:00pm
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(Women's Volleyball) West Coast Baptist vs. Caltech

7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Trekking to Everest South Col Southeast Ridge Base Camp
Jeremy Brouillet, Caltech Alpine Club,
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
12:00pm – 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 – 1:00pm
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Pasadena Unified Education Series (PUES)

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Teaching Statement Workshop

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop - "Credit Where Due: Avoiding Publishing Disputes & Plagiarism"

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

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellow Adam Subhas & Resnick Postdoctoral Scholar Michael Haibach
3:30pm – 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,