Institute Calendar
Fall 2017-2018
Saturday, October 28th, 2017
11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Keleshyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Abedi Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Gorezar Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 29th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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3:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Somers Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, October 30th, 2017
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Photocatalytic Nitrite Reduction on CoMg Complexes: Mechanistic Insights into N–N Bond Formation
Tanvi Ratani,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Monodromic complexes, Koszul duality, and tilting characters of reductive
Shotaro Makisumi,
Department of Mathematics,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
A deep thermal plume in the mantle beneath Hawaii? Constraints from tomography and reflection seismology
Robert D. van der Hilst,
Schlumberger Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Head of Department,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Unlocking the potential of CMS data: boosted Higgs, low-mass dijet resonances, and data scouting
Javier Duarte,
Fermilab,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Keller Colloquium in Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Market Power in Power Markets: Folklore, Proofs, and Counterexamples
Assistant Professor Eilyan Bitar,
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Curious Creatures: Aesthetics, Sentience, and the case of the Medieval Ape
Patricia Clare Ingham,
Associate Professor, Department of English, Adjunct Professor,
Department of Religious Studies,
Indiana University,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2017
9:30am
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10:30am
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10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:10pm
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12:50pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Efficient classical simulation of noisy quantum circuit
Xun Gao,
Tsinghua University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Strong conceptual completeness for L_{\omega_1\omega}
Ronnie Chen,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Derandomization: Polynomial Identity Testing and Isolation Lemma (2nd of 2 parts)
Rohit Gurjar,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
CMS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
TBD
Nancy Thomas,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
Michael Wong,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Constructing pseudorandom matrices with polynomial convolutions
Adam Marcus,
Mathematics Department,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Electoral Competition and Corruption: Theory and Evidence from India
Amrita Dhillon,
Professor of Political Economy,
King’s College London,
5:30pm
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6:40pm
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
11:00am
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1:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The role of Criegee intermediates in aerosol formation
Carl Percival,
JPL / University of Manchester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Fundamental Processes and Materials Development in Next Generation Battery Systems
Kimberly See,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Caltech ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Nonparametric Analysis of Finite Mixtures
Yuichi Kitamura,
Professor of Economics,
Yale University,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
Three Caminos, from Hell to Heaven: El Camino del Diablo, el Camino Real and el Camino de Santiago
Vito Rubino,
Research Scientist,
Aerospace,
Caltech,
Palas Policroniades Borraz,
Corporate Partnership Officer,
Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnerships (OTTCP),
Caltech,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Urban Physics: Is L.A. A Liquid Or A Solid? A Quantitative Approach to Cities Sustainability and Resilience"
Franz-Josef Ulm,
Professor,
Civil & Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellow Jinglin Huang & Postdoctoral Scholar Carlos G. Read PhD
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
"Novel tools to comprehensively map dynamic organization of RNA and DNA in higher order nuclear structures within single cells."
Mary Arrastia,
Graduate Student, Ismagilov Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
TBA
David Spivak,
Research Scientist,
Mathematics,
MIT,