Institute Calendar
Fall 2017-2018
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, December 4th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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4:00pm
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4:45pm
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Caltech/USC/UCLA Joint Topology Seminar
Irreducible SL(2,C)-representations of integer homology 3-spheres
Raphael Zentner,
Mathematics Department,
University of Regensburg,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Matter in neutron-star mergers
Jocelyn Read,
California State University Fullerton,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Molecular Clusters: Building Blocks for Nanoelectronics and Material Design
Xavier Roy,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Solution-processed performance optoelectronics
Ted Sargent,
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Toronto,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/USC/UCLA Joint Topology Seminar
Smooth structures, stable homotopy groups of spheres and motivic homotopy theory
Zhouli Xu,
Department of Mathematics,
MIT,
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
4:30am
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1:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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CD3 Seminar
Large-Scale Data Science
Fabian Gieseke,
Large-Scale Data Science,
Department of Computer Science,
University of Copenhagen,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:20pm
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12:10pm
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12:50pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Classical branches and entanglement structure in the wavefunction of cosmological fluctuations
Elliot Nelson,
Perimeter Institute,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
The Fraisse Limit of Finite Dimensional Matrix Algebras with the Rank Metric
Aaron Anderson,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
Planet Formation Puzzles Near and Far
Sarah Millholland,
Astronomy Department,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Canceled - Mobile Element Activity in the Brain, Behavior and Evolution
Fred (Rusty) Gage,
Laboratory of Genetics,
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Progress in catalysts and systems for OER and CO2RR
Edward (Ted) Sargent,
University Professor, Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology, Vice President International,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Factorization Homology
John Francis,
Department of Mathematics,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Learning about The Influence of Spatial and Temporal Proximity using Regression Trees
Ines Levin,
Assistant Professor,
UC Irvine,
5:30pm
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6:40pm
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
8:00am
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12:00pm
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8:00am
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12/8
5:00pm
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11:00am
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2:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Arithmetic and Geometric Structures in Physics Seminar
Invariant vectors by deeper Iwahori subgroups in non-supercuspidal representations of U(2,1)
Mladen Dimitrov,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Lille,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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12/27
5:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Imaging RNA and RNA biology with RNA mimics of green fluorescent protein
Samie R. Jaffrey,
Greenberg-Starr Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Subjective Utilitarianism: Individual decisions in a social context
Shiri Alon,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics,
Bar Ilan University in Israel,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
ArtDoors: Artwork of the Outdoors
Kelvin Nguyen,
Southern California Mountaineers Association,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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German Film: The Punch Bowl
Movie screening for German 130a & 132a // In German with English subtitles
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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11:30pm
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12/7
1:00am
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Thursday, December 7th, 2017
8:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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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
"Tth-laccase and Its Reaction with Dioxygen"
Shabnam Hematian,
Postdoctural Fellow, Gray Research Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
From Chaperones to the Membrane with a BAM!
Karen Fleming,
Professor of Biophysics,
TC Jenkins Department of Biophysics,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Engineering Next-Generation T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy
Yvonne Chen,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles ,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Extensions of vector bundles on the Fargues-Fontaine curve
Serin Hong,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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5:30pm
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6:40pm
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Friday, December 8th, 2017
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Entanglement in gauge theories and gravity
Jennifer Lin,
Institute for Advanced Study,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special ACM and CMX Seminar
Numerical Methods for Fractional Laplacians
Professor Gabriel Acosta,
Department of Mathematics,
Univeristy of Buenos Aires,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Reconciling optical and radio observations of the binary millisecond pulsar PSR J1640+2224
Sarah Vigeland,
Research Associate,
Department of Physics,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:15pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech Mixed-Signal, RF & Microwave Seminar
Nyquist Rate Healthcare: Silicon Systems to Close the Sub-Sampling Gap in Health Monitoring
Amin Arbabian,
Professor ,
Department of of Electrical Engineering,
Stanford,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
Brown Dwarfs: Too Small a Star; Too Massive a Planet
Kaew Tinyanont,
PhD Candidate,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
Saturday, December 9th, 2017
8:30am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Adimari Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:30pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Eyvazi Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, December 11th, 2017
10:00am
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11:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Gabriela de Oliveira Penna Tavares,
Graduate Student,
Computation and Neural Systems,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
On the structure of some p-adic period domains
Laurent Fargues,
Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu and CNRS,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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