Institute Calendar
Fall 2017-2018
Wednesday, November 15th, 2017
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Arithmetic and Geometric Structures in Physics Seminar
A multiplier functional calculus
Michael Hartz,
Department of Mathematics,
Washington University in St. Louis,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Environmental sustainability at the intersection of climate and human change
Efi Foufoula_Georgiou,
Distinguished Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Breaking down Bacterial Cell Walls to Understand Inflammation
Catherine L. Grimes,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Delaware,
6:30pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 16th, 2017
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Fundamental Solutions in Elastodynamics: Pathologies, Outright Errors, and Paradoxes"
Eduardo Kausel,
Professor Emeritus,
Civil and 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 Fellows Xiaoqi Ren & Sebastian Lee
12:00pm
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Materials Science Special Lecture
Molecular Dynamics—From the First Principles of Quantum Mechanics to Computer Aided Materials Design
Anders Niklasson,
Theoretical Division,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
A string-inspired SYK model and some 4d black hole phenomenology
Tarek Anous,
University of British Columbia,
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Steering Photons: From detectors and smart windows to space propulsion and quantum forces
Jeremy Munday,
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Targeted manipulation of injured glia through nanomedicines: towards treatments for neuroinflammation and CNS disorders
Rangaramanujam Kannan,
Arnall Patz Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmolgy & Co-Director at Center for Nanomedicine,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Energy harvesting and energy cooperating wireless networks: A new frontier for communication and information theory
Aylin Yener,
Professor,
Electrical Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Tarun Chordia, Emory University
p-hacking: Evidence from two million trading strategies
Tarun Chordia,
Professor of Finance,
Goizueta Business School,
Emory University,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Globally analytic representations of the pro-p Iwahori of GL(2) and
Laurent Clozel,
Département de Mathématiques d’Orsay,
Université Paris-Sud,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Unresolved Problems in Neutron Decay
Chen-Yu Liu,
Assistant Professor,
CEEM/Physics Department,
Indiana University,
4:00pm
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Special Institute-wide Seminar
Opportunities and Challenges in a Borderless Global Research Enterprise
Subra Suresh,
President-Designate and Distinguished University Professor,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,
5:30pm
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6:40pm
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8:30pm
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Friday, November 17th, 2017
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Engineering Light-Matter Interactions in Photonic Crystal Waveguides
Alex Burgers,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Kimble Group,
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Irene Lo, Columbia University
Dynamic Matching in School Choice: Efficient Seat Reassignment after Late Cancellations
Irene Lo,
PhD Candidate,
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department,
Columbia University,
12:00pm
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Special CMX Seminar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Hierarchy of PDE Models of Cell Motility
Professor Leonid Berlyand,
Penn State,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gauge Theory and Integrability (Part 2)
Mashahito Yamazaki,
IPMU, University of Tokyo,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Make it, Mix it and Shake it — a recipe for cold gas in circumgalactic medium
Suoqing Ji,
Graduate Student,
UC Santa Barbara,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Shock driven instabilities in two-fluid plasmas
Vincent Wheatley,
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering,
University of Queensland,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Bordered theory for pillowcase homology
Artem Kotelskiy,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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4:45pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
TBA
Jonathan Luk,
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Adventures in Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation via Transition Metal Catalysis
Patrick Montgomery,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
Cosmic Lenses: Bending Light with Gravity
Denise Schmitz,
PhD Candidate,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
Saturday, November 18th, 2017
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