Institute Calendar
Fall 2017-2018
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
12:10pm
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12:50pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Gravity Spy - Integrating LIGO detector characterization, citizen science, and machine learning
Scott Coughlin,
Northwestern,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Opening a Window in Time to Examine the Initial Establishment of Heterochromatin
Patrick O'Farrell O'Farrell,
Professor,
Biochemsitry and Biophysics,
University of California San Francisco Medical School ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Evolution of the Private Equity Market and the Decline in IPOs
Michael Ewens,
Associate Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
11:00am
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1:00pm
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Caltech Associates & Office of Gift Planning Luncheon Series: The Immune System vs. HIV
with Pamela Bjorkman, Centennial Professor of Biology
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
SPHEREx: An All-sky Infrared Spectral Survey Explorer Satellite
Jamie Bock,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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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
Climbing a 6000m peak for under $100
Ashish Goel,
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar in Aerospace,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, September 28th, 2017
9:00am
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11:00am
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Programming with MATLAB
Programming with MATLAB
Loren Shure,
Consulting Application Engineer,
The Mathworks, Inc.,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"The Non-Linear Mechanics of Slender Deformable Bodies"
Basile Audoly,
Professor,
Ecole Polytechnique, PARIS & Caltech MCE,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Novartis Symposium
Metabolism Revisited
Joshua D. Rabinowitz,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Illuminating biology at the nanoscale and systems scale by imaging
Xiaowei Zhuang,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
4:30pm
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7:30pm
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Friday, September 29th, 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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12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Coulomb branches of conformal field theories
Philip Argyres,
University of Cincinnati,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Opportunities at the entanglement frontier
John Preskill,
Richard P. Feynman Professor of Physics,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Mihai Manea
Bottleneck Links, Essential Intermediaries, and Competing Paths of Diffusion in Networks
Mihai Manea,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSRG/DOLCIT Seminar
AI in Games: Achievements and Challenges
Yuandong Tian,
Research Scientist,
Facebook AI Research,
Facebook,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Testing the Caustic Ring Dark Matter Halo Model Against Observations in the Milky Way
Julie Dumas,
Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Postdoctoral Fellow,
Vanderbuilt University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Challenges and Recent Advances in Earth and Space Exploration
Richard Cook,
Associate Director for Flight Projects & Mission Success,
JPL,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Geometric Structures with Quasi-Hitchin Holonomy
Daniele Alessandrini,
Mathematical Institute,
University of Heidelberg,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, September 30th, 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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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Hambarsoom Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Dashtoyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Megerdichian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 1st, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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Monday, October 2nd, 2017
9:30am
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4:30pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Topology of moduli spaces of tropical curves
Sam Payne,
Mathematics Department,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
New trends in modeling granular media: applications to geosciences and planetary exploration
Jose E. Andrade,
George W. Housner Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering; Cecil and Sally Drinkward Leadership Chair,
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Executive Officer for Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Dark Fires in the Sky: Model-Independent Dark Matter Detection via Kinetic Heating of Neutron Stars
Nirmal Raj,
Notre Dame University,
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017
10:00am
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10:40am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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