Institute Calendar
Fall 2017-2018
Friday, October 6th, 2017
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Uncovering flavor of N=2 SCFTs through geometry
Matteo Lotito,
University of Cincinnati,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Thermodynamics at the nano scale: The work cost of information processing
Philippe Faist,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Brandao Group,
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Origin of Scales and Scaling Laws in Star Formation
David Guszejnov,
Graduate Student,
TAPIR Group,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Physical Limnology
Jörg Imberger,
Professor (Adjunct) ,
Department of Ocean Sciences,
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Complex curves through a contact lens
Kyle Hayden,
Department of Mathemaatics,
Boston College,
3:30pm
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6:30pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
A Polynomial Roth theorem on the Real Line
Polona Durcik,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, October 7th, 2017
8:00am
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11:00am
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10:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Condon Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:00pm
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3:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Demirtshian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Asatryan Wedding Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Moradian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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6:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lao Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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9:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 8th, 2017
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, October 9th, 2017
8:00am
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9:30am
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8:40am
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12:30pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
What a marginal sea's evolution can tell you: From subduction to rifting and spreading
Zhen Sun,
Professor,
Department of Marine Geology,
South China Sea Intitute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Empirical determination of Dark Matter velocity distribution
Lina Necib,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Informal Biology Seminar
Patterns and Mechanisms of Chemical Defense in the Soil Food Web
Adrian Brückner,
PhD Candidate,
Technische Universität Darmstadt ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Keller Colloquium in Computing and Mathematical Sciences
On Randomness and Determinism in High Dimension
Professor Ramon van Handel,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
6:10pm
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9:30pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Meeting
Selvan Bavan,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Biology and Biological Engineering,
Neurobiology,
California Institute of Technology,
Aaron Nichols,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Biology and Biological Engineering,
Neurobiology,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
Hot Jupiters: Inflation & Roche-lobe Overflow
Sivan Ginzburg,
The Racah Institute of Physics,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH
Enabling space exploration with astrodynamics
Stefano Campagnola,
Engineer and researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Outer Planet Mission Analysis Group,
JPL,
1:00pm
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1:30pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Regioselective Intermolecular Allylic C–H Functionalization of Internal Olefins via π-Allyl Intermediates
Simon B. Blakey,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Emory University,
1:30pm
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2:00pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
C–H and C–C Functionalization of Ketones
Guangbin Dong,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Chicago,
2:00pm
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2:30pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Small-Molecule and Biological Catalysis in C-H Activation
John Montgomery,
Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor of Synthetic or Medicinal Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Michigan,
2:30pm
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3:00pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Translational Chemistry
Phil S. Baran,
Professor, Darlene Shiley Chair in Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
The Scripps Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
Dynamical chaos as a tool for characterizing multi-planet systems
Daniel Tamayo,
Centre for Planetary Sciences & Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The Rid System: Endogenously Generated Metabolic Stress and its Control
Diana Downs,
Professor,
Microbiology,
University of Gerogia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Career Concerns and the Dynamics of Electoral Accountability
Gabriel Lopez-Moctezuma,
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
On the Rise and Decline of Visual Modes of Teaching Philosophy
Susanna Berger,
Assistant Professor of Art History,
Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences,
USC,
5:30pm
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6:40pm
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
10:00am
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11:00am
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellow Vatsal Jhalani & Postdoctoral Scholar Akira Kudo PhD
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Analysis Seminar
Dimension-free estimates for discrete spherical maximal functions
Ben Krause,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Modeling Ignorance: Uncertainty or Complexity?
Peter Bossaerts,
Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor,
University of Melbourne & the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Nested Periodic Matrices and Dictionaries: New Signal Representations for Periodicity Analysis
Srikanth Tenneti,
PhD Student,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Oxygen isotope fractionation in the CaCO3-DIC-H2O system
James Watkins,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Oregon,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Quasi 2D and 1D van der Waals Materials: From Fancy Physics to Practical Devices
Alex Balandin,
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
UC Riverside,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
The Lithiated Flatlands and Beyond. Part I
Victor A. Snieckus,
Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus,
Department of Chemistry,
Queen's University,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
Bull in a China Shop - Trad Climhing in Wadi Rum, Jordan
Yair Cohen,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Earth Science Section,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),