Institute Calendar
Fall 2017-2018
Tuesday, October 31st, 2017
9:30am
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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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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,
1:45pm
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2:30pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Towards Smart Low-Carbon Electricity Networks: State-of-the-Art and Challenges Ahead
Luis Ochoa,
Professor,
Smart Grids and Power Systems,
University of Melbourne,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synthetic Applications of Enzyme-Inspired Catalysts
David J. Michaelis,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
Brigham Young University,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
The pseudo-identity operator on automorphic functions
Jonathan Wang,
School of Mathematics,
Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Biard Lecture - Quantum matter without quasiparticles: strange metals and black holes
Subir Sachdev,
Herchel Smith Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
5:30pm
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6:40pm
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Friday, November 3rd, 2017
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Dynamical Holographic Entropy Cone and General Holography
Sean Weinberg,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Engineering topological materials in one and two dimensions
Stevan Nadj-Perge,
Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Amy Ward, USC
Dynamic Matching for Real-Time Ridesharing
Amy Ward,
Associate Professor,
Marshall School of Business,
USC,
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Cavity ring-down spectroscopy for methane source attributions
Linhan Shen,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
A multi-scale portrait of the circumgalactic medium
Drummond Fielding,
Graduate Student,
UC Berkeley,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Maxwell, Rankine, Airy, and Modern Structural Engineering Design
William Baker,
NAE, FREng,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
The 4-Dimensional Light Bulb Theorem
David Gabai,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Fully Adaptive Radar
Muralidhar Rangaswamy,
Senior Advisor For Radar Research,
Air Force Research Laboratory,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Univalent wandering domains in the Eremenko-Lyubich Class
Kirill Lazebnik,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
L^2 Estimates for the Discrete Quadratic Carleson Operator
Ben Krause,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, November 4th, 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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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Stimpson/Uckert Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Der-Grigorian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Gonzales Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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3:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Dominguez Photoshoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, November 5th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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Monday, November 6th, 2017
9:00am
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9:00am
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