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Thursday, November 14th, 2019
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radioactive Material Handling

Keith Spalding B117
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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Condensed Mathematics Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Analytic Rings
Matthias Flach, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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Productivity and Stress Management workshop

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMI Faculty Lunch (invitation only): John Doyle

Annenberg 121
Universal laws and architectures in complex networked systems with applications to sensorimotor control
John Doyle, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Finance Seminar

Baxter B125
Conflicting Priorities: A Theory of Covenants and Collateral
Giorgia Piacentino, Daniel W. Stanton Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School, Columbia University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Exploring Titan: Discoveries in the laboratory and future in situ work with Dragonfly
Morgan Cable, Research Scientist and Group Supervisor of Astrobiology and Ocean Worlds Group, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Perfectoid covers of abelian varieties and the weight-monodromy conjecture
Peter Wear, Department of Mathematics, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Looking through the Gravitational Wave Window on the Universe
Laura Cadonati, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Friday, November 15th, 2019
10:00am – 11:00am
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Special ACM Seminar

Annenberg 105
High Order Methods for Multiple Scattering in Terms of Farfield Expansions ABC
Dr. Vianey Villamizar, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Physics and geometry of the knots-quivers correspondence
Pietro Longhi, ETH Zurich,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Annenberg 105
Quantum Supremacy: Understanding and Calibrating the Sycamore Processor
Kevin Satzinger, Google AI Quantum,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Managing Procrastination workshop

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 125
Transparency and Demand Management in Platforms for Networked Markets
Adam Wierman, Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences; Executive Officer for Computing and Mathematical Sciences; Director, Information Science and Technology, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Tech Talks Toastmaster Club: Practice Speaking Confidently About Your Research, Improve Your Communication Skills

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mental Health First Aid Training (Part 2 of 2)

383 S. Hill Ave., Annex
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Special ACM Seminar

Moore B270
Variational Bayes for a Simple Neural Network
Tui Nolan, Fulbright Future Scholar, Statistics, University of Technology Sydney,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Deciphering the Landscape of Compact Binary Formation Channels
Mike Zevin, Graduate Student, CIERA, Northwestern University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Flight Testing of Supersonic Parachutes for Entry, Descent & Landing on Mars
Clara O'Farrell, Engineer, Guidance and Control, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of technology,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
GPV invariants and knot complements
Ciprian Manolescu, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 4:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 310
A sumset conjecture of Erdős
Florian Richter, Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University,
5:00pm – 5:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 310
The Joy of Small Parameters
Susan Friedlander, Department of Mathematics, USC,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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von Kármán Lecture - Looking Home: OCO-3 and Science from the International Space Station

Beckman Auditorium
Saturday, November 16th, 2019
5:30pm – 7:30pm
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Giving Thanks: Antidote to Anxiety

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Film Screening - The Pathfinders: The Story of the First Mars Rover Mission

Beckman Auditorium
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Orchestra: Student Soloist Showcase

Ramo Auditorium
Sunday, November 17th, 2019
7:00am – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Jackson Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm – 4:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Nguyen Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lam Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech Orchestra: Student Soloist Showcase

Ramo Auditorium
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Naturally 7: Vocal Play

Beckman Auditorium
Monday, November 18th, 2019
10:30am – 11:30am
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A Fireside Chat with Dr. Timnit Gebru and Dr. Karina Edmonds (PhD '97)

Annenberg 105
11:00am – 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Crellin 151
Jiaming Li, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Tech Talk

Annenberg 105
Ethical AI
Timnit Gebru, Research Scientist, Ethical AI Team, Google,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week - Global Things: Travelling the World with Textiles

Avery Library
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Solving nonlinear elliptic equations in numerical relativity with the SpECTRE code
Nils Fischer, Graduate Student, Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Defining Your Leadership Style: CPA Nov Leadership Workshop

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Skein theory, Hecke algebras, and elliptic curves
Peter Samuelson, Department of Mathematics, UC Riverside,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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BELS

Kerckhoff 125
"Satisfying Symmetry: Functional Insights from Patterns in Membrane Protein Structures"
Lucy Forrest, PI, Computational Structural Biology, National Institutes of Health,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Hydrogen production and consumption under chemically and biologically "extreme" conditions in ultramafic aquifers
Alexis Templeton, Associate Professor, Department of Gecological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Thompson Sampling for learning in online decision making
Shipra Agrawal, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, and Data Science Institute, Columbia University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
The QCD axion and Unification
Clara Murgui, Universitat de Valencia & Case Western Reserve University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Redox Nano-Titrations at Electrochemical Interfaces: A Versatile Toolbox for Characterizing Reaction Intermediates
Joaquin Rodriquez Lopez, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Laboratory, Faculty Affiliate, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Curve Counting Reading Seminar

Linde Hall 183
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Education Week - Educated on the Border

Avery Library
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
TBA
Pietro Perona, Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering, Engineering and Applied Science, CALTECH,
12:00pm – 12:50pm
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Meditation Mob

Hameetman Center B122 - Club Room 3
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Annenberg 107
Calculating Nature Naturally
Natalie Klco, Graduate Student, Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Nonlinear Spectroscopy with Quantum Light
Theodore Goodson, III, RICHARD BARRY BERNSTEIN COLLEGIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS PROFESSOR OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Chemistry, University of Michigan,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMI Seminar: Eliza O'Reilly

Annenberg 314
Modeling Repulsion with Determinantal Point Processes
Eliza O'Reilly, CMI Postdoc, Caltech,