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Thursday, November 2nd, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter B125
Teacher Salaries and Racial Inequality in Educational Attainment in the Mid-Century South
Elizabeth Cascio, Professor of History, Dartmouth College,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Convergence of effective resistances on generalized Sierpinski carpets
Shiping Cao, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Geodesics in Last-Passage Percolation under Large Deviations
Lingfu Zhang, Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley,
Friday, November 3rd, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am
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EE: EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar

Moore B280
Large-scale aggregation of distributed energy resources: dynamic network access and competitive aggregations
Cong Chen, Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering, Cornell University,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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APhMS: EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Probing phonon transport across vacuum and across solid-state spins
Zhujing Xu, postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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EAS Trailblazers Symposium

Annenberg 105
Model Reduction for High-Dimensional Nonlinear Systems using State and Randomized Gradient Data
Samuel E. Otto, Postdoctoral scholar, AI Institute in Dynamic Systems, University of Washington,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Celestial Amplitudes in Effective Field Theories
Prahar Mitra, University of Amsterdam,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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MCE: EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Physics and Engineering of Extremely Moisture-Capturing Hydrogels for Freshwater Production and Energy Storage
Carlos D. Diaz-Marin, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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MedE: EAS Trailblazers Symposium-Anqi Zhang

Moore B270
Minimally invasive neuroelectronics
Anqi Zhang, Ph.D., American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Stanford University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Baxter 127
Privacy Preserving Signal
Kai Hao Yang, Assistant Professor, School of Management, Yale University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Dia de los Muertos Altars as Pedagogical Tools for Culturally Responsive Teaching by Dr. Claudia Garcia-Des Lauriers

Online Event
12:15pm – 1:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Spin-Orbit Enhanced Superconductivity in Graphene Bilayers
Yiran Zhang, Nadj-Perge group,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Heavy element nucleosynthesis & energetic neutrinos from highly magnetized outflows
Mukul Bhattacharya, Eberly Research Scholar, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar

Annenberg 104
A Hierarchical Perspective on Robotic Control
Noel Csomay-Shanklin, Graduate Student, Control and Dynamical Systems Computational and Mathematical Sciences Department, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) and a Policy Framework for Sustainable and Equitable Space Resource Utilization
Maya Nasr, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
"Engineering-Based Interventions for Airborne Disease Transmission"
Linsey C. Marr, Charles P. Lunsford Professor and University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Splitting spheres in S^4
Maggie Miller, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
5:00pm – 11/4 8:00pm
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2023 BBE Retreat - November 3-4,2023

Chen Breezeway
Saturday, November 4th, 2023
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Caltech Wind Orchestra Concert

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, November 5th, 2023
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Caltech Wind Orchestra Concert

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, November 6th, 2023
8:45am – 12:30pm
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KISS Short Course - Extrasolar Space Weather: The Hidden Hand in Exoplanet Evolution

South Mudd 365
  • Public Event
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Grades

9:45am – 11:15am
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Caltech Library Workshop – Programming with Python, Part 1

Online Event
10:00am – 11:30am
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Taste of Teaching - Fall 2023 (Assessment)

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
11:00am – 12:30pm
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Carbon Removal Strategies 2030

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Program Tech Talk

Annenberg 105
  • Internal Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Baxter 127
Dynamic Auctions with Budget-Constrained Bidders: Evidence from the Online Advertising Market
Shunto Kobayashi, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Geomorphic and sedimentological controls on the global sulfur cycle
Jordon D. Hemingway, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich Geological Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Closing the Loop in ML: Theory & Algorithms for Learning-Enabled Decision Systems
Lillian J. Ratliff, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Axion electrodynamics through the lens of condensed matter
Prineha Narang, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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The Leadershp Alliance—Summer Research Early Interest Program Virtual Information Session

Tuesday, November 7th, 2023
9:45am – 11:15am
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Caltech Library Workshop – Programming with Python, Part 2

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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BBE Seminar - Antonio Giraldez

Broad 100
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Antonio Giraldez | Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 12 pm

Broad 100
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Careers in Hardware, Electronics, Aerospace, and Robotics (HEAR) Industry Day

Olive Walk
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CTLO Faculty Learning Communities (The Honor Code)

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Charles R. dePrima Memorial Lecture in Mathematics

Linde Hall 310
The search for supersingular curves
Rachel Pries, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Fast Electrons and Hard X-rays for Unraveling Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion
Renske Van der Veen, Associate Professor and Department Head at Helmholtz Center for Materials and Energy Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre Berlin and the Technical University Berlin.,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
Hidden water deep in the interiors of exoplanets
Caroline Dorn, Professor, Department of Physics, ETH Zurich,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Spending Constraints: Why City Discretionary Funding Doesn't Reach Needy Neighborhoods
Julia Payson, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UCLA,
6:30pm – 8:30pm
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Caltech Playreaders 73rd season: "The Escape"

Athenaeum, Hall of Associates
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
9:45am – 11:15am
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Caltech Library Workshop – Programming with Python, Part 3

Online Event
10:00am – 10:30am
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Poincaré generators of spinning binary in the post-Minkowskian approach
Sangmin Lee, Seoul National University,
10:00am – 11:30am
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Transforming Your Research Into Teaching - Fall 2023 (Session 4)

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Baxter 127
Cognitive Hierarchies in Multi-Stage Games of Incomplete Information: Theory and Experiment
Po-Hsuan Lin, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Unconscious Bias Training

Online Event
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar

Linde Hall 310
Higher Information: The untold topological secrets of measures and states
Tom Mainiero, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, St. Joseph's University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Broad 100
Discovery and characterization of a new pathway for protein insertion into the human outer mitochondrial membrane
Taylor Stevens, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biosafety - Comprehensive Training

Online Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Lab Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Searching for Signposts of Failed White Dwarf Supernovae
JJ Hermes, Assistant Professor; Director of Graduate Admissions, Boston University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation? The Coastal Barrier Resources Act as a Natural Experiment
Hannah Druckenmiller, Economics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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First Gen Social - National First Gen College Student Day

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
New Ways to See Real-Space Topological Textures and Their Order Parameters at the Atomic Scale
Yu-Tsun Shao, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Simplifying Synthesis at the Interface of Organic and Materials Chemistry
Phillip Milner, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Knowing Your Lemon Before You Dump It" joint work with Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics
Alessandro Pavan, Professor, Department of Economics, Northwestern University,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Charge Up! Entrepreneurship Series

Jorgensen 109
Legal Best Practices: Forming and Funding Your Startup
Rick Friedman, CEO, Novus GC,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Theater presents "Another Revolution"

Beckman Institute Auditorium
  • Public Event
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Unlocking Movement: Helping Paralyzed People Use Thought to Control Computers and Robotic Limbs

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
9:45am – 11:15am
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Caltech Library Workshop – Programming with Python, Part 4

Online Event
10:30am – 12:00pm
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SURF Gee Family Poster Competition Finals

San Pasqual Walk
  • Public Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Wind Farm Modeling and Control
Dennice F. Gayme, Professor and Carol Croft Linde Faculty Scholar, Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Crellin 151
"Deciphering the Function of the HinT Protein through Functional Proteomics"
Dr. Yanping Qiu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Chou Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Constraints on WIMP Dark Matter Models with Astrophysical Observations
Mehrdad Phoroutan-Mehr, UC Riverside,
12:30pm – 1:30pm
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INQNET Pizza Seminar

Special AI & Misinformation Seminar: " IQ Journalism: Predicting the quality of news stories based on explainable AI"
Catherine Sotirakou,
  • Internal Event
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Radioactive Material Handling Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation of Biological Systems
Michael Rosen, Professor, Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Howard Hughes Medical Institute,