Institute Calendar
Fall 2025-2026
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Hyper-u-amenability and hyperfiniteness of treeable equivalence relations
Andrea Vaccaro,
Associate Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar
Utilizing Machine Learning and Small-Seismicity Detection to Improve Hazard Information for Landslides and Earthquakes
Yuriko Iwasaki,
Ph.D. Candidate,
University of California, Santa Cruz,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Understanding the Suitability of Metal Oxides as Protection Layers for Photocathodes
Alexandre Ye,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineeing (Lewis Group),
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
Parallel Sampling via Autospeculation
Thuy-Duong (June) Vuong,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
UC Berkeley/UC San Diego,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
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Andrew Allen,
J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) / UCSD Scripps,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mapping Microbes Across Space and Time: Cohort-Level Insights Into Microbial Ecosystem Dynamics
Bethany Kolody,
Innovative Genomics Institute,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Gaussian Bosonic Dynamics in the Presence of Symmetry: Engineering, Monotones and Conservation Laws
Nick Koukoulekidis,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Sustainable Catalysis for the Synthesis of Molecules and Materials
- Internal Event
4:30pm
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Special Probability Seminar
Infinite-dimensional diffusions from random matrix dynamics
Theo Assiotis,
Associate Professor,
School of Mathematics,
University of Edinburgh,
Thursday, December 4th, 2025
10:30am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Multiscale Models for Sea Ice"
Kenneth Golden,
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Utah,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Engineering Contextual Multicellular Cis-regulation
Evan Mun,
Graduate Student,
Elowitz Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Astrophysical Signals of Asymmetric Dark Matter
Aidan Reilly,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Labor Market Conflict and Technical Change: The Impact of the Legalization of Unions on the Industrial Revolution
Jeremiah Dittmar,
Associate Professor of Economics,
The London School of Economics & Political Science,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra and Geometry Seminar
The phantom tautological ring for the moduli of Shtukas
Zhiwei Yun,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Convergent points for random power series on the unit circle
Marcus Michelen,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Northwestern University,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Engineering ion selectivity in polymer membranes
Venkat Ganesan,
Professor, Les and Sherri Stuewer Chair in Chemical Engineering,
The University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Compartmentalizing repair: multiphase condensates and non-coding RNAs for heterochromatin repair
Irene Chiolo,
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Gerontology,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Extremal quantum cohomology and Gamma structure for standard flips
Mark Shoemaker,
Associate Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Asymptotics of the Resistance of the Critical Series-Parallel Graph via Parabolic PDE Theory
Peter Morfe,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Penn State University,
4:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Donhee Ham
Large-scale intracellular neuroscience
Donhee Ham,
John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Localization and support in D(G)
Claus Sorensen,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Exact dimensionality of harmonic measures for random walks on lamplighter groups
Peter Kosenko,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Mathematics,
University of British Columbia,
Friday, December 5th, 2025
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Large N Universality of 4d N=1 SCFT and Holography
Jaewon Song,
KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology),
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
End-to-End Efficient Quantum Thermal and Ground State Preparation Made Simple
Yongtao Zhan,
Preskill group,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Emergent Flat Space from Quantum Entanglement
Tianli Wang,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
PolymerMechanochemistry Using Ultrasound: From Fundamental Reactivity to Controlled Drug Delivery
Meng (Stella) Luo,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Stellar forensics: tracing the origin of interaction-powered supernovae and Type-Ia supernova remnants
3:00pm
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EE Devices Seminar- Yasaman Ghasempour, Princeton U
Physics-guided Wireless Communication and Sensing above 100 GHz
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Title: Simple Mechanics for Life-Saving Technologies: Milli-Spinner Thrombectomy for Stroke Treatment
Renee Zhao,
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University,
3:45pm
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5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
"Development and Mechanistic Interrogation of Photomediated Skeletal Editing Strategies for Nitrogenous Heterocycles"
Sojung Kim,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Hadt Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Painlevé VI: the search for canonical representations
Aaron Landesman,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Mathematics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Mapping the Global Seafloor Using Satellites and Ships: Recent Improvements from SWOT Gravity Using Machine Learning
David Sandwell,
Professor of Geophysics,
Scripps Institute of Oceanography,
University of California, San Diego,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
The History of the Solar System: Insights from JWST Observations of Asteroids
- Public Event
Saturday, December 6th, 2025
8:00am
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12/9
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Monday, December 8th, 2025
10:00am
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Analysis Seminar
Global well-posedness of the stochastic Abelian-Higgs equations in two dimensions.
Bjoern Bringmann,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Veronica Augustyn,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
North Carolina State University,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Sleeping Giants: Telling Case Studies of Changing-look Quasars
Laura Duffy,
graduate student, Penn State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
"Using synchrotron X-rays to unravel the physics of earthquakes"
François Renard,
Professor of Department of Geosciences, Director of NJORD Centre for Studies of the Physics of the Earth,
Department of Geosciences, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
University of Oslo,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The Return of the Kaon
Yuval Grossman,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy (LCSSP) Seminar
Chaos and Coherence in the New Administrative Law
Daniel B. Rodriguez,
Harold Washington Professor of Law,
Pritzker School of Law,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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Math Teaching Seminar
Mathematics Teaching Seminar
Jedi Tsang,
CTLO Program Manager,
Center for Teaching, Learning, & Outreach,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Electron Spin, Chiral Symmetry Breaking, and Life's Homochirality
Furkan Ozturk,
Assistant Professor of Geobiology and Geochemistry; William H. Hurt Scholar,
Geobiology and Geochemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
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Special CMX Lunch Seminar
Understanding Generalization of Deep Generative Models Requires Rethinking Underlying Low-dimensional Structures
Qing Qu,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
University of Michigan,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar
Flow matching for (generalized) Schrödinger bridges and dynamical optimal transport
Stephen Zhang,
PhD Student,
School of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Melbourne,
3:00pm
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar
Mean-Field Actor-Critic Flow: A Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Mean-Field Game
Haosheng Zhou,
PhD Candidate,
Department of Statistics & Applied Probability,
UC Santa Barbara,
3:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Dynamo Action Inside Giant Planets
Paula Wulff,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Heat, wave, and Schrödinger dynamics of Gibbs measures
Bjoern Bringmann,
Associate Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
7:30pm
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
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12/12
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