Institute Calendar
Spring 2007-2008
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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9:30pm
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9:30pm
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10:30pm
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
6:00am
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10:00pm
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8:30am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Out-of-Equilibrium Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices
Ulrich Schollwock,
professor of physics,
Technical University of Aachen,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lecture in Engineering and Applied Science
Mechanical Engineering Education at MIT: Some Ongoing Experiments
Rohan Abeyaratne,
professor of mechanical engineering,
MIT,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Stellar Remnants as Cosmological Probes
Jason Kalirai,
postdoctoral fellow,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar—cancelled
Pietro De Camilli,
professor of cell biology,
Yale University School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking, Bosons, Dibosons
Andrew Askew,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Florida State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Pistols! Treason! Murder!: A Multimedia Assassination
Jonathan Walker,
research fellow in history,
University of Sydney,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
9:00am
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9:30am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Lubinsky Universality and Clock Spacing for Ergodic Orthogonal Polynomials
Barry Simon,
IBM Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Sensitivity of Low Clouds to Aspects of Climate Change
Robert Wood,
assistant professor of atmospheric sciences,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
First Results from CARMA
John Carpenter,
senior research associate in astronomy, Caltech, and director,
Owens Valley Radio Observatory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computer Science Seminar
A Two-Sided Market Analysis of Provider Investment Incentives with an Application to the Net-Neutrality Issue
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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6:15pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Environmental Impacts of Coffee Agriculture
Gretchen Keppel Aleks,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Single Unit Studies of Intertemporal Choice
Paul Gilmcher,
professor of neural science, economics, and psychology,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
The Rise of Tibet; Stable Isotope Constraints
Jay Quade,
professor of soil geochemistry,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Warped Geometry: Consequences and LHC Signatures
Lisa Randall,
professor of physics,
Harvard University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
10:00am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium: Thesis Defense
A Bio-inspired Computational Model of Cardiac Mechanics: Pathology and Development
Anna Grosberg,
graduate student in bioengineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Biological Effects of Mismatch-Specific Rhodium Metalloinsertors
Russell Ernst,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Unconventional Integrated Sources for Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Signals
Farhan Rana,
assistant professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Electrolysis Before the Modern Ionic Theory: Underdetermination, Closure, and Pluralism
Hasok Chang,
senior lecturer in philosophy of science,
University College London,
4:59pm
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5:00pm
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5:00pm
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9:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Puckett Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
2:00am
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8:00pm
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9:00am
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5:00pm
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9:30am
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12:30pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Camera Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tantoushian/Dagilyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Babayan/Gharibian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
7:00am
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11:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The Radius-Luminosity Relationship: New Results from Reverberation Mapping and HST Imaging
Misty Betz,
postdoctoral researcher in astronomy,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
David Fitzpatrick,
professor of neurobiology,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Laboratory Experiments on Metal-Silicate Plumes and Planetary Core Formation
Dayanthie Weeraratne,
assistant professor of geological sciences,
Cal State Northridge,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Warped/Composite Physics at the TeV Scale
Raman Sundrum,
professor,
department of physics and astronomy,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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5:15pm
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7:15pm
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9:30pm
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