Institute Calendar
Spring 2007-2008
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
9:00am
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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
Quantum Communication with Two Zero-Capacity Channels
Graeme Smith,
postdoctoral scholar,
T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Non-Linear and Non-Local Hydrodynamics of Swimming Microorganisims
Eric Lauga,
assistant professor,
mechanical and aerospace engineering ,
UC San Diego,
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
Topic to be announced.
Charles Steidel,
DuBridge Professor of Astronomy,
Caltech,
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Calculating the Closed String Partition Function of a Calabi-Yau A-infinity Category
Kevin Costello,
assistant professor of mathematics,
Northwestern University,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Some Coolness Concerning (Martian) Global Warming and Reflections on the Role of Surface Dust
Mark Richardson,
associate professor of planetary science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Molecular Paths to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease
Ming Guo,
department of neurology and pharmacology, Brain Research Institute,
UCLA School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Photon Analysis Techniques at CDF and Latest Results
Max Goncharov,
research scientist in physics,
Texas A&M University,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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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
Universality Limits for Random Matrices via Classical Complex Analysis
Doron Lubinsky,
professor of mathematics,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Osmotic Propulsion
Ubaldo Cordova-Figueroa,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The "*" in IPCC Predictions of Ice Sheet Contributions to Sea-Level Change
Ian Joughin,
applied physics laboratory, Polar Science Center,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Coherent Optics and Hybrid Silicon—III-V Devices
Amnon Yariv,
Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and professor of electrical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Neil Cornish,
assistant professor of physics,
Montana State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Engineering Cardiac Myogenesis and Contractility
Adam Feinberg,
postdoctoral fellow in disease biophysics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Nanomechanical Characterization and Modeling
Gang Feng,
professor of engineering,
Brown University,
6:15pm
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7:30pm
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
8:00am
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6/6
5:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Civil War Ends in Yosemite: Nature and Politics in 19th-Century America
Bill Deverell,
director,
Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West,
9:00am
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5/24
5:00pm
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9:00am
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11:30pm
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Photonics with Ultrafast Laser Pulses—From Basic Research to Medical Applications
Torsten Fiebig,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Boston College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
New Insights into Protein Quality Control by the Ribosome Following Peptide Bond Formation
Rachel Green,
HHMI Investigator and professor of molecular biology and genetics,
the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Molecular Signatures of Life at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field
Alex Bradley,
graduate student in earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Spin Liquid: From Drought to Deluge
Patrick A. Lee,
professor of physics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Nonlinear Pricing in Yellow Pages
Quang H. Vuong,
professor of economics,
Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The Origins of Morality—Empathy, Rules, and Causal Reasoning
Alison Gopnik,
professor of psychology,
UC Berkeley,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Nori Iizuka,
Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Characterization and Structure of mechanosensitive channels of small conductance
Yan Shuen Poon,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Development and Evaluation of Protein Design Methods for Functional Targets
Christina Vizcarra,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Modeling Earthquakes as Frictional Ruptures: Slip Pulses, Fault Stress, and Supershear Propagation
Nadia Lapusta,
assistant professor in mechanical engineering and geophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Effects of Pendant Lewis Acids on the Reductive Coupling of Carbon Monoxide
Alexander J. Miller,
graduate student in chemistry,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Malcom Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
12:45pm
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1:45pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Duran Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:15pm
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10:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Doktor/Cummings Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Vizcarra/Rosales Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
2:00pm
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4:30pm
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10:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Okhanes/Chavez Party
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tiangco Wedding Party
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
8:00am
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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