Institute Calendar
Spring 2009-2010
Monday, March 29th, 2010
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Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods and Semiconductor Device Simulation
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Extreme Starburst Galaxies at Low and High Redshift
Anna Franckowiak,
University of Bonn,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar—cancelled
Dana Angluin,
professor of computer science,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Age-Dating Stardust: Possibilities from Comet Wild 2's Micron-sized Refreactory Particles
Hope Ishii,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Reactions of Heterocycles with Electrophilic Ferrocene Diamide Complexes
Paula Diaconescu,
assistant professor of inorganic chemistry,
UCLA,
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
9:30am
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11:30am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Effective Models of Nonlinear Structures Like Fluid Evolution or Riemannian Geometry Using Algebraic Topology
Dennis Sullivan,
SUNY Stony Brook, CUNY Graduate Center,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Nano- and Opto-Mechanical Transducers for Quantum Information Processing
Peter Rabl,
research scholar in physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Neurobiological and Neuroimmune Approaches to Understanding Autism
David Amaral,
professor psychiatry and behavioral science,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Using Troposperic Methane, Stratosperic Aerosol, and Clouds as Tracers of Circulation of Titan
Mate Adamkovics,
postdoctoral researcher in astronomy,
UC Berkeley,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Diamagnetism and Pairing in Hole-Doped High Tc Superconductors
Lu Li,
research fellow in condensed matter physics,
MIT,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
10:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Challenges and Perspectives in Multi-Phase Flow Modeling: Sub-Grid Accurate and Gradient-Augmented Methods
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Formation of Spheroids, Black Holes, and AGN: A Coherent Picture?
Rachel Somerville,
associate astronomer,
Space Telescope Science Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Beckman Institute Seminars
Evolutionary "Arms Races" and What They Can Teach Us about HIV Infection
Sara Sawyer,
assistant professor of molecular genetics and microbiology,
the University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Gnanadesikan Anand,
lecturer in atmospheric and oceanic sciences,
Princeton University,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:30pm
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010
10:00am
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4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Metamaterial Hyperlenses and Spin-wave Resonators Fabricated by Rolled-up Nanotech
Stefan Mendach,
professor of physics,
University of Hamburg,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Tracing Desert Sand Over Tens to Millions of Years
Pieter Vermeesch,
academic fellow in Earth sciences,
Birkbeck College, University of London,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Leveraging the Reactivity of Thioesters and Activated Hydrazones in the Development of New Synthetic Methods: Applications to Natural Product Synthesis
Don Coltart,
professor of chemistry,
Duke University ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics with Quantum Optical Systems
Peter Zoller,
University of Innsbruck,
and Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Science,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Simulating Atmospheric Phenomena on Io: Plumes, Glows and Flows
David Goldstein,
Computational Fluid Physics Laboratory,
the University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Fiction and Scientific Modeling
Roman Frigg,
senior lecturer in philosophy,
London School of Economics,
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Towards a Construction of Holographic Superconductors
Wen-Yu Wen,
visitor in physics,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Functions of Key Structural Unit and Performance Optimization in Novel Thermoelectric Materials
Lidong Chen,
professor,
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
12:00pm
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8:00pm
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2:00pm
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7:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
DNS of Boundary Layer Transition over Textured and Rough Surfaces
David Goldstein,
professor,
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering ,
the University of Texas at Austin,
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Hydrodynamic Limits for the Boltzmann Equations
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Nonproductive Events in Ring-Closing Metathesis
Keith Keitz,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Ancient Greek Atomism and the Mechanical Philosophy
Sylvia Berryman,
associate professor of philosophy,
University of British Columbia,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
9:30am
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2:30pm
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11:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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6:30pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Gegezyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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7:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
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1:00am
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
12:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Investigating the Physical Basis of Biomineralization
Patricia Dove,
professor of geochemistry and biogeochemistry,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Coordination Chemistry of Triazacyclohexanes and Hexaazaisowurtzitanes: from Metal Clusters to Metal Mediated Cage Degradation
Randolf Kohn,
professor of chemistry,
University of Bath,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Landau-Zener Problem in Many Body Systems: Applications to Cold Atoms, Cavity QED and Superconductivity
Victor Gurarie,
professor of physics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
A Few Interesting Trees in the WIMP Forest
Tim Tait,
theoretical high energy physicist,
UC Irvine,
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
9:00am
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11:00am
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IST Lunch Bunch
Adaptive Data Analysis via Nonlinear Compressed Sensing
Thomas Y. Hou,
Powell Professor of Applied and Computional Mathematics,
Caltech,