Institute Calendar
Spring 2009-2010
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
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Frank E. Marble Lecture in Aerospace
New Perspectives in Combustion Dynamics and Control
Sébastien Candel,
professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,
Ecole Centrale ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Robo-AO: Robotic Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics on the Palomar 60-inch in 2011
Nicholas Law,
University of Toronto,
Christoph Baranec,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Randomness and Predictability of Cellular Response in Bacteria
Philippe Cluzel,
professor of applied physics and professor of molecular and cellular biology,
Harvard Unversity,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Probing the Natural Scene by Echolocation in Bats
Cynthia Moss,
professor of psychology,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Partial Identification and Confidence Sets for Functionals of the Joint Distribution of Potential Outcomes
Fan Yanqin,
professor of economics,
Vanderbilt University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
High Pressure Nanoprobes for Studying Earth and Planetary Interiors
Wendy Mao,
assistant professor of geological and environmental sciences,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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7:30pm
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4:10pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Fun on the Honeycomb Lattice: Luttinger Liquids and Frustrated Magnetism
Arun Paramekanti,
assistant professor of physics,
University of Toronto,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Discrete Stochastic Simulation of Spatially Inhomogeneous Biochemical Systems
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Observing the Dimensionality of Our Parent Vacuum
Peter Graham,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Stanford University,
8:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
9:30am
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11:30am
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10:00am
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10:20am
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IST Lunch Bunch
Adaptive Performance Optimization for Large Scale Web Application
David Wei,
Facebook,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
The Electronic Structure of tris(dithiolene) Metal Complexes: Where are the (Valence) Electrons?
Stephen Sproules,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Max-Planck-Institut fur Bioanorganische Chemie, Mulheim, Germany,
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Hidden Quadratic Polynomials and Dihedral Subgroups
Pawel Wocjan,
assistant professor of computer science,
University of Central Florida,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Characterization of the Functional Diversity and Evolvability of Chimeric Enzymes Assembled Using Structure-Guided SCHEMA Recombination
Martina Carbone,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
3:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way's Nuclear Stellar Cluster
Rainer Schodel,
research fellow,
Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia—CSIC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Microfluidic Bioseparations and Rapid Directed Evolution of Molecules
Hyongsok (Tom) Soh,
associate professor of mechanical engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Identification Regions in Models with Convex Predictions: Games, Individual Choice, and Incomplete Data
Francesca Molinari,
associate professor of economics,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Spark-Ignited Explosions: The Intersection of Chemistry, Fluid Mechanics, and Electrodynamics
Sally Bane,
graduate student,
Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Auditory Cortical Processing in Young and Old Primates
Gregg Recanzone,
professor of neuroscience,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
The Golden Age of Exoplanet Spin-Orbit Measurements
John Johnson,
assistant professor of astronomy,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
8:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Si Microwire-Array Solar Cells
Morgan Putnam,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization: Galaxy Buildup in the First Gyr
Garth Illingworth,
Lick Observatory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Of Trolleys and Cheaters: Automatic and Controlled Processes in Moral Judgment
Joshua Greene,
assistant professor of psychology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Wetting and Drying Effects on Soil Microbial Communities in a California Grassland Ecosystem
Patricia Holden,
professor of environmental microbiology,
UCSB,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Discovery and Characterization of Novel Materials for Electrical Energy Generation and Storage: Fuel Cells, Batteries, and Super-Caps
Hector Abruna,
professor of chemistry and chemical biology,
Cornell University,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
8:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Colloids in Confined Geometries: Hydrodynamics, Simulation and Rheology
James W. Swan,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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Biochemistry Seminar
Developing General Methods for Solid-State NMR of Membrane Proteins
Rachel Martin,
assistant professor of chemistry,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Seminar in American Studies
War, Gin and Governmentality: the British Experience, 1748–1754
Nicholas Rogers,
professor of history,
York University, Canada,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Apatite: Great mineral? Or the greatest mineral?
Jeremy Boyce,
visitor in geochemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Moore Distinguished Lecture
Energy Materials and Climate Change
Linda F. Nazar,
professor of chemistry and electrical engineering,
University of Waterloo, Canada,
Friday, May 21st, 2010
11:00am
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GALCIT Colloquium
Dynamic Optical Investigations of Hypervelocity Impact Damage
Leslie Lamberson,
graduate student in aerospace,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Rock Damage, Earthquakes and Faults
Yehuda Ben-Zion,
professor of geophysics,
USC,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Synthesis and Reactivity of Trinuclear Copper Complexes
Emily Y. Tsui,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Weigle Lecture
Electron cryo-Microscopy: From Molecules to Systems
Wolfgang Baumeister,
Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry,
4:30pm
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
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