Institute Calendar
Spring 2009-2010
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
10:30am
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5:00pm
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Video Photography on Campus: Edmond Fereydooni APPROVED
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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1:30pm
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5:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Andreasian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Adventures Among the Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions
Mark Moffett,
biologist and National Geographic photographer,
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:30pm
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
9:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms: Polymerization, C-H Activation and Protonolysis of Bipyrimidine Platinum Methyl Complexes
Suzanne Golisz,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
On the X-ray variability of Type 1, radio-quiet Seyferts
Iosif Papadakis,
University of Crete,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Neocortical Contributions to Individual Orienting Decisions in the Rat
Carlos Brody,
professor of molecular biology,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Main Group and Early Transition Metal Catalysts for the Asymmetric Hydroamination of Alkenes
Kai Carsten Hultzsch,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lectureship in Geological and Planetary Sciences
Using the Paleorecord to Say Something about Future Water Budgets in the American West
Wallace S. Broecker,
professor of geology,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Columbia University **Kliegel Lecture**,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Spectral FFT-based Integral and Differential PDE Solvers for General Domains
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
LHC and CMS
Marat Gataullin,
assistant scientist in high energy physics,
Caltech,
8:30pm
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9:30pm
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9:45pm
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10:45pm
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
9:30am
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11:30am
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10:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Daniel Obenshain,
undergraduate student in computer science,
Caltech,
Evan Gawlik,
undergraduate student in computer science,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Pasadena Community College - APPROVED
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Memories Based on Solid State Atomic Ensembles
Hugues de Riedmatten,
senior researcher in physics,
University of Geneva,
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
The Evolution of AGN in Groups and Clusters of Galaxies
Paul Martini,
assistant professor of astronomy,
Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Transients in the Local Universe
Mansi Kasliwal,
graduate student in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Immune Defense of the Intestinal Epithelial Surface
Lora Hoopes,
Center for Immunology and Microbiology,
University of Texas Southwest Medical Center,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS) Lecture
A Discussion on the Arizona Immigration Law: 'Civil Rights and Politics: Arizona and Beyond'
Matt Gonzalez,
attorney,
Gonzalez & Leigh, LLP,
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
10:00am
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11:00am
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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
Critical Lieb-Thirring Bounds in Gaps and the Generalized Nevai Conjecture for Finite Gap Jacobi Matrices
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Stellar Archaeology: New Science with Old Stars
Anna Frebel,
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Recursive Reconstruction of Sparse Signal Sequences
Namrata Vaswani,
assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering,
Iowa State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Genetic Adaptation to Nutrient Stress in Marine Unicellular Cyanobacteria
Adam Martiny,
assistant professor of Earth system science,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Challenges and Opportunities for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
Yang Shao-Horn,
associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering,
MIT,
4:30pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies Lecture
Titan: A Strange Yet Familiar New World
Oded Ahronson,
associate professor of planetary science,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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8:30pm
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8:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:30am
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12:30pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar
Demand Surge: Increased Losses After Large-Scale Natural Disasters
Anna Olsen,
Willis Research Fellow,
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Neuroimmune Changes in Schizophrenia and Autism: Why Are We (Still) Ignoring Them?
Karoly Mirnics,
professor of psychiatry,
Vanderbilt University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Oxygen isotope compositions of mineral separates from SNC meteorites: Constraints on SNC parental magmas (M. Channon); The temperature and pressure dependence of Ni partitioning between olivine and silicate melt (A. Matzen)
Andrew Matzen,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Melanie Channon,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Biophysics of Hearing: Mechanical Detection by Inner Ear Hair Cells
Dolores Bozovic,
assistant professor of physics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
New Insights into Dynamics of Martians Mass Wasting Processes
Antoine Lucas,
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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9:00am
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The Mellon Conference
The Mellon Conference 2010—The Temper of Evidence II
Mordechai Feingold,
professor of history,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Simulation of Hypervelocity Flow Facility Operation
Graham Candler,
professor of aerospace engineering and mechanics,
University of Minnesota,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Evolution of Anthropogenic Lead during the Past 250 Years
Edward A. Boyle,
professor of ocean geochemistry,
MIT,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Saturday, May 29th, 2010
8:00am
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6/1
5:00pm
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12:30pm
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6:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Arutyunyan Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Aleksandryan Wedding
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4:00pm
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7:30pm
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Photography on Campus: DeSilva Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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6:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Avagyan Wedding
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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