Institute Calendar
Spring 2010-2011
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tessier 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: Zhang Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Orshan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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Sunday, April 17th, 2011
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:30pm
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6:30pm
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8:30pm
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
12:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Ground-based Exoplanet Imaging: New Science Programs and the Prospects for Discovery
Justin Crepp,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
The Role of Fluctuation Theorems in Experimental Biology
Johan Paulsson,
associate professor of systems biology,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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4/22
5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Software Synthesis using Automated Reasoning
Ruzica Piskac,
Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Switzerland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Epeirogenic Transients Related to Mantle Lithosphere Removal in the Southern Sierra Nevada Region
Jason Saleeby,
professor of geology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Multi-Electron Reactivity from Redox-Active-Ligand Complexes of Electrophilic Transition Metals
Alan F. Heyduk,
associate professor of chemistry,
UC Irvine,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Nonlocal Maximum Principles for Active Scalars
Alex Kiselev,
professor of mathematics,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Computing Complex Dynamic Phenomena: Dynamic Brittle Fracture, Heat Flow over Growing Cracks, and Enhanced Mixing of Granular Matter
Florin Bobaru,
associate professor of engineering mechanics,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Game Theory for Security: Lessons Learned from Deployed Applications
Milind Tambe,
professor of computer science and industrial and systems engineering,
USC,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Biophysics and Protein Engineering with Non-Canonical Amino Acids
James A. Van Deventer,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Improving Telescopes with Quantum Repeaters
Daniel Gottessman,
Perimeter Institute,
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.
Michael F. A'Hearn,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Mapping Biological Pathways and Networks Using Yeast Functional Genomics
Brenda Andrews,
Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Topic to be announced.
Jonathan Fortney,
assistant professor of astrophysics,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Density Functional Simulations of Phase Change Materials: Amorphization and Crystallization in Nanoseconds
Robert O. Jones,
professor,
Juelich Research Center,
Institut fur Festkorperforschung (IFF) ,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Discovery of Vaniprevir (MK-7009): A Macrocyclic Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4a Protease Inhibitor
John A. McCauley,
senior research fellow in medicinal chemistry,
Merck & Co., Inc.,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Herschel Observations of Molecular Oxygen in Orion
Paul Goldsmith,
senior research scientist,
JPL,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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1:15pm
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2:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Chandra's First Decade (Plus) of Discovery (13th Annual Greenstein Lecturer)
Harvey Tananbaum,
CHANDRA Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Searching a Bargain: Power of Strategic Commitment
Selcuk Ozyurt,
assistant professor of economics,
Sabanci University,
4:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Markov Logic in Machine Reading
Hoifung Poon,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Recent Developments in Real-World Tropical Cyclogenesis
Michael T. Montgomery,
professor of meteorology,
Naval Postgraduate School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Recent Theoretical Thermoelectric Work at ORNL
David Parker,
Physicist,
Materials Science and Technology Division,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Creating Chiral Molecules and Materials: The Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction in the Creation of Chiral Molecules, and the Study of Chiral Mesoporous Materials based on Axially Chiral Monomers
Cathleen M. Crudden,
professor of chemistry,
Queen's University,
4:45pm
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6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Reports of Alien Life: Stranger Than Truth"
JPL
Dr. Ken Nealson,
Director,
Geobiology Program,
University of Southern California,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:45pm
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8:45pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
9:00am
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Chemical Development of Vaniprevir (MK-7009)
Cheng Y. Chen,
Dr.,
Merck & Co., Inc,
11:30am
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar—cancelled
Marita Huebner,
Weisman Postdoctoral Instructor in History of Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
The Ultrasensitive, Ultrastable Signaling Lattice of Bacterial Chemotaxis: Kinase On-Off Switching Revealed by a New FRET Method
Joseph J. Falke,
professor of chemistry and biochemistry,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar - CANCELED
P. Read Montague,
adjunct professor in neuroscience,
Baylor College of Medicine,
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar—cancelled
Eric Shusta,
professor of chemical and biological engineering,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Experimental Study of Bedrock Incision Processes by Both Suspended Load and Bedload Abrasions, and Modifications of the Saltation-Abrasion Model
Phairot Chatanantavet,
postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Light and Sound
Andrew Cleland,
professor of physics,
UC Santa Barbara,