Institute Calendar
Spring 2010-2011
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Thermal Stability of Topological Order and Feasibility of Efficient Self-Correcting Quantum Memory
Beni Yoshida,
UC Berkeley,
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
An All-Sky Automated Survey for the Brightest Supernovae
Jose Prieto,
Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Solid State Nano-photonic Quantum Technologies
Andrei Faraon,
Hewlett Packard Laboratories,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
New Ideas in Gravitational-wave Data Analysis
Curt Cutler,
senior faculty associate in physics, Caltech ,
and group supervisor in relativistic astrophysics,
JPL,
Michele Vallisneri,
visiting associate in physics, Caltech,
and research scientist in astrophysics and space sciences ,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Aerosols on the Ancient Earth: Lessons from Saturn's Moon Titan
Margaret A. Tolbert,
Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
and Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado, Boulder and CIRES,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Cognition
Neil Burgess,
Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience,
University College London,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Topic to be announced.
Shane Byrne,
assistant professor,
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Second-Guessing, Structure, and Information in Bureaucratic Politics (joint with Sean Gailmard)
John Patty,
associate professor of political science,
Washington Univesity, St. Louis,
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: McCleary Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
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
Szego Theorem for Finite and Infinite Gap OPUC
Maxim Zinchenko,
assistant professor of mathematics,
University of Central Florida,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Collective Origin of Spiral Structure in Disk Galaxies
Lars Hernquist,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Approximately Optimal Mechanism Design via Differential Privacy
Rann Smorodinsky,
associate professor of economics and finance,
Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Magnetic Quasiparticle Scattering Mechanism of Spin-resonance Behavior and Its Relationship with Quasiparticle Interference Pattern in High-Tc Superconductors
Tanmoy Das,
Postdoctoral research associate in theoretical condensed matter physics ,
Los Alamos National Lab,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Cenozoic Seawater Chemistry and Climate—Insights from Magnesium Isotopes
John Higgins,
researcher in geosciences,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Late-Stage Fluorination
Tobias Ritter,
professor of chemistry and chemical biology,
Harvard University,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Flirty, Chaste, Promiscuous: What Yeast Can Teach Us About Controlling Cell Fate
Kate Galloway,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:45pm
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8:45pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
8:30am
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12:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Can Nuclear Power Be As Safe As Milk?
Nahtan Dalleska,
lecturer in chemistry,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5/13
5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
The Architecture of Human Telomerase RNA
Juli Feigon,
professor of biochemistry,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Towards a Computational Account of Human Pain and Aversive Learning
Benjamin Seymour,
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging,
University College London,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Volatiles in Arc Volcanoes: Understanding Volatile Loss from Melt Inclusions
Marion Le Voyer,
postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Technology and the Scientific Method: Tools and Policies for Addressing the Credibility Crisis in Computational Science
Victoria Stodden,
assistant professor of statistics,
Columbia University,
4:45pm
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6:00pm
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CMA presents "SpaceX: Growing a Launch Business from Scratch"
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Gwynne Shotwell,
President,
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX),
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, May 13th, 2011
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
U-duality, Minimal Unitary Representations and AdS/CFT Duality
Munat Gunaydin,
Pennsylvania State University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMA and the Caltech Y Present "America's Energy Challenges"
Dr. Steven Koonin (BS '72),
Under Secretary for Science,
U.S. Department of Energy,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Asymptotic Equivalence of Stable Matching Mechanisms
Sang Mok Lee,
graduate student in humanities and social sciences,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Donald Coles Lecture in Aerospace
Research Threads in Propulsion, from Wax Fuels to Wastewater
Brian J. Cantwell,
professor of engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
You drink. You drive. You go to jail. Where's recursion?
Daniel Everett,
dean of arts and sciences,
Bentley University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Overconnectivity - How Internet Enhanced Positive Feedback Drives Institutional Change
William Davidow,
Mohr Davidow Ventures and Caltech Trustee,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Gas-Phase Synthesis, Thermochemistry and Reactivity of Coinage Metal Benzylidenes and Aminonitrenes
Alexey Fedorov,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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5/14
3:00am
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Saturday, May 14th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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6:00pm
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12:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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Sunday, May 15th, 2011
9:00am
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5:00pm
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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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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:30pm
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6:30pm
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8:00pm
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11:00pm
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