Institute Calendar
Spring 2010-2011
Monday, May 16th, 2011
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Is it all connected? Understanding the Relationship Between Behavioral Phenomena
Pietro Ortoleva,
assistant professor of economics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Image-based Morphometry in Medicine and Biology: Segmentation and Visualization of Summarizing Trends and Discriminating Information
Gustavo K. Rohde,
assistant professor,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering ,
Carnegie Mellon University,
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Deformation Behavior of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Bundles
Shelby Hutchens,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
The Biological Activity of Rhodium Metalloinsertors
Russell Ernst,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
On the Role of Neutral Mutations in Adaptation
Joshua B. Plotkin,
assistant professor of biology, computer and information science,
the University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Efficient Estimation of Convex Moment Inequalities
Andres Santos,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
How Early Experience Shapes Circuits for Vocal Perception and Production
Richard Mooney,
professor of neurobiology,
Duke University School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Some Windows into the Complexity of Earthquake Dynamics: Slow and Fast Rupture Patterns
Jean-Paul (Pablo) Ampuero,
assistant professor of seismology,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Some Simple Models to Study the Stability of Incompressible Fluid
Congming Li,
professor of applied mathematics,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
4:15pm
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Identification of Hysteretic Response of Individual Lateral Load Resisting Systems in a Torsionally-Coupled Shear Building under Seismic Excitations
Roshanak Omrani,
lecturer in civil and environmental engineering,
UCLA,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Protease Inhibitors and the Discovery of Telaprevir
Jeremy Green,
Chemical Research,
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Phage-host Interaction in Nature
Arbel Tadmor,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Sustainable Ecosystems: Enabled by Supply and Demand Side Management
Chandrakant Patel,
senior fellow and director,
sustainable ecosystems research group,
HP Labs ,
2:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Topic to be announced.
Todd Thompson,
Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Multiscale Simulation for Biomolecular Engineering: Protein Allostery and Deconstruction of Cellulose Microfibril
Jhih-Wei Chu,
assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Gene Therapy for Red-Green Color Blindness
Jay Neitz,
professor of ophthalmology,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Equilibrium Checks and Balances
James Robinson,
David Florence Professor of Government,
Harvard University,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
8:00am
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Bounding the Rate Distortion Performance of Voice and Video Codecs
Jerry Gibson,
professor and chair,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mechanisms of Long-term Survival and Evolution in Bacteria
Steven Finkel,
USC,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Materials Science on a Single Defect Level: Mapping Bias-induced Transformation in Ferroelectric and Electrochemical Systems
Sergei Kalinin,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development and Application of CarbonCarbon Bond Forming Reactions
Regan J. Thomson,
professor of chemistry,
Northwestern University,
4:15pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Lensfree On-Chip Microscopy and Tomography Toward Telemedicine Applications
Aydogan Ozcan,
professor of electrical engineering,
California Nanosystems Institute,
UCLA,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Individual Particle Motion at the Microscale: A Brownian Ballet
Roseanna Zia,
graduate student in mechanical engineering,
Caltech,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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CPET Seminar: "The Dos and Don'ts of Teaching Statements"
Andrea Armani,
professor of chemical engineering and materials science,
USC,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
7:30am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Burden of Proof—Weighing the Costs of Cheap Energy
Aaron Wolf,
graduate student in geology and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
10:00am
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development of Plant Manufacturing Processes of Key Intermediates for HCV Drug Candidate Telaprevir
Gerald J. Tanoury,
Chemical Development,
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
11:30am
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Social Pain and Pleasure: Exploring the Neural Systems Underlying Social Rejection and Connection
Naomi Eisenberger,
assistant professor of psychology,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Directional Detection: Searching for the Dark Matter Wind
Jocelyn Monroe,
assistant professor of physics,
Laboratory for Nuclear Science,
MIT,
6:00pm
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Friday, May 20th, 2011
10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Electrocatalysis in Solid Acid Fuel Cells
Mary Louie,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Binomial Geometry of SU(5) GUTs in F-theory
Mboyo Esole,
Harvard University,
12:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Exploiting Network Effects in the Provisioning of Large Scale Systems
Jayakrishnan Nair,
graduate student in electrical engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Modulated Interface Lithography {MIL}: The Nanoworld Beyond Bénard Instability
Sandra M. Troian,
professor of applied physics, aeronautics, and mechanical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Multimetallic Manganese and Manganese-Calcium Complexes Relevant to the Oxygen Evolving Center of Photosystem II
Jacob S. Kanady,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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Caltech Biotechnology Club Speaker
China and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Gerard Jensen,
director of development and technical services,
Gilead Sciences, San Dimas, CA,
7:00pm
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