Institute Calendar
Spring 2014-2015
Monday, April 13th, 2015
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Subsurface Microbiology in the Soudan Iron Mine
Jeffrey A. Gralnick,
Associate Professor,
Department of Microbiology,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar - RESCHEDULED TO MAY 26
First results from DarkSide-50
Maria Monzani,
Stanford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Metal-Carbon Multiple Bonds and New Vistas in Dehydrogenation Catalysis
Daniel J. Mindiola,
Presidential Chair Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
University of Pennsylvania,
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
10:00am
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11:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Collective behavior of asperities as a model for friction and adhesion
Srivatsan Hulikal,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Earth Month Speaker Event
Climate Change Adaptation
Robert Lempert,
Director,
Pardee RAND Graduate School,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Howard & Jan Oringer Seminar
Getting More Women into Tech Careers and Why It Matters
Maria Klawe,
President,
Harvey Mudd College,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Nonlinear Linear Systems Analysis Applied to Networked Dynamical Systems
Enrique Mallada,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Center for the Mathematics of Information,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Oncogenes Hijack T-cell Developmental Programs for Leukemogenesis
Jules P.P. Meijerink,
Dept. of Oncology,
Erasmus MC Rotterdam -Sophia Kinderziekenhuis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Impact Craters: A Useful Tool that Fights Against You Every Step of the Way
Stuart Robbins,
Research Scientist,
Southwest Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Preparing zeolites for specific applications in adsorption and catalysis (research lecture)
Avelino Corma,
Professor,
Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica,
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Everhart Lecture
Building a Brighter Future: Spectrum-Splitting as a Pathway for >50% Efficiency Solar Cells
Carissa Eisler,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2015
7:30am
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6:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Alternating knot with unknotting number one
Duncan Mccoy,
PhD. Student,
Mathematics,
University of Glasgow,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Active Galaxies in Cosmic X-ray Surveys: The Ecology of Distant AGNs
Dave Alexander,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Common Value Auctions with Costly Entry
Juuso Välimäki,
Professor of Economics, Helsinki School of Economics,
Visiting Professor,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Geometry, Topology, and Modern Classifications of Quantum Matter
Wentao (Winston) Fan,
Undergraduate,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Biology Seminar
Coordinating Division with Cell Growth and Differentiation
Jan Skotheim,
Assistant Professor of Biology,
Chemical and Systems Biology,
Stanford,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, April 16th, 2015
12:00am
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4/17
12:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Thermoelectric and spin-thermal solid-state energy conversion
Joseph Heremans,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Ohio State University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
In-vitro Activation of Reconstituted Prokaryotic Ligand-Gated Ion Channel ELIC
Oliver Shafaat,
Department of Chemistry,
California institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Earth Month Speaker Event
Winnett Lounge
Remote Sensing of Global Carbon and Water Cycles
Narendra Das,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Pro-p Iwahori Hecke algebras are Gorenstein
Rachel Ollivier,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
UBC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Environments of Black Holes - New Understandings from NuSTAR
Fiona Harrison,
Benjamin M. Rosen Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Solid catalysts for single and multistep reactions (general lecture)
Avelino Corma,
Professor,
Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica,
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain,
Friday, April 17th, 2015
12:00am
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4/18
12:00am
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12:00am
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4/18
12:00am
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8:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Yang-Mills-Einstein Theory as a Double Copy
Henrik Johansson,
NORDITA and Uppsala University,
11:30am
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Entanglement detection by interfering quantum many-body twins
Rajibul Islam,
Postdoctoral Fellow - Greiner Group, Rubidium Gas Microscopy,
MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms,
12:00pm
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1:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Unfolding the color code
Alex Kubica,
Graduate Student,
Preskill Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Detection of Planted Solutions for Flat Satisfiability Problems
Quentin Berthet,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Molecular-Level Simulations of Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Gases
Michael Gallis,
Engineering Sciences,
Sandia National Laboratories,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
L-space surgeries on links
Yajing Liu,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
The Picture Multiple: Figuring, Thinking, and Knowing in Descartes's Essais (1637)
Melissa Lo, Assistant Curator of the Dibner Collections at the Huntington,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, April 18th, 2015
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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4/19
12:00am
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8:00am
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12:00pm
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9:00am
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9:00am
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lee Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, April 19th, 2015
12:00am
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4/20
12:00am
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12:30pm
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2:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kwon Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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