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Monday, April 20th, 2015
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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What the World Eats

San Pasqual Walk
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Dawn, Asteroid Retrieval and Solar Electric Propulsion
John Brophy, Dr., Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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JCAP Seminar

Jorgensen 109
In Situ Study of Materials Transformations at the Atomic Level
Haimei Zheng, Staff Scientist, Materials Science Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar

Baxter B125
On the Long Run Volatility of Stocks
Carlos Carvalho, Associate Professor of Statistics, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Planet migration by multi-body gravitational interactions
Cristobal Petrovich, Graduate Student, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
The shape of new physics in (semi-)leptonic B decays
Rodrigo Alonso de Pablo, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar--CANCELLED TO BE RESCHEDULED NEXT YEAR

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
TBA
Joel Rosenthal, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Want to know what works in teaching?

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Earth Month Workshop

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
Citizen Engagement Workshop
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding B117
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Entrepreneurship in Guatemala

Avery Library
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Enabling Physics Discoveries, Networking for High Energy Physics and Data Intensive Science
Dorian Kcira, Research Scientist, Compact Muon Solenoid group, High Energy Physics, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Systems Biology Supergroup Meeting

Broad 100
Dynamics of Epigenetic Silencing in Single Cells
Lacramioara Bintu, Elowitz Lab, Caltech ,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop - "You and Your Thesis"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Annenberg 107
Near-linear constructions of exact unitary 2-designs
Debbie Leung, Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Chromatic Circuit Assembly and Function in Drosophila
Chi-hon Lee, Investigator, Neuroscience, NIH/NICHD,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
G4v - An Engineering Approach to Gravitation
Carver Mead, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
The Composition of Vesta: What we are learning about the Smallest Terrestrial Planet.
Eleonora Ammannito, Postdoc, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics

Annenberg 105
Coarsening of Particle Systems
Professor David Levermore, Mathematics Department, University of Maryland, College Park,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy

Baxter B125
Competing for Loyalty: The Dynamics of Political Support
Matias Iaryczower, Assistant Professor of Politics, Department of Politics, Princeton University,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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The Future of Earthquake Hazard Mitigation: How Will Earthquakes Impact Southern California?

Off Campus
  • Public Event
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
11:00am – 12:00pm
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IQI Special Seminar

Annenberg 107
Robust Phase Estimation with Applications to Single-Qubit Process Parameter Estimation
Shelby Kimmel, University of Maryland in QuICS,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Earth Month Speaker Event

Winnett Lounge
The Energy/Water Nexus
Steve Frei, Principal, Affiliated Engineers, Inc,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Top Ten Things I Learned in India

Avery Library
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Dendrites Inhibition in Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries
Asghar Aryanfar, Graduate Student, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
1:30pm – 3:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Kellogg 307
Every analytic equivalence relation with all Borel classes is a Borel equivalence relation somewhere
William Chan, Grad Student, Mathematics, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Catalytic Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Carbons Bearing Amines and Heteroaromatics
Catharine H. Larsen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside,
3:00pm – 6:00pm
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(Baseball) La Verne vs. Caltech

3:00pm – 6:00pm
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(Baseball) TBD vs. Caltech

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Cosmology with Planck 2015
George Efstahiou, Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125
Dynamic Rational Inattention
Philipp Sadowski, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Duke University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CNS Talk

Moore 139
Computation / Visualization Framework
Chess Steston, Ph.D., Helynx,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Can Global Warming be Held to 2 Degrees Celsius above Pre-Industrial?
David Lea, Professor, Department of Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Recent Progress in the Development of Efficient Thermoelectric Materials: The Case of Mg2Si1-xSnx Solid Solutions
Ctirad Uher, C. Wilbur Peters Collegiate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar

The 4th Generator of the Odd K-Theory of 3-Dimensional Noncommutative Tori
Viktor Kasatkin, Graduate Student, Mathematics, Caltech,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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CPET Seminar - Filling the Great Teaching Void: Unusual Teaching Concepts

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Armand R. Tanguay, Jr., Professor of Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, Ophthalmology, Physics, and Astronomy, University of Southern California,
5:00pm – 6:30pm
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Resnick Sustainability Institute Earth Day Event: "Element 19" Screening & Panel Discussion

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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"Earth Right Now"—Interactive Community + Climate Conversation

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Earth Day Event: Staged Reading of "Two Degrees"

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Women's Tennis) Caltech at Ojai Valley Tournament

10:00am – 3:00pm
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Take Our Children to Work Day

Winnett Lounge
10:30am – 12:30pm
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Campus Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
10:30am – 11:30am
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Radioactive Sealed Sources Orientation

Keith Spalding B117
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Steele 102
Unraveling yielding in BCC metals from crystal plasticity calculations: A multiscale computational approach fitted to first principles calculations
Jamie Marian, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Toastmasters Club Meeting

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radiation Safety Orientation - Radioactive Material Handling

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Exploiting riboswitches to study and manipulate bacterial signaling
Ming Hammond, Assistant Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar

Baxter B125
Strategic Network Formation with Many Agents
Konrad Menzel, New York University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Andrew Zuza
Andrew Zuza, Graduate Student, UCLA,
4:00pm – 6:30pm
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International Food Fair & Culture Show

Avery Courtyard
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

On the non-triviality of generalised Heegner cycles modulo p
Ashay Burungale, Graduate Student, Mathematics, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Interferometry in a strong light
Cindy Regal, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder,
5:30pm – 6:30pm
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Everhart Lecture

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Seminar Title TBA
Roarke Horstmeyer, Graduate Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, Caltech,
5:30pm – 6:30pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Man and Machine: Reports from the Front Lines of Exploration
Jeff J. Marlow, PhD Candidate, Geobiology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Beginning & Intermediate Salsa Class

South Catalinas Recreation Room
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Robots to the Rescue!: JPL's RoboSimian and Surrogate Robots are here to Help
Brett Kennedy, Supervisor, Robotic Vehicles and Manipulators Group, JPL,
Friday, April 24th, 2015
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Men's Tennis) Caltech at Ojai Valley Tournament

12:00am – 12:00am
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(Track) Triton Invitational

12:00am – 4/25 12:00am
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(Women's Tennis) Caltech at Ojai Valley Tournament

8:30am – 5:00pm
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The Theory of Bringing Privacy into Practice

Annenberg 105
The Theory of Bringing Privacy into Practice
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Materialities, Texts and Images (MTI) Workshop

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Getting Perspective
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Integral geometry and the entropic nature of points and lengths
Bartek Czech, Stanford,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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The French Connection

Avery Library
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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(Women's Water Polo) Caltech vs. Occidental

2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Memorial Service for Thomas A. Tombrello, Jr., Robert H. Goddard Professor of Physics

Athenaeum
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
The Impact of Environment on Galaxy Evolution
Stephanie Tonnesen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Observatories,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Nonlinear Model Reduction in Computational Mechanics: Local Reduced Bases, Hyper Reduction, and Real-Time Simulations
Charbel Farhat, Vivian Church Hoff Professor of Aircraft Structures, Chairman of Department of Aeronautics an dAstronautics, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

A characterization of virtually embedded subsurfaces in 3-manifolds
Yi Liu, Taussky - Todd Instructor, Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar--CANCELLED

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
TBA
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Unfolding the color code
Alex Kubica, Graduate Student - Preskill Group,