Institute Calendar
Spring 2014-2015
Thursday, May 7th, 2015
Friday, May 8th, 2015
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Geometric engineering, Mirror symmetry and 6d (1,0) to 4d N=2
Dan Xie,
Harvard University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Electrodynamic Effects of Inflationary Gravitons
Richard Woodard,
University of Florida,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Cosmic Neutrinos and Large-scale Structure
Marilena Loverde,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
KICP,
University of Chicago,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Teichmüller space is rigid
Kasra Rafi,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed Alkylation
Shoshana Bachman,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Surface temperature determination of small bodies
Federico Tosi,
Research Associate,
INAF - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica,
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
DMRG Study of a Quantum Hall system
Scott Geraedts,
Graduate Student,
Condensed Matter Theory,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, May 9th, 2015
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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10:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lee Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Vahid & Sarkisyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Derushian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Nina David Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ara Avakian Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 10th, 2015
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, May 11th, 2015
9:00am
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9:01am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar
Precision Landing for SpaceX's Reusable Rockets
Lars Blackmore,
Dr.,
SpaceX,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
"Expanding the Toolkit for Synthetic Biology"
Emmanuel (Emzo) de los Santos,
PhD Candidate,
Bioengineering,
Califoria Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Progress Toward the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Ineleganolide and the Polycyclic Furanobutenolide Norcembranoid Diterpenes and Construction of the Ineleganoloids
Robert Craig,
Graduate Student, Stoltz group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Band Engineering in Thermoelectric Materials Using Optical, Electronic, and Computational Properties
Zachary Gibbs,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Genetic dissection of visual circuits for sensing direction
Andrew Huberman,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurosciences,
University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
A Probabilistic Theory of Deep Learning
Professor Richard G. Baraniuk,
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Founder and Director, OpenStax ,
Rice University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Necessary Luxuries: A New Social Interactions Model, Applied to Keeping Up With the Joneses in India
Krishna Pendakur,
Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
New insights into the early Martian climate from 3D modeling
Robin Wordsworth,
Assistant Professor,
Environmental Sciences and Engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Models with dilepton + jets final states at the LHC
Joshua Berger,
SLAC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Metals and Immunity
Elizabeth M. Nolan,
Associate Professor,
Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Democratizing 3D Human Capture: Getting Hairy!
Hao Li,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science,
University of Southern California,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Using the BayesWave algorithm to detect and characterize binary black hole mergers without waveform templates
Meg Millhouse,
Physics,
Montana State University,
1:30pm
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2:00pm
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Quantifying Earthquake Collapse Risk of Tall Steel Braced Frame Buildings Using Rupture-to-Rafters Simulations
Ramses Mourhatch,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Estimating outcome probabilities of quantum circuits using quasiprobabilities
Stephen Bartlett,
University of Sydney,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
New Route to Biomass-Derived Terephthalic Acid Using Lewis Acid Molecular Sieve Catalysts
Joshua Pacheco,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED | Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Sean Gailmard,
Associate Professor,
Travers Department of Political Science,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Navigating Space-Time with Ultrafast Exciton Photolithography or Scintillating Near-fields to Follow Dynamic Processes in Molecular Materials
Naomi S. Ginsberg,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
From Fast to Ultrafast: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Extreme Movement
Sheila Patek,
Associate Professor,
Department of Biology,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Dynamical stability of imaged planetary systems in formation: Application to HL Tau
Daniel Tamayo,
CITA Fellow,
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics,
University of Toronto,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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