Institute Calendar
Spring 2015-2016
Saturday, April 16th, 2016
3:00pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
Photography on Campus:Yunshajyan/Topchyan Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
Photography on Campus:Sommers/Ponton Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, April 18th, 2016
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
Earth Week Speaker Event
Data Science for Water Sustainability
Noah Olsman,
Graduate Student, Control and Dynamical Systems,
Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
Patrick Atwater,
Project Manager,
initial phase of the California Statewide Data Collaborative,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Quantum representations and higher-rank Prym varieties
Johan Martens,
Lecturer and Chancellor Fellow,
Mathematics,
University of Edinburgh,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Bioengineering Lecture
"Translating a Trillion Points of Data into Therapies, Diagnostics, and New Insights into Disease"
Atul Butte,
Department of Pediatrics,
UCSF,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Subtle Is the noise, but malicious it is not: exploring the dynamic benefits of intracellular randomness
Professor Mustafa Khammash,
Control Theory and Systems Biology, Head, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE),
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETHZ),
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Mars: The Planet that Lost an Ocean's Worth of Water
Geronimo Villanueva,
Planetary Scientist,
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
High Energy Physics Seminar
Deep Underground Xenon Observatory in China: the PandaX Experiment
Jianglai Liu,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Capturing Metals and Non-Innocent Ligands for Medicinal and Synthetic Applications
Elisa Tomat,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
Earth Week Speaker Event
Winnett Lounge
The 21st Century Solar Army
Bryan Hunter,
Caltech Graduate Student, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
IST Lunch Bunch
Spy vs. Spy: Anonymous Messaging over Networks
Giulia Fanti,
Coordinated Science Lab,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
Math Graduate Seminar
Spectral Theory of Dynamical Systems
Peter Burton,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
–
4:00pm
Add to Cal
3:00pm
–
4:00pm
Add to Cal
Logic Seminar
Weak containment of measure preserving group actions
Peter Burton,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
3:00pm
–
4:00pm
Add to Cal
PhD Thesis Seminar
Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Ligand Bound States of the FeMo-cofactor of Nitrogenase
Kathryn Perez,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Rees group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
The Gaseous Halo of the Milky Way: A Close-up View of Galactic Inflow and Outflow
Dr. Andrew Fox,
STScI,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Chemical Physics Seminar
Atmospheric Secondary Organic Aerosols Viewed Through Analytical Chemistry
Giuseppe Petrucci,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Vermont,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
General Biology Seminar
Light-Mediated Ion Transport and Cyclic Nucleotide Production" Biophysical and Optogenetic Perspectives
Peter Hegemann,
Professor,
Institute of Biology, Experimental Biophysics,
Humboldt University Berlin,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Mathematics Colloquium
The microstructure of spacetime and classification of superparticles
Veeravalli Varadarajan,
Professor of Mathematics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Planetary Science Seminar
Evolution of Circumstellar Disks and Planet Formation
Wladimir Lyra,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
California State University at Northridge,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Agency Problems in Campaign Finance
Gregory Martin, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Emory University,
5:00pm
–
6:30pm
Add to Cal
Earth Week Speaker Event
Challenges and Opportunities for Renewable Fuel Technologies
John Gregoire,
Thrust 2 Coordinator for Photoelectrocatalysis,
Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP),
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, April 20th, 2016
11:00am
–
12:00pm
Add to Cal
LIGO Seminar
On the hunt for continuous gravitational waves from unknown neutron stars in binary systems
Evan ,
Goetz,
PMA - LIGO,
Caltech,
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
Earth Week Speaker Event
Winnett Lounge
Effective Sustainability Policy
Andy Wilson,
Pasadena District 7 Councilmember ,
Shari Thomas,
Interim General Manager for Pasadena Water and Power ,
Morey Wolfson,
Pasadena Environmental Advisory Committee Member,
John Onderdonk,
Director of Sustainability Programs,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
Mathematical Physics Seminar
Dissipative transport in the localization regime
Jeffrey Schenker,
Mathematics,
Michigan State,
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
2:00pm
–
3:00pm
Add to Cal
3:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Geometry and Topology Seminar
The colored Jones polynomial and boundary slopes of pretzel knots
Christine Lee,
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow,
Mathematics,
University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Astronomy Colloquium
"Probing the Hierarchical Buildup and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies"
David Nidever,
LSST Tucson,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Bray Theory Workshop
Bounded Cognition in Intertemporal Choice
Jawwad Noor, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Boston University,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Chemistry 250 Course: Advances in Pharmaceutical Research
Recent Advances in the Development of Antibody Drug Conjugates as Oncology Therapeutic Agents: Challenges and Opportunities
Wendel W. Doubleday,
Dr., Ph.D., Director,
Process Chemistry,
Seattle Genetics, Inc.,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
How did we get the Water System we have and what are the Implications for Contemporary Water Policy?
Gary Libecap,
Professor of Corporate Environmental Management,
Bren School of Environmental Science and Management,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Special CNS Seminar
How single neuron biophysics influences network function
Adrienne Fairhall,
University of Washington,
8:00pm
–
9:30pm
Add to Cal
Thursday, April 21st, 2016
8:00am
–
11:00am
Add to Cal
11:30am
–
1:30pm
Add to Cal
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Survivor Support: Help Survivors and Combat Rape Culture
Peace Over Violence ,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Priors and constraints in human structure learning
Anne Collins,
Assistant Professor of Research,
Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences,
Brown University,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Chemical Engineering Seminar
Skin-inspired organic electronic materials and devices
Zhenan Bao,
Professor,
Chemical Engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Number Theory Seminar
Boundary cohomology of Shimura varieties
Benoit Stroh,
Mathematics Research Fellow,
Mathematics,
Institut Galilée Université Paris 13,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Physics Research Conference
Antineutrino reactor monitoring and applications to nuclear non-proliferation safeguards
Patrick Huber,
Associate Professor of Physics, Center for Neutrino Physics,
Virginia Tech,
5:00pm
–
6:30pm
Add to Cal
Earth Week Speaker Event
Investing in the Future of Transportation
Paul Yeh,
Partner,
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,
7:00pm
–
10:00pm
Add to Cal
7:00pm
–
8:00pm
Add to Cal
Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
CubeSats: Big Goals, Tiny Package
Andrew Klesh,
Chief Engineer for Interplanetary Small Spacecraft,
JPL,
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
12:00am
–
12:00am
Add to Cal
12:00am
–
4/23
12:00am
Add to Cal
8:00am
–
11:00am
Add to Cal
8:00am
–
11:00am
Add to Cal
11:00am
–
12:00pm
Add to Cal
11:30am
–
1:30pm
Add to Cal
12:00pm
–
3:00pm
Add to Cal
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
Theory of Computing Seminar
Information-theoretic bounds and phase transitions in community detection and high-dimensional clustering
Cristopher Moore,
Santa Fe Institute,
2:00pm
–
3:00pm
Add to Cal
TAPIR Seminar
Cosmology beyond the power spectrum and how to keep it simple
Marcel Schmittfull,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics (BCCP),
U.C. Berkeley,
3:00pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
3:00pm
–
4:00pm
Add to Cal
Earth Week Speaker Event
Accelerating Innovation: Physical Science Startups at Cyclotron Road
Raymond Weitekamp,
polySpectra project lead,
Cyclotron Road Accelerator ,
PhD in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
–
4:00pm
Add to Cal
GALCIT Colloquium
Studies in Aquatic Locomotion: Discovery through simulations
Iman Borazjani,
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University at Buffalo SUNY,
3:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Geometry and Topology Seminar
TBA
Sam Ballas,
RTG Visiting Assistant Present,
Mathematics,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Off Campus
Finite time blowup for semilinear wave equations
Terry Tao,
Professor,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Iron Hydride Complexes Supported by Simple Triphosphine Ligands as Precatalysts for the Catalytic Conversion of Dinitrogen to Ammonia
Trixia Marie Buscagan,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Atom waveguide QED for efficient multiphoton sources
Alejandro González-Tudela,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Seismo Lab Seminar
Lithosphere structure and dynamics beneath mainland China revealed by the CEArray
Fenglin Niu,
Rice University,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Assessing Scientific Theories
Stephan Hartmann,
Professor of Philosophy of Science and Alexander von Humboldt Professor,
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich,
5:00pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Off Campus
Harmonic maps and heat flows on hyperbolic spaces
Marius Lemm,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,