Institute Calendar
Spring 2015-2016
Friday, April 29th, 2016
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HSS 50th Anniversary Lecture
On Changing False Beliefs: Two Cases from Experimental Economics and Their Economic Implications
Vernon L. Smith,
George L. Argyros Endowed Chair in Finance and Economics,
Chapman University,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, April 29th, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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5/13
12:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Superconducting coherent caloritronics
Francesco Giazotto,
NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze,
CNR & Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Expanding the landscape of N=2 Super-conformal field theories.
Mario Martone,
University of Cincinnati,
11:30am
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Nicole Immorlica, Microsoft Research
Procrastination with Variable Present Bias
Nicole Immorlica, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research New England,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Understanding Micro- and Macro-Mechanics of Soil Liquefaction: A Necessary Step for Field-Scale Assessment
Utkarsh Mital,
Understanding Micro- and Macro-Mechanics of Soil Liquefaction: A Necessary Step for Field-Scale Assessment,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Undergraduate Math Club Seminar
Randomness of Fractional Parts and Fourier Series
Zachary Chase,
Undergraduate Student,
Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Gravitational Lensing of the Transient Sky
Liang Dai,
NASA Einstein Fellow,
School of Natural Sciences,
Institute for Advanced Study,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
SUCCESS AT LAST !
Fred Culick,
Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Jet Propulsion, Emeritus,
GALCIT,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
On Hamiltonian Gromov-Witten theory for symplectic reductions
Rui Wang,
Mathematics,
University of California, Irvine,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
A Posteriori Error Estimation Techniques for Finite Element Methods
Professor Zhiqiang Cai,
Purdue University,
3:30pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar--SEMINAR CANCELLED
Evidence for Mechanism-Based Inactivation of Cytochrome P450 by Diazo Reagents, Its Implications for Carbene Transfer Reactions, and Mitigation by Directed Evolution
Hans Renata,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Spectroscopic signatures of Weyl semimetals beyond photoemission
Stefanos Kourtis,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Princeton,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Linking the seismic structure of Earth's uppermost inner core to features at the inner core boundary
Lauren Waszek,
University of Maryland,
Saturday, April 30th, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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11:00pm
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Sunday, May 1st, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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Monday, May 2nd, 2016
9:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMS & CNS Seminar
The brain architecture of embodied action: The Distributed Adaptive Control Theory of decisions at a choice point
Paul F.M.J. Verschure,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Catalysis for Sustainable Energy Transformations"
Jens Norskov,
Leland T. Edwards Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Photon Science at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Director of SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis,
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Koszul Rings and DG Algebras
Adam Bocher,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Utah,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Illuminating the cortical circuits underlying decision making
Karel Svoboda,
Group Leader,
HHMI - Janelia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Bayesian inference and the low-dimensional structure of measure transport
Professor Youssef Marzouk,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Opportunities and Challenges of Shale Gas Production: Managing Earthquake Risk Associated with Shale Gas Development
Mark D. Zoback,
Benjamin M. Page Professor of Geophysics Director, Stanford Natural Gas Initiative,
Department of Geophysics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
A careful comparison between collider and direct WIMP searches
Francesco D'Eramo,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Reading seminar on: Computational and descriptive complexity
Random graphs and 0-1 laws
Martino Lupini,
Harry Bateman Instructor in Mathematics,
Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
12:00am
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5/4
12:00am
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10:00am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Numerical Simulations of Droplet Aerobreakup
Jomela Meng,
Numerical Simulations of Droplet Aerobreakup,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Chemistry 250 Course: Advances in Pharmaceutical Research
How Organic Synthesis Solved Medicinal Chemistry Challenges towards Discovering Drug Candidates to Treat Cancer, Necessity is the Mother of Invention
Michael J. Luzzio,
Dr., Ph.D., Director,
Chemistry and Molecular Therapeutics,
Biogen Idec,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Decision making at scale: Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Platforms
Ashish Goel,
Professor,
Departments of Management Science and Engineering,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematics Graduate Student Seminar
An Overview of Generalized Hat Problems
Connor Meehan,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Weak containment of measure preserving group actions
Peter Burton,
PhD Candidate,
Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Terahertz Driven Linear Acceleration and X-ray Sources
Franz X. Kartner,
Professor of Physics,
Department of Physics,
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Prof. Jacqueline van Gorkom,
Columbia Univ.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Computing Isomorphisms between Finite Fields using Elliptic Curves (pt 2 of 2)
Anand Kumar Narayanan,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
CMS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
TBA
Gwyneth Card,
Group Leader at the Janelia Research Campus,
Janelia Farm,
Janelia Research Campus,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Medieval Marvels and Fictions
Michelle Karnes,
Associate Professor of English,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
The Volcanism, Atmosphere, and Tidal Heating of Io: A Multi-Year Observing Campaign
Katherine deKleer,
Department of Astronomy ,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thomas Wolff Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
Lecture 1: Sets of Measure Zero and the Converse to Rademacher's Theorem: Part 1
Peter Jones,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Yale University,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
9:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar - CANCELLED
The spectral theory of multiboundary wormholes
Shaun Maguire,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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Non-Commutative Geometry Seminar
Actions of Amenable Groups on the Cantor Set and the Classification of their Crossed Products
David Kerr,
Mathematics Department,
Texas A&M University,
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Using Clumped Isotopes to Determine the Origins of Arctic Methane Point-Source Emissions
Peter Douglas,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Geochemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Alex Gorbenko, USC
Auctions with Endogenous Initiation
Alex Gorbenko, Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics, USC Marshall School of Business,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Informal Biology Seminar
Markel cells as touch sensors of the skin- latest advancement in tactile neuroscience
Masashi Nakatani,
Research Institute for Electronic Science,
Hokkaido University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Anomalous Liquids: Common features of Water, Metallic glassformers, and Chalcogenide PCMs (Phase Change Materials)
Austen Angell,
Regents’ Professor ,
Chemistry and Biochemistry Department,
Arizona State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Painting the Cysteine Chapel: Sulfur Biochemistry and Redox Regulation of Cell Function
Kate Carroll,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
The Scripps Research Institute, Florida,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Geometrical Understanding in Dirac's Discovery of his Electron Equation
Thomas Pashby,
Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar in the Humanities,
School of Philosophy,
USC,