Institute Calendar
Spring 2016-2017
Tuesday, May 30th, 2017
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Logic Seminar
Hyperfinite ergodic subgraphs, Part I
Anush Tserunyan,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
(CANCELED) Engineering Genetic Circuits for Human Health
Timothy Lu,
Associate Professor,
Biological Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Secular dynamics around massive central bodies (or How, once again, slow need not be gentle)
Jihad Touma,
Professor,
American University of Beirut,
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Seminar
Diffusion and Molecular Association in Artificial Protein Hydrogels
Peter Rapp,
graduate student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Hyperfinite ergodic subgraphs, Part II
Anush Tserunyan,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Development of a Strategy for the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Psiguadial
Lauren Chapman,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Two-Sided Learning and the Ratchet Principle
Gonzalo Cisternas,
Professor,
Sloan School of Management,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Statistical Challenges in the Analyses of Genome-wide Genetic Data
Sriram Sankararaman,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Department of Human Genetics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Impact of ocean submesoscale turbulence on the global climate
Zhan Su,
NASA NPP Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Convergence of Quantum Metric Spaces
Frederic Latremoliere,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Denver,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
A Conversation with Dr. Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson,
Chief Scientific Officer, Co-founder,
Enable Biosciences,
Thursday, June 1st, 2017
10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Discovering Biological Roles of Glycosaminoglycans and Protein O-GlcNAcylation Using Chemical Tools
Matthew Griffin,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Coulomb blockade in one-dimensional fractional topological superconductors
Roman Lutchyn,
Station Q,
Microsoft Research, Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSRG/DOLCIT Seminar Series
Matrix Completion, Saddlepoints, and Gradient Descent
Jason Lee,
Assistant Professor,
Data Sciences and Operations,
University of Southern California.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Diversity in Chemistry Initiative Seminar
Polymeric Scaffolds Engineered to Decouple the Role of Chemical and Mechanical Signals in Inflammatory and Fibrotic Disease
Anjelica Gonzalez,
Donna L. Dubinsky Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
School of Engineering and Applied Science,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Assessing the paleoenvironmental significance of the Neoproterozoic Zebra Nappe, Namibia
Daven Quinn,
Geology & Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Probing the Dark Universe with Galaxy Surveys
Risa Wechsler,
Associate Professor of Physics,
Stanford University/SLAC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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T & C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture
Neuronal Signals for Economic Utility
Wolfram Schultz,
Professor of Neuroscience,
University of Cambridge,
Friday, June 2nd, 2017
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
The Avatar Paradigm in Granular Materials
Reid Kawamoto,
Graduate Student, Civil Engineering,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technolofy,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Emergent spacetime and Quantum Entanglement in Matrix theory
Vatche Sahakian,
Harvey Mudd College,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
Inequality and the poor law in mid Victorian England
Jonathan Chapman,
Assistant Professor of Economic History,
NYU Abu Dhabi,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Undergraduate Math Club Seminar
The table turning problem
Eitan Borgnia,
Department of Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
The architecture of the nuclear pore complex
Daniel Lin,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Spin-precessing compact binaries and their Gravitational Waves
Katerina Chatziioannou,
CITA,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Pressure and Velocity Fluctuations in Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows
Angeliki Laskari,
4:00pm
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4:45pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
A Partially Hyperbolic Model in Plasma Physics: Deterministic and Stochastic Zakharov-Kuznetsov Equation
Chuntian Wang,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Probing A Gravitational Cat State: Theoretical Problems And Experimental Prospects
Maaneli Derakhshani,
Researcher,
Utrecht University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Inhomogeneous circular laws for random matrices with non-identically distributed entries
Nicholas Cook,
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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German Film: Der Berg
Movie screening for German 132a & 132c // In (Swiss) German with English subtitles
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
The Origin of the Elements
Ivanna Escala,
PhD Candidate,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
Saturday, June 3rd, 2017
8:00am
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6/6
5:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus:Guerrero Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus:Guerrero Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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7:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus:Ohanian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, June 5th, 2017
8:40am
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12:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Can Access to Capital Explain the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap?
Michael Ewens,
Associate Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Entanglement in One-Dimensional Quantum Liquids
Adrian Del Maestro,
Assistant Professor,
Physics,
University of Vermont,