Institute Calendar
Spring 2016-2017
Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
8:00am
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5:00pm
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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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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Logic Seminar
A direct solution to the Generic Point Problem
Andy Zucker,
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Structure of Gaseous Halos Around and Between Galaxies
Eliot t Quataer,
Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED | Finance Seminar: Will Goetzmann, Yale University
This talk has been cancelled.
Will Goetzmann,
Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies,
School of Management,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
DNA Sequencing: From Information Limits to Assembly Software
Thomas Courtade,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Methane in the Climate System: Monitoring Emissions from Satellites
Daniel J. Jacob,
Vasco McCoy Family Professor,
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Arbitrary and Reconfigurable Optics
David Miller,
Professor,
Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Etudes for the Inverse Spectral Problem
Nikolai G. Makarov,
Department of Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Women in Chemistry Seminar
Shake, Rattle & Roll: Capturing Snapshots of Metalloproteins in Action
Catherine Drennan,
Professor of Chemistry and Biology; HHMI Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biology,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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8:00am
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6/9
5:00pm
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10:30am
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12:30pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Order and Chaos*: Collective Behavior of Crowded Drops in Microfluidic Systems"
Sindy KY Tang,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Rebekah Silva,
Graduate Student, Barton Research Group,
CCE, Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Development of Cu- and Ni-catalyzed C–C and C–N Bond Forming Reactions
Shoshana Bachman,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
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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EE Thesis Defense
Methods Advancing a Machine's Visual Awareness of People in Video
David Hall,
Ph.D. graduate student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Norman Davidson Lecture
Mechanisms in human DNA mismatch repair
Paul L. Modrich,
HHMI Investigator, and James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Biochemistry,
Duke University School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Physics of Soft Particles
Henriette Elvang,
Associate Professor of Physics,
University of Michigan,
Friday, May 26th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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9:00am
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10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Fuels and Materials from Sunlight and Water
Bryan Hunter,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
10:00am
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2:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Covalent Functionalization of Metal-Oxide Surfaces with Non-Traditional Ligands
Carl Blumenfeld,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
New Indices in Four-Dimensional N=2 Theories
Thomas Dumitrescu,
Harvard University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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New Frontiers in Earth-System Modelling
Weather & Climate Talk
Nils Wedi,
Head of the Earth System Modelling Section at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF),
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Rachel Cummings
The Possibilities and Limitations of Private Prediction Markets
Rachel Cummings,
Graduate Student,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Complexity in Holographic Theories and QFT
Robert Myers,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Advances in Selectivity and Reactivity in Transition Metal Catalysis: Wacker Oxidation and Olefin Metathesis
Crystal Chu,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
A Multi-dimensional Approach to Track Molecular Dynamics at Extreme Scales
Elad Harel,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Irving M. Klotz Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Interpreting Dwarf Galaxies
Alyson Brooks,
Assistant Professor,
Astronomy Department,
Rutgers University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Deformations of Thin Nematic Elastomer Sheets
Paul Plucinsky,
Graduate student,
MCE,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Degenerations of Goldman's coordinates along neck pinches for convex real projective structures
John Loftin,
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science,
Rutgers University,
4:00pm
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4:45pm
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BMB Seminar
Convergent evolution of respiratory complex I homologs with additional proton pumping capacity
Grayson Chadwick,
Graduate Student,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Toward Structural and Functional Models of the Oxygen Evolving Complex in Photosystem II
Mr. Heui Beom Lee,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
6:30pm
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5/27
4:00am
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Saturday, May 27th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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5/28
12:00am
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1:50pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ghazarian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Aghazaryan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, May 29th, 2017
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2017
9:30am
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11:00am
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9:30am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH
Simulation of multiscale dynamical systems
Bjorn Engquist,
Professor,
University of Texas at Austin,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Research Conference
Bringing bioelectricity to light
Adam E. Cohen,
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics,
Harvard University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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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,