Institute Calendar
Spring 2017-2018
Thursday, May 10th, 2018
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Special Biochemistry Seminar
Protein Dynamics in Signaling: NMR Studies of Membrane Proteins and Amyloids
Ann McDermott,
Esther Breslow Professor of Biological Chemistry,
Departments of Chemistry, Biological Sciences, and Chemical Engineering,
The Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University,
Friday, May 11th, 2018
8:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
A positive sum rule for the c anomaly in 4D conformal field theory
Markus Luty,
UC Davis,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Bacon-Shor code with continuous measurement of non-commuting observables
Juan Atalaya,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Korotkov Group,
UC Riverside,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Shai Vardi, Caltech
Stepwise Presidential Election Reform
Shai Vardi,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Accretion Disk Around Milky Way's Galactic Center Black Hole
Elena Murchikova,
Graduate Student,
TAPIR,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Reconstruction and estimation of flows using resolvent analysis and data-assimilation
Sean Symon,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF & Microwave Seminar
Breaking Reciprocity Using Metamaterials
Andrea Alù,
Einstein Professor ,
Photonics Initiative,
CUNY Advanced Science Research Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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5:15pm
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6:15pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Probabilistic local well-posedness and scattering for the 4D cubic NLS
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Caltech Associates Northern California Program: Humanity in the Era of Empires
Off Campus
with Nicolas Wey-Gomez, professor of history
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, May 12th, 2018
12:00am
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9:30am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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6:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Babapilavian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Hernandez Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: De Leon Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 13th, 2018
3:30pm
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Monday, May 14th, 2018
8:00am
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10:00am
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9:00am
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9:00am
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11:00am
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4:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:10pm
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12:50pm
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2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
"Examination of Selenium Incorporation and Product Formation in the Nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor."
Renee Arias,
Graduate Student, Rees Lab,
Caltech ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
The theory of resolvent degree, after Hamilton, Klein, Hilbert, and Brauer
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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CNS Seminar
Dr. Stephanie Palmer,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Department of Physics,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Testing the Microbial Model for Low-Temperature Dolomite Formation
Jennifer A. Roberts,
Associate Professor,
Department of Geology,
University of Kansas,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Ligand Influences on Base Metals for Multi-Electron Transformations
Alison R. Fout,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
University of Illinois Urbana,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
9:30am
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4:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH
Towards Understanding and Generating Language for Effective Social Interaction
Chenhao Tan,
Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Information Science (by courtsey) at University of Colorado Boulder,
Computer Science,
University of Colorado Boulder,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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MCE Seminar
Nonlinear Elasticity
Basile Audoly,
Moore Distinguished Scholar,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
CNRS and Ecole polytechnique (Palaiseau, France),
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Coffee & Career: Jason Marshall
Jason Marshall,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED | Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
This talk has been cancelled.
Azeem Shaikh,
Professor and Thornber Research Fellow,
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
TBD
Sona Hosseini,
Research and Instrument Scientist,
Planetary Science Division,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Control and Self-Organization of Morphogenesis
Thomas Lecuit,
Group Leader,
Developmental Biology Institute of Marseilles (IBDM),
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:45pm
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Caltech Associates East Coast Reception & Dinner: Virtual Reality's Next Frontier
Off Campus
with George Djorgovski, Professor of Astronomy, Director of Caltech's Center for Data Driven Discovery
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
Leslie Jamison,
American Novelist and Essayist,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
11:00am
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4:00pm
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Arithmetic Geometry Learning Seminar
Fourier Transform
Lingfei Yi,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
TBD
John T Reager,
Research Scientist,
Surface Hydrology,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Data-driven discovery of functional materials utilizing a 2D electronic structure database
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Times They Are A-Changing: Dynamic Adverse Selection in the Laboratory
Stephanie Wang,
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh; Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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EE Distinguished Speaker: Dr. Charles Elachi
The Golden Age of Space Exploration
Charles Elachi,
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Planetary Science, Emeritus,
Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2001- 2016,
CALTECH,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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