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Friday, May 12th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar

Random Tessellation Forests
Eliza O'Reilly, Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

An $L_\infty$-module structure on annular Khovanov homology
Champ Davis, Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Assembly of Complex Carbocyclic Scaffolds via Palladium and Nickel-Catalyzed Cyclizations."
Allison Stanko, Graduate Student (Stoltz Research Group), Chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, May 13th, 2023
Sunday, May 14th, 2023
Monday, May 15th, 2023
12:00pm 1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Design Rules for Multi-electron Systems in Next-Generation Batteries: from Mg electrode-electrolyte interface to anion redox activation in Li-rich Sulfides
Seong Shik (Steve) Kim, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
12:30pm 1:30pm
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INQNET Seminar Series

Entanglement of trapped-ion qubits separated by 230 meters
Tracy Northup, University of Innsbruck,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Low-Power and Miniaturized Medical Electronics for In-Vivo Localization and Tracking
Saransh Sharma, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Development of a novel platform for mechanochemical multicolor lithography and models for solution-phase mechanophore activation
Anna Overholts, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Online and In-Person Event
Mo' Data, No Problem: Into the Age of Industrial Scale Astronomy
Xinlun Cheng, University of Virginia,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Paleoclimate data assimilation: New views of past climates
Jessica Tierney, Professor, Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair in Integrative Science, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Challenges for nuclear physics in accelerator-based neutrino experiments
Alexis Nikolakopoulos, Fermilab,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

Realizing non-Abelian statistics using graph gauge theory on a quantum processor
Eun-Ah Kim, Professor, Department of Physics, Cornell University,
7:30pm 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

"Cosmology" and "Dark Matter"
Sofia Gallego, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Leonidas Moustakas, Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
11:00am 1:00pm
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International Day of Light celebration

High-Q Integrated Photonics
Kerry Vahala, Ted and Ginger Jenkins Professor of Information Science and Technology and Applied Physics, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

How hard will it be to simulate quantum hydrodynamics?
Christopher D White, QuICS, University of Maryland,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Long-Duration Energy Storage in Reliable Wind and Solar Electricity Systems
Jacqueline Dowling, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
2:30pm 3:30pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar

Codimension one stability of the catenoid under the hyperbolic vanishing mean curvature flow
Sung-Jin Oh, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
3:30pm 4:30pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar

Ghost effect from Boltzmann theory
Lei Wu, Department of Mathematics, Lehigh University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Optical detection of neuroelectric signals using PEDOT electrochromism
Bianxiao Cui, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Generation and Stability of Jovian Polar Vortices/The Trojan-Like Colors of Low-Perihelion Kuiper Belt Objects
Sihe Chen, Graduate Student, Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
Matthew Belyakov, Graduate Student, Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Representation in Collective Policymaking: the Veto's Appeal
Gleason Judd, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University,
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
12:00pm 1:00pm
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*Postponed - Date TBD* CMX Lunch Seminar

Doubly Noisy Linear Systems and the Kaczmarz Algorithm
Anna Ma, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of California Irvine,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Online Event
The generic action of a free group on Cantor space is hyperfinite
Forte Shinko, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Visual Culture Seminar

Geocinema: Earth Sensing as Filmmaking
Asia Bazdyrieva, Art Historian and Artist,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Informal Chemical Physics Seminar

Sub-nominal resolution Fourier transform spectrometry with chip-based frequency combs
Lukasz Sterczewski, Assistant Professor and Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow, Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM (Biard Lecture)

Elves, Dwarfs, and Monsters
Jenny Greene, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Where is the bottom of the terrestrial water cycle?
Jennifer McIntosh, University of Arizona,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Protein acylation-deacylation cycles in cancer and inflammation
Hening Lin, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Cornell University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Electron correlation and topology in rhombohedral multilayer graphene
Long Ju, Assistant Professor, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The Wouk Lecture: Gang Chen

Rethinking Evaporation: Thermal and Optical Evaporation from Pure Water and Hydrogels
Gang Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, MIT,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Nonparametric Identification of Differentiated Products Demand Using Micro Data
Steven Berry, David Swensen Professor of Economics and Jeffrey Talpins Faculty Director of the Tobin Center for Economic Policy, Yale University,
Thursday, May 18th, 2023
9:00am 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense, Ben Schulze

Insights into the sources of atmospheric aerosols and greenhouse gases in California
Benjamin Schulze, Graduate Student, Environmental Science & Engineering, Caltech,
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Enabling Functional Outcomes by Programming the Responsivity of Liquid Crystalline Polymer
Tim White, Gallogly Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado Boulder,