Institute Calendar
Spring 2023-2024
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
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LA Probability Forum
Phase transition for the late points of random walk
Perla Sousi,
Statistics Laboratory,
University of Cambridge,
Friday, May 3rd, 2024
10:00am
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11:00am
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Science Journey: I, Human: Unlocking the Secret of Human Intelligence
Sneha R. Aenugu,
Caltech graduate student,
Social & Decision Neuroscience,
10:30am
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11:30am
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Caltech Brain Imaging Center Seminar
Online Event
Multimodal Imaging and Resting-State Global Brain Activity: Controversies, Hypotheses, and Discovery
Thomas T. Liu,
Director of the UCSD Center for Functional MRI and Professor of Radiology, Psychiatry, and Bioengineering,
UC San Diego,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Bound on the thermalization time of d>2 CFTs
Luca Delacretaz,
University of Chicago,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Current numerical efforts on free hyperboloidal evolutions
Alex Vañó-Viñuales,
Postdoc and Invited Professor,
GRIT, CENTRA, Instituto Superior Técnico,
University of Lisbon,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Shock Waves: A Versatile Tool to Investigate Damage and Injury Mechanisms
Sarah A. Bentil,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University of Science and Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Infinitesimal calculations in fundamental group
Nir Gadish,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
The Role of Cations and Organic Additive Films in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Madeline Hicks,
Graduate Student (Peters Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wolff Memorial Lectures
Liouville quantum gravity and SLE
Jason Miller,
Statistics Laboratory,
University of Cambridge,
5:00pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, May 6th, 2024
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Conversations about Math Teaching
Conversations about Math Teaching
Matthew Gherman & Juan Pablo Vigneaux,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The role of dark matter in supermassive black hole mergers
Gonzalo Alonso Alvarez,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
One is the Loneliest Number: Multielectron and Multivalent Chemistries for Next-Generation Batteries
Kimberly A. See,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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The James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lectureship in Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
New Measurements and Theory of Mass Independent Isotope Effects And Relation to Archean, Atmosphere and Solar System Origin Using Seven Isotopes
Mark H. Thiemens,
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry John Dove Isaacs Endowed Chair in Natural Philosophy for Physical Sciences Founding Dean Division of Physical Sciences,
University of California San Diego,
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense
Towards a Synthetic Nucleus: Separating Transcription and Translation in Cell-Free Protein Expression Systems
Zoila E. Jurado Quiroga,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Deep learning-enabled integrated measurements of immune signaling in primary human macrophages
Emily Laubscher,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Sarah King,
Neubaruer Family Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
The University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
"Enceladus Spills its Guts: A Relationship Between Strike-Slip Motion and Jet Activity over the Tiger Stripes" & "Chemical Weathering Conditions in Nili Fossae as Indicated by Aluminum Phyllosilicates and Associated Mineralogy"
Alexander Berne,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Samantha Baker,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Dark Matter Signals from the Ionosphere
Sebastian Ellis,
University of Geneva,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Buying from a Group
Elliot Lipnowski,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Columbia University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech-Tsinghua Joint Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
A Purity Result for Semi-Stable Local Systems
Heng Du,
Yau Mathematical Sciences Center,
Tsinghua University,
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
10:00am
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11:30am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense
Machine Learning and Inference Methods for Surrogate Modeling and Inexpensive Characterization of Elastodynamic Systems
Alexander C. Ogren,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Fractional graph theory in the Borel setting
Anton Bernshteyn,
School of Mathematics,
Georgia Institute of Technology.,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar
Resolving Long-Term Seismicity of the East Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ) with a Novel Deep Learning Workflow
1:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Strong Lensing of Gravitational Waves: A New Probe Cosmology and Nature of Dark Matter
Souvik Jana,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Transformations of Alkenes using Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nickel-Hydride Catalysts
Amanda K. Cook,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Oregon,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Signal Processing for Large Arrays: Convolutional Beamspace, Hybrid Processing, and Distributed Algorithms
Po-Chih Chen,
Graduate student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Dispersive decay for the energy-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Matt Kowalski,
Mathematics Department,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM (Biard Lecture)
Planet Formation Under the Microscope
Karin Oberg,
Professor of Natural Sciences,
Department of Astronomy,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Alice in Fluxland: Down the rabbit hole of surface-atmosphere exchange and reactive organic carbon.
Delphine Farmer,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar
Complete constraints on hyperbolic surface spectra from the conformal bootstrap
Anshul Adve,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Solid-State Ionics for Energy Applications: Materials Development Through the Lens of Defect Chemistry