Institute Calendar
Spring 2024-2025
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
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LA Probability Forum
Random cluster models on random graphs
Remco van der Hofstad,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Eindhoven University of Technology,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Large deviations for the giant in spatial random graphs
Joost Jorritsma,
Department of Statistics,
Magdalen College, University of Oxford,
Friday, April 11th, 2025
9:00am
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6:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Decoherence near Black Holes: Causality, Fluctuation and Dissipation
Sam Gralla,
University of Arizona,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:00pm
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Special Quantum Matter Seminar
Quantum circuit and novel quantum state preparation from spacetime duality
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Three-Dimensional Long-Term CCSN Simulations: New Insights and Challenges
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Arthur Klein Lecture in Aerospace
Arthur Klein Lecture in Aerospace
John W. Hutchinson,
Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering Emeritus,
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Bordered algebras and the wrapped Fukaya category
Isabella Khan,
Forbes College,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development and Mechanism of Transition Metal Catalyzed Ring Formation Reactions & Arene Hydrogenation at Room Temperature under 1 atm Hydrogen Gas
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Fluid-driven shear ruptures: theoretical models and their applications to fluid-induced seismicity
Alexis Saez Uribe,
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate,
Department of Geology,
California Institute of Technology,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, April 12th, 2025
7:00am
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7:00pm
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Monday, April 14th, 2025
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense
Buoyancy-Driven Fluid Dynamics for Enhanced Ocular Drug Delivery
Stephanie O'Gara,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Photochemistry at Mars, Venus, & Exoplanets Through Time
Danica Adams,
NASA NHFP Postdoctoral Fellow,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Gravothermal Collapse of Dark Matter Halos: Observational Insights
Haibo Yu,
UC Riverside,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Scientific Careers and Priorities at the DoD
Alessandra Zito,
Innovation Fellow,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
Matthew Glasscott,
Program Manager,
Electrochemistry Army Research Office,
Ana Alvarez,
Research Materials Engineer,
Army Research Laboratory,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
This seminar has been postponed.
Claudio Ferraz,
Professor,
Vancouver School of Economics,
University of British Columbia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Mapping and controlling excited state potential energy surfaces with ultrafast Raman spectroscopies
Renee Frontiera,
Northrop Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
JWST Spectroscopy of the Small Satellites of Uranus and Neptune
Ryleigh Davis,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Science,
Caltech,
Matthew Belyakov,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
10:00am
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3:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Phases with Generalized Symmetries
Alison Warman,
University of Oxford,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Alexander Aulehla
Cycles upon cycles - collective rhythms during embryonic development
Alexander Aulehla,
Head/Group Leader,
Developmental Biology Unit,
EMBL,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
Fast Radio Bursts
Vikram Ravi,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy,
California Institute of Technology,
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climate Feedback from Plant Physiological Responses to Increasing Atmospheric CO2 in Earth System Models
Yue Li,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Stabilizing a complex but promising dual phase cathode material: making lithium-rich, manganese-rich cathode materials useful
Jay Whitacre,
Professor,
Engineering and Public Policy, Materials Science and Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon Universiry,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Optimal In-Kind Redistribution
Zi Yang Kang,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
University of Toronto,
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
9:00am
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10:00am
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Election Science Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech 2024 Election Integrity Project
Online Event
Unpacking the Implications of President Trump's Election Executive Orders
Justin Levitt,
Professor of Law and Gerald T. McLaughlin Fellow,
Loyola Law School,
Loyola Marymount University,
11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Smart Geomechanics
Ioannis Stefanou,
Professor of Mechanics,
UME,
ENSTA, IP Paris,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Understanding Your Loan and Withdrawal Options in Regards to Federally Declared Disasters
Online and In-Person Event
2:45pm
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3:45pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Moduli spaces of curves with polynomial point count
Hannah Larson,
Department of Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
3:00pm
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7:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Gram Matrices for Isotropic Vectors
Bernd Sturmfels,
Department of Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Messinian flash floods & Mediterranean Gateway changes detected by plant biomarkers along the S Iberian Margin
Sarah Feakins,
Professor of Earth Science,
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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History Seminar
American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism
Keidrick Roy,
Junior Fellow,
Harvard Society of Fellows,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar, Samuel Achilefu
Convergence of multi-spectral radiation for cancer detection and therapy
Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D.,
Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
On p-adic L-functions for GL(N)
Mladen Dimitrov,
Department of Mathematics,
Université de Lille,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Feedback control of open quantum systems: Looking back, looking forward
Hideo Mabuchi,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Medieval Markets and Migration: Paris c. 1300
Nathan Sussman,
Full Professor, International Economics & Pictet Chair in Finance and Development,
Geneva Graduate Institute,