Institute Calendar
Spring 2024-2025
Friday, April 18th, 2025
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11:15am
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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
Exploring CFT Moments
David Poland,
Yale University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Structural Rationality, Strategic Reasoning, and Equilibrium
Marciano Siniscalchi,
Professor of Economics,
Northwestern 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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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Jordan-Wigner transformations on the torus
Frank Verstraete,
University of Ghent, University of Cambridge,
1:45pm
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5:00pm
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2:15pm
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3:15pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Performance-Portable Numerical Relativity with AthenaK and Applications
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Illuminating Molecular Spin Relaxation Mechanisms through Ligand Field Theory and Physical Inorganic Spectroscopy
Nathanael Kazmierczak,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Collision of two plates in a gas
Hans Hornung,
C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics, Emeritus,
GALCIT,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Tight contact structures on Seifert fibrations
Hyunki Min,
Department of Mathematics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CGSC Industry Seminar
Why So Many Ways to Die?
Dr. Vishva Dixit,
Vice President,
Physiological Chemistry, Genentech,
6:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, April 19th, 2025
1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar
A Digital Twin of the Electrical Distribution Grid
Yiheng Xie,
Graduate Student, Low Group,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Math Teaching Seminar
Conversations about Math Teaching: Giving and receiving feedback
Clara Seo,
Chemistry Department,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Metasomatic diamond-forming fluids in the lithospheric mantle - sources and ages
Yaakov Weiss,
Senior Lecturer Institute of Earth Sciences,
The Fredy and Nadine Herrmann,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Lionel Christiaen
Regulation of deterministic development
Lionel Christiaen,
Director and Group Leader,
Michael Sars Centre,
University of Bergen,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Poetry Reading and Discussion
Jenny Factor,
Lecturer in Poetry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
All Day
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Jonathan Weissman
Epigenetic engineering as a tool for discovery and therapeutics.
Jonathan Weissman,
Professor,
Biology,
MIT,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
The Mechanism Behind the Implicit Biases of Large Learning Rates: Edge of Stability, Balancing, and Catapult
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Exploring New Frontiers in Planetary Science: From Magma Oceans to Liquid-Water Worlds
Renyu Hu,
Research Scientist V,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
On Plausible Counterfactual Explanations in XAI
Jiji Zhang,
Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Declarations of Independents: Open-Ended Survey Responses and the Nature of Non-Identification
Paul Kellstedt,
Professor,
Department of Political Science, Bush School of Government and Public Service,
Texas A&M University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Ionic Compatibilization of Plastics to Reduce Environmental Impacts (general lecture)
Rachel Segalman,
Edward Noble Kramer Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
5:30pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
10:00am
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11:00am
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Medical Engineering Defense, Anne Kil
Engineering and Computational Tools for Salivary Biomedicine
Anne Kil, Ph.D. Candidate,
Pachter Lab,
Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
A stress tensor for asymptotically flat spacetime
Hare Krishna,
University of Texas, Austin,
11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Graphings of Arithmetical Equivalence Relations
Tyler Arant,
Department of Mathematics,
UCLA,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar
From Tectonic Stress Field to Surface Deformation: A Global Analysis
Boontigan Kuhasubpasin,
Graduate Student,
Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences,
University of California Los Angeles,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:45pm
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