Institute Calendar
Winter 2008-2009
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
4:00pm
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Systems Seminar
Interference Alignment and the Capacity of Wireless Networks
Syed Ali Jafar,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
UC Irvine,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
8:00am
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12:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Overview and Tour of Caltech's Central Plant
Ben Smith,
project manager,
Facilities,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Cassini-VIMS Observations of Self-gravity Wakes in Saturn's Rings
Phil Nickolson,
professor of astronomy,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Concealed Magmatism Associated with Continental Rupture: Evidence from the Salton Trough (Imperial Valley), Cerro Prieto (Baja California), and Tres Vírgenes (Baja California Sur)
Axel K. Schmitt,
assistant adjunct professor,
Department of Earth and Space Sciences,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
New Measurements of Persistent Currents in Normal Metal Rings
Jack Harris,
assistant professor of physics,
Yale University,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be Announced
Nikita Nekrasov,
professor,
Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar--CANCELLED
Cancelled
Jack Harris,
assistant professor of physics,
Yale University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Numerical Experiments on Shock-Turbulence Interactions
Sanjiva Lele,
associate professor,
aeronautics and astronautics,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
A Photonic Cluster State Machine Gun
Daniel Lindner,
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:15pm
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5:30pm
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5:30pm
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8:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, January 31st, 2009
10:30am
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2:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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6:15pm
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7:15pm
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Optofluidics for Biomolecular Analysis
David Erickson,
assistant professor,
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Superconductor Insulator Transition in Thin Films Driven by an Orbital Parallel Magnetic Field Effect
Dganit Meidan,
graduate student in condensed matter physics,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Ice Sheets in a Warming Climate: What Is Going On?
Eric Rignot,
professor of Earth system science, UC Irvine, and senior research scientist,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
9:30am
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11:30am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The Fascinating Behavior of Water at Hydrophobic Surfaces
Geraldine L. Richmond,
professor of chemistry,
University of Oregon, Eugene,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Life Cycles of Star Clusters
Mike Fall,
Space Telescope Science Institute,
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:45pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Confronting the White Elephant: Upsilon Physics at the Babar B-Factory
Stephen Sekula,
postdoctoral scientist in physics,
Ohio State University and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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4:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Self-Assembly of Dipolar Particles: Designing Smart Materials Using Computer Simulation (technical lecture)
Carol K. Hall,
professor of chemical engineering,
North Carolina State University,
4:45pm
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6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Dealing with the Most Difficult Diseases"
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
David Baltimore,
Robert A. Millikan Professor of Biology,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
8:00am
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2/10
5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
A Criterion for Purely Absolutely Continuous Measures on Homogeneous Sets
Maxim Zinchenko,
Harry Bateman Research Instructor in Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Structure and Evolution of Obscured Quasars
Nadia Zakamska,
Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Wave in the Tropical Atmosphere: A New Theory of the Madden Julian Oscillation
Andrew Ingersoll,
Earle C. Anthony Professor of Planetary Science,
Caltech,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Can Climate Policy Making Learn from Air Pollution Policy Making? The Experience in Europe and the Enhanced Role of Science
Frank Raes,
head of the climate change unit,
Joint Research Center, European Commission in Ispra, Italy,
Institute for Environment and Sustainability,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
3-D Ocean: What Can Fe, Cd, and Zn Stable Isotopes Tell Us about Marine Biogeochemistry?
Seth John,
postdoctoral scholar in geochemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Laser-Polarized Noble Gases: A Powerful Probe for Biology, Medicine, and Subatomic Physics
Gordon D. Cates Jr.,
professor of physics,
University of Virginia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Origins of Alzheimer's and Related Diseases: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective (general lecture)
Carol K. Hall,
professor of chemical engineering,
North Carolina State University,
4:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Veritas Forum at Caltech
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
Francis Collins,
9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
10:00am
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11:30am
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