Institute Calendar
Winter 2014-2015
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:30am
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11:30am
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2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Noncommutative Geometry, Equivariant Cohomology and Conformal Geometry
Raphael Ponge,
Visiting Scholar,
Mathematics,
Seoul National University & UC Berkeley,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Eisenstein series, unitary representations, and scattering amplitudes
Stephen Miller,
Professor and Vice Chair,
Mathematics,
Rutgers University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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14th Annual Thomas Wolff Memorial Lecture 2015
The Monge-Ampere equation
Alessio Figalli,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Dark Matter and Stellar Halos: Formation, Histories and Structure
Kathryn Johnston,
Columbia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Broad Terms and Organizational Codes
Joel Sobel,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Analysis of observed and modeled rainfall seasonality properties with indicators based on information entropy
Salvatore Pascale,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Environmental Science & Engineering,
Caltech,
8:30pm
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11:00pm
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015
8:00am
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3/15
5:00pm
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8:30am
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12:30pm
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8:50am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Thermal Management at the Extremes
Ken Goodson,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
tRNA synthetase beyond translation: from vascular development to neurodegeneration
Xiang-Lei Yang,
Professor,
Department of Chemical Physiology and Department of Cell and Molecular Biology,
The Scripps Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
How entangled polymers undergo nonlinear deformation: an emerging worldview?
Shi-Qing Wang,
Kumho Professor,
Department of Polymer Science,
University of Akron,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Capacity of the Energy Harvesting Communication Channel
Ayfer Ozgur Aydin,
Assistant Professor,
Information Systems Laboratory,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Rapid Late Cretaceous True Polar Wander
Ross Mitchell,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
GPS,
Caltech,
Friday, March 13th, 2015
12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Price Contagion through Balance Sheet Linkages
Agostino Capponi,
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Johns Hopkins University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
From one Reeb orbit to two
Daniel Gardiner,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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14th Annual Thomas Wolff Memorial Lecture 2015
The Monge-Ampere equation
Alessio Figalli,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
New Ligand Platforms for Iron-Dinitrogen Chemistry
Sidney (Sid) Creutz,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Saturday, March 14th, 2015
11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:30pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Casados Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, March 15th, 2015
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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1:20pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Balyans Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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7:00pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Sandoval Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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6:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, March 16th, 2015
8:00am
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3/18
5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Ferrous iron sensing and responding in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Naomi Kreamer,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Determinantal representations of hyperbolic polynomials and hyperbolic varieties
Cynthia Vinzant,
Assistant Profrssor,
Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Optimal Sup-norm Rates, Adaptive Estimation, and Inference in Nonparametric Instrumental Variables Estimation
Timothy Christensen,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Department of Economics,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Solar Energy Conversion and Electrocatalysis Using Earth-Abundant Nanomaterials
Song Jin,
Pofessor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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An Evening Lecture on Life at JPL
Greg Davis,
Chief Technologist for the Mechanical Systems Division at JPL,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2015
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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MTI Working Group Talk: Melissa Lo
Huntington Library, Seaver Classroom 3
'Proper Coordinates' and Dynamic Histories: Books, Scribbles, Things, and Ideas at the Huntington's Burndy Library
Melissa Lo, Assistant Curator of the Dibner Collections at the Huntington,