Institute Calendar
Winter 2016-2017
Friday, January 27th, 2017
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Refined Sphere-Packing Bound and Moderate Deviation Analysis for Classical-Quantum Channels
Hao-Chung Cheng,
National Taiwan University, Taiwan,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Undergraduate Math Club Seminar
The Erdős Distinct Distances Problem Redux
Sam Bardwell-Evans,
Mathematics Department,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Three-quarters of the Sky, up to 120 kpc: Mapping the Galactic Halo in 3D with PS1 RR Lyrae Stars
Branimir Sesar,
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher,
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA),
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Structures Subject to Movable and Configurational Constraints, with Application to Soft Robotics and Locomotion
Francesco Dal Corso,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Trento, Italy,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
TBA
Kathryn Mann,
Department of Mathematics ,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Towards Terminal High-Valent Metal-Oxo Motifs on Multimetallic Scaffolds
Dr. Graham de Ruiter,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Local Master Equation for Small Temperatures
Evgeny Mozgunov,
Graduate Student, Kitaev Group,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
From photon correlation Fourier spectroscopy to surface plasmon lasers: fundamental studies and applications of colloidal quantum dots
Jian Cui,
Ph.D,
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering,
ETH, Zurich,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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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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Saturday, January 28th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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10:00am
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6:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Photography Class (L. McCall)
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Berberyan Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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6:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Haroutounian Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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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, January 29th, 2017
12:00am
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9:00am
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12:00pm
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9:00am
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5:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Coria Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:30pm
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5:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Nazaryan Wedding Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, January 30th, 2017
12:00am
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9:15am
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5:15pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
The Springer correspondence For symmetric Spaces and Hessenberg Varieties II
Ting Xue,
School of Mathematics and Statistics,
The University of Melbourne,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Atomic-Level Visualization of Biological Membranes and Membrane Proteins in Action Using Advanced Simulation Technologies
Emad Tajkhorshid,
J. W. Hastings Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Computational Biology, Computational Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics Group,
Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
University of Illinois ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Exploration of the Deep Hydrosphere and Biosphere in the Precambrian Continents
Barbara Sherwood Lollar,
University Professor,
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Solid-state imaging detectors for low-energy particle physics
Alvaro Chavarria,
Kavli Institute/University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Analogs of Irrational Rotation Algebras Acting on L^p-Spaces
Eusebio Gardella,
Mathematics Department,
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster,
8:30pm
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10:30pm
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
9:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Logic Seminar
On the complexity of conjugacy of Toeplitz subshifts
Todor Tsankov,
Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu–PRG,
Université Paris Diderot,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Dynamic ices in the outer solar system
Mike Sori,
Postdoc,
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wolff Lecture - General Lecture
Dynamics of Quadratic Polynomials, Complex and Real
Mikhail Lyubich,
Mathematics Department,
Institute for Math Sciences at Stony Brook ,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
10:00am
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4:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Symmetry and Attractor
Messoud Efendiyev,
ICB Institute of Computational Biology,
Helmholtz Zentrum Munich,
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Arsenic mobilization in groundwater aquifiers and as removal in drinking water filters - causes and solutions for the world's largest mass poisoning
Andreas Kappler,
Visiting Professor,
Department of Geobiology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Computational Materials Design - Concept, Implementation and Future
Charles Kuehmann,
VP Materials Engineering,
SpaceX and Tesla Motors,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
The Iberian Voyages of Discovery and the Origin of Modern Science: A Geological Perspective
Walter Alvarez,
Professor of the Graduate School,
Earth and Planetary Science Department,
University of California, Berkeley,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2017
8:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Logic Seminar
How many free actions does a C*-algebra have?
Eusebio Gardella,
Mathematisches Institut ,
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster ,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Building a Better Mousetrap – The Continuing Quest for More Reliable Models of Clay Behavior"
Andrew J. Whittle,
Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
HyunJu Cho,
Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow,
Shan Research Group, CCE, Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Sediment transport in carbonate environments: a case study on ooids
Lizzy Trower,
PhD,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar
Engineering Viruses for Cancer Therapy
Yuman Fong,
MD,
Chair-Department of Surgery,
City of Hope,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Non-emptiness of Newton strata
Sug Woo Shin,
Department of Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Emergent Behavior in Quantum Matter
David Pines,
Distinguished Research Professor,
Santa Fe Institute and UC Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wolff Lecture
Renormalization and Universality/Regular or Stochastic Dichotomy
Mikhail Lyubich,
Mathematics Department,
Institute for Math Sciences at Stony Brook ,