Institute Calendar
Winter 2016-2017
Thursday, February 9th, 2017
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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SPECIAL: Planetary Science Seminar
Titan: Unanswered Questions, Recent Discoveries, and Why We Need to Go Back
Alexander Hayes,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy; Director, Spacecraft Planetary Imaging Facility,
Cornell,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Metasurfaces: From Nanoantennas Inclusions to Patterned 2D Sheets
Hossein Mosallaei,
Associate Professor and Director of Metamaterials Laboratory,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Northeastern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture- POSTPONED
Ahmad K. Omar,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Oscillator representation interpretation of Tate's thesis
Alexander Yom Din,
Department of Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Supremacy
Scott Aaronson,
David J. Bruton Centennial Professor of Computer Science,
University of Texas at Austin,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Glacial Ice Melt and Sea Level Rise
Alex Gardner,
Earth Scientist,
JPL,
Friday, February 10th, 2017
10:00am
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2:00pm
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Lean Startup Workshop
Farzin Samadani,
Co Founder at Curious Me,
Christie Canaria,
Program Manager at NCI SBIR Development Center,
11:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
High Fidelity Simulation of Brittle Fracture Problems with Universal Meshes
Adrian Lew,
Associate Professor, Lee Otterson Faculty Scholar,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics and Computation ,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Symplectic fillings of lens spaces as Lefschetz fibrations
Burak Özbağci,
Department of Mathematics,
Koç University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Chromium Compounds Supported by Chelating Multi-Aryl Ligands for Selective Ethylene Oligomerization
Mr. Nate Hirscher,
graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Non-local effects in Weyl semi-metals
Yuval Baum,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Analyzing Gaze Behavior in Feature Films
Katherine Breeden,
PhD Candidate,
Computer Science,
Stanford University,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Glacial Ice Melt and Sea Level Rise
Alex Gardner,
Earth Scientist,
JPL,
Saturday, February 11th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Amerkhanian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 12th, 2017
8:45am
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2/13
5:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, February 13th, 2017
9:00am
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9:00am
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9:00am
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5:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Methodological Developments and Synthetic Applications of Strained Rings and Allylic C–H Functionalization of Hindered Substrates
Nicholas O'Connor,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Methodological Developments and Synthetic Applications of Strained Rings and Allylic C–H Functionalization of Hindered Substrates
Nicholas O'Connor,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Methodological Developments and Synthetic Applications of Strained Rings and Allylic C–H Functionalization of Hindered Substrates
Nicholas O'Connor,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Finiteness of Cohomology of Local Systems on Rigid Analytic Spaces
Ruochuan Liu,
Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research,
Peking University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Synthetic Biology Platforms for Natural Product Biosynthesis and Discovery
Christina Smolke,
Professor,
Bioengineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Organization and Control of Hippocampal Circuits
Ivan Soltesz,
James R. Doty Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurosciences,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Variational Problems on Graphs and Their Continuum Limits
Associate Professor Dejan Slepčev,
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
What Determines the Meridional Energy Transport? Insights from varying rotation rate experiments
David Battisti,
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, and Tamaki Endowed Chair ,
Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
From Precision & Catalytic Polymer Syntheses to Functional Materials, Degradable Plastics & Recyclable Polymers
Eugene Chen,
Professor,
Chemistry Department,
Colorado State University,
8:30pm
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10:30pm
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
7:00am
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3:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar
The translation flow on holomorphic maps out of the poly-plane
Dmitri Gekhtman,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Meeting
Vinny Augustine,
Graduate Student,
Computation and Neural Systems,
California Institute of Technology,
Sangjun Lee,
Graduate Student,
Neurobiology,
California Institute of Technology,
1:30pm
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3:00pm
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Special Seminar: Ji-Ho Park
Harnessing Exocytosis of Nanoparticles to Improve Cancer Nanomedicine
Ji-Ho Park,
Associate Professor,
Department of Bio and Brain Engineering,
KAIST,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Recovery maps in quantum thermodynamics
Alvaro Martin Alhambra,
University College, London,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Dr. Roberto Decarli,
MPIA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
The dynamics of classifying geometric structures
William Goldman,
Mathematics Department,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Ceres Before and After Dawn (From an Old Scientist's Perspective)
Thomas McCord,
Researcher,
Bearfight Institute,
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Differential Reactivity at Edge and Terrace Sites of Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Joshua Wiensch,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
A Transfer Matrix Approach to Scaled Limits of Christoffel-Darboux Kernels
Jonathan Breuer,
Department of Mathematics,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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RSRG Seminar
Some Limitations and Possibilities Toward Data-driven Optimization
Yaron Singer,
Professor,
Computer Science,
Harvard University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
From North Dakota to the Southern Ocean: Surprising atmospheric observations with climate and air quality implications
Eric Kort,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lectures
Ab Initio Electron-Phonon Calculations: Theory, Computation, and Applications
Marco Bernardi,
Assistant Professor,
Applied Physics and Materials Science Department,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
p-adic AdS/CFT
Sarthak Parikh,
Department of Physics,
Princeton University,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Veritas Forum at Caltech
Meaning-Making Methodologies: A Christian Mathematician and an Atheist Geoscientist Share Their Views on What Makes Life Worthwhile
Paul Asimow,
Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geology and Geochemistry,
Caltech,
Francis Su,
Professor of Mathematics,
Harvey Mudd College,
Katie Galloway,
NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow,
USC,
7:30pm
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8:30pm
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