Institute Calendar
Winter 2020-2021
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
3:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Microbiome and Mitrochondria interactions in a rodent model of Parkinson's disease
Dr. Livia Morais (Mazmanian Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:45pm
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Diverse Minds Seminar
Online Event
Mapping the structure of emotions
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa,
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor at Duke University with appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurosurgery.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Quantum Field Theory and Beyond
Nathan Seiberg,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Friday, February 12th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Confinement in 4d N=1 from 6d N=(2,0)
Lakshya Bhardwaj,
Oxford University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
From quantum error correction to critical theories: A holographic journey
Alexander Jahn,
Postdoctoral Scholar, Preskill Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar
Online Event
Interpolated Factored Green Function method for accelerated solution of scattering problems
Christoph Bauinger,
Graduate Student,
Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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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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Lunar Trailblazer: A small satellite mission for lunar water and lunar geology
Online Event
Lunar Trailblazer: A small satellite mission for lunar water and lunar geology
Bethany Ehlmann,
Professor,
Planetary Science,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Monday, February 15th, 2021
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
9:00am
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9:01am
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10:00am
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10:50am
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Equidistribution of affine random walks on some nilmanifolds
11:00am
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11:50am
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12:00pm
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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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2:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Online Event
Classical and quantum communication through quantum fields
Eduardo Martin-Martinez,
Associate Professor,
University of Waterloo,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
Learning Risk and Social Behavior in Mixed Human-Autonomous Vehicles Systems
Daniela Rus,
Director,
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
Fooling Constant-Depth Threshold Circuits
William Hoza,
University of Texas, Austin,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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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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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
A Golden Age of Asteroseismology with Kepler and TESS
Tim Bedding,
Professor,
Sydney Institute for Astronomy,
University of Sydney,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Tropical Pacific climate and El Niño strength during warm climates of the past five million years
Sarah White,
University of California Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Order-Disorder-Property Relationships in Structural Materials: Guided by Randomness
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Analyzing Text Data Indexed by a Hidden Characteristic: Method and Application to the Study of Media Bias in the U.S.
Yimeng Li,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - What Cosmic Fireworks Unveil About the Universe
Online Event
Mansi Kasliwal,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Mars 2020 Lecture: The Thrill and Terror of Landing a Spacecraft on Mars
Online Event
Rob Manning,
Chief Engineer,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
All Day
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Fluid-elastic Structure Interactions: From Fluid-Induced Cracks to Ice-Shelf Disintegration
Ching-Yao Lai,
Professor,
Department of Geophysics,
Princeton University,
9:00am
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9:55am
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Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Mean curvature flow with prescribed boundary: a dynamical approach to Plateau's problem
10:00am
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11:00am
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● POSTPONED: T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
This seminar has been postponed to April 29, 2021.
Elizabeth Phelps,
Harvard University,
11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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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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Postponed: Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Seminar will be rescheduled for Spring Term
Dr. Darcy McRose (Newman Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Stacking van der Waals atomic layers: quest for new quantum materials
Philip Kim,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, February 19th, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Recent Developments on the Swampland Distance Conjecture
Irene Valenzuela,
Harvard University,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
Biopolitical Battle Lines: Between Eugenics and Black Lives Matter
Edgar Arcenaux,
USC, Artist, Writer/Director,
Ugo Edu,
UCLA,
Kurt Forman,
Independent Artist/Filmmaker,
Ahmad Greene-Hayes,
Princeton University,
Terence Keel,
UCLA,
Hentyle Yapp,
NYU Tisch School of the Arts,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bacterial fluid dynamics
Online Event
Eric Lauga
Eric Lauga,
Professor,
Department of Applied Mathematics,
University of Cambridge,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Linking Physics and Knot Theory
Angus Gruen,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
Saturday, February 20th, 2021
8:30am
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4:30pm
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