Institute Calendar
January 2007
Thursday, January 11th, 2007
10:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Value-Based Decision Making: Using Rich Behavioral Models to Explore Neural Function
Leo Sugrue,
graduate student in bioengineering,
HHMI and department of neurobiology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
A New Kinematic Model of the Himalayan Orogen Based on Along-Strike Changes in Structural Geometry in the Northwest India Himalaya
Alex Webb,
department of earth and space sciences,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
March of the Penguins: The Future of Heavy Flavor Physics
David Hitlin,
professor of physics,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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9:00pm
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11:30pm
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Friday, January 12th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Open-Closed String Correspondence in Background Independent String Field Theory
Ivo Sachs,
professor of theoretical physics,
LMU Munich,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Dynamics of Nonlinear Coupled Nanomechanical Resonators
Ron Lifshitz,
senior lecturer in physics,
Tel Aviv University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Geometric Models for Dimensionality Reduction in Signal and Data Processing
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special GALCIT Colloquium & Bioengineering Seminar
The Vascular Endothelial Cell and Its Love Affair with Biomechanics
Robert Nerem,
professor of bioengineering and bioscience,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Useful Knowledge: On the History of the Concept of Science for the Common Good, from Bacon to Mill
Rose-Mary Sargent,
Eleanor Searle Visiting Professor of History, Caltech,
and professor of philosophy, Merrimack College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Toward High-Performance Neural Prostheses
Krishna Shenoy,
assistant professor,
department of electrical engineering and neurosciences program,
Stanford University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, January 13th, 2007
10:30am
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12:30pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Sunday, January 14th, 2007
12:30pm
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2:00pm
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2:45pm
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4:45pm
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Monday, January 15th, 2007
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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10:30am
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12:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar (date changed)
Asymmetric Catalysis with Dual Hydrogen-Bond Donors
Eric N. Jacobsen,
professor of chemistry,
Harvard University,
8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
8:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Recent Trends in Lithium Ion Batteries for Energy Storage
M. Stanley Whittingham,
professor of chemistry and materials science, and director of the Institute for Materials Research,
Binghamton University, SUNY,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Copy-Protection
Scott Aaronson,
postdoctoral scholar,
University of Waterloo,
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
Space Interferometry Mission: Parallaxes, Planets and More
Shrinivas Kulkarni,
director, Caltech Optical Observatories, and MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The Cell Cycle: Spatial and Temporal Control of a Multicomponent Genetic Network
Lucy Shapiro,
professor of developmental biology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
CMS Test BEAM
Chris Rogan,
graduate student in high energy physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Chemomechanics of Metastable Material Surfaces and Interfaces: Exploring the Molecular Scale When Far from Equilibrium
Krystyn Van Vliet,
assistant professor of materials science and engineering,
MIT,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
8:00am
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12:00pm
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8:30am
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4:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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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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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Planar Networks, Cluster Algebras, and Integrable Systems
Michael Gekhtman,
associate professor of mathematics,
University of Notre Dame,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Influence of Young Embedded Clusters on Star/Planet Formation
Fred Adams,
professor,
department of physics,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Tackling Nonconvexity in Communication Networks: An Engineering Perspective
Mung Chiang,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
Princeton University,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
10:00am
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1:00pm
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