Institute Calendar
November 2007
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Fun and Games with the CD Kernel
Barry Simon,
International Business Machines Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Calabi-Yau Metrics and the Solutions of the Laplacian
Volker Braun,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
University of Pennsylvania,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Anticipating Threats from New Chemicals and Mixtures: Linking Molecular Models to Field-Scale Forecasts
Samuel Arey,
US NSF International Research Fellow,
Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry,
École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
The Optical Antenna: A Versatile Tool for Nanophotonics
Ken Crozier,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
From Massive Cores to Massive Stars
Mark Krumholz,
Hubble Fellow in astrophysics,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The Neural Crest in Face and Brain Development
Nicole le Douarin,
Institute of Embryology,
CNRS,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
11:30am
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1:30pm
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Women's Club Lunchtime Lecture
The State of Science Education in the U.S.: What's Working, What's Not, and Why It Matters
Pamela Aschbacher,
director of research and evaluation,
Caltech Pre-College Science Initiative,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Internal Recycling in the Tuolumne Batholith: Implications for the Size and Duration of Magma chambers
Scott Paterson,
professor of geological sciences,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Lecture Sponsored by the Caltech Entrepreneurship Club and the Engineers for a Sustainable World
The Opportunity to Make a Difference: The Challenges and Lessons Learned from Starting and Managing a Nonprofit
Leonard Nelson,
The Least Among Us,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Noble Travails: XENON10, LUX and Other Noble Liquid Detectors Searching for Particle Dark Matter
Rick Gaitskell,
associate professor of physics and head of the particle astrophysics group,
Brown University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Andrew Chesher,
professor of economics,
University College London,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
10:00am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exploring Holographic Approaches to QCD
Umut Gursoy,
École Polytechnique,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Velocity and Density-Field Measurements of Shock-Driven Instabilities and Turbulence
Kathy Prestridge,
researcher in physics,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Electron Tunneling and Hopping in Azurin
Crystal Shih,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Pushing CMOS to the Limits
Ali M. Niknejad,
associate professor,
electrical engineering and computer sciences,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The Specter of the Telescope: Radical Instrumentalism from Galileo to Hooke
Ofer Gal,
lecturer in the history and philosophy of science,
University of Sydney,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
9:15am
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2:45pm
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12:30pm
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3:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ibarra/Araujo Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Arsineh Davidian
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Paula Dallas & John Berry
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Ng Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Babayan/Megrabyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Cindy Miller & Jaime Marian
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:30pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
The Breathtaking Inanity of Flood Geology: Geology, Creationism, and Evolution
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
9:00am
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9:00pm
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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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Biophysics Lecture
Making Use of Dynamic Instability at the Microtubule-Kinetochore Interface
Eva Nogales,
professor of biochemistry and molecular biology,
UC Berkeley,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Getting Lucky at Palomar: 2x HST Resolution in the Visible
Nicholas Law,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Engineering Shape of Polymeric Micro and Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
Samir Mitragotri,
professor of chemical engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Real-Time Adaptive Signal Processing
Yoav Freund,
professor of computer science,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Sulfur Isotope Geobiology: A Fresh Look at Sulfate Reduction and the Proterozoic Biosphere
David T. Johnston,
postdoctoral fellow in organismic and evolutionary biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Smoking Guns for Light Resonances at the LHC
Ira Rothstein,
assistant professor of physics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Swift Lecture
Metal Ions in Systems Biology
Ivano Bertini,
professor,
Magnetic Resonance Center and department of chemistry,
University of Florence,