Institute Calendar
October 2008
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Optimality in Movement Planning
Michael Landy,
professor of psychology and neural science,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:15pm
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5:15pm
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4:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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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)
The Mars Science Laboratory
Richard Cook,
project manager,
Mars Science Laboratory,
JPL,
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
8:00am
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11:00am
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9:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Dolan/Slater Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Atrian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Childs 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: Robles Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:30pm
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6:15pm
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7:15pm
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6:30pm
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Special CDS/CIMMS/GALCIT Seminar
Implementation of a Titan Saturn System Mission: One Giant Leap Beyond Cassini-Huygens
Kim R. Reh,
research scientist,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Boundary Behavior of Cauchy Transforms
Alexei Poltoratski,
professor of mathematics,
Texas A&M University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Plume Versus Plate: Connective Interactions Beneath Western North America
Richard M. Allen,
associate professor of Earth and planetary science,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Seeking the Light of New Physics
Yuri Gershtein,
assistant professor of physics,
Rutgers University,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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9:45pm
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10:45pm
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
9:45am
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11:45am
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12:00pm
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1:15pm
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CMA Presents "Mathemagics: Math Made Magical!"
Arthur Benjamin,
professor of mathematics,
Harvey Mudd College,
,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special CDS/CIMMS/GALCIT Seminar
Titan and Enceladus: What Now Beyond Cassini-Huygens?
Jonathan Lunine,
professor of planetary science and physics,
University of Arizona,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Modeling Soot Formation in Gas Turbine Engines: An Example of Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale Fluid Mechanics
Guillaume Blanquart,
graduate student in computational energy sciences,
Stanford University,
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
Is the Universe Homogeneous?
Marc Kamionkowski,
Robinson Professor of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Radar Reflection from Naturally Occurring Metal 50 Miles Up in the Sky
Paul Bellan,
professor of applied physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Expanding the Role of Mass Spectrometry in Structural Biology: Infrared Photodissociation of Peptide Fragments and Surface-Induced Dissociation of Large Non-Covalent Protein Complexes
Vicki H. Wysocki,
professor of chemistry, and professor and head ,
department of biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
University of Arizona, Tucson,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Stem and Progenitor Cell-Based Strategies for Treating Diseases of the CNS
Steven Goldman,
division of cell and gene therapy,
University of Rochester Medical Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Truth the Top Quark Is Hiding
Andrew G. Ivanov,
research physicist,
UC Davis and Fermilab,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The 'Quixote' Myth and the New Eastern Europe: A Hermeneutic Study Based on Films
Jorge Latorre,
University of Navarre,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
12:00am
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1:00pm
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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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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Asymmetric Organocatalysis in Complex Target Synthesis: Progress towards the Synthesis of Diazonamide A
Robert Knowles,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,