Institute Calendar
October 2010
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Gravitational Waves from First Order Phase Transitions
Chiara Caprini,
Institut de Physique Théorique,
CEA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Accelerating Molecular Dynamics of Rare Events
Graeme Henkelman,
associate professor of chemistry,
the University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Recovery of Compressively Sampled Signals Using Partial Support Information
Hasson Mansour,
postdoctoral research fellow in computer and communications engineering,
University of British Columbia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Prenatal Risk Factors for Schizophrenia
Alan Brown,
associate professor of clinical epidemiology and associate professor of clinical psychiatry,
Columbia University Medical Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Correlated Genotypes in Friendship Networks
James H. Fowler,
professor,
School of Medicine and Division of Social Sciences,
UC San Diego,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
The Growth of Dead Galaxies in Clusters over Most of Cosmic Time
Greg Rudnick,
assistant professor of physics and astronomy,
University of Kansas,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
A Possible Explanation for Puzzling Properties of X-ray Bursts
M. Coleman Miller,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Observational Learning and Demand for Search Goods
Thomas Wiseman,
associate professor of economics,
the University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Learning Tree and Latent Tree Graphical Models: Consistency,Sample Complexity and Error Rates
Anima Anandkumar,
assistant professor of electrical and computer science,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Role of the Deep Ocean in Setting the Last Glacial Maximum Climate
Jess Adkins,
professor of geochemistry and global environmental science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Redox Neutral Reaction Cascades and New Concepts in Asymmetric Catalysis
Daniel Seidel,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Rutgers University,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:45pm
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8:45pm
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Thursday, October 21st, 2010
8:30am
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4:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Insecticide Resistance in Bed Bugs
Morgan Raven,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
10:21am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Neural Basis of Goal-Directed and Habitual Control in the Human Brain
John O'Doherty,
professor of psychology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Sediment Yield and Spatial Characteristics of Active Earthflows, Eel River, California
Ben Mackey,
postdoctoral scholar in geology and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
High-Temperature Superconductivity: Emergent Phases, Broken Symmetries, and the Power Grid
Laura H. Greene,
professor of physics,
Center for Emergent Superconductivity, Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology,
University of Illinois,
5:00pm
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6:15pm
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CMA Presents "Petroleum, NASA, and the 21st Century Oil Spill Response"
Ira Leifer,
Associate Researcher,
Marine Sciences Institute,
University of California Santa Barbara,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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10/22
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Friday, October 22nd, 2010
8:30am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Singular Monopoles and Gauge Theories with Impurity Walls
Sergey Cherkis,
Trinity College, Dublin,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Point Contact Spectroscopy of Strongly Correlated Electron Materials: Andreev Reflection, Multiband Superconductivity, and Magnetism
Laura H. Greene,
professor of physics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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SISL Postdoc/GRA Seminar
New Models and Methodologies for Group Decision Making, Rank Aggregation, Clustering and Data Mining
Dorit Hochbaum,
Viterbi School of Engineering,
USC,
1:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Roche Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Sarkisian/Torosyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Akopyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Concerted Proton-Electron Transfer Reactions of Iron-Porphyrin Complexes and Organic Substrates Relevant to Biological Redox Processes
Jeffrey J. Warren,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
The Early Kant's (Anti-)Newtonianism
Eric Watkins,
professor of philosophy and science studies,
UC San Diego,
4:30pm
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7:00pm
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Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
9:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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