Institute Calendar
November 2010
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Energy Dynamics
Igor Mezic,
professor of mechanical and civil engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Science Job Candidate
Local Gossip and Inter-generational Family Transfers: Comparative Political Economy of Insurance Provision
Yuki Takagi,
Department of Government,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Limits on Estimating a Waveform
Carlton Caves,
professor of physics,
University of New Mexico,
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
Charged-Particle Astronomy
Alexander Kusenko,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Dissipative Solitons: New Nonlinear Waves in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers
Frank Wise,
professor of applied physics,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Center for the Mathematics of Information Seminar
Adaptive Submodularity: A New Approach to Active Learning and Stochastic Optimization
Daniel Golovin,
postdoctoral scholar,
Center for the Mathematics of Information,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Orbital-free Embedding Theory and Its Applications in Numerical Simulations of the Electronic Structure in Condensed Phase
Tomasz A. Wesolowski,
professor of physical chemistry,
University of Geneva,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
A Generalized Coupon Collector Problem
Weiyu Xu,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Revealed Political Power
Roger Lagunoff,
professor of economics,
Georgetown University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
8:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Keely Finkelstein,
Texas A&M University,
Steve Finkelstein,
Texas A&M University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Feedback and Control in Biological Circuit Design
Richard M. Murray,
Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor and Control & Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Abbott Symposium
Process Research and Development of Drug Candidates at Abbott Labs
Yi-Yin Ku,
GPRD Process R&D,
Abbott Laboratories,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Abbott Symposium
Stereoselective Strategies for Activating C─H Bonds, Simple Olefins, and Carbon Dioxide
Vy M. Dong,
professor of chemistry,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Improving Efficiency in Matching Markets with Regional Caps: The Case of the Japan Residency Matching Program
Fuhito Kojima,
assistant professor of economics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
All Pairs Shortest Path in Quadratic Time with High Probability
Benny Sudakov,
professor of mathematics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Changing Nutrient Biogeochemistry in a Warmer, More Acidic Future Ocean
David Hutchins,
professor of marine environment biology,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:45pm
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8:45pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Sustainability of Worldwide Population Growth
Ramla Gabriel,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
10:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
High-Contrast Imaging and Atmospheric Modeling of Luminous Planets and Low-Mass Brown Dwarfs
Thayne Currie,
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Programmed Death and Destruction: Protein Dynamics in Phage Lysis
Ry Young,
professor of biochemistry and biophysics and of biology,
Texas A&M University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
The Role of the Hippocampus in Generalization: Theoretical Issues and a Proposed Model
Dharshan Kumaran,
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Syndrome Decoding and Overlapping Equalization for Wireless Transmission Systems
Klaus Hueske,
research assistant,
Information Processing Lab, EE Department,
TU Dortmund University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from the Study of Fossil Plants
Jon Wilson,
O.K. Earl Postdoctoral Scholar in Geology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Al+ Optical Clocks for Fundamental Physics, Geodesy, and Quantum Metrology
Till Rosenband,
physicist,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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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
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The JUNO Mission to Jupiter
Steve Matousek,
JUNO mission operations manager,
JPL,
Friday, November 12th, 2010
9:00am
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11/13
5:00pm
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Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
9:30am
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10:30am
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Thesis Seminar
Lewis Acid-Assisted Reductive Coupling of Carbon Monoxide
Alexander Miller,
graduate student in chemistry and chemical engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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