Institute Calendar
February 2011
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Galaxies: Comparing Isolated and Hickson Compact Group Galaxies
Ute Lisenfeld,
University of Granada and IPAC,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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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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Geology Club Seminar
Importance of Erosion at Inception of Deep-sea Channels
Andrea Fildani,
research geologist,
Chevron,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Exploring New Frontiers of Quantum Optical Science
Mikhail Lukin,
professor of physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar—cancelled
Daniel Everett,
dean of arts and sciences,
Bentley University,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Friday, February 11th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
A New Perspective on Gluing in TQFT
Tudor Dimofte,
Institute for Advanced Study,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
The Price of Mediation
Adam Meyerson,
assistant professor of computer science,
UCLA,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Iridium Corroles: Synthesis, Properties, Electronic Structure, and More
Joshua Palmer,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Yuan-Cheng (Bert) Fung Lecture in Aerospace
Probing Mechanical Principles of Cell-Material Interactions
Huajian Gao,
professor of engineering,
Brown University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The Role of Z-DNA and its Binding Proteins in Immunity and Infection
Alexander Rich,
professor of biology,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
ATP Dependent DNA Charge Transport by the Helicase XPD
Timothy P. Mui,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Next Generation Warning and Alerting Systems
Nalini Venkatasubramanian,
professor of computer science,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Incommensurabilities? Trying to Grasp Chinese Medicine in 17th-Century Europe
Harold J. Cook,
professor of history,
Brown University,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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11:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, February 12th, 2011
9:00am
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12:00pm
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
Synthetic Biology Today and Tomorrow: The Way Entrepreneurs and Visionaries Want the World to Be
9:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Chilalyan Wedding 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: Sedano Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ghoukassian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Grigorian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Sunday, February 13th, 2011
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:30pm
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2:30pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
How Old Is the Universe? and The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
David Weintraub,
associate professor of astronomy,
Vanderbilt University,
Shing-Tung Yau,
professor of mathematics,
Harvard University,
2:45pm
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4:45pm
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
9:00am
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9:01am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Investigations of C-H Activation and the Conversion of Methanol to Triptane
Valerie Scott,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Patterns in the Dark: Understanding Galaxy Clusters and the SZ Effect
Dan Marrone,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Dark Computation in the Neocortex: How the Power of the Neocortex May Mostly Reside in 'Invisible' Dendritic Computations
Bartlett Mel,
associate professor of biomedical engineering,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Competing Phases of 2D Electrons at $\nu$ = 5/2 and 7/3
Jing Xia,
Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar Experimental Physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Building the Tibetan Plateau (and Blowing it Away)
Paul A. Kapp,
associate professor of structural geology and tectonics,
University of Arizona,