Institute Calendar
February 2011
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Theory of Multiexciton Generation at the Nanometer Scale
Eran Rabani,
professor of chemistry,
Tel Aviv University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
From the Perifery through the Protocerebrum: Tracing Olfactory Circuits in the Fly Brain
Vanessa Ruta,
Columbia University Medical Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Topic to be announced.
Gerald Schubert,
professor of Earth and space sciences,
UCLA,
Krishan Khurana,
research geophysicist,
Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics & Department of Earth and Space Sciences,
UCLA,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Veritas Forum at Caltech
God, Math and Multiverse
Satyan Devadoss,
Associate Professor,
Mathematics,
Williams College,
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
9:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:45am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Spectroscopic Identification of Massive Young Stellar Objects in the Galactic Center
Solange Ramirez,
IPAC,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Inverse Spectral Analysis of Finite Spring Mass Systems
Rafael del Rio,
IIMAS-UNAM,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Constraints on the Birth Environment of the Solar System
Fred Adams,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Firm-based Measurements of Market Power in Transmission-constrained Electricity Markets
Ross Baldick,
professor of electrical and computer engineering,
the University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Insights Derived from Studying the Signature of the MJO in Satellite and Lightning Observations
John Wallace,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: Six Degrees of Separation
James M. Mayer,
professor of chemistry,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Three-Dimensional Structures for Storing, Generating and Harvesting Photons and Electrons
Paul V. Braun,
professor materials science and engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:45pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011
8:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Can Montana Repeal the Physics of Climate? Market of Fundamentalism and the Rise of Anti-science in the United States
Erik Conway,
JPL,
10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:30am
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10:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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GALCIT Special Seminar
Advances in Computer Simulations of Turbulent Combustion
Stephen B. Pope,
Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
Cornell University,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Caltech Biotechnology Club Seminar
Corporate and IP Considerations for Entrepreneurs
Richard Hsu,
Kilpatrick, Townsend, & Stockton, LLP,
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Molecular Origami: Protein Folding and Misfolding in Health and Disease
Judith Frydman,
professor of biology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Tailoring Interfacial Interactions in Mixed Colloidal Fluids for Soft Material Design
Matt Helgeson,
postdoctoral associate in chemical engineering,
MIT,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Stromatolites: Myths, Legends, Assumptions, and Confusion. What the Modern Can Tell Us about the World's Oldest Fossils
Victoria Petryshyn,
graduate student in Earth sciences,
USC,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Giant Planets in the Stellar Mass-Metallicity Plane
John Johnson,
assistant professor of astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Statistical Modeling over Graphs via Convex Optimization
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Friday, February 25th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
T-duality for Massive Stringy States
Jnan Maharana,
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
High Frequency Traders in Limit Order Markets
Jaksa Cvitanic,
professor of mathematical finance,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar - CANCELED
Javad Lavaeiyanesi,
graduate student in control and dynamical systems,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Lagrangian and Vortex-Surface Fields in Turbulence (Thesis Presentation)
Yue Yang,
graduate student in aeronautics,
GALCIT,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Towards Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Cells: 820 mV Open-Circuit Voltages from Cu2O/CH3CN Junctions
Chengxiang Xiang,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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