Institute Calendar
March 2011
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
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11:00am
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Why Everyone Else Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind
Robert Kurzban,
associate professor of psychology,
the University of Pennsylvania,
Monday, March 7th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
How to Turn Graphene into a Room-Temperature Topological Insulator Using Adatoms
Jason Alicea,
assistant professor of physics and astronomy,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Gradual Closing of the Indonesian Seaway and the Onset of Northern Hemisphere Ice Ages
Peter Molnar,
professor of geological sciences,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Molecular Engineering of Conjugated Polymers to Reach Higher Efficiency "Plastic" Solar Cells
Wei You,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Multi-scale Dynamics and Information
N. Sri Namachchivaya,
professor of aerospace engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Measurement of Single Target-Spin Asymmetry in Semi-Inclusive Pion Electroproduction on a Transversely Polarized $^3$He Target
Xin Qian,
Robert A. Millikan Postdoctoral Scholar in Experimental Physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
8:00am
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3/10
12:30pm
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8:00am
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3/10
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Eigenquakes, Gaussian Processes, and Ground Motion Simulation
Arzhang Alimoradi,
lecturer and senior research engineer,
USC,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Theory Cannot be Extended
Roger Colbeck,
postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Talk
New Constraints on the Evolution of the Stellar-to-Dark Matter Connection: A Combined Analysis of Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing, Clustering, and Stellar Mass Functions from z=0.2 to z=1
Alexie Leauthaud,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Astrometric Effects of a Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background
Laura Book,
graduate student in theoretical astrophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Study Neural Circuit Assembly
Marta Morey-Ramonell,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Persuasion and the Effective Power of Majority
Catherine Hafer,
associate professor of politics,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Understanding Adaptive Immunity: A Crossroad of the Physical, Life, and Engineering Sciences (technical lecture)
Arup K. Chakraborty,
professor of chemical engineering,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
The Apples of Our Eyes: Art, Intellectual Property and American Fruits
Daniel J. Kevles,
J. O. and Juliette Koepfli Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus,
Caltech, and professor of history, Yale University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
CFT Primary Fields and the Calculus of Conformal Dimensions
Nikolai Makarov,
professor of mathematics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
The Nebula Future Internet Architecture: A Research Agenda
Jonathan Smith,
professor of engineering and applied science and professor of computer and information science,
the University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Chromosome, Cell Cycle and Entropy, or, Why I love E. coli
Suckjoon Jun,
FAS Center for Systems Biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
A Restatement of the Theory of Monopoly with Applications to Merger Analysis
Glen Weyl,
junior fellow,
Harvard Society of Fellows,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Efficient Bayesian Methods for Clustering Data
Katherine Heller,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Microscale Distributions of Phytoplankton Revealed Using a Planar Laser Imaging Fluorometer
Peter J. S. Franks,
professor of biological oceanography,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
4:00pm
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6:30pm
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4:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Alkyl Electrophiles
Gregory C. Fu,
professor of chemistry,
MIT,
7:00pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
8:00am
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3/13
5:00pm
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Did the Retro Commissioning of the Mudd Buildings Actually Save Energy?
John Onderdonk,
manager for sustainability programs,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Ilana Witten,
postdoctoral scholar in bioengineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Movement of Corals on Climatic Timescales; D/H Fractionation in Lipids from Terrestrial Hydrothermal Springs
Nithya Thiagarajan,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Maggie Osburn,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
How to Hit HIV Where It Hurts (general lecture)
Arup K. Chakraborty,
professor of chemical engineering,
MIT,
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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