Institute Calendar
May 2013
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
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Center for the Mathmatics of Information and the Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Fourier sparsity, spectral norm, and the Log-rank conjecture
Shengyu Zhang,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
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Prof. Risa Wechsler,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
CANCELLED: Adiabatic and Diabatic Treatments of Vibronic Coupling: The NO3 Molecule as an Example
John F. Stanton,
George W. Watt Centennial Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Phil Sharp,
Institute Professor ,
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research ,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,
4:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Extrasolar Cosmochemistry
Michael Jura,
Professor and Vice Chair, Astronomy ,
Department of Physics and Astronomy ,
UCLA,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Studying conscious and unconscious vision with fMRI: the BOLD promise
Julien Dubois,
Graduate Student,
Compuation and Neural Systems,
California Institute of Technology,
10:30am
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11:30am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Synthetic Applications and Methodological Developments of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes
Alexander Goldberg,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:30am
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Thesis Defense.
"Architecture, Limits, and Tradeoffs in Biology"
Fiona Chandra,
Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering,
Bioengineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Gone with the Wind? Galactic winds and star formation quenching
Christy Tremonti,
Wisconsin,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Accessing and Harnessing Metalated Intermediates toward Synthetic Utility
Eric M. Ferreira,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry Department,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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The Next Wave of Wireless Communications
The Wouk Lecture
Lawrence Larson,
Dean of School of Engineering,
Brown University,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Thursday, May 30th, 2013
9:00am
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Thesis Defense Seminar
Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Interactions in Marine Stratocumulus Clouds
Yi-Chun Chen,
Graduate Student ,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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11:00am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Biotechnologies for Cancer Diagnostics: Cell Sorting, Protein Analysis and Imaging of Cellular Metabolism
Kiwook Hwang,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Heath Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Soft Computing Applications in Simulation-Based Analysis/Optimization of Engineering Systems under Uncertainty
Alexandros Taflanidis,
Associate Professor,
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences,
University of Notre Dame ,
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PhD seminar
Synthetic Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Expression by Noncoding RNA
Leopold d'Espaux,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Identification of Fucose Alpha (1-2)Galactose Binding Proteins in the Mammalian Brain
Arif Wibowo,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Hsieh-Wilson Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Transient bistability generates anticipatory and deferred metabolic states
Ophelia Venturelli,
graduate student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Coding and Information-Theoretic Aspects of Coordination in Networks
Joerg Kliewer,
Associate Professor,
Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ,
New Mexico State University,
4:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
Molecular Probes for the Study of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
Justin Du Bois,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Black Hole Information Paradox, Alive and Kicking
Joseph Polchinski,
KITP, UCSB,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Friday, May 31st, 2013
8:00am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
A Study of Protein Targeting Reveals Insights into Mitigating Protein Aggregation
Thang Xuan Nguyen,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Shan Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD seminar
Towards Conditional RNAi: Shape and Sequence Transduction with Small Conditional RNAs
Lisa Hochrein,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
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PhD seminar
Effects of Particle Size Ratio on Single Particle Motion in Colloidal Dispersions
Nicholas Hoh,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
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TAPIR Seminar
The Changing Landscape of Type Ia Supernova Progenitors
Ken Shen,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Astronomy,
University of California, Berkeley,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Planar Reflection of Gaseous Detonations
Jason Damazo,
PhD Candidate,
Graduate Aerospace Laboratories,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Aldehyde-Selective Wacker-type Oxidation of Unbiased Alkenes
Zhachary Wickens,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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