Institute Calendar
April 2014
Thursday, April 24th, 2014
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Bray Theory Workshop
Gossip, Centrality, and Diffusion in Social Networks
Matthew Jackson,
William D. Eberle Professor of Economics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
A Quiet Revolution in Optical Microscopy
Steven Chu,
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, and Nobel Laureate ,
Physics Department,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Crustal thickening and the long term evolution of arc magmatic systems
Leif Karlstrom,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Albanese quotients of Picard modular surfaces, and rational points
Mladen Dimitrov,
Professor,
Mathematics,
University Lille 1,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Cosmic clues for dark matter
Kathryn Zurek,
Associate Professor of Physics,
University of Michigan,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Friday, April 25th, 2014
12:00am
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12:00am
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4/26
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Update after AMS: implications on Dark Matter, local pulsar and supernova remnant sources
Ilias Cholis,
Research Associate,
Astrophysics,
FNAL,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Distinguishing topologically and smoothly doubly slice knots
Jeffrey Meier,
Mathematics,
University of Texas, Austin,
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Theory and Experiments are Strongly Connected in Nonlinear Mechanics
Davide Bigoni,
Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics,
Civil, Environmental & Mechanical Engineering,
University of Trento, Italy,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
A diagrammatic categorification of a Clifford algebra via contact topology
Yin Tian,
Mathematics,
USC,
4:00pm
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Ruth and Edward Hughes Lecture
Mass spectrometry: from noble gases to membrane motors
Carol Robinson,
Professor Dame,
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory,
University of Oxford,
4:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
Conformity and the Certificate of Discharge: Bankruptcy in Early Modern England
Ann M. Carlos,
Professor and Associate Dean for Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Economics,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
5:40pm
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6:40pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kimble Family Photo
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Exploring Mars with Curiosity: Mapping, Trekking, Discovery
John P. Grotzinger,
Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, April 26th, 2014
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4/27
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4/27
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Caltech Physics Photo
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:30pm
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3:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Rudie Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lopez Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Sunday, April 27th, 2014
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4/28
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tateossian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, April 28th, 2014
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
"Green kernels for Schrödinger equations"
Ari Laptev,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Imperial College London,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Z-Selective Olefin Metathesis Using Chelating Ruthenium Alkylidene Catalysts
Myles Herbert,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Grubbs group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
Incidences, Polynomial Partitioning, and Hilbert Polynomials
Adam Sheffer,
Tel Aviv University,
Mathematics,
Tel Aviv University,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Phase transitions and Majorana bound states in engineered topological superconductors
Aaron Finck,
Postdoc,
UIUC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
The Organization of the Labor Market with Communication and Cognitive Skills
Aloysius Siow,
Professor of Economics,
Department of Economics,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Strongly-Interacting Supersymmetry: Theoretical Motivations and Phenomenology
Lauren Pearce,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
The Coordination Chemistry of Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Jonathan S. Owen,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thomas J. and Earleen Ahrens Lecture
The Origin of the Earth and Moon
Sarah T. Stewart,
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Harvard University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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