Institute Calendar
May 2014
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Transfer-matrix treatment of surface disorder in topological insulator
Kun Woo Kim,
Graduate Student,
Condensed Matter Theory - Refael Group,
Caltech,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Bailey Engagement Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Putting the 'P' in 'JPL'--The Past, Present, and Future of Propulsion at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Todd Barber,
Cassini Propulsion Lead Engineer,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Saturday, May 24th, 2014
12:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Quintans Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Nazari Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:30pm
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9:30pm
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Sunday, May 25th, 2014
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Krikorian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Doctorian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, May 26th, 2014
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
9:30am
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10:30am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Magnetic Alignment of High-Aspect Ratio Microwires into Vertical Arrays
Joseph Beardslee,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Lewis group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Crystals that Count! Physical Principles and Experimental Investigations of DNA Tile Self-Assembly
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information (IQI) Weekly Seminar
Rapid Mixing of Quantum Local Dissipative Systems
Angelo Lucia,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
A positive proportion of plane cubics fail the Hasse principle
Manjul Bhargava,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Princeton University visiting Caltech,
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
TBA
Prof. Joe Silk,
Johns Hopkins Univ.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Exploring the Bio-Nano Interface: Integrating Live Cells with Nanosensors
Bianxiao Cui,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Light Sleep
Gero Miesenboeck,
Professor,
Centre for Nerual Circuits and Behavior,
University of Oxford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Meteorites found on Other Worlds as Planetary Research Tools with Special Applications for Martian Climate Studies
James Ashley,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
JPL,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium **SPECIAL DAY/TIME**
Resiliency of the Power Grid
Ali Pinar,
Sandia National Laboratories,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
IZI: Inferring Metallicities and Ionization Parameters with Bayesian Statistics
Guillermo Blanc,
Carnegie,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies - Open Lecture
The Long Space Age: An Economic History of American Space Exploration
Alexander MacDonald,
Executive Staff Specialist,
Civil and Commercial Space Division,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
10:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanisms of Substrate Selection by the Signal Recognition Particle
Thesis defense
Aileen Renia Ariosa,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Logic Seminar
A model-theoretic portrait of a family of countably universal graphs
Rehana Patel,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Olin College of Engineering,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special CCE Seminar
Modern Quantum Chemistry
Garnet K.-L. Chan,
Hepburn Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, and Moore Scholar,
Department of Chemistry,
Princeton University, and California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Past and Future Hurricane Activity
Gabriel Vecchi,
Head of Climate Variations and Predictability Group,
Department of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Thursday, May 29th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
The Value of Network Information (joint with Andrea Galeotti)
Itay Fainmesser,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Brown University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Engineered antibody and monobody domains with T cell receptor-like selectivity for tumor associated peptide-MHC antigens
Thesis defense
Samy Hamdouche,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
On the Evolution of Reward Signals: A Computational Just-So Story
Andrew G. Barto,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Twins! Nutrient uptake and the role of dual transport systems
Heather Pinkett,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Molecular Biosciences,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
On the image of complex conjugation in certain Galois representations
Anna Caraiani,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Galactic Center: Unveiling the Heart of our Galaxy
Andrea Ghez,
Professor of Physics & Astronomy,
UCLA,
6:30pm
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8:00pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Porter Engagement Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Friday, May 30th, 2014
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Label-Free Detection of Single Biological Molecules Using Microtoroid Optical Resonators
Thesis defense
Judith Su,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Rational Design of Zinc Phosphide Heterojunction Photovoltaics
Jeffrey Bosco,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Distinguished Lecture in Solid Mechanics
Acoustic, Electromagnetic, and Neutron Emissions from Brittle Fracture and Earthquakes
Alberto Carpinteri,
Professor of Structural Mechanics,
Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics,
Politecnico di Torino,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Design of 3D printed mathematical art
Henry Segerman,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Oklahoma State University,