Institute Calendar
October 2016
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Special cycles on non-compact Shimura varieties
Zavosh Amir-Khosravi,
Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Broadening the Searchlight: New Ideas in Dark Matter Detection
Kathryn Zurek,
LBNL,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Asteroid Anchors, Rock Climbing Robots, Gecko Grippers, and Other Ways to Stick in Space
Aaron Parness,
Extreme Environment Robotics Group,
JPL,
Friday, October 21st, 2016
8:00am
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6:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
The Rise of Europe and Atlantic Trade
Daudin Guillaume,
Professor of Economics,
Université Paris-Dauphine,
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Destructive Birth of Massive Stars and Massive Star Clusters
Anna Rosen,
Graduate Student,
UC Santa Cruz,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Microscale "Turbulence" induced by Electrochemical Interfaces
Ali Mani,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
2D to 1D Oxide interfaces: superconductivity, magnetism and ballistic transport effects
Alon Ron,
Richard Chase Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar,
Hsieh Group,
4:30pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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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)
Asteroid Anchors, Rock Climbing Robots, Gecko Grippers, and Other Ways to Stick in Space
Aaron Parness,
Extreme Environment Robotics Group,
JPL,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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9:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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2:30pm
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Photography on Campus : Nichols Wedding Photoshoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Bandari/Manoukian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kendirjian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Photography on Campus : Khatcherian Wedding Photoshoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2016
3:30pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Antonious/Alfi Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, October 24th, 2016
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development of Automated Reaction Path Search Methods toward Systematic Understanding and Design of Organic Reactions
Satoshi Maeda,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Hokkaido University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Next Generation Computer Simulations for Multi-Scale and Multi-Physics Electromagnetic Applications
Professor Jin-Fa Lee,
ElectroScience Lab., ECE Dept. College of Engineering,
The Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Reducing the Earth to Simple Physical Models: From Antarctica to the Core
Victor C. Tsai,
Assistant Professor of Geophysics,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Cosmology & Effective Field Theories: Higgs Evolution in Inflation and Large Scale Structure
Kathyrn Zurek,
LBNL,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
9:30am
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10:30am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar - please note date & time
Zeta polynomials for modular forms
Ken Ono,
Mathematics & Computer Science,
Emory University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH
How Bitcoin enables a Machine-Payable Web
Balaji S. Srinivasan,
CEO of 21.co and a Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz.,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Observing coating Brownian noise in silicon optics at the zero-expansion point
Johannes Eichholz,
LIGO,
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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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Logical aspects of profinite groups
André Nies,
Department of Computer Science,
University of Auckland ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Dr. Alan Dressler,
Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Directed assembly in liquid crystalline environments
Juan J. de Pablo,
Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering,
Institute for Molecular Engineering,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Early Decisions in Neural Fate Determination
Kenneth Kosik,
Harriman Professor of Neuroscience ,
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Joint Seminar of the Walter Burke Institute of Theoretical Physics and the Einstein Papers Project
Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes
Lars Brink,
Professor Emeritus, Chalmers University of Technology; Former Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Centralization versus separation of regulatory institutions
Dana Foarta,
Assistant Professor of Political Economy,
Stanford Graduate School of Business,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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