Institute Calendar
February 2017
Friday, February 24th, 2017
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Emergent de Sitter Spaces from Entanglement Entropy
Claire Zukowski,
Columbia University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Physics and Materials Science
3rd generation of Calphad databases – ongoing work at KTH, Sweden
Sedi Bigdeli,
Division of Computational Thermodynamics ,
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Exotic Astrophysical Channels for Black Hole Binary Formation
Nicholas Stone,
Postdoctoral Einstein Fellow,
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory,
Columbia University,
2:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Robust Estimators for Linear Dynamic Systems Based on Additive Cauchy Uncertainty
Jason Speyer,
Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
UCLA,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Pin(2)-equivariant Floer homology and homology cobordism
Matthew Stoffegren,
Mathematics Department,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Seminar
Half-Harmonic Generation: Enabling Photonic Solutions for Molecular Sensing and Non-Classical Computing
Alirexa Marandi,
Ph.D. ,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Informal Biology Seminar
Removing the Waste Bags: VCP/p97 Maintains Cellular Homeostasis by Driving Autophagy of Damaged Lysosomes
Hemmo Meyer,
Professor,
Molecular Biology,
University of Duisburg-Essen ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Rhodium-Conjugate Fluorescent Probes for Detection of Mismatched DNA
Dr. Adela Nano,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, February 25th, 2017
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Abddallat-Medina Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 26th, 2017
12:00am
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10:00am
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Benincosa Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Monday, February 27th, 2017
9:15am
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CNS Seminar
The structure of the mechano-tactile input to the rat vibrissal system
Mitra J.Z. Hartmann,
Professor,
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Long Reach of River Networks
Taylor Perron,
Associate Professor of Geology, Chair of the Program in Geology, Geochemistry & Geobiology ,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar--TO BE RESCHEDULED
TBA
Jill E. Millstone,
Associate Professor,
Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
University of Pittsburgh,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
9:30am
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W.N. Lacey Symposium in Chemical Engineering
Cooperativity in "Single Site" Catalysts
Mark A. Barteau,
Director, University of Michigan Energy Institute; DTE Energy Professor of Advance Energy Research; Professor,
Chemical Engineering and Chemistry,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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W.N. Lacey Symposium in Chemical Engineering-UPDATED
Molecular Engineering for Noninvasive Imaging and Control of Cellular
Mikhail G. Shapiro,
Assistant Professor; Heritage Principal Investigator,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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W.N. Lacey Symposium in Chemical Engineering
Complex Integrals in Statistical Mechanics: From Advanced Materials to Quantum Liquids
Glenn H. Fredrickson,
Mitsubishi Chemical Professor; Director of Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials; Director of Complex Fluid Design Consortium,
Chemical Engineering & Materials,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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W.N. Lacey Symposium in Chemical Engineering
Nanoparticles in the Air That We Breathe
Spyros N. Pandis,
Deputy Director, Research Professor, Professor ,
Chemical Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University & University of Patras, Greece ,
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
A Story of Stellar Nurseries
Dr. Nia Imara,
Harvard CfA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Cornelis Wiersma Visiting Professor of Neurobiology Seminar
Brain mechanisms of visual form perception
J. Anthony Movshon,
Professor of Neural Science and Psychology, and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Center for Neural Science (CNS),
New York University,
4:00pm
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Leonidas Alaoglu Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
The Cubical Route to Understanding Groups
Daniel Wise,
Department of Mathematics & Statistics,
McGill University ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech Y Nuclear Winter Series Talk
The New Trump Card: Domestic Nuclear Weapons Policy
David Wright,
Co-Director and Senior Scientist,
Global Security Program,
Union of Concerned Scientists,