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Thursday, December 6th, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop: Overview of Library Resources

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Decoupling Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 289
The Bourgain Guth method
Maksym Radziwill, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Controlled Randomness: Wondering Between Synthetic and Biological Materials
Ting Xu, Professor, Chemistry & Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Moore B280
Randomized Algorithms for Convex and Non-Convex Optimization
Mert Pilanci, Assistant Professor , Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Sulfur systematics illuminate the elusive record magma redox evolution
Rita Economos, Assistant Professor, Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences, Southern Methodist University ,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Structure of the Mordell-Weil Group Over $\mathbb{Z}_p$ - Extensions
Jaehoon Lee, Department of Mathematics , UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
TBA
Douglas Stanford, Associate Professor of Physics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Semiparametrically Efficient Estimation of the Average Linear Regression Function
Bryan Graham, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Film Screening: Polytechnique

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
6:00pm – 8:30pm
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Caltech Connect Training

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) JWU (Denver) vs. Caltech

7:30pm – 9:00pm
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German Film: Die göttliche Ordnung

Baxter Lecture Hall
Movie screening for German 130c & 132c // In (Swiss) German with English subtitles
Friday, December 7th, 2018
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day of Classes for Fall Term

10:00am – 11:00am
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School-Day Show: Theaterworks USA in The Magic School Bus

Beckman Auditorium
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Sigma model on Flags
Kantaro Ohmori, IAS,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Exact Eigenstates in the Rydberg-blockaded Atom Chain Which Violate the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis
Cheng Ju (Jacob) Lin, Graduate Student, Motrunich Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Asset Pricing in the Cross Section of Stocks
Angad Singh, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 125
A Theory of Recursive Aggregation with Applications
Hamed Hamze Bajgiran, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Small-Scale implications of alternative dark matter models
Victor Robles, Postdoctoral Scholar, Dept of Astrophysics, UC Irvine,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 255
A Bound on the Cohomology of Quasiregularly Elliptic Manifolds
Eden Prywes, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Biological propulsion in (and of?) the ocean
John Dabiri, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Using flat geometry to understand the dynamics of every point - Hausdorff dimension, divergence, and Teichmuller geodesic flow!
Paul Apisa, Department of Mathematics, Yale University,
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Let's Talk

North Mudd B114F
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Cooperative Bond Activation by a Pentanuclear Nickel Hydride Cluster
Manar Shoshani, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry, Caltech,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Board Holiday Dinner

Lee F. Browne Dining Hall (formerly the Harry Chandler Dining Hall)
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Baxter Lecture Hall
The Anatomy of Artificial Intelligence
Kate Crawford, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the AI Now Institute at NYU, Distinguished Research Professor at New York University, and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Center for Student Services, Lobby
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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Final Presentation: Storytelling for Scientists

Ramo Auditorium
8:30pm – 10:00pm
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Final Presentation: Improvisation for Scientists

Ramo Auditorium
Saturday, December 8th, 2018
8:00am – 12/11 5:00pm
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Study Period, Fall Term

1:30pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tumanyan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kamali Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Life: Insects

Beckman Auditorium
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) Caltech at California Baptist

Monday, December 10th, 2018
11:30am – 2:00pm
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Caltech Connect Training

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room
12:20pm – 12:50pm
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Chair Yoga

Gates-Thomas 115
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Crellin 151
Dynamic regulations of co-translational protein targeting by the Signal Recognition Particle Receptor in E. coli and human
Yu-Hsien Hwang Fu, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Neutrino Masses, Dark Matter and the New Physics Scale
Pavel Fileviez Perez, Case Western Reserve University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
A 15 Year Love Affair with Metal Anodes and Sulfur Cathodes
John Muldoon, Senior Principal Scientist, Chemistry, Toyota USA,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Book Lovers' Soiree

Athenaeum
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
8:00am – 12:00pm
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First Aid Training/CPR/AED - Child/Infant/Adult - Day 1 of 2

Beckman Institute 121
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding B117
11:00am – 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Jessica Sampson, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
11:30am – 1:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Meeting

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Stephen Grant, Graduate Student, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
Laura Luebbert, Visiting Graduate Student, Caltech,
12:00pm – 12:50pm
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Meditation Mob

Caltech Hall 9th Floor
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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SFCC Holiday Presentation

Avery Library
12:10pm – 12:50pm
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Indoor Meditation

Gates-Thomas 115
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Broad 100
Un Seng Chio, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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BMB Fall Rotation Seminar

Crellin 151