Institute Calendar
March 2019
Tuesday, March 5th, 2019
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
Designer Matter: New Frontiers in Wave Interactions with Meta- and Nano-structures
Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Electrical and Systems Engineering,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
"(Semi-)automating CRISM Analysis: Refinement of Martian Surface Mineralogy using Factor Analysis and Target Transformation" & "Probing the Gas Content of Late-Stage Protoplanetary Disks with N2H+"
Nancy Thomas,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science,
Caltech,
Dana Anderson,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science,
Caltech,
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Electrical Engineering Special Seminar
Designer Matter: New Frontiers in Wave Interactions with Meta- and Nano-structures
Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Electrical and Systems Engineering,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Visiting Newton's Atelier Before the "Principia," 1679-1684
Michael Nauenberg,
Professor of Physics, Emeritus,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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Special Seminar
"How a soil bacterium responds to light"
Tilman Lamparter,
Botanical institute,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Estimation of Peer Effects in Endogenous Social Networks: Control Function Approach
Hyungsik Roger Moon,
Professor in Economics,
USC,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
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TCS+ Talk
Strongly log concave polynomials, high dimensional simplicial complexes, and an FPRAS for counting Bases of Matroids
Shayan Oveis Gharan,
University of Washington,
12:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Seminar
New Opportunities with Old Optical Materials
Marko Lončar,
Tiantsai Lin Professor of Electrical Engineering,
John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University,
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Beckman Lecture
New Polymers from Old Monomers: Advances Enabled through Catalyst Discovery
Geoffrey W. Coates,
Tisch University Professor,
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology,
Cornell University,
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EE Distinguished Speaker: Dr. Thomas Kailath
On the process of making breakthroughs in engineering
Thomas Kailath,
Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University,
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Trends in Earth System Modeling and Emerging Data Science Opportunities
Christiane Jablonowski,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Thomas Jefferson's Networks of Knowledge
Barbara Oberg,
Senior Research Scholar,
Department of History,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Smart Materials from Programmable Polymers
Grigory Tikhomirov,
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar in Biology & Biological Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
"Why the world is simple"
A. A. (Ard) Louis,
Professor,
Rudolph Peierls Center for Theoretical Physics,
Oxford University,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Collective Hold-Up
Santiago Oliveros,
Professor of Economics,
University of Essex,
7:00pm
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Thursday, March 7th, 2019
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Instabilities and Phase Transitions in Multiphase Flow through Porous Media.
Xiaojing (Ruby) Fu,
Miller Fellow,
Department of Earth & Planetary Science,
Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at UC Berkeley,
12:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
"Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells"
Arash Farhadi,
Graduate Student, Shapiro Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Probing the 2D Fermi-Hubbard Model Under a Quantum Gas Microscope
Matt Nichols,
PhD student, Zwierlein Group,
MIT,
12:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group Seminar
Non-Convex Learning: Optimization and Robustness
Hongyang Zhang,
Ph.D. candidate,
Machine Learning,
Carnegie Mellon University,
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Geology Club Seminar
Dust to Dirt: The Microbiome of the Air and Soil
Emma Aronson,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology,
University of California Riverside,
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Humanities Seminar
Oil Under the Sea: Technological Vision and Visual Persuasion across the French Mediterranean
Brian Jacobson,
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and History,
University of Toronto,
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Physics Research Conference
Physics and Energy
Washington Taylor IV,
Professor of Physics; Director, Center for Theoretical Physics; Division Head, Theoretical and Nuclear Particle Physics,
MIT,
6:00pm
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Friday, March 8th, 2019
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Anomaly Inflow for M5-branes Wrapping a Riemann Surface
Emily Nardoni,
UCLA,
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Heterogeneity of Gain-Loss Attitudes and Expectations-Based Reference Points
Charlie Sprenger,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics, Rady School of Management,
UC San Diego,