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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Celebration of Excellence

Athenaeum, Hall of Associates
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Moore B280
How Feedback Improves Coding Performance over Memoryless Channels
Aaron Wagner, Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions: Buffering Processes, Challenges Ahead, and Promising Approaches
Yangang Liu, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Homotopy Type Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Sasha Yom Din, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
The Materials Science of Sustainable Cements
Claire E White, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Efficient and Versatile Annulation to Build Diverse (Macro)Molecular Ladders as Microporous Membranes and Antiaromatic Molecules
Yan Xia, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Jae Ho Lee, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Belief Meddling in Social Networks: an Information-Design Approach
Jacopo Perego, Assistant Professor of Economics, Graduate Business School, Columbia University,
Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
8:00am – Ongoing
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Registration for Fall Term and Registration for Summer Graduate Research

10:30am – 12:30pm
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Campus Architectural Tour

Athenaeum
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Simulation-Based Optimization Methods for High-Dimensional Urban Transportation Problems
Carolina Osorio, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and in the Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Toastmasters Club Meeting

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151
Innovating Organofluorine Synthesis by Bridging Synthetic Chemistry and Biology
Xiongyu Huang, PostDoc, Arnold Group, CCE, Caltech,
12:15pm – 12:45pm
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Chair Yoga

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

Broad 100
Joun Hong (Ryan) Cho, Graduate Student, Computation & Neural Systems, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Aerosol Particle Measurements: Strategies for Health-Relevant Data Collection and Analysis
Amanda Grantz, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Exploring the systematics of Earth's core formation using lithophile elements
Bethany Chidester, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California Davis,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Hands at a Séance: Manual Evidence in Victorian Spiritualism and the Ghost Story
Aviva Briefel, Professor of English and Cinema Studies, Bowdoin College,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
What have we learned about binary neutron stars since the discovery of GW170817?
Duncan Brown, Charles Brightman Professor of Physics, Syracuse University,
5:00pm – 6:30pm
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Chen Institute Social

Alles Courtyard
5:50pm – 7:00pm
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Photography Club meeting! Challenge: Mundane

Beckman Behavioral Biology B101
Friday, May 24th, 2019
10:00am – 11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Moore 239
Long Term Implantable Pressure Sensors
Aubrey Shapero, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Quantum Electrodynamics of Superconducting Circuits
Hakan E. Tureci, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 127
Stability and Externalities in Dynamic Matching Markets
Laura Doval, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Tech Talks Toastmaster Club: Practice Speaking Confidently About Your Research, Improve Your Communication Skills

Beckman Institute Auditorium
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Arithmetic Geometry Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Work of Ichino-Prasanna on the Jacquet-Langlands Correspondence (2/3)
Zavosh Amir Khosravi, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radioactive Material Handling

Keith Spalding B117
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Assembly bias, galactic conformity, and the galaxy-halo connection
Angela Berti, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Conformal field theory on the Riemann sphere and its boundary version for SLE
Nam-Gyu Kang, School of Mathematics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
A Hybrid Propulsion Solution for the Mars Ascent Vehicle
Brian Cantwell, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Affine actions with Hitchin linear part
Tengren Zhang, Mathematics Department, National University of Singapore,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Student/Postdoc Seminar Series

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Student/Postdoc Seminar Series
Taylor Stevens, Graduate Student, Hoelz Lab, Caltech,
Xun Wang, Graduate Student, Rothenberg Lab, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar--CANCELLED

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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CPA Wine and Cheese Formal

Dabney Hall, Garden of the Associates
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Hameetman Center 220 - Multipurpose Room
Saturday, May 25th, 2019
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Barkley/Johanson Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Gharibian Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Pagaryan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Glee Club

Off Campus
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Orchestra

Ramo Auditorium
Sunday, May 26th, 2019
12:00pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Vartanians & Partamian Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech Orchestra

Ramo Auditorium
Monday, May 27th, 2019
12:00am – 12:00am
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Memorial Day (Institute Holiday)

Off Campus
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
9:30am – 10:30am
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Fire Extinguisher Training - CANCELLED

10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding B117
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Annenberg 105
Volumetric Imaging of Nature: from the microscopic to the grand outdoors
Aviad Levis, Doctoral Student in the Technion’s Electrical Engineering Department, Technion,
12:15pm – 12:45pm
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Outdoors Guided Meditation

Beckman Institute Lawn
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Revolution of Silicon Photonics
Michal Lipson, Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University,