Institute Calendar
November 2020
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11/3
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Skipper-CCDs for dark matter, neutrinos, quantum science and astronomy
Juan Estrada,
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
10:30am
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10:45am
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Beyond Cabdrivers: Labor Supply Reference Dependence of Rideshare Drivers
Tony Kukavica,
Undergraduate Student,
Caltech,
12:30pm
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2:00pm
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Joint Berkeley-Caltech-Stanford Number Theory Seminar
Online Event
An asymptotic version of the prime power conjecture for perfect difference sets
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Harnessing Special Properties for Distributed Decision-Making in Network Systems
Na Li,
Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics,
Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online Event
Structural Evidence for Nitrogenase Metallocluster Modularity
Trixia Buscagan,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Rees Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
10:00am
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10:50am
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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Off the Beaten Track: Long-Lived Particles at the LHC
Tova Holmes,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
10:30am
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10:45am
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11:00am
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11:50am
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Two-phase free boundary problems and the Friedland-Hayman inequality
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Online Event
"Internal Senses of the Vagus Nerve"
Steve Liberles,
Professor,
Cell Biology,
Harvard Medical School,
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Online Event
A Martian dust storm climatology using the Mars Dust Activity Database (MDAD)
Michael Battalio,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Earth & Planetary Sciences Department,
Yale University,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
The Provable Effectiveness of Policy Gradient Methods in Reinforcement Learning and Controls (POSTPONED)
Sham Kakade,
Professor,
Department of Computer Science , Department of Statistics,
University of Washington,
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
Forecasting Algorithms, Minimax Theorems, and Randomized Lower Bounds
Shalev Ben-David,
Assistant Professor,
University of Waterloo,
10:30am
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10:45am
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
How to Sell Hard Information
S. Nageeb Ali,
Professor of Economics,
Pennsylvania State University,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Interpreting Exoplanet Atmospheres at the Onset of Next-Generation Telescopes
Natasha Batalha,
Research Scientist,
NASA Ames Research Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Thermodynamic and Dynamic Mechanisms for Hydrological Cycle Intensification over the Full Probability Distribution of Precipitation Events
Gang Chen,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Amorphous Materials: Ideality, Losses, and Two Level Systems (TLS) in Amorphous Silicon Films
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
Online Event
First-Hand to a Degree Separated: Grief and Climbing After Tragedy
Zachary Green,
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
9:00am
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9:55am
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Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Non-linear Gibbs measures as mean-field limits
Nicolas Rougerie,
Laboratoire de Physique et Modelisation des Milieux Condenses CNRS,
Universite Grenoble,
10:30am
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10:45am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Discontinuous Compression Structures: From Tensegrity Planetary Landers to Lightweight Metamaterials
Julián J. Rímoli,
Associate Professor,
Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Division of Biology and Bioengineering Virtual Speaker Series
Online Event
Careers in Science Communication and Journalism
Katherine J. Wu,
New York Times Writer; Senior Producer, The Story Collider,
Whitney Clavin,
Senior Content and Media Strategist, Caltech,
Evguenia Alechine,
Science Communicator and Writer; Co-editor, Medical Writing,
12:00pm
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12:50pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Engineering a Genetically Encoded Contrast Agent for Ultrasound
Robert Hurt (Shapiro Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Literary Dimensions Seminar
This seminar has been postponed.
Elaine Auyoung,
McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Associate Professor of English, and Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Cognitive Sciences,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Effective Evaluation Practices: Evidence from research on bias and its consequences
Joyce Yen,
ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change,
University of Washington,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Friday, November 6th, 2020
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Science Journey: "Fueling the World Engine: Chemistry for Solar Fuels"
Online Event
Jake Evans,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
10:30am
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10:45am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Quantum BTZ black hole
Roberto Emparan,
University of Barcelona,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Quantum photonics with color qubits
Chaitali Joshi,
AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar,
Mirhosseini Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CCE Safety Day 2020
Online Event
Safety Seminar
Ian Tonks,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities "Learning Experiences in the Lab: Communication is Key for Safety",
Alexander Miller,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Synthetic Chemistry with a Safety Net",
John Kramer,
Senior R&D Leader,
Chemical Science,
The Dow Chemical Company;,
George Athens,
Senior R&D Leader,
Analytical Science,
The Dow Chemical Company "Participating in the Safety Culture in R&D at Dow",
Michael Smit,
Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control,
Children's Hospital Los Angeles,
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC "COVID-19: How the Virus Spreads and a Common-Sense Approach to Safety",
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar
Online Event
Convex relaxations and computational optimization
Riley Murray,
Graduate Student,
Computing and Mathematical Science,
Caltech,