Institute Calendar
February 2005
Tuesday, February 15th, 2005
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Capacity Theorems for Quantum Multiple Access Channels
Jon Yard,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
SEALS: Keeping Fluids In and Contaminants Out
Douglas Hart,
Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Cracking the Code: The Mysteries Behind the Neutrino
Joe Formaggio,
Physics,
University of Washington,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Leonidas Alaoglu Memorial Lecture
Oppenheim Conjecture
Gregory Margulis,
Professor of Mathematics,
Yale University,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS) Lecture
Blood for Profit: Holding Transnational Companies Responsible
Ka Hsaw Wa,
Founder,
EarthRights International,
Wednesday, February 16th, 2005
8:30am
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12:30pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar/Special Physics Seminar
Winnett Center
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
Samuel C.C. Ting,
Thomas Dudley Cabot Prof. of Physics, Nobel Laureate 1976,
Physics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Cirrus Clouds/Aerosols: Remote Sensing and Climatic Implication
Kuo-Nan Liou,
Distinguished Professor and Director IRRS (Institute of Radiation and Remote Sensing),
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
From Physical Organic Chemistry to Biomedical Research
Dieter Seebach,
Professor Dr. ,
Laboratorium fur Organische Chemie,
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zuerich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar / Theory Workshop
Learning in Games and Feedback Control
Jeff Shamma,
Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
UCLA,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, February 17th, 2005
10:00am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Black Holes, Topological Strings, and Quantum 2d Yang-Mills Theory
Mina Aganagic,
Assistant Professor,
Particle Physics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Discovery of System Design Principles and Construction of Gene Circuits,
Michael Savageau,
Distinguished Professor,
Biomedical Engineering & Microbiology Graduate Group,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Fish & Chips: Genes, Brains, and Social Behavior in African Cichlid Fishes
Hans Hoffmann,
Dr.,
Bauer Center for Genomics Research,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Untangling the Links amongst Community Interactions, Biomineralization, and Metal Sequestration in Acid Mine Drainage Biofilms
Lesley Warren,
Associate Professor,
School of Geography and Geology,
McMaster University,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Organic Synthesis: Still Central!?
Dieter Seebach,
Professor Dr.,
Laboratorium fur Organische Chemie,
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Fundamental Limits on Control of Open Quantum Systems with Applications to Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy
Navin Khaneja,
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Harvard University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Friday, February 18th, 2005
11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Cosmology and the S-Matrix
Raphael Bousso,
Assistant Professor,
Particle Physics,
UC Berkeley and LBNL,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
The Kondo Effect and Controlled Spin Entanglement in Coupled Double-Quantum-Dots
Albert M. Chang,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
Duke University,
12:00pm
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2:30pm
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General Biology Seminar
Stem Cells, Nuclear Cloning, and the Reprogramming of the Genome
Rudolf Jaenisch,
Professor,
Whitehead Institute,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Multi-Scale Modeling of Small Scale Materials Phenomena: Applications in Materials Science and Biology
Markus J. Buehler,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Evidence for the Pentaquark: A New Type of Quark-Matter
Kenneth Hicks,
Professor ,
department of physics and astronomy,
Ohio University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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Saturday, February 19th, 2005
8:00am
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11:00am
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9:30am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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7:00pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: SHEETS/SMITH PARTY
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:45pm
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1:45pm
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1:30pm
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2:00pm
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6:30pm
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7:45pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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Sunday, February 20th, 2005
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Parallel Worlds: The Science of Creation, Black Holes, Superstrings, and Higher Dimensions
Dr. Michio Kaku,
professor of theoretical physics,
Graduate Center,
The City University of New York,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, February 21st, 2005
8:00am
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9:00am
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