Institute Calendar
October 2005
Monday, October 17th, 2005
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, October 17th, 2005
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Estimating Static Models of Strategic Interactions
Patrick Bajari,
Professor of Economics,
University of Michigan,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:45am
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11:45am
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Thesis Seminar
Kinetic Resolution of Chiral α-Olefins Using Optically Active ANSA-Zirconocene Catalysts
Endy Min,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Quantum Algorithm for Approximating the Jones Polynomial
Dorit Aharonov,
Professor,
Department of Computer Science,
Hebrew University,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Shedding Light on the Building Blocks of Life, One by One
Mattanjah S. de Vries,
Professor of Physical Chemistry,
Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neurodegeneration and Aging
Nils-Goran Larsson,
Dr.,
Division of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine,
Karolinska Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Developments in Pattern Classification of High Energy Physics Data
Ilya Narsky,
SPDS,
High Energy Physics,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2005
10:00am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar - CANCELLED
Microbial Surfaces Interact Strongly with the Environment: A Microscopist's View
Terrance Beveridge,
CRC Professor,
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology,
University of Guelph,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Models for Data-Flow Sequential Processes
Mark Josephs,
Professor,
Institute for Computing Research,
London South Bank University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, October 20th, 2005
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:00am
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10/21
3:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Programmable Molecular Sensors and Switches: Applications in Metabolic Engineering, Intelligent Therapeutics, and Biosensors
Christina Smolke,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Energy Concentrating Phenomena: From Sonoluminescence to Crystal Fusion
Seth J. Putterman,
Professor of Physics,
University of California, Los Angeles,
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:45pm
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10:45pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 21st, 2005
10:00am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exploring Type II Flux Vacua: SUSY, Non-SUSY, and Nongeometric
Washington Taylor,
MIT,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
"Carbon Nanotubes as Ballistic Phonon Channels and Nanomechanical Relays
Marc Bockrath,
Professor,
Applied Physics,
Califonia Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Electricity Regulation, Deregulation, and Reregulation in California
Woody Studenmund,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
Occidental College,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Protein Modification through In Vivo Incorporation of Noncanonical Amino Acids
Marissa Mock,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
New Rhodium-Catalyzed Reactions for Five- and Seven-Membered Ring Synthesis
Travis Williams,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
11:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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7:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, October 24th, 2005
8:30am
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5:30pm
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8:30am
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5:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Silicate Liquids in Earth's Deep Interior
Lars Stixrude,
Professor,
Department of Geological Sciences,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
JuxMem: A Peer-to-Peer Distributed Shared Memory?
Mathieu Jan,
PhD Student,
PARIS Research Group,
IRISA/IFSIC University of Rennes, France,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
10:00am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
A Reference Probability Approach to Quantum Filtering
Lucas Bouten,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Lessons on Structure from the Structures of Viruses
Richard James,
Professor,
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics,
University of Minnesota,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Precise Body Patterning by Diffusion Gradients in the Drosophila Embryo
Steven Small,
Dr.,
Department of Biology,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Bs Mixing Results from CDF
Ivan Furic,
Research Associate,
Physics,
University of Chicago/Fermilab,