Institute Calendar
November 2005
Ongoing
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11/11
5:00pm
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11/1
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Methods for the Analysis of Organic Chemistry on Titan
Robert Hodyss,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Engineering the Mechanical Properties of Ocular Tissues
Charles S. Nickerson,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
On the Quantum Hardness of Solving Isomorphism Problems as Nonabelian Hidden Shift Problems
Pawel Wocjan,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Computer Science,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Nonlinear Mechanics Approaches to Micro- and Nano-Scale Sensing
Kimberly L. Turner,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
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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High Energy Physics Seminar
Measurement of the CKM Matrix Element |Vub| at Belle
Ilija Bizjak,
Graduate Student,
Experimental Partical Physics,
Jozef Stefan Institute,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Environmental Interfaces Studied by Lasers: From Geochemistry to Atmospheric Chemistry
Franz Geiger,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
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
Sub-Lithographic Semiconductor Computing Systems
Andre DeHon,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Optimal Tests for Markov Switching Models
Werner Ploberger,
Professor of Economics,
University of Rochester,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
10:00am
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1:00pm
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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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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Engineers for a Sustainable World @ Caltech
Medical Device Development for the Developing World: One Recent Grad's Experience
Joel Segre,
Dr.,
Project Impact,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
MicroRNAs and Their Regulatory Roles in Animals and Plants
David Bartel,
Dr.,
Whitehead Institute,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Enhancement of Bacterial Iron Respiration as a Means to Inhibit Acid Mine Drainage
Azra Bilgin,
ESE,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Beyond Dark Energy
Sean Carroll,
Assistant Professor,
Physics Department,
Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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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, November 4th, 2005
9:00am
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1:00pm
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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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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Hurricane Katrina: Environmental Clean-Up Issues
Anna Rose Beck,
Grad. Student,
Environmental Science & Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:30pm
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Stoichiometric and Catalytic Interactions between Iridium Hydrides and Alkynes
Xingwei Li,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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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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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, November 5th, 2005
9:00am
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4:00pm
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9:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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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, November 6th, 2005
12:45pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Some Physical Aspects of the Origin of Life and of Artificial Cells
Albert J. Libchaber,
Detlev W. Bronk Professor,
Laboratory of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, The Center for Studies in Physics and Biology,
The Rockefeller University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Fast Mountain Building
Jay J. Ague,
Professor,
Department of Geology and Geophysics,
Yale,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
A Theorist's View on the Experimental Options for Measuring theta_13 and delta
Boris Kayser,
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Interfirm Mobility, Wages, and the Returns to Seniority and Experience in the U.S.
Moshe Buchinsky,
Professor of Economics,
UCLA,
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, November 8th, 2005
10:00am
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1:30pm
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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
Quantum Computing, Zeroes of Zeta Functions, and Approximate Counting
Willem van Dam,
Professor,
UCSB,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Detachment Waves and the Onset of Friction
Jay Fineberg,
Professor,
Racah Institute of Physics, The 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
White Dwarfs in Star Clusters
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy as a Novel Probe for Molecular Chirality
Y. Ron Shen,
Professor of Physics,
Department of Physics,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Structural Properties of Dynamin Reveal a Mechanism for Membrane Constriction
Jenny Hinshaw,
Dr.,
Laboratory of Cell Biochemistry and Biology,
NIDDK, NIH,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Results on Vus and Direct CP Violation from the NA48 Experiment at CERN
Mayda Velasco,
Associate Professor,
Physics,
Northwestern University,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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