Institute Calendar
October 2006
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
11:00am
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12:30pm
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Experimental Volcanology: Can Mechanistic Understanding Enhance Crisis Response?
Donald Dingwell,
professor of mineralogy and petrology,
department of earth and environmental sciences,
University of Munich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Holographic Probabilities in Eternal Inflation and the String Landscape
Raphael Bousso,
associate professor of physics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
DNA Translocation through Solid-State Nanopores
Cees Dekker,
professor of molecular biophysics,
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:30pm
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
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
Discreteness and the Origin of Probability in Quantum Mechanics
Stephen Hsu,
associate professor of physics,
University of Oregon,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Robust Bayesian Detection of Unmodeled Bursts of Gravitational Waves
Antony Searle,
postdoctoral fellow in physics,
Australian National University, Canberra,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Symplectic Forms and Symplectic Flows on Orthogonal Polynomials
Barry Simon,
International Business Machines Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Fire and Ice: Dynamics of Climate Variability at High Latitude
Peter B. Rhines,
professor of oceanography and atmospheric sciences,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
What Is Getting In and/or Out of Nearby Disk Galaxies?
Daniel Wang,
associate professor of astronomy,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Manipulating Light in Arrays of Nanoscale Holes and Pyramids
Teri W. Odom,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Thursday, October 5th, 2006
10:00am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Regulatory Genes in Development
Meredith H. Ashby,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Mechanics of Intracontinental Transforms and the Tectonics of California: An Alternative Approach
John P. Platt,
professor of earth sciences,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Quantum Mechanics of Global Warming
Brad Marston,
professor of physics,
Brown University,
9:00pm
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10:30pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Open Strings and Particle Physics
Herman Verlinde,
professor of physics,
Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Reviewing for Journals & Funding Agencies
Janet Hering,
professor of environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
A Fascination with Fluids
Tony Maxworthy,
professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
14-Electron Ruthenium Phosphonium Alkylidenes in Olefin Metathesis
Patricio Romero,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Physics Potential of a Very Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment Using a Wide-Band Beam
Dr. Mark Dierckxsens,
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Nature-Inspired Optimization Techniques in Engineering Electromagnetics: Let Darwin and the Bees Help Designing Antennas
Yahya Rahmat-Samii,
Professor of Electrical Engineering,
UCLA,
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Dafnis Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Family Potrait Photography on Campus: Prentice Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Sahakian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Keesey Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Swackhamer Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 8th, 2006
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:30pm
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Monday, October 9th, 2006
9:00am
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Orbitofrontal Cortex, Impulsivity, and Borderline Personality Disorder
Heather Berlin,
Department of Psychiatry,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
A Look Under the Hood into the Earthquake Machine: New Results from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth
William Ellsworth,
Earthquake Hazards Team,
USGS, Menlo Park, CA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Recent Results from the BaBar Experiment
Chih-hsiang Cheng,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Transition from Quasi-Equilibrium to Non-Equilibrium Double Layer and Onset of Electroconvective Instability
8:30pm
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10:30pm
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
9:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
"Entropy of Orthogonal Polynomials: Some Results, Some Open Problems"
Andrei Martinez-Finkelshtein,
department of mathematics,
Universidad de Almeria, Spain,
12:00pm
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6:00pm
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On-Campus Filming: HBO's 12 Miles of Bad Road
Multiple locations - See event detail for more information