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Sunday, October 1st, 2006
11:00am 12:30pm
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
4:00pm 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 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 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 5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
3:00pm 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 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 9:00pm
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7:30pm 9:30pm
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
12:00pm 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 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 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 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 7:00pm
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Thursday, October 5th, 2006
2:00pm 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 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 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

The Quantum Mechanics of Global Warming
Brad Marston, professor of physics, Brown University,
Friday, October 6th, 2006
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Open Strings and Particle Physics
Herman Verlinde, professor of physics, Princeton University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Reviewing for Journals & Funding Agencies
Janet Hering, professor of environmental science and engineering, Caltech,
3:00pm 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 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 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 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 8:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Dafnis Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm 9:00pm
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7:30pm 9:30pm
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
11:00am 2:00pm
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1:00pm 3:00pm
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Family Potrait Photography on Campus: Prentice Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Sahakian Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Keesey Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Swackhamer Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Monday, October 9th, 2006
9:00am 4:00pm
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
4:00pm 5:00pm
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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 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 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 5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Transition from Quasi-Equilibrium to Non-Equilibrium Double Layer and Onset of Electroconvective Instability
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
7:30pm 9:00pm
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7:30pm 9:30pm
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
12:00pm 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 6:00pm
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On-Campus Filming: HBO's 12 Miles of Bad Road

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information