Institute Calendar
November 2006
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
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
Importace of Biofilms in Environmental Mercury Methylation and Persistence of Enteric Bacteria in Beach Sediments
Jenny Ayla Jay,
assistant professor,
department of civil and environmental engineering,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Ends of Stellar Lives at the Galactic Center
Michael Muno,
postdoctoral researcher in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Neurobiology of Recollection
Professor Howard Eichenbaum,
Center for Memory and Brain,
Boston University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Text Mining Using Statistical Topic Models
Padhraic Smyth,
professor of computer science,
UC Irvine,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
8:00am
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Ongoing
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9:00am
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3:00pm
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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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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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Stable Isotope Electrochemistry of Zinc
Abby Kavner,
assistant professor,
department of earth and space sciences,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Symmetries of the Early Universe and the Origin of Matter
Michael Ramsey-Musolf,
senior research associate in physics,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Black Holes in the Universe
Curt Cutler,
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna team,
European Space Agency, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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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, November 17th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Albion Lawrence,
assistant professor of physics,
Brandeis University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Kellogg Seminar
Parity and Time Reversal Violation in Atoms and Nuclei, and Test of Unification Theories
Victor Flambaum,
University of New South Wales and Argonne National Laboratory,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong
King-Fai Li,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
SLE for String Theorists
Paul Wiegmann,
professor of physics,
University of Chicago,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Statistical Learning II: Representation, Generalization, and Examples.
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Mechanical Behavior of Nano Grained Metals—Smaller Is Stronger, Even Smaller May Be Softer
Taher Saif,
professor of mechanical engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Interactions of Toxins and Membranes
Matthew Hartings,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Impact of CMOS Scaling on RF/Mixed-Signal Circuit Designs
Mau-Chung Frank Chang,
professor of electrical engineering,
High-Speed Electronics Laboratory,
UCLA,
6:30pm
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8:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Black Holes in the Universe
Curt Cutler,
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna team,
European Space Agency, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam,
8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Saturday, November 18th, 2006
8:30am
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4:00pm
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12:00pm
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7:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Sherman/Alari Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:45pm
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1:45pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Sunday, November 19th, 2006
12:30pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lecture in Engineering and Applied Science
The Power and Weakness of Randomness (When You Are Short on Time)
Avi Wigderson,
professor of mathematics,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton University,
2:15pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Design of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: From Enantioselective Reactions to Tetrasubstituted Olefins
Jacob M. Berlin,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
The Mechanics of DNA at High Curvature
Philip Nelson,
professor of physics,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Opportunities for Nanotechnology in Neural Recording
Sotiris Masmanidis,
senior research fellow,
biology and computation and neural systems,
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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8:30pm
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10:30pm
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Tuesday, November 21st, 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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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Special Kellogg Seminar
Variation of Fundamental Constants from Big Bang to Atomic Clocks
Victor Flambaum,
University of New South Wales and Argonne National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Start-up of the OPERA Experiment
Alessandro Paoloni,
research scientist,
Frascati LNF,
INFN,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 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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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
A Revised Model for the Formation of Disk Galaxies
Stephane Courteau,
assistant professor of physics,
Queen's University,
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
8:00am
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11/24
5:00pm
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9:00am
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11/24
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Friday, November 24th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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