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Friday, January 12th, 2007
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Geometric Models for Dimensionality Reduction in Signal and Data Processing
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Special GALCIT Colloquium & Bioengineering Seminar

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
The Vascular Endothelial Cell and Its Love Affair with Biomechanics
Robert Nerem, professor of bioengineering and bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar

Einstein Papers Project, 363 S. Hill Ave.
Useful Knowledge: On the History of the Concept of Science for the Common Good, from Bacon to Mill
Rose-Mary Sargent, Eleanor Searle Visiting Professor of History, Caltech, and professor of philosophy, Merrimack College,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
Toward High-Performance Neural Prostheses
Krishna Shenoy, assistant professor, department of electrical engineering and neurosciences program, Stanford University,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Saturday, January 13th, 2007
10:30am – 12:30pm
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Swimming & Diving

away game
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Women's Basketball

home game
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Men's Basketball

home game
Sunday, January 14th, 2007
12:30pm – 2:00pm
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Beginner Ballroom Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
2:45pm – 4:45pm
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Intermediate Ballroom Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
Monday, January 15th, 2007
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Martin Luther King Day (Institute Holiday)

9:00am – 4:00pm
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CEFCU Holiday Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
10:30am – 12:30pm
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Swimming & Diving Meet—CANCELLED

home game
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar (date changed)

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Asymmetric Catalysis with Dual Hydrogen-Bond Donors
Eric N. Jacobsen, professor of chemistry, Harvard University,
8:30pm – 10:00pm
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Beginner Hustle Dance Class

Winnett Lounge
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
8:00am – 12:00pm
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Software Training: Dreamweaver 8, Level II (two sessions)

IMSS 120
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Software Training: FrontPage, Level I (two sessions)

IMSS 120
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Recent Trends in Lithium Ion Batteries for Energy Storage
M. Stanley Whittingham, professor of chemistry and materials science, and director of the Institute for Materials Research, Binghamton University, SUNY,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Quantum Copy-Protection
Scott Aaronson, postdoctoral scholar, University of Waterloo,
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Space Interferometry Mission: Parallaxes, Planets and More
Shrinivas Kulkarni, director, Caltech Optical Observatories, and MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
The Cell Cycle: Spatial and Temporal Control of a Multicomponent Genetic Network
Lucy Shapiro, professor of developmental biology, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 248
CMS Test BEAM
Chris Rogan, graduate student in high energy physics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Chemomechanics of Metastable Material Surfaces and Interfaces: Exploring the Molecular Scale When Far from Equilibrium
Krystyn Van Vliet, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, MIT,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
8:00am – 12:00pm
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Software Training: Excel 2003, Level II (two sessions)

IMSS 120
8:30am – 4:00pm
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Staff Education & Career Development Workshop: Techniques for Identifying and Correcting Mistakes in Written Communication

Brown Gymnasium, Classroom
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the Park Playgroup

Tournament Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Campus Community Meeting

Ramo Auditorium
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Planar Networks, Cluster Algebras, and Integrable Systems
Michael Gekhtman, associate professor of mathematics, University of Notre Dame,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers' Support Group Meeting

See event detail for location
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Bloodborne Pathogens Training

Keith Spalding Building
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
The Influence of Young Embedded Clusters on Star/Planet Formation
Fred Adams, professor, department of physics, University of Michigan,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Tackling Nonconvexity in Communication Networks: An Engineering Perspective
Mung Chiang, assistant professor of electrical engineering, Princeton University,
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Men's Basketball

away game
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Booming Sand Dunes: Melany Hunt

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool

234 S. Catalina Ave.
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMI Faculty Meeting

Parsons-Gates 112
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library System Presents "The Web of Knowledge"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Earth's Deep Interior
Jennifer Jackson, division of geological and planetary sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Computational Intractability as a Law of Physics
Scott Aaronson, postdoctoral scholar, Institute for Quantum Computing and department of combinatorics and optimization, University of Waterloo,
4:45pm – 6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Technology and Business—Harder Than Science?"

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Ken Pickar, Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech Project for Effective Teaching (CPET) Seminar

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Project-Based Teaching: CS/EE/ME 75 and the DARPA Grand Challenge
Richard M. Murray, Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems; director, Information Science and Technology, Caltech,
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Women's Basketball

away game
9:00pm – 11:30pm
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Advanced-Beginner Argentine Tango Class

Winnett Lounge
Friday, January 19th, 2007
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes

11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Decoding Bulk Geometry from Gauge Theory Correlators
Veronika Hubeny, department of mathematical sciences, University of Durham,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Downs 107
Phase Transitions and Ergodicity in Driven Foams
Michael Dennin, associate professor of physics and astronomy, UC Irvine,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE &#38 Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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MLK Week Program: "Civil Rights: Why Should Scientists Care?"

Athenaeum, Hall of Associates
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Protein Engineering via Site-Specific Incorporation of Nonnatural Amino Acids
Inchan Kwon, graduate student in chemical engineering, Caltech,
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Geometric Models for Dimensionality Reduction in Signal and Data Processing
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Recent Developments in Thin Film Mechanics
John Hutchinson, professor of mechanical engineering, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
DNA Mediated Charge Transfer on Graphite
Alon Gorodetsky, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
Directional Antennas in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Sonia Furman, Ph.D., aerospace/communications division, ITT Corporation,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Jazz Bands

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Eliza Gilkyson

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
8:00am – 12:00pm
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum

Baxter Lecture Hall
Medical Devices: The Intersection of Software Engineering, Electronic Advancement and Medical Sciences
9:00am – 11:00pm
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Dance of the Roses Ballroom Dance Competition

Brown Gymnasium
10:30am – 12:30pm
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Swimming & Diving

home game
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Budney Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:00pm – 6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Low Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:00pm – 2:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Haylock Party (Melissa Leivers/James Penn)

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Brown Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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The Blue Realm - Shark Business

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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Women's Basketball

away game