Institute Calendar
February 2008
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
8:00am
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12:00pm
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9:30am
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12:30pm
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9:30am
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12:30pm
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10:30am
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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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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
4:00am
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Footprints of the Beyond in Flavor Physics
Amarjit Soni,
The Johns Hopkins University,
8:00am
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6:00pm
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Workshop on Multivariate Analysis in HEP and Astrophysics
Winnett Lounge
Multivariate Techniques for Separating Signal and Background
8:00am
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6:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Topic to be announced.
Erik Muller,
astronomer,
Australia Telescope National Facility ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Sparse Time-Frequency Representations and the Neural Coding of Sound
Marcelo Magnasco,
professor of physics,
The Rockefeller University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Surface of Mars
Oded Aharonson,
assistant professor of planetary science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Assembling Nanocomponents One by One with DNA
Hanadi Sleiman,
associate professor of chemistry,
McGill University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Nanotubes in Global Warming: From Dynamic Topology in Superplasticity to Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment
8:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
9:30am
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4:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Nanoscale Quantum Optics: From Single-Photon Devices to Strongly Correlated Systems
Darrick Chang,
graduate student in physics,
Harvard 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
Black Hole-Bulge Relations Across the Hubble Sequence
Jenny Greene,
postdoctoral research associate in astrophysical sciences,
Princeton University,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Jim Bell,
associate professor of astronomy,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Molecular Mechanisms of Pain and Temperature Sensation
Jan Siemens,
postdoctoral scholar in physiology,
UC San Francisco,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
10:00am
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12:00pm
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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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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Estimating Billiard Complexities
Eugene Gutkin,
Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, Brazil,
and Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland,
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
An Overview of Results from the CHARA Array on Mount Wilson
Harold A. McAlister,
professor of astronomy,
Georgia State University,
6:15pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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7:30pm
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Mind of the Market
Michael Shermer,
science writer and publisher,
Skeptic magazine, and executive director, Skeptics Society,
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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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Entangled Electrons in the Solid State: Quantum Interference and Dephasing
Moty Heiblum,
professorial chair in submicron electronics,
department of condensed matter physics,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
2:30am
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5:30pm
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9:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Boost-Invariant Plasma in AdS/CFT
Alex Buchel,
assistant professor of applied mathematics,
Western Ontario University,
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
Vortex-Quark Interaction in N=4 SYM from AdS/CFT Correspondence
Soo-Jong Rey,
Seoul National University,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Palladium- and Ruthenium-Catalyzed Redox Reactions in Selective Organic Synthesis
Jan-E. Bäckvall,
professor of organic chemistry,
Stockholm University,
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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