Institute Calendar
April 2008
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
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11:00am
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
On Open Scattering Channels for Manifolds with Ends
Rainer Hempel,
professor of computational mathematics,
TU Braunschweig,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Adventures in Snow Photochemistry: From PAH Photodegradation to Light Absorption by Unknown Chromophores
Cort Anastasio,
associate professor of tropospheric chemistry and assistant tropospheric chemist,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Numerical Relativity and a New Frontier: Connecting the Seen with the Unseen
Luis Lehner,
associate professor of physics,
Louisiana 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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8:30pm
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:00am
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3:00pm
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Social Frame and Social Image
Tore Ellingsen,
professor of economics,
Stockholm School of Economics,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Implied Volatility, Fundamental Solutions, Asymptotic Analysis, and Symmetry Methods
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Neural Mechanisms Underlying Strategic Variability in Decision Making under Uncertainty
Scott Huettel,
associate professor of cognitive neuroscience,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Snowball Earth Reconsidered: Relative Timescales of ~635 Ma Global Change
Tim Raub,
postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Science with Bolocam
Sunil Golwala,
assistant professor of physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Twist and Shout: Enstrophy Production in the 3-D Navier-Stokes Equations
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
The Effect of Surface Active Additives on Coalescence
L. Gary Leal,
professor of chemical engineering and materials,
UC Santa Barbara,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The Importance of Sample Return
Donald S. Burnett,
professor of nuclear geochemistry, emeritus, and principal investigator,
Genesis,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
8:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Self-Dual Gravity
Kirill Krasnov,
advanced fellow in applied mathematics and mathematical physics,
the University of Nottingham,
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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8:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Anelastic Behavior of Thermally Sprayed Ceramics: Inverse Analysis and Process Reliability
Toshio Nakamura,
professor of mechanical engineering,
State University of New York at Stony Brook,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Monolayer-Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles for Chemical Sensing
Edgardo Garcia,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Advanced Analysis, Design, and Measurement Techniques for Multi-Gb/s Data Links
Mozhgan Mansuri,
Senior Research Scientist,
circuit research laboratory,
Intel,
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)
The Importance of Sample Return
Donald S. Burnett,
professor of nuclear geochemistry, emeritus, and principal investigator, Genesis,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Pelayo Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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8:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Godwin/Muro Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
12:00pm
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6:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:30pm
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
7:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Progress and Prospects at the W. M. Keck Observatory
Taft Armandroff,
director,
W. M. Keck Observatory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
The Design of Nanoscale Therapeutics and Nanostructured Materials
Ravi Kane,
professor of chemical and biological engineering,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar—cancelled
Enigmatic Mushroom Bodies, Anosmia, and Insect Brain Evolution
Nicholas Strausfeld,
professor of neurobiology,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Silent Earthquakes with Co-shocks and Aftershocks
Paul Segall,
professor of geophysics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Status of CMS Experiment at the LHC
Marat Gataullin,
assistant scientist,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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5:15pm
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8:30pm
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
6:00am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Characterizing α-Synuclein Membrane Bound Structure
Tsun Yin Lai,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Speed-Up via Quantum Sampling
Pawel Wocjan,
assistant professor in computer science,
University of Central Florida,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Real-time Chemical Analysis of Aerosols: An Approach to Identifying Organic Compounds
Denis Phares,
associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering,
USC,
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
The Evolution of Galaxies in Different Environments
Jacqueline van Gorkom,
professor of astronomy,
Columbia University,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Jean-Pierre Williams,
postdoctoral scholar in planetary science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Gaseous Noncovalent Complexes and Clusters: A Bridge to Aqueous Solution
Evan R. Williams,
professor of chemistry and biophysics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Bayesian Statistics from Subjective Quantum Probabilities to Objective Data Analysis
Luc Demortier,
associate professor of experimental high energy physics,
the Rockerfeller University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Tunneling and Return to Equilibrium for Kramers-Fokker-Planck Type Operators
Michael Hitrik,
associate professor of mathematics,
UCLA,