Institute Calendar
November 2011
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
"Extra-Solar Planets via Bayesian Model Fitting"
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Linus Pauling Lectureship
Post-Transcriptional Control of Inflammatory Genes
David Baltimore,
President Emeritus and Robert Andrews Millikan Professor,
Division of Biology,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
History, Expectations, and Leadership in the Evolution of Social Norms (Co-author: Daron Acemoglu)
Matthew Jackson,
William D. Eberle Professor of Economics,
Stanford University,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Caltech Project for Effective Teaching (CPET) Seminar
Benefits and Strategies for Science Outreach in Our Local Public Schools
James Maloney,
Coordinator,
Caltech Classroom Connection,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
10:00am
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11:00am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Characterizing Extrasolar Parents and Their Children
Kaspar von Braun,
IPAC,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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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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Bristol-Myers Squibb Symposium-NOTE EVENT, TIME & LOCATION CHANGES
Process Development Studies Towards BMS-690514: A Dual HER/VEGFR Inhibitor
David A. Conlon,
PhD,
Bristol-Myers Squibb,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Symposium-NOTE EVENT, TIME & LOCATION CHANGES
Evolution of Anion Relay Chemistry (ARC): Construction of Architecturally Complex Natural and Unnatural Products
Amos B. Smith, III,
professor of chemistry,
the University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Ultracompact white dwarf binaries; a fresh look
Paul Groot,
Radboud University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Remote sensing of African smallholder farmers and their environment: Impacts of agricultural subsidies and climate adaptation
Gillian Galford,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Woods Hole Research Center,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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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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8:00pm
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
10:00am
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Rational Control of Aspiration in Learning
Paul R. Schrater,
Associate Professor,
Departments of Psychology & Computer Science,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Atmospheric aerosols: at the interface between chemistry and climate
V. Faye McNeill,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Energy and Momentum Transfer via Electromagnetic Fluctuations
Arvind Narayanaswamy,
Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Experimental identification and manipulation of topological insulators
David Hsieh,
MIT,
4:30pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:30pm
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11:00pm
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Friday, November 11th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
A Method for Computation of Discontinuous Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Solids
Kwang-Chun Park,
Professor,
Aerospace Engineering,
University of Colorado,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
New Ligand Architectures for Intramolecular Lewis Acid Promoted Syngas Conversion
Amaruka Hazari,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Broadcom Corporation and ADC-based Multi-GHz Wireline Transceivers
Afshin Momtaz,
Engineering Director ,
Broadcom,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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5:00pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies Lecture
Photons to Bits and Beyond: The Science and Technology of Digital Image Sensors
Eric Fossum,
Professor,
Engineering,
Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering,
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Asadoorian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:30pm
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9:30pm
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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)
Bringing the High Energy Universe Into Focus
Dr. Fiona Harrison,
Principal Investigator,
NuSTAR,
Caltech,
8:30pm
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10:30pm
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8:30pm
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Saturday, November 12th, 2011
9:00am
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12:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Bell Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
10:00am
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mkrtchyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Reyes Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mkrtchyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, November 13th, 2011
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit & Self-Deception in Human Life
Dr. Robert Trivers,
evolutionary theorist,
Rutgers University,
2:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Shiskikyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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6:30pm
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11:00pm
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Social Image: Virtuous, Shame, and Temptation
Kota Saito,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special Mathematical Physics Seminar
A Supersymmetric Transfer Matrix Approach to Random Band Matrices
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Kinematics and Energetics in the Nuclei of Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies
Vivian U,
CfA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Cancer Cell Migration in 3D
Denis Wirtz,
Professor,
Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences - Oncology Center,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Random matrix theory and the informational limit of eigen-analysis
Raj Rao Nadakuditi,
University of Michigan,