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Registration for Winter Term 2011–12

Thursday, December 1st, 2011
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP)

234 S. Catalina Ave.
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library System Workshop: "End Note For Beginners"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206
Uncertainty in Simulations
Yousuff Hussaini, Visiting Associate, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
QHE, Metrology, and the New Kilogram
Klaus von Klitzing, Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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CPA BYOB Cheese Tasting

See event detail for location
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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Tango Dance Class (Beginner I Series)

Winnett Lounge
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Amnesty International Monthly Meeting

Friday, December 2nd, 2011
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day of Classes for Fall Term

9:00am – 5:00pm
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IACUC Submission Deadline

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

Lauritsen 469
ABJM theory as a Fermi gas
Pavel Putrov, Univ de Geneve,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
Validating and Characterizing Transiting Exoplanets from Space with EPOXI, Kepler, and Warm Spitzer
Sarah Ballard, CfA,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 237
Load-balancing Games in Cloud Systems
Jonathan Anselmi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Deorbiting of Satellites/Debris: Technology Development and Demonstration Missions
Vaios Lappas, Professor, Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Reversible Dihydrogen Addition Across a Nickel(0)–Borane Unit: Thermochemistry and Olefin Hydrogenation Catalysis
Hill Harman, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
A Microwave Sensor to Aid in the Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
Bob Allison, Professor, Radiation Oncology and Biophysics , Eastern Virginia Medical School,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar

Annenberg 213
Intervention: A Design Framework for Resource Allocation Among Selfish Users
Yuanzhang Xiao, Electrical Engineering, UCLA,
4:30pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech Poetry Club Meeting

Red Door Cafe
5:00pm – 6:30pm
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Caltech Women's Club Welcoming

Athenaeum, Rathskeller
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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The Rover Auditions for TACIT

Ramo Auditorium
7:30pm – 10:00pm
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The Baader Meinhof Complex

Baxter Lecture Hall
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
8:00am – 12/6 5:00pm
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Study Period, Fall Term

10:00am – 2:00pm
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The Rover Auditions for TACIT

Ramo Auditorium
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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A Celtic Christmas: Tomaseen Foley

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
1:00pm – 3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Gavukyan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ovakimyan Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, December 5th, 2011
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Nanostructured Layered Metal Chalcogenides
Wolfgang Tremel, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz/Germany,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Faculty Board Meeting

Dabney Hall, Lounge
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Infrared Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres
Ian Crossfield, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Dissipative effects in the Effective Field Theory of Inflation
Diana Lopez Nacir, Univ of Buenos Aires,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Toward a Bifunctional Catalyst for Hydride Manipulation
Travis J. Williams, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry, Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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KNI-MDL Seminar

Steele 125
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar

Baxter B125
The Welfare Impact of a New Good: The Printed Book
Jeremiah Dittmar, Department of Economics, American University,
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Preschool Playgroup

Tournament Park
1:30pm – 6:30pm
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Social Science Conference

Baxter B125
Finance: Genes, Brains, Decisions and Market Interaction
Various Speakers,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Fundamental Studies of Early Transition Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds: Structure, Electronics and Catalysis
Ian Tonks, Graudate Student in Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Bercaw group, Caltech,
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
"Dwarf spheroidal galaxies: a landmark for galaxy formation"
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Thermionic and photon-enhanced emission for solar thermal energy conversion
Nick Melosh, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Exploring Protein Energy Landscapes by NMR Relaxation
Peter E. Wright, Cecil and Ida M. Green Investigator, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Proteomic insights into mitochondrial form and function
Dave Pagliarini, Asst. Professor, Biochemistry, UW - Madison,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Caltech Tai Chi Club

Winnett Lounge
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
8:00am – 12/9 5:00pm
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Final Examinations

9:00am – 12:00pm
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Tools for Data-Intensive Astronomy – a VO Workshop in Los Angeles

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
9:00am – 12:00pm
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Tools for Data-Intensive Astronomy – a VO Workshop in Los Angeles

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Tools for Data-Intensive Astronomy – a VO Workshop in Los Angeles
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Wednesdays in the park

Tournament Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
Shocked Molecular Gas in Compact Groups: Can it Affect Galaxy Evolution in Dense Environments?
Phil Appleton, IPAC,
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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(IBC) Institutional Biosafety Committee Meeting

Location to be announced
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Demographics of Exoplanets with Gravitational Microlensing
Scott Gaudi, Ohio State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CBC Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Philip Low, Founder and CEO of Neurovigil

Beckman Institute Auditorium
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Engineering the Microstructural Architecture of New Materials Using Freedom, Actuation, and Constraint Topologies (FACT)
Jonathan Hopkins, Engineering Technologies Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar

Baxter B125
Forecasting Elections: Voter Intentions versus Expectations
Justin Wolfers, Associate Professor of Business and Public Policy, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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L.A. Ruby Study Group Meeting

IMSS 120
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Postdoc Networking Event

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
8:00pm – 9:00pm
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Frances H. Arnold: "Design By Evolution: Engineering Biology in the 21st Century"

Beckman Auditorium
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Household Equipment Loan Pool (HELP)

234 S. Catalina Ave.
10:30am – 11:30am
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Radioactive Sealed Sources Orientation

Keith Spalding Building
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radiation Safety Orientation

Keith Spalding Building
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206
Can Cell Populations Create Spatial Patterning During Organogenesis Using Strain Cues?
Brian Cox, Teledyne,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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San Gabriel Valley Linux Users Group Monthly Meeting

Downs 107
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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Screening and Discussion of "Future of Food" movie

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
2012 and the End of Days Phenomena
Dr. Don Yeomans, Manager, NASA Near-Earth Object Program Office , JPL,
Friday, December 9th, 2011
8:00am – 5:00pm
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End of Fall Term

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

Lauritsen 469
Topic to be Announced
Peng Zhao, DAMTP, Cambridge,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Messiah Sing Along

Dabney Hall, Lounge