Institute Calendar
January 2012
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
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Resnick Institute Lecture
Nanorod Materials for Energy Device Applications
Dan Dapkus,
William M. Keck Professor of Engineering,
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Networks of Trapped Atomic Ions
Chris Monroe,
Bice Zorn Professor of Physics,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Skewness-Variance Approximations for Dynamic Rate, Multi-Server Queues with Abandonment
William Massey,
Edwin S. Wilsey Professor,
Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ruth and Edward Hughes Lecture
Noncoding RNAs: with a Viral Twist
Joan Steitz,
HHMI Investigator and professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Developing Shared Knowledge
Hongyi Li,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Sloan School of Management,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The Art of Image Processing
Dr. Robert Hurt,
Visualization Scientist,
Spitzer Science Center,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
11:00am
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Vignettes - A Computer Scientist Exploring the Interface With The Social Sciences
Katrina Ligett,
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Economics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Assessing the impact of disorder on the ν=5/2 fractional quantum Hall effect
Michael J. Manfra,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
Purdue University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Chemical-Scale Investigations of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Nyssa Puskar,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Dougherty group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Recent Experience Applying Advanced Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification to Spacecraft Integrated Modeling
Lee Peterson,
Dr. ,
JPL,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Women Mentoring Women Seminar
Beyond Bias and Barriers: Current Prospects for Women in Science
Joan Steitz,
Sterling Professor,
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Synthesis of Heterometallic Trimanganese Mn3MOx Complexes Supported by a Hexapyridyl 1,3,5-Triarylbenzene Ligand
Emily Tsui,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
The Art of Image Processing
Dr. Robert Hurt,
Visualization Scientist,
Spitzer Science Center,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
9:00am
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zeynalyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Sarhadian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
10:00am
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Perry Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
12:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Probing reionization and large-scale structure with the South Pole Telescope
Christian Reichardt,
Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Dynamics of mobile impurities in 1D condensates
Alex Kamenev,
Professor ,
Department of Physics,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Chemical Heterogeneity in the Earth's Deep Mantle
To be Determined,
Thomas S. Duffy,
Professor of Geosciences. Associate Chair, Department of Geosciences.,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Constraints on dark matter models from a Fermi-LAT search for cosmic-ray electrons from the Sun
Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Finding structure with randomness: Probabilistic algorithms for constructing low-rank matrix decompositions
Joel Tropp,
Assistant Professor,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
High-Throughput Strategies for the Scalable Generation of RNA Component Functions
Joe Chih Yao Liang,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
10:30am
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11:30am
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IST Lunch Bunch
Parallel Thinking
Gerard Holzmann,
Chief Scientist,
Laboratory for Reliable Software,
JPL/NASA,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Early-Type Galaxies
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Dynamics of Liquids and Interfaces Studied with Ultrafast 2D IR Vibrational Echo Spectroscopy
Michael D. Fayer,
David Mulvane Ehrsam and Edward Curtis Franklin Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
"Recent Advances in Redox Regulation by Thioredoxin and Glutaredoxin Systems"
Arne Holmgren,
Senior Professor ,
Biochemistry,
Karolinska Institute,
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Greg Laughlin,
Professor,
Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
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Astronomy Colloquium
Galaxies Viewed as Collections of Individual Stars
Julianne Dalcanton,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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Beckman Lecture
Chemical Design of Anti-Cancer Compounds for Maximal Therapeutic Index
Kevan Shokat,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology,
University of California, San Francisco,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Biological productivity in the Southern Ocean, and variability in the atmospheric CO2 concentration over long timescales
Michael Bender,
Professor of Geosciences,
Earth History and Geochemistry,
Princeton University,
5:30pm
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7:00pm
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012