Institute Calendar
February 2014
Saturday, February 8th, 2014
1:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus:Sepani Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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5:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 9th, 2014
11:00am
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, February 10th, 2014
10:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar
Spinning Landers for Solar System Exploration Missions
Rex Ridenoure,
CEO & Co-Founder,
Ecliptic,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Thin film interference in ultra-thin layers: color coatings, tunable absorbers, and anomalous thermal emitters
Mikhail Kats,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Membrane protein structure determinations by single particle cryo-EM
Yifan Cheng,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
University of California, San Francisco,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biology and Biotechnology of Microbial Mineral Respiration
Jeffrey A. Gralnick,
Associate Professor,
Department of Microbiology,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Cancelled CNS Seminar
Tomaso Poggio,
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Toward true topological insulator materials
Johnpierre Paglione,
Professor,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Interactions at MINERvA
Kevin McFarland,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
A Unified Strategy to Ent-Kauranoids: Total Syntheses of Maoecrystal Z, Trichorabdal A, and Longikaurin E
John Yeoman,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Reisman group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Galileo and Descartes on Copernicanism and the Cause of the Tides
Tad Schmaltz,
Professor of Philosophy,
University of Michigan,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Smoke Rings from Smoke
Peter Schröder,
Professor of Computer Science and Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Universal Laws and Architectures: Nets, Grids, Brains, and Bugs
John Doyle,
Jean-Lou Chameau Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and BioEngineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Beckman Institute Special Seminar
Organometallic Anticancer Therapeutics & Development of Nanosensor-based Assays for Enzymatic Activity Measurements
Annie Castonguay,
Prof.,
Institut national de la recherche scientifique,
Université du Québec,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBA
Prof. Mary Putman,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Adaptability of Intracellular Structures to Variations in Cell Size and Shape
Matthew Good,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Molecular & Cellular Biology/Bioengineering ,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Coherent Excitons, Coherent Spectroscopies
Joel Yuen-Zhou,
Robert J. Silbey Postdoctoral Fellow,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
9:30am
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10:30am
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9:30am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Hitting Times of Randomly Moving Hanoi Towers: Means and Moment Generating Functions
Toby Berger,
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering ,
University of Virginia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Super-resolution fluorescence imaging and applications to aggregation-prone proteins in cells
Steffen J. Sahl,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Ecology of Galaxy Formation Within the "Cosmic Web"
Chuck Steidel,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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EE Special Seminar
Computation, Communication, and Privacy Constraints on Learning
John Duchi,
PhD Candidate,
Computer Science,
U. C. Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
What can regional climate feedbacks tell us about atmospheric circulation?
Nicole Feldl,
Stan Prize Postdoctoral Scholar,
Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Development and Applications of Numerical Solvers for Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations on Octree Adaptive Grids
Professor Frederic G. Gibou,
Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics,
UC Santa Barbara ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Measuring Freedom in Games
Hendrik Rommeswinkel,
Visiting Student Researcher in Philosophy and Economics,
Humanitites and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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7:30pm
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10:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, February 13th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification for Structural Dynamics Simulations
Costas Papadimitriou,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Thessaly, Greece,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Photonic topological insulators and pseudomagnetism
Mikael C. Rechtsman,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Physics Department,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Chemical Biology that Controls DNA Structure and Function: DNA Origami and Artificial Genetic Switch
Professor Hiroshi Sgiyama,
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences,
Kyoto University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Data driven, molecular dynamics for nanoscale flow simulations
Petros Koumoutsakos,
Professor,
Computational Science and Engineering Lab, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering,
ETH Zürich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars
John Grotzinger,
Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The History and Future of Space Communications – Celebrating 50 Years of the NASA Deep Space Network
Joseph Lazio,
Chief Scientist,
Interplanetary Network Directorate,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Friday, February 14th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum simulation using cold atoms and a brighter future
Chen-Lung Hung,
Postdoc,
Quantum Optics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gluons for nothing, gravitons for free...
JJ Carrasco,
Stanford University,
2:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Overview of Integrated, Multiscale Modeling Capabilites at Glenn Research Center
Steven Arnold,
Chief, Mechanics and Life Prediction Branch,
Structures and Materials Division,
NASA Glenn Research Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Beauty and Wonder in Exciton-Polariton Condensates
Na Young Kim,
Physical Science Research Associate,
Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Upgrading Light Olefins by Trimerization Catalysis
Aaron Sattler,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:20pm
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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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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
The History and Future of Space Communications – Celebrating 50 Years of the NASA Deep Space Network
Joseph Lazio,
Chief Scientist,
Interplanetary Network Directorate,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Saturday, February 15th, 2014
12:00am
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2/16
12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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10:00pm
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