Institute Calendar
February 2014
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
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CNS Seminar
Memory search: relating cognitive theory and neural data
Michael Kahana,
Professor,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Transport and Correlated Phenomena in Bilayer and Trilayer Graphene Membranes
Jeanie Lau,
Professor,
UC Riverside,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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EE Special Seminar
Computational challenges in large-scale social networks
Johan Ugander,
PhD Candidate,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Shedding New Light on Sterile Neutrino Cosmology
Brian Shuve,
Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Tuning the Properties of Metallocorroles for Meeting Emerging Demands in Medicine and Energy Related Aspects
Zeev Gross,
Professor,
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion,
Israel Institute of Technology,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Molecular gas, AGNs, star formation and galaxy evolution: a local look at galaxies undergoing the transition
Katherine Alatalo,
IPAC,
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
9:30am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Tracking 3D Ground Changes Using Mutli-Temporal High-Resolution Stereo Satellite Imagery
Sebastien Leprince,
Geology and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Real slices of the moduli space of Higgs bundles
Laura Schaposnik,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
The Physics of Galaxy Cluster Plasmas
Prof. Eliot Quataert,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Organization at the Air-Aqueous Interface: Ions, Lipids, Water, Electric Fields, Lung Lining and Atmospheric Aerosols
Heather Allen,
Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Pathology,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Pathology,
The Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Genomic approaches to understanding the roles of diet and metabolism in C. elegan development
Lesley MacNeil,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Systems Biology,
University of Massachussetts Medical School,
4:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Early Evolution of the Earth-Moon System with a Fast-Spinning Earth
Jack Wisdom,
Professor,
Planetary Science,
MIT,
4:45pm
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CMA presents "Wingsuits, Jazz, and Human Engines: The Dual Lives of JPLers"
JPL
Cate Heneghan,
JPL,
Chuck Manning,
JPL,
Bryan Allen,
JPL,
7:00pm
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Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
9:00am
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Physical Principles Underlying the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
Math-Physics Seminar
Jurg Frohlich,
ETH Zurich & IAS Princeton,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Beckman Lecture
Redesign of Vancomycin for Resistant Bacteria
Dale L. Boger,
Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
The Scripps Research Institute,
4:00pm
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EE Special Seminar
A Convex-Programming Framework for Super-Resolution
Carlos Fernandez-Granda,
PhD Student,
Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Energy from waste - the practical implementation of Microbial Fuel Cells
Ioannis A. Ieropoulos,
Associate Professor,
Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics,
UWE Bristol,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Genome Evolution
Sydney Brenner,
Senior Fellow,
Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Janelia Farm Campus HHMI,
4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
An Overview of Boundary Integral Methods for the Last 40 Years
Professor George C. Hsiao,
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Delaware,
Thursday, February 27th, 2014
8:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Nanometer-Scale Thermal Processing by Atomic Force Microscopy
William Paul King,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
12:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
THE BIARD LECTURE - The Discovery of the Anderson-Higgs Mechanism
Philip Anderson,
Joseph Henry Professor of Physics, Emeritus,
Princeton University,
Friday, February 28th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Medicine, Meteoroids, and Membrane Structures
Nicolas Lee,
Keck Institute for Space Studies Postdoctoral Scholar in Aerospace,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Majorana Fermions in Chains of Magnetic Atoms on a superconductor
Stevan Nadj-Perge,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Department of Physics,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Hamiltonian Evolution Equations - Where They Come From, What They Are Good For
Analysis Seminar
Jurg Frolich,
ETH Zurich & IAS Princeton,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Signaling Between DNA-Processing Enzymes Containing Redox-Active 4Fe-4S Clusters
Michael Grodick,
Barton Research Group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Reclaiming a New World: Fen Drainage, Improvement, and Projectors in 17th-century England
Eric H. Ash,
Associate Professor of History, Wayne State University,
Dibner Research Fellow at the Huntington Library,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Biosciences Happy Hour
Come celebrate the day inelastic photon scattering was discovered and the day colored TVs became available to the public.
7:00pm
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