Institute Calendar
October 2014
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Logic Seminar
Topology and convexity in the space of actions modulo weak equivalence, II
Peter Burton,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Towards a Computational Framework for How We Represent Other People
Damian A. Stanley,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroeconomics,
HSS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Threshold for sand mobility on Mars calibrated from seasonal variations of sand flux
Francis Ayoub,
Software Engineer,
Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Ext analogues of branching laws
Dipendra Prasad,
Senior Professor,
Mathematics,
Tata Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Math, Physics and Duality
Mina Aganagic,
Professor of Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Medical Engineering Seminar
Innovating Medical Devices to Improve Clinical Outcomes and Expand Global Access
Omar Ishrak,
CEO,
Medtronic, Inc.,
Friday, October 31st, 2014
9:00am
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3:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
A constructive approach to homological mirror symmetry
Siu-Cheong Lau,
Benjamin Peirce Fellow,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Incentivizing Exploration [joint work with Peter Frazier, Jon Kleinberg, Robert Kleinberg]
David Kempe,
Associate Professor,
University of Southern California,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Impact of inhomogeneous blazar heating on the intergalactic medium
Astrid Lamberts,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
The complex geometry of Teichmüller spaces and symmetric domains
Stergios Antonakoudis,
Dr.,
Pure Mathematics & Mthematical Statistics ,
Univ of Cambridge,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Hans W. Liepmann Lecture
IN LIGHT OF FLUID MECHANICS
Morteza (Mory) Gharib,
Vice Provost, Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Bio-Inspired Engineering,
Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Neural Computations Central to Learning What to do in an Uncertain World
Erie Boorman,
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
University of Oxford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Rationalization of Initiation Rates in a Series of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Containing Chelating Benzylidenes
Keary Engle,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
TBA
Torsten Karzig,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Condensed Matter Theory,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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