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Midterm Examination Period

Friday, May 1st, 2015
12:00am – 5/2 12:00am
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(Women's Tennis) Caltech at SCIAC Championships

9:00am – 5:00pm
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Caltech + Finance Symposium

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
10:00am – 1:00pm
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(Men's Tennis) Claremont-M-S vs. Caltech

10:00am – 11:30am
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MTI Working Group Talk: Rachael King

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
'The foreign letters say': Newsletters and Newspapers in the Long Eighteenth Century
Rachael King, Assistant Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara,
10:30am – 11:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
"Biological activity of Py-Im polyamides in vivo"
Jerzy Szablowski, PhD Candidate, Bioengineering, Califoria Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar

Annenberg 213
Set membership with two bit probes
Jaikumar Radhakrishnan, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TBC),
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Beckman Room open (Caltech's Science Museum)

Beckman Institute 131
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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(Men's Tennis) Chapman vs. Caltech

2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Forkhead (Fox) transcription factors open a new dimension in understanding the epigenetic control of replication origins in S. cerevisiae
Oscar Aparicio, Professor of Biological Sciences, Molecular and Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
On the Statistics of Biased Tracers in the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structures
Zvonimir Vlah, Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics, Stanford University,
3:00pm – 6:00pm
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(Baseball) Caltech at SCIAC Post Season Tournament

3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Prosthetic heart valves: ideas for improvement
Roberto Zenit, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Heegaard Floer contact invariants for positive rational surgery
Tom Mark, Associate Professor, Mathematics, University of Virginia,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Derivatization of Corroles for Surface Functionalization
Carl Blumenfeld, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:30pm – 5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Cold atoms coupled to photonic crystals: long range interactions and photon molecules
James Douglas, Postdoctoral Scholar, Theoretical Quantum-Nano Photonics, ICFO, Barcelona,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

TBA
Sung Jin Oh, Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
6:10pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Spring Fun on ICE

Saturday, May 2nd, 2015
12:00am – 5/3 12:00am
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(Baseball) Caltech at SCIAC Post Season Tournament

12:00am – 12:00am
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(Men's Tennis) Caltech at Occidental

12:00am – 12:00am
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(Track) SCIAC Championships

12:00am – 5/3 12:00am
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(Women's Tennis) Caltech at SCIAC Championships

10:00am – 1:00pm
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(Men's Tennis) SCIAC Championships vs. Caltech

1:00pm – 5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Abnoosian Wedding

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm – 4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ohrn/Bitton Wedding

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm – 5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tsaturyan Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Capitol Steps

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
12:00am – 5/4 12:00am
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(Baseball) Caltech at SCIAC Post Season Tournament

3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Capitol Steps

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, May 4th, 2015
10:00am – 10:00am
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CPET Seminar - Putting Theory into Practice as a New Professor

Putting Theory into Practice as a New Professor - Professor Suzanne Kern
10:00am – 11:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Firestone 306
Shock Wave Behavior of Particulate Composites
Michael Rauls, Graduate Student, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Free Jazz Concert

Dabney Hall, Lounge
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Baxter 125
Do Online Social Networks Increase Welfare?
Mallesh Pai, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar

The Decomposition Theorem and Parity Sheaves
Carl Mautner, Mathematics, UC Riverside,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Recent Results from PICO
Hugh Lippincott, Fermilab,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Design, Discovery, and Applications of Catalytic Reactions Involving C-C, C-O, or C-N Bond Activation
Christopher J. Douglas, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Medical Philosophers: Nicolas Hartsoeker and Cartesian Physicians in the Dutch Republic
Catherine Abou-Nemeh, Lecturer, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Thomas J. and Earleen Ahrens Lecture

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Protons to Planets: Materials Simulation as a Window into Earth and Planetary Interiors
Lars Stixrude, Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London,
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding B117
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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PUES: Get Ready for Kinder!

383 S. Hill Ave., Annex
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Annenberg 107
Topics in adiabatic quantum computing
Tameem Albash, USC,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBA
Dr. Yue Shen, Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Moore B270
Recovery from Linear Measurements via Denoising and Approximate Message Passing
Dror Baron, Assistant Professor, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 119
Redistribution of Synaptic Strength and Subcellular Components during Long-term Potentiation
Kristen Harris, Professor of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and Memory, The University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
SESAME- A POSSIBLE SOURCE Of LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Eliezer Rabinovici, Hebrew University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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KNI-MDL Seminar

Steele 125
Two talks: The Faint Intergalactic Redshifted Emission Balloon: future UV observations of the circumgalactic medium AND High Performance Silicon Detectors for UV/Visible/NIR Applications
Erika T. Hamden, Postdoctoral Scholar, Physics, Caltech,
April D. Jewell, Postdoctoral Scholar, Advanced Detectors, Systems & Nanoscience, JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Leonidas Alaoglu Memorial Lecture in Mathematics

Microlocal Analysis on Representations, and Applications To Number Theory
Akshay Venkatesh, Professor, Mathematics, Stanford,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
From cloudy to cloudless hot Jupiters
Vivien Parmentier, Postdoctoral Sagan Fellow, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics , University of California Santa-Cruz,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Playreaders: "The Underpants" by Steve Martin and Carl Sternheim

Athenaeum, Hall of Associates
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
9:00am – 10:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Steele 102
Experimental Study on Inertial Effects in Liquid-Solid Flows
Esperanza Linares, Graduate Student, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Impact of Stellar Feedback on Molecular Clouds
Stella Offner, UMass,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125
Comparative Measures of Naivete and Sophistication for Dynamically Inconsistent Preferences
David Ahn, Associate Professor, Economics Department, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Resolving Discrepancies in High Global Warming Potential Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Atmospheric Measurements
Ray Weiss, Distinguished Research Professor of Geochemistry, Department of Geosciences Research, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry

Spectral Triples and Toeplitz Operators
Bruno Iochum, Mathematics, Aix Marseille Universite, CNRS et Universite de Toulon,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies - Open Lecture

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
John M. Logsdon, Professor Emeritus , Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University,
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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James J. Bock - Searching for Vibrations from the Big Bang

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, May 7th, 2015
10:30am – 11:30am
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Radioactive Sealed Sources Orientation

Keith Spalding B117
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Steele 102
Jamming, Flow, and Fluctuations for Granular Materials
Robert Behringer, Professor, Department of Physics, Duke University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Toastmasters Club Meeting

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151
Single molecule Barcoding of Drosophila Dscam Spliceoforms to understand Neuronal Self-identity
Kelly Burke, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Radiation Safety Orientation - Radioactive Material Handling

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Cellular Mechanisms of Membrane Protein Folding
William Skatch, MD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Moore B280
Fundamental Trade-offs in Primal-Dual Optimization
Volkan Cevher, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne ,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Scott Bogue
Scott Bogue, Professor, Occidental College,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
American Poetry in Public
Virginia Jackson, UCI Endowed Chair in Rhetoric, Departments of English and Comparative Literature, Critical Theory School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Quantum Information Processing and Metrology Using Few Electron Spins in Solids
Amir Yacoby, Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, Harvard University,