Institute Calendar
February 2016
Friday, February 19th, 2016
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Fractional Quantum Hall Effect and M-Theory
Cumrun Vafa,
Harvard University,
1:30pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
EFT of large scale structure, symmetries and constraints
Mehrdad Mirbabayi,
IAS Scholar,
School of Natural Sciences,
Institute for Advanced Study (IAS),
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
Bridging the Gap Between Turbulence Theories and Real Applications with Unique Experiments
Marcus Hultmark,
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Cell Cycle Regulation of Morphogenesis: Insights from Nematode Uterine-vulval Attachment
Dave Matus,
Assistant Professor,
Biochemistry and Cell Biology,
Stony Brook University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Chemistry Seminar
Oh, the Places You'll Go: A Brief, Wondrous Tour of Life at a Startup
Dr. Joshua Palmer,
head of Research and Development,
Verrix, LLC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Four-Dimensional Quantum Hall Effect with Ultracold Atoms
Hannah Price,
Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow,
INO-CNR BEC Center,
Università di Trento in Italy,
6:30pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
An Archaeological Road Trip with the Keck Telescope
Evan Kirby,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Saturday, February 20th, 2016
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8:30am
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Photography on Campus: Reasons to Believe Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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1:30pm
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4:30pm
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2:00pm
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6:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Sunday, February 21st, 2016
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6:00pm
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Monday, February 22nd, 2016
9:30am
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CNS Seminar
Neural coding of space and time in entorhinal cortex
Michael Hasselmo,
Director,
Center for Systems Neuroscience,
Boston Univeristy,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment
Professor Randall J. LeVeque,
Applied Mathematics Department,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Formation and Compositions of Planet Interiors and Atmospheres: Discoveries from Kepler, K2, and Beyond
Erik A. Petigura,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Planetary Science,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Using a Metal's Secondary Coordination Sphere as a Design Element to Control Reductive Catalysis
Nathaniel Szymczak,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
University of Michigan,
7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
9:30am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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Learning Seminar
The 1-dimensional case: algebraic Hecke characters
nathan Lawless,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Computational Information Games
Houman Owhadi,
Professor,
Applied & Computational Mathematics and Control & Dynamical Systems,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Prof. Guineveve Kauffman,
MPA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar -- CANCELED
Deep Imaging to Explore Genome Structure and Function
Tom Misteli,
Senior Deputy Director for Research, CCR,
NIH/HHMI,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
LUX and LZ: Dark Matter Searches and Beyond
Carmen Carmona-Benitez,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
A drunk walk in a drunk world
Ivan Corwin,
Clay Research Fellow,
Mathematics,
Columbia University, Clay Mathematics Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Enceladus: The Hottest Little Moon in the Solar System
Andy Ingersoll,
Professor,
Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Dynamic Soft Materials: Gels, Bubbles, and Drops
Lauren Zarzar,
Dynamic Soft Materials: Gels, Bubbles, and Drops,
Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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HSS 50th Anniversary Lecture
Body of Evidence: Tracing Photographic Identity in Victorian Law and Popular Culture
Jennifer Tucker, Associate Professor of History and Science in Society, Wesleyan University,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Information Systems and Culture
Ricardo Dominguez,
Artist and Associate Professor of Visual Arts,
UCSD,
Keller Easterling,
Writer, Architect, and Professor in the Yale School of Architecture,
K. Mani Chandy,
Simon Ramo Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
9:00am
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
A family of monotone quantum relative entropies
Julien Sabin,
Mathematics,
University Paris Orsay,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Kauffman Brackets on Surfaces
Francis Bonahon,
Professor,
Mathematics,
USC,
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
In search of the elusive eastward inertio-gravity wave
George Kiladis,
Research Scientist,
Earth System Research Laboratory | Physical Sciences Division,
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Stochastic quantum integrable systems
Ivan Corwin,
Associate Professor, IHP Poincare Chair Packard Fellow ,
Mathematics,
Columbia,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Quantum Mechanics as Classical Physics
Chip Sebens, Ahmanson Postdoctoral Instructor in the History and Philosophy of Physics, Caltech,
4:30pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
Reconstruction of depth-3 circuits
Gaurav Sinha,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
5:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, February 25th, 2016
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