Institute Calendar
October 2016
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
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Geology Club Seminar
Linking Interseismic Crustal Deformation to Long-Term Rock Denudation and Surface Processing in Taiwan
Mong-Han Huang,
NASA Postdoctoral Fellow,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Hasse Principle for multinorm equations
Eva Bayer-Fluckiger,
Mathematics,
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Physics and Biology of Morphogenesis
Boris Shraiman,
Susan F. Gurley Professor of Theoretical Physics and Biology, Permanent Member of KITP,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Using Algebraic Geometry for Computer Vision
Joe Kileel,
UC Berkeley,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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HSS 50th Anniversary Lecture
Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in Networks and Diffusion Processes
Matthew O. Jackson,
William D. Eberle Professor of Economics,
Stanford University,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 28th, 2016
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/SISL Seminar: Leonard Schulman, Caltech
The Duality Gap for Two-Team Zero-Sum Games
Leonard Schulman, Professor of Computer Science,
Engineering & Applied Science,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Undergraduate Math Club Seminar
Welzl's Theorem on Graph Homomorphisms
Jalex Stark,
Mathematics Department,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Simulating Galactic Winds on Supercomputers Using "Cholla"
Evan Schneider,
Graduate Student,
University of Arizona,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Enabling Humanity's First Interstellar Missions: Directed Energy for Relativistic Flight
Philip Lubin,
UCSB,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Realization of prism manifolds by integer surgery
William Ballinger & Tynan Ochse,
Mathematics Department,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Theoretical Insights into Substrate Selectivity: P3EFe-N2 Mediated N2-to-NH3 Conversion vs HER
Mr. Benjamin (Ben) Matson,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, October 29th, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zerunian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Sunday, October 30th, 2016
3:30pm
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Monday, October 31st, 2016
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Kerr Comb Generation: Dark Pulse Mode-locking in Normal Dispersion Microresonators
Andrew M. Weiner,
Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Purdue University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Volatile Cycling and Environmental Change on Early Mars
Bethany L. Ehlmann,
Assistant Professor of Planetary Science; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Partially Acoustic Dark Matter, Interacting Dark Radiation, and Large Scale Structure
Yuhsin Tsai,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Appreciation Problems of Neuroeconomics
Paul Hoyningen-Huene,
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Philosophy, Professor Emeritus; Universität Zürich, Department of Economics, Lecturer,