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16th Annual Wolff Memorial Lecture

Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
10:00am – 4:00pm
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Student-Faculty Conference

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Symmetry and Attractor
Messoud Efendiyev, ICB Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Gaia - one billion objects in 3+ dimensions
Gerry Gilmore, Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Arsenic mobilization in groundwater aquifiers and as removal in drinking water filters - causes and solutions for the world's largest mass poisoning
Andreas Kappler, Visiting Professor, Department of Geobiology, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Computational Materials Design - Concept, Implementation and Future
Charles Kuehmann, VP Materials Engineering, SpaceX and Tesla Motors,
5:30pm – 6:30pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
The Iberian Voyages of Discovery and the Origin of Modern Science: A Geological Perspective
Walter Alvarez, Professor of the Graduate School, Earth and Planetary Science Department, University of California, Berkeley,
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Women's Basketball) Claremont-M-S vs. Caltech

7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Beginner West Coast Swing Series!

Winnett Lounge
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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William Johnson - What are Glasses?: Atomic Organization and the Price of Nonconformity

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, February 2nd, 2017
8:00am – 2:00pm
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New Horizons in Organismal Biology Symposium

Beckman Auditorium
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Logic Seminar

How many free actions does a C*-algebra have?
Eusebio Gardella, Mathematisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster ,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
"Building a Better Mousetrap – The Continuing Quest for More Reliable Models of Clay Behavior"
Andrew J. Whittle, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
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
HyunJu Cho, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Shan Research Group, CCE, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Sediment transport in carbonate environments: a case study on ooids
Lizzy Trower, PhD, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar

Annenberg 105
Engineering Viruses for Cancer Therapy
Yuman Fong, MD, Chair-Department of Surgery, City of Hope,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Non-emptiness of Newton strata
Sug Woo Shin, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Emergent Behavior in Quantum Matter
David Pines, Distinguished Research Professor, Santa Fe Institute and UC Davis,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wolff Lecture

Renormalization and Universality/Regular or Stochastic Dichotomy
Mikhail Lyubich, Mathematics Department, Institute for Math Sciences at Stony Brook ,
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) Claremont-M-S vs. Caltech

7:00pm – 10:00pm
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Salsa & Bachata Class

South Catalinas Recreation Room
Friday, February 3rd, 2017
12:00am – 2/4 12:00am
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6th Annual Early Childhood STEM Conference

Off Campus
12:00am – 2/4 12:00am
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Making Rational Decisions under Uncertainty and Model Complexity

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
A Celebration in Honor of Professor James L. Beck's Career and Tenure at Caltech
8:00am – 2/9 5:00pm
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Midterm Examination Period

8:00am – 1:00pm
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New Horizons in Organismal Biology Symposium

Beckman Auditorium
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
TBA
Simeon Hellerman, IPMU, University of Tokyo,
11:30am – 1:00pm
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Caltech Cares Day

San Pasqual Walk
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Proposal Writing Workshop

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Undergraduate Math Club Seminar

A, D, and E in Exceptional Phenomena
William Ballinger, Mathematics Department, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Title to be Announced
3:00pm – 6:00pm
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(Women's Tennis) Biola vs. Caltech

3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Shock Compression and Strain Rate Effect in Semi-crystalline Polymers
Eric Brown, Los Alamos National Lab,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Projective Structures with holonomy in (Quasi-)Hitchin representations
Qiongling Li, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Towards Terminal High-Valent Metal-Oxo Motifs on Multimetallic Scaffolds
Graham de Ruiter, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing + Mathematical Sciences

Annenberg 213
ClearPath Indoor Robotic Guide for the Visually Challenged
Edward Katz, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Loyola Marymount University,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Science of Star Trek
Michael Wong, PhD Candidate, Department of Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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A Wasted Evening of Tom Lehrer

Off Campus
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Saturday, February 4th, 2017
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Fencing) Caltech at Dean Alexander Memorial ROC

12:00am – 12:00am
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(Outdoor Track & Field) Intrasquad/Alumni Meet vs. Caltech

12:00am – 12:00am
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(Swimming & Diving) La Verne vs. Caltech

2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ashikyan Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm – 8:00pm
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(Women's Basketball) Occidental vs. Caltech

7:00pm – 10:00pm
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(Men's Basketball) Occidental vs. Caltech

7:30pm – 9:00pm
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A Wasted Evening of Tom Lehrer

Off Campus
  • Public Event
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Caltech Jazz Band Guest Artist Concert

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, February 5th, 2017
12:00am – 12:00am
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(Fencing) Caltech at Dean Alexander Memorial ROC

11:00am – 2:00pm
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(Baseball) La Sierra vs. Caltech

1:00pm – 4:00pm
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(Baseball) La Sierra vs. Caltech

3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Intermediate Ballroom Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Monday, February 6th, 2017
9:00am – 3:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Symposium

Beckman Institute Auditorium
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture

Kerckhoff 119
Design and Evolution of Enzymes
Donald Hilvert, Professor, Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, University of Zurich,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium

Annenberg 105
CANCELLED: Automated Decision Making Under Uncertainty for Societal Benefit
Assistant Professor Emma Brunskill, CS, Affiliate, Machine Learning , Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Origin of the glacial ramp
Wallace S. Broecker, Newberry Professor of Geology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter with Supersymmetry
Bibhushan Shakya, University of Michigan,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Wolff Lecture

Advances towards MLC/Area and Hausdorff dimension of Julia sets
Mikhail Lyubich, Mathematics Department, Institute for Math Sciences at Stony Brook ,
8:30pm – 10:30pm
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Beginner Ballroom Class

Braun Athletic Center, Multipurpose Room
Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
10:30am – Ongoing
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English Conversation Group

Athenaeum
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Keith Spalding B117
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH

Annenberg 105
Information-performance tradeoffs in control
Victoria Kostina, Assistant Professor , Electriacal Engineering, CALTECH,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Safe Zone Ally Training for Staff, Faculty, Postdocs - Part 1

Avery Conference Room
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Prof. Daniel Weisz, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Single-Molecule Spectroscopy with Catalysts, Conductive Polymers, and Optical Microresonators
Randall H. Goldsmith, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
Seeking signs of life within the Martian crust
Joseph Michalski, Associate Professor, Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong,