Institute Calendar
November 2017
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
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IST LUNCH BUNCH
Open research problems in computer graphics and games
J.P. Lewis,
Lead Researcher at SEED, Electronic Arts,
12:10pm
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12:50pm
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LIGO Seminar
Numerical binary black hole mergers in dynamical Chern-Simons
Maria Okounkova,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Stability in the homology of configuration spaces
Jenny Wilson,
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
Exoplanetary Atmospheres: Some Modeling Advances in Advance of JWST
Jonathan Fortney,
Professor,
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
University of California, Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Dynamics, geometry, and the moduli space of Riemann surfaces
Alex Wright,
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Conditional equilibria of multi-stage games with infinite sets of signals and actions
Roger Myerson,
Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; Moore Distinguished Scholar, Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
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Caltech Associates President's Circle Travel Program: Napa and Sonoma
Off Campus
The Science of Wine with David Baltimore, Alice Huang, and Tom Mannion
9:00am
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TCS+ Talk
A Constant-factor Approximation Algorithm for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem
Ola Svensson,
EPFL,
12:00pm
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3:15pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
A Thurston boundary for the Teichmüller space of an infinite Riemann surface
Francis Bonahon,
Department of Mathematics,
USC,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
A New Regime of Optical Variability in AGN: the Kepler Light Curves
Krista Lynne Smith,
KIPAC, Stanford,
4:00pm
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Diversity in Chemistry Initiative Seminar
Interrupting quorum sensing and cyclic dinucleotide signaling in bacteria and immune cells with small molecules
Herman Sintim,
Drug Discovery Professor,
Department of Chemistry, Institute for Drug Discovery and Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease ,
Purdue University,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Air Quality and Climate in the Central Amazon
Scot Martin,
Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Electrons and Phonons in Solids
Philip Allen,
Professor,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Stony Brook University,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
A Paradigm Shift in Slow Motion: On the History of Gravitational Waves
Alexander Blum,
Research Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science; Visiting Associate in History of Science, Caltech,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Wealth Effects and Information Acquisition
John Rehbeck,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Ohio State University,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
Tragedy in the Tetons and Mount Whitney by Fair Means
Cody Finke,
Graduate Student,
Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, November 9th, 2017
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Towards mechanics using quantum mechanics"
Phanish Suryanarayana,
Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
"Exploring the Role of [4Fe4S] Clusters in DNA Repair Proteins and Determining the Length Limit of DNA Charge Transport"
Edmund Tse,
Postdoctural Fellow, Barton Research Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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Analysis Seminar
Sharp estimates for Hörmander-type operators with positive-definite phase
Marina Iliopoulou,
Department of Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar-CANCELLED
!! This talk will be rescheduled for a later date
Olga Boudker,
HHMI Investigator, and Professor of Physiology and Biophysics,
Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
Weill Cornell Medical College,
4:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Keith Pluymers, Caltech
Cow Trials and Murdered Rivers: Violent Landscapes and Resistance in the Early Modern World
Keith Pluymers,
Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in the Humanities,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Fluctuations and Hydrodynamic Interactions in Active Colloidal Suspensions
Patrick T. Underhill,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Supersingular Isogeny Graphs in Cryptography
Kristin Lauter,
Cryptography Group,
Microsoft Research,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Demonology: The Curious Role of Intelligence in Physics & Biology
James Crutchfield,
Professor of Physics, Directory of Complexity Sciences Center,
UC Davis,
5:30pm
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Friday, November 10th, 2017
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Gravitational shockwaves on rotating black holes
Yoni BenTov,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, Kitaev Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Teddy Mekonnen, Caltech
Ex-ante Comparative Statics: Responsiveness to Information Quality
Tewodros (Teddy) Mekonnen,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
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TAPIR Seminar
GPU accelerated thermochemistry and radiative transfer on protoplanetary disks and exoplanet outflows
Lile Wang,
Graduate Student,
Princeton University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Nanophotonics in the Flatland: Controlling Light at the Nanoscale with Plasmonics and Metasurfaces
Koray Aydin,
Assistant Professor,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Northwestern University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Matrix-stabilized Combustion: A Tortuous Path to Establish Advanced Combustion Technologies
Matthias Ihme,
Associate Professor ,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University,
Saturday, November 11th, 2017
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Abrahamian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Hacopian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Gezalian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Bagramyan/Keshishian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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Sunday, November 12th, 2017
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Vu Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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Monday, November 13th, 2017
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Informal Biology Seminar
How cell fate decisions are maintained by Polycomb Repressive Complexes
Oliver Bell,
Group Leader,
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA),