Institute Calendar
May 2018
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
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MCE Seminar
Nonlinear Elasticity
Basile Audoly,
Moore Distinguished Scholar,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
CNRS and Ecole polytechnique (Palaiseau, France).,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar
Introduction to Small Angle X-ray Scattering at APS and Its Application for Studies of DNA Colloidal Particle Assembly
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Undecidability of the Spectral Gap in 1D
Johannes Bausch,
University of Cambridge,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
Effects of the Heterogeneous Tidal Heat Production on Io's Interior & Contribution of Sublimating Water Ice to Ceres' Exosphere
Teresa Steinke,
Department of Space Engineering,
Delft University of Technology,
Margaret Landis,
Graduate Student,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Campanella, Galileo, and the Clash for the New Science at the Court of Pope Urban VIII
Stefano Gattei,
Dibner Research Fellow in the History of Science and Technology,
The Huntington Library,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Swing Voter's Curse in Social Networks
Lydia Mechtenberg,
Professor of Economics, University of Hamburg; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
8:00am
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Cold Molecular Medium around Distant Galaxies: Light up the Darkness!
Bjorn Emont,
NRAO, Charlottesville,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Rain over tropical continents: linear theories, abrupt changes, and monsoons
William R. Boos,
Professor,
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
Perspectives on Nucleotide Research for Antiviral Drugs and Expanding Access
John Martin,
Ph.D., CEO,
Gilead Sciences, Inc.,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Optimal Invariant Tests in an Instrumental Variables Regression With Heteroskedastic and Autocorrelated Errors
Marcelo Moreira,
Professor of Economics,
Fundação Getulio Vargas,
5:00pm
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
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Simulation, experiments, and modeling of cloud cavitation with application to burst wave lithotripsy
Kazuki Maeda, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech
Kazuki Maeda,
Ph.D Defense,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Answering a Qualifying Exam Question"
Yannis Dafalias,
Distinguished Professor, CEE Department, University of California, Davis,
Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Mechanics, National Technical University, Athens,
11:30am
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1:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Reducibility and Computational Lower Bounds for Problems with Planted Sparse Structure
Guy Bresler,
Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum Career Development Assistant Professor,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Jarrad Harford, University of Washington
International Trade and the Propagation of Merger Waves
Jarrad Harford,
Professor of Finance, Chair of the Department of Finance and Business Economics, Paul Pigott-PACCAR Professor in Business Administration,
Foster School of Business,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Low Energy Baryogenesis and Beauty
Ann E. Nelson,
Kenneth J. Young Chair & Graduate Recruitment Coordinator, Professor of Physics,
University of Washington,
Friday, May 4th, 2018
12:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Categories of Line Operators in 3d N=4 Theories
Michael Geracie,
UC Davis,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Quantum information in quantum cognition
Nicole Yunger Halpern,
Graduate Student, Preskill Group,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Harnessing Biological Tools of Protein Transport and Catalysis
Camille McAvoy,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Harnessing Biological Tools of Protein Transport and Catalysis
Camille McAvoy,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Cyclic Polyolefins via Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization
Julian Edwards,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Large Eddy Simulation of Shock-Turbulence Interaction
Noah Braun,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Inorganic Chemistry in Cell Cycle Control: Quantitative Mapping of Subcellular Transition Metal Fluctuations
Thomas V. O'Halloran,
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor,
Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
4:15pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Indoor Geolocation Science and Technology - At the Emergence of Smart World and IoT
Kaveh Pahlavan,
Professor and Director of the Center for Wireless Information Network Studies,
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Carcamo/Tatevosian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Saturday, May 5th, 2018
12:00am
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2:00pm
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4:20pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Saakian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ani Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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8:45pm
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Caltech Associates Northern California Panel Discussion: Startups and Breakups, A Panel on Entrepreneurship
Off Campus
with Shuki Bruck, Caltech's Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Computation and Neural Systems and Electrical Engineering, and Caltech alumni
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 6th, 2018
4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Babapilavian Engagement
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, May 7th, 2018
12:10pm
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12:50pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Life and Death by Impact: Drilling for Clues
Sean P. S. Gulick,
Research Professor Institute of Geophysics,
Department of Geological Sciences,
University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Catalytic Modification of Methane in Non-Conventional Media
Pedro J. Perez,
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry,
Research Center in Quimica Sostenible (CIQSO) Building Robert H. Grubbs, Campus of the Carmen,
University of Huelva, SPAIN,
7:30pm
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
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American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry, Virtual Symposium
Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Natural Products and the Chemistry They Inspire
Sarah E. Reisman,
Professor of Chemistry,
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
9:00am
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American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry, Virtual Symposium
Studies in Natural Product Total Synthesis
Phil S. Baran,
Darlene Shiley Chair in Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
The Scripps Research Institute,
10:30am
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