Institute Calendar
November 2020
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11/3
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Skipper-CCDs for dark matter, neutrinos, quantum science and astronomy
Juan Estrada,
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
10:30am
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10:45am
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Beyond Cabdrivers: Labor Supply Reference Dependence of Rideshare Drivers
Tony Kukavica,
Undergraduate Student,
Caltech,
12:30pm
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2:00pm
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Joint Berkeley-Caltech-Stanford Number Theory Seminar
Online Event
An asymptotic version of the prime power conjecture for perfect difference sets
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Harnessing Special Properties for Distributed Decision-Making in Network Systems
Na Li,
Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics,
Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online Event
Structural Evidence for Nitrogenase Metallocluster Modularity
Trixia Buscagan,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Rees Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
10:00am
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10:50am
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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Off the Beaten Track: Long-Lived Particles at the LHC
Tova Holmes,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
10:30am
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10:45am
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11:00am
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11:50am
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Two-phase free boundary problems and the Friedland-Hayman inequality
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Online Event
"Internal Senses of the Vagus Nerve"
Steve Liberles,
Professor,
Cell Biology,
Harvard Medical School,
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Online Event
A Martian dust storm climatology using the Mars Dust Activity Database (MDAD)
Michael Battalio,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Earth & Planetary Sciences Department,
Yale University,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
The Provable Effectiveness of Policy Gradient Methods in Reinforcement Learning and Controls (POSTPONED)
Sham Kakade,
Professor,
Department of Computer Science , Department of Statistics,
University of Washington,
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
Forecasting Algorithms, Minimax Theorems, and Randomized Lower Bounds
Shalev Ben-David,
Assistant Professor,
University of Waterloo,
10:30am
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10:45am
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
How to Sell Hard Information
S. Nageeb Ali,
Professor of Economics,
Pennsylvania State University,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Interpreting Exoplanet Atmospheres at the Onset of Next-Generation Telescopes
Natasha Batalha,
Research Scientist,
NASA Ames Research Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Thermodynamic and Dynamic Mechanisms for Hydrological Cycle Intensification over the Full Probability Distribution of Precipitation Events
Gang Chen,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Amorphous Materials: Ideality, Losses, and Two Level Systems (TLS) in Amorphous Silicon Films
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
Online Event
First-Hand to a Degree Separated: Grief and Climbing After Tragedy
Zachary Green,
- Public Event
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
9:00am
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9:55am
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Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Non-linear Gibbs measures as mean-field limits
Nicolas Rougerie,
Laboratoire de Physique et Modelisation des Milieux Condenses CNRS,
Universite Grenoble,
10:30am
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10:45am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Discontinuous Compression Structures: From Tensegrity Planetary Landers to Lightweight Metamaterials
Julián J. RĂmoli,
Associate Professor,
Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Division of Biology and Bioengineering Virtual Speaker Series
Online Event
Careers in Science Communication and Journalism
Katherine J. Wu,
New York Times Writer; Senior Producer, The Story Collider,
Whitney Clavin,
Senior Content and Media Strategist, Caltech,
Evguenia Alechine,
Science Communicator and Writer; Co-editor, Medical Writing,
12:00pm
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12:50pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Engineering a Genetically Encoded Contrast Agent for Ultrasound
Robert Hurt (Shapiro Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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â—Ź POSTPONED: Literary Dimensions Seminar
This seminar has been postponed.
Elaine Auyoung,
McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Associate Professor of English, and Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Cognitive Sciences,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Effective Evaluation Practices: Evidence from research on bias and its consequences
Joyce Yen,
ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change,
University of Washington,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Friday, November 6th, 2020
9:00am
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Science Journey: "Fueling the World Engine: Chemistry for Solar Fuels"
Online Event
Jake Evans,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
- Public Event
10:30am
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10:45am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
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Quantum BTZ black hole
Roberto Emparan,
University of Barcelona,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Quantum photonics with color qubits
Chaitali Joshi,
AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar,
Mirhosseini Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CCE Safety Day 2020
Online Event
Safety Seminar
Ian Tonks,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities "Learning Experiences in the Lab: Communication is Key for Safety",
Alexander Miller,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Synthetic Chemistry with a Safety Net",
John Kramer,
Senior R&D Leader,
Chemical Science,
The Dow Chemical Company;,
George Athens,
Senior R&D Leader,
Analytical Science,
The Dow Chemical Company "Participating in the Safety Culture in R&D at Dow",
Michael Smit,
Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control,
Children's Hospital Los Angeles,
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC "COVID-19: How the Virus Spreads and a Common-Sense Approach to Safety",
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar
Online Event
Convex relaxations and computational optimization
Riley Murray,
Graduate Student,
Computing and Mathematical Science,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Data-Driven Prediction of Partially Observed Multiscale Systems
Online Event
Data-Driven Prediction of Partially Observed Multiscale Systems
Krithika Manohar,
Assistant Professor (starting 01/2021),
Mechanical Engineering,
University of Washington,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Online Event
3-manifold invariants, G-equivariant TQFT, and complexity
4:00pm
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Humanities Seminar
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Mammy, Hetty, Sarah, and an Old Healer Woman: Foremothers in The History of Mary Prince
Dana Murphy,
Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
4:00pm
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Saturday, November 7th, 2020
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
9:00am
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9:01am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Tech Talk
Online Event
Misinformation and Fake News
Cathy Ma,
Facebook,
Andrew Kang,
Facebook,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Topic to be announced
Nese Yildiz,
Associate Professor of Economics,
University of Rochester,
12:30pm
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2:00pm
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Joint Berkeley-Caltech-Stanford Number Theory Seminar
Online Event
Vanishing theorems for Shimura varieties
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Stochastic Gradient Descent: From Practice Back to Theory
Rachel Ward,
W. A. "Tex" Moncrief Distinguished Professor in Computational Engineering and Sciences—Data Science Associate Professor of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Probing Dark Matter substructure with astrometric weak lensing
Cristina Mondino,
Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online Event
Mechanochemical Regulation of Reactivities - from Mechanically Gated Photoswitch to Triggered Release
Xiaoran Hu,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Robb Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,