Institute Calendar
March 2022
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2022
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Precisely identifying the Hamiltonian of a superconducting quantum processor from dynamical data
Dominik Hangleiter,
Postdoc,
Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), University of Maryland and NIST,
12:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
A Kaufman-type restricted projection theorem in R^3
3:30pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Surface compositions and colors of Pluto, its system of moons, and (486958) Arrokoth
Silvia Protopapa,
Research Scientist,
SWRI,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Information aggregation in social networks
Svetlana Pevnitskaya,
Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech; Associate Professor of Economics, Florida State University,
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Membrane distillation for high salinity brine management: Scaling and energy efficiency
Kofi S.S. Christie,
PhD,
Princeton University,
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Fast Radio Bursts: Probes and Puzzles from Nanosecond to Gigaparsecs
James Cordes,
George Feldstein Professor of Astronomy,
Department of Astronomy,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Atmospheric Aerosols and Air Quality in a Changing World
Colette Heald,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Mechanistic Insights into Crystalline Interfaces via Thermal Fluctuations
Yashashree Kulkarni,
Bill D. Cook Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Houston,
4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Programming' Quantum Simulators with Atoms and Ions
Peter Zoller,
University of Innsbrook,
Friday, March 4th, 2022
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Soft Supersymmetry Breaking in 4d N=2 Gauge Theories
Thomas Dumitrescu,
UCLA,
12:00pm
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CANCELLED: Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Karen I. Goldberg,
Vagelos Professor of Energy; Director, Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Pennsylvania,
12:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
New Horizons in Nanoindentation Testing: Instrumentation and Techniques for High Strain Rate and Multiaxial Measurements
12:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar Series
Probing Quantum Materials with Scanning Probe Microscopy
Yonglong Xie,
Harvard,
1:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
A Framework for Machine Learning of Model Error in Dynamical Systems
1:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Bootstrapping Boundaries and Branes
Yifan Wang,
New York University,
1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Optimal quantum metrology with programmable quantum sensors
Peter Zoller,
University of Innsbruck & IQOQI,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online Event
The CGM properties' dependence on the halo mass, redshift, and numerics
Santi Roca-Fabrega,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Department of Earth Physics and Astrophysics,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
3:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Quantization and non-quantization of energy along higher-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau vortices
3:00pm
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Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition over Blunt Cones
Online Event
Pedro Paredes,
NIA Senior Research Engineer,
Computational AeroSciences,
NASA Langley Research Center,
5:15pm
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Banks-McKelvey Memorial Lecture
Keynote Lecture to the 25+ Years of Quantal Response Equilibrium Conference
Charles Holt,
A. Willis Robertson Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics and Public Policy,
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy,
University of Virginia,
7:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
Online Event
Massive Binary Stars in Technicolor
Margaret Lazzarini,
NSF Prize Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Saturday, March 5th, 2022
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Monday, March 7th, 2022
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Axion Strings in the Sky
Prateek Agrawal,
Oxford University,
11:00am
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Online Event
Decidable problems on integral SL2-characters
Junho Peter Whang,
Seoul National University,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Online and In-Person Event
To the Frontiers of Cosmic Origins - From First Black Holes to Latest Planets
Jonathan Tan,
Chalmers University & University of Virginia,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Insights from Spectroscopy and Reaction Scope: Discerning Catalytic Reactivity of Organonickel with Ligand Field Theory
Zhengjia (Jaron) Tong,
Graduate Student (Reisman Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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MedE Special Seminar. Dr. Shriya Srinivasan
Online Event
The interface between man and machine; Neural Interfacing for Sensory Feedback and Neuroprosthetic Control.
Shriya Srinivasan, Ph.D.,
Neural Engineer,
Harvard Society of Fellows,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Political social-learning: short-term memory and cycles of polarisation
Gilat Levy,
Professor,
London School of Economics (LSE),
5:45pm
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2022
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Discrete Analysis Seminar
Sums of linear transformations
Jeck Lim,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
On the Collective Behaviors of Oligomers: Implications for Self-Assembled Monolayers and Copolymer Sequences.
Kateri Hayashi DuBay,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Virginia,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Optimally Imprecise Memory and Biased Forecasts
Michael Woodford,
John Bates Clark Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Grasping Mysterious Drivers of Galaxy Evolution with Big Data
Gina Panopoulou,
Hubble Postdoctoral Scholar,
Astrophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
Online Event
Integrating Machine Learning With Scientific Spatial and Temporal Modeling
Aditi Krishnapriyan,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Physics of Heat Waves: What causes extremely high summertime temperatures?
Lucas Vargas Zeppetello,
PhD,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Spin-chiral fluctuation processes in magnetic insulators and metals
Max Hirschberger,
The University of Tokyo,
Thursday, March 10th, 2022
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Electrifying Polymers: Engineering Conductive Polymers for Photovoltaics, Virus Detection, and Bioelectronics
Rafael Verduzco,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Rice University,
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