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Ongoing – 12/19 5:00pm
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Nominate your favorite professor for the Feynman Teaching Prize!

  • Internal Event
Ongoing – 12/2 11:59pm
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Registration for Winter Term

Thursday, December 1st, 2022
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Course Design Workshop for Faculty

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Simulating solids like fluids: A fully Eulerian approach to fluid-structure interaction
Ken Kamrin, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Crellin 151
"Engineering Viral Vectors for Acoustically Targeted Gene Delivery in Brain"
Hongyi (Richard) Li, Shapiro Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Schmidt Academy for Software Engineering (Outreach event)

Schlinger 101
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter B125
Securities Ratings and Information Provision
Eric Hilt, Professor of Economics, Wellesley College,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Higher modularity for elliptic curves over function fields
Jared Weinstein, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Lozenge tilings via the dynamic loop equation
Vadim Gorin, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Advances in Plant Molecular Foundries
Prof. Karen McDonald, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Landscapes of Glass
Douglas J. Jerolmack, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science and Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Two types of integrability in Liouville quantum gravity
Xin Sun, Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor X. Edward Guo

Annenberg 105
Bone Bioengineering: Microstructure, Mechanics, Mechanobiology, and Beyond
X. Edward Guo, Chair and Stanley Dicker Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine), Bone Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Quantum matter, clocks, and fundamental physics
Jun Ye, JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Charles R. dePrima Memorial Lecture in Mathematics

Linde Hall 310
Diophantine Equations in Two Variables and the Arithmetic Shapes of Solutions
Minhyong Kim, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

On delocalization of planar integer-valued height functions and the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition of two-component spin models in two dimensions
Matan Harel, Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University,
Friday, December 2nd, 2022
All Day
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Last Day of Classes for Fall Term

10:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Model-Based Lower-Limb Powered Prosthesis Control: Developing and Realizing Nonlinear Subsystem Control Methods for Generalizable Prosthesis Control
Rachel Gehlhar, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Gravitational Path Integral for 1/4 BPS N = 4 black holes from Siegel Modular Forms
Abhiram Kidambi, IPMU, University of Tokyo,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Isabel M. Klein, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Baxter 127
Plurality Veto: A Simple Voting Rule Achieving Optimal Metric Distortion
Fatih Erdem Kızılkaya, Research Assistant, USC,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Chen 100
Holistic Design in High-Speed Silicon Photonics and Low-Power Electronics Platforms
Arian Hashemi, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
12:15pm – 1:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Quantum gas of molecules
Jun Ye, JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, Boulder,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Mathematical Physiology Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 183
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
A new era for TDEs
Odelia Teboul, Graduate Student, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Detonations for Propulsion: Insights, Challenges, and a Path Forward
Carson Slabaugh, Associate Professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Homology growth, fibering, and aspherical manifolds
Kevin Schreve, Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar

Annenberg 104
Learning Homogenization for Elliptic Operators with Discontinuous Parameters
Margaret Trautner, Graduate Student, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 12/7 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Tuning the Selectivity of Fe-based Catalysis for N2 Fixation in Protic Media Using Proton Responsive Ligand."
Lucie Nurdin, Postdoctoral Scholar (Peters Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
Exotic phenomena in 4-dimensional topology
Lisa Piccirillo, Department of Mathematics, MIT,
5:00pm – 8:00pm
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Holigay Celebration!

Beckman Institute, Glanville Courtyard
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Invisible Atmospheres of Galaxies
Iryna Butsky, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astrophysics, Caltech,
  • Public Event
Saturday, December 3rd, 2022
8:00am – 12/6 11:59pm
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Study Period

Monday, December 5th, 2022
10:30am – 11:30am
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online Event
Probing dark matter-nucleon interactions with Sub-GeV dark matter direct detection strategie
Kim Berghaus, SUNY Stony Brook,
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1:00pm – 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Electronic Structures and Reactivity of Metal Complexes
Alexandra T. Barth, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Dimer model fluctuations via t-embeddings
Matthew Nicoletti, Department of Mathematics, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Online Event
Calabi-Yau metric in the complement of two divisors
Yang Li, Department of Mathematics, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Online and In-Person Event
How do stars shape interstellar gas? cosmic rays -- supernova -- UV radiation
Shmuel Bialy, University of Maryland, College Park,
Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
8:00am – 12/8 12:00pm
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First Aid / AED / CPR Training (Day 1 of 2)

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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STEMinar: Ariana Elena Castillo "Disability Advocacy in STEM"

Online Event
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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BMB Fall Rotation Seminar

Crellin 151
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Probing Protoplanetary Disk Evolution Using Multi-Wavelengths Observations
Marion Villenave, NASA Postdoc, Exoplanet Discovery and Science, JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
The muon g-2 and lattice QCD hadronic vacuum polarization may point to new, long-lived neutral hadrons
Glennys Farrar, New York University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
Instability and non-uniqueness in fluid dynamics
Elia Brué, Mathematics, IAS,
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
8:00am – 12/9 11:59pm
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Final Examinations for Fall Term

8:00am – 12:00pm
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First Aid / AED / CPR Recertification Training

9:30am – 1:00pm
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Biosafety - Comprehensive Training

Online Event
11:00am – 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Online Event
Towards fast hardware decoding: parallel window decoding and Riverlane's progress
Earl Campbell, Riverlane & University of Sheffield,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Online Event
General relativity does not admit enough observables
Aristotelis Panagiotopoulos, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Quantum Field Theory and the Limits of Knowledge

Online Event,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Millions Left Voiceless in Mid-Term Elections

Online Event
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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CCE Seminar | Prof. Minsuk Kwak | Wednesday, December 7, 2022 | 1 pm

Chen 100
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Lab Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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► CANCELED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter Lecture Hall
This seminar has been canceled.
Marcos Nazareth Gallo, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
What's in a Shadow? Past, Present, and Future of Black Hole Imaging
Heino Falcke, Professor of Astroparticle Physics & Radio Astronomy, Radboud University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Soil moisture controls on weather: new insights from models and observations
Kaighin A. McColl, Harvard University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Online Event
Prizes and effort in contests with private information
Sumit Goel, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Thursday, December 8th, 2022
8:00am – 12:00pm
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First Aid / AED / CPR Training (Day 2 of 2)

8:00am – 12/11 5:00pm
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ISBUS 2022

11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Adventures in Applied Fluid Mechanics
Sheldon Green, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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APACT Annual Snack Exchange Social

Gates Annex Patio
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Crellin 151
"Temporal changes in membrane lipid content orchestrate cell invasion during development"
Michael Piacentino, Bronner Group,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

West Bridge 351 (LIGO Science Conference Room)
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 8:00pm
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CCE Holiday Party 2022

Dabney Hall, Garden of the Associates
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
The Langlands correspondence for p-adic classical groups via isomorphisms of Hecke algebras
Anne-Marie Aubert, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu-Paris Rive Gauche, Sorbonne Université,
Friday, December 9th, 2022
All Day
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End of Fall Term