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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
Monday, February 3rd, 2025
9:20am 3:45pm
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Frontiers in Electrical Engineering

Wenqi Jiang, Fifth-Year PHD Student, ETH Zurich,
Jennifer Tang, Postdoctoral Associate in IDSS and LIDS, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Rahul Parhi, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego,
Ilija Radosavovic, PhD Student, UC Berkeley,
10:00am 11:10am
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Frontiers in Molecular Cell Biology Symposium

Frontiers in Molecular Cell Biology Symposium
3:00pm 4:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

2 um fiber lasers and amplifiers for cryogenic silicon gravitational wave detectors
Georgia Bolingbroke,
  • Internal Event
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Math Teaching Seminar

Conversation about Math Teaching
Chris Towse, Math Department, Scripps College,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Atmospheric sulfur sources and chemistry from preindustrial to present
Ursula Jongebloed, Graduate Student, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Causal Inference for Scientific Discovery
Adrián Lozano-Durán, Associate Professor of Aerospace, Engineering and Applied Science, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Semiclassical Amplitudes and Black Holes
Donal O'Connell, Edinburgh University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Joint Los Angeles Topology Seminar

Exotic aspherical 4-manifolds
Danny Ruberman, Department of Mathematics, Brandeis University,
5:00pm 6:00pm
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Joint Los Angeles Topology Seminar

Irreducible 4-manifolds can admit exotic diffeomorphisms
Hokuto Konno, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo,
7:30pm 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

"Fast Radio Bursts" and "Building Europa Clipper"
Stella Ocker, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Matthew Stumbo, System Integration and Test Engineer, NASA JPL,
  • Public Event
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
10:00am 11:30am
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"Innovative Pedagogy in Computer Science: Candidate Series"

An Intro to Linked Lists and Hopes for the Future
Ryan Tsang, Postdoctoral Candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Unveiling Callisto's Atmosphere: Insights from Past Observations, Future Mission Perspectives, and Implications for Europa and Ganymede
Shane Carberry Mogan, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Phase space of JT gravity with positive cosmological constant
Elba Alonso-Monsalve, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Online Event
Sigma Scattered Linear Orderings
William Chan, Institute for Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, Vienna University of Technology,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

On the Physics and Applications of Wind Turbulence-Induced Ground Motion on Mars and Earth
Qian Shi, Graduate Student, Geophysics, California Institute of Technology,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Geometric Approach to Quantum Theory
Albert Schwarz, UC Davis & Caltech,
2:30pm 4:00pm
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CTESS Seminar

Ordered Probabilistic Choice
Yusufcan Masatlioglu, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar

Extremal black hole formation as a critical phenomenon
Ryan Unger, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Probing Supermassive Black Holes and Quasars with the SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper Reverberation Mapping Project
Catherine (Kate) Grier, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

How geomechanics and geophysics can help the energy transition
Jean-Philippe Avouac, Earle C. Anthony Professor of Geology and Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Associate Director, Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Using soft chemistry in oxide heterostructures: from superconducting nickelates to membrane nanomechanics
Harold Hwang, Professor, Applied Physics, Stanford,
Thursday, February 6th, 2025
10:00am 11:30am
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"Innovative Pedagogy in Computer Science: Candidate Series"

Introduction to Linked Lists; Supporting Students with Automated Feedback
Ethan Ordentlich, Lecturer in Computer Science Department, Computer Science, University of Chicago, Illinois,
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Mechanics and Myocytes: Engineered Models of the Cardiac Syncytium and Myotendinous Junction
Wendy Crone, Karen Thompson Medhi Professor Emeritus, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

The Doubly Periodic Aztec Diamond Dimer Model: Gaussian Free Field and Discrete Gaussians
Matthew Nicoletti, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar Series

Rebecca Wipfler, Graduate Student, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

The Poisson boundary of hyperbolic groups without moment conditions
Kunal Chawla, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Entanglement Randomness
James Analytis, UC Berkeley,
5:00pm 6:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Bethe Ansatz for PushASEP on the ring
Axel Saenz Rodriguez, Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University,
Friday, February 7th, 2025
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Pinning Defects, Fusion and Factorization
Yifan Wang, New York University,
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Frustrated Quantum Devices: understanding how correlations, complex order and boundary states manifest in novel material functionalities
James Analytis, UC Berkeley,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Annular links and categorified invariants
Fraser Binns, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Debbie Tseng, Graduate Student (Robb Research Group), Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

How Global Warming Shakes the Earth : Multi-Decadal Global Microseism History and Ocean Wave Climate
Rick Aster, Professor of Geophysics, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University,
Monday, February 10th, 2025
9:20am 3:45pm
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Frontiers in Electrical Engineering 2/10

Anastasios Angelopoulos, Sixth-Year Ph.D. student, UC Berkeley,
Jason Ma, Final-Year PhD student, University of Pennsylvania,
Xinyi Chen, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University,
Anuran Makur, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University,
9:30am 11:30am
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New Horizons in Neuroscience - Laura Seeholzer and Claire Bedbrook

New Horizons in Neuroscience - Laura Seeholzer and Claire Bedbrook
12:00pm 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

A Climate and Environmental Risks Impacts Assessment for Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Duane Waliser, Chief Scientist, Earth Science and Technology Directorate, JPL,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

Quantifying LIGO's response to environmental disturbances in O4 and beyond
Adrian Helmling-Cornell,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Constraints on Remnant Planetary Systems as a Function of Main-Sequence Mass with HST/COS
  • Internal Event
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Bridging the Gaps between Projection of Climate and Impacts
Jane Baldwin, Assistant Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Dark showers from sneaky dark matter
Christiane Scherb, UC Berkeley/LBNL,
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025