Institute Calendar
February 2009
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
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Beckman Lecture
Imaging the Glycome
Carolyn R. Bertozzi,
professor of chemistry and professor of molecular and cell biology,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Three Results on the Broadcast Channel
Chandra Nair,
Chinese University of Hong Kong,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Including Information from Large Multi-model Archives in Climate-Change Detection and Attribution Studies: One Model, One Vote?
Benjamin David Santer,
physicist and atmospheric scientist,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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Information Session: University of Redlands Bachelor of Science in Business Program
See event detail for location
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
The Impact of miRNAs on Hematopoietic Development, Function, and Disease
Ryan O'Connell,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Determining the Origin and Transport of Water Vapor and Precipitation during Present-day Climate: Examples from Borneo and Elsewhere
Harald Sodemann,
visitor in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Mechanical Structures at Quantum Limits: State of Play and Future Prospects
Keith Schwab,
professor of applied physics,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Galileo's Dream: The International Year of Astronomy 2009
Michelle Thaller,
manager, Education and Public Outreach,
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
10:00am
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11:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Operator Space of Pure Spinors and Some Applications
Yuri Aisaka,
International Fellowships Program, Sao Paolo,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Albion Lawrence,
assistant professor of physics,
Brandeis University,
2:00pm
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2:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Looming Crisis of Air Traffic Capacity—What Can Vortex Dynamics Do
Fazle Hussain,
professor of mechanical engineering,
University of Houston,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Robert H. Dalton Seminar in Chemical Catalysis
Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Dioxide Capture in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Deanna D'Alessandro,
postdoctoral fellow in chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
4:15pm
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5:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Galileo's Dream: The International Year of Astronomy 2009
Michelle Thaller,
manager, Education and Public Outreach,
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
9:00am
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12:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zheng/Malina Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
9:30am
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12:30pm
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11:00am
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Malkchyan/Voskani Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:00pm
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6:30pm
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10:30pm
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7:30pm
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Happy Birthday Darwin! A Darwin Day Celebration
Donald Prothero,
paleontologist and geologist,
Michael Shermer,
author and founding publisher,
Skeptic magazine,
3:30pm
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10:30pm
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6:15pm
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7:15pm
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Bioelectronics Research at Sony R&D
Yuichi Tokita,
senior manager,
Sony Corporation,
Yoshio Goto,
project leader,
Sony Corporation,
Tsuyonobu Hatazawa,
general manager,
Sony Corporation,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Topic to be announced.
Julianne Dalcanton,
associate professor of astronomy,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Memory Formation in the Hippocampal Formation: A Multi-region Analysis
James Knierim,
assistant professor of neurobiology,
University of Texas Medical School at Houston,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The mu-problem in Non-Minimal Gauge Mediation
John Mason,
postdoctoral fellow in physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
9:30am
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11:30am
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10:00am
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2/26
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Continuous vs. Discrete Oracles
Daniel Gottesman,
faculty member,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lecture in Engineering and Applied Science
Future Nuclear Energy: Advanced High Temperature Reactors
Per Peterson,
professor of nuclear engineering,
UC Berkeley,
3:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
The Detection of Z~2 Type IIn Supernovae in the CFHTLS Deep Fields
Jeff Cooke,
postdoctoral fellow in physics and astronomy,
UC Irvine,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Modeling Titan's Atmosphere with Observational Constraints
Claire Newman,
associate research scientist in planetary sciences,
Catlech,
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Extreme Terahertz Sources
Roberto Morandotti,
professor,
Ultrafast Optical Processing Group,
National Institute of Scientific Research in Varennes Canada (EMT-INRS),
4:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Progress in the LSC/Virgo Search Pipelines for Compact Binary Coalescences
Drew Keppel,
graduate student,
LIGO,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Physical Chemistry of Aerosols: A Way to Understand the Role of Aerosols
A.R. Ravishankara,
assistant professor,
Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Moonlighting MHCI and Brain Circuit Tuning
Carla Shatz,
professor of biology and neurobiology,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Crystal Calorimeters in the Next Decade
Ren-yuan Zhu,
member of the professional staff in high energy physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Leibniz's History of the Earth
Claudine Cohen,
CNRS-University of Paris,
Andre Wakefield,
Pitzer College,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Singular Spectrum for Radial Trees
Jonathan Breuer,
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Interferometric Measurements of the Size, Shape, and Behavior of Stars
Charles Townes,
professor of astrophysics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Computer Science Seminar
Who Am I Competing Against? Identifying Adversarial Protocols against TCP in a Congested Link