Institute Calendar
March 2009
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Quantum Random Walk and CMV Matrices
Maria Jose Cantero,
department of applied mathematics,
University of Zaragoza, Spain,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Strong Lensing and the Mass of Massive Galaxies
Adam Bolton,
Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaii,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Developments in Transformation Optics and Invisibility Cloaks
David R. Smith,
professor of electrical and computer engineering,
Duke University,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
8:00am
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3/15
5:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Production of Hydrogen from Water with Sunlight: Does the Hydrogen Economy Really Have a Chance?
Michael Hoffmann,
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Terahertz Spectroscopy—From Free-Space To Waveguide Spectroscopy
Peter Uhd Jepsen,
professor of photonics engineering,
Technical University of Denmark,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Functional Consequences of Coupled Folding and Binding in the NF-κB/IκBα
Elizabeth Komives,
professor of geological sciences,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Dielectrophoretic Surface Deposition and Thermal Processing of Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene Flakes and Gold Nanoparticles in Colloidal Suspensions
Dimos Poulikakos,
professor of thermodynamics,
ETH Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Foraminifera-Bound Nitrogen and the Ice Age Ocean's Slower Nitrogen Budget
Danny Sigman,
Professor,
Department of Geosciences,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
Why Was the Industrial Revolution British?
Allen Robert,
professor of economic history,
Oxford University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
10:00am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Quantum Corrections to Chern-Simons-Matter Moduli Spaces
Daniel Jafferis,
postdoctoral fellow in high energy physics,
Rutgers University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Mechanochemically Active Polymeric Materials
Nancy Sottos,
professor of materials science and engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
The Deep Underground Gravity Lab at DUSEL
Vuk Mandic,
assistant professor of physics,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Elucidating Signaling Events through Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics
Judit Villen,
Department of Cell Biology,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Zirconocene Aluminohydride Complexes: Possible Resting States for Ziegler-Natta Polymerization
Steven Baldwin,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Representation and Modest Scepticism in Hume's Metaphysics of Space
Donald Ainsle,
professor of philosophy,
University of Toronto,
4:15pm
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5:30pm
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5:00pm
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6:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009
9:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
8:00am
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3/18
5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Do We Perceive or Infer the Time When We Decided to Act?
William P. Banks,
professor of psychology,
California State Polytechnic University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Design of Nonlinear Optical Materials and a Few other Random Thoughts
Seth R. Marder,
professor of chemistry,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
Consumption, Social Capital, and the Industrious Revolution in Early Modern Germany
Sheilagh Ogilvie,
professor of economic history,
Cambridge University,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
9:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMA Presents "Bootleg Postcards: Unofficial Biographies of Robotic Spacecraft"
Doug Ellison,
creator and site administrator,
Unmannedspaceflight.com,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Turbulent Friction on Rough and Smooth Walls: It Is All in the Spectrum (Even in 2D)
Pinaki Chakraborty,
professor of mechanical engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Large Scale Structure in Galaxies and Dark Matter in COSMOS
Nick Scoville,
Moseley Professor of Astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Smallpox: Death of a Disease: - A Premature Announcement?
See event detail for location
- Public Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar: "Smallpox: Death of a DiseaseA Premature Announcement?"
Smallpox: Death of a Disease—A Premature Announcement?
Donald Henderson,
Center for Biosecurity,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Measuring Theta_13 with Neutrino Beams
Kate Scholberg,
associate professor of physics,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Adventures in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Nitrogenation of Hydrocarbons
Kenneth M. Nicholas,
research professor,
department of chemistry and biochemistry,
the University of Oklahoma,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Stellar Remnants as Astrophysical Probes
Jason Kalirai,
astronomer,
Space Telescope Science Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
An Avalanche of Help: Analyzing Cooperative Broadcast Schemes in the Limit
Anna Scaglione,
associate professor of electrical and computer engineering,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Small RNA Pathways in the Germine
Alexei Aravin,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Personalized Energy: A Carbon-Neutral Energy Supply for 1 (x6 Billion)
Daniel G. Nocera,
professor of energy,
MIT,
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
8:00am
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3/29
5:00pm
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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