Institute Calendar
December 2009
Monday, December 7th, 2009
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Understanding Dark Energy
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein,
graduate student researcher, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
graduate student,
University of Waterloo,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Next Generation Large-Scale Chronically Implantable Precision Motorized Microdrive Arrays for Freely Behaving Animals
Jun Yamamoto,
professor of brain cognitive science,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Designing Functional Metalloproteins: Beyond the Primary Coordination Sphere
Yi Lu,
professor of chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Modeling and Representing: An Artefactual Approach to Model-based Representation
Tarja Knuuttila,
visiting associate in philosophy,
Caltech,
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Algorithms for Nucleic Acid Sequence Design
Joseph N. Zadeh,
graduate student in bioengineering,
Bioengineering,
Caltech,
9:30am
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11:30am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Photonic Non-equilibrium Quantum Transport in a Nonlinear Medium
Mohammad Hafezi,
postdoctoral scholar,
University of Maryland,
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
What We Have Learned from the Antennae Galaxies
Brad Whitmore,
Space Telescope Science Institute ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Research on a New Generation of Optoelectronic Devices
Amnon Yariv,
Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and professor of electrical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Nanoscopic Imaging of Biomolecules and Cells
Xiaowei Zhuang,
professor of chemistry and chemical biology, and professor of physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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General Biology Seminar
Large Intergenic Non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs): From Discovery to Mechanism
John Rinn,
assistant professor of pathology,
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT,
4:00pm
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Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS) Lecture
National Security Homeland Security Presidential Directive #12: A Scientific and Technical Challenge in the 21st Century
Robert Nelson,
scientist,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
8:00am
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Abbott Symposium, Part I—cancelled
Discovery of Lanifanib: An Angiogenesis Inhibitor for Cancer Treatment
Yujia Dai,
Doctor,
Cancer Research,
Abbott Laboratories,
4:00pm
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Abbott Symposium, Part II—cancelled
Topic to be announced.
Keith Fagnou,
associate professor of chemistry,
University of Ottawa,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Maps, Connections and In-vivo Imaging in the Monkey Brain
Kadharbatcha Saleem,
researcher,
National Institute of Mental Health,
7:00pm
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11:30pm
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
10:00am
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1:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
In-silico Truth and Beauty of Biological Systems: An Engineer's Perspective
Petros Koumoutsakos,
chair of computational science, ETH-Zurich,
and Millikan Visiting Professor of Aeronautics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Connectivity of the Primate Brain from Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Dirk Neumann,
graduate student in computation and neural systems,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Photochemical and Dynamics Studies of Oxygen Isotope Exchange Reactions of Carbon Dioxide
Laurence Yeung,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Neuroeconomics of Social Learning and Decision Making
Michael Platt,
professor of neurobiology and evolutionary anthropology,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
The Slapdown Phase in High Acceleration Records of Large Earthquakes
Masumi Yamada,
assistant professor,
Earthquake Hazards Division, DPRI,
Kyoto University,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Larry Zweifel,
postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Diamond Formation in 'Deep Mantle' Dehydration Zones
Ben Harte,
professor of geosciences,
University of Edinburgh,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
8:00am
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11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Clifford Cheung,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
UC Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Vartanians Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Laboratory Investigation of the Radiative Energy Transfer during Rupture Nucleation and Propagation
Alexandre Schubnel,
Chargé de Recherche,
Laboratoire de Geologie,
Ecole Normale Supérieure ,
4:15pm
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6:00pm
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6:30pm
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
The T-shaped Anisotropic Molecule Model: A Unique Perspective of the Glass Transition and Gelation in Low Valence, Directional, Network Forming Liquids
Jennifer Witman,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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11:00am
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Generic Reinforcement Learning Agents
Marcus Hutter,
professor,
Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering,
Australian National University,
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
9:30am
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11:30am
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological Quantum Order: Stability Under Local Perturbations
Spiros Michalakis,
postdoctoral scholar,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
3:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Topic to be announced.
Pieter van Dokkum,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Quantum Electromechanics and Optomechanics of Tunneling Systems
Aashish Clerk,
professor of physics,
McGill University,
4:00pm
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Linus Pauling Lectureship
The Largest Molecule: Structure, Function and Secrets of the Human Genome
Eric Lander,
professor and director,
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
10:00am
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General Biology Seminar
Odor Coding and Host Seeking in Parasitic Nematodes
Elissa Hallem,
academic nonfaculty in biology,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
10:00am
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11:30am
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
2:00pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Tarbinian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
9:00am
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11:30am
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Welge & Lindsay-Levine Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography