Institute Calendar
February 2010
Monday, February 8th, 2010
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Biophysics Lecture
Biology without Bias: New Tools for Probing Biological Systems
Jonathan Weissman,
professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology,
UC San Francisco,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Wireless Network Coding Algorithms
Christina Fragouli,
assistant professor of computer science and communications,
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Rotational Stability of Earth and Mars
Isamu Matsuyama,
research fellow in Earth and planetary science,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Development of Caged-Complexes for Studying Zn2+ Signaling & Homeostasis
Shawn Burdette,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of Connecticut,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The Self's Silent Partners: American Publishing and the Invention of Autobiography
Christopher Hunter,
instructor,
Lehigh University,
4:15pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Disorder and Field Driven Superconductor Insulator Transition
Nandini Trivedi,
professor of physics,
Ohio State University,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Results from the Final Runs of the CDMS-II Experiment
David Moore,
graduate student in physics,
Caltech,
8:30pm
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9:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
9:30am
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11:30am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Generating Branes and Hochschild Homology
Mohammed Abouzaid,
research fellow, Clay Mathematics institute,
and postdoctoral fellow,
MIT,
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Fermat's Last Theorem as a Visual Link from Superquadrics to String Theory
Andrew J. Hanson,
2010 Moore Distinguished Scholar,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Caltech Biotechnology Club Speaker
Commercializing Technologies Developed at the Bench Top
Karen Wong,
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
The Formation and Gaseous Evolution of Massive Galaxies Back to <1 Billion Years after the Big Bang
Dominik Riechers,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Dynamic of memory and non-memory reactivation in prefrontal cortex during slow-wave and REM sleep
Bruce McNaughton,
Department of Neurobiology,
CCBN, Canada,
4:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
LRO Diviner Radiometer Observations of the Lunar Polar Regions
David Paige,
Professor of Earth and space sciences,
Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Incentive Compatible Market Design with an Application to Matching with Wages
Mehmet Bumin Yenmez,
graduate student in business,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Molecular Organometallic Catalysis on Surfaces
Bruce C. Gates,
professor of chemical engineering and materials science,
UC Davis,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Leonidas Alaoglu Memorial Lecture
Symplectic Rigidity and Quantum-Classical Correspondence
Leonid Polterovich,
professor of mathematics,
Tel Aviv University, University of Chicago, MSRI,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
10:00am
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Astronomy Colloquium
Exoplanetary Atmospheres
Kristen Menou,
assistant professor of astronomy,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Nonlinear MIMO Transceiver Design and Matrix Decomposition
Yi Jiang,
senior system engineer,
Qualcomm, Inc.,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Holocene Evolution of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation Phenomenon
Christopher Charles,
professor,
Geosciences Research Division,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Genome-wide Translational Profiling by Ribosome Footprinting
Nicholas Ingolia,
postdoctoral scholar in molecular cell biology,
UC San Francisco,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Understanding the Initiation of Failure in Metallic Glasses through Nanomechanical Testing
Corinne E. Packard,
postdoctoral associate,
MIT,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Drug Targeting of Odd DNA Structures as a Means to Control Gene Transcription
Laurence H. Hurley,
professor of pharmaceutical sciences, medicinal chemistry, and chemistry,
University of Arizona,
6:30pm
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage: Creating a Sustainable Future
Sossina Haile,
professor of materials science and chemical engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Social Brain Circuity in Human Evolution
Katerina Semendeferi,
associate professor of anthropology and neuroscience,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Reading River-flood Dynamics from Offshore Deposits
Michael Lamb,
assistant professor of geology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Measuring a Black Hole Event Horizon: Very Long Baseline Interferometry of the Galactic Center
Sheperd Doeleman,
Haystack Observatory,
MIT,
4:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering (General Audience Lecture)
Spurring Chemistry: Catalysis and Chemical Technology
Bruce C. Gates,
professor chemical engineering and materials science,
UC Davis,
7:00pm
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Unfolded States of Heme Proteins
Melanie Yen,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Completely Random Measures for Bayesian Nonparametrics
Michael I. Jordan,
professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Scinece and Statistics,
UC Berkeley,
2:30pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Nano-Mechanics Based Theory of Strength and Lifetime Statistics of Quasibrittle Structures, and Analogy with High-k Gate Dielectrics
Jialiang Le,
graduate student in civil engineering and materials science,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
What Is the Sound of One Plate Subducting?
Dave Stegman,
assistant professor of geodynamics,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Redox States of Nitric Oxide Synthase
Charlotte Whited,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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7:30pm
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7:00pm
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
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10:00am
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10:30am
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11:00am
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