Institute Calendar
March 2011
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Theory Cannot be Extended
Roger Colbeck,
postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Talk
New Constraints on the Evolution of the Stellar-to-Dark Matter Connection: A Combined Analysis of Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing, Clustering, and Stellar Mass Functions from z=0.2 to z=1
Alexie Leauthaud,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Astrometric Effects of a Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background
Laura Book,
graduate student in theoretical astrophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Study Neural Circuit Assembly
Marta Morey-Ramonell,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Persuasion and the Effective Power of Majority
Catherine Hafer,
associate professor of politics,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Understanding Adaptive Immunity: A Crossroad of the Physical, Life, and Engineering Sciences (technical lecture)
Arup K. Chakraborty,
professor of chemical engineering,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
The Apples of Our Eyes: Art, Intellectual Property and American Fruits
Daniel J. Kevles,
J. O. and Juliette Koepfli Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus,
Caltech, and professor of history, Yale University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
8:00am
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5:00pm
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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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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
CFT Primary Fields and the Calculus of Conformal Dimensions
Nikolai Makarov,
professor of mathematics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
The Nebula Future Internet Architecture: A Research Agenda
Jonathan Smith,
professor of engineering and applied science and professor of computer and information science,
the University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Chromosome, Cell Cycle and Entropy, or, Why I love E. coli
Suckjoon Jun,
FAS Center for Systems Biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
A Restatement of the Theory of Monopoly with Applications to Merger Analysis
Glen Weyl,
junior fellow,
Harvard Society of Fellows,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Efficient Bayesian Methods for Clustering Data
Katherine Heller,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Microscale Distributions of Phytoplankton Revealed Using a Planar Laser Imaging Fluorometer
Peter J. S. Franks,
professor of biological oceanography,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
4:00pm
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6:30pm
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4:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Alkyl Electrophiles
Gregory C. Fu,
professor of chemistry,
MIT,
7:00pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
8:00am
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3/13
5:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Did the Retro Commissioning of the Mudd Buildings Actually Save Energy?
John Onderdonk,
manager for sustainability programs,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Ilana Witten,
postdoctoral scholar in bioengineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Movement of Corals on Climatic Timescales; D/H Fractionation in Lipids from Terrestrial Hydrothermal Springs
Nithya Thiagarajan,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Maggie Osburn,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
How to Hit HIV Where It Hurts (general lecture)
Arup K. Chakraborty,
professor of chemical engineering,
MIT,
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, March 11th, 2011
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Wilsonian and Holographic Renormalization Groups
Joe Polchinkski,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Clustering, Caustics, and Collisions in Turbulent Aerosols
Michael Wilkinson,
professor of mathematics and statistics,
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Modeling and High-throughput Approaches in Developmental Patterning
Marcos Nahmad,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Iridium-Pincer Complexes and Small Molecule Activation
Ross Fu,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Mumro Memorial Seminar
What Can We Learn from Analogy in Mathematics?
Paul Bartha,
associate professor of philosophy,
University of British Columbia,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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10:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, March 12th, 2011
8:00am
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12:00pm
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8:00am
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12:00pm
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
Technology Transforming the Learning Landscape: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in eLearning
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Gifford Engagement Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:30pm
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6:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tretten Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, March 14th, 2011
8:00am
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3/16
5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Geometry and Genetics
Eric D. Siggia,
Professor,
Laboratory of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics,
The Rockefeller University,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Reggie Edgerton,
professor of integrative biology and physiology,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Competing Phases of 2D Electrons at $\nu$ = 5/2 and 7/3
Jing Xia,
Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar Experimental Physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Learning under the Microscope: Long-term Imaging of Neuronal Activity in the Mouse Motor Cortex
Daniel Huber,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Janelia Farm Research Campus,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Putting Metals to Work: Transition Metal Complexes for Electron Transfer and Electron Transport
Linda H. Doerrer,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Boston University,
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
The Circulation of Cosmic Metals and Baryons
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Predictive Defect Engineering for Scalable Photovoltaics at $1/Wp
Tonio Buonassissi,
professor of mechanical engineering and manufacturing,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Learning Structure-Based Principles of Protein Function
Gevorg Grigoryan,
postdoctoral researcher in biochemistry and biophysics,
the University of Pennsylvania,