Institute Calendar
November 2014
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
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Logic Seminar
Beyond invariance: A notion of cost for quasi-invariant measures
Manuel Inselmann,
University of Münster,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Difficult Choices: A Neuro-Computational Approach to Social Decision-Making and Self-Control
Cendri Hutcherson,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroeconomics,
HSS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
How telomeres solve the chromosome end protection problem
Titia de Lange,
Leon Hess Professor, American Cancer Society Professor, Head of Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, Director-Anderson Center for Cancer Research,
The Rockefeller University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
From sequence to function to sequence: biophysical modeling and automated design of cellular sensors, circuits, and pathways
Howard M. Salis,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering and Agricultural & Biological Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Local character expansions, hyperelliptic curves, and endoscopy
Cheng-Chiang Tsai,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Case for Jet Substructure
Jesse Thaler,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Physics,
MIT,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Asteroid Redirect Mission: Rearranging the Solar System
Brian Muirhead,
Chief Engineer,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Friday, November 7th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Limits of high power fiber lasers, slab fiber waveguides and fabrication and test of microstructures optical fibers
Jay Dawson,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Quantum supergravity and exact holography
Joao Gomes,
University of Cambridge,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
First-Order Iterative Methods in the Design of Fast Algorithms: from Multiplicative Weight Updates to Nesterov's Method
Lorenzo Orecchia,
MIT/Boston University,
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Four topics on the centers of galaxies
Scott Tremaine,
Professor,
Institute for Advanced Study,
School of Natural Sciences,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Exascale Co-design for Materials in Extreme Environments
Timothy C. Germann,
Director,
Exascale Co-Design Center for Materials in Extreme Environments,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Cubic Differentials and Limits of Convex RP2 Structures under Neck Pinches
John Loftin,
Associate Professor,
Mathematics & Computer Science,
Rutgers University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
TBA
Anna Mazzucato,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Penn State,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Novel Mechanism of Low-Temperature CVD Graphene Growth
David Boyd,
Staff Scientist,
Yeh Group,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
TBA
Mihai Putinar,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
UC Santa Barbara,
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)
Asteroid Redirect Mission: Rearranging the Solar System
Brian Muirhead,
Chief Engineer,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Saturday, November 8th, 2014
8:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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8:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Thunissen Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kazaryan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:30pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ajamian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ung Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Avedikian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Sunday, November 9th, 2014
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Swanson Family Portrait Session
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, November 10th, 2014
9:00am
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Applications of a Concise and General Strategy for the Syntheses of Transtaganolide and Basiliolide Natural Products
Jonathan Gordon,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Wavefield Modeling and Signal Processing for Sensor Arrays of Arbitrary Geometry
Visa Koivunen,
Academy Professor,
Signal Processing,
Aalto University, Finland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Stability of line bundles on reducible varieties
Atoshi Chordhury,
RTG Postdoctoral Fellow,
Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Neural Mechanisms of Self-signaling Under Oath
Drazen Prelec,
Professor of Management Sciences and Economics,
Sloan School of Management,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Machine Learning and Optimization for Robotics
Associate Professor Pieter Abbeel,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
University of California at Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Many Roads Lead to Granite: A Field Study on the Origin of High-K Granites and the Implications for Arc Batholiths
Claire Bucholz,
Graduate Student,
Department of Earth, Athmospheric, and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
GeV Gamma-Rays from the Central Milky Way and the Case for Annihilating Dark Matter
Tracy Slatyer,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Taking Snapshots of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation Using Femtosecond Pulses from an X-ray Free Electron Laser
Junko Yano,
Staff Scientist,
Physical Biosciences Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Lean, Green, Flying Machines: Control and Optimization Algorithms for Air Transportation Systems
Hamsa Balakrishnan,
Associate Professor,
Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Parcel Tax Elections in California
Rod Kiewiet,
Professor of Political Science,
HSS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Beyond Equilibria (2nd of 2 parts)
Georgios Piliouras,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
CMS,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014
10:00am
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Resonances in general relativity
Semyon Dyatlov,
Clay Research Fellow,
Mathematics,
MIT,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Structure determination of protein complexes that regulate mRNA polyA tails
Lori Passmore,
Ph.D.,
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Resnick Fellows Seminar
Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions in 2D Materials for Novel Solar Cell Designs & Catalysis without Precious Metals: Lessons from Nature in Sustainable Chemistry
Resnick Fellows Michelle Sherrott & Anton Toutov ,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Probing the Origin of Supermassive Black Holes with Dwarf Galaxies
Amy Reines,
Univ of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Tran Nguyen,
Stanback & NSF Postdoc Fellow,
Department of Environmental Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
Ultrasensitive Biomolecular Analysis using Nanostructured Materials
Shana Kelley,
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Harnessing Nature's Light Manipulation Strategies for Multifunctional Optical Materials
Mathias Kolle,
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Convexity and Subconvexity bounds for automorphic periods and representation theory
Joseph Bernstein,
Professor of Mathematics,
University of Tel Aviv,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Flying into the Unknown: Air Traffic Management in the Presence of Uncertainty
Hamsa Balakrishnan,
Associate Professor,
Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
The Reusable Holdout: Preserving Validity in Interactive Data Analysis
Moritz Hardt,
IBM Almaden ,
Thursday, November 13th, 2014
8:50am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Heat Control by Thermal Diode and Thermal Metamaterials
Baowen Li,
Professor,
Centre for Computational Science and Engineering,
National University of Singapore,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Logic Seminar
Topology and convexity in the space of actions modulo weak equivalence, III
Peter Burton,
Mathematics,
Caltech,