Institute Calendar
November 2014
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Asymptotics of Chebyshev Polynomials for General Subsets of the Real Line
Barry Simon,
I.B.M. Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Arthur D. Riggs Lecture
Reflections on a Career of Collaboration, Mostly with Caltech
Arthur D. Riggs,
Professor and Chair, Cancer Biology,
Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Disease Research,
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A Paleo-perspective on Ocean Heat Content and Climate Change
Yair Rosenthal,
Professor,
Department of Marine Biogeochemistry, Paleontology,
Rutgers University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Materials By Design: Unexpected routes to superconductivity
James Neilson,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Approximate Separability of Green's Function for Helmholtz Equation in the High Frequency Limit
Professor Hongkai Zhao,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California, Irvine,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 20th, 2014
8:00am
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10:30am
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12:30pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Cluster-Induced Turbulence: Mesoscale DNS and Model Validation
Rodney Fox,
Professor,
Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Iowa State University,
12:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Spatial and Temporal Control of a Membrane Protein Chaperone
George Liang,
Dr.,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Neural Signatures of Learning and Decision-Making Across Prefrontal Cortex
Steve Kennerley,
Institute of Neurology,
University College London,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Astrophysical Shocks, Dust and Molecular Clouds
Dr. Sibylle Anderl,
Univ. of Grenoble,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Jason Saleeby,
Professor of Geology,
Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Machine Learning
Seth Lloyd,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
MIT,
Friday, November 21st, 2014
8:00am
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TAPIR Seminar
Extremes of compact object birth, from the dimmest to the super-luminous
Brian Metzger,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics ,
Columbia University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Simulating Flow Over Roughness: Myths and Opportunities
Daniel Chung,
Lecturer ,
Mechanical Engineering,
University of Melbourne ,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Geometry of arc, curve and sphere graphs (and what it is good for)
Sebastian Hansel,
Dickson Instructor,
Mathematics,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Strategies for the Stereoselective Installation of All-Carbon Quaternary Centers via Palladium and Iridium Catalysis
Corey Reeves,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Ancient Geometry Meets the Modern State: Colin MacLaurin among the Molasses Barrels
Judith V. Grabiner,
Pitzer College,
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Non-Abelian phases in Fractional Quantum Hall states
Roger Mong,
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar in Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
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11/23
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Choi Photography Session
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
12:00am
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11/24
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tina Lowenthal Photography Session
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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Monday, November 24th, 2014
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CNS Seminar
Cognitive skills used in establishing social hierarchies
Russell Fernald,
Professor,
Biology Department,
Stanford,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Geometry and Deformation Mechanism of Slow Slip and Tremor
Ake Fagereng,
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Geological Sciences,
University of Cape Town,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar - CANCELLED
Flavor-Covariant Formalism for Transport Phenomena
Bhupal Dev,
University of Manchester, UK,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Coordination Chemistry as an Approach to the Development of Chemically Diverse Anti-Cancer Agents
Edith C. Glazer,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
University of Kentucky,
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
9:30am
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
New Insights on Galaxy Formation from Comparisons of Simulated and Observed Galaxies
Prof. Joel Primack,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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CMI Seminar
An Approximate Version of Caratheodory's Theorem and Its Algorithmic Applications (part 1)
Siddharth Barman,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Periodic block Jacobi matrices and the XY spin chain
Milivoje Lukic,
Postdoctoral Fellow UTM,
Mathematics,
University of Toronto,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, November 27th, 2014
8:00am
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11/28
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Friday, November 28th, 2014
8:30am
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