Institute Calendar
May 2019
Friday, May 17th, 2019
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GALCIT Colloquium - PhD Defense
Using the force: Applications and implications of turbulence forcing terms in direct numerical simulations
Chandru Dhandapani,
PhD Candidate,
GALCIT,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Student/Postdoc Seminar Series
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Student/Postdoc Seminar Series
Manuel Razo Mejia,
Graduate Student, Philips Lab,
Caltech,
Jingzhou Wang,
Graduate Student, Mayo Lab,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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4:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
On the Discretized sum-product theorem
Nets Katz,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Random Vector Functional Link Neural Networks as Universal Approximators
6:30pm
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8:00pm
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Sustainable Engineering Seminar
Dr. Michael Hoffmann,
John S. and Sherry Chen Professor of Environmental Science,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
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, May 18th, 2019
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 19th, 2019
12:30pm
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2:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mator Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, May 20th, 2019
8:00am
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1:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar
Adventures in Drones and AI
Prachi Parihar,
Lead AI Scientist,
Aeromana,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Almost All About Enceladus
Peter Goldreich,
Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics, Emeritus,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Oscillation Probabilities in Matter
Peter Denton,
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Spectroscopic and Kinetic Studies of Catalytically Versatile Non-Heme Iron Enzymes
Yisong (Alex) Guo,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Carnegie Mellon University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Leonardo da Vinci: History of the Earth and the Fate of Man
Paolo Galluzzi,
Moore Distinguished Scholar, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Historian of Science, Director of the Galileo Museum, Florence, Italy,
- Public Event
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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12:15pm
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12:45pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Weak simulation and benchmarking of sparse quantum circuits
Daniel Stilck França,
University of Copenhagen,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Molecular Basis for Ribosomal Protein Protection from Cellular Degradation
Ferdinand Huber,
Graduate Student,
BMB,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED | Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
This seminar has been cancelled.
Shigeo Hirano,
Associate Professor,
Department of Political Science,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
On the role of asynchronicity in C-H bond activations
Martin Srnec,
Head of Department of Computational Chemistry,
Department of Computational Chemistry,
J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar: Vijay Vazirani
Matching is as Easy as the Decision Problem, in the NC Model
Vijay Vazirani,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
Constraining Planetary Interiors with Magnetic Fields
Kimberly Moore,
Graduate Student,
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
"Wavelength Processing and Spectral Opponency in Drosophila"
Ruby Behnia,
Assistant Professor,
Neuroscience,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Visual Culture Program - "Peggy and Fred in Hell"
Film Screening Followed by a Q&A with the Filmmaker
Leslie Thornton,
Artist-in-Residence and Lecturer in Visual Culture, Caltech; Professor Emerita of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University,
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Shape Selectivity of Small-pore Molecular Sieves for the Methanol-to-Olefin Reaction
Jong Hun Kang,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar
Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network for Time Series Data Augmentation in Astronomy
Pavlos Protopapas,
Scientific Program Director and Lectur,
Institute for Applied Computational Science,
Harvard University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Exoplanets and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Ignas Snellen,
Professor of Observational Astrophysics,
Leiden University,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions: Buffering Processes, Challenges Ahead, and Promising Approaches
Yangang Liu,
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
The Materials Science of Sustainable Cements
Claire E White,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Efficient and Versatile Annulation to Build Diverse (Macro)Molecular Ladders as Microporous Membranes and Antiaromatic Molecules
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Belief Meddling in Social Networks: an Information-Design Approach
Jacopo Perego,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Graduate Business School,
Columbia University,
Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
8:00am
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Ongoing
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10:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Simulation-Based Optimization Methods for High-Dimensional Urban Transportation Problems
Carolina Osorio,
Associate Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and in the Operations Research Center,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Innovating Organofluorine Synthesis by Bridging Synthetic Chemistry and Biology
Xiongyu Huang,
PostDoc, Arnold Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
12:15pm
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12:45pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Aerosol Particle Measurements: Strategies for Health-Relevant Data Collection and Analysis
Amanda Grantz,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Exploring the systematics of Earth's core formation using lithophile elements
Bethany Chidester,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
University of California Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Hands at a Séance: Manual Evidence in Victorian Spiritualism and the Ghost Story
Aviva Briefel,
Professor of English and Cinema Studies,
Bowdoin College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
What have we learned about binary neutron stars since the discovery of GW170817?
Duncan Brown,
Charles Brightman Professor of Physics,
Syracuse University,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Friday, May 24th, 2019
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Long Term Implantable Pressure Sensors
Aubrey Shapero,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Quantum Electrodynamics of Superconducting Circuits
Hakan E. Tureci,
Associate Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Stability and Externalities in Dynamic Matching Markets
Laura Doval,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Arithmetic Geometry Learning Seminar
Work of Ichino-Prasanna on the Jacquet-Langlands Correspondence (2/3)
Zavosh Amir Khosravi,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,