Seminars
October 2005
Saturday, October 1st, 2005
3:00pm
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11:45pm
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Monday, October 3rd, 2005
6:00am
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3:00pm
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4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Threshold for the Distance Three Steane Quantum Code
Ben Reichardt,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Lipopeptides of Bacilli and Their Use in Oil Recovery
Michael McInerney,
Professor,
Department of Botany and Microbiology,
University of Oklahoma,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, October 6th, 2005
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, October 7th, 2005
11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Grants Game Part 1: Proposal Writing in General and the National Science Foundation in Particular
Janet Hering,
Professor,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Saturday, October 8th, 2005
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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11:00pm
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Monday, October 10th, 2005
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Modeling the Plant Circadian Clock
James Locke,
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Warwick,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Some Examples of Equation-Free Computation for Complex/Multiscale Systems: Coarse Dynamic Renormalization.
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantization of Discrete Breathers in Doped Alkali Halides
Lawrence Schulman,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
Clarkson University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Equation-Free Modeling for Complex, Multiscale Systems
Yannis G. Kevrekidis,
Professor,
Chemical Engineering and PACM,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2005
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Interactions of Aerobic Bacteria with Minerals and Metals
Patricia Maurice,
Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences,
University of Notre Dame,
Thursday, October 13th, 2005
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar
Investigation of Damage to Engineered Structures in Hurricane Katrina from a Multi-Hazard Perspective
Keith Porter,
GW Housner Senior Researcher,
Department of Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Looking at Clouds from Both Sides: Clouds in Art and Science
Graeme L. Stephens,
principal investigator,
CloudSat Mission,
JPL,
8:30pm
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11:00pm
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Friday, October 14th, 2005
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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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)
Looking at Clouds from Both Sides: Clouds in Art and Science
Graeme L. Stephens,
principal investigator,
CloudSat Mission,
JPL,
Saturday, October 15th, 2005
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 16th, 2005
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, October 17th, 2005
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Quantum Algorithm for Approximating the Jones Polynomial
Dorit Aharonov,
Professor,
Department of Computer Science,
Hebrew University,
Wednesday, October 19th, 2005
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar - CANCELLED
Microbial Surfaces Interact Strongly with the Environment: A Microscopist's View
Terrance Beveridge,
CRC Professor,
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology,
University of Guelph,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Models for Data-Flow Sequential Processes
Mark Josephs,
Professor,
Institute for Computing Research,
London South Bank University,
Thursday, October 20th, 2005
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, October 21st, 2005
10:00am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Electricity Regulation, Deregulation, and Reregulation in California
Woody Studenmund,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
Occidental College,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, October 24th, 2005
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
JuxMem: A Peer-to-Peer Distributed Shared Memory?
Mathieu Jan,
PhD Student,
PARIS Research Group,
IRISA/IFSIC University of Rennes, France,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
A Reference Probability Approach to Quantum Filtering
Lucas Bouten,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Lessons on Structure from the Structures of Viruses
Richard James,
Professor,
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics,
University of Minnesota,
Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
8:00am
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Ongoing
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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CACR Seminar
Neural Networks as Data Mining and Visualization Tools: Applications to Astronomy and Bioinformatics
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Global Partitioning of Nitrogen Oxides Sources Using Satellite Observations
Lyatt Jaegle,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Communication Requirements of Efficient Mechanisms for Network Resource Allocation
Ramesh Johari,
Professor,
Management Science and Engineering,
Stanford University,