Seminars
November 2005
Ongoing
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11/1
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
On the Quantum Hardness of Solving Isomorphism Problems as Nonabelian Hidden Shift Problems
Pawel Wocjan,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Computer Science,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Nonlinear Mechanics Approaches to Micro- and Nano-Scale Sensing
Kimberly L. Turner,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Environmental Interfaces Studied by Lasers: From Geochemistry to Atmospheric Chemistry
Franz Geiger,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Sub-Lithographic Semiconductor Computing Systems
Andre DeHon,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science,
California Institute of Technology,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, November 4th, 2005
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Hurricane Katrina: Environmental Clean-Up Issues
Anna Rose Beck,
Grad. Student,
Environmental Science & Engineering,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Saturday, November 5th, 2005
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, November 6th, 2005
12:45pm
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5:00pm
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
4:15pm
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
10:00am
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1:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Computing, Zeroes of Zeta Functions, and Approximate Counting
Willem van Dam,
Professor,
UCSB,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Detachment Waves and the Onset of Friction
Jay Fineberg,
Professor,
Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University,
Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium - DATE CHANGED FROM NOV. 8
Single-Electron-Transport Through Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Jörg P. Kotthaus,
Director,
Center for NanoScience,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Virtual Observatory for Coastal Ocean Science and Applications
Yi Chao,
Principal Scientist,
Earth Science Section, Sciences Division,
Jet Propultion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Claytronics: Scaling Ensembles to Millions of Millimeter Cobots
Seth Copen Goldstein,
Professor,
Computer Science,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Thursday, November 10th, 2005
11:00am
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12:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Molecular Electronics and Biochemical Sensing
Peter Grutter,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
McGill University,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, November 11th, 2005
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Andrew R. Metcalf,
Grad. Student,
Environmental Science & Engineering,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, November 14th, 2005
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Information's First Family, Revisited
Patrick Hayden,
Professor,
McGill University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Grain-Scale Processes Associated with Shear Band Growth and Evolution in Sands
Amy Rechenmacher,
Professor,
Civil & Environmental Engineering,
USC,
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
8:00am
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3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Backarc Basins, Mid-Ocean Ridges and Hotspots: Thermophiles Thriving in Dynamic Environmental Gradients
Anna-Louise Reysenbach,
Microbial Ecologist,
Department of Biology,
Portland State University,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, November 17th, 2005
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
From Darkness to Light: The Exploration of the Planet Pluto
Dr. Bonnie J. Buratti,
principal research scientist and science team,
New Horizons Mission to Pluto,
JPL,
Friday, November 18th, 2005
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
A Case for a More Sustainable Water Cycle
Claire Farnsworth,
Grad. Student,
Environmental Science & Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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4:30pm
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Tour of The Blacker House: Friends of Beckman Auditorium Event
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- Public Event
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
The Analyst's Traveling Salesman Problem and Multiresolution Analysis
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)
From Darkness to Light: The Exploration of the Planet Pluto
Dr. Bonnie J. Buratti,
principal research scientist and science team,
New Horizons Mission to Pluto,
JPL,
Monday, November 21st, 2005
8:00am
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11/23
10:00pm
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Filming on Campus: CBS/Paramount Production Numb3rs
Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:15pm
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Simulating Quantum Computation by Ccontracting Tensor Networks
Yaoyun Shi,
Professor,
University of Michigan,
Thursday, November 24th, 2005
8:00am
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11/25
5:00pm
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11/27
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
High-Fidelity Linear Optical Quantum Computing with Polarization Encoding
Federico Spedalieri,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Bridging the Scales in Biochemical Simulation
Linda Petzold,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The St. Louis–Midwest Supersite: Towards a Conceptual Model for Ambient Fine Particles in St. Louis"
Jay Turner,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Washington University in St. Louis,