Seminars
January 2006
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
8:00am
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Microbial Metabolism of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds: Novel Biochemistry and Biotechnological Applications
William W. Metcalf,
Associate Professor,
Department of Microbiology & Institute for Genomic Biology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Quantification of Nanocrystal Charge Storage Using Electrostatic Force Microscopy in UHV
Dr. Michael J. Gordon,
Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microelectronique,
CNRS-LTM,
Friday, January 6th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Sunday, January 8th, 2006
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, January 9th, 2006
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Lieb-Schultz-Mattis in Higher Dimensions
Matthew Hastings,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
7:00am
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7:00pm
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Filming of Q'west Communications Commercial
Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Strata Formation by Hyperpycnal Flows: Experiments, Modeling, and Observations from Lake Powell
Lincoln Pratson,
Associate Professor,
Earth and Ocean Sciences Division,
Duke University,
Friday, January 13th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Pasadena's Green Building Program
Alice Sterling,
Senior Project Manager,
City of Pasadena,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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RF and Microwave Seminar
Jitter Budget in High-Speed Serial Links-Connecting Circuit to System
Behnam Analui,
Senior Engineer,
Luxtera Inc.,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Saturday, January 14th, 2006
12:00pm
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11:00pm
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Monday, January 16th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The World of Matrix Product States: A Work in Progress
David Perez-Garcia,
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Estimating Primary Production Rates in the Ocean: Recent in situ Versus Traditional in vitro Methods
Paul Quay,
Professor,
School of Oceanography,
University of Washington,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Watson Lecture Dinner: Friends of Beckman Auditorium Event
See event detail for location
- Public Event
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, January 19th, 2006
6:00am
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1/21
2:00am
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
"The Griffith Park Master Plan: The Plan, the Process, and the Consequences for Griffith Park"
Janet Hering,
Professor,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Saturday, January 21st, 2006
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Monday, January 23rd, 2006
12:30pm
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1:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Simple Models for Non-Equilibrium Systems in Biology
Mandar Inamdar,
Graduate Student,
Applied Mechanics,
California Institute of Technology,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Accurate Quantum State Estimation via 'Keeping the Expert Honest'
Robin Blume-Kohout,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
A New High-Order Immersed Interface Method for Numerical Simulation of Flow with Two-Phase Interfaces or with Surface Roughness
Xiaolin Zhong,
Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Recent Results in Power Control
Mung Chiang,
Assistant Professor,
Electrical Engineering,
Princeton University,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Water, Drugs, and Sex: Endocrine Disruption in Aquatic Ecosystems
Larry B. Barber,
U.S. Geological Survey,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Information and Science Technology Seminar - CHANGE OF SPEAKER
Limits of Obfuscation
Yael Tauman Kalai,
Limits of Obfuscation,
Computer Science and A.I. Laboratory,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Thursday, January 26th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Observations of an Urban Ocean: The Coastal Waters off Southern California
Dr. Paul Digiacomo,
JPL oceanographer,
Earth Mission Concepts Group Supervisor,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:30pm
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11:00pm
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Friday, January 27th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Green Party at the Local Level: Two Candidates for the California State Assembly Share their Perspectives
Ricardo Costa,
Green Party,
Philip Koebel,
Green Party,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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RF and Microwave Seminar
(1) An 802.11a/b/g SoC for Embedded WLAN Applications; (2) A 1.9GHz Single-Chip CMOS PHS Cellphone
Lalitkumar Nathawad,
Ph.D.,
Atheros Inc.,
William Si,
Ph.D.,
Atheros Inc.,
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)
Observations of an Urban Ocean: The Coastal Waters off Southern California
Dr. Paul Digiacomo,
JPL oceanographer,
Earth Mission Concepts Group Supervisor,
JPL,
Saturday, January 28th, 2006
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Information Transport and Computation in Nanometer-Scale Structures
Don Eigler,
IBM Fellow,
IBM Almaden Research Center,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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