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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
8:00am – 2/7 5:00pm
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Midterm Examination Period

  • Academic
3:40pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Keck 142
The Combined Budget of Gas- and Particle-Phase Organic Carbon in a Polluted Atmosphere
Joost DeGouw, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Computer Aided Design of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems: Eigenvalues, Energy Losses, and Dick Tracy Watches
David Bindel, PhD Candidate, Computer Science, UC Berkeley,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Oppenheimer's Legacy: Science and Government in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information and Science Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Efficient Lattices for Market Calibrated Derivatives Valuation
Dennis Furey, Visiting Research Fellow, London South Bank University,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Midori: Music's Connection with Science

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Climate Change: Policy Options after Kyoto
Tapio Schneider, Professor, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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MLK/Black History Month Video Series: Eyes On The Prize

2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Active Learning of Lnear Separators
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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RF and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
A 77GHz 4-Element Phased-Array Transceiver with On-Chip Dipole Antennas in Silicon
Aydin Babakhani, Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering, Caltech,
Arun Natarajan, Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering, Caltech,
5:30pm – 6:30pm
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CPA Social Hour

North Catalinas Recreation Room
Monday, February 6th, 2006
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Connectivity and Capacity of Large Wireless Multi-Hop Networks: A Percolation Approach
Patrick Thiran, Assistant Professor , EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Random walks in random media: recent progress and open problems.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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CACR Seminar

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Identification of Type Ia Supernovae in the SDSS Spectroscopic Sample
K Simon Krughoff, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
A Bound on the Accuracy Threshold for Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing
Andrew Cross, Electrical Eng & Computer Sci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 206
Low Order Galerkin Models and Feedback Design in Fluid Flow Systems
Gilead Tadmor, Director, Communication & Digital Signal Processing Center for Research and Graduate Studies, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University,
5:30pm – 6:30pm
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CPA Theater Trip to See "Boston Marriage"

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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
3:40pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Keck 142
Vesicle-Mediated Signal Trafficking in Prokaryotes
Marvin Whiteley, Assistant Professor Periodontics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center,
Thursday, February 9th, 2006
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Reel Women's Film Series: Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
From Nodes to Networks: Exploiting Autocorrelation to Improve Statistical Models of Relational Data
Jennifer Neville, PhD Candidate, Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Friday, February 10th, 2006
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Moore 239
Network Coding Theory and Network Error Correction
Raymond Yeung, Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE and Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Proposition 65: Why is California Covered with Warning Signs?
Laurine Tuleya, South Coast Air Quality Management District Hearing Board,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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MLK/Black History Month Video Series: Eyes On The Prize

2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Graph Decompositions, Metric Geometry, and Approximation Algorithms
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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RF and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
Research Efforts of Monolithic Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits at National Taiwan University
Huei Wang, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering, National Taiwan University,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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V-Day 2006: The Vagina Monologues

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, February 11th, 2006
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, February 12th, 2006
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Trimotif

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Monday, February 13th, 2006
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Voltage Dependent Potassium Channels
Rod MacKinnon, HHMI Investigator, 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Rockefeller University,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Inverse Scattering for the Wave Equation in Heterogenous Media.
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
9:30am – 10:30am
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Principles of Selectivity in Ion Channels
Rod MacKinnon, HHMI Investigator, 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Rockefeller University,
10:00am – 1:30pm
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Jim West's Aesop's Fables: TheatreworksUSA School Show

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Failure Thresholds for a Fault-Tolerant Two-Dimensional Lattice Architecture
Krysta Svore, Computer Science, Columbia University,
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
7:00am – 8:00pm
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Print Ad Shoot on Campus

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMI Faculty Meeting

Parsons-Gates 112
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CPA Advocacy Brown Bag: Human Support for Postdocs

Avery Conference Room
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Harold Goldwhite: Murder & Molecules: Scientific Detectives of Mystery Fiction

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Friday, February 17th, 2006
10:00am – 11:30am
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How to Build a Human: Predictor: Film Screening & Discussion

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE and Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Unconventional Oils: Are Microbes the Answer?
Victoria Orphan, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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MLK/Black History Month Video Series: Eyes On The Prize

2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Graph Decompositions, Metric Geometry, and Approximation Algorithms (continued from 2/10/06)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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RF and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
Phased Array Uplinks for the Deep Space Network
Larry D'Addario, Ph.D., Tracking Systems and Applications Section , Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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As You Like It: Theater Arts at Caltech

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, February 18th, 2006
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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As You Like It: Theater Arts at Caltech

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, February 19th, 2006
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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As You Like It: Theater Arts at Caltech

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, February 20th, 2006
8:00am – 5:00pm
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President's Day (Institute Holiday)

  • Academic
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Topic to be announced
Jonathan Walgate, Ph.D Research Associate, Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Process Translation via Petri Net Combinators
Dennis Furey, Visiting Research Fellow, London South Bank University,
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last day for dropping courses, exercising pass/fail option, and changing sections for Winter term.

  • Academic
3:40pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Keck 142
Geochemical and Genetic Controls of Microbial Arsenite Oxidation
Timothy R. McDermott, Associate Professor, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University - Bozeman,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Human Computation
Luis von Ahn, Post Doc Fellow, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University,
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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6th Annual Jazz Night

Center for Student Services, Lobby
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Michael Brown: Beyond Pluto: Discovery of the 10th Planet

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
6:00am – 10:00pm
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Filming for Television Show Numb3rs

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
New Views of Hidden Worlds: Revealing the Depths of Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Titan with 21st Century Spacecraft
Kevin Baines, planetary scientist, JPL,