Seminars
March 2006
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
2:00pm
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CACR Seminar
Uncertainty Quantification through the Lenses of Concentration Inequalities and Large Deviations
Houman Owhadi,
Applied and Computational Mathematics - Control and Dynamical Systems,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Darwin's Dumpster: How Cellular Sloppiness Governs the Rate of Evolution
D. Allan Drummond,
Computation & Neural Systems,
Caltech,
Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
4:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Scalable Automated Methods for Software Reliability
Koushik Shen,
PhD Candidate,
Computer Science,
Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Oxide Nanoarchitectures with Innate Ion Wires Yield Enhanced Nanoionic Properties
Debra Rolison,
Doctor,
Naval Research Laboratory,
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
10:00am
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11:30am
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Simulation of Many-Body Physics with Ultracold Atoms
Luming Duan,
Assistant Professor,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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RF and Microwave Seminar
Dual-Use Design Strategies for Electromechanical Systems and Power Processing Circuitry
Robert Cox,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Saturday, March 4th, 2006
2:00pm
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Monday, March 6th, 2006
4:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Merrimac: High-Performance, Highly Efficient Scientific Computing with Streams
Mattan Erez,
PhD Candidate,
Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Recent Changes in the Arctic Marine Environment: What Can We Learn from Geochemical Tracers of Oceanic Circulation?
Christopher Guay,
President,
Pacific Marine Sciences and Technology LLC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Linking Proteins, Particles, Wires and Dots with Ferroelectric Nanolithography
Dawn Bonnell,
Professor,
The University of Pennsylvania,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, March 9th, 2006
4:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Virtual Infrastructure for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Seth Gilbert,
PhD Candidate,
Computer Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, March 10th, 2006
8:00am
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Saturday, March 11th, 2006
8:00pm
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Monday, March 13th, 2006
4:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Packaging of DNA by Single Bacteriophage Particles Using Optical Tweezers
Carlos Bustamante,
Professor,
Molecular and Cell Biology, Physics and Chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
9:30am
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Mechanical and Catalyzed Unfolding of RNA Molecules One at a Time
Carlos Bustamante,
Professor,
Molecular and Cell Biology, Physics, and Chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
8:00am
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3/17
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Materials Research Lecture
Extraordinary Thermal Emission from Sub-wavelength Metallo-Dielectric Photonic Crystals
Rana Biswas,
Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory,
Thursday, March 16th, 2006
12:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Wide in the Middle, Hot at the Top: The Direct Measurement of the Shapes of Stars
Dr. Gerard Van Belle,
Keck Operations Scientist,
Caltech, Michelson Science Center,
Friday, March 17th, 2006
5:30pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Wide in the Middle, Hot at the Top: The Direct Measurement of the Shapes of Stars
Dr. Gerard Van Belle,
Keck Operations Scientist,
Caltech, Michelson Science Center,
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
8:00am
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3/19
2:00am
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Sunday, March 19th, 2006
8:00am
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3/26
5:00pm
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Monday, March 20th, 2006
2:00pm
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CACR Seminar
Service-Oriented Science: Scaling eScience Impact
Ian Foster,
associate division director and senior scientist,
Argonne National Laboratory, professor of computer science,
University of Chicago,
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Local Hamiltonians and Arthur-Merlin Games
Sergey Bravyi,
IBM, Watson Research Center,
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
8:00am
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3/23
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
10:00am
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Friday, March 24th, 2006
4:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
A Reconfigurable Antenna System Based on an Electronically Tunable Reflectarray
Sean Hum,
graduate student in electrical and computer engineering,
University of Calgary,
Monday, March 27th, 2006
8:00am
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3/31
5:00pm
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Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Hamiltonian Oracles
Carlos Mochon,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Perimeter Institute,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Mechanics of Stretchable Electronics
Young Huang,
Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Trades Winds: A Cloud Perspective
Bjorn Stevens,
associate professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences,
UCLA,
Friday, March 31st, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The World Bank and the Environment
Richard Wildman,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,