Seminars
May 2006
Ongoing
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5/2
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Monday, May 1st, 2006
4:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Nanoshells: From Plasmon Physics to Cancer Therapy
Naomi Halas,
professor of electrical and computer engineering and professor of chemistry,
Rice University,
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices and Superlattices
Mason Porter,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Scaling Properties of Fracture Surfaces
Elisabeth Bouchaud,
head of the division of physics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces,
Commissariat al'Energie Atomique, Saclay, France,
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
10:00am
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Intercontinental Transport of Air Pollutants and Its Implications
Terry J. Keating,
office of air and radiation,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Compressive Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging
David Brady,
professor of electrical and computer engineering,
Duke University,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, May 5th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Careers in Public Service for ESE PhDs—Informal Discussion
Terry Keating,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Catriona Rogers,
Environmental Protection Agency,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:45pm
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7:45pm
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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Saturday, May 6th, 2006
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 7th, 2006
3:30pm
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
4:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Numerical Scaling Analysis of the Small-Scale Structure in Turbulence
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Gravity from Quantum Computation: Observational Consequences
Seth Lloyd,
professor of mechanical engineering,
MIT,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Incorporating Molecular Understanding in Process Design
Martha Gallivan,
assistant professor of chemistry,
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Georgia Tech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
4:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Decisions, Decisions: The Ellsberg Paradox and the Neural Foundations of Decision Making under Uncertainty
Ming Hsu,
graduate student in humanities and social sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 11th, 2006
4:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Repeated Decision Making and Online Optimization
Adam Tauman Kalai,
assistant professor,
Toyota Technological Institute, Chicago,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Planetary Robotics: To Mars and Beyond
Dr. Ashley Stroupe,
staff engineer,
Mars Exploration Rovers Engineering Team,
JPL,
Brett Kennedy,
staff engineer,
Robotic Hardware Group,
JPL,
Friday, May 12th, 2006
12:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Control and Communication: Noiseless Quantized Feedback on Linear Systems
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)
Planetary Robotics: To Mars and Beyond
Dr. Ashley Stroupe,
staff engineer,
Mars Exploration Rovers Engineering Team,
JPL,
Brett Kennedy,
staff engineer,
JPL Robotic Hardware Group,
JPL,
Sunday, May 14th, 2006
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
3:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
A Look at Particulate Flows in Tribology, Nanomanufacturing, and Space
C. Fred Higgs, III,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering,
Carnegie Mellon,
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
8:00am
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3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Do We Understand the Water Vapor Feedback on Climate Change?
Steven Sherwood,
associate professor of geology and geophysics,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Implementation in Nash Equilibria of Rate Allocation Problems in Networks
Tudor Mihai Stoenescu,
postdoctoral scholar in information science and technology,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Your Energy, Your Atmosphere, Your Life, Your Choice
Barry Butler,
Butler Sun Solutions,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar ~ RESCHEDULED
Multivariate Interpolation Decoding beyond the Guruswami-Sudan Radius
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Saturday, May 20th, 2006
8:00pm
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Sunday, May 21st, 2006
3:30pm
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Monday, May 22nd, 2006
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:30pm
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4:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Asymptotic Analysis of Strongly Nonlinear Langmuir Circulation and Rayleigh-Benard Convection
4:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Computing at the Nanoscale
R. Stanley Williams,
senior HP fellow and director of the Quantum Science Research group,
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories,
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
10:30am
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11:30am
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
I prefer the title "Mad Scientist": Reflections on Building an Industrial Laboratory for Fundamental Research in the Age of Short-Term Management
R. Stanley Williams,
senior HP fellow and director of the Quantum Science Research group,
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Reversible Universal Quantum Computation within Translation Invariant Systems
Karl Vollbrecht,
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
9:00am
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
12:00pm
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
8:00am
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8:00am
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