Seminars
November 2006
Friday, November 3rd, 2006
10:00am
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11:00am
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
An Extended Finite Element Formulation for Contact in Multi-Material Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Calculations
David Benson,
professor of applied mechanics,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar—CANCELLED
Mark Rodwell,
professor of electrical and computer engineering,
UCSB,
Saturday, November 4th, 2006
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, November 6th, 2006
9:00am
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9:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Visual Prediction
Romi Nijhawan,
reader in psychology,
University of Sussex,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Control of Coupled Spins in a Mesoscopic Environment
Jake Taylor,
research fellow in physics,
MIT,
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
6:00am
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10:00pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Modeling PAH and PCB Sources and Degradation in Aquatic Sediments Based on Factor Analysis with Nonnegative Constraints
Professor Erik Christensen,
department of civil engineering and mechanics,
University of WisconsinMilwaukee,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Highly Nonlinear Phononic Crystals
Chiara Daraio,
assistant professor of aeronautics and applied physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Programmable and Configurable Analog Signal Processing towards Neuromorphic Applications
Paul Hasler,
associate professor ,
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, November 9th, 2006
Friday, November 10th, 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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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Vortex Hemodynamics
David Auerbach,
professor of fluid dynamics,
University of Graz, Austria,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
High-Performance Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Circuits
Zoya Popovic,
professor of electrical engineering,
University of Colorado,
Monday, November 13th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Childhood-Onset Damage to Prefrontal Cortex: Emotional Dysregulation and Real-World Functioning
Steven Anderson,
associate professor of neurology,
University of Iowa,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Control And Dynamical Systems Seminar
Efficient Optimization for Robust Optimal Control with Constraints
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
What's Entanglement Good For?
Steve Flammia,
research assistant,
University of New Mexico,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Importace of Biofilms in Environmental Mercury Methylation and Persistence of Enteric Bacteria in Beach Sediments
Jenny Ayla Jay,
assistant professor,
department of civil and environmental engineering,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Neurobiology of Recollection
Professor Howard Eichenbaum,
Center for Memory and Brain,
Boston University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Text Mining Using Statistical Topic Models
Padhraic Smyth,
professor of computer science,
UC Irvine,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
8:00am
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Ongoing
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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
Black Holes in the Universe
Curt Cutler,
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna team,
European Space Agency, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, November 17th, 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 Outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong
King-Fai Li,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Statistical Learning II: Representation, Generalization, and Examples.
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Mechanical Behavior of Nano Grained Metals—Smaller Is Stronger, Even Smaller May Be Softer
Taher Saif,
professor of mechanical engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Impact of CMOS Scaling on RF/Mixed-Signal Circuit Designs
Mau-Chung Frank Chang,
professor of electrical engineering,
High-Speed Electronics Laboratory,
UCLA,
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)
Black Holes in the Universe
Curt Cutler,
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna team,
European Space Agency, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam,
8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Saturday, November 18th, 2006
8:30am
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Sunday, November 19th, 2006
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lecture in Engineering and Applied Science
The Power and Weakness of Randomness (When You Are Short on Time)
Avi Wigderson,
professor of mathematics,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Opportunities for Nanotechnology in Neural Recording
Sotiris Masmanidis,
senior research fellow,
biology and computation and neural systems,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
8:00am
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11/24
5:00pm
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Friday, November 24th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Andreas Herz,
professor of computational neuroscience,
Institute for Theoretical Biology Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Perturbation Theory for Infinite Dimensional Integrable Systems on the Line