Seminars
January 2007
Monday, January 1st, 2007
8:00am
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
8:00am
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3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
"Importance in Biofilms in Environmental Mercury Methylation and Persistence of Enteric Bacteria in Beach Sediments"
Jenny Ayla Jay,
Assistant Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
9:00am
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5:00pm
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Friday, January 5th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Multiscale Analysis and Modeling Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Composite
Liping Liu,
postdoctoral scholar,
mechanical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Extremely Low-Noise Amplification with Cryogenic FETs and HFETs 1970-2006 (Where do we go from here?)
Marian W. Pospieszalski,
PhD,
NRAO Central Development Laboratory,
Sunday, January 7th, 2007
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Visual Search: Is It Really a Matter of Life and Death?
Professor Jeremy M. Wolfe,
Visual Attention Laboratory,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Darwin Meets Nano
Robert H. Austin,
professor of oceanography and atmospheric sciences,
department of biophysics,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Error-Correcting Codes for Adiabatic Quantum Computation
Stephen Jordan,
graduate student in physics,
MIT,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Pumpkin Balloons
Sergio Pellegrino,
professor of oceanography and atmospheric sciences,
Department of Engineering,
University of Cambridge,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
MEMS-Actuated Microresonators and Optofluidics
Ming Wu,
professor of oceanography and atmospheric sciences,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, January 12th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Geometric Models for Dimensionality Reduction in Signal and Data Processing
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special GALCIT Colloquium & Bioengineering Seminar
The Vascular Endothelial Cell and Its Love Affair with Biomechanics
Robert Nerem,
professor of bioengineering and bioscience,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Toward High-Performance Neural Prostheses
Krishna Shenoy,
assistant professor,
department of electrical engineering and neurosciences program,
Stanford University,
Monday, January 15th, 2007
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Copy-Protection
Scott Aaronson,
postdoctoral scholar,
University of Waterloo,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Chemomechanics of Metastable Material Surfaces and Interfaces: Exploring the Molecular Scale When Far from Equilibrium
Krystyn Van Vliet,
assistant professor of materials science and engineering,
MIT,
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Tackling Nonconvexity in Communication Networks: An Engineering Perspective
Mung Chiang,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
Princeton University,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
8:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Geometric Models for Dimensionality Reduction in Signal and Data Processing
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Recent Developments in Thin Film Mechanics
John Hutchinson,
professor of mechanical engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Directional Antennas in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Sonia Furman, Ph.D.,
aerospace/communications division,
ITT Corporation,
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, January 21st, 2007
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, January 22nd, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Risk, Reward, and Information: fMRI Studies of Learning and Decision Making
Russell Poldrack,
associate professor of psychology,
UCLA,
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Superpolynomial Speedups Using Almost Any Quantum Circuit
Aram Harrow,
lecturer,
department of computer science,
University of Bristol,
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Trace Metals and the Terrestrial Nitrogen Cycle: Uptake of Essential and Toxic Axoanions in Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
Anne M. L. Kraepiel,
visiting research scholar,
department of ecology and evolutionary biology,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Manipulating Light on a Silicon Chip
Michal Lipson,
assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering,
Cornell University,
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Two Thousand Sunsets on Mars: Twin Rovers and Their Excellent Adventures
Bruce Banerdt,
planetary geophysicist,
JPL,
Friday, January 26th, 2007
12:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Osmotic Propulsion
John Brady,
professor of chemical and mechanical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Optics and Quantum-Optics in Semiconductor Nanostructures
Stephan Koch,
physics department,
Philips-University Marburg, Germany,
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)
Two Thousand Sunsets on Mars: Twin Rovers and Their Excellent Adventures
Bruce Banerdt,
planetary geophysicist,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, January 27th, 2007
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
7:00am
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10:00pm
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