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Midterm Examination Period

  • Academic
Thursday, February 1st, 2007
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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CACR Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Spiral: Generating Parallel Transforms
Franz Franchetti, systems scientist, department of electrical and computer engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Practical Network Coding by Binary Superposition of Codewords
Joerg Kliewer, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Michael Fosberg: Incognito

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Friday, February 2nd, 2007
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Edge Coloring with Delays
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
Upgrades to the CSO: A 280-420 Ghz Wide IF Band Rx and Beyond
Jacob Kooi, SRON-Groningen and Caltech,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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A Universe of Dreams: Ensemble Galilei with Narrator Neal Conan

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, February 5th, 2007
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Building a High-Performance Event-Based Silicon Retina Leads to New Ways to Compute Vision
Tobi Delbruck, group leader, Institute for Neuroinformatics, Uni-Eth, Zurich,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Crafting of Bioactive Nanostructures for Regeneration
Samuel Stupp, professor of materials science, chemistry, and medicine, and director of the Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern University,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Clazzical Notes: The Art of Fine Vocals

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
7:00am – 10:00pm
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On Campus Filming: Close to Home

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
The Quantum Chernoff Bound and Asymptotic Error Exponents in Quantum Hypothesis Testing
Frank Verstraete, professor of theoretical physics, University of Vienna,
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
3:40pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar—CANCELLED

Keck 142
Friday, February 9th, 2007
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Moore B280
Structured Concurrent Programming
Jayadev Misra, professor and chair of computer sciences, University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Engineering New Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease via Optimal Design and Physiologic Simulation
Alison Marsden, postdoctoral scholar in mechanical engineering, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar

Moore B280
Carbon Nanotubes for Potential Electronic and Optoelectonic Applications
Jia Chen, IBM Watson Research Center,
5:30pm – 8:00pm
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An Evening of Jazz and Spoken Word

Center for Student Services, Lobby
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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NOT HAPPENING: V-Day 2007: The Vagina Monologues

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Mendelssohn String Quartet: With Sanford Sylvan, baritone

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, February 12th, 2007
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Deficiency Notices

  • Academic
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Mechanoelectrical Transduction and Spontaneous Oscillations in Inner-Ear Hair Cells
Dolores Bozovic, assistant professor, department of physics and astronomy, UCLA,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Can an Iterative Method Converge in a Finite Number of Iterations?
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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African-American Cultural Celebration

Red Door Cafe
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Watson 104
Small Time: A Chip-Scale Atomic Clock
Kitching John, physicist, time and frequency division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado,
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
7:00am – 10:00pm
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On-Campus Filming: NUMB3RS

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Black History Month Lunch Featuring Judith Jackson Fossett

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
3:40pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Keck 142
Great Basin Hot Spring Cafe: Who's the Clientele and What's on the Menu?
Brian P. Hedlund, assistant professor of microbiology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Agreement and Compositionality in Large Distributed Systems
Jason Hickey, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Computational Design of Contraindicated Multifunctional Materials; Combining Magnetism with Additional Functionalities
Nicola Spaldin, professor, materials department, UC Santa Barbara,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Snowball Earth: Joe Kirschvink

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
10:00am – 11:00am
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TheatreworksUSA School Show: Junie B. Jones

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
12:00pm – 7:00pm
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Black History Month Art Exhibition

Dabney Hall, Lounge
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMI Faculty Meeting

Parsons-Gates 112
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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POSTPONED: Moore's Stone Volute Farewell

See event detail for location
  • Public Event
Friday, February 16th, 2007
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Moore 239
Low Distortion Embeddings for Edit Distance
8:00pm – 11:00pm
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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale: Theater Arts at Caltech

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Saturday, February 17th, 2007
8:00pm – 11:00pm
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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale: Theater Arts at Caltech

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
2:00pm – 5:00pm
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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale: Theater Arts at Caltech

Ramo Auditorium
  • Public Event
Monday, February 19th, 2007
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Presidents' Day (Institute Holiday)

  • Academic
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Engineering Biological Simplicity
Drew Endy, assistant professor of biological engineering, MIT,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Cloning and Broadcasting in Generalized Probabilistic Theories
Matthew Leifer, visiting postdoctoral researcher, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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5th Annual Science Writing Symposium: Communicating Science to the General Public

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
  • Public Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Feedback Regulation and Noise in Gene Networks: Stability and Beneficial Diversity
Murat Acar, graduate student in physics, MIT,
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Last day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections for Winter Term

  • Academic
10:00am – 11:00am
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TheatreworksUSA School Show: The Color of Justice

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
3:40pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Keck 142
Searching for Unknown Unknowns in Atmospheric Oxidation Chemistry
William H. Brune, professor and head of meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Jorgensen 74
Sparsity Recovery in the High-Dimensional and Noisy Setting
Martin Wainwright, assistant professor, department of electrical engineering and computer science, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Topic to be announced.
Erkki Ruoslahti, professor, Burnham Institute for Medical Research,
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
8:00am – Ongoing
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Registration for Spring Term 2006-07

  • Academic
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Everhart Lecture

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Metals with Memory: How these Amazing Materials Remember their Shape
Samantha Daly, graduate student in mechanical engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Synthetic Biological Circuits for Energy and Healthcare
Professor James Liao, department of chemical and biomolecular engineering, UCLA,
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The Dawn Mission to the Asteroid Belt: Coming This Summer to a Solar System Near You
Marc Rayman, PSE Mission and science specialist, JPL,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker: People Like Us - Social Class in America

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event