Seminars
January 2008
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
8:00am
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
9:00am
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Biogeochemical Cycling of Iron Minerals and Humic Substances-Consequences for Pollutant Transformation and Degradation
Andreas Kappler,
assitant professor of geomicrobiology,
Eberhard-Karls-University, Tuebingen,
Friday, January 11th, 2008
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Structural and Functional Frontiers of Awareness
David Edelman,
The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
See event detail for location
Research and Technology Trends Affecting the Availability of Safe, Sustainable Water Supplies
Jim Larkin,
president,
Scientific Methods, Inc.,
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Global Modes and Aerodynamic Sound Generation in Self-Excited Hot Jets
Lutz Lesshafft,
postdoctoral scholar in mechanical engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Iterative Signal Recovery from Incomplete and Inaccurate Measurements
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Elucidating Chemical Mechanisms of Aerosol Formation through Studies of the Oxidation of Simple Hydrocarbons
Paul J. Ziemann,
professor of atmospheric chemistry,
UC Riverside,
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Will the "Big One" Collapse Our Big Buildings?
Swaminathan Krishnan,
assistant professor of civil engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, January 18th, 2008
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Detonation: Its Theory, Numerical Simulation, and a Hydraulic Analogue
Aslan Kasimov,
instructor in applied mathematics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Will a New Milli-Volt Switch Replace the Transistor for Digital?
Eli Yablonovitch,
professor,
department of electrical engineering and computer sciences ,
UC Berkeley,
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CS/IST Lunch Bunch Meeting
A Game Theoretic Formulation of the Sensor Allocation Problem
Jason Marden,
postdoctoral scholar in electrical engineering,
Caltech,
Adam Wierman,
assistant professot of computer science,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Active Control of Separated Flow
Louis Cattafesta,
associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ,
University of Florida,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Iterative Signal Recovery from Incomplete and Inaccurate Measurements
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Strong Dispersive Coupling between a High Finesse Cavity and a Micromechanical Object
Jack Harris,
assistant professor of physics and applied physics,
Yale University,
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Gyoxal as a New Tracer of Photochemical Oxidation of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds
Frank N. Keutsch,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin—Madison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Abstraction Methods for Liveness
Amir Pnueli,
professor of computer science,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Goods Movement and Air Pollution: How Many People Died for your Nikes?
David Pettit,
senior attorney and director,
Southern California Air Quality Project,
Natural Resources Defense Council,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Miniature Mobile Robots Down to Micron Scale
Metin Sitti,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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CACR Seminar
Two Open Computational Problems in Biology
C. Titus Brown,
assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, Michigan State University,
and postdoctoral scholar in biology,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Flight Testing of Helium Superpressure Balloons for Mars Exploration
Jeffery L. Hall,
senior engineer in mobility and robotics systems,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Combining Circuits + Architecture to Combat Variability in Nanoscale CMOS
Gu-Yeon Wei,
associate professor of electrical engineering,
Harvard University ,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Von Karman Lecture: Explorer 1: Beginnings of the Space Age
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Explorer 1: Beginnings of the Space Age
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
9:00am
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
3:30pm
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Object Motion Sensitivity and Adaptation in Retinal Circuitry
Stephen Baccus,
assistant professor of neurobiology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Semiconductor Nanowires: Building Blocks for Future Digital Computation and More
Jie Xiang,
KNI Prize Postdoctural Fellow,
applied physics,
Caltech,
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, January 29th, 2008
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Simulated Annealing
Sergio Boixo,
graduate student in physics,
University of New Mexico,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Swimming C. Elegans in Various Fluidic Environment
Sunghwan (Sunny) Jung,
instructor in applied mathematics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar—CANCELLED
Benjamin Van Mooy,
assistant scientist,
marine chemistry and geochemistry,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Terahertz Detection of Many-Body Signatures in Semiconductor Heterostructures
Professor Sangam Chatterjee,
professor of physics,
Philipps-Universität Marburg,
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Markets and Environmental Regulation
John Ledyard,
Allen and Lenabelle Davis Professor,
Econimics and Social Sciences,
Caltech,