Seminars
February 2008
Friday, February 1st, 2008
10:00am
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11:30am
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Mesoscopic Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of Biophysical Networks
Erik van der Giessen,
professor,
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials,
University of Groningen,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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10:30pm
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11:59pm
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Internally Advanced Cell Assembly Sequences in the Hippocampus: A Candidate Mechanism for Episodic Memory Recall
Gyorgy Buzsaki,
professor,
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience,
Rutgers University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
8:00am
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2/12
5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Stratospheric Dynamics, Ozone, and Climate Change
Theodore Shepherd,
professor of physics,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Sustainability Metrics for Caltech
Asa Hopkins,
graduate student in physics,
Caltech,
Friday, February 8th, 2008
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Fluid-Structure Interaction Algorithms for Biological Flows
Fotis Sotiropoulos,
professor of civil engineering,
University of Minnesota,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Sparse Time-Frequency Representations and the Neural Coding of Sound
Marcelo Magnasco,
professor of physics,
The Rockefeller University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Nanotubes in Global Warming: From Dynamic Topology in Superplasticity to Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Nanoscale Quantum Optics: From Single-Photon Devices to Strongly Correlated Systems
Darrick Chang,
graduate student in physics,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Mind of the Market
Michael Shermer,
science writer and publisher,
Skeptic magazine, and executive director, Skeptics Society,
Friday, February 15th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
JUNO Spacecraft to Orbit Jupiter—Science and Technology
Michael Janssen,
principal scientist,
Jet Propulsion Labatory,
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
9:00am
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9:01am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
How to Quantum Compute Against Biased Noise
Panos Aliferis,
IBM, Watson Research Center,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
11:00am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Free Electron Lasers and E-Beam Radiation Sources
Avi Gover,
professor of engineering,
physical electronics department,
Tel Aviv University,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
11:00am
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3:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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French Consulate General to Discuss Franco-American Relations
French Consulate General to Discuss Franco-American Relations
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
10:00am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Granular Jets, Streams, and Droplets
Heinrich Jaeger,
professor of physics,
The University of Chicago,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Entanglement and Ground State Cooling in Optomechanical Systems
David Vitali,
professor of physics,
University of Camerino, Italy,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Thermal Superfluid Turbulence on the Brink of Revolution
Demosthenes Kivotides,
professor of chemical engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Michael Brainard,
assistant professor of physiology,
UC San Francisco,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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