Seminars
April 2008
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Physical Underpinnings of Privacy
Jean Christian Boileau,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
University of Toronto,
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Programming Soft-materials in Engineered Systems: Merging Chemistry and Computation with Microfluidics
Manu Prakash,
research fellow,
Center for Bits and Atoms,
MIT,
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Christopher Higgins,
postdoctoral fellow,
Johns Hopkins University,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Symmetry and Simulation: How Geometry Affects Scientific Computing, from the Solar System to Your Microwave Oven
Ari Stern,
graduate student in applied and computational mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Water Entry of Spinning Spheres with Hydrophobic/philic Surfaces
Alexandra Techet,
associate professor of mechanical and ocean engineering,
MIT,
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Chip-scale Atomic Magnetometers and Applications
John Kitching,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
6:00am
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10:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Out-of-Equilibrium Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices
Ulrich Schollwock,
professor of physics,
Technical University of Aachen,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lecture in Engineering and Applied Science
Mechanical Engineering Education at MIT: Some Ongoing Experiments
Rohan Abeyaratne,
professor of mechanical engineering,
MIT,
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Sensitivity of Low Clouds to Aspects of Climate Change
Robert Wood,
assistant professor of atmospheric sciences,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computer Science Seminar
A Two-Sided Market Analysis of Provider Investment Incentives with an Application to the Net-Neutrality Issue
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Environmental Impacts of Coffee Agriculture
Gretchen Keppel Aleks,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, April 11th, 2008
10:00am
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11:30am
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GALCIT Colloquium: Thesis Defense
A Bio-inspired Computational Model of Cardiac Mechanics: Pathology and Development
Anna Grosberg,
graduate student in bioengineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Unconventional Integrated Sources for Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Signals
Farhan Rana,
assistant professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Cornell University,
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
9:00am
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
3:30pm
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
7:00am
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11:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
David Fitzpatrick,
professor of neurobiology,
Duke University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Algebraic Quantum Circuits
Wim van Dam,
assistant professor of computer science and physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Energy Transport and Conversion in Nanostructures
Gang Chen,
professor of mechanical engineering,
MIT,
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Roles of Redox-Active "Antibiotics" in Iron Acquisition and Microbial Physiology
Yun Wang,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
MIT,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
One Fish Two Red Fish No Fish: A Discussion on Fishing Around the World
Zachary Lebo,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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10:30pm
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
8:00am
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11:30am
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GALCIT Colloquium: Thesis Defense
On the Nonlocal Geometry of Turbulence
Ivan Bermejo Moreno,
graduate student in aeronautics,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar
Viscoelastic Properties of Ultrathin Polymer Films and Polymer Surfaces: Novel Nanometer Scale
Gregory B. McKenna,
professor of chemical engineering,
Texas Tech University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Designing the Next Generation of Seismographic Network
Tom Heaton,
professor of engineering seismology,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Heat Transfer Enhancement in Nanofluids
Jacopo Buongiorno,
assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering,
MIT,
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Adventures in Snow Photochemistry: From PAH Photodegradation to Light Absorption by Unknown Chromophores
Cort Anastasio,
associate professor of tropospheric chemistry and assistant tropospheric chemist,
UC Davis,
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Implied Volatility, Fundamental Solutions, Asymptotic Analysis, and Symmetry Methods
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Twist and Shout: Enstrophy Production in the 3-D Navier-Stokes Equations