Seminars
December 2008
Ongoing
Ongoing
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12/5
5:00pm
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
11:30am
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
New, Fast and Effective Algorithms for Imaging, Compressed Sensing and Related Problems, with Applications
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
8:30am
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10:00am
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Research Spotlight for Staff
Studying Human Social Behavior
Ralph Adolphs,
Bren Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
A Periodic Table for Topological Insulators and Superconductors
Alexei Kitaev,
professor of theoretical physics and computer science,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Multiresolution Particle Methods for Flow Simulations
Michael Bergdorf,
postdoctoral scholar,
ETH Zurich,
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Trapping Light in Optical Microcavities via Dynamic Tuning
Michelle L. Povinelli,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
USC,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Novel Correlated Electron Phenomena in Filled Skutterudite Compounds
M. Brian Maple,
professor of physics,
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences,
UC San Diego,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Basic Problems and Plans of Environment Protect in China
Da Yang,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Hardness of Approximation Results for Network Formation Games (Techniques from Theoretical Computer Science for Problems in Revealed Preference)
Shankar Kalyanaraman,
graduate student in engineering and applied science,
Caltech,
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
8:00am
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12/9
5:00pm
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
1:30pm
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spectral Gap in Adiabatic Quantum Computation
Mohammad Amin,
visiting scholar,
Institute for Quantum Information,
Caltech,
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
8:00am
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12/12
5:00pm
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12:00pm
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Dark Energy and the Expansion of the Universe
Friday, December 12th, 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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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Mohamed Mostagir,
graduate student in humanities and social sciences,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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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)
Dark Energy and the Expansion of the Universe
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
6:00am
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11:00pm
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
9:00am
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9:01am
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9:01am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Synthesis and Applications of Conducting Polymer Nanofibers
Richard B. Kaner,
professor of biochemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
UCLA,
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
6:00am
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10:00pm
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