Seminars
May 2009
Ongoing
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
12:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Numerical Simulation and Subgrid-Scale Modeling of Mixing and Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows
Daniel Chung,
graduate student in aeronautics,
GALCIT,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Unraveling Fine-Scale and Cell-Type Specificity of Cortical Circuits
Edward M. Callaway,
professor of systems neurobiology,
Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
4:15pm
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5:30pm
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Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
4:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Achieving Complex Global Objectives via Simple Local Rules: Applications in Networking and Medical Imaging
Yi Lu,
Stanford University,
4:15pm
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Multi Prover Interactive Proofs with Communicating Provers
Avinatan Hassidim,
postdoctoral associate,
Center for Theoretical Physics,
MIT,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Tensile Strength and Fracture Toughness of Brittle Materials
Francisco Emmerich,
professor,
Laboratory of Carbon and Ceramic Materials, Department of Physics,
Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Semiconductor Nanowires for Electronics and Sensors
Ted Kamins,
principal scientist,
Quantum Science Research Group,
Hewlett-Packard Labs,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Aerosols in the United States: Observation from Space and Pollution-Climate Interactions
Daniel Jacob,
professor of atmospheric chemistry and environmental engineering,
Harvard University,
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Greening Pasadena: The City's Plans for a Sustainable Future
Alice Sterling,
Green City Coordinator,
City of Pasadena,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Characterizing the Resistance Generated by a Molecular Bond as it is Forcibly Separated
L. Ben Freund,
professor of engineering,
Brown University,
Friday, May 8th, 2009
10:00am
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11:30am
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Mechanics of Stretchable Electronics
Yonggang Huang,
professor of civil and environmental engineering,
Northwestern Universtiy,
4:40pm
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5:40pm
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
11:00am
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
8:00am
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9:00am
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9:01am
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4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
400 Years Later: What Does the Hippocampus Do?
Larry Swanson,
professor of biological sciences,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Precision Measurement in Biology
Stephen Quake,
professor of bioengineering,
Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Feedback and Control in Biological Circuit Design
Richard Murray,
Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control & Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Fluid Approaches to Optics and Imaging
Jason Fleischer,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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9:30pm
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Micro-Granular Adsorptive Membrane Filtration: A New Hybrid Membrane/Adsorbent Process for Water Treatment
Mark Benjamin,
professor of civil and environmental engineering,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Thermoelectric Materials by Design
Jihui Yang, Ph.D.,
staff research scientist,
Materials and Processes Laboratory,
R&D Center, GM,
5:15pm
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6:15pm
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
New Directions in Urban Planning
Stefanos Polyzoides,
Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists,
4:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Making an Escape: Neural Control and Biomechanics of Flight Initiation in Drosophila
Gwyneth Card,
postdoctoral scholar in bioengineering,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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9:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Kepler: A NASA Discovery Mission
James Fanson,
project manager,
Kepler mission,
JPL,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
8:00am
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11:00am
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CACR Seminar
Analysis and Visualization of the Cosmic Web
Miguel Angel Aragon Calvo,
Johns Hopkins University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Internal Tides: From the Lab to the Ocean
Thomas Peacock,
professor of mechanical engineering,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Why Design Must Change: Rethinking Digital Design
Mark Horowitz,
professor of electrical engineering,
Stanford University,
4:40pm
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5:40pm
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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)
Kepler: A NASA Discovery Mission
James Fanson,
project manager,
Kepler mission,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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9:30pm
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
4:15pm
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Matthew Elliott,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
University of Southern Indiana,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
8:00am
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4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
On Optimal Fix-free Codes
Serap Savari,
associate professor of electrical and computer engineering,
Texas A&M University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Contribution of Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones to the Rainfall Climatology of the Southwest United States
Kristen Corbosiero,
assistant professor of oceanic sciences,
UCLA,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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