Seminars
November 2009
Ongoing
Ongoing
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11/3
5:00pm
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI-MDL Seminar
Inducing Limited Transparency in Tissues by Time-Reversing Light
Changhuei Yang,
associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering,
Caltech,
Peter Willis,
senior engineer,
JPL,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Categorically Isolating Quantum Properties
Chris Heunen,
graduate student,
University of Oxford,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Prepare Immediately for Whatever Happens Next: "Rapid" Change at Ice Sheet Marine Margins
Christina Hulbe,
assistant professor of geology,
Portland State Universiy,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
8:00am
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11/7
1:00pm
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8:00am
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11/7
1:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Dumpster Diving at Caltech
John Onderdonk,
manager,
Sustainability Programs,
Caltech,
Friday, November 6th, 2009
8:00am
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7:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Revealing Network Neural Mechanism of Adaptive Social Behavior
Naotaka Fujii,
Laboratory for Adaptive Intelligence & BTCC Interactive Brain Communication Unit,
BSI, RIKEN,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Enriched Boundary Elements for Fracture Mechanics and Wave Scattering
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Mechanics of the Cytoskeleton and Cell Adhesions
Robert McMeeking,
professor of mechanical engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Mesoscopic Cavity QED with a Single Quantum Dot
Martin Winger,
Institute of Quantum Electronics,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Electronics for High Performance Inertial Sensors
Bernhard E. Boser,
professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center,
UC Berkeley,
4:15pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
11:00am
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2:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
9:00am
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9:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Multiple Forms of Valuation in the Human Brain
Klaus Wunderlich,
graduate student in computation and neural systems,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
What Robotics and Control May Yet Learn from the Brain
Jean-Jacques Slotine,
professor of mechanical engineering and information science,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Quantum Fluxoids in Superconducting Nanocircuits: Flux Qubits and Quantum Simulation
Hans Mooij,
professor of nanotechnology,
Delft University of Technology,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Wireless Spectral Sharing Techniques and Issues
Fletcher Wicker,
the Aerospace Corporation,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optimizing the Layout and Error Properties of Quantum Circuits
John Kubiatowicz,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Generalized Particle Flow for Maximal Stability of Nonlinear Filters
Fred Daum,
senior principal fellow,
Raytheon,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Importance of Wind Power for a Clean and Renewable Future
Cristina Archer,
assistant professor,
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences,
Cal State Chico,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Acellular Porcine Tissue Crosslinked with Functionalized Nanomaterials
Sheila Grant,
professor of biological engineering,
University of Missouri-Columbia,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Why Do Fires Cause Debris Flows?
Michael Lamb,
assistant professor of geology,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Von Karman Lecture: "Taking a Closer Look at Exoplanet Atmospheres"
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres
Mark Swain,
research scientist,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
8:00am
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11/17
5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Title: Network Science for Wireless Communication: Information Spread, Mobility, and Resilience
Edmund Yeh,
associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering,
Yale University,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Stable Grid Refinement and Singular Source Discretization for Seismic Wave Simulations
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transition: Towards Cooperative Studies
Steven Schneider,
professor,
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Purdue University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
CMOS Integrated Biosensors: Fact or Fiction?
Arjang Hassibi,
assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering,
the University of Texas at Austin,
4:15pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Von Karman Lecture: "Taking a Closer Look at Exoplanet Atmospheres"
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Taking a Closer Look at Exoplanet Atmospheres
Mark Swain,
research scientist,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:30pm
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4:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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6:30pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Domain Decomposition Methods for High-Contrast Multiscale Flow Problems
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Faster Quantum Algorithm for Evaluating Game Trees
Ben Reichardt,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
School of Computer Science,
University of Waterloo,