Seminars
November 2010
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Ecoclimate Teleconnections: Remote Effects of the Interactions between Ecosystems and Climate
Abigail Swann,
postdoctoral fellow in sustainability science,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Deformation at the Nanoscale: Pushing the Limits of Strength
Dan Gianola,
professor of materials science and engineering,
the University of Pennsylvania,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, November 18th, 2010
8:00am
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Ongoing
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Generational Changes in Environmental Consciousness and Attitudes
Wilton Mui,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, November 19th, 2010
8:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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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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GALCIT Colloquium
Microlocal and Dynamic Modes: Two Tools for Quantitative Flow Analysis
Peter Schmid,
École Polytechnique,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
An Optimization-Based Framework for Automated Market-Making
Jenn Wortman Vaughan,
assistant professor of computer science,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Computation and Neural Systems Seminar—cancelled
Castos Rivadulla,
University of the District of Columbia,
Saturday, November 20th, 2010
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Sunday, November 21st, 2010
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Machine Learning Seminar
Learning Compact Representation of Data with Statistical Independence Measures
Fei Sha,
assistant professor of computer science,
USC,
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
The Different Signatures of Pulselike Earthquakes Propagating on Thin Faults
Ahmed Ettaf Elbanna,
graduate student in civil engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Information Processing with Atomic Spin Ensembles
Eugene Polzik,
professor,
Niels Bohr Institute,
Copenhagen University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar—cancelled
Tonio Buonassissi,
professor of mechanical engineering and manufacturing,
MIT,
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
8:00am
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11/26
5:00pm
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Analysis of Bubble Dynamics and Mixing Properties of a Dense Particulate Flow Using Large-scale Euler-Lagrange Simulations
Olivier Desjardins,
professor of mechanical engineering,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Steering Human Insight for Large-Scale Visual Learning
Kristen Grauman,
assistant professor of computer science,
the University of Texas at Austin,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Money
Andrew Lutomirski,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Center for the Mathematics of Information Seminar
Large Population Stochastic Dynamic Games (Part 1)
Sachin Adlakha,
postdoctoral scholar in computer science,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Coupling Phonons with Photons and Atoms via Cavity Optomechanics
Eugene Polzik,
professor of physics,
Neils Bohr Institute,
Copenhagen University,