Seminars
March 2011
Ongoing
Ongoing
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3/9
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
The Economics of Net Neutrality
Simon Wilkie,
executive director,
Center for Communication Law and Policy,
USC,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Entanglement and Renormalization in Many Body Systems
Brian Swingle,
graduate student in physics,
MIT,
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Environment, Agriculture, and Food Nexus
Pamela Martin,
assistant professor of geophysical sciences,
the University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
4:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Limits of Communication
Alexander Sherstov,
Microsoft Research,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
A Clean-Slate Design of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Using On-Off-Division Duplex
Dongning Guo,
associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science,
Northwestern University,
Friday, March 4th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Computational Modeling in High-Frequency MEMS Resonator Design
Sanjay Govindjee,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Observations of the Charging and Discharging Processes of Lithium Ion Batteries
Jian Yu Huang,
staff scientist ,
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies ,
Sandia National Laboratories,
Monday, March 7th, 2011
4:00pm
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4:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Multi-scale Dynamics and Information
N. Sri Namachchivaya,
professor of aerospace engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Eigenquakes, Gaussian Processes, and Ground Motion Simulation
Arzhang Alimoradi,
lecturer and senior research engineer,
USC,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Theory Cannot be Extended
Roger Colbeck,
postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute,
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
8:00am
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
The Nebula Future Internet Architecture: A Research Agenda
Jonathan Smith,
professor of engineering and applied science and professor of computer and information science,
the University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Efficient Bayesian Methods for Clustering Data
Katherine Heller,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Microscale Distributions of Phytoplankton Revealed Using a Planar Laser Imaging Fluorometer
Peter J. S. Franks,
professor of biological oceanography,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
4:00pm
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6:30pm
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
8:00am
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3/13
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Did the Retro Commissioning of the Mudd Buildings Actually Save Energy?
John Onderdonk,
manager for sustainability programs,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, March 11th, 2011
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:30pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, March 12th, 2011
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Sunday, March 13th, 2011
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
8:00am
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3/16
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Reggie Edgerton,
professor of integrative biology and physiology,
UCLA,
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Predictive Defect Engineering for Scalable Photovoltaics at $1/Wp
Tonio Buonassissi,
professor of mechanical engineering and manufacturing,
MIT,
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
8:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Projected Changes in the Seasonal Cycle under Global Warming
Adam H. Sobel,
professor,
Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics and Department of Earth & Environmental Science,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
8:00am
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3/27
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
WISE: The Infrared Full Sky Survey
Amy Mainzer,
principal investigator,
NEOWISE,
JPL,
Friday, March 18th, 2011
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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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)
WISE: The Infrared Full Sky Survey
Amy Mainzer,
principal investigator,
NEOWISE,
JPL,
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
3:30pm
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Monday, March 21st, 2011
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Efficient Stochastic Particle Dynamics for High-Dimensional Simulation
Matthew West,
assistant professor of mechanical science and engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
9:00am
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9:01am
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Thursday, March 24th, 2011
9:00am
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1:00pm
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Friday, March 25th, 2011
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:30am
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12:30pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Extending General Equilibrium Theory to the Digital Economy
Vijay Vazirani,
professor of computing,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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CACR & CMS Seminar
Computer-assisted Biomedical Image Analysis
Metin Gurcan,
director of the Clinical Image Analysis Lab and associate professor of biomedical informatics,
Ohio State University,