Seminars
April 2011
Friday, April 1st, 2011
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Adventures along the Quantum-classical Boundary: On Schrödinger Cats, Decoherence and Prospects of Testing Continuous Spontaneous Localization Theories
Markus Arndt,
professor of physics,
University of Vienna,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Experimental Studies on the Response of Sandwich Structures to Blast Loading
Arun Shukla,
University of Rhode Island,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Ultra-Low {Power, Size} Platforms for Brain-Machine Interfaces
Jan Rabaey,
professor of electrical engineering and computer science,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Delay and Power-Optimal Control in Multi-Class Queueing Systems
Chih-ping Li,
Electrical Engineering,
USC,
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, April 2nd, 2011
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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4/3
2:00am
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Sunday, April 3rd, 2011
3:30pm
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7:00pm
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Monday, April 4th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Parallel-in-Time Integrators for Hamiltonian Systems
Frederic Legoll,
LAMI,
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France,
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Stabilized and Regularized Meshfree Method and its Application to Fragment-Impact Problems
J.S. Chen,
Chancellor Professor, Distinguised Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
UCLA,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
High-Level Visual Recognition
Fei-Fei Li,
assistant professor of computer science,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Visualization of Two Qubits
Yosi Avron,
Department of Physics,
Technion,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
The Edge of Magnetism
Collin Broholm,
professor of physics,
Johns Hopkins University,
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Dissimilar Materials Epitaxy - Applications for Spintronics, Thermoelectrics and Shape Memory Materials
Chrisopher Palmstrom,
professor of electrical and computer engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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5:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
A New Approach to Robustness and Flexibility in High-dimensions
Sujay Sanghavi,
assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering,
the University of Texas at Austin,
Friday, April 8th, 2011
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
New Regimes for Supernova-Relevant Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments at the National Ignition Facility
Aaron R. Miles,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Constructive Cortical Computation
Rodney Douglas,
professor,
Institute of Neuroinformatics, UZH/ETH, Zurich,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, April 9th, 2011
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Sunday, April 10th, 2011
8:30am
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Multiscale Geometric Methods for Noisy Point Clouds in High Dimensions
Mauro Maggioni,
mathematics and computer science,
Duke University,
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Characterization of Soft Tissue Surrogates and Brain Tissue for Development
Ghatu Subhash,
Knox T. Millsaps Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University of Florida,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Underwater Acoustic Channels: Opportunities for Information and Communication Theories
Urbashi Mitra,
Professor,
Electrical Engineering,
USC,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Towards Reliable Storage Systems
Haryadi Gunawi,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Scientific Lessons from the Deepwater Horizon
David L. Valentine,
UC Santa Barbara,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
9:00am
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12:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
A Unique Opportunity: Scientific Research and Human Space Flight in the Shuttle Era
Friday, April 15th, 2011
8:00am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Wonders of Thin Objects: From Torn Tape and Sinking Flowers to Graphene Ribbons and Grabbing Water
Pedro Miguel Reis,
MIT,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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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)
A Unique Opportunity: Scientific Research and Human Space Flight in the Shuttle Era
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
8:00am
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4/30
5:00pm
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9:00am
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5:00pm
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1:00pm
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6:00pm
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Sunday, April 17th, 2011
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Software Synthesis using Automated Reasoning
Ruzica Piskac,
Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Switzerland,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Nonlocal Maximum Principles for Active Scalars
Alex Kiselev,
professor of mathematics,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Computing Complex Dynamic Phenomena: Dynamic Brittle Fracture, Heat Flow over Growing Cracks, and Enhanced Mixing of Granular Matter
Florin Bobaru,
associate professor of engineering mechanics,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln,