Seminars
May 2011
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5/3
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Sunday, May 1st, 2011
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
After "Eureka!": Technology, Finance, and Policy Keys to Our Energy Future
Arati Prabhakar,
U.S. Venture Partners,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Parallel Repetition of Entangled Games
Thomas Vidick,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Materials and Mechanics for Bio-Integrated Electronics
John Rogers,
professor of material science and engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Watching the Cosmic Fireworks Display: An Observers Log
Mansi Kasliwal,
graduate student in astrophysics,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Role of Stationary Rossby Waves in Shaping Storm Track Dynamics
Yohai Kaspi,
postdoctoral scholar in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Catalysis for Sustainable Energy
J.K. Nørskov,
professor of chemical engineering and photon science,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University,
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Tapio Schneider,
Frank J. Gilloon Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Light Trapping for High-efficiency Thin-film Silicon Solar Cells
Corsin Battaglia,
EPFL PV-Lab, Switzerland,
Friday, May 6th, 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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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
A Hyper-Elastic Thin Film Nitinol Flow Diverter for Brain Aneurysms
Greg Carman,
UCLA,
6:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
8:00am
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5:00pm
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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
Whole-cell Recordings in the Hippocampus of Freely Moving Rats
Albert Lee,
group leader,
HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Stochastic Data Reduction, Data-Driven Uncertainty Quantification and Multiscale Modeling of Complex Systems
Guang Lin,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Understanding Decision-Making Behavior in Early Stage Design Process
Maria Yang,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering and engineering sysrems,
MIT,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Maximally Representative Allocations for Guaranteed Delivery Advertising Campaigns
R. Preston McAfee,
Yahoo! Research,
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
Thermal Stability of Topological Order and Feasibility of Efficient Self-Correcting Quantum Memory
Beni Yoshida,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Solid State Nano-photonic Quantum Technologies
Andrei Faraon,
Hewlett Packard Laboratories,
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
12:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Cenozoic Seawater Chemistry and Climate—Insights from Magnesium Isotopes
John Higgins,
researcher in geosciences,
Princeton University,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Flirty, Chaste, Promiscuous: What Yeast Can Teach Us About Controlling Cell Fate
Kate Galloway,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Can Nuclear Power Be As Safe As Milk?
Nahtan Dalleska,
lecturer in chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, May 13th, 2011
8:00am
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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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Donald Coles Lecture in Aerospace
Research Threads in Propulsion, from Wax Fuels to Wastewater
Brian J. Cantwell,
professor of engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Overconnectivity - How Internet Enhanced Positive Feedback Drives Institutional Change
William Davidow,
Mohr Davidow Ventures and Caltech Trustee,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Saturday, May 14th, 2011
12:00pm
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Sunday, May 15th, 2011
6:30pm
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10:30pm
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
How Early Experience Shapes Circuits for Vocal Perception and Production
Richard Mooney,
professor of neurobiology,
Duke University School of Medicine,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Some Simple Models to Study the Stability of Incompressible Fluid
Congming Li,
professor of applied mathematics,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Identification of Hysteretic Response of Individual Lateral Load Resisting Systems in a Torsionally-Coupled Shear Building under Seismic Excitations
Roshanak Omrani,
lecturer in civil and environmental engineering,
UCLA,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Sustainable Ecosystems: Enabled by Supply and Demand Side Management
Chandrakant Patel,
senior fellow and director,
sustainable ecosystems research group,
HP Labs ,
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
8:00am
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4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Bounding the Rate Distortion Performance of Voice and Video Codecs
Jerry Gibson,
professor and chair,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mechanisms of Long-term Survival and Evolution in Bacteria
Steven Finkel,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Materials Science on a Single Defect Level: Mapping Bias-induced Transformation in Ferroelectric and Electrochemical Systems
Sergei Kalinin,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Lensfree On-Chip Microscopy and Tomography Toward Telemedicine Applications
Aydogan Ozcan,
professor of electrical engineering,
California Nanosystems Institute,
UCLA,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Everhart Lecture
Individual Particle Motion at the Microscale: A Brownian Ballet
Roseanna Zia,
graduate student in mechanical engineering,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
7:30am
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1:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Burden of Proof—Weighing the Costs of Cheap Energy
Aaron Wolf,
graduate student in geology and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Friday, May 20th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Modulated Interface Lithography {MIL}: The Nanoworld Beyond Bénard Instability
Sandra M. Troian,
professor of applied physics, aeronautics, and mechanical engineering,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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