Seminars
April 2012
Ongoing
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4/1
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
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Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope
Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope
Irwin Alber,
Senior Technical Fellow (ret.),
Space and Intelligence Systems,
Boeing,
4:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
The Laplacian Paradigm: Emerging Algorithms for Massive Graphs
Shanghua Teng,
Chair,
Department of Computer Science,
USC,
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
9:00am
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IST Lunch Bunch
Computer Vision - 3D Shape
Roberto Cipolla,
Professor,
Information Engineering,
Cambridge University,
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
A Coupled Level Set-Moment of Fluid Method for Incompressible Two-Phase Flows
Mark Sussman,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Florida State University,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Computational Discovery of Novel Hydrogen Storage Materials and Reactions
Chris Wolverton,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Northwestern University,
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
4:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Controlling Adaptive Materials and Structures with Electrons and Photons
William Oates,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Florida State University,
Friday, April 6th, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Clefted Equilibrium Shapes of Superpressure Balloon Structures
Xiaowei Deng,
Graduate candidate,
Aeronautics,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, April 7th, 2012
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Monday, April 9th, 2012
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Control of Visual Spatial Attention by Prefrontal Cortex
Tirin Moore,
Associate Professor,
Department of Neurobiology and HHMI,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
4:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Super-resolution via sparse recovery: progress and challenges
Laurent Demanet,
Assistant Professor,
Applied Mathematics,
MIT,
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Privacy and Utility in Data Sets
Felix Wu,
Assistant Professor of Law,
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,
Yeshiva University,
2:00pm
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
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Landing a Rover on Mars (do not try this at home)
Landing a Rover on Mars (do not try this at home)
Rob Manning,
Chief Engineer, Mars Science Laboratory,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Sparse Recovery over Networks
Kevin Tang,
Sparse Recovery over Networks,
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Cornell,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Oil-Water Separations Research and Application to Oil Spill Cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico
Eric Hoek,
Associate Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
12:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Plastic Island: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Lindsay Yee,
Graduate Student,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Unsaturated Soils and Geosynthetics - the Mysterious Response of the Covers at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Jorge Zornberg,
Professor,
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering,
University of Texas at Austin,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Gale Crater: Exploring the Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site
Dr. Matthew Golembeck,
senior research scientist; Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist,
JPL,
Friday, April 13th, 2012
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Recent Experience Applying Advanced Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification to Spacecraft Integrated Modeling
Lee Peterson,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Stochastic optimal control as a theory of brain-machine interface operation
Lakshminarayan "Ram" Srinivasan,
Principal Investigator ,
Department of Radiology,
University of California Los Angeles,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Robotic Exploration of Planetary Bodies
Robotic Exploration of Planetary Bodies
Issa Nesnas,
Dr.,
JPL,
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)
Gale Crater: Exploring the Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site
Dr. Matthew Golembeck,
senior research scientist; Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist,
JPL,
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
10:00am
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Sunday, April 15th, 2012
9:30am
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
12:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Community Structure in Networks
Mason Porter,
University Lecturer,
Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,
University of Oxford,
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
If P, then Q: Form, System and Reasoning in Babylonian Divination
Francesca Rochberg,
Department of Near Eastern Studies,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
11:30am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Bradley Tebo,
Professor and Division Head,
Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems,
Oregon Health and Science University,
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
A Review of Particulate Matter Toxicity & Implications for Management
Alex Teng,
Graduate Student,
Environmental Science & Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Supersonic Jet Noise Prediction Using Unstructured Large-Eddy Simulation
Joseph William Nichols,
Stanford Unversity,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Friday, April 20th, 2012
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GALCIT Colloquium
Examples of Fluid-Structure Interactions in Biology
Christophe Eloy,
Aix-Marseille University,
Saturday, April 21st, 2012
8:00pm
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
3:30pm
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