Seminars
October 2012
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10/15
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Monday, October 1st, 2012
9:00am
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
9:00am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological order with tensor networks on infinite cylinders: an explicit wavefunction for fractionalized quasi-particle excitations
Guifre Vidal,
Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Fluid Mechanics Research Conference
Manuel Lombardini : Progress in the spherically converging Richtmyer-Meshkov instability,
Prakhar Mehrotra : Experimental investigation of inclined-jet injection into supersonic cross-flow,
and its effect on downstream separated-flow mixing,
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Pattern Formation in Soft Elastic Films and Methods to Enhance Adhesion
Manoj Chaudhury,
Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Lehigh University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Friday, October 5th, 2012
9:30am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Technology Advances for Radio Astronomy
Damon Russell,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technolgoy,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Linear and Non-linear Viscoelastic Behavior of Rigid Polymers
Wolfgang Knauss,
Professor Emeritus,
GALCIT,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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8:00pm
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Open House - Jim Hall Design and Prototyping Laboratory, Room 024 Spalding Lab
See event detail for location
Saturday, October 6th, 2012
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 7th, 2012
9:00am
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, October 8th, 2012
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Deconstructing (and Reconstructing) Wall Turbulence: A Systems Approach
Beverley McKeon,
Professor of Aeronautics,
Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT),
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Topic to be announced.
Chaitanya Swamy,
Associate Professor,
Combinatorics & Optimization,
University of Waterloo,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Fluid Mechanics Research Conference
Sebastian Liska Cabrera,
"An Immersed Boundary Method for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations Based on the Lattice Green's Function Method",
Joe Jewell,
"Transition within a hypervelocity boundary layer on a,
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Microscale X-ray Imaging Applications of Synchrotron Radiation: Peering into the Earth with X-ray Vision
Samuel Webb,
Scientist,
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource,
Stanford University,
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Real-Time Predictions for Decision Using Reduced-Order Models
David Amsallem,
Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Herschel Opens Up the Cool Universe
Paul Goldsmith,
JPL,
Friday, October 12th, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Dynamics of Nanoscale Mechanical Devices in Fluid with Applications to Atomic and Molecular Sensing
John E. Sader,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Melbourne,
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)
Herschel Opens Up the Cool Universe
Dr. Paul Goldsmith,
JPL,
Saturday, October 13th, 2012
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Monday, October 15th, 2012
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computer Science
Engineering Challenges at Quora
Adam D'Angelo,
Chief Executive and Co-Founder,
Quora,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Computational Complexity of Convex Bodies
Alexander Barvinok,
Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Michigan,
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
The Potts/Tutte Connection with an External Field
Joanna Ellis-Monaghan,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Saint Michael's College,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
A classical leash for a quantum tiger: Key distribution with minimal assumptions
Ben Reichardt,
Professor,
Electrical Engineering ,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Fluid Mechanics Research Conference
Nick Parziale,
"Hypervelocity Boundary Layer Transition",
Jeesoon Choi,
"Dynamics and Energy Extraction in Surging / Plunging Airfoils",
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Bulk and Thin Film Electrical Contacts, RF Heating and Field Enhancement
Y.Y. Lau,
Professor,
University of Michigan,
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The plumbing of ice sheets
Ian Hewitt,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Institute of Applied Mathematics,
University of British Columbia,
Friday, October 19th, 2012
8:00am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Recent Advances in the Theory of Linear Programming
Jesús De Loera,
Professor,
Mathematics,
UC Davis,
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Crossing the Software Education Chasm using Software-as-a-Service and Cloud Computing
Armando Fox,
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences,
UC Berkeley,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Efficient distributed quantum computing
Steve Brierley,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
University of Bristol,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Fluid Mechanics Research Conference
Jeff Eldredge,
UCLA, "Improving vortex models via optimal control theory",
Indrat Aria,
"Impact behavior of water droplet on a superhydrophobic surface",
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
North African dust emissions over the last 20,000 years: Estimating the abruptness, magnitude and climate impacts of past changes
David McGee,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, October 25th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
How do you Scrape (Cold) Butter? Scratch Test: A New Approach for Multiscale Characterization of Fracture Properties
Ange-Therese Akono,
Ph.D. Student,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Resnick Institute Fellows Seminar: Brush Polymers for Optoelectronic Devices and Branch Flow Model: Relaxation, Convexification and Application to Optimal Power Control
Raymond Weitekamp,
Brush Polymers for Optoelectronic Devices,
Masoud Farivar,
Branch Flow Model: Relaxation, Convexification and Application to Optimal Reactive Power Control ,
Friday, October 26th, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Low-order Models for Control of Fluids: Balanced Models and Koopman Modes
Clarence W. Rowley,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Princeton University,
Monday, October 29th, 2012
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Coding for Distributed Storage
Alex Dimakis,
Assistant Professor,
Electrical Engineering,
USC,
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Computational and Sample Tradeoffs via Convex Relaxation
Venkat Chandrasekaran,
Assistant Professor,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological stabilizer codes with a power law energy barrier via welding
Kamil Michnicki,
Graduate student,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Fluid Mechanics Research Conference
Dr. Paul Dimotakis,
"Progress in atmospheric CO2 concentration vertical-profile estimation methodology, with embedded sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification",
4:30pm
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7:00pm
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CubeSat: An Unlikely Success Story
Jordi Puig-Suari,
Professor ,
Professor of PolySat & CubeSat Programs,
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo,
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
8:00am
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