Seminars
February 2014
Ongoing
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Saturday, February 1st, 2014
4:00pm
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2/28
5:00pm
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Monday, February 3rd, 2014
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
Nonlinear Waves from Beaches to Photonics
Mark Ablowitz,
Applied Mathematics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Device engineering with quantum and/or artificial materials
Yuki Sato,
Rowland Junior Fellow,
The Rowland Institute,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
8:00am
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2/11
5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics of global warming
Shang-Ping Xie,
Professor,
Department of Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography,
UC San Diego,
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Dielectric Metamaterials Go Optical
Jason Valentine,
Assistant Professor ,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Vanderbilt,
Friday, February 7th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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W. Duncan Rannie Lecture in Aerospace
INSTABILITIES IN REACTIVE AND NON-REACTIVE FLOWFIELDS: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES UNDERLYING FUTURE ENERGY AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Ann Karagozian,
Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
UCLA,
Saturday, February 8th, 2014
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 9th, 2014
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, February 10th, 2014
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar
Spinning Landers for Solar System Exploration Missions
Rex Ridenoure,
CEO & Co-Founder,
Ecliptic,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Thin film interference in ultra-thin layers: color coatings, tunable absorbers, and anomalous thermal emitters
Mikhail Kats,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Cancelled CNS Seminar
Tomaso Poggio,
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Smoke Rings from Smoke
Peter Schröder,
Professor of Computer Science and Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Universal Laws and Architectures: Nets, Grids, Brains, and Bugs
John Doyle,
Jean-Lou Chameau Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and BioEngineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Hitting Times of Randomly Moving Hanoi Towers: Means and Moment Generating Functions
Toby Berger,
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering ,
University of Virginia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Super-resolution fluorescence imaging and applications to aggregation-prone proteins in cells
Steffen J. Sahl,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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EE Special Seminar
Computation, Communication, and Privacy Constraints on Learning
John Duchi,
PhD Candidate,
Computer Science,
U. C. Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
What can regional climate feedbacks tell us about atmospheric circulation?
Nicole Feldl,
Stan Prize Postdoctoral Scholar,
Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Development and Applications of Numerical Solvers for Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations on Octree Adaptive Grids
Professor Frederic G. Gibou,
Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics,
UC Santa Barbara ,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, February 13th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification for Structural Dynamics Simulations
Costas Papadimitriou,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Thessaly, Greece,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Photonic topological insulators and pseudomagnetism
Mikael C. Rechtsman,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Physics Department,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Seminar
Innovation: Fetal Surgery to Pediatric Device Consortium
Michael R. Harrison,
MD,
UCSF Fetal Treatment Center,
University of California San Francisco,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The History and Future of Space Communications – Celebrating 50 Years of the NASA Deep Space Network
Joseph Lazio,
Chief Scientist,
Interplanetary Network Directorate,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Friday, February 14th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Overview of Integrated, Multiscale Modeling Capabilites at Glenn Research Center
Steven Arnold,
Chief, Mechanics and Life Prediction Branch,
Structures and Materials Division,
NASA Glenn Research Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Beauty and Wonder in Exciton-Polariton Condensates
Na Young Kim,
Physical Science Research Associate,
Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory,
Stanford University,
7:00pm
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9:20pm
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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)
The History and Future of Space Communications – Celebrating 50 Years of the NASA Deep Space Network
Joseph Lazio,
Chief Scientist,
Interplanetary Network Directorate,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Monday, February 17th, 2014
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
9:00am
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9:01am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Understanding and Predicting Online Social Contagion
Nathan Hodas,
Information Sciences Institute,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
From Force and Torque Sensing To The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator...Using Optomechanical Springs
John Davis,
Assistant Professor,
University of Alberta,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:30pm
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EE Special Seminar
Nonconvex methods for high-dimensional regression with noisy and missing data
Po-Ling Loh,
PhD Student,
Statistics,
U.C, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Reconstructing sulphate loading and timing of climate impacting volcanic eruptions during the Common Era
Michael Sigl,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Division of Hydrologic Sciences,
Desert Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Topic to be Announced
Aaron D. Ames,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Joint Appt.),
Texas A&M University ,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
10:00am
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12:00pm
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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
Sharks and Butterflies: Micro-Sized Scales Have Macro Effects
Amy Lang,
Associate Professor,
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics,
University of Alabama,
Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Monday, February 24th, 2014
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar
Seminar Title TBA
Ian Clark,
Aerospace Systems Engineer,
Entry, Descent, and Landing and Advanced Technologies Group,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Memory search: relating cognitive theory and neural data
Michael Kahana,
Professor,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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EE Special Seminar
Computational challenges in large-scale social networks
Johan Ugander,
PhD Candidate,
Cornell University,