Seminars
February 2015
Monday, February 2nd, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Post-Selection Inference for Forward Stepwise and Least Angle Regression
Professor Robert Tibshirani,
Depts. of Health Research and Policy, and Statistics,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Control and Optimization of Smart Grids
Steven Low,
Professor,
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI-MDL Seminar
Ryan Hurley,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
Aaron Wolf,
Guidance and Control System,
JPL,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Atmospheric signatures of changing global biogeochemistry
Ralph Keeling,
Professor,
Department of Geosciences Research,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, February 5th, 2015
11:15am
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12:15pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Precision Motion Control with Manufacturing Applications
Andrew Alleyne,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Friday, February 6th, 2015
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Edward E. Zukoski Lecture
Multi-physics Modeling for Fire Protection
Sergey B. Dorofeev,
Assistant Vice President and Director of Fire Hazard and Protection Research,
FM Global,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Online Robust PCA or Online Sparse + Low-Rank Matrix Recovery
Namrata Vaswani,
Associate Professor,
ECE,
Iowa State University,
Monday, February 9th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Efficient Optimal Strategies for Online Prediction
Professor Peter Bartlett,
Division of Computer Science and Department of Statistics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
New matrix decompositions for Gaussian communication networks
Anatoly Khina,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
Tel Aviv University,
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
From sampling to fluid dynamics through geometric discretization
Mathieu Desbrun,
John W. and Herberta M. Miles Professor,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Nanoscale Cavity Optomechanics for Quantum Optics and Sensing: Diamond, Si and More
Paul Barclay,
Assistant Professor and Alberta Innovates Scholar,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Calgary,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Tools from Optimization Theory and Applications to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, part 1
Dvijotham ("Dj") Krishnamurthy,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 11th, 2015
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Development of Materials for Future Energy Systems using Combinatorial Synthesis of Thin Film Materials Libraries and High-Throughput Characterization
Alfred Ludwig,
Professor,
Institute for Materials,
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Does planetary warming always dry out the continents? Lessons from theory, GCMs, and paleoclimates
Jack Scheff,
NSF AGS Postdoctoral Fellow,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Quantum photoelectrochemistry of nanoscale solar energy conversion processes
Petter Persson,
Theoretical Chemistry Division, Chemistry Department, ,
Lund University, Sweden,
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
From Systems to Networks: Theory and Computation for Distributed Predictive Control
Melanie Zeilinger,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
University of California, Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Distinguished Women in Aerospace
Space and Marketing of STEM
Wanda M. Austin,
President and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
No way back: Charting Irreversible Climate Change with Jason-3
Joshua Willis,
Jason 3 Project Scientist,
JPL,
Friday, February 13th, 2015
9:00am
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10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar - Special Solid Mechanics Symposium
Mechanics of Soft Composites: The Interplay between Geometrical Structuring and Large Deformation to Achieve Novel Behavior
Mary C. Boyce,
Dean of Engineering,
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science,
Columbia University,
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Quantum Emitters in Wide Band Gap Semiconductors
Igor Aharonovich,
School of Physics and Advanced Materials,
University of Technology, Sydney,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Breaking the Minsky-Papert Barrier for Constant-Depth Circuits
Alexander Sherstov,
UCLA,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Aero-Optics: a Photon Odyssey
Eric Jumper,
Professor,
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Notre Dame,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Simulating an Interacting Quantum Gas Using Matrix Product States Generated with Superconducting Circuits(*)
Andreas Wallraff,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
ETH Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Simulating an Interacting Quantum Gas using Matrix Product States generated with Superconducting Circuits
Andreas Wallraff,
Quantum Device Lab,
ETH Zurich,
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)
No way back: Charting Irreversible Climate Change with Jason-3
Joshua Willis,
Jason 3 Project Scientist,
JPL,
Sunday, February 15th, 2015
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, February 16th, 2015
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
9:00am
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9:01am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Geomechanics Seminar
Discrete Modeling of Granular Media: A NURBS-based Approach Citation
Keng Wit Lim,
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Howard & Jan Oringer Seminar
How VCs Decide
Evangelos Simoudis,
Senior Managing Director,
Trident Capital,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Mid-infrared and THz Quantum Cascade Laser Frequency Combs
Jérôme Faist,
Professor,
Institute for Quantum Electronics,
ETH Zürich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Tools from Optimization Theory and Applications to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, part 2
Dvijotham ("Dj") Krishnamurthy,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:45pm
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Chen-Huang Sustainable Energy Seminar
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors--Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century
Dr. Burton Richter,
Paul Pigott Professor Emeritus,
Physical Sciences,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
The Science and Economics of Photoelectrochemial Hydrogen Production
Matt Shaner,
Resnick Institute Graduate Research Fellow,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 19th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Risk Management and Combinatorial Optimization for Sustainable Power Systems
Insoon Yang,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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MedE Distinguished Speaker Seminar
"New therapies for type 1 diabetes"
Fouad Kandeel,
M.D., Ph.D./Professor and Chair,
Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics and the Department of Clinical Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism,
City of Hope,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
A General Framework for High Accuracy Solutions to Energy Gradient Flows from Material Science Models
Professor Brian Wetton,
Mathematics Department,
University of British Colombia,
Friday, February 20th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Learning Arbitrary Statistical Mixtures of Discrete Distributions
Yuval Rabani,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Hydrogels: tough water for new applications
Zhigang Suo,
Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials,
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University,
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Overview of Holographic Entanglement Entropy via Illustrations
Shaun Maguire,
Graduate Student, Preskill Group,
Saturday, February 21st, 2015
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, February 23rd, 2015
9:00am
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10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
The Terradynamics of Robotic and Biological Movement in Complex Terrain
Chen Li,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Towards Model-Based and Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation
Caleb Kemere,
Assistant Professor,
Electrical Engineering,
Rice University,
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Relative Entropy Optimization and Its Applications
Venkat Chandrasekaran,
Assistant Professor,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Generalized Low Rank Models
Madeleine Udell,
Computational & Mathematical Engineering,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
9:00am
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A millennial-scale stagnation of Southern Ocean circulation in a past warm climate
Christopher Hayes,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Seminar
Cooperative Function in Atomically Precise Nanoscale Assemblies
Paul Weis,
KNI Visiting Associate/Director of CNSI,
Chemistry & Biochemistry,
UCLA,
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
8:00am
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