Seminars
November 2016
Ongoing
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11/1
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
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IST LUNCH BUNCH
Data-driven methods for sparse network estimation
Somayeh Sojoud,
Assistant Project Scientist at University of California, Berkeley,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
12:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellow Adam Subhas & Resnick Postdoctoral Scholar Michael Haibach
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The oscillating fringe and paleo-intensity of the East Asian monsoon reconstructed using closed-basin lake-area and dDwax
Yonaton Goldsmith,
Graduate Student,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Heat Under the Microscope
Austin Minnich,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics,
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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CD3 Seminar
Deep Learning: the promise and the pitfalls
Ashish Mahabal,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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EE Systems Seminar
High-Dimensional Analysis of Stochastic Optimization Algorithms: Limiting Dynamics and Phase Transitions
Yue Lu,
Associate Professor,
Electrical Engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar
Biodesign: The Process of Innovating New Medical Technologies
Josh Makower, MD,
General Partner ,
Healthcare Team,
New Enterprise Associates (NEA),
Friday, November 4th, 2016
9:30am
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10:30am
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Unsupervised Learning: the Next Frontier in AI
Silver Professor of Computer Science Yann LeCun,
The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
On the Ignition, Combustion and Output of Pyrotechnic Devices
Marcia Cooper,
Explosives Technologies Group,
Sandia National Laboratories,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Rare-earth ions in crystals for integrating quantum resources
John Bartholomew,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Faraon Group,
4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Model checking and strategy synthesis for mobile autonomy: from theory to practice
Marta Kwiatkowska,
Trinity College, Unversity of Oxford,
Saturday, November 5th, 2016
4:00pm
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Monday, November 7th, 2016
9:00am
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Graph Structure in Polynomial Systems: Chordal Networks
Professor Pablo Parrilo,
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
10:00am
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"The Intelligent Search and Mapping of Shipwrecks in the Coastal Waters of Malta"
Zoe Wood,
Professor of Computer Science,
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Brain-Computer Interface Systems and Emerging Directions
Brendan Allison,
Cognitive Science,
UC San Diego,
5:00pm
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Balancing Carbon by the Gigaton in Soils and Seas: Can Ecosystems be Restored while Ensuring Global Food Security?
Brian von Herzen,
Executive Director,
The Climate Foundation,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Plasmonic Metal Oxide Nanocrystals
Delia Milliron,
Associate Professor, Fellow of the Henry Beckman Professorship, Fellow of the Frank A. Liddell, Jr., Fellowship in Chemical Engineering,
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering ,
University of Texas, Austin,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, November 10th, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Design under Uncertainty through Integration of Stochastic Simulation and Surrogate Modeling Principles"
Alexandros Taflanidis,
Associate Professor and Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Chair in Structural Engineering,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Norte Dame,
4:00pm
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DOLCIT/RSRG Seminar
Power of Ensemble Control for Demand Response
Michael (Misha) Chertkov,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar
Interplay of Materials and Mechanics in Rapid 3D Printing of Precision Tissues
Shaochen Chen,
Ph.D., Professor,
NanoEngineering and Bioengineering Departments,
University of California, San Diego,
Friday, November 11th, 2016
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Special Earthquake Engineering Seminar
"Hazard-compatible stochastic ground motion modeling & Mitigating seismic risk in the developing world: lessons learned in Haiti and promotion of alternative residential-housing solutions"
Alexandros Taflanidis,
Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Notre Dame,
3:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Active Semiconductor Nanowire and Metafilm Devices
Mark Brongersma,
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering ,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Classification and simulation of quantum phases by symmetric tensor networks
Shenghan Jiang,
Graduate Student,
Boston College,
Sunday, November 13th, 2016
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, November 14th, 2016
4:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Extrapolation Bias and Financial Markets
Assistant Professor Lawrence Jin,
Humanities and Social Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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From Genetics to CRISPR Gene Editing with Machine Learning
Jennifer Listgarten,
Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research New England,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
The Marginal Voter's Curse
Aniol Llorente-Saguer,
Reader of Economics,
Queen Mary University of London,
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
9:00am
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation without a role for ocean circulation
Amy Clement,
Professor,
Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Miami,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Rapid Acquisition of 3D Data at the Mesoscale for Structural and Functional Materials
Tresa M. Pollock,
Alcoa Professor of Materials and Department Chair of Materials Science,
Materials Department,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Adaptive coupling between damaged mechanics and peridynamics: A route for objective simulation of material degradation up to complete failure"
Gilles Lubineau,
Professor/Chair,
Mechanical Engineering,
KAUST,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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DOLCIT/RSRG Seminar
Harnessing reviews to build richer models of opinions
Julian McAuley,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science,
UC San Diego,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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