Seminars
February 2017
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Algorithmic Discrepancy Beyond Partial Coloring
Nikhil Bansal,
Eindhoven University of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Arsenic mobilization in groundwater aquifiers and as removal in drinking water filters - causes and solutions for the world's largest mass poisoning
Andreas Kappler,
Visiting Professor,
Department of Geobiology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Computational Materials Design - Concept, Implementation and Future
Charles Kuehmann,
VP Materials Engineering,
SpaceX and Tesla Motors,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Building a Better Mousetrap – The Continuing Quest for More Reliable Models of Clay Behavior"
Andrew J. Whittle,
Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Quasi-Regular Sequences and Optimal Schedules for Security Games
David Kempe,
Computer Science,
USC,
Leonard Schulman,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Omer Tamuz,
Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar
Engineering Viruses for Cancer Therapy
Yuman Fong,
MD,
Chair-Department of Surgery,
City of Hope,
Friday, February 3rd, 2017
12:00am
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2/4
12:00am
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Making Rational Decisions under Uncertainty and Model Complexity
A Celebration in Honor of Professor James L. Beck's Career and Tenure at Caltech
8:00am
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2/9
5:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Shock Compression and Strain Rate Effect in Semi-crystalline Polymers
Eric Brown,
Los Alamos National Lab,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing + Mathematical Sciences
ClearPath Indoor Robotic Guide for the Visually Challenged
Edward Katz,
Associate Professor,
Computer Science,
Loyola Marymount University,
Monday, February 6th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
CANCELLED: Automated Decision Making Under Uncertainty for Societal Benefit
Assistant Professor Emma Brunskill,
CS, Affiliate, Machine Learning ,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Information-performance tradeoffs in control
Victoria Kostina,
Assistant Professor ,
Electriacal Engineering,
CALTECH,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
12:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mesoscale aggregation of shallow marine cumulus convection
Christopher Bretherton,
Professor,
Departments of Atmospheric Science and Applied Mathematics,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
New Functional Materials as a Design Problem
Alex Zunger,
Research Professor,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Thursday, February 9th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Quantum Spillover, Chiral Plasmons and Controllable Quenching of Super-radiance in Deep Subwavelength Optical Coatings"
Nicholas Xuanlai Fang,
Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Intstitute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSRG Seminar
System Level Synthesis: A new control theory for networked systems
Nikolai Matni,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Metasurfaces: From Nanoantennas Inclusions to Patterned 2D Sheets
Hossein Mosallaei,
Associate Professor and Director of Metamaterials Laboratory,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Northeastern University,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Glacial Ice Melt and Sea Level Rise
Alex Gardner,
Earth Scientist,
JPL,
Friday, February 10th, 2017
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
High Fidelity Simulation of Brittle Fracture Problems with Universal Meshes
Adrian Lew,
Associate Professor, Lee Otterson Faculty Scholar,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics and Computation ,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Non-local effects in Weyl semi-metals
Yuval Baum,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Analyzing Gaze Behavior in Feature Films
Katherine Breeden,
PhD Candidate,
Computer Science,
Stanford University,
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)
Glacial Ice Melt and Sea Level Rise
Alex Gardner,
Earth Scientist,
JPL,
Saturday, February 11th, 2017
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, February 13th, 2017
9:00am
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9:00am
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5:30pm
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CNS Seminar
Organization and Control of Hippocampal Circuits
Ivan Soltesz,
James R. Doty Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurosciences,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Variational Problems on Graphs and Their Continuum Limits
Associate Professor Dejan Slepčev,
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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RSRG Seminar
Some Limitations and Possibilities Toward Data-driven Optimization
Yaron Singer,
Professor,
Computer Science,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
From North Dakota to the Southern Ocean: Surprising atmospheric observations with climate and air quality implications
Eric Kort,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lectures
Ab Initio Electron-Phonon Calculations: Theory, Computation, and Applications
Marco Bernardi,
Assistant Professor,
Applied Physics and Materials Science Department,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Veritas Forum at Caltech
Meaning-Making Methodologies: A Christian Mathematician and an Atheist Geoscientist Share Their Views on What Makes Life Worthwhile
Paul Asimow,
Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geology and Geochemistry,
Caltech,
Francis Su,
Professor of Mathematics,
Harvey Mudd College,
Katie Galloway,
NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow,
USC,
Thursday, February 16th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Black History Month Series
Black History Month STEMinar featuring Tracy Drain of JPL
Tracy Drain,
Flight Systems Engineer,
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar
Small Structures Big Effects: Multiscale Structure-Function Relationships in Musculoskeletal Tissues
Alix Deymier,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Orthopedic Surgery,
Columbia University,
Friday, February 17th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Observable Field Theory and its Application in Regularization of Shocks, Turbulence, and Two-Phase Flows
Kamran Mohseni,
W. P. Bushnell Endowed Professor ,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University of Florida,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Seminar
Miniaturized Power Management for New Frontiers in IoT and Beyond
Loai Salem,
Ph.D. graduate student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
UC San Diego,
Saturday, February 18th, 2017
10:00am
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4:30pm
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Monday, February 20th, 2017
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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Global IoT (Internet of Things Network)
Sabeer Bhatia,
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of SABSE Technologies Inc.,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
9:00am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Fellow Rachel Ford & Postdoctoral Scholar Bradley Brennan
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Carbonyl sulfide as a new window on the carbon cycle
Ulli Seibt,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Quantum Nanophotonics
Jelena Vuckovic,
Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Department of Applied Physics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Optimization Challenges in Deep Learning
Professor Benjamin Recht,
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
UC Berkeley,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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