Seminars
May 2017
Monday, May 1st, 2017
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RSRG/DOLCIT
Representation power of neural networks.
Matus Telgarsky,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Tensor Decompositions: A Mathematical Tool for Data Analysis
Tamara G. Kolda,
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff,
Data Science and Cyber Analytics,
Sandia National Laboratories,
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
12:00pm
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Oringer Seminar Series
Fairness, accountability and transparency in automated decision-making
Suresh Venkatasubramanian,
Associate Professor, School of Computing, University of Utah Member of the Board of Directors, ACLU Utah.,
University of Utah,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Norms in Bargaining: Evidence from Government Formation in Spain
Thomas Fujiwara,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Princeton University,
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
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EE Systems Seminar
Coding Theory for Modern Computing and Memories
Lara Dolecek,
Associate Professor,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Observations and modeling of the atmospheric boundary layer and its impact on the general circulation
Gunilla Svensson,
Professor,
Department of Meteorology and Bolin Centre for Climate Research,
Stockholm University,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Materials by Design: 3-Dimensional Nano-Architected Meta-Materials
Julia Greer,
Professor,
Materials Science and Mechanics,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 4th, 2017
4:00pm
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2017 David Goodwin Memorial Lecture
"Powered by Beer Cans"
Douglas Hart,
Skolkovo Foundation Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, May 5th, 2017
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Use of Active Flow Control as a Tool in Preliminary Design
Israel Wygnanski,
Professor,
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Arizona,
5:30pm
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Saturday, May 6th, 2017
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Monday, May 8th, 2017
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar
SpaceX and the Aerodynamic and Aerothermal Challenges of Designing Reusable Rockets and Spacecraft
Andrew Tchieu,
Senior Aerodynamics Engineer,
Space Exploration Technologies,
SpaceX,
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Excitable and Other Dynamic Behaviors in Migrating Cells
Professor Pablo Iglesias,
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering,
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
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Cyber Weapons of Mass Destruction for Every Budget
Dan O'Dowd,
Founder, President and CEO of Green Hills Software.,
5:00pm
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Don't Twinkle, Little Star: How a Laser-Shooting Robot is Taming the Atmosphere and Bringing Space-based Astronomy to Earth
Everhart Lecture Series
Rebecca M. Jensen-Clem,
Astronomy,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 10th, 2017
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
The deformations of thin nematic elastomer sheets
Paul Plucinsky,
Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
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EE Systems Seminar
Structured Sampling for Covariance Compression
Piya Pal,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of California, San Diego,
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Engineered Biofilter for Water Sustainability
Sanjay Mohanty,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Emerging Materials and Nanomanufacturing for Energy, Sustainability, and Critical Technology
Shenqiang Ren,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Temple University,
8:00pm
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Thursday, May 11th, 2017
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Geo-Alchemy: Carbonate Precipitation for Hazard Mitigation and Ground Improvement"
Edward Kavazanjian,
Professor,
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment,
Arizona State University,
3:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigator Lecture
Next-Generation Computing Using Spin-Based and 2D Materials
Jean Anne Incorvia,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Electrical Engineering,
Stanford ,
4:00pm
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Special Medical Engineering Seminar
Strategies for bone and tendon regeneration
Hala Zreiqat,
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Head of Tissue Engineering and Biomaterial Research Unit,
University of Sydney,
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University, USA,
Friday, May 12th, 2017
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GALCIT Colloquium
Multifunctional Composites for Fly-By-Feel Autonomous Electric Vehicles
Fu-Kuo Chang,
Professor,
Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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Short-Wavelength Infrared Photon Detector Based on Charge Injection
Caltech's Young Investigator Lecture Series
Vala Fathipour,
Post-Doctoral Scholar,
Electrical Engineering ,
University of California at Berkeley,
5:30pm
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Saturday, May 13th, 2017
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Monday, May 15th, 2017
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Effective toughness of heterogeneous materials
Chun Jen Hsueh,
Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar
Characterizing the Dust Environment on Mars During Powered Descent
Jason Rabinovitch,
Ph.D.,
Jet Propulsion laboratory,
4:00pm
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Special CNS Seminar
Getting the best reward: neuronal mechanisms for utility maximisation
Wolfram Schultz,
Department of Physiology Development & Neuroscience,
Univerity of Cambridge, UK,
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Tuesday, May 16th, 2017
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Computational Literature How can a computer generate literary text?
Eran Hadas,
Lecturer in Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Humanities and Social Sciences,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
CALTECH,
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017
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EE Systems Seminar
Nonconvex Optimization for High Dimensional Learning: From Phase Retrieval to Submodular Maximization
Mahdi Soltanolkotabi,
Assistant Professor,
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The global atmospheric loading of desert dust: Implications for climate and human health
Jasper Kok,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
TBD
Harry Atwater,
Professor,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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"A hidden dimension in cell-cell communication"
Everhart Lecture Series
Sandy Nandagopal,
Biology and Biological Engineering,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 18th, 2017
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Machine Learning + Physics"
Julia Ling,
2017 Caltech Young Investigator Lecturer in Engineering and Applied Science,