Seminars
November 2020
Ongoing
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11/3
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Harnessing Special Properties for Distributed Decision-Making in Network Systems
Na Li,
Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics,
Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online Event
Structural Evidence for Nitrogenase Metallocluster Modularity
Trixia Buscagan,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Rees Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
The Provable Effectiveness of Policy Gradient Methods in Reinforcement Learning and Controls (POSTPONED)
Sham Kakade,
Professor,
Department of Computer Science , Department of Statistics,
University of Washington,
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
Forecasting Algorithms, Minimax Theorems, and Randomized Lower Bounds
Shalev Ben-David,
Assistant Professor,
University of Waterloo,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
How to Sell Hard Information
S. Nageeb Ali,
Professor of Economics,
Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Thermodynamic and Dynamic Mechanisms for Hydrological Cycle Intensification over the Full Probability Distribution of Precipitation Events
Gang Chen,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Amorphous Materials: Ideality, Losses, and Two Level Systems (TLS) in Amorphous Silicon Films
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Discontinuous Compression Structures: From Tensegrity Planetary Landers to Lightweight Metamaterials
Julián J. Rímoli,
Associate Professor,
Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Friday, November 6th, 2020
10:00am
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11:00am
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Science Journey: "Fueling the World Engine: Chemistry for Solar Fuels"
Online Event
Jake Evans,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
- Public Event
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Quantum photonics with color qubits
Chaitali Joshi,
AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar,
Mirhosseini Group,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar
Online Event
Convex relaxations and computational optimization
Riley Murray,
Graduate Student,
Computing and Mathematical Science,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Data-Driven Prediction of Partially Observed Multiscale Systems
Online Event
Data-Driven Prediction of Partially Observed Multiscale Systems
Krithika Manohar,
Assistant Professor (starting 01/2021),
Mechanical Engineering,
University of Washington,
Monday, November 9th, 2020
9:00am
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9:01am
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12:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Tech Talk
Online Event
Misinformation and Fake News
Cathy Ma,
Facebook,
Andrew Kang,
Facebook,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Stochastic Gradient Descent: From Practice Back to Theory
Rachel Ward,
W. A. "Tex" Moncrief Distinguished Professor in Computational Engineering and Sciences—Data Science Associate Professor of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Texas at Austin,
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
12:00pm
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6:30pm
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Webinar: Presidential Leadership in Human Space Exploration Yesterday and Today
Online Event
- Public Event
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
A new approach to contextual bandits
Sasha Rakhlin,
Associate Professor,
Center for Statistics, IDSS / Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences / Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
A Dichotomy for Real Boolean Holant Problems
Shuai Shao,
Graduate Student,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Admissible Matchings in the School Choice Problem
Philip Reny,
The Hugo F. Sonnenschein Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College,
University of Chicago,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Linear codes with Constrained Generator Matrices
Hikmet Yildiz,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigator Lecture
Online Event
Growing the Nearly Impossible: Routes to Stabilize Metastable Phases
Lauren Garten,
Jerome and Isabella Karle Distinguished Scholar Fellow,
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Using Stoichiometry and Elemental Composition to Explore Marine Biogeochemical Cycles
Claudia Benitez-Nelson,
University of South Carolina,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - The Power of Nonlinearities: Unlocking Opportunities for Sensing and Computing with Light
Online Event
Alireza Marandi,
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics,
Division of Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Enjoyable, Knotty Problems on Shoestrings
Oliver O'Reilly,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of California at Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Online Event
A case for integrating solar geoengineering into climate policy
David Keith,
Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University,
12:00pm
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von Kármán Lecture - How Failure Helps us Succeed: The Agony & Inspiration of Defeat
Online Event
Rob Manning,
Systems Engineer/Engineering Fellow,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
- Public Event
Friday, November 13th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Hierarchy of light cones in power-law interacting systems: review of recent bounds and saturating protocols
Chi-Fang (Anthony) Chen,
Graduate Student, Brandao Group,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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What is Caltech's Diversity Bonus?
Online Event
Scott Page,
John Seely Brown Distinguished University Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Management,
University of Michigan,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar
Online Event
Bounded-confidence models for network extensions
Michelle Feng,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Computing and Mathematical Science,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Deployable Robots via Origami-Inspired Design
Online Event
Deployable Robots via Origami-Inspired Design
Cynthia Sung,
Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) Computer and Information Science (CIS),
University of Pennsylvana,
Monday, November 16th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Sparse Integer Solutions of Systems of Linear Equations
Jesus De Loera,
Discreet and Computational Mathematics Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California, Davis,
Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
TBA
Melanie Zeilinger,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering,
ETH Zurich,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Persuasion with Correlation Neglect
Inés Moreno de Barreda,
Associate Professor and Official Fellow,
St. Peter's College,
University of Oxford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Physical factors impacting convective storms and weather hazards
Jiwen Fan,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Coaxing the Recalcitrant: The Test Case of Grain Boundary Complexions
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
8:00am
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Ongoing
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
A Search for Magnetic Alloys With Low Hysteresis
Ananya Renuka Balakrishna,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Southern California,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Distinguished Medical Engineering Seminar: Xiaodong Chen
Online Event
Artificial Skin Perception
Professor Xiaodong Chen,
President's Chair Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Chemistry and Medicine,
Director of Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX) and the Director of Max Planck at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU),
Friday, November 20th, 2020
10:00am
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11:00am
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Science Journey: "Fluid Dynamics: From Disturbances to Turbulence"
Online Event
Salvador Gomez,
Graduate Student,
Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
- Public Event
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
A synthetic monopole source of Kalb-Ramond field in diamond
Mo Chen,
Postdoctoral Scholar, Painter Group,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
From Farm to Family: Agriculture, Race, and the Origins of Eugenics in Southern California
Narsiso Martinez,
Independent Artist,
Gabriel Rosenberg,
Duke University,
Yvette Saavedra,
University of Oregon,
Tiago Saraiva,
Drexel University,
Sarah Seekatz,
San Joaquin Delta College,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar
Online Event
Multiscale Computation and Parameter Learning for Kernels from PDEs: Two Provable Examples
Yifan Chen,
Graduate Student,
Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Gas-Liquid Droplet Microfluidics: Fundamentals and Applications
Online Event
Gas-Liquid Droplet Microfluidics: Fundamentals and Applications
Carlos Hidrovo,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
Northeastern University,
Saturday, November 21st, 2020
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Monday, November 23rd, 2020