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Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
1:00pm 2:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

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Quantum Simulation and Optimization in Near-Term Quantum Computers
Leo Zhou, Graduate Student, Harvard University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Webinar

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Transitioning to a Future Low Carbon Energy System: Key Scientific and Technological Challenges
Peter F. Green, Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and Technology and Chief Research Officer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),
  • Public Event
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
9:00am 10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar

Online Event
Contraction Analysis in Optimization, Learning, and Adaptive Prediction and Control
Jean-Jacques Slotine, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Information Sciences / Brain and Cognitive Sciences / Director of the Nonlinear Systems Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
10:00am 11:00am
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TCS+ Talk

Online Event
Faster Algorithms for Unit Maximum Flow
Yang Liu, Stanford University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Behavioral Neural Networks
Shaowei Ke, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

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J. Dowling: Role of Long-Duration Energy Storage in Variable Renewable Electricity Systems ❖ K. Vasquez: Rapid hydrolysis of tertiary isoprene nitrate efficiently removes NOx from the atmosphere
Jackie Dowling, Caltech,
Krystal Vasquez, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Neutron Scattering applied to Hydrogen Storage in Metal-Organic Frameworks at the NIST Center for Neutron Research
Craig Brown, Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Team Lead Structure and Dynamics of Materials National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Online Event
Pattern Formation in Suspension Flows
Sungyon Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Medical Engineering Seminar: Sheng Xu-UCSD

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New materials and devices for soft electronics
Sheng Xu, Assistant Professor, Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego,
Friday, December 4th, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Online Event
Precise Calibrations of Few-Body Physics in Potassium-39
Xin Xie, IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, Endres Group,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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CMX Student/Postdoc Seminar

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Approximating Operators with Deep Learning
Nikola Kovachki, Graduate Student, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech,
Saturday, December 5th, 2020
8:00am 12/8 11:59pm
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Monday, December 7th, 2020
5:00pm 6:00pm
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Inaugural IDEAS Lecture

Online Event
Point of Care, Everywhere!
Axel Scherer, Bernard A. Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Medical Engineering, Applied Physics and Physics, Caltech,
Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
12:00pm 1:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Online Event
This seminar has been postponed.
Konstantin Sonin, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

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Learning Sparse Non-Gaussian Graphical Models
Rebecca Morrison, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder,
5:00pm 6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - The Inner Life of the Brain: Fear, Sex, and Violence

Online Event
David J. Anderson, Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology; Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience Leadership Chair; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Director, Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech,
  • Public Event
Thursday, December 10th, 2020
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Online Event
Microstructure-Enabled Plasticity in Nano-to-Microscale Materials
Haolu (Jane) Zhang, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chen Institute Virtual Seminar CANCELED

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Bridging the Gap between Artificial and Human Intelligence: Feedback and Compositionality
Anima Anandkumar, Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
Friday, December 11th, 2020
12:00am 12/12 12:00am
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10:00am 11:00am
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Science Journey: "From Pencil Lead to Skyscrapers: Building the Future with Carbon Nanomaterials"

Online Event
Michael Mazza, Graduate Student, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
  • Public Event
12:00pm 2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science

Online Event
Human, Scientist
Jennifer Jahner, Professor of English (HSS),
Kriti Sharma, Postdoctoral Scholar (GPS),
Charles Xu, Graduate Student in Physics (PMA),
Maura Dykstra, Assistant Professor of History (HSS),
Saturday, December 12th, 2020
8:00am Ongoing
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
10:00am 11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

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"Multiscale, data-driven and nonlocal modeling of granular materials"
Konstantinos Karapiperis, Graduate Student, Applied Mechanics, Caltech,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

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"Assuring Safety under Uncertainty in Learning-Based Control Systems"
Richard Cheng, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
Thursday, December 17th, 2020
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Medical Engineering Seminar: Loza Tadesse

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Rapid Bacterial Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing using Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning
Loza Tadesse, PhD Candidate, Bioengineering, Stanford University,
Friday, December 18th, 2020
10:00am 11:00am
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MedE PhD Thesis: Luizetta V. Elliott

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Stimuli responsive micro-architected materials
Luizetta V. Elliott, PhD Student, Greer Lab, Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

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Post-Anthropocene Computation: Rewilding the Quantum Field
Natalie Klco, Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar, Preskill Group,
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020
10:00am 11:00am
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Online Event
Designing Hysteresis Free High-Valent Redox for Electrochemical Applications
Iwnetim Abate, DARE Doctoral Fellow, Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University,
10:00am 11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

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Designing Hysteresis Free High-Valent Redox for Electrochemical Applications
Iwnetim Abate, DARE Doctoral Fellow, Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University,