Institute Calendar
April 2006
Friday, April 14th, 2006
9:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Albrecht Klemm,
associate professor,
department of physics,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Leonid Butov,
professor of physics,
UC San Diego,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
An Interdisciplinary Examination of Sustainable Development
Nathan Chan,
ESE,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Development of a Closer Mimic of the Shilov Catalyst: Selectivity Trends in C-H Bond Activation by Ar2(NN)Pt2+ Complexes
Thomas Driver,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Special Seminar
Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics with Cold Polar Molecules
Peter Zoller,
professor of theoretical physics,
University of Innsbruck,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
On the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy
André de Gouvêa,
assistant professor of physics,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
The VLSI Design of a Bio-Inspired Silicon Cortex: Mixed-Signal and Analog Approaches
George Yuan,
graduate student in electrical engineering,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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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)
Radar Sounding of Mars: MARSIS on Mars Express
Dr. Jeffrey Plaut,
co-principal investigator,
MARSIS Instrument, Mars Express Spacecraft,
JPL ,
8:00pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, April 15th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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8:00pm
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8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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1:00pm
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3:30pm
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9:00pm
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11:55pm
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Sunday, April 16th, 2006
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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7:00pm
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Monday, April 17th, 2006
7:30am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Cellular Mechanisms of Asymmetric Stem-Cell Division in the Niche
Dr. Yukiko Yamashita,
Department of Developmental Biology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Evidence from Ophiolites, Blueschists, and Ultra-High Pressure Metamorphic Terranes that the Modern Episode of Plate Tectonics began in Neoproterozoic Time (1000–544 Ma)
Robert Stern,
professor of geosciences,
University of Texas, Dallas,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Modifications of the Properties of a Light Higgs Boson
Mark Wise,
John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
7:30am
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12:00pm
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8:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Applications of the Jones Polynomial to Quantum Computation and Complexity Theory
Jon Yard,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Institute for Quantum Information,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Dynamics of Strings and Rods with Applications to Flagellar Motion
K. Ravi-Chandar,
professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics,
University of Texas, Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Squeezed States in Gravitational-Wave Interferometers
Nergis Mavalvala,
professor of physics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Indian Neutrino Observatory
Brajesh Choudhary,
senior scientist,
physics department,
Fermilab,
4:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Lecture
Huntington Library
Unlocking the Secrets of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Edo Berger,
postdoctoral fellow,
Carnegie Observatories,
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
7:30am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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3:30pm
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6:30pm
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