Institute Calendar
November 2008
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
A Normative View on Learning
Konrad Koering,
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Genhong Cheng,
professor,
Department of Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Investigating C and N Metabolism in the Planktonic Microbial Community of the Deep Ocean
Roberta Hansman,
postdoctoral scholar,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Status of Prospects of Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiments
Niki Saoulidou,
Wilson Fellow,
Fermilab,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Four-Dimensional Structure of String Compactifications
Gonzalo Torroba,
graduate student in high energy theory,
Rutgers University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Novel Quantum Phases in Orbital Systems with Cold Atom Optical Lattices
Congjun Wu,
assistant professor of physics,
UC San Diego,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Closed-Loop Control of Turbulent Flows
Mark Glauser,
professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,
Syracuse University,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Trapping Protein Structures with Co(III) Complexes
Matthew Hartings,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Precision Spectroscopy in Fr and Rb for Studies of the Electroweak Interaction in Atomic Systems
Adrian Galvan,
resident graduate assistant is physics,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Traveling Wave Silicon Integrated Circuits for High-Speed Communications
James Buckwalter,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
UC San Diego,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
8:30am
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science
Robert Park,
professor of physics ,
University of Maryland,
6:15pm
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7:15pm
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
6:00am
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11:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Computing Reionization with the Moments of the Transfer Equation: First Results on Topology
Kristian Finlator,
graduate assistant/associate in astronomy,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Anesthesia: A Tool for the Study of Consciousness and Cognition
Mike Alkire,
associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative care fellow,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Searches for Subgravitational Forces
Jay Wacker,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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8:30pm
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9:45pm
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10:45pm
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
9:30am
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11:30am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Nonlinear Polymeric Architectures via Olefin Metathesis
Irina Gorodetskaya,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Understanding Core-Collapse Supernovae with the Help of Gravitational Waves
Christian Ott,
postdoctoral scholar in theoretical astrophysics including relativity,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Strongly Interacting Electrons in Chemistry
Garnet K.-L. Chan,
assistant professor,
department of chemistry and chemical biology,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Olfaction Targeted
Peter Mombaerts,
professor of molecular neurogenetics,
Max-Planck Institute for Biophysics,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Antineutrinos in Minos
Alex Himmel,
graduate student in physics,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
6:00am
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11/30
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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