Institute Calendar
January 2024
Thursday, January 25th, 2024
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10:30am
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3:30pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Toroidal cubic moment for Dirichlet L-functions
Philippe Michel,
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
"Manipulating Metal-Ligand Bonds for Catalysis and Separations"
Kurtis M. Carsch,
Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow,
Institute for Decarbonization Materials, Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
A Novel Approach for Controlling Block Copolymer (BCP) Self-assembly and Phase Behavior via Magnetic Fields
Michelle Calabrese,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Zeta-values of arithmetic schemes
Baptiste Morin,
Institut de Mathématiques,
University of Bordeaux,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium - Biard Lecture
Online and In-Person Event
Error correction of a logical quantum bit beyond the break-even point
Michel Devoret,
Yale,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Visual Culture Event: Screening of Begin Again Again
BEGIN AGAIN AGAIN, Film Screening
Leslie Thornton,
Friday, January 26th, 2024
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
BPS states in the large N limit
Chi-Ming Chang,
Tsinghua University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Fuzzy sphere regularization of 3D CFTs
Yin-Chen He,
Perimeter Institute,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Nature vs. Nurture: How internal and external processes shape galactic interiors
Francisco Mercado,
NSF MPS Ascend Fellow,
Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics,
Pomona College,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Swimming strategies at intermediate scales
Margaret Byron,
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Obstructing Knots from Being k-Slice
Qianhe Qin,
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Sm(II)-Mediated (Electro)catalysis Enabled by Proton-Assisted Redox Activation of Sm-Alkoxides
Emily Boyd,
Graduate Student (Peters Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
How melt reshapes the structure of porous ice
Xiaojing (Ruby) Fu,
Assistant Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering,
EAS,
California Institute of Technology,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, January 27th, 2024
8:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, January 29th, 2024
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
"Mimicking Nature's Electric Wires: Redox Properties and Catalytic Applications of Synthetic Iron-Sulfur Clusters".
Victor Mougel,
Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences,
ETH, Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Deciphering the Nature of Titan's Mysterious Magic Islands
Xinting Yu,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of San Antonio, Texas,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Nonlocal approximation of optimal transport and diffusion
Katy Craig,
Associate Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar - CANCELLED
Online and In-Person Event
Detecting Dark Matter Substructures on Small Scales with Fast Radio Bursts
Huangyu Xiao,
Fermilab,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
A soluble model of a Nonequilibrium Steady State and its lessons
Professor Anton Kapustin,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar
The Logic of Random Graphs
Tal Hershko,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar
Towards Large Language Models as Copilots for Formalization and Theorem Proving
Kaiyu Yang,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Advancing the Study of Rocky Planets by Leveraging Connections Between Exoplanet and Solar System Science
Jake Lustig-Yaeger,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Applied Science Laboratory,
Johns Hopkins University,
5:30pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
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
Online and In-Person Event
Consistent actions for massive particles interacting with electromagnetism and gravity
Lukas Lindwasser,
UCLA,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
Aggregation of financial markets.
Georg Menz,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California Los Angeles,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar
Taking a step back to the improve the boundary element method for elastostatic problems
Rishav Mallick,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
Exploring the Near-Sun Environment with Parker Solar Probe
Brian E. Wood,
Research Physicist,
Space Science Division,
Naval Research Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Economics Job Talk
Agriculture, Trade, and the Spatial Efficiency of Global Water Use
Tamma Carleton,
Assistant Professor,
Bren School of Environmental Science & Management,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Current and future missions in the thermal infrared
Kerry Cawse-Nicholson,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Spectroscopy and transport signatures of a Kitaev quantum spin liquid candidate
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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