Institute Calendar
May 2024
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
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CANCELED - Harden M. McConnell Lecture
Magnetic resonance one spin at a time
Joerg Wrachtrup,
Professor, Head of Department,
3rd Institute of Physics and Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research,
University of Stuttgart,
4:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
"Variable Outflows and Multi-planet Systems: A Survey of Atmospheric Escape" & "Spectroscopy of Outer Solar System Small Bodies with JWST"
Morgan Saidel,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Matthew Belyakov,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar - *rescheduled*
Online and In-Person Event
Cosmology with varying constants: hyperlight, coupled scalars across cosmic history
Masha Baryakhtar,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Machine Learning as a Tool for Discovery: Applications to Behavioral Economics and Other Inscrutable Sciences
Sendhil Mullainathan,
Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science,
University of Chicago Booth,
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
10:00am
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11:30am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Hyperbolic Mass in 2+1 Dimensions
Raphaela Wutte,
Arizona State University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
Adversarial training and the generalized Wasserstein barycenter problem
Matthew Jacobs,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Borel graphable equivalence relations
Patrick Lutz,
Department of Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
1:00pm
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2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Exploring the Photophysics and Reactivity of Ni–bipyridine Cross-coupling Catalysts
David Cagan,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar
Mass Transfer and Global Solutions in a Micro-Scale Model of Superfluidity
Pranava Jayanti,
Department of Mathematics,
USC,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
The Mitochondrial Kinase Inhibition Hypothesis for Protection of Insulted Retinal Pigmented Epithelium by the Oligopeptide Risuteganib
Jin Mo Koo,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering (Kornfield Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
Time-Domain Astrophysics in the Era of Big Data
Ashley Villar,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Electrify? An economy-wide, techno-economic analysis of "electrify everything" as a climate solution and a framework for inventing new technologies to help solve the climate problem.
Cody Finke,
Brimstone,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Orphaned Cyclopropanes
Sidney Wilkerson-Hill,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Two old machines and the attempts to analyze them: Roberval's weighing balance and Archimedes' screw pump
John Hall,
Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus,
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Design principles of the expandible synthetic reaction-diffusion systems in mammalian cells"
Rongrong Du,
Graduate Student,
Elowitz Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Effective field theory treatment of the freeze-out mechanism of thermal non-relativistic dark matter pairs
Gramos Qerimi,
Tech Univ Munich (TUM),
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Serial Blackness: Curating Black Life in William Still's Underground Railroad (1872)
Derrick R. Spires,
Moore Distinguished Scholar, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Associate Professor of English and John and Patricia Cochran Scholar of Inclusive Excellence, University of Delware,
12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Low-energy Plasma–Surface Interactions at Airless Icy Bodies
Robert Grayson,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering (Giapis Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Stress response silencing - or how basic biology informs drug discovery
Michael (Micha) Rapé,
Professor, HHMI Investigator,
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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8:30pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Hidden Convexity of Deep Neural Networks: Exact and Transparent Lasso Formulations via Geometric Algebra
4:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Electrolyte Design Strategies to Control Electrochemical Processes in Batteries and Electrocatalysis
Chibueze Amanchukwu,
4:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Commutation relation for two SLEs
Hao Wu,
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Tsinghua University,
4:00pm
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Medical Engineering Seminar. Assistant Professor Constantine Sideris
Harnessing Electromagnetic Fields for Biomedical Devices: From Point-of-Care Biosensing and Ingestible "Smart" Pills to Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometry and Neural Stimulators
Constantine Sideris,
Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair and Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Fuchsian automorphic functions and functional transcendence
Ronnie Nagloo,
Department of Mathematics, Statistics, & Computer Science,
University of Illinois, Chicago,
4:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
From the Artisan Shop to the Mechanized Factory: Inanimate Power and the Transformation of American Manufacturing, 1820 to 1900
Robert A. Margo,
Professor of Economics,
Boston University,
4:30pm
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LA Probability Forum
An Expansion for the Critical Intensity of Random Connection Models
Matthew Dickson,
Department of Mathematics,
University of British Columbia,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Uniqueness and CLT for the Ground State of the Disordered Monomer-Dimer Model on Z^d
Gourab Ray,
Mathematics & Statistics,
University of Victoria,
Friday, May 31st, 2024
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11:30am
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Caltech Brain Imaging Center Seminar
Online Event
The Future of fMRI: Challenges, Opportunities, and Ultimate Utility
Peter Bandettini,
NIH/NIMH,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Type I von Neumann algebras from gravitational path integrals: Ryu–Takayanagi as entropy without holography
Eugenia Colafranceschi,
University of Western Ontario,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
High eccentricity dynamics of few body systems reduce to simple pendulum models
4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Online Event
Orbifold singularity formation along ancient and immortal Ricci flows
Tristan Ozuch,
Department of Mathematics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar - CANCELLED
T1 Anisotropy Elucidates Spin Relaxation Mechanisms in S = 1 Cr(IV) Optically Addressable Molecular Qubit
Katlin Luedecke,
Graduate Student (Hadt Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Seismicity in fluid-driven settings: Spatial footprint and aftershocks
Jörn Davidsen,
Professor; Associate Head (Research),
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Calgary,
4:00pm
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