Institute Calendar
December 2021
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Chasing Asteroids in the Infrared: NEOWISE and NEO Surveyor
Joe Maisero,
Research Scientist,
IPAC,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Webinar: Dr. Teri Odom, Northwestern University
Online Event
KNI Distinguished Webinar
Dr. Teri Odom,
Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Chemistry Department,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Analyzing Text Data Indexed by a Hidden Characteristic: Method and Application to the Study of Media Bias in the U.S.
Yimeng Li,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
8:00am
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12/10
11:59pm
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11:00am
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11:45am
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
Online Event
On neural network approximations for partial differential equations and convergence analyses for gradient descent optimization methods
Arnulf Jentzen,
Presidential Chair Professor / Professor of Applied Mathematics,
Mathematics and Computer Science,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen / University of Münster,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Online Event
Harnessing Non-Covalent Interactions to Address Selectivity Challenges in Catalysis
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Exploration of Materials and Mesostructures Accessible via Inorganic Phototropic Growth
Kathryn R. Hamann,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Fundamental Stellar Astrophysics in the Gaia Era: A New Understanding of Local Stellar Populations
Keivan Stassun,
Stevenson Professor of Astrophysics,
College of Arts & Science,
Vanderbilt University,
Marina Kounkel,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Vanderbilt University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
"Response of Monsoonal Rainfall to Greenhouse Warming in a Model Hierarchy" and "Localized ventilation in high-strain regions of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current"
Katrina Hui,
Graduate Student,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
Lily Dove,
Graduate Student,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Matching and Prices
Ravi Jagadeesan,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Economics,
Stanford University,
Thursday, December 9th, 2021
8:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
"Opioid Biosensors: Organelles to Whole Animals"
Anand K. Muthusamy,
Lester Group,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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MedE Ph.D. Defense: May (Zi Yu) Huang
Online Event
Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy-derived 3D Conductivity Tomography for Atherosclerosis Detection
Zi Yu (May) Huang,
Medical Engineering PhD Student,
YC Tai MEMS Lab,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Washload or bed sediment entrainment? Constraining deltaic mud deposition and transport dynamics with field measurements, remote-sensing, and numerical modeling
Gerard Salter,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, December 10th, 2021
All Day
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Conformational plasticity of HIV Env
Zhi Yang,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
New perspectives on chiral matter, standard model constructions, and mirror symmetry from F-theory geometry
Washington Taylor,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Extremal CFTs and Lattice Orbifolds
Christoph Keller,
University of Arizona,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Investigation of electronic fluctuations in semiconductor materials and devices through first-principles simulations and experiments in transistor amplifiers"
Alex Choi,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical & Civil Engineering,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, December 11th, 2021
8:00am
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Ongoing
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Monday, December 13th, 2021
10:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
"How molecular motors with various properties build microtubule stars"
Rachel Banks,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
11:30am
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12:30pm
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INQNET Seminar
Online Event
Optimal policies for near-term quantum networks
Dr. Sumeet Khatri,
Freie Universität Berlin,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
High-Resolution Chemical Imaging of Extreme Interstellar Environments
Olivia H. Wilkins,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
MicroBooNE's Search for the MiniBooNE Low Energy Excess
Kathryn Sutton,
Caltech,
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
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Wednesday, December 15th, 2021
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9:01am
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
10:30am
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Engineering quantum matter in clean thin films
Joseph Falson,
Assistant Professor of Materials Science; William H. Hurt Scholar,
Engineering and Applied Science,