Institute Calendar
April 2021
Friday, April 16th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Building a quantum computer with cat codes
Fernando Brandão,
Bren Professor of Theoretical Physics, Head of Quantum Algorithms AWS,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
Speculative Worlds: Imagining Past and Future Science
Aimee Bahng,
Pomona College,
Kouslaa Kessler-Mata,
University of San Francisco,
Silvia Moreno-Garcia,
Novelist,
Enid Baxter Ryce,
Cal State Monterey Bay,
Banu Subramaniam,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Lisa Weasel,
Portland State University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online Event
Thermodynamic and Mechanistic Studies of CO2 Reduction Catalysts
Caroline T. Saouma,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
The University of Utah,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online Event
A hidden Markov model search for gravitational waves from twelve young supernova remnants
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
Online Event
Shock Generated Vortex Rings Drive Entrainment and Cooling in Flow Induced by a Spark Discharge
Bhavini Singh,
Ph.D. candidate,
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Operator algebras and the emergence of spacetime
Elliott Gesteau,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
Online Event
Endless Hunt for Black Holes
Wenbin Lu,
David and Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate,
Department of Theoretical Astrophysics,
Caltech,
Sunday, April 18th, 2021
8:00am
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2:00pm
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Predictable Effects of Visual Salience in Experimental Decisions and Games
Xiaomin Li,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Improving Policy Learning via Programmatic Domain Knowledge
Yisong Yue,
Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences Dept.,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Dark photons and the cosmic radiation background
Hongwan Liu,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online Event
Nitrogen-Containing Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons Relevant to Electrocatalysis
Gavin Heim,
Graduate Student (Agapie Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
10:00am
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10:50am
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11:00am
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11:50am
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12:15pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Online Event
Ionic transport in nanoscale fluids far from equilibrium
David Limmer,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
College of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Online Event
Aida Behmard,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science,
California Institute of Technology,
Qicheng Zhang,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science,
California Institue of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Online Event
"Making Bio-Interfaces with Evolutionary Success: Lessons From the Bird"
Cheng-Ming Chuong, MD, PhD,
Professor,
Pathology,
University Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Efficiency with Political Power Dynamics and Costly Policy Change
Hülya Eraslan,
Ralph O'Connor Professor of Economics,
Rice University,
6:45pm
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8:15pm
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
TBA
Necmiye Ozay,
Associate Professor,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
University of Michigan,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Online Event
Poetry Reading
Kazim Ali,
Professor of Literature, Creative Writing,
UC San Diego,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Online Event
Photoenzymatic Catalysis - Using Light to Reveal New Enzyme Functions
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Stochastic Price Adaptation, Waiting Lists, and Stochastic Gradient Descent
Itai Ashlagi,
Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Cosmology with Massive Neutrinos
Jia Liu,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Recycling of Moisture in the Amazonian Basin and Possible Impacts of Future Deforestation
Francina Dominguez,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Quasi-1D Hexagonal Chalcogenides: From Giant Optical Anisotropy to Ultralow Glassy Thermal Conductivity
Jayakanth Ravichandran,
Professor,
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - Sunlight to Everything: Catalyzing a Sustainable Future
Online Event
Jonas Peters,
Bren Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Resnick Sustainability Institute,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
9:00am
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9:55am
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Analysis Seminar
Online Event
On the well-posedness of the derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation
10:00am
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3:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
The Viscoelastic Behavior of a Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Thao (Vicky) Nguyen,
Professor; Marlin U. Zimmerman, Jr. Faculty Scholar,
Mechanical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Online Event
Learnable Information in Deep Neural Networks
Stefano Soatto,
UCLA / AWS,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Stimulated Raman Scattering as a multi-dimensional tool to study neuroscience
Kun Miao (Wei Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
The Dark Phase of Quantum Matter
Louis Taillefer,
Université de Sherbrooke and CIFAR,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:30pm
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Friday, April 23rd, 2021
9:30am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Real-time gravitational replicas
Mukund Rangamani,
UC Davis/QMAP,