Events
October 2007
Monday, October 1st, 2007
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Hubbert's Peak, the Coal Question, and Climate Change
David Rutledge,
Tomiyasu Professor of Electrical Engineering and chair,
division of engineering and applied science,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
6:30pm
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8:30pm
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
New Insights into the Biogeochemical Dynamics of the Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: Lessons from Three Extreme Environments
Samantha B. Joye,
professor of marine sciences,
University of Georgia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Direct Product Theorems for Communication Complexity via Sub-Distribution Bounds with Application to Communication-Entanglement Trade-Offs in Quantum Communication Protocols
Rahul Jain,
postdoctoral research fellow in computer science,
University of Waterloo,
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Fast Food and Farm Policy
Dan Feldman,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Simple Universal Hamiltonians
Peter Love,
assistant professor of physics,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Understanding Recent Atmospheric Circulation Trends: The Relative Impacts of Oceanic vs. Atmospheric Radiative Forcing
Clara Deser,
senior scientist,
climate and global dynamics division,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Omnivore's Dilemma Part 2: Big Organic vs. Beyond Organic
Ashley Jones,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, October 19th, 2007
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: California and Beyond
David B. Lobell,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Omnivor's Dilemma 3: Hunting and Gathering
Gretchen Keppel Aleks,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, October 26th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Special Seminar
Rotating Photons
Steven van Enk,
associate professor of physics,
University of Oregon,
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
8:00am
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Ongoing
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mass Dependent and Mass Independent Fractionation of Mercury Isotopes in Aquatic Systems
Bridget Bergquist,
postdoctoral fellow in geological sciences,
University of Michigan,