Events
May 2011
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5/3
5:00pm
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Sunday, May 1st, 2011
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Parallel Repetition of Entangled Games
Thomas Vidick,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Role of Stationary Rossby Waves in Shaping Storm Track Dynamics
Yohai Kaspi,
postdoctoral scholar in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Tapio Schneider,
Frank J. Gilloon Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
Monday, May 9th, 2011
9:00am
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9:01am
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Understanding Decision-Making Behavior in Early Stage Design Process
Maria Yang,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering and engineering sysrems,
MIT,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Thermal Stability of Topological Order and Feasibility of Efficient Self-Correcting Quantum Memory
Beni Yoshida,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Cenozoic Seawater Chemistry and Climate—Insights from Magnesium Isotopes
John Higgins,
researcher in geosciences,
Princeton University,
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Can Nuclear Power Be As Safe As Milk?
Nahtan Dalleska,
lecturer in chemistry,
Caltech,
Friday, May 13th, 2011
8:00am
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5:00pm
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4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Identification of Hysteretic Response of Individual Lateral Load Resisting Systems in a Torsionally-Coupled Shear Building under Seismic Excitations
Roshanak Omrani,
lecturer in civil and environmental engineering,
UCLA,
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
8:00am
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mechanisms of Long-term Survival and Evolution in Bacteria
Steven Finkel,
USC,
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
7:30am
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1:00pm
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8:00am
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Burden of Proof—Weighing the Costs of Cheap Energy
Aaron Wolf,
graduate student in geology and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, May 20th, 2011
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Saturday, May 21st, 2011
6:00pm
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11:00pm
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Its Application to Some Engineering Problems
Konstantin Zuev,
postdoctoral scholar in computing and mathematical sciences,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
What Can We Learn from Quantum Entanglement Spectra?
Daniel Arovas,
UC San Diego,
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Response of the Sea Ice Seasonal Cycle to Climate Change
Ian Eisenman,
postdoctoral scholar in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Overview of the Factors Contributing to the Recent fFood-price Inflation
Xavier Levine,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, May 27th, 2011
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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4:30pm
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Saturday, May 28th, 2011
8:00am
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5/31
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Monday, May 30th, 2011
8:00am
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Graphene-Based Materials
Rod Ruoff,
Cockrell Family Regents Chair,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
the University of Texas at Austin,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Shangyu Zhang,
Chinese University of Hong Kong,