Seminars for 2009-2010

Tuesday September 29, 2009 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Ultracold Collisions in an Optically Trapped Gas of Polar Molecules
Speaker: Kang-Kuen Ni, Unviersity of Colorado at Boulder
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday September 30, 2009 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday October 7, 2009 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Influence of the Sun on the Dynamically Coupled Ocean-Atmospher Climate System
Speaker: Jerry Meehl, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday October 14, 2009 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Large-Scale Ocean Dynamics in the Eddying Regime
Speaker: Christopher Wolfe, UC San Diego
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Monday October 19, 2009 4:00 PM
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar Series
Quantum Phases of a Supersymmetric Model of Lattice Fermions
Speaker: Liza Huijse, University of Amsterdam
Location: Downs 107
Tuesday October 20, 2009 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Measurement-Based Quantum Computation in Realistic Spin-1 Chains
Speaker: Joe Renes, Technical University of Darmstadt
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday October 21, 2009 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Particles and Gases that Disrupt Lung Development
Speaker: Anthony Wexler, UC Davis
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday October 22, 2009 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
The future of solar energy
Speaker: Harry Atwater, Caltech
Location: Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Wednesday October 28, 2009 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Positive Semidefinite Grothendieck Problem with Rank Constraint
Speaker: Frank Vallentin, Delft University of Technology
Location: Annenberg 121
Wednesday October 28, 2009 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Cloud Ice: Observing and Modeling the Hard Part of the Clouds
Speaker: Duane Waliser, JPL
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday October 29, 2009 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
Conflicting Waters of South Asia
Speaker: Kashif Hasnie, RAND Corporation
Location: Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Friday October 30, 2009 9:30 AM
Dedication Ceremony for the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology
Location: See event detail for location
Tuesday November 3, 2009 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Categorically Isolating Quantum Properties
Speaker: Chris Heunen, University of Oxford
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday November 4, 2009 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Prepare Immediately for Whatever Happens Next: "Rapid" Change at Ice Sheet Marine Margins
Speaker: Christina Hulbe, Portland State Universiy
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday November 5, 2009 8:00 AM
Ocean-Atmosphere Energy Transport Conference
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday November 5, 2009 8:00 AM
Ocean-Atmosphere Energy Transport Conference
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday November 5, 2009 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
Dumpster Diving at Caltech
Speaker: John Onderdonk, Caltech
Location: Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Tuesday November 10, 2009 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optimizing the Layout and Error Properties of Quantum Circuits
Speaker: John Kubiatowicz, UC Berkeley
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday November 11, 2009 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Importance of Wind Power for a Clean and Renewable Future
Speaker: Cristina Archer, Cal State Chico
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday November 12, 2009 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
Why Do Fires Cause Debris Flows?
Speaker: Michael Lamb, Caltech
Location: Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Tuesday November 17, 2009 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Faster Quantum Algorithm for Evaluating Game Trees
Speaker: Ben Reichardt, University of Waterloo
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday November 18, 2009 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Subtropical Cloud Transitions: Observations, Theories and Impact on Climate
Speaker: Joao Teixeira, JPL
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday November 19, 2009 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
Goals and Plans for Caltech's Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Speaker: Paul Jennings, Caltech
Location: Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Tuesday November 24, 2009 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Dynamically Corrected Gates
Speaker: Kaveh Khodjasteh, Dartmouth College
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday December 2, 2009 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Emulation of a Quantum Spin using a Superconducting Phase Qudit
Speaker: Matthew Neeley, UC Santa Barbara
Location: Annenberg 107
Wednesday December 2, 2009 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Asian Monsoon Anticyclone, Pollution Near the Tropopause and Transport to the Stratosphere
Speaker: Bill Randel, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Tuesday December 8, 2009 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Photonic Non-equilibrium Quantum Transport in a Nonlinear Medium
Speaker: Mohammad Hafezi, University of Maryland
Location: Annenberg 105
Tuesday December 15, 2009 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological Quantum Order: Stability Under Local Perturbations
Speaker: Spiros Michalakis, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Location: Annenberg 107
Tuesday January 5, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological Order from Quantum Loops and Nets
Speaker: Paul Fendley, University of Virginia
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday January 13, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Insights from a Coastal Ocean Time Series—Biogenic and Lithogenic Sedimentation
Speaker: Will Berelson
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday January 14, 2010 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
The North Mudd Retro-Commissioning Project
Speaker: Matthew Berbee, Caltech
Location: Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Wednesday January 20, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Fire Contributions to Contemporary Changes in the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate System
Speaker: James Randerson, UC Irvine
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday January 21, 2010 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
Smog in the Pearl River Delta
Speaker: Zhihong Tan, Caltech
Location: Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Tuesday January 26, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Stochastic Methods for Bose Gas Dynamics
Speaker: Crispin Gardiner, University of Otago
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday January 27, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Why Is Monsoon Onset Rapid?
Speaker: Simona Bordoni, Caltech
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday January 28, 2010 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
Drinking Water Management in Korea
Speaker: Dae Jung Kwon, Caltech
Location: Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Wednesday February 3, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Low-Frequency Tropical Pacific Sea-Surface Temperature over the Past Millennium: Reconstruction and Error Estimates
Speaker: Julien Emile-Geay, USC
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday February 4, 2010 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
Arctic sea ice retreat: Observations and Predictions
Speaker: Ian Eisenman, Caltech
Location: Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Tuesday February 9, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
QIP = PSPACE
Speaker: Sarvagya Upadhyay, University of Waterloo
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday February 10, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Holocene Evolution of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation Phenomenon
Speaker: Christopher Charles, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday February 11, 2010 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage: Creating a Sustainable Future
Speaker: Sossina Haile, Caltech
Location: Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Wednesday February 17, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Speaker: David Lea, UC Santa Barbara
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Tuesday February 23, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optimal Parametrizations of Adiabatic Paths
Speaker: Joseph Avron, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday February 24, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar&mdash;<i>cancelled</i>
Speaker: Isabella Velicogna, UC Irvine
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday February 25, 2010 9:00 AM
ESE & Society Discussion Group
A Cold Climate: The Challenge of Communication the Climate Change Story in a Declining Media Environment
Speaker: Usha McFarling, Caltech
Location: Location to be announced
Saturday February 27, 2010 9:00 AM
James K. Knowles Lecture and Solid Mechanics Symposium
Location: Beckman Institute Auditorium
Wednesday March 3, 2010 11:30 AM
Nationwide Announcement of $30,000 Lemelson Student Prize Winners
Location: Avery Library
Wednesday March 3, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Short and Long-term Climatic Impacts on Water Circulation in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa
Speaker: Jason Antenucci, University of Western Australia
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Distinguishing Convex Sets of Quantum Strategies
Speaker: Gus Gutoski, University of Waterloo
Location: Annenberg 105
Wednesday March 10, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climate Change Impacts on Biogeochemical Cycling in a Temperate Estuary
Speaker: Robinson Fulweiler, Boston University
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday March 17, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Past 30,000 Years on the Southern Chile Margin: Ventilation, Productivity and Weathering
Speaker: Zanna Chase, Oregon State University
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday March 18, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Drift, Jump, Mix: Jet-Topography Interactions in the Southern Ocean
Speaker: Andrew F. Thompson, University of Cambridge
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Tuesday March 23, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Simulation: From Statics to Dynamics
Speaker: Peter Love, Haverford College
Location: Annenberg 105
Tuesday March 30, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Nano- and Opto-Mechanical Transducers for Quantum Information Processing
Speaker: Peter Rabl, Harvard University
Location: Annenberg 107
Wednesday March 31, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Speaker: Gnanadesikan Anand, Princeton University
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Monday April 5, 2010 4:00 PM
Special Lecture: <i>Sustainable Energy&mdash;Without the Hot Air</i>
Location: Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Wednesday April 7, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Speaker: Mak Saito, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Tuesday April 13, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological Quantum Computers Work with a Quarter of Their Bits Missing
Speaker: Tom Stace, University of Queensland
Location: Annenberg 107
Wednesday April 14, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Impact of Turbulence on the Intensity of Hurricanes in Numerical Models
Speaker: Richard Rotunno, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Thursday April 15, 2010 1:30 PM
Formate Dehydrogenase Genes Form Termite Gut Microbiota: Insights on the Ricrobial Ecology of Acetogenic Bacteria
Speaker: Xinning Zhang, Caltech
Location: Steele 102
Tuesday April 20, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Cluster Expansions and the Stability of Topological Phases
Speaker: Israel Klich, University of Virginia
Location: Annenberg 107
Wednesday April 21, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Into and Out of the Last Glacial Maximum
Speaker: Peter Clark, Oregon State University
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Tuesday April 27, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Numerical Algorithms for Simulating Interacting Fermionic Lattice Systems
Speaker: Christina Kraus, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
Location: Annenberg 107
Wednesday April 28, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Compound-Specific Amino Acid Fractionation Patterns: A New Approach to Tracing Organic Nitrogen Source and Transformation
Speaker: Matthew McCarthy, UC Santa Cruz
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday May 5, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Connecting Marine Trace Metal Biogeochemical Cycles with Their Corresponding Metalloenzymes in Phytoplankton
Speaker: Mak Saito, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Tuesday May 11, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Experimental Investigation of an Eight Qubit Unit Cell in a Superconducting Optimization Processor
Speaker: Richard Harris, D-Wave Systems
Location: Annenberg 107
Wednesday May 12, 2010 12:15 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Distinguishing Classical from Quantum Annealing in a Multi-qubit System
Speaker: Mohammad Amin, D-Wave Systems
Location: Annenberg 213
Wednesday May 12, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Resolving the Discrepancy between Laboratory and Field-based Reaction Rates: Insights from Isotopes and Reactive Transport Models
Speaker: Kate Maher, Stanford University
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Tuesday May 18, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Hidden Quadratic Polynomials and Dihedral Subgroups
Speaker: Pawel Wocjan, University of Central Florida
Location: Annenberg 107
Wednesday May 19, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Wetting and Drying Effects on Soil Microbial Communities in a California Grassland Ecosystem
Speaker: Patricia Holden, UCSB
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Tuesday May 25, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Memories Based on Solid State Atomic Ensembles
Speaker: Hugues de Riedmatten, University of Geneva
Location: Annenberg 107
Wednesday May 26, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Genetic Adaptation to Nutrient Stress in Marine Unicellular Cyanobacteria
Speaker: Adam Martiny, UC Irvine
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday June 2, 2010 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Thinking about Snowball Initiation and Deglaciation
Speaker: Dorian S. Abbot, The University of Chicago
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Monday June 21, 2010 4:00 PM
Bioengineering Lecture Series
Single Cell Genetic Analysis
Speaker: Andreas Tögl, Advalytix (A Beckman Coulter Company)
Location: Moore B270
Friday August 6, 2010 3:00 PM
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Trading Resources in Quantum Communication
Speaker: Mark Wilde, McGill University
Location: Annenberg 213
Monday August 16, 2010 1:00 PM
Hydrogenases and Hydrogen Sensors in the Symbiotic Microbial Communities of Wood-feeding Termites
Location: Annenberg 105