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MONDAY, November 9
Midterm Deficiency Notices Due, 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM, no location.
IPAC Colloquia, 12:00 - 1:30 PM, 410 Keith Spalding
"Ly-alpha emission from the high-redshift Intergalactic Medium," Sebastiano Cantalupo, IoA, Cambridge.
Sustainability Speaker Series, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall
Sossina Haile, a leading authority on solid-state fuel cell technology, will give a talk on fuel-cell technology. Haile is a Professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at Caltech, and her research is primarily focused on the study of ionic conduction in solid materials and the development of novel fuel cells.
KNI Nanoscience Colloquia Series, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Beckman Institute auditorium
"Quantum Fluxoids in Superconducting Nanocircuits: Flux Qubits and Quantum Simulation," Hans Mooij, Professor of Physics, Delft University of Technology.
Astronomy Tea Talk, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Cahill Center, Hameetman Auditorium
"Ly-alpha Emission from Galaxy Formation," Claude-André Faucher-Giguere, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Computation and Neural Systems Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 24 Beckman Labs
"What Robotics and Control May Yet Learn from the Brain," Jean-Jacques Slotine, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Information Science, MIT.
High Energy Physics Seminar, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM, 469 Lauritsen
"Determining Alphas(mZ): New Precision Results from Jets," Iain Stewart, MIT.
Applied Mathematics Colloquium, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM, 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall
"Minimizing Communication in Linear Algebra," James Demmel, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science , UC Berkeley.
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM, Downs 107
"Infinite-randomness quantum critical points induced by dissipation," Thomas Vojta, Associate Professor of Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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TUESDAY, November 10
IST Lunch Bunch, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 105 Annenberg
"Wireless Spectral Sharing Techniques and Issues," Fletcher Wicker, the Aerospace Corporation.
LIGO Seminar, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, SCR, 351 W. Bridge
"Model Waveform and Detector Calibration Accuracy Standards for Gravitational Wave Data Analysis," Lee Lindblom, Caltech.
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, 105 Annenberg
Topic to be announced. John Kubiatowicz, UC Berkeley.
Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, William T. Golden Auditorium, 813 Santa Barbara Street
"Globular Clusters in the Outer Galactic Halo," Aaron Dotter, Research Fellow in Astrophysics, University of Victoria.
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WEDNESDAY, November 11
Wednesdays in the Park, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Tournament Park
Every Wednesday morning, parents and caregivers gather for conversation and coffee as children (infant through school age) enjoy playtime and snacks. Stop by to learn more about the area and share practical information about services and activities available for families, and make new friends from around the world. Rain location: Brown Gym.
IPAC Colloquia, 12:00 - 1:30 PM, 410 Keith Spalding
"To be announced," Subo Dong, Sagan Fellow.
Mathematical Physics Seminar, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 351 Sloan
"Random Dirac Operators with Time Reversal Symmetry," Christian Sadel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, UC Irvine.
Materials Research Lecture, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Seminar Room
"Acellular Porcine Tissue Crosslinked with Functionalized Nanomaterials," Sheila Grant, Professor of Biological Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Astronomy Colloquium, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Cahill Center, Hameetman Auditorium
"Measuring the Cosmos," Mark Reid, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Downs 107
Topic to be announced. Misha Feigelman, Landau Intitute.
Earnest C. Watson Lecture: "Where the Wind Comes From, on Earth and Other Planets", 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Beckman Auditorium
Tapio Schneider, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at Caltech, will explain how different wind patterns on different planets arise, how they may have been in Earth's past, and how they may change in the future. This event is free, and no tickets or reservations are required. Information: http://events.caltech.edu/events/event-6561.html.
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THURSDAY, November 12
Physics Research Conference, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 201 E. Bridge
"Cosmology from Standard Sirens," Daniel Holz, Richard Feynman Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Von Karman Lecture: "Taking a Closer Look at Exoplanet Atmospheres", 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, JPL, von Karman Auditorium
"CTaking a Closer Look at Exoplanet Atmospheres," Mark Swain, Research Scientist, JPL.
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FRIDAY, November 13
High Energy Theory Seminar, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 469 Lauritsen
"Fractional Charge in Time-Inversion Invariant Systems," Roman Jackiw, MIT Center for Theoretical Physics.
Film Screening: The Philosopher Kings, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Beckman Auditorium
The Philosopher Kings, a documentary about the work and lives of custodial staff at some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in America, will be screened in Beckman Auditorium. The film, featuring Caltech custodian Luis Cardenas, "seeks out the kind of wisdom that gets you through the day and the lessons one learns from surviving hard times, lost loves, and shattered dreams." This event is free, and all members of the Caltech community are welcome.
Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 306 Firestone
"Stable Grid Refinement and Singular Source Discretization for Seismic Wave Simulations," Anders Petersson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
TAPIR Seminar, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 370 Cahill
"To be announced," Ali Vanderveld, Caltech/JPL.
Von Karman Lecture: "Taking a Closer Look at Exoplanet Atmospheres", 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
"Taking a Closer Look at Exoplanet Atmospheres," Mark Swain, Research Scientist, JPL.
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SATURDAY, November 14
Symposium on Sustainability,
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Ramo Auditorium
"Energy and Other Sustainability Challenges," Keynote Speaker: Steven Koonin, Undersecretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy, and panelists.
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