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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Vol. 36 No. 34
PMA Seminar Calendar
May 19 - 23, 2008

 



MONDAY, May 19
Astronomy Tea Talk, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 106 Robinson
"TBA," Daniel Kasen, University of California, Santa Cruz. More info: AstroTea

Biophysics Lecture Series, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 153 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall
Topic to be announced. Niles A. Pierce, Associate Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Bioengineering, Caltech.
High Energy Physics Seminar, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 469 Lauritsen
Topic to be announced. Maxim Perelstein, Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics, Cornell University. More info: HEP
Applied Mathematics Colloquium, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM, 306 Firestone
"High-Frequency Scattering by Obstacles with Conical Singularities: Asymptotics and Numerics," Valery Smyshlyaev, Mathematics, University of Bath, UK.



 

TUESDAY, May 20
Physics and Geometry Seminar
, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, 107 Downs Note New Time & Location
Topic to be announced. Kevin Costello, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Northwestern University.
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, 74 Jorgensen
"TBA," Graeme Smith, postdoctoral scholar, T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM.
Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, William T. Golden Auditorium, 813 Santa Barbara Street
Topic to be announced. Charles Steidel, DuBridge Professor of Astronomy, Caltech. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m.




 

WEDNESDAY, May 21
Last Day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections for Spring Term, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, no location
Mathematical Physics Seminar, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 351 Sloan
"Universality Limits for Random Matrices via Classical Complex Analysis," Doron Lubinsky, Professor of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Astronomy Colloquium, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall
"Gravitational Wave Astronomy," Neil Cornish, Assistant Professor of Physics, Montana State University. More info: Astro



 

THURSDAY, May 22
Registration for Fall Term, 2008–09 and Registration for Summer Research, 8:00 AM - Friday June 6, 2008 5:00 PM, no location
Chemical Physics Seminar, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 153 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall
"Photonics with Ultrafast Laser Pulses—From Basic Research to Medical Applications," Torsten Fiebig, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Boston College.
Physics Research Conference, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, 201 E. Bridge
"Quantum Spin Liquid: From Drought to Deluge," Patrick Lee, Professor of Physics and Head of the Division of Atomic, Biological, Condensed Matter and Plasma Physics, MIT. More info: PRC


 

FRIDAY, May 23
High Energy Theory Seminar, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 469 Lauritsen
Topic to be announced. Nori Iizuka, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara.
More info: HET


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