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Monday, October 1st, 2018
8:30am – 12:30pm
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Short Course: Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals

South Mudd 365
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 387
On the equivariant cohomology of Calogero-Moser spaces
Peng Shan, Yau Mathematics Sciences Center, Tsinghua University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Development of LArTPC for Neutrino Physics
Xin Qian, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMI Seminar

Annenberg 314
Algebraic Complexity Theory: Lower bounds and Derandomization (1st of 2 parts)
Ben Lee Volk, CMI Postdoctoral Scholar, CMS, Caltech,
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometrization Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 289
Leopard spots and reduction of Kra's theta conjecture
Nate Sagman, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Let's Talk

Annenberg 243
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Terrestrial Planets of Other Stars
David Charbonneau, Harvard,
Thursday, October 4th, 2018
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Decoupling Seminar

Linde Hall 289
Organizational Meeting
Maksym Radziwill/ Nets Katz, Mathematics Department, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
What to do with a Near Term Quantum Computer
Edward Farhi, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Google/MIT,
Friday, October 5th, 2018
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Tackle the Term - Workshop on productivity without procrastination

Avery Library
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill 370
Fast radio burst source properties from polarization measurements
Wenbin Lu, Postdoctoral Scholar, TAPIR, Caltech,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Embedding Seifert fibered spaces in the 4-sphere
Ahmad Issa, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas, Austin,
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Let's Talk

North Mudd B114F
4:00pm – 4:45pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

TBA
Sarah Peluse, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
5:00pm – 5:45pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar

TBA
Philip Isett, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
Monday, October 8th, 2018
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Search for the electric dipole moment of the electron with molecular ions
William Cairncross, University of Colorado,
Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
12:00pm – 12:50pm
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Meditation Mob

Caltech Hall 9th Floor
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMI Seminar

Annenberg 314
Algebraic Complexity Theory: Lower bounds and Derandomization (2nd of 2 parts)
Ben Lee Volk, CMI Postdoctoral Scholar, CMS, Caltech,
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometrization Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 289
4.Chapter 4.5-5 of Otal
Lei Chen, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
From Exotic to Familiar: Observing Exoplanet Atmospheres in the Coming Decade
Caroline Morley, UT Austin,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
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The Space Barons and the New Space Age - Christian Davenport, The Washington Post

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Christian Davenport, Author, Staff Writer, The Washington Post,
Thursday, October 11th, 2018
8:30am – 11:00am
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International Scholar Orientation

Moore 239
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Grad Chats: Connection and Discussion for Under-represented Minority Graduate Student and Postdocs

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Conference Room
2:30pm – 4:00pm
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Decoupling Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 289
The Stein-Tomas theorem and the Knapp example
Lei Chen, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Marked groups with isomorphic Cayley graphs but different Borel combinatorics
Felix Weilacher, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Mindfully Resilient: An 8-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy group to help prevent relapse of depression and anxiety

Counseling Center
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
p-converse to a theorem of Gross-Zagier, Kolyvagin and Rubin
Ashay Burungale, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Spotting the elusive Majorana under the microscope
Ali Yazdani, Class of 1909 Professor of Physics and Director, Princeton Center for Complex Materials, Princeton University,
Friday, October 12th, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
AdS(2) Gravity and String Theory
Finn Larsen, University of Michigan,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Annenberg 105
Channeling Quantum Interactions: experiments in waveguide QED with superconducting quantum circuits
Oskar Painter, John G Braun Professor of Applied Physics and Physics; Fletcher Jones Foundation Co-Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar

Linde Hall 255
What is ... Chern-Simons theory?
Sunghyuk Park, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
QPOs, global modes and magnetized discs
Janosz Dewberry, Graduate Student, Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 255
Stabilization by mixing: On linear damping for the 2D Euler equations
Christian Zillinger, Department of Mathematics, USC,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Heegaard Floer homology and higher representations
Andrew Manion, Department of Mathematics, USC,
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Let's Talk

North Mudd B114F
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Ceres, an Unexpectedly Active Dwarf Planet: Findings from the Dawn Mission
Bethany Ehlmann, Professor, Department of Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
Monday, October 15th, 2018
12:10pm – 12:50pm
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Chair Yoga

Gates-Thomas 115
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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Social Confidence Group

Counseling Center
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Singular Schubert Varieties and Representation Theoretic Consequences
Peter McNamara, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech/USC/UCLA Joint Topology Seminar

Section problems
Lei Chen, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech/USC/UCLA Joint Topology Seminar

The Conway knot is not slice
Lisa Piccirillo, Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin,
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
12:00pm – 12:50pm
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Meditation Mob

Caltech Hall 9th Floor
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Attosecond science and its applications to chemical dynamics
Daniel Neumark, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkekely,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMI Seminar

Annenberg 314
Hard-core interactions on graphs
Alessandro Zocca, Postdoctoral Scholar, CMS, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
Thinking inside the box: a combinatorial approach to Schubert calculus
Sami Assaf, Department of Mathematics, USC,
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Monthly Caregivers' Group Meeting

SFCC Office, 315 S. Hill Ave., Rear Building
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometrization Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 289
Proof of Thurston fixed point theorem
Nathaniel Sagman, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Let's Talk

Annenberg 243
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Wolfe Disk: ALMA Discoveries of Distant, HI-selected Galaxies
J. Xavier Prochaska, UC Santa Cruz,
Thursday, October 18th, 2018
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Married and Partnered Women's Group

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area