PMA Calendar
March 2020
Monday, March 2nd, 2020
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
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Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Insights on Neutron-Star Matter from Gravitational Waves, Hotspots and Massive Pulsars
Phil Landry,
Cal State, Fullerton,
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:45pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
FRB Science Results from CHIME
Kendrick Smith,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS
Teaching Demonstration -- Program Decomposition with Functions
Melissa Hovik,
University of Washington (Seattle),
Thursday, March 5th, 2020
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem Learning Seminar
TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED - K-theory
Bowen Yang,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Physics Colloquium
CANCELLED - The Information Paradox in the Age of Holographic Entanglement Entropy
Netta Engelhardt,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, March 6th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Black hole information, spacetime wormholes, baby universes and ensembles
Henry Maxfield,
UCSB,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Quantum Matter and Metrology far from Equilibrium
Norman Yao,
Assistant Professor,
Physics,
University of California, Berkeley,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
SL(3) foam evaluation and its relation to the Kronheimer-Mrowka homology theory of graphs
4:00pm
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4:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
TBA
Simone Steinbrüchel,
Institut für Mathematik,
Universität Zürich,
5:00pm
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5:50pm
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Monday, March 9th, 2020
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: High Energy Physics Seminar
Deep Learning, Quantum Information, and the LHC as a Gluon Factory
Benjamin Nachman,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/USC/UCLA Joint Topology Seminar
BCOV axioms of Gromov-Witten theory of Calabi-Yau 3-fold
Yongbin Ruan,
Zhejiang University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2020
12:00pm
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6:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Chemical Physics Seminar
Control of Soft Matter with Magnetic Fields
Monica Olvera de la Cruz,
Lawrence Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Northwestern University,
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Magnetic Milky Way in Three Dimensions
Susan Clark,
Hubble Fellow,
IAS, Princeton,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
A p-adic interpolation of generalized Heegner cycles and integral Perrin-Riou twists
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Event: KNI Distinguished Seminar/Materials Science Research Lecture
3D Laser Nanoprinting
Martin Wegener,
Professor Institute of Applied Physics and Institute of Nanotechnology,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS
Human Compatible: Making Decisions From Human Knowledge and Preferences
Rupert Freeman,
Microsoft Research,
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem Learning Seminar
The Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem
Nathaniel Sagman,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS
Distributive Justice for Machine Learning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Defining, Measuring, and Mitigating Algorithmic Unfairness
Hoda Heidari,
Computer Science,
Cornell University,
Friday, March 13th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Generalized Global Symmetries and the Swampland
Tom Rudelius,
Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
CANCELED: Challenges to the implementation of superconducting qubits due to microscopic phenomena inherent to superconducting films
Lara Faoro,
CNRS (Paris) and University of Madison Wisconsin,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquium
TBD
Katie Bouman,
Assistant Professor of Computing, Mathematical Sciences, and Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Watson Lecture - Megasupramolecules: When Disaster Leads to Discovery
Julia A. Kornfield,
Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Thursday, March 19th, 2020
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Friday, March 20th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Cosmological evolution without time
Paolo Benincasa,
Bohr Institute,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, March 23rd, 2020
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2020
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Chemical Physics Seminar
Observing and creating structures of low-dimensional matter using ultrafast electron microscopy.
Oh-Hoon Kwon,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology,
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
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2:15pm
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Thursday, March 26th, 2020
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Friday, March 27th, 2020
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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7:00pm
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Monday, March 30th, 2020
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
New Constraints on Dark Matter from Organic Targets: What Organic Chemistry Can do for Direct Detection
Carlos Blanco,
University of Chicago,
Tuesday, March 31st, 2020
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Chemical Physics Seminar
Nonlinear Infrared Microscopy
Eric Potma,
Professor (Joint Appointment) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Chemistry,
University of California, Irvine,