February 2015
Monday, February 2nd, 2015
4:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Post-Selection Inference for Forward Stepwise and Least Angle Regression
Professor Robert Tibshirani,
Depts. of Health Research and Policy, and Statistics,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Control and Optimization of Smart Grids
Steven Low,
Professor,
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information (IQI) Weekly Seminar
Phase transitions in non-Abelian string nets
Julien Vidal,
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris ,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
8:00am
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2/10
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11:00am
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9:30pm
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Thursday, February 5th, 2015
11:15am
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12:15pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Precision Motion Control with Manufacturing Applications
Andrew Alleyne,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Monday, February 9th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Efficient Optimal Strategies for Online Prediction
Professor Peter Bartlett,
Division of Computer Science and Department of Statistics,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
From sampling to fluid dynamics through geometric discretization
Mathieu Desbrun,
John W. and Herberta M. Miles Professor,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information (IQI) Weekly Seminar
Topological quantum computation with anyons
Claire Levaillant,
UCSB,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Tools from Optimization Theory and Applications to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, part 1
Dvijotham ("Dj") Krishnamurthy,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
From Systems to Networks: Theory and Computation for Distributed Predictive Control
Melanie Zeilinger,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
University of California, Berkeley,
Friday, February 13th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Breaking the Minsky-Papert Barrier for Constant-Depth Circuits
Alexander Sherstov,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Simulating an Interacting Quantum Gas using Matrix Product States generated with Superconducting Circuits
Andreas Wallraff,
Quantum Device Lab,
ETH Zurich,
Monday, February 16th, 2015
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
9:00am
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9:01am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Geomechanics Seminar
Discrete Modeling of Granular Media: A NURBS-based Approach Citation
Keng Wit Lim,
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Howard & Jan Oringer Seminar
How VCs Decide
Evangelos Simoudis,
Senior Managing Director,
Trident Capital,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information (IQI) Weekly Seminar
Characterizing Topological Order with Matrix Product Operators
Burak Sahinoglu,
Universitat Wien,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Tools from Optimization Theory and Applications to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, part 2
Dvijotham ("Dj") Krishnamurthy,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015
10:00am
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11:00am
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Thursday, February 19th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Risk Management and Combinatorial Optimization for Sustainable Power Systems
Insoon Yang,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
A General Framework for High Accuracy Solutions to Energy Gradient Flows from Material Science Models
Professor Brian Wetton,
Mathematics Department,
University of British Colombia,
Friday, February 20th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Learning Arbitrary Statistical Mixtures of Discrete Distributions
Yuval Rabani,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ,
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Overview of Holographic Entanglement Entropy via Illustrations
Shaun Maguire,
Graduate Student, Preskill Group,
Monday, February 23rd, 2015
9:00am
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10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
The Terradynamics of Robotic and Biological Movement in Complex Terrain
Chen Li,
University of California, Berkeley,
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Relative Entropy Optimization and Its Applications
Venkat Chandrasekaran,
Assistant Professor,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Generalized Low Rank Models
Madeleine Udell,
Computational & Mathematical Engineering,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
9:00am
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Thursday, February 26th, 2015
8:00am
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Ongoing
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Evolution of Tunable Laser Absorption Sensors for Combustion and Propulsion
Ronald Hanson,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University,