May 2015
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Friday, May 1st, 2015
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Set membership with two bit probes
Jaikumar Radhakrishnan,
Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TBC),
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Cold atoms coupled to photonic crystals: long range interactions and photon molecules
James Douglas,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Theoretical Quantum-Nano Photonics,
ICFO, Barcelona,
Monday, May 4th, 2015
10:00am
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11:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Shock Wave Behavior of Particulate Composites
Michael Rauls,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Do Online Social Networks Increase Welfare?
Mallesh Pai, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania,
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
3:00pm
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
9:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Experimental Study on Inertial Effects in Liquid-Solid Flows
Esperanza Linares,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
8:00pm
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Thursday, May 7th, 2015
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Jamming, Flow, and Fluctuations for Granular Materials
Robert Behringer,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
Duke University,
Friday, May 8th, 2015
4:30pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
DMRG Study of a Quantum Hall system
Scott Geraedts,
Graduate Student,
Condensed Matter Theory,
Caltech,
Monday, May 11th, 2015
8:00am
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
A Probabilistic Theory of Deep Learning
Professor Richard G. Baraniuk,
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Founder and Director, OpenStax ,
Rice University,
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Democratizing 3D Human Capture: Getting Hairy!
Hao Li,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science,
University of Southern California,
1:30pm
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2:00pm
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Quantifying Earthquake Collapse Risk of Tall Steel Braced Frame Buildings Using Rupture-to-Rafters Simulations
Ramses Mourhatch,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Estimating outcome probabilities of quantum circuits using quasiprobabilities
Stephen Bartlett,
University of Sydney,
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
10:30am
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11:30am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Effect of Microstructural Interfaces on the Mechanical Response of Crystalline Metallic Materials
Zachary Aitken,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Breaking Ground – Mechanics of Variably Saturated Crushable Soils for Natural Hazard Assessment
Giuseppe Buscarnera,
Assistant Professor,
Departmnet of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Northwestern University,
Friday, May 15th, 2015
8:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Quantifying Earthquake Collapse Risk of Tall Steel Moment Frame Buildings Using Rupture-to-Rafters Simulations
Hemanth Siriki,
Ph.D.,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Kolmogorov width of discrete linear spaces: an approach to matrix rigidity
Sergey Yekhanin,
Microsoft Research,
4:30pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
TBA
Ryan Mishmash,
DuBridge Postdoctoral Scholar in Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
Monday, May 18th, 2015
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Dynamically Eliciting Unobservable Information
Nicolas Lambert,
Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business,
4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Peter Feldhutter, London Business School
The Credit Spread Puzzle in the Merton Model – Myth or Reality?
Peter Feldhutter,
Assistant Professor of Finance,
London Business School,
Tuesday, May 19th, 2015
11:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Toppling Analysis of Precariously Balanced Rocks under Earthquake Excitation
Swetha Veeraraghavan,
Ph.D.,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Gaurav Sukhatme,
Professor and Chairman,
Computer Science,
University of Southern California,
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
8:00am
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Thursday, May 21st, 2015
8:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Bubbles, Bubbly Flows and Pseudo-Turbulence
Roberto Zenit,
Professor,
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
Friday, May 22nd, 2015
4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Engineering Quantum Matter: From Superfluids to Low-Dimensional Electrons
Johannes Pollanen,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Eisenstein Group,
Caltech,
Monday, May 25th, 2015
8:00am
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Security of Logic and Logic of Security: Protecting Content and Devices in the Pervasive Computing Era
Farinaz Koushanfar,
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Rice University,
Thursday, May 28th, 2015
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Tackling the engineering challenges of Hyperloop – Turning Concept Into Reality
Brogan BamBrogan,
CEO (Interim), CTO & Co-Founder,
Hyerloop Technologies, Inc.,
Friday, May 29th, 2015
8:00am
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Dynamics for the random-cluster model
Alistair Sinclair,
Professor,
EECS,
UC Berkeley/Simons Institute,
4:00pm
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4:45pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Quantum Coding with Finite Resources
Mario Berta,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Theoretical Physics,
Preskill Group,
Caltech,
Saturday, May 30th, 2015
8:00am
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