May 2016
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5/3
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Monday, May 2nd, 2016
12:00pm
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CMS & CNS Seminar
The brain architecture of embodied action: The Distributed Adaptive Control Theory of decisions at a choice point
Paul F.M.J. Verschure,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Bayesian inference and the low-dimensional structure of measure transport
Professor Youssef Marzouk,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
9:00am
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10:00am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Numerical Simulations of Droplet Aerobreakup
Jomela Meng,
Numerical Simulations of Droplet Aerobreakup,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Decision making at scale: Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Platforms
Ashish Goel,
Professor,
Departments of Management Science and Engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Computing Isomorphisms between Finite Fields using Elliptic Curves (pt 2 of 2)
Anand Kumar Narayanan,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
CMS,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
9:30am
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11:30am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Alex Gorbenko, USC
Auctions with Endogenous Initiation
Alex Gorbenko, Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics, USC Marshall School of Business,
Friday, May 6th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Fast distance product of bounded difference matrices with applications to language edit distance and RNA folding
Virginia Vassilevska Williams,
Stanford,
Monday, May 9th, 2016
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Operator scaling and applications to non-commutative rational identity testing
Ankit Garg,
Princeton University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, May 12th, 2016
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"M -2.5 to M -8 Laboratory-Generated Earthquakes Recorded From Calibrated Rock Deformation Experiments"
Gregory McLaskey,
Professor,
Cornell University,
Friday, May 13th, 2016
8:00am
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12:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Leonard Schulman, Caltech
The Invisible Hand of Laplace: the Role of Market Structure in Price Convergence and Oscillation
Leonard Schulman,
Professor of Computer Science,
Division of Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Using data to Inform, Drive and Scale STEM Instructional Reform
Marco Molinaro,
Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Effectiveness,
Student Success Through Evidence-Based Actions,
University of California, Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, Not Engaged Argument
Molly Roberts, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego,
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Shock wave propagation in composites and electro-thermomechanical coupling of ferroelectric materialsExploring thermal phonon transport from atomic to macroscopic scales for energy conversion and management
Chengyun Hua,
Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Limiting Spectrum of Random Kernel Matrices
Xiuyuan Cheng,
Gibbs Assistant Professor,
Applied Mathematics,
Yale University,
Thursday, May 19th, 2016
8:00am
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11:00am
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(CANCELLED) Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Carbon-based nanomaterials: from combustion nanoparticles to chiral"
(CANCELLED) Angela Violi,
Professor,
Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biophysics,
University of Michigan,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Scenery Reconstruction
Omer Tamuz,
Assistant Professor of Economics and Mathematics,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: The Prosthetic Imaginary
Sara Hendren,
Artist, Design Researcher, and Assistant Professor of Design,
Olin College of Engineering,
Ken Pickar,
Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, May 20th, 2016
9:00am
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10:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Shock wave propagation in composites and electro-thermomechanical coupling of ferroelectric materials
Vinamra Agrawal,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
9:00am
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5:30pm
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
High temperature mechanical performance of metallic and metal-ceramic nanoscale multilayers
Javier LLorca,
Professor,
Department of Materials Science,
Polytechnic University of Madrid,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Spectrahedral lifts of polytopes, sums of squares, and quantum information
James Lee,
University of Washington,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Unexpected effects in periodic driving of gapless topological systems
Michael Kolodrubetz,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
University of California, Berkeley,
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
10:30am
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11:30am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Dynamics of chemically active suspensions
Wen Yan,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Data-Driven Design
Ranjitha Kumar,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Princeton University
High Frequency Market Making
Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Otto A. Hack 1903 Professor of Finance and Economics, Princeton University,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, May 26th, 2016
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
(CANCELLED) - "Manufacturing and applications of carbon nanotube surfaces"
(CANCELLED) John Hart,
Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Friday, May 27th, 2016
8:00am
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9:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Shang-Hua Teng
Interplay between Influence Dynamics and Social Networks: Centrality, Cooperative Games, and Scalable Algorithms
Shang-Hua Teng, Seeley G. Mudd Professor, Computer Science Viterbi School of Engineering, USC,
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Many-body localization: a dynamical perspective
Sarang Gopalakrishnan,
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar in Theoretical Physics,
Saturday, May 28th, 2016
8:00am
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5/31
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Monday, May 30th, 2016
8:00am
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
12:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Building the Next Generation Power Grid
Pedro Pizarro, PhD,
President,
Southern California Edison,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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