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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Information-Theoretic Security in the Smart Grid
Dr Iñaki Esnaola, Lecturer (Assistan Professor), Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield,
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

"Network Monitoring and Inspection for Infrastructure Resilience"
Saurabh Amin, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Monday, January 8th, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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RSRG/DOLCIT Seminar

Latent Variable Matrix Estimation via Collaborative Filtering
Christina Lee, Postdoctoral Scholar, Microsoft Research New England,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Keller Colloquium in Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Algorithmic Information Structure Design: Two Vignettes, Lessons Learned, and Challenges Ahead
Assistant Professor Shaddin Dughmi, Theory Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California,
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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The Dueling Bandits Problem
Yisong Yue, Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Computer Science, CALTECH,
Wednesday, January 10th, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Crystal Adaptronics: Dynamic and Soft-Matter-Like Properties of Molecular Crystals
Panče Naumov, New York University Abu Dhabi,
7:00pm 7:45pm
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CS9: Intro to CS Research and Industry

Quotient Technology Inc. -- Mike Walsh, Head of Research & Development
Thursday, January 11th, 2018
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

"Bioinspired algorithmic-driven design of additively manufactured materials"
Grace Xiang Gu, Caltech Young Investigator Lecturer in Engineering and Applied Science Recipient, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMS Partner Tech Talk

IKASI -- Application of Machine Learning Today: Tradeoffs in objectives, interpretability, and operationalization
Anthony Chong, Founder/CEO, IKASI,
Ben Flora, Product Manager, IKASI,
Friday, January 12th, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

From many modes to many bodies
David Schuster, Physics Department and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Straighten up and fly right: mechanisms for long distance dispersal in insects
Michael Dickinson, Zarem Professor of Bioengineering and Biology, Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Monday, January 15th, 2018
Tuesday, January 16th, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers in Retrospective and Perspective
Alexander Lipton, Alexander Lipton is founder and CEO of StrongHold Labs and Connection Science Fellow at M.I.T.,
Wednesday, January 17th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Alexander Lipton, StrongHold Labs & MIT

Modern Monetary Circuit Theory and Stability of Financial Ecosystem
Alexander Lipton, Founder and CEO, StrongHold Labs; Connection Science Fellow, MIT,
4:15pm 5:15pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Deterministic Random Matrices
Ilya Soloveychik, Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University,
7:00pm 7:45pm
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CS9: Intro to CS Research and Industry

Topological Quantum Computation -- Professor Xie Chen, Caltech
Thursday, January 18th, 2018
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Physics based modeling and data analytics for infrastructure system resilience
Elnaz Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi, Postdoctoral Scholar, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Caltech,
Friday, January 19th, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Improving gravitational-wave detector sensitivity with cryogenic test mass cooling
Johannes Eichholz, Postdoctoral Scholar in Experimental Physics, Adhikari Group,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

New Frontiers in Imitation Learning
Yisong Yue , Computing and Mathematical Sciences Department , California Institute of Technology,
Monday, January 22nd, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Keller Colloquium in Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Statistical Methods for Two Problems in Biology
Associate Professor Daniela Witten, Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Washington,
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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"What's New? Interpretable Discovery in Large Image Data Sets"
Kiri Wagstaff, Principal Researcher in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, JPL MLS Group, JPL,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Two challenges for DNA nanotechnology: building interfaces with silicon and cells
Paul W. K. Rothemund, Research Professor, Bioengineering, CMS, & CNS, California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, January 24th, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch

Non-Gaussian prior measures in Bayesian inverse problems: from theory to applications
Bamdad Hosseini, Postdoctoral Scholar, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
7:00pm 7:45pm
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CS9: Intro to CS Research and Industry

Snap -- Production Software Engineering -- Scott Bruce, Senior Software Engineer & Caltech Alum
Thursday, January 25th, 2018
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

"Big Data — A New Research Frontier In Earthquake Engineering"
Ertugrul Taciroglu, Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMS Partner Tech Talk

Code Ocean -- Reproducibility Workshop: Best Practices and Easy Steps to Save Time for Yourself and Other Researchers
4:00pm 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Resilient Distributed Inference in Multi-Agent Systems
Soummya Kar, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
Friday, January 26th, 2018
9:00am 10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Data-driven Infrastructure Informatics in Smart and Resilient Cities
Thomas Matarazzo, Postdoctoral Fellow, Senseable City Lab, MIT ,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Bulk Entanglement Gravity
Sean Carroll, Research Professor of Physics, Caltech,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Toward harnessing the full potential of urban winds: a case study of Hess Tower
Daniel Araya, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston,
Monday, January 29th, 2018
7:00pm 8:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Games and Art

Nonny de la Peña, Founder & CEO, Emblematic ,
Johnnemann Nordhagen, Founder of Dim Bulb Games; Co-founder of Fullbright ,
Brian Schrank, Professor of Game Development, Theory and Design, Depaul University ,
Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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The Growing Role for Artificial intelligence for Space Exploration and the Search for Life Beyond Earth
Steve Chien, Artificial Intelligence Group, JPL/Caltech , JPL,
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
10:00am 11:00am
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TCS+ Talk

Optimization, Complexity and Math (through the lens of one problem and one algorithm)
Avi Wigderson, Princeton University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Some Applications of Extreme Value Theory in Signal Processing and Data Analysis
Vahid Tarokh, Moore Distinguished Scholar, Electrical Engineering, CALTECH,
7:00pm 7:45pm
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CS9: Intro to CS Research and Industry

ObEN -- AI & Blockchain: Where Futures Meet -- Speaker: Mark Harvilla, Chief Engineer