Seminars
March 2021
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3/10
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
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Thesis Defense: Xinying (Cindy) Ren
Principles for Designing Robust and Stable Microbial Consortia
Xinying (Cindy) Ren,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Critical Computing Education
Amy Ko,
Professor, Informatics Program Chair,
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering,
University of Washington, Seattle,
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Online Event
Local Symmetric Quantum Circuits: How, in the presence of symmetry, locality restricts realizable unitaries
Iman Marvian,
Assistant Professor,
Duke University,
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
Walking the Boundary of Learning and Interaction
Dorsa Sadigh,
Assistant Professor,
Departments of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University,
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
A Theory of Universal Learning
Steve Hanneke,
Research Assistant Professor,
TTIC,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
The power of referential advice
Nicolas Lambert,
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Molecules, Microbes, and the Ocean Carbon Cycle
Mary Ann Moran,
University of Georgia in Athens,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Computationally Guided Alloy Design through Control of Bulk and Interfacial Phases
Mark Asta,
Professor,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
Thursday, March 4th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Experimental Fluid Mechanics with Machine Learning
Isabel Scherl,
PhD Candidate,
Mechanical Engineering,
University of Washington,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Finding Your Voice: Using Science to Engage Local Government & Communities
Online Event
- Internal Event
12:00pm
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Friday, March 5th, 2021
11:00am
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Ultrafast strong-field-induced band engineering in Ca2RuO4
Xinwei Li,
Troesh Postdoctoral Scholar, Hsieh Group,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 1
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillations in Equatorial Atmosphere and Oceans
Online Event
Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillations in Equatorial Atmosphere and Oceans
Harindra Joseph Fernando,
Professor,
Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Notre Dame,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thesis Defense: Karena Cai
Safe and Interpretable Autonomous System Design: Behavioral Contracts and Semantic-Based Perception
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Saturday, March 6th, 2021
12:01am
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Ongoing
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Monday, March 8th, 2021
12:00pm
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
12:00am
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3/11
12:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
Simple Agent, Complex Environment: Efficient Reinforcement Learning with Agent State
Benjamin Van Roy,
Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering, and of Management Science and Engineering,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Random versus Directed Search for Scarce Resources
Teddy Mekonnen,
Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics,
Brown University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
Online Event
Identifying New CFC Emissions Through Joint Inference of Banks and Lifetimes, with Impacts on the Ozone Layer and Climate
Megan Lickley,
Postdoctoral Associate in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Electron Dynamics in Materials from First Principles
5:00pm
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Watson Lecture - Perseverance on Mars
Online Event
Kenneth A. Farley,
W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry at Caltech, and Mars 2020 Project Scientist for NASA/JPL,
- Public Event
Thursday, March 11th, 2021
8:00am
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3/14
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Online Event
Simple Agent, Complex Environment: Efficient Reinforcement Learning with Agent State
Benjamin Van Roy,
Professor,
Electrical Engineer and Management Science & Engineering,
Stanford University,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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von Kármán Lecture - Helicopters in Space
Online Event
Farah Alibay,
Systems Engineer,
Mars 2020,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Timothy Canham,
Mars Helicopter Operations Lead,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
- Public Event
Friday, March 12th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
APS March Meeting Talks
Steven Wood, Shi-Ning Sun, Hyunjin Kim,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 2
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Robotic surfaces with tunable stiffness and reversible shape-morphing
Online Event
Chiara Daraio
Chiara Daraio,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics,
California Institute of Technology,
Monday, March 15th, 2021
8:00am
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3/17
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Multiscale Mechanical Characterization of Subcellular Structures in Living Walled Cells
Leah Ginsberg,
Ph.D. Thesis Defense,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
12:00am
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3/18
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
Data Auctions with Externalities
Munther Dahleh,
Director, IDSS; William A. Coolidge Professor,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
9:00am
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10:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
Junta Distance Approximation with Sub-Exponential Queries
Avishay Tal,
Assistant Professor,
UC Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Robust Minimal Instability of the Top Trading Cycles Mechanism
Lars Ehlers,
Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Economics,
Université de Montréal,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Thursday, March 18th, 2021
8:00am
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3/28
11:59pm
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Friday, March 19th, 2021
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 3
Monday, March 22nd, 2021
9:00am
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9:01am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Reducing Computational Costs for Many-Body Physics Problems
Erika Ye,
Graduate Student,
Applied Physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Webinar: Dr. Betar Gallant, MIT
Online Event
Advancing the Materials and Chemistry of High-Energy Batteries
Betar Gallant,
ABS Career Development Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
- Public Event
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Mixed Logit and Pure Characteristics Models
Jay Lu,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
UCLA,
Kota Saito,
Professor of Economics,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, March 26th, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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Shane Shahrestani, Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Online Event
Eddy Current Damping Stroke Sensor
Shane Shahrestani,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Medical Engineering Department,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Simulating Quantum Field Theories with Qubit Models
Alex Buser,
Graduate Student, Preskill Group,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 4
Sunday, March 28th, 2021
3:00pm
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
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3/30
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