Seminars
May 2021
Ongoing
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Monday, May 3rd, 2021
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
Online Event
Provable Representation Learning: The Importance of Task Diversity and Pretext Tasks
Qi Lei,
Princeton,
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
8:00am
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5/28
6:00pm
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
Data-Driven Dynamical Systems and Control
Steve Brunton,
James B. Morrison Endowed Career Development Professor / Adjunct Associate Professor,
Mechanincal Engineering / Applied Mathematics,
University of Washington,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Rational Anabolic Persuasion
Ran Spiegler,
Professor of Economics,
Tel Aviv University & University College London,
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
From Bipedal to Quadrupedal Locomotion, Experimental Realization of Lyapunov Approaches
Wenlong Ma,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Observing the bottom limb of the MOC: new insight into deep water formation and transformation from Deep Argo and deep ocean microstructure measurements
Sarah Purkey,
University of California San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Controlling Zeolite Polymorphism from First Principles
Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli,
Assistant Professor,
Materials Science and Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Thursday, May 6th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Additive Manufacturing of Polymers and Polymer Composites
Mehran Tehrani,
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
The University of Texas at Austin,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Diverse Minds Seminar
Online Event
More than one sensorial modality to do mainstream science in astronomy?
Dr. Wanda Díaz-Merced,
Astronomer,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Multi-Resolution Lattice Green's Function Method for High Reynolds Number External Flows
Ke Yu,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, May 7th, 2021
12:00pm
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Control of Wall-Bounded Turbulence Through Closed-Loop Wall Transpiration
Online Event
Simon Toedtli
Simon Toedtli,
PhD Candidate,
Aeronautics,
GALCIT,
Saturday, May 8th, 2021
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, May 10th, 2021
8:00am
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Convex Graph Parameters and Their Applications
Venkat Chandrasekaran,
Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences Dept.,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Joint Electrical Engineering Systems & Medical Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Smart NFC implantable optogenetic neuromodulator for frontier neuroscience research
Abraham Vázquez-Guardado, PhD,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics,
Northwestern University,
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
Learning-based Planning and Control: Opportunities and Challenges
Jonathan How,
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aerospace Controls Laboratory,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
Classification of the approximability of all finite Max-CSPs in the dynamic streaming setting
Santhoshini Velusamy,
Graduate Student,
Harvard University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Monitoring Teams
Marina Halac,
Professor of Economics and Director of Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
A surprising role for microbial "antibiotics" in the promotion of phosphorus bioavailability
Darcy McRose,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Watson Lecture - From the Soil to the Clinic: How Infection-Causing Microbes Thrive Without Oxygen
Online Event
Dianne K. Newman,
Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology and Executive Officer for Molecular Biology,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Thursday, May 13th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Soft materials: from fundamental mechanics to applications
Shengqiang Cai,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Visual Culture Program
Online Event
Shoddy: From Devil's Dust to the Renaissance of Rags
Hanna Rose Shell,
Eleanor Searle Visiting Professor of History, Caltech (returning 2022); Associate Professor, Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts, University of Colorado-Boulder,
Friday, May 14th, 2021
8:00am
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Probing the Buckling of Thin Shell Space Structures
Online Event
Fabien Royer
Fabien Royer,
PhD Candidate,
Aeronautics,
GALCIT,
Monday, May 17th, 2021
12:00pm
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
The Adaptive Charging Network Research Portal: Systems, Tools, and Algorithms
Zachary Lee,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
TBA
Miroslav Krstic,
Sr. Assoc. Vice Chancellor for Research/ Director of CCSD/ Alspach Endowed Chair in DSC/ Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University of California San Diego,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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► CANCELED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
This seminar has been canceled.
Konstantin Sonin,
John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Pattern effect, non-constant radiative feedbacks, and the estimation of climate sensitivity
Maria Rugenstein,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Computational Screening of Two-Dimensional Materials for Electro-Catalysis
Thursday, May 20th, 2021
8:00am
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Ongoing
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Growth, instability, and failure: bringing order into the chaos of natural phenomena
Tal Cohen,
Robert N. Noyce Career Development Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
MIT,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Theodore von Kármán Lecture
Online Event
Space Cameras: A Sharper Image
Justin Maki,
Imaging Scientist/Mastcam-Z Deputy PI,
NASA/JPL,
Hallie Abarca,
Mars 2020 Image and Data Processing Operations Lead,
NASA/JPL,
- Public Event
Friday, May 21st, 2021
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Tackling the Complex Dynamics of Unsteady Flows
Online Event
Kunihiko Taira
Kunihiko Taira,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
UCLA,
Monday, May 24th, 2021
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Theoretical, computational, and experimental characterization of nematic elastomers
Victoria (Tori) Lee,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
TBA
Stephen Wright,
George B Dantzig, Professor of Computer Sciences,
Computer Science Department,
University of Wisconsin,
4:00pm
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Reduced Order Model Inspired Robotic Bipedal Walking: A Step-to-Step Dynamics Approximation Based Approach
Xiaobin Xiong,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Webinar with Caltech Alumna Dr. Ellis Meng (USC)
Online Event
"Polymer-based Microfabricated Implants"
Ellis Meng,
Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Chair in Convergent Bioscience and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Southern California,
- Public Event
Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
10:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Streamwise homogeneous turbulent boundary layers
Joseph Ruan,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
An Overview of Using Mechanism Design for Social Good
Kira Goldner,
Postdoc,
Columbia University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
The Wisdom of the Crowd and Higher-Order Beliefs
Mallesh Pai,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Rice University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Antarctic Sea Ice Variability, Change and Linkages with the Atmospheric Circulation
Marilyn Raphael,
University of California Los Angeles,