Seminars
Fall 2017-2018
Friday, September 15th, 2017
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Probing the strong gravity regime with black-hole ringdowns
Swetha Bhagwat,
Syracuse University,
Tuesday, September 19th, 2017
2:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Nanoscale Lasing: a Conundrum?
Teri W. Odom,
Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
Wednesday, September 20th, 2017
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
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Astronomy Colloquium
SPHEREx: An All-sky Infrared Spectral Survey Explorer Satellite
Jamie Bock,
Caltech,
Thursday, September 28th, 2017
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Illuminating biology at the nanoscale and systems scale by imaging
Xiaowei Zhuang,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
Friday, September 29th, 2017
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Coulomb branches of conformal field theories
Philip Argyres,
University of Cincinnati,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Opportunities at the entanglement frontier
John Preskill,
Richard P. Feynman Professor of Physics,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Testing the Caustic Ring Dark Matter Halo Model Against Observations in the Milky Way
Julie Dumas,
Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Postdoctoral Fellow,
Vanderbuilt University,
Monday, October 2nd, 2017
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Dark Fires in the Sky: Model-Independent Dark Matter Detection via Kinetic Heating of Neutron Stars
Nirmal Raj,
Notre Dame University,
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
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Thursday, October 5th, 2017
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Profiling Cells Inside and Out Using Nanostructured Materials
Shana Kelley,
Distinguished Professor ,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Can quantum mechanics be valid on large scales?
Renato Renner,
Professor for Theoretical Physics and head of the research group for Quantum Information Theory,
ETH Zurich,
Friday, October 6th, 2017
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Uncovering flavor of N=2 SCFTs through geometry
Matteo Lotito,
University of Cincinnati,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Thermodynamics at the nano scale: The work cost of information processing
Philippe Faist,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Brandao Group,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Origin of Scales and Scaling Laws in Star Formation
David Guszejnov,
Graduate Student,
TAPIR Group,
Caltech,
Monday, October 9th, 2017
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Empirical determination of Dark Matter velocity distribution
Lina Necib,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
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Thursday, October 12th, 2017
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Physics Research Conference
The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) First Light
Matt Dobbs,
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier 2),
Astrophysics & Cosmology in the Department of Physics,
McGill University,
Friday, October 13th, 2017
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Applications of the Average Null Energy Condition
Clay Cordova,
Institute for Advanced Study,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Universal Hamiltonians for Exponentially Long Simulation
Thom Bohdanowicz,
Graduate Student, Brandao Group,
2:00pm
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Monday, October 16th, 2017
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Non-Gaussian Enhancements of Galactic Halo Correlators due to Isocurvaton Mediated Inflaton Interactions
Alexander Ridgway,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
11:00am
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CD3 Seminar
Food patterns and obesity prevalence across countries: A machine learning application
Jocelyn Dunstan,
University of Chile, Santiago,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Insights into dark matter from the stellar halos of galaxies
Robyn Ellyn Sanderson,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Exploring new frontiers of quantum optical science
Mikhail Lukin,
Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
Friday, October 20th, 2017
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Markov property of the CFT vacuum and the entropic proof of the a-theorem
Eduardo Teste Lino,
Centro Atomico Bariloche,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Exactly Solvable Model for Two Dimensional Topological Superconductor
Zitao Wang,
Graduate Student, Xie Chen Group,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Searching for Biases in Observations of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies Using Simulations
Andrew Graus,
Graduate Student,
UC Irvine,
Monday, October 23rd, 2017
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2017
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Chemical Physics Seminar
"Models of phenotypic plasticity and its role in the transition to metastasis"
Herbert Levine,
Hasselmann Professor of Bioengineering, Co-Director, Center of Theoretical Biological Physics,
Department of Bioengineering,
Rice University,
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
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Astronomy Colloquium
Debris Disks as Probes of Planetary System Evolution
Meredith MacGregor,
Harvard,
Thursday, October 26th, 2017
1:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Searching for dark matter annihilation in nearby galaxy groups
Siddarth Mishra-Sharma,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Black holes, quantum information, and the foundations of physics
Steve Giddings,
Professor of Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, October 27th, 2017
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Complexity in holography and QFT
Shira Chapman,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Shining Light On Quantum Magnetism
Nicholas Laurita,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Hsieh Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The history of inter- and circumgalactic gas since reionization
Phoebe Upton-Sanderbeck,
Graduate Student,
University of Washington,
Monday, October 30th, 2017
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Unlocking the potential of CMS data: boosted Higgs, low-mass dijet resonances, and data scouting
Javier Duarte,
Fermilab,
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
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Physics Research Conference
The Biard Lecture - Quantum matter without quasiparticles: strange metals and black holes
Subir Sachdev,
Herchel Smith Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Dynamical Holographic Entropy Cone and General Holography
Sean Weinberg,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Engineering topological materials in one and two dimensions
Stevan Nadj-Perge,
Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
A multi-scale portrait of the circumgalactic medium
Drummond Fielding,
Graduate Student,
UC Berkeley,
Monday, November 6th, 2017
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Developments and Prospects in Precision Timing Detectors
Artur Apresyan,
CERN,
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
A New Regime of Optical Variability in AGN: the Kepler Light Curves
Krista Lynne Smith,
KIPAC, Stanford,
Thursday, November 9th, 2017
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Demonology: The Curious Role of Intelligence in Physics & Biology
James Crutchfield,
Professor of Physics, Directory of Complexity Sciences Center,
UC Davis,
Friday, November 10th, 2017
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Gravitational shockwaves on rotating black holes
Yoni BenTov,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, Kitaev Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
GPU accelerated thermochemistry and radiative transfer on protoplanetary disks and exoplanet outflows
Lile Wang,
Graduate Student,
Princeton University,
Monday, November 13th, 2017
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Accelerating axion dark matter searches with quantum information technology
Konrad Lehnert,
JILA,
Tuesday, November 14th, 2017
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Science Seminar
Gravitational-wave polarizations: what have we learned, what will we learn, and why does it matter
Maximiliano Isi,
LIGO,
Caltech,