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February 2010
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
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Social Science Job Candidate
Competing Auctioneers
Mallesh Pai,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Northwestern University,
Friday, February 5th, 2010
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar—cancelled
Topic to be announced.
Christiane Linster,
professor of computational physiology,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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Humanities Job Candidate
Imitation, Semi-Pretense, and Self-Deception
Neil Van Leeuwen,
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Philosophy,
Tufts University,
Monday, February 8th, 2010
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The Self's Silent Partners: American Publishing and the Invention of Autobiography
Christopher Hunter,
instructor,
Lehigh University,
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Incentive Compatible Market Design with an Application to Matching with Wages
Mehmet Bumin Yenmez,
graduate student in business,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
4:00pm
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Social Science Job Candidate
NOTE -- This seminar has been CANCELLED: Model Selection Test for Nonnested Moment Inequality Models
Xiaoxia Shi,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Yale University,
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Social Brain Circuity in Human Evolution
Katerina Semendeferi,
associate professor of anthropology and neuroscience,
UC San Diego,
Friday, February 12th, 2010
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Completely Random Measures for Bayesian Nonparametrics
Michael I. Jordan,
professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Scinece and Statistics,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
A Learning Perspective on Selfish Behavior in Games
Katrina Ligett,
postdoctoral associate in computer science,
Cornell University,
Friday, February 19th, 2010
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Learned Surgeons and the Cultures of Print in Renaissance Venice
Cynthia Klestinec,
assistant professor of English,
Miami University of Ohio,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
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Computational and Neural Systems Seminar—cancelled
Topic to be announced.
Michael Jordan,
professor chemical engineering and materials science,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
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Caltech-Huntington Seminar in American Studies
Whose Protest Novel?
Susan Gillman,
professor of literature,
UC Santa Cruz ,
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Communication, Timing, and Common Learning
Colin Stewart,
assistant professor of economics,
University of Toronto,
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
A Model of Casino Gambling
Nicolas Barberis,
professor of finance,
School of Management,
Yale University,
Friday, February 26th, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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SISL Postdoc/GRA Seminar
Priors and Desires---A Model of Payoff-Dependent Beliefs
Guy Mayraz,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Oxford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Manufacturing Memories
Elizabeth Loftus,
distinguished professor social ecology and professor of law and cognitive science,
UC Irvine,