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April 2011
Friday, April 1st, 2011
12:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Two Proposals for Robust PCA using Semidefinite Programming
Joel Troop,
assistant professor of applied and computational mathematics,
Caltech,
Monday, April 4th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
On the Comparative Statics of Equilibrium Points
Rabah Amir,
professor of economics, University of Arizona,
and visiting professor of economics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Neural Basis of Probabilistic Inferences
Alexandre Pouget,
associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences and bioengineering,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
A Case of the Nerves: William James and Neurasthenia in His Era
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz,
professor of history,
Smith College,
Friday, April 8th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Hidden Convexity in Fundamental Optimization Problems in Power Networks
Javad Lavaeiyanesi,
graduate student in control and dynamical systems,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Constructive Cortical Computation
Rodney Douglas,
professor,
Institute of Neuroinformatics, UZH/ETH, Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Empire and the Politics of Information in America, 1840-1860
Peter Shulman,
assistant professor of history,
Case Western Reserve University,
Monday, April 11th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Vote Markets
Thomas R. Palfrey,
Flintridge Foundation Professor of Economics and Political Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Rebel Tactics
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita,
the University of Chicago,
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Optimal Compensation with Earnings Manipulation: Managerial Ownership and Retention
Thomas A. Gresik,
professor of economics,
University of Notre Dame,
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
8:00am
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4/17
5:00pm
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Friday, April 15th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Optimal Decision-Making in Inhibitory Control
Angela Yu,
assistant professor of cognitive science,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
Peak Coal in 1789: Predicting Exhaustion in Britain's Industrial Revolution
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson,
assistant professor of British history,
the University of Chicago,
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Searching a Bargain: Power of Strategic Commitment
Selcuk Ozyurt,
assistant professor of economics,
Sabanci University,
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar—cancelled
Marita Huebner,
Weisman Postdoctoral Instructor in History of Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar - CANCELED
P. Read Montague,
adjunct professor in neuroscience,
Baylor College of Medicine,
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
Kant and Huygens on Rotation and the Relativity of Motion
Marius Stan,
Caltech-Huntington Mellon Postdoctoral Instructor in Philosophy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Representational Style: What Legislators Say and Why It Matters
Justin Grimmer,
assistant professor of political science,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
History-Dependent Risk Attitude
Kareen Rozen,
assistant professor of economics,
Yale University,
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
The Molding of the Young Bethe
Silvan S. Schweber,
professor of physics and Richard Koret Professor in the History of Ideas, Emeritus,
Brandeis University,
Friday, April 29th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Frugal Auctions For Vertex Covers, Flows, and Cuts
David Kempe,
associate professor of computer science,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Écrasez l'infâme: Voltaire and the Battle for Religious Liberty
Edwin Curley,
professor of philosophy,
University of Michigan,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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