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May 2015
Friday, May 1st, 2015
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MTI Working Group Talk: Rachael King
'The foreign letters say': Newsletters and Newspapers in the Long Eighteenth Century
Rachael King, Assistant Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara,
Monday, May 4th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Do Online Social Networks Increase Welfare?
Mallesh Pai, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Medical Philosophers: Nicolas Hartsoeker and Cartesian Physicians in the Dutch Republic
Catherine Abou-Nemeh, Lecturer, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington,
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Seminar
Bronner Lab Presenting
Rosa Uribe,
Post Doctoral Scholar,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
Califoria Institute of Technology,
Laura Kerosuo-Pahlberg,
Post Doctoral Scholar,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Revealed Preferences over Risk and Uncertainty
Matthew Polisson, Visiting Associate in Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech ,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Comparative Measures of Naivete and Sophistication for Dynamically Inconsistent Preferences
David Ahn, Associate Professor, Economics Department, UC Berkeley,
Thursday, May 7th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
American Poetry in Public
Virginia Jackson,
UCI Endowed Chair in Rhetoric, Departments of English and Comparative Literature, Critical Theory School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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POSTPONED | Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Dan Benjamin,
Visiting Associate Professor (Research) of Economics, CESR, USC,
Monday, May 11th, 2015
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Genetic dissection of visual circuits for sensing direction
Andrew Huberman,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurosciences,
University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Necessary Luxuries: A New Social Interactions Model, Applied to Keeping Up With the Joneses in India
Krishna Pendakur,
Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University,
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED | Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Sean Gailmard,
Associate Professor,
Travers Department of Political Science,
University of California, Berkeley,
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Social investments, informal risk sharing and inequality
Matthew Elliott, Assistant Professor of Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech ,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Fire and Ice: Exploring Volcanoes on Earth and the Solar System
Rosaly M. C. Lopes,
Senior Research Scientist, Manager for Planetary Science, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Friday, May 15th, 2015
9:00am
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5:00pm
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Monday, May 18th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Dynamically Eliciting Unobservable Information
Nicolas Lambert,
Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Peter Feldhutter, London Business School
The Credit Spread Puzzle in the Merton Model – Myth or Reality?
Peter Feldhutter,
Assistant Professor of Finance,
London Business School,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Poetry Reading
Amy Gerstler,
Poet, critic, and journalist,
Tuesday, May 19th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Estimating Preferences in School Choice Mechanisms: Theoretical Foundation and Empirical Approaches
Yinghua He,
Assistant Professor,
Toulouse School of Economics,
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
The Implementation Duality
Larry Samuelson,
A. Douglas Melamed Professor of Economics,
Department of Economics,
Yale University,
Thursday, May 21st, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CANCELLED | Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Alex Hirsch, Associate Professor of Political Science, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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UPDATED | Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
A neurocomputational theory of cognitive control over learning
Sang Wan Lee, Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience, Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Alan Turing (1912-1954): an individual of the twentieth century
Andrew Hodges, Senior Research Fellow and Tutor, Mathematics, Wadham College, University of Oxford,
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Seminar
Shimojo Lab Presenting
Sang Wan Lee,
PhD,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
Califoria Institute of Technology,
Noelle Stiles,
PhD,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Connie Wang,
PhD Candidate,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Agnostic Tests of Stochastic Discount Factor Theory
Richard Roll, Linde Institute Professor of Finance, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech ,
Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Networks
Natalie Bookchin,
Artist, CalArts,
Kris Cohen,
Art History Professor, Reed College,
Ricardo Dominquez,
Artist, UCSD,
Thursday, May 28th, 2015
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics
Dan Benjamin, Visiting Associate Professor (Research) of Economics, CESR, USC,
Friday, May 29th, 2015
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Early Enlightenment Monks? Philosophy, History, Law and Theology in German and Austrian Benedictine Monasteries after 1700
Thomas Wallnig,
Institute of History, University of Vienna,