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April 2017
Monday, April 3rd, 2017
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Literary Dimensions Seminar Series
Sarah Bernhardt's Exteriority Effects: Affect, Performance, Agency
Sharon Marcus,
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Dean of Humanities,
Columbia University,
Tuesday, April 4th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
A Model of Focusing in Political Choice
Salvatore Nunnari,
Assistant Professor in Economics, Bocconi University; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Optimal Incentive Contract with Endogenous Monitoring Technology
Anqi Li,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
Washington University, St. Louis,
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Expected Subjective Value Theory (ESVT): A representation of decision under risk and certainty
Agnieszka Tymula,
Senior Lecturer, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Economics, University of Sydney; Visiting Affiliated Faculty, Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Decision Making (IISDM), New York University,
4:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Margo Todd, University of Pennsylvania
Preventing Violence in the Early Modern Town: Arbitration, Bonds, and Cautions
Margo Todd,
Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania; Fletcher Jones Foundation Distinguished Fellow in British History, The Huntington Library,
Friday, April 7th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Shai Vardi, Caltech
Controlled Dynamic Fair Division
Shai Vardi,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Monday, April 10th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Fast-Spiking Interneurons Regulate Ensemble Calcium and Striatum-Dependent Learning
Anatol C. Kreitzer,
Senior Investigator,
Gladstone Institutes,
University of California, San Francisco,
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Meeting
Marianne Bronner Lab Presenting
Erica Hutchins,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Rosa Uribe,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Stephen Green,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy: Re-Evaluating De Tocqueville
Konstantin Sonin,
John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor,
University of Chicago,
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Cary Frydman, USC Marshall School of Business
The Role of Salience and Attention in Choice Under Risk: An Experimental Investigation
Cary Frydman,
Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics,
Marshall School of Business,
USC,
Thursday, April 13th, 2017
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Humanities Public Lecture
Dickens Noir: The Persistence of Victorianism in Post-War British Art and Culture
Lynda Nead,
Pevsner Professor of History of Art, Birkbeck College, University of London; Moore Distinguished Scholar, Caltech,
Friday, April 14th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Bettina Klaus, Universite de Lausanne
Object Allocation via Immediate-Acceptance: Characterizations and an Affirmative Action Application
Bettina Klaus,
Professor,
Department of Business and Economics,
Universite de Lausanne,
Monday, April 17th, 2017
4:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Learning to Coordinate: A Study in Retail Gasoline
David Byrne,
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Economics,
University of Melbourne,
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Experimenting with Legitimacy: How Leaders' Choices about Group Profiling and Error Reduction Affect Compliance
Greg Huber,
Professor of Political Science,
Yale University,
Wednesday, April 19th, 2017
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Condorcet Jury Theorem and Cognitive Hierarchies: Theory and Experiments
Ali Ozkes,
Postdoc, AMSE & Visitor in Economics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Our Knowledge about the Past: Some Puzzles from Physics
Eddy Chen,
Graduate Student,
Department of Philosophy,
Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences,
Thursday, April 20th, 2017
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Habit and Self-Regulation
Wendy Wood,
Professor of Marketing and Provost Professor of Psychology,
Dept of Psychology & Marshall School of Business,
USC,
Friday, April 21st, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Guillaume Roger, University of Sydney
Scale Effects in Dynamic Contracting
Guillaume Roger,
Senior Lecturer in Economics,
University of Sydney,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro History Seminar
Did Edward Gibbon Meet Yelü Chucai?: Detecting Chinese Influence on European Historiography about the Mongol Empire
Matthew Mosca,
Assistant Professor of History,
University of Washington,
Monday, April 24th, 2017
12:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Fear
Ralph Adolphs,
Bren Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Professor of Biology,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Using Artificial-Intelligence-Driven Deep Neural Networks to Uncover Principles of Brain Representation and Organization
Daniel L.K. Yamins,
Assistant Professor ,
Psychology and Computer Science,
Stanford University,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Computational Literature
Xtine Burrough,
Artist, Associate Professor in the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication,
UT Dallas,
Nick Montfort,
Poet, Professor of Digital Media,
MIT,
Brian Kim Stefans,
Poet, Associate Professor of Literature,
UCLA,
Eran Hadas ,
Poet, Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artist,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
4:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar/Political Economy Theory Workshop
Self-Evident Events and the Value of Linking
Jimmy Chan,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
Fudan University,
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: John Zhu, University of Pennsylvania
Renegotiation of Dynamically Incomplete Contracts
John Zhu,
Assistant Professor of Finance,
The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania,
Thursday, April 27th, 2017
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Building Science: Multiple Agendas
Thom Mayne,
Architect and Design Director,
Morphosis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Postponed | Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
This talk will be rescheduled for a later date.
Emily Murphy,
UCLA,
Friday, April 28th, 2017
10:00am
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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German Film: Maskerade (in Wien)
Movie screening for German 130b & 132b // In German with English subtitles