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November 2019
Friday, November 1st, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CANCELED | Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
This seminar has been rescheduled for Friday, February 28.
Jian Cao,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Data Science and Election Integrity,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Transforming the Italian Landscape in the Middle Ages: Humans, Climate, and the Environment
Ned Schoolman,
Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies,
University of Nevada, Reno,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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German Film Screening: Frantz
Movie screening for German 130a & 132a // In German and French with English subtitles
Tuesday, November 5th, 2019
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
The Fallacy of Calibrationism
Yoaav Isaacs,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
Baylor University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Test design under falsification
Vasiliki Skreta,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Texas at Austin,
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Mistakes and Overconfidence in Detecting Lies
Marta Serra-Garcia,
Assistant Professor of Economics & Strategic Management,
Rady School of Management,
UC San Diego,
Friday, November 8th, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
What matters in tie-breaking rules? How competition guides design
Afshin Nikzad,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
An Ordinary Arab Ship, and Its Stories of Early Globalism
Geraldine Heng,
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Perceval Professor in Medieval Romance, Historiography, and Culture,
Department of English,
University of Texas at Austin,
Saturday, November 9th, 2019
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Visual Culture Program
Off Campus
Drawing the Invisible 100-Mile U.S. Border
Ed Gomez,
Curator of the MexiCali Biennial; Artist; Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Cal State San Bernardino,
Ian Philabaum,
Program Director, Innovation Law Lab,
Arcela Nunez-Alvarez,
Research Director, National Latino Research Center (NLRC), Cal State San Marcos,
Hillary Mushkin,
Artist and Research Professor of Art and Design,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Monday, November 11th, 2019
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Dr. Roozbeh Kiani,
Assistant Professor,
Neural Science and Psychology,
New York University,
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
11:30am
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Experts and Financial Ties: Evidence from FDA Advisory Committees
Fanny Camara,
Assistant Professor of Economics and Director of Research (Economics),
Dornsife, College of Leters, Arts and Science,
USC,
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
A Structural Model of a Multitasking Salesforce: Job Task Allocation and Incentive Plan Design
Kosuke Uetake,
Associate Professor of Marketing,
School of Management,
Yale University,
Thursday, November 14th, 2019
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Finance Seminar
Conflicting Priorities: A Theory of Covenants and Collateral
Giorgia Piacentino,
Daniel W. Stanton Associate Professor of Business,
Columbia Business School,
Columbia University,
Friday, November 15th, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Transparency and Demand Management in Platforms for Networked Markets
Adam Wierman,
Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences; Executive Officer for Computing and Mathematical Sciences; Director, Information Science and Technology,
Caltech,
Monday, November 18th, 2019
10:30am
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11:30am
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Otters and Others: Ted Hughes to Alice Oswald
John Kerrigan,
Professor of English,
University of Cambridge,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Acquisition of/Stochastic Evidence
Barton Lipman,
Professor of Economics,
Department of Economics,
Boston University,
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Two experiments on time preferences and repeated game
Jeongbin Kim,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, November 21st, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
Simon Says: How Norton Simon transformed a failing art museum into a cultural powerhouse
Andrea Thabet,
Lecturer in American History,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, November 22nd, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Equitable Voting Rules
Omer Tamuz,
Assistant Professor of Economics and Mathematics,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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