Calendar
February 2021
Monday, February 1st, 2021
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Humanities Job Talk
Online Event
Writing the Rules of Reason: Inscriptive Practice and the Rise of Mathematical Logic
David Dunning,
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Mathematical Institute,
Oxford University,
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS
Online Event
Dynamic Resource Allocation: Control and Mechanism
Pengyu Qian,
Columbia University,
Thursday, February 4th, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
Values Encoded in Orbitofrontal Cortex Are Causally Linked to Economic Choices
Camillo Padoa-Schioppa,
Professor of Neuroscience,
Washington University in St. Louis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS
Online Event
Robust Sequential Decision-Making in Modern Data-Driven Systems
Thodoris Lykouris,
Microsoft Research NYC,
Monday, February 8th, 2021
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Humanities Job Talk
Online Event
Settler Computing: Algorithms and Water Rights in the 20th Century
Theodora Dryer,
Historian of Technology and Computing,
AI Now Institute,
New York University,
Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS
Online Event
Learning & Decision-Making in Societal Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and Design
Eric Mazumdar,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
UC Berkeley,
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:45pm
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Diverse Minds Seminar
Online Event
Mapping the structure of emotions
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa,
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor at Duke University with appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurosurgery.,
Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Analyzing Text Data Indexed by a Hidden Characteristic: Method and Application to the Study of Media Bias in the U.S.
Yimeng Li,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - What Cosmic Fireworks Unveil About the Universe
Online Event
Mansi Kasliwal,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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● POSTPONED: T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
This seminar has been postponed to April 29, 2021.
Elizabeth Phelps,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS
Online Event
Algorithms for Market: Matching Under Uncertainty
Mahsa Derakhshan,
Computer Science,
University of Maryland,
Friday, February 19th, 2021
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
Biopolitical Battle Lines: Between Eugenics and Black Lives Matter
Edgar Arcenaux,
USC, Artist, Writer/Director,
Ugo Edu,
UCLA,
Kurt Forman,
Independent Artist/Filmmaker,
Ahmad Greene-Hayes,
Princeton University,
Terence Keel,
UCLA,
Hentyle Yapp,
NYU Tisch School of the Arts,
Monday, February 22nd, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Anticipation and Consumption
Neil Thakral,
Nancy Donohue and Diane Elam Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics,
Brown University,
Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Background Risk and Small-Stakes Risk Aversion
Luciano Pomatto,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Caltech,