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December 2008
Monday, December 1st, 2008
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
The Neural Mechanisms of Emotional Control and Flexibility
Daniela Schiller,
postdoctoral fellow in neural science and psychology,
New York University,
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The British Intercolonial Slave Trade in the Development of the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
Gregory O'Malley,
Caltech-Huntington Mellon Postdoctoral Instructor in History,
Caltech,
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Bayesian Decision Making with Probabilistic Population Codes
Alexandre Pouget,
associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences and bioengineering,
University of Rochester,
Friday, December 5th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Hardness of Approximation Results for Network Formation Games (Techniques from Theoretical Computer Science for Problems in Revealed Preference)
Shankar Kalyanaraman,
graduate student in engineering and applied science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Gravity in the Tropics: The Seconds Pendulum and Global Science, 1672–1726
Nicholas Dew,
assistant professor of history,
McGill University,
Friday, December 12th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Mohamed Mostagir,
graduate student in humanities and social sciences,
Caltech,