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May 2011
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Collective Dynamic Choice: The Necessity of Time Inconsistency (joint with Matthew O. Jackson)
Leeat Yariv,
professor of economics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Seminar in American Studies
Religion and Early Social Science: Thinking about Population after La Peyrère
Ted McCormick,
assistant professor of history,
Concordia University,
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Search and Satisficing
Mark Dean,
associate professor of economics,
Brown University,
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Francis Bacon Conference
Intellectual Property and Molecular Biology: Biomedicine, Commerce, and the CCR5 Gene
Myles W. Jackson,
professor of the history and philosophy of science and technology,
Polytechnic Institute and Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University,
Friday, May 6th, 2011
9:00am
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5/7
5:00pm
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Francis Bacon Conference
Molecular Biology and Intellectual Property in the Age of Biocapitalism
Myles W. Jackson,
professor of the history and philosophy of science and technology,
Polytechnic Institute and Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Salary Competition in Two-Sided Markets with Private Information
Luke Boosey,
graduate student in humanities and social sciences,
Caltech,
Monday, May 9th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Whole-cell Recordings in the Hippocampus of Freely Moving Rats
Albert Lee,
group leader,
HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
The Econometrics of DSGE Models
Raffaella Giacomini,
associate professor of economics,
University College London,
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Second-Guessing, Structure, and Information in Bureaucratic Politics (joint with Sean Gailmard)
John Patty,
associate professor of political science,
Washington Univesity, St. Louis,
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Approximately Optimal Mechanism Design via Differential Privacy
Rann Smorodinsky,
associate professor of economics and finance,
Israel Institute of Technology,
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Towards a Computational Account of Human Pain and Aversive Learning
Benjamin Seymour,
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging,
University College London,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, May 13th, 2011
12:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Asymptotic Equivalence of Stable Matching Mechanisms
Sang Mok Lee,
graduate student in humanities and social sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
You drink. You drive. You go to jail. Where's recursion?
Daniel Everett,
dean of arts and sciences,
Bentley University,
Monday, May 16th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Is it all connected? Understanding the Relationship Between Behavioral Phenomena
Pietro Ortoleva,
assistant professor of economics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Efficient Estimation of Convex Moment Inequalities
Andres Santos,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
How Early Experience Shapes Circuits for Vocal Perception and Production
Richard Mooney,
professor of neurobiology,
Duke University School of Medicine,
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Equilibrium Checks and Balances
James Robinson,
David Florence Professor of Government,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Social Pain and Pleasure: Exploring the Neural Systems Underlying Social Rejection and Connection
Naomi Eisenberger,
assistant professor of psychology,
UCLA,
Friday, May 20th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Exploiting Network Effects in the Provisioning of Large Scale Systems
Jayakrishnan Nair,
graduate student in electrical engineering,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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The Vicarious Brain: The Neural Basis of Empathy, Learning by Observation, and Sociopathy
The Vicarious Brain: The Neural Basis of Empathy, Learning by Observation, and Sociopathy
Christian Keysers,
professor for the social brain,
University Medical Center Groningen,
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Role of Basal Ganglia-Forebrain Circuits in Vocal Learning in the Songbird: A Hypothesis
Michale Fee,
associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences,
MIT,
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
The Neurobiology Loss Aversion and Reference-Dependency
Benedetto De Martino,
University of College London and visiting associate in neuroscience,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Costly Self Control and Random Self Indulgence
Bart Lipman,
professor of economics,
Boston University,
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Can Men Detect Ovulation?
Martie Haselton,
associate professor of psychology,
UCLA,
Friday, May 27th, 2011
9:00am
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5/28
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Market Design for Electricity Grids with Intermittent Sources
Sachin Adlakha,
postdoctoral scholar in computer science,
Caltech,
Desmond Cai,
graduate student,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
A Study of Congressional District Compactness
Jeffrey Lewis,
associate professor of political science,
UCLA,