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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Price-setting by Committee: Evidence from Medicare
David Chan, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine,
4:15pm 5:15pm
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CANCELLED | Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

This talk has been cancelled.
Alexander Blum, Research Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science; Visiting Associate in History of Science, Caltech,
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Bernard Herskovic, UCLA

Acquiring Information Through Peers
Bernard Herskovic, Assistant Professor of Finance, Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Machine Learning Art & Creativity Talk

The Shape of Art History in the Eyes of the Machine
Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University,
Thursday, October 5th, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Rory Cox, Caltech

Towards a Global History of the Ethics of War
Rory Cox, Visiting Associate in the Humanities, Caltech; Lecturer in Late Medieval History, University of St Andrews,
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
11:30am 1:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Meeting

Selvan Bavan, Postdoctoral Scholar in Biology and Biological Engineering, Neurobiology, California Institute of Technology,
Aaron Nichols, Postdoctoral Scholar in Biology and Biological Engineering, Neurobiology, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Career Concerns and the Dynamics of Electoral Accountability
Gabriel Lopez-Moctezuma, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Caltech,
4:15pm 5:15pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

On the Rise and Decline of Visual Modes of Teaching Philosophy
Susanna Berger, Assistant Professor of Art History, Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, USC,
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar

Modeling Ignorance: Uncertainty or Complexity?
Peter Bossaerts, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, University of Melbourne & the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health,
Monday, October 16th, 2017
7:30pm 9:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program

‘The Invention of Nature,' Alexander von Humboldt, and the Merging of the Arts and the Sciences
Andrea Wulf, Historian and Author,
Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Partial effects for binary outcome models with unobserved heterogeneity
Lucas Nunez, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Brown Bag Seminar: Leah Klement, Caltech

England In and Out of Europe in Lydgate's "Troy Book" and "The Serpent of Division"
Leah Klement, Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations Postdoctoral Instructor, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

The Cushioning Benefits of Biased Beliefs
Lawrence Jin, Assistant Professor of Finance, Caltech,
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar

Neuroimaging of pain and distress: From biomarkers to brain representation
Tor Wager, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Monday, October 23rd, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Deconstructing the Neural Dynamics of Anticipation

CNS Seminar
Sotiris Masmanidis, Assistant Professor, Neurobiology, UCLA Brain Research Institute,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Electoral Competition with Rationally Inattentive Voters
Filip Matejka, Associate Professor with Tenure, CERGE-EI; Research Affiliate, Center for Economic and Policy Research,
Tuesday, October 24th, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

The Moral Behavior of Ethics Professors and Models of Moral Cognition
Eric Schwitzgebel, Professor of Philosophy, UC Riverside,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Incentive Effects of Horizontal and Vertical Inequality
Ricardo Perez-Truglia, Assistant Professor, Anderson School of Management, UCLA,
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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CANCELLED | Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

This talk has been cancelled.
Phil Haile, Ford Foundation Professor of Economics, Yale University,
7:30pm 9:00pm
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German Film: Willkommen bei den Hartmanns

Movie screening for German 130a & 132a // In German with English subtitles
Thursday, October 26th, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar

How we know what not to think
Fiery Cushman, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University ,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar

Reputation Management in late Eighteenth-century England: Angelica Kauffman, the Women and the Men
Amanda Vickery, Eleanor Searle Visiting Professor of History, Caltech,
Friday, October 27th, 2017
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Marcelo Fernandez, Caltech

Deferred Acceptance and Regret-Free Truthtelling: A characterization result
Marcelo Fernandez, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Monday, October 30th, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar

Curious Creatures: Aesthetics, Sentience, and the case of the Medieval Ape
Patricia Clare Ingham, Associate Professor, Department of English, Adjunct Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University,
Tuesday, October 31st, 2017
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Electoral Competition and Corruption: Theory and Evidence from India
Amrita Dhillon, Professor of Political Economy, King’s College London,