Calendar
Fall 2011-2012
Monday, September 19th, 2011
3:30pm
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
The Calculus of the Security Dilemma
Avidit Acharya,
Visiting Research Associate,
W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy, Rochester University,
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Information Aggregation and Optimal Structure of the Executive
Francesco Squintani,
Department of Economics,
University of Essex,
Friday, September 30th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Finding a Walrasian Equilibrium is Easy for a Fixed Number of Agents
Federico Echenique,
Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Entry under Subsidy: the Competitive U.S. Local Telephone Industry
Mo Xaio,
University of Arizona,
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Believing and Time: A Neural Mechanism for Decision Making
Michael Shadlen,
Professor and HHMI Investigator,
Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
University of Washington,
Monday, October 10th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Sensory Processing in a Small Brain
Rachel Wilson,
Associate Professor,
Neurobiology,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Science Job Candidate
Dynamic Political Distortions Under Alternative Constitutional Settings
Carlo Prato,
Graduate Student,
Northwestern University,
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Visual Number Form Area in the Human Inferior Temporal Cortex: An Intracranial Electrocorticography and Electrical Brain Stimulation Study in Conscious Human Subjects
Josef Parvizi,
Assistant Professor,
Neurology & Neurological Sciences,
Stanford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
The Future of Federally Funded Surveys & Why Most of What We Know about Public Opinion could be Wrong: A Randomized Test of Mode of Interview
Lynn Vavreck,
Associate Professor of Political Science,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Turnout Matters: Evidence from Compulsory Voting in Australia
Anthony Fowler,
Graduate Student,
Department of Government,
Harvard University,
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
The Neurodynamics of Automatic Behavior
F. Gregory Ashby,
Laboratory for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
'Throw That Junk!': The Art of the Movie in Citizen Kane
Jeffrey Knapp,
Chancellor's Professor of English,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, October 14th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Real-Time Demand Response in Smart Grid with Uncertain Renewable Energy
Libin Jiang,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Monday, October 17th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Inferring Strategic Voting
Kei Kawai,
Northwestern University,
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
Euler's Attack on Post-Leibnizian Dynamics
Marius Stan,
Caltech-Huntington Mellon Postdoctoral Instructor in Philosophy,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Effective Affirmative Action in School Choice
Isa E. Hafalir,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Tepper School of Business,
Carnegie Mellon,
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Forcing Consent: Information and Power in Non-Democratic Elections
Arturas Rozenas,
Graduate Student,
Duke University,
Friday, October 21st, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Income and Representation in the United States Congress
Christopher N. Tausanovitch,
Graduate Student,
Department of Poltical Science,
Stanford University,
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Humanities Conference
Reid's Account of Perception as a Two-Stage Process
Marina Folescu,
PhD Candidate,
University of Southern California,
Monday, October 24th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
Debt Policy Under Constraints Between Philip II, the Cortes and Genoese Bankers
Christophe Chamley,
Department of Economics,
Boston University,
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Seminar in American Studies
Why Printing Precedes Manuscript
Peter Stallybrass,
Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professer in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania,
R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Fellow, Huntington Library,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
*This seminar has been cancelled* Tying Your EnemyÂ’s Hands in Close Races: The Politics of Federal Transfers in Brazil
Tommaso Nannicini,
Bocconi University,
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Contagion and Uninvadability in Social Networks with Bilingual Option (joint with Daisuke Oyama)
Satoru Takahashi,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Princeton University,
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Molecular Genetics of Economic Decision Making
Chew Soo Hong,
Lab for Behavioral & Biological Economics & the Social Sciences,
National University of Singapore,
Richard P Ebstein,
Lab for Behavioral & Biological Economics & the Social Sciences,
National University of Singapore,
Friday, October 28th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Dynamic Oligopoly Games under Asymmetric Costs
Andrew Ledvina,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Mathematical Finance,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
An Estimable Demand System for a Large Auction Platform Market
Gregory Lewis,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Harvard University,
Monday, November 7th, 2011
4:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Identification and Inference in Ascending Auctions with Correlated Private Values
Amit Gandhi,
University of Wisconsin,
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
History, Expectations, and Leadership in the Evolution of Social Norms (Co-author: Daron Acemoglu)
Matthew Jackson,
William D. Eberle Professor of Economics,
Stanford University,
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Rational Control of Aspiration in Learning
Paul R. Schrater,
Associate Professor,
Departments of Psychology & Computer Science,
University of Minnesota,
Friday, November 11th, 2011
8:00am
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Social Image: Virtuous, Shame, and Temptation
Kota Saito,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
Dr. Descartes: Resurrecting a Medical Philosopher
Gideon Manning,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Revolt on the Nile: Economic Shocks, Religion and Political Power
Eric Chaney,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
An Empirical Equilibrium Model of a Decentralized Asset Market
Alessandro Gavazza,
assistant professor of economics,
Stern School of Business,
New York University,
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Close Encounters of the Fear Kind
Dean Mobbs,
Senior Investigator Scientist,
MRC Cognition & Brain Science Unit,
University of Cambridge,
Friday, November 18th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
A Review of Work from the Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT) 2011
Elizabeth Bodin-Baron,
Graduate Student,
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Some Unpleasant Bargaining Arithmetics (joint with Hulya Eraslan)
Antonio Merlo,
Lawrence R. Klein Professor and Chair of Economics,
University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Load-balancing Games in Cloud Systems
Jonathan Anselmi,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Basque Center for Applied Mathematics,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
4:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
The Welfare Impact of a New Good: The Printed Book
Jeremiah Dittmar,
Department of Economics,
American University,
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
1:30pm
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6:30pm
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Social Science Conference
Finance: Genes, Brains, Decisions and Market Interaction
Various Speakers,
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Forecasting Elections: Voter Intentions versus Expectations
Justin Wolfers,
Associate Professor of Business and Public Policy,
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
Monday, December 12th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Neural Activity Reveals Preferences Without Choices
Alec Smith,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics,
HSS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Dynamical functional organization of the human brain
Vinod Menon,
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Neuroscience,
Sanford,
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Smart Markets for Hydrological Resources
Robert F. Raffensperger,
Senior Lecturer in Management Science,
University of Canterbury, New Zealand,
Friday, December 16th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Incentive Compatibility of Large Centralized Matching Markets
Sang Mok Lee,
Graduate Student,
Caltech,