Calendar
Fall 2017-2018
Thursday, September 21st, 2017
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HSS Graduate Student Third-Year Presentation
A Testbed Experiment of a Market Based, Student Transportation Policy
Han Seo,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Evolution of the Private Equity Market and the Decline in IPOs
Michael Ewens,
Associate Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship,
Caltech,
Friday, September 29th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Mihai Manea
Bottleneck Links, Essential Intermediaries, and Competing Paths of Diffusion in Networks
Mihai Manea,
Stanford University,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017
4:00pm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Deconstructing the Neural Dynamics of Anticipation
CNS Seminar
Sotiris Masmanidis,
Assistant Professor,
Neurobiology,
UCLA Brain Research Institute,
4:00pm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Monday, October 30th, 2017
4:00pm
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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
3:00pm
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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,
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Nonparametric Analysis of Finite Mixtures
Yuichi Kitamura,
Professor of Economics,
Yale University,
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Amy Ward, USC
Dynamic Matching for Real-Time Ridesharing
Amy Ward,
Associate Professor,
Marshall School of Business,
USC,
Monday, November 6th, 2017
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
10:00am
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11:30am
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Conditional equilibria of multi-stage games with infinite sets of signals and actions
Roger Myerson,
Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; Moore Distinguished Scholar, Caltech,
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
A Paradigm Shift in Slow Motion: On the History of Gravitational Waves
Alexander Blum,
Research Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science; Visiting Associate in History of Science, Caltech,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Wealth Effects and Information Acquisition
John Rehbeck,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Ohio State University,
Thursday, November 9th, 2017
4:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Keith Pluymers, Caltech
Cow Trials and Murdered Rivers: Violent Landscapes and Resistance in the Early Modern World
Keith Pluymers,
Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in the Humanities,
Caltech,
Friday, November 10th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Teddy Mekonnen, Caltech
Ex-ante Comparative Statics: Responsiveness to Information Quality
Tewodros (Teddy) Mekonnen,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Monday, November 13th, 2017
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Bayesian Indirect Inference and the ABC of GMM
Han Hong,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, November 14th, 2017
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Searching for Policy Reforms
Avidit Acharya,
Assistant Professor,
Stanford University,
Thursday, November 16th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Tarun Chordia, Emory University
p-hacking: Evidence from two million trading strategies
Tarun Chordia,
Professor of Finance,
Goizueta Business School,
Emory University,
Friday, November 17th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Irene Lo, Columbia University
Dynamic Matching in School Choice: Efficient Seat Reassignment after Late Cancellations
Irene Lo,
PhD Candidate,
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Saturday, November 18th, 2017
9:30am
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3:00pm
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Monday, November 27th, 2017
4:00pm
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2017
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Newton as a Philosophical Geometer: The Example of the Two Revolving Globes
Monica Solomon,
Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Communication in Context: Interpreting Promises in an Experiment on Competition and Trust
Alessandra Casella,
Professor of Economics and Political Science,
Columbia University,