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Winter 2011-2012
Friday, January 6th, 2012
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Epidemics, Graphs and Eigenvalues
Subhonmesh Bose,
Graduate Student,
Caltech, Electrical Engineering,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
How to Destroy Probabilities and Lives by Trying to Make Things Safer
Adam Elga,
Department of Philosophy,
Princeton University,
Monday, January 9th, 2012
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Learning Hierarchies of Invariant Features
Yann LeCun,
Professor,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Neural Science,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Gender Differences in Productivity Responses to Performance Rankings: Evidence From a Randomized Workplace Experiment
Iwan Barankay,
Associate Professor,
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania ,
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Rational Herding in Microloan Markets
Juanjuan Zhang,
Associate Professor of Marketing,
MIT Sloan School of Management,
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Cancelled - Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Probabilistic Models of Sensorimotor Control and Decision Making
Daniel Wolpert,
rofessor,
Department of Engineering,
University of Cambridge,
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
12:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
Causation and Probability-Raising
Luke Glynn,
McDonnell Postdoctoral Scholar in Philosophy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Developing Shared Knowledge
Hongyi Li,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Sloan School of Management,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, January 20th, 2012
12:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Vignettes - A Computer Scientist Exploring the Interface With The Social Sciences
Katrina Ligett,
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Economics,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Productivity and Credibility in Industry Equilibrium
Michael Powell,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Sloan School of Management,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, January 27th, 2012
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Neural Activity Reveals Preferences Without Choices (joint with B. Douglas Bernheim, Colin Camerer, and Antonio Rangel)
Alec Smith,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
History and Philosophy of Feynman Diagrams
Adrian Wuthrich,
Center for Philosophy of Science,
University of Pittsburgh,
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Interaction of Planning Areas in Cerebral Cortex
R. Chess Stetson,
Computation & Neural Systems,
California Institute of Technolgoy,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Fiction Reading
Fiction Reading
Mat Johnson,
Novelist; Creative Writing Program Professor,
The University of Houston,
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
How Jesus Celebrated Passover: Changing Visions of the Last Supper in Early Modern Europe
Anthony Grafton,
Professor of History,
Princeton University,
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
See event detail for location
Racial Gerrymandering in Texas: Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act
J. Morgan Kousser,
Professor of History and Social Science,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Hollywood's First Wave of "Holocaust" Films: From Frank Sinatra to Anne Frank
Lawrence Baron,
Nasatir Chair in Modern Jewish History,
Department of History,
San Diego State University,
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
12:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
Anxiety and Health in the Fourteenth Century: A Doctor Explores the Healing Power of a Holy Womans Voice
Nicole A. Archambeau,
ACLS Postdoctoral Instructor in History,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Earnest C. Watson Lecture
Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series --- What Parents Want: Evidence From Child Adoption
Leeat Yariv,
Professor of Economics at Caltech,
The Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, February 17th, 2012
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Popularity Versus Similarity in Growing Networks
Dmitri Krioukov,
Senior Research Scientist,
San Diego Supercomputer Center,
University of California, San Diego,
Friday, February 24th, 2012
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Interesting papers at EC' 11
Desmond Cai,
Graduate Student,
Caltech,
Monday, February 27th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Voter Behavior, Term Limits and Seniority Advantage in Pork Barrel Politics
Cortney Rodet,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Suspicious Coincidences in the Brain"
Terrence J. Sejnowski,
Professor,
Computational Neurobiology Laboratory,
SALK Institute,
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Minority Party Influence in Competitive Partisan Legislatures (co-authored with Keith Krehbiel)
Alan E. Wiseman,
Associate Professor of Political Science,
Vanderbilt University,
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
How Social Information Modulates Human Decision Making
Hauke Heekeren,
Max Planck Institute for Human Development,
Free University, Berlin,
4:00pm
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Computer Science Seminar
How local is the local field potential?
Gaute T. Einevoll,
Computational Neuroscience Group,
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås,
4:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Archaeologies of Performance: Ritual Movement through Greek Sacred Space
Joan Breton Connelly,
Professor of Classics, Art History; Director, NYU Yeronisos Island Excavations, Cyprus,
New York University,
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Take it or Leave it: Running a Survey when Privacy Comes at a Cost
Katrina Ligett,
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Economics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
X-phi as Explication Preparation for Formal Epistemology
James Justus,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Philosophy,
University of Texas-Austin,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, March 5th, 2012
12:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Risky-Taking" Behavior in Dynamic Tournaments with Interim Performance Information
Joseph Wang,
Visiting Associate in Economics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Humanities Job Candidate
Magna Carta and the Romance of Old Law
Jennifer Jahner,
Department of English,
University of Pennsylvania,
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Strengthening State Capabilities: The Role of Financial Incentives in the Call To Public Service
Ernesto Dal Bo,
Associate Professor,
Haas Business and Public Policy Group,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
The Evolution of Theory of Mind
Arthur Robson,
Professor of Economics,
Simon Fraser University,
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Diffusion Models for Two-Choice Tasks with Applications to Aging and Speed-of-Processing
Roger Ratcliff,
Cognitive Program Lab,
Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Concepts of Completeness in Einsteins Critique of Quantum Mechanics
Don Howard,
Department of Philosophy,
University of Notre Dame,
Monday, March 12th, 2012
12:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Strategic Social Pressure: Theory and Experiment (with Margaret Neale and Hugaveera Rao)
David Baron,
Visiting Professor in Economics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Isolation and Exchange in Eighteenth-Century France
Emma Rothschild,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Subjective Learning
David Dillenberger,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, March 16th, 2012
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Measuring the Performance of Large-Scale Combinatorial Auctions: A Structural Estimation Approach
Gabriel Y. Weintraub,
Associate Professor of Decision, Risk & Operations,
Columbia Business School,
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
Monday, March 26th, 2012
10:30am
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Cultural Neuroscience: Bridging Cultural and Biological Sciences
Joan Chiao,
Assistant Professor,
Northwestern University,
Friday, March 30th, 2012
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Stitching the World Together: Why Time Seems to Flow
Craig Callender,
University of California, San Diego,