Calendar
Winter 2020-2021
Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:45pm
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▶︎POSTPONED: Diverse Minds Seminar
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The Hierarchy of Knowledge in Machine Learning & Related Fields and Its Consequences
Monday, January 11th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
A Model of Justification
Sarah Ridout,
PhD Candidate in Economics,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, January 13th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
This seminar has been rescheduled to Wednesday, February 10.
Luciano Pomatto,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Banks-McKelvey Memorial Lecture
Online Event
Assortative Matching, Innovation Rates, and the Great Divergence
Gary W. Cox (PhD '83),
William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Market-Based Mechanisms
Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey,
PhD Candidate,
Northwestern University,
Thursday, January 21st, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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● POSTPONED: T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
This seminar has been postponed.
Yael Niv,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Sequential Sampling and Equilibrium
Duarte Gonçalves,
PhD Candidate,
Columbia University,
Friday, January 22nd, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Humanities Job Talk
Online Event
Industrial Craft: A Global History of Chinese Cotton Industry, 1887-1937
Yuan Yi,
Columbia University,
Monday, January 25th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Information Sequencing with Naive Social Learning
Pëllumb Reshidi,
PhD Candidate,
Princeton University,
Wednesday, January 27th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Humanities Job Talk
Online Event
The Sky's Limits: Satellite Technology and Environmental Governance in the Global Space Age
Lisa Ruth Rand,
Haas Postdoctoral Fellow,
Science History Institute,
Thursday, January 28th, 2021
10:00am
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3:00pm
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Friday, January 29th, 2021
10:00am
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2:00pm
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Monday, February 1st, 2021
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Humanities Job Talk
Online Event
Writing the Rules of Reason: Inscriptive Practice and the Rise of Mathematical Logic
David Dunning,
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Mathematical Institute,
Oxford University,
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS
Online Event
Dynamic Resource Allocation: Control and Mechanism
Pengyu Qian,
Columbia University,
Thursday, February 4th, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
Values Encoded in Orbitofrontal Cortex Are Causally Linked to Economic Choices
Camillo Padoa-Schioppa,
Professor of Neuroscience,
Washington University in St. Louis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS
Online Event
Robust Sequential Decision-Making in Modern Data-Driven Systems
Thodoris Lykouris,
Microsoft Research NYC,
Monday, February 8th, 2021
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Humanities Job Talk
Online Event
Settler Computing: Algorithms and Water Rights in the 20th Century
Theodora Dryer,
Historian of Technology and Computing,
AI Now Institute,
New York University,
Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS
Online Event
Learning & Decision-Making in Societal Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and Design
Eric Mazumdar,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
UC Berkeley,
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:45pm
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Diverse Minds Seminar
Online Event
Mapping the structure of emotions
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa,
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor at Duke University with appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurosurgery.,
Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Analyzing Text Data Indexed by a Hidden Characteristic: Method and Application to the Study of Media Bias in the U.S.
Yimeng Li,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - What Cosmic Fireworks Unveil About the Universe
Online Event
Mansi Kasliwal,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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● POSTPONED: T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
This seminar has been postponed to April 29, 2021.
Elizabeth Phelps,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS
Online Event
Algorithms for Market: Matching Under Uncertainty
Mahsa Derakhshan,
Computer Science,
University of Maryland,
Friday, February 19th, 2021
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
Biopolitical Battle Lines: Between Eugenics and Black Lives Matter
Edgar Arcenaux,
USC, Artist, Writer/Director,
Ugo Edu,
UCLA,
Kurt Forman,
Independent Artist/Filmmaker,
Ahmad Greene-Hayes,
Princeton University,
Terence Keel,
UCLA,
Hentyle Yapp,
NYU Tisch School of the Arts,
Monday, February 22nd, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
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Anticipation and Consumption
Neil Thakral,
Nancy Donohue and Diane Elam Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics,
Brown University,
Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
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Background Risk and Small-Stakes Risk Aversion
Luciano Pomatto,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
Monday, March 1st, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
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A Test of the Selection on Observables Assumption Using a Discontinuously Distributed Covariate
Nese Yildiz,
Associate Professor of Economics,
University of Rochester,
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
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The power of referential advice
Nicolas Lambert,
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics,
MIT,
Thursday, March 4th, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
Thinking the Right Thoughts
Nathaniel Daw,
Huo Professor in Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience,
Princeton University,
Friday, March 5th, 2021
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 1
Monday, March 8th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
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Merger, Product Variety and Firm Entry: the Retail Craft Beer Market in California
Ying Fan,
Associate Professor (with tenure),
Department of Economics,
University of Michigan,
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
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Random versus Directed Search for Scarce Resources
Teddy Mekonnen,
Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics,
Brown University,
Friday, March 12th, 2021
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 2
Monday, March 15th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
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How to Prevent Traffic Accidents? Moral Hazard, Inattention, and Behavioral Data
Yizhou Jin,
Gilbert Center Postdoctoral Fellow,
Economics Department and Haas School of Business,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
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Robust Minimal Instability of the Top Trading Cycles Mechanism
Lars Ehlers,
Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Economics,
Université de Montréal,
Thursday, March 18th, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
Abstraction and Inference in the Prefrontal Hippocampal Circuitry
Tim Behrens,
Professor of Computational Neuroscience,
Oxford University,
Friday, March 19th, 2021
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
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The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 3
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:15pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
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Mixed Logit and Pure Characteristics Models
Jay Lu,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
UCLA,
Kota Saito,
Professor of Economics,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,