Condensed Matter Seminar: "Sloppy Models, Differential Geometry, and How Science Works"
James P. Sethna, Cornell University
Models of systems biology, climate change, ecosystems, and macroeconomics have parameters that are hard or impossible to measure directly. If we fit these unknown parameters, fiddling with them until they agree with…
Astro Seminar: "Halo Bias and its Evolution in the Peak Model"
Tobias Baldauf (IAS)
The clustering statistics of galaxies and their host haloes in current and upcoming Large Scale Structure surveys have the potential to put stringent constraints on cosmology and fundamental physics. The…
Soft Materials: Physics to Physiology via Computation
Michael L. Klein, Laura H Carnell Professor of Science (Temple University)
Eli Burstein Lecture 2015
Women in Physics Luncheon
Faculty Women in Physics
Join Penn's New Women in Physics Club at a free luncheon (*registration not required) among female Faculty members, who will share their experiences and provide some insight and advice.
Department Colloquium: "Inflationary Cosmology & Mythology"
Paul Steinhardt (Princeton)
This talk will present an unvarnished assessment of inflationary
cosmology in light of cosmological observations, making clear the
difference between the facts and the myths and enabling a fair scientific
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Advances in Biomedical Optics Seminar: " Lighting the Path to Cancer Detection and Therapy"
Professor Samuel Achilefu (Washington University)
*Pizza to be served @ 11:45A*
Primakoff Lecture: "Was Einstein Right? A Centennial Assessment"
Clifford M. Will
Dissertation Defense: "Improving the Signal-to-Noise of Nanopore Sensors"
Matt Puster, University of Pennsylvania
Astro Seminar: Unleashing the Power of ALMA
Amanda Kepley (NRAO)
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a
transformational millimeter interferometer being built in Chile that,
when complete, will have 10-100 times the sensitivity, 100 times the…