#  ITC Luncheon, 2009-2010 

 



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The Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC) luncheons for the academic year 2009-2010 are held in Phillips Auditorium on Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm unless stated otherwise. Each Luncheon features 10 minute presentations from 4-6 speakers and is attended by 50-60 astronomers. Sandwiches and chips are served. Videos of the presentations are linked below.

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**Speakers**











**Video**











Thu, 10 Sep











Gaspar Bakos (CfA), Chris Carilli (NRAO), Pierre Cox (IRAM, France), Feryal Ozel (U. Arizona)













[ITC Luncheon 10 Sep 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/09102009.ram)











Thu, 17 Sep











Warren Brown (CfA), Elena D'Onghia (ITC), Chris Reynolds (U. Maryland), Peng Oh (UCSB)













[ITC Luncheon 17 Sep 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/09172009.ram)











Thu, 24 Sep











Dimitrios Psaltis (U. Arizona), Aristotle Socrates (IAS), Ryan O'Leary (CfA), Marc Kamionkowski (Caltech)













[ITC Luncheon 24 Sep 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/09242009.ram)











Thu, 1 Oct











Mario Juric (ITC), Bence Kocsis (ITC), Jason Kalirai (STScI)













[ITC Luncheon 1 Oct 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/10012009.ram)











Thu, 8 Oct











Jonathan Pritchard (ITC), Robert Quimby (Caltech), Daniel Eisenstein (U. Arizona), Marla Geha (Yale), Jan Forbrich (CfA)













[ITC Luncheon 8 Oct 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/10082009.ram)











Thu, 15 Oct











Ruth Murray-Clay (ITC), Yue Shen (ITC), Yuval Birnboim (ITC), Mark Vogelsberger (ITC)













[ITC Luncheon 15 Oct 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/10192009.ram)











Thu, 22 Oct











Darin Ragozzine (ITC), Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere (ITC), Roger Romani (Stanford, Ofer Cohen (CfA)













[ITC Luncheon 22 Oct 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/10222009.ram)











Thu, 29 Oct











Stella Offner (ITC), Mark Dijkstra (ITC), Jeremy Schnittman (Johns Hopkins), Dimitar Sasselov (CfA)













[ITC Luncheon 29 Oct 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/10292009.ram)











Thu, 5 Nov











Anna Frebel (CfA), Hagai Perets (ITC), Norbert Werner (Stanford), Tom Abel (Stanford), CK Chan (ITC)













[ITC Luncheon 5 Nov 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/11052009.ram)











Thu, 12 Nov











Doug Finkbeiner (ITC), Sasha Tchekhovskoy (ITC), Sean Carroll (Caltech), Hiroshi Oda (ITC)













 











Thu, 19 Nov











Desika Narayanan (ITC), Chris Fryer (LANL), Nathan Smith (Berkeley), Molly Peeples (Ohio State), Lars Bildsten (KITP/UCSB)













[ITC Luncheon 19 Nov 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/11202009.ram)











Thu, 26 Nov











* No Luncheon (Thanksgiving)











 











Thu, 3 Dec











Uri Keshet (ITC), Charles Gammie (U. Illinois), Nick Scovile (Caltech), Stefano Tonzani (Nature)













[ITC Luncheon 3 Dec 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/12032009.ram)











Thu, 10 Dec











David Charbonneau (CfA), Eugene Chiang (UC Berkeley), Gurtina Besla (ITC), Erin Wells Bonning (Yale)













[ITC Luncheon 10 Dec 2009](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/12102009.ram)











Thu, 28 Jan











Jaime Pineda (CfA), Daniel Kasen (UCSC), Scott Ransom (NRAO), Francesco Massaro (CfA)













[ITC Luncheon 28 Jan 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/01282010.ram)











Thu, 4 Feb











Yue Shen (ITC), Dan Patnaude (CfA), Rachel Bean (Cornell) Patrick Jonsson (ITC)













[ITC Luncheon 4 Feb 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/02042010.ram)











Thu, 11 Feb











Jeremy Tinker (UC Berkeley), Jonathan Fortney (UCSC), Alison Farmer (ITC), Eric Hallman (ITC)













[ITC Luncheon 11 Feb 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/02112010.ram)











Thu, 18 Feb











Mark Vogelsberger (ITC), Angelica de Oliveira-Costa (ITC), Maryam Modjaz (UC Berkeley), Rob Simcoe (MIT)













[ITC Luncheon 18 Feb 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/02182010.ram)











Thu, 25 Feb











Edo Berger (CfA), Dave Latham (CfA), Norm Murray (CITA), Doug Finkbeiner (ITC)













[ITC Luncheon 25 Feb 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/02252010.ram)











Thu, 4 Mar











Alicia Soderberg (ITC), Uri Keshet (ITC), Tony Stark (CfA), Hy Trac (ITC)













[ITC Luncheon 4 Mar 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/03042010.ram)











Thu, 11 Mar











Dan Fabrycky (ITC), Hilke Schlichting (CITA), Nick Stone (ITC), Mark Krumholz (UCSC)













[ITC Luncheon 11 Mar 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/03112010.ram)











Thu, 18 Mar











* No Luncheon (Spring Break)











 











Thu, 25 Mar











Mark Dijkstra (ITC), Feng Yuan (Shanghai Observatory), Alice Shapley (UCLA), Tracy Slatyer (ITC)













[ITC Luncheon 25 Mar 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/03252010.ram)











Thu, 1 Apr











Alison Farmer &amp; Uma Mirani (ITC/CfA Green Team), Dusan Keres (ITC), Rosanne di Stefano (ITC), Cole Miller (U. Maryland), Doron Kushnir (Weizmann Institute)













[ITC Luncheon 1 Apr 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/04012010.ram)











Thu, 8 Apr











Matija Cuk (ITC), Avishai Dekel (Hebrew U), Andy Bunker (Oxford)











[ITC Luncheon 8 Apr 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/04082010.ram)











Thu, 15 Apr











Raul Jimenez (ICC, Barcelona), Chung-Pei Ma (UC Berkeley), Jack Burns (Colorado), Licia Verde (ICC, Barcelona), Roman Shcherbakov (ITC)











[ITC Luncheon 15 Apr 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/04152010.ram)











Thu, 22 Apr











Anna Frebel (ITC), Thomas Peters (Heidelberg), Eve Ostriker (U. Maryland), Gianni Bernardi (CfA), Bence Kocsis (ITC)











[ITC Luncheon 22 Apr 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/04222010.ram)











Thu, 29 Apr











Jonathan Pritchard (ITC), Adam Burrows (Princeton U), Tim de Zeeuw (ESO), Stephanie Bush (ITC), Ryan Chornock (CfA)











 











Thu, 6 May











Mario Juric (ITC), Chris Matzner (U Toronto), Josh Grindlay (CfA), Asaf Pe'er (STScI), Andrew MacFadyen (NYU)











[ITC Luncheon 6 May 2010](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/special/ta/05062010.ram)