The Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC) luncheons for the academic year 2012-2013 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 80 astronomers. Sandwiches and chips are served. Videos of the presentations are linked below
| Date | Speakers | Video |
| Thu, 6 Sep | Matthew Schwartz (Harvard) Leslie Sage (U. of Maryland) David Clements (Imperial College, London) Lorenzo Sironi (ITC) | September 6, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 13 Sep | Douglas Finkbeiner (ITC) Tom Abel (Stanford) Smadar Naoz (ITC) Francesco Massaro (Stanford) | September 13, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 20 Sep | Tony Pan (ITC) Julie Comerford (U. of Texas) Paul Steinhardt (Princeton) Heather Knutson (Caltech) | September 20, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 27 Sep | Xuening Bai (ITC) Kailash Sahu (STScI) Richard Scalzo (ANU, Mt Stromlo Obs.) Carlos Cunha (Stanford) | September 27, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 4 Oct | Laura Lopez (MIT) Sayan Chakraborti (ITC) Lindsay Bleem (U. of Chicago) Bence Kocsis (ITC) | October 4, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 11 Oct | Dimitrios Psaltis (U. of Arizona) James Bullock (UC Irvine) David Weinberg (Ohio State) Jimmy Irwin (U. of Alabama) | |
| Thu, 18 Oct | Raffaella Margutti (ITC) Emily Levesque (U. of Colorado) Olek Sadowski (ITC) Tony Piro (Caltech) | |
| Thu, 25 Oct | Paul Nulsen (CfA) Matias Zaldarriaga (IAS) Ken Shen (UC Berkeley) Andrey Kravtsov (U. of Chicago) | October 25, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 1 Nov | Matthew Walker (ITC) Hilke Schlichting (UCLA) Thomas Greif (ITC) Ranga-Ram Chary (Caltech) | November 1, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 8 Nov | Nick Stone (ITC) Roman Rafikov (Princeton) Dan Milisavljevic (ITC) Marc Postman (STScI) | November 8, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 15 Nov | Dylan Nelson (ITC) Antonio Cuesta (Yale) Reinout van Weeren (CfA) Leisa Townsley (Penn State U.) | November 15, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 22 Nov | * No Luncheon (Thanksgiving) | |
| Thu, 29 Nov | Mark Vogelsberger (ITC) Andrea Ferrara (SNS, Pisa) Bekki Dawson (ITC) Genevieve Graves (UC Berkeley) | November 29, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 6 Dec | Robert Penna (ITC) Konstantin Batygin (ITC) Volker Bromm (U TX - Austin) Cora Dvorkin (IAS): | December 6, 2012 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 31 Jan | Akos Bogdan (CfA) Maxim Lyutikov (Purdue) Philip Hopkins (UC Berkeley) Leon Golub (CfA) | January 31, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 7 Feb | Matthew Bayliss (ITC) James Steiner (CfA) Meg Urry (Yale) Trent Dupuy (CfA) | February 7, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 14 Feb | Steve Furlanetto (UCLA) Alberto Sesana (AEI) Nathan Myhrvold (Intellectual Ventures) | February 14, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 21 Feb | Josh Carter (CfA) Ralf Klessen (U Heidelberg) Michael McDonald (MIT) Olek Sadowski (ITC) | February 21, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 28 Feb | Lorenzo Sironi (ITC) Naoki Yoshida (U Tokyo) Armin Rest (STScI) Mikhail Medvedev (U Kansas) | February 28, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 7 Mar | Eli Visbal (CfA) Neta Bahcall (Princeton) Bence Beky (CfA) Igor Chilingarian (CfA) | |
| Thu, 14 Mar | Smadar Naoz (ITC) Dong Lai (Cornell) Fiona Harrison (Caltech) Atish Kamble (ITC) | March 14, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 21 Mar | * No Luncheon (Spring Break) | |
| Thu, 28 Mar | Cameron McBride (ITC) Rennan Barkana (Tel Aviv U) Molly Swanson (ITC) Katherine Blundell (Oxford) | March 28, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 4 Apr | Justin Kasper (CfA) Scott Ransom (NRAO) Joe Silk (Oxford) Raul Jimenez (CERN) | April 4, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| The, 11 Apr | Nathan Sanders (CfA) Paul Steinhardt (Princeton) Lars Bildsten (KITP/UCSB) Simeon Bird (IAS) | April 11, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 18 Apr | Jamie Bock (Caltech) Eric Becklin (UCLA) Boaz Katz (IAS) Zack Slepian (CfA) | April 18, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 25 Apr | Feryal Ozel (Arizona) Richard Ellis (Caltech) Yoram Lithwick (Northwestern) Ron Cowen | April 25, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 2 May | Daniel Eisenstein (ITC) Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (Santa Cruz) Raffaella Margutti (ITC) Thomas Greif (ITC) | May 2, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |
| Thu, 9 May | Bence Kocsis (ITC) Alex Lazarian (Wisconsin) Josh Frieman (Fermilab) Tassos Fragos (ITC) | |
| Thu, 16 May | Shy Genel (ITC) Kris Gorski (JPL) Dimitrios Giannios (Purdue) Liubin Pan (ITC) | May 16, 2013 ITC Luncheon Video |