Welcome Speeches & Introduction (Lecture Hall)
Chair: Prof. Zhisheng Niu (Vice dean of SIST)
>> Welcome speech by Jun Li
>> Greetings from Cauligi Raghavendra
>> Greetings from USC alum and program supporter Feng Deng
>> Introduction of faculty participants from USC and Tsinghua University
Keynote Talks (Lecture Hall)
Chair: Prof. Zhisheng Niu (Vice dean of SIST)
9:30-10:00am - "Enhancing EHS, Maximizing Recovery Efficiency and Maximizing OPEX and CAPEX with IT-driven Intelligent Oilfield Operations" by Iraj Ershaghi - Omar B. Milligan Professor and Director Petroleum Engineering Program and Executive Director of Center for Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies, USC
Chair: Prof. Cauligi Raghavendra (Senior Associate Dean, VSoE, USC)
10:30-11am - "Solar Energy Conversion and Applications in China" by Zhiqiang Yin (Professor, THU)
11-11:30am - "Multi-Disciplinary Technology Applications in the Energy Industry (with a focus on Geoscience, Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition)" by Fred Aminzadeh (Research Professors, Center for Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies, USC)
Parallel Sessions
Track I: IT-driven Energy and Sustainability (Room 1-315)
Chair: Prof. Si-Zhao Qin (VSoE, USC)
2-2:30pm - "GeoRealism: Expanding the human ability to comprehend a larger geo space" by Cyrus Shahabi (CSCI, USC)
2:30-3pm - "Key Technologies for Solid State Lighting - from Epitaxy to Lighting Fixture" by Yi Luo (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, USC)
3-3:30pm - "Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide in Geologic Formations: A Viable Option for Mitigating the Greenhouse Effect" by Don Zhang (Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept., USC)
4-4:30pm - "Green IT for Energy Efficient Buildings" by Ruixi Yuan (USC)
4:30-5pm - "Biologically-inspired Smart Microfabricated Sensor and Actuator Networks" by Ellis Meng (Biomedical Engineering, USC)
5-5:30pm - "Composite Visual Communication" by Qionghai Dai (Electrical Engineering, USC)
Track II: Green IT & Intelligent Software (Room 1-312)
Chair: Prof. Maosong Sun (CS Department, THU)
2-2:30pm - "Reducing Energy Cost and Carbon Footprint of Data Centers" by Massoud Pedram (Electrical Engineering, USC)
2:30-3pm - "Low-power IC design" by Zhihua Wang (IME, THU)
4-4:30pm - "Energy-aware schedulers for HPC clusters" by Wenguang Chen (Computer Science, THU)
4:30-5pm - "Greening the Internet: towards design of energy efficient and high throughput routers" by Viktor Prasanna (Electrical Engineering, USC)
5-5:30pm - "Deadlock-free fully adaptive routing in 2D Tori" by Dong Xiang (SS, THU)
Track III: Smart Power Grid and Urban Infrastructure (Room 1-415)
Chair: Prof. Zuo Zhang (AU Dept., THU)
2-2:30pm - "Design of Smart Power Grid Systems: Issues and Opportunities" by Jay Kuo (Electrical Engineering, USC)
2:30-3pm - "Green Electric Grid in China" by Wei Xue (Computer Science, THU)
3-3:30pm - “Model Predictive Control for Electricity Demand Reduction in Commercial Buildings” by Joe Qin (CHE/MASC, USC)
4-4:30pm - “A Research Initiative: eRUCIE: e-Leaning Network on Risk-managed Underground Civil Infrastructure Engineering” by Xiaohui Cheng (Civil Engineering, THU)
4:30-5pm - “Sensors for energy efficiency” by Andrea Armani (CHE/MASC, USC)
5-5:30pm - “Composite Traffic Flows” by Li Li (AU Dept., THU)
6-8pm - Banquet (Bai Jia Da Zhai Men Restaurant)
Friday, May 22nd
Signing Ceremony of “THU-USC Joint Institute on Smart and Green IT” (Lecture Hall)
Chair: Prof. Jun Li (Executive Vice Dean of SIST, THU)
Attendees:
Tsinghua University
- Prof. Xu Chen (Vice President)
- Prof. Kebin He (Executive Vice Dean of the Graduate School)
- Prof. Lisheng Luo (Director, International Office)
- Prof. Jiaguang Sun (Dean of the SIST and Director of the TNList.
- Prof. Jun Li (Executive Vice Dean of the SIST)
- Prof. Zhisheng Niu (Vice Dean of the SIST)
- Prof. Zuo Zhang (Chair of the Automation Department Council)
- Prof. Maosong Sun (Head of the CS Department)
- Prof. Zhihua Wang (Deputy Director of IME)
- Prof. Lin Zhang (Deputy Director of EE Department)
USC
- Prof. Yannis Yortsos (Dean of VSoE)
- Prof. Cauligi S. Raghavendra (Senior Associate Dean of VSoE)
- Mr. Feng Deng, Alumnus of both Tsinghua and USC
- Invited government representatives (TBC)
9-9:05am - Welcome by Prof. Xu Chen (Vice President of THU)
9:05-9:15am - Greetings by Prof. Yannis Yortos, Dean of VsoE, USC
9:15-9:20am - Greetings by Prof. Jiaguang Sun, Dean of SIST, USC
9:20-9:30am - Signing Ceremony and Group Photo
Keynote Talk (Lecture Hall)
Chair: Prof. Jun Li (Executive Vice Dean of SIST, THU)
9:30-10am - “Green and Smart for a Sustainable Future” by Yannis Yortsos (Dean of VSoE, USC, Member of NAE)
10-10:30am - “Chinese Energy Challenges and Way Out” by Zheng Li (Deputy Director of Tsinghua Low-Carbon Lab, THU)
Parallel Sessions
Track IV: Mobile Sensor Networks for Energy Efficiency (Room 1-415)
Chair: Prof. Viktor Prasanna (EE Dept., VSoE, USC)
11-11:30am - “Sensor Networks for energy-saving applications: physical-layer and cross-layer aspects” by Andy Molisch (EE Dept., USC)
11:30-12pm - “ASON: Metropolitan Area Sensing and Operation Network” by Lin Zhang (EE Dept., THU)
12-12:30pm - “City-Scale Sensor Networks” by Bhaskar Krishnamachari (Electrical Engineering, USC)
Track V: Nanotechnology and Energy Conversion (Room 1-315)
Chair: Prof. Yi Luo (EE Dept., SIST, THU)
11-11:30am - “Green Energy Conversion and Storage Based on Novel Nanomaterials” by Chongwu Zhou (Electrical Engineering, USC)
11:30-12pm - “Passive and Active Performances of Slab Photonic Crystal Waveguides” by Yidong Huang (Electrical Engineering, THU)
12-12:30pm - “Fundamentals of nanowires and energy devices” by Jia Grace Lu (Electrical Engineering, USC)
12:30-2pm - Lunch with Students (ZhiLanYuan Restaurant)
2–4pm - Lab Tours and Individual Discussions with corresponding professors
4–5pm - Wrap-up and group discussion on the joint institute (FIT 1-315)
