USC - Viterbi School of Engineering - Viterbi Newswire 12/03/2008

December 3, 2008

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	TOP STORIES Barry Boehm named research director of new Systems Engineering Research Center Globalization : Senior Associate Dean Cauligi Raghavendra on emphasizing Viterbi School education and research opportunities around the world. Astani Department hosts two-day conference on Megacities
	RESEARCH Where there's wildfire smoke, there's toxicity, Astani faculty member finds David Belson and Randolph Hall apply management engineering techniques to make operating rooms operate more efficiently. Epstein Department's Yong Chen is perfecting software for "digital manufacturing" Viterbi School expertise helps lift USC supercomputer ranking
	FACULTY HONOR Firdaus Udwadia of AME wins Torrens Award
	EVENTS CS student teams coached by David Kempe post strong showing in ACM Programming Competition Viterbi School volunteers participate in Great So Cal ShakeOut
	IN THE NEWS Popular Science names Yan Xiao's "GluBam" research as "Best of What's New in 2008" Todd Brun of the Hsieh department finds possible backdoor vulnerability to quantum cryptography Astani department wave expert Jose Borrero analyzes what went wrong with an El Segundo artificial surfing reef. Constantinos Sioutas interviewed on KCRW's Which Way L.A.?

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