USC - Viterbi School of Engineering - Viterbi Newswire 5/10/10

May 10, 2010

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	TOP STORY IEEE Spectrum salutes 2010 Medal of Honor award winner Andrew J. Viterbi
	RESEARCH Maja Mataric lab wins Willow Garage PR2 beta robot Shrikanth Narayanan collaborates with Theatre School to analyze non-verbal communication Dan Dapkus is one of IEEE Spectrum’s “Engineers of the New Millennium” "Virtual human” research by computer scientists Jonathan Gratch and Stacy Marsella wins international attention
	EVENTS USCB Chancellor Henry T. Yang praises Steven Sample’s contribution to creation of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities in Rechtin Lecture Robotics Open House in Tutor Hall draws experts, press and children
	STUDENTS X PRIZE Class, half Viterbi, half Marshall, explains its ideas for a solar energy X PRIZE Grodins Symposium showcases BME student research David Kempe grad student Mahyer Salek wins CAMS award. Second KIEUL Design Expo shows off 19 projects from five Viterbi Departments
	IN THE NEWS David Belson publishes essay on hospital cost-cutting through systems engineering in Huffington Post Smart Oil expert Iraj Ershaghi speaks about drilling (and tanker) spill risks on KCAL
	IN MEMORIAM William G. Spitzer, 82, USC Provost and Dean

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