USC - Viterbi School of Engineering - Viterbi Newswire 3/10/11

March 10, 2011

The Viterbi Newswire is a digest of recent USC Viterbi School of Engineering news stories. For a complete listing of recent news and events visit the Viterbi Website

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	TOP STORIES Mark Humayun and Aristides Requicha elected to National Academy of Engineering Viterbi School hosts NAE National Meeting on Megacities Computer Science/GamePipe programs help propel USC to #1 Princeton Review ranking
	VITERBI IN INDIA Dean Yortsos and Viterbi delegation part of four-city USC tour of the subcontinent Viterbi School opens Bangalore office, signs MOUs, hosts Forum on Globalization and Innovation All University wrap-up of India trip
	RESEARCH "John" Tsung Hsiai demonstrates accuracy of angiogram pre-atherosclerosis test in fat-fed rabbits USC Stevens Institute "Ideas Empowered" initiative will develop inventions by Maja Matarić and Ellis Meng
	HONORS Len Adleman and RSA partners win top computer security award Beijing Symposium will celebrate Barry Boehm's contributions to software, and his 75th birthday Peers honor Mel Breuer, Maged Dessouky, Solomon Golomb, Yan Jin, C.C. Jay Kuo, Daniel Lidar, Patric Muggli, and Theodore Tsotsis
	EVENTS Elwyn Berlekamp delivers reminiscence-filled Viterbi Lecture to audience of fellow coding celebs '24' TV producer Howard Gordon and Yannis Yortsos share stage in discussion of engineering images in entertainment IMSC retreat brings numerous industry representatives to discuss "Geo-Immersion" E-week at Viterbi a rousing success, from bent bean bags to the Viterbi Ball Viterbi School hosts ASCE popsicle stick bridge-building competition
	IN THE NEWS L.A. Times and Wall Street Journal stories highlight Viterbi ISI computer scientists' role in and thoughts on IBM Watson Jeopardy! project Discovery News features Ted Berger's Smart Fence research