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<title>09-07-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7861</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Sean Carroll, Senior Research Associate in Physics, California Institute of Technology

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time

Abstract: Dr. Sean Carroll, Senior Research Associate in Physics at California Institute of Technology, will present "The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>09-07-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7861</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Sean Carroll, Senior Research Associate in Physics, California Institute of Technology

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time

Abstract: Dr. Sean Carroll, Senior Research Associate in Physics at California Institute of Technology, will present "The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>08-31-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; An Engineer&#039;s Overview of the World&#039;s Largest Astronomical Project, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7848</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Michael Thorburn, Head of ALMA Department of Engineering

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; An Engineer's Overview of the World's Largest Astronomical Project, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA)

Abstract: Dr. Michael Thorburn, Head of ALMA Department of Engineering, will present "An Engineer's Overview of the World's Largest Astronomical Project, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA)" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.


Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

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<title>08-31-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; An Engineer&#039;s Overview of the World&#039;s Largest Astronomical Project, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7848</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Michael Thorburn, Head of ALMA Department of Engineering

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; An Engineer's Overview of the World's Largest Astronomical Project, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA)

Abstract: Dr. Michael Thorburn, Head of ALMA Department of Engineering, will present "An Engineer's Overview of the World's Largest Astronomical Project, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA)" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.


Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

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<title>06-22-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6965</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.

Host: Professional Programs

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<title>06-21-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6964</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.

Host: Professional Programs

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<title>06-20-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6963</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.

Host: Professional Programs

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<title>06-19-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6962</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.

Host: Professional Programs

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<item>
<title>06-18-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6961</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.

Host: Professional Programs

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<title>05-25-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6960</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.

Host: Professional Programs

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</item>
<item>
<title>05-24-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6959</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.

Host: Professional Programs

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</item>
<item>
<title>05-23-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6958</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.

Host: Professional Programs

]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>05-22-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6957</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.

Host: Professional Programs

]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>05-21-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6956</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.

Host: Professional Programs

]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>05-04-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6955</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt. 

Host: Professional Programs

]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>05-03-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6954</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt. 

Host: Professional Programs

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<title>05-02-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6953</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt. 

Host: Professional Programs

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<title>05-01-2012 Spring Study Day </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7477</link>
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<title>05-01-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6952</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt. 

Host: Professional Programs

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<title>04-30-2012 Six Sigma Black Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6951</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Larry Aft, Professional Programs

Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you’ve learned. This course is presented  in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.

Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma,  including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.


NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.

Course Topics 

    * Business process management
    * Computer applications
    * Design of experiments (DOE)
    * Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
    * DMAIIC
    * Enterprisewide deployment
    * Lean enterprise
    * Project management
    * Regression and correlation modeling
    * Statistical methods and sampling
    * Statistical process control
    * Team processes

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
    * Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
    * Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
    * Implement the recommended improvements
    * Improve existing processes by reducing variation
    * Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location  
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt. 

Host: Professional Programs

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<title>04-27-2012 Senior Design Expo </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7476</link>
<description><![CDATA[Join students, faculty, staff and industry partners at the 4th annual KIUEL Senior Design Expo to recognize the capstone projects of Viterbi seniors! Learn how you can apply your current classes to future engineering projects and support the hard work of your fellow students, as well as vote for your favorite project.

To learn more about the Senior Design Expo and KIUEL, visit viterbi.usc.edu/kiuel]]></description>
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<title>04-25-2012 From Poem to Stage  &lt;br /&gt;THE FACE by Donald Crockett and David St. John </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6942</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Thursday, March 29, at 9 a.m.

USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=206

General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=206

THE FACE is a multidisciplinary chamber opera featuring music, film and choreography created by USC composer Donald Crockett and USC poet David St. John. Set in Venice Beach, THE FACE tells a deeply compelling story about the price of fame, desire and creativity. The central character, a poet named Raphael, struggles with the recent loss of his lover/muse while juggling the demands of a movie being made about his life and his increasing notoriety. The narrative is both passionate and raw in its candor, offering an insightful view of the human condition.

The artistic team for the production includes the innovative Parisian stage director/filmmaker Paul Desveaux and renowned European choreographer Yano Iatrides. An exceptional international cast includes acclaimed British tenor Daniel Norman as Raphael; American lyric baritone Thomas Meglioranza as the movie producer, Memphis; American mezzo-soprano Janna Baty as the director, Infanta; and young Australian soprano Jane Sheldon as the actress, Cybele.

The event will include an introduction by composer Donald Crockett followed by a semi-staged performance of selected scenes accompanied by the USC Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble. Short readings from the original novella in verse by eminent poet and USC professor David St. John will be interspersed between scenes. A Q&A with members of the creative team and the cast will follow.

Related Events:
From Poem to Stage: THE FACE is a multi-event residency that will offer a rare behind-the-scenes look into the process of transforming an idea (in this case a novella in verse) into a 21st-century multidisciplinary chamber opera.

Monday, April 23, 6 p.m.
Lloyd Sound Stage
Open musical rehearsal with an introduction by composer Donald Crockett.

Tuesday, April 24, 5 p.m.
Bovard Auditorium
Open dance/movement rehearsal with an introduction by choreographer Yano Iatrides.

Tuesday, April 24, 6:15 p.m.
Bovard Auditorium
Open stage rehearsal with an introduction by stage director Paul Desveaux.

Thursday, April 26, 11 a.m.
Location TBA
A panel discussion will explore a variety of aspects related to the development of this multidisciplinary production. Panelists will include poet/librettist David St. John, composer Donald Crockett, director Paul Desveaux, choreographer Yano Iatrides, producer Kate Vincent, USC Thornton faculty Chris Sampson and Brian Head and USC theatre faculty Sharon Carnicke.

Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.

Photo: Katherine Vincent

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>04-20-2012 2012 Department of Electrical Engineering Research Festival sponsored by MHI </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7436</link>
<description><![CDATA[Please Save the Date for the 2012 Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering Research Festival. Event details and Ph.D. student participation details coming shortly. 

To view photos from the 2011 EE Research Festival please visit the following link: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.274458572566776.78017.267216453290988&type=1&l=aaa0f50db0

Note: dated changed - new date is Friday, 4/20 ]]></description>
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<title>04-19-2012 Distinguished Lectures Series </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7358</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Joe Goddard, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego

Talk Title: Playing in Sand for Science, Engineering, and Fun

Series: Distinguished Lectures Series

Host: Theo Tsotsis

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<title>04-14-2012 Woody Guthrie’s Los Angeles: A Centenary Celebration </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6941</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Wednesday, March 21, at 9 a.m.

USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=205

General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=205

Born Woodrow Wilson Guthrie in 1912, Woody Guthrie became the nation’s most recognizable and important folk singer before the folk revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. To mark the centennial of his birth and his lasting significance, a series of events will be presetned in partnership with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West and the GRAMMY Museum. Scholars, journalists and musicians will come together for a day-long symposium featuring discussions and performances that will commemorate Woody Guthrie’s life, legacy and impact on American politics, music and culture. Following the symposium, a concert at L.A. LIVE’s Nokia Theatre will pay tribute to Guthrie with some of the nation’s most celebrated musicians. 

Organized by William Deverell (History).

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>04-13-2012 02-10-2012 </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7530</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Ben Schwegler, Senior Vice President & Chief Scientist, Walt Disney Imagineering

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

Abstract: Dr. Ben Schwegler, Senior Vice President & Chief Scientist at Walt Disney Imagineering, will present as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>04-13-2012 02-10-2012 </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7530</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Ben Schwegler, Senior Vice President & Chief Scientist, Walt Disney Imagineering

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

Abstract: Dr. Ben Schwegler, Senior Vice President & Chief Scientist at Walt Disney Imagineering, will present as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>04-11-2012 Cirque du Soleil&#039;s IRIS </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8116</link>
<description><![CDATA[Open to USC students only. Admission is free. Reservations required. Tickets will be distributed on a lottery basis. To sign up for the lottery, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveLotto.php?RSVPEvtCode=328 on Tuesday, March 20, between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. See below for details.* RSVP

*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Due to high demand, tickets will be distributed on a lottery basis. To sign up for the lottery, click on the link above on Tuesday, March 20, anytime between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 5:45 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 6:30 p.m. and return to campus at 11:45 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.

Cirque du Soleil’s new production is a lyrical, fanciful, kinetic foray into the art of cinema. Bringing together dance, acrobatics, live video, filmed sequences and animation, IRIS takes spectators on a fantastic voyage through cinematic history and genres, taking them into the heart of the movie-making process. From illustration to animation, black and&#8201;white to color, silent films to talkies, fixed shots to swooping camera movements, audience members witness the poetic construction and deconstruction of this art form as an object and as a way of transcending reality. Experience the stage mastery of Cirque du Soleil in this original show, making its home at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>04-10-2012 On Stage with LisaGay Hamilton </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6940</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free.

Accomplished theatre, film and television actor LisaGay Hamilton will present a solo performance addressing her struggles and triumphs as an African American woman working in the visual and performing arts. Hamilton is best known for her role as attorney Rebecca Washington on the ABC drama The Practice and for her critically acclaimed performance as young Sethe in Jonathan Demme’s film adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Beloved. Hamilton has also worked with some of the most accomplished playwrights of the late twentieth century, including Athol Fugard, August Wilson and Adrienne Kennedy. Her leading roles on film and on stage include Isabella in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, opposite Kevin Kline, and Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, opposite Campbell Scott. Hamilton will perform excerpts from her remarkable career and will share autobiographical and historical anecdotes related to her work.

Organized by David Román (English and American Studies and Ethnicity).

Photo: Lisa Levart

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>04-06-2012 02-10-2012 </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7525</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Garrett Reisman, Head of Commercial Crew Development at SpaceX

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

Abstract: Dr. Garrett Reisman, Head of Commercial Crew Development at SpaceX, will present as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>04-06-2012 02-10-2012 </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7525</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Garrett Reisman, Head of Commercial Crew Development at SpaceX

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

Abstract: Dr. Garrett Reisman, Head of Commercial Crew Development at SpaceX, will present as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>04-06-2012 Waiting for Godot </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8117</link>
<description><![CDATA[Open to USC Students only. Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=327 beginning Thursday, March 8, at 9 a.m. See below for details.*

*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP at the link above beginning Thursday, March 8, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 5:45 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 6:30 p.m. and return to campus at 11:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.

Recognized as the most significant English language play of the 20th century, this self-described “tragicomedy in two acts” by the Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett tells the story of two men waiting on a country road: Waiting for Godot. And what a wait it is!

Together for the first time, Barry McGovern and Alan Mandell—two of the most distinguished interpreters of Beckett’s work—delightfully debate the meaning of life and the absurdities of human behavior in this engagingly funny, relevant and illuminating new production.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>04-05-2012 Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7357</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Yuri Gorbi, Biological Sciences, USC

Talk Title: Recent Advances in the Emerging Field of Electromicrobiology

Series: Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series

Host: Florian Mansfeld

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<title>04-02-2012 NOBE General Meeting </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7544</link>
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<title>04-02-2012 At Home in the World: New Directions in Writing from the Asia Pacific </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6939</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free.

From South Asian Kenyans struggling under the threat of expulsion to Samoan girls on the cusp of womanhood to a word-obsessed, multiracial Aussie piecing together his family’s past through fragments of letters and half-forgotten stories, the characters found in Kaya Press books are as provocative and nuanced as the writers who give them voice. Celebrate the arrival of Kaya Press at USC with readings and conversations with award-winning authors Brian Castro (Australia), Sia Figiel (Samoa) and Shailja Patel (Kenya). Performance meets poetry meets experimental fiction in this exploration of the creative forces behind the next wave of cutting-edge transnational literature from the Asian and Pacific Island diasporas.

Related Event:
A writing workshop with the three authors will take place on Tuesday, April 3, at 12:30 p.m. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss writing techniques, present their own writings for feedback from the authors and get guidance on the process of publishing their work. Lunch will be served.

Speaker Bios:

Brian Castro was born in Hong Kong in 1950 of Portuguese, Chinese and English parents, and arrived in Australia in 1961. His novels include Birds of Passage (1983), which shared the Australian/Vogel Literary Award; Double-Wolf (1991), winner of the Age Fiction Prize and the Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction; After China (1992), which also won the Victorian Premier’s Award; and Stepper (1997), for which he received the National Book Council Banjo Award. Shanghai Dancing (republished by Kaya Press in the United States) won the Christina Stead Fiction Prize and the New South Wales Premier’s Book of the Year Award. His books have been translated into German and French. He is currently the chair of creative writing at the University of Adelaide.

Sia Figiel was born in Matautu Tai, Samoa, and grew up amidst traditional Samoan singing and poetry, which heavily influenced her writing. Author of novels, plays and poetry, she has traveled extensively in Europe and the Pacific Islands and has had residencies at the University of Technology in Sydney, the East-West Center in Hawaii, the Pacific Writing Forum at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji and Logoipulotu College in Savaii. Her poetry won the Polynesian Literary Competition in 1994, and her first novel, Where We Once Belonged, was awarded the 1997 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for Fiction, South East Asia/South Pacific region. Her work has been translated into French, German, Catalan, Danish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Portuguese.

Shailja Patel was born and raised in Kenya, has lived in London and San Francisco, and now divides her time between Nairobi and Berkeley. She honed her poetic skills in performances that have received standing ovations throughout Europe, Africa and North America. She has been described by the Gulf Times as “the poetic equivalent of Arundhati Roy” and by CNN as “the face of globalization as a people-centered phenomenon of migration and exchange.” She has appeared on the BBC World Service, NPR and Al Jazeera, and her poems have been translated into twelve languages. She is a recipient of a Sundance Theatre Fellowship, the Fanny-Ann Eddy Poetry Award from IRNAfrica, the Voices of Our Nations Poetry Award, a Lambda Slam Championship and the Outwrite Poetry Prize.

Organized by Viet Nguyen (English and American Studies and Ethnicity), Sumun Pendakur (Asian Pacific American Student Services) and Sunyoung Lee (Kaya Press).

For further information on this event:
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<title>04-01-2012 02-10-2012 </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6937</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Friday, March 9, at 9 a.m. at http://cinema.usc.edu.

Hollywood icon and international legend Dino De Laurentiis was one of the most prolific and respected producers in film history when he passed away in 2010 at the age of 91. From his early neorealist masterpieces, Bitter Rice and Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria and La Strada, for which he received an Academy Award, to big-budget spectaculars like Barbarella, King Kong, Dune and Conan the Barbarian, to his recent reinvention of the Hannibal Lecter franchise, De Laurentiis’s career spanned 73 years in the film industry. With the support and guidance of the De Laurentiis family, we will pay homage to the exceptional variety and longevity that marked his career with screenings of his films and discussions featuring his friends, family, scholars and colleagues.

Films that will be screened include Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro, 1949), The Great War (La Grande Guerra, 1959), Barbarella (1968), Serpico (1973), Death Wish (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), King Kong (1976), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Manhunter (1986), Blue Velvet (1986), Army of Darkness (1992) and Hannibal (2001). Additional screenings will take place in the weeks prior to the event. (1986),

Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

For further information on this event:
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<title>04-01-2012 Women Composers of the Present </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6938</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Wednesday, March 7, at 9 a.m.

USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=204

General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=204

The USC Thornton Wind Ensemble will present a concert highlighting the work of contemporary women composers. The program will feature the work of two USC composers, Veronika Krausas and Erica Muhl, as well as several other distinguished composers, including Jennifer Higdon (2010 Pulitzer Prize winner), Joan Tower, Kathryn Salfelder and Susan Botti.

Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-31-2012 02-10-2012 </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6936</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Friday, March 9, at 9 a.m. at http://cinema.usc.edu.

Hollywood icon and international legend Dino De Laurentiis was one of the most prolific and respected producers in film history when he passed away in 2010 at the age of 91. From his early neorealist masterpieces, Bitter Rice and Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria and La Strada, for which he received an Academy Award, to big-budget spectaculars like Barbarella, King Kong, Dune and Conan the Barbarian, to his recent reinvention of the Hannibal Lecter franchise, De Laurentiis’s career spanned 73 years in the film industry. With the support and guidance of the De Laurentiis family, we will pay homage to the exceptional variety and longevity that marked his career with screenings of his films and discussions featuring his friends, family, scholars and colleagues.

Films that will be screened include Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro, 1949), The Great War (La Grande Guerra, 1959), Barbarella (1968), Serpico (1973), Death Wish (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), King Kong (1976), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Manhunter (1986), Blue Velvet (1986), Army of Darkness (1992) and Hannibal (2001). Additional screenings will take place in the weeks prior to the event. (1986),

Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-30-2012 02-10-2012 </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6935</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Friday, March 9, at 9 a.m. at http://cinema.usc.edu.

Hollywood icon and international legend Dino De Laurentiis was one of the most prolific and respected producers in film history when he passed away in 2010 at the age of 91. From his early neorealist masterpieces, Bitter Rice and Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria and La Strada, for which he received an Academy Award, to big-budget spectaculars like Barbarella, King Kong, Dune and Conan the Barbarian, to his recent reinvention of the Hannibal Lecter franchise, De Laurentiis’s career spanned 73 years in the film industry. With the support and guidance of the De Laurentiis family, we will pay homage to the exceptional variety and longevity that marked his career with screenings of his films and discussions featuring his friends, family, scholars and colleagues.

Films that will be screened include Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro, 1949), The Great War (La Grande Guerra, 1959), Barbarella (1968), Serpico (1973), Death Wish (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), King Kong (1976), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Manhunter (1986), Blue Velvet (1986), Army of Darkness (1992) and Hannibal (2001). Additional screenings will take place in the weeks prior to the event. (1986),

Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-29-2012 American Ballet Theatre </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8115</link>
<description><![CDATA[Open to USC students only. Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=287 beginning Tuesday, March 6, at 9 a.m. See below for details.*

*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. To RSVP, click on the link above beginning Tuesday, March 6, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 5:15 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 5 p.m. and return to campus at 11:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.

“One of the most beautiful sights in dance is American Ballet Theatre in full flight.”—The New York Post 

We are thrilled to take students to see the incredible American Ballet Theatre. With its unrivaled roster of sensational dancers, ABT will come to Orange County to honor the Segerstrom Center’s 25th anniversary season. The performance will feature the world premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s new production of The Firebird. The program will also include the West Coast premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Thirteen Diversions, praised as “spectacular” by the New York Times, and Merce Cunningham’s beautiful Duets. This American dance treasure and its galaxy of international dance superstars will captivate audiences with every move.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-28-2012 Mathematics for System Safety Analysis (MATH) </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=5718</link>
<description><![CDATA[This course is focused on the mathematics used in system safety. The purpose of this course is to provide the trainees with a working understanding of the mathematical theories underlying system safety analysis. ]]></description>
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<title>03-28-2012 Viterbi Spotlight: Industrial and Systems Engineering </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7466</link>
<description><![CDATA[Still not quite sure of which Viterbi major is right for you? Considering Industrial and Systems Engineering as possible options? Want to learn about the challenges, rewards and the future of this field of engineering? Then, come to the Industrial and Systems Engineering Spotlight Program! Hear from our panel of alumni and/or industry representatives as they talk about their experiences and learn first-hand what it's like working in this field. Then practice your networking skills by mingling with our panelists over pizza!

If you are attending, please RSVP by emailing viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu with "RSVP ISE Spotlight" in the subject line.]]></description>
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<title>03-27-2012 Evaluating and Negotiating Job Offers </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7455</link>
<description><![CDATA[Decision Time! How do you decipher and evaluate job offers? How do you begin the negotiations phase? Attend this workshop and learn helpful tips that will help guide you through the process.]]></description>
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<title>03-27-2012 MSC Software Info Session </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7469</link>
<description><![CDATA[MSC Software has opportunites for interns and fulltime employees in our nearby Santa Ana, California headquarters. If you bring passion for software development and want to join and elite engineering organization you should be speaking with us. MSC Software customers include the largest and most prestigious makers of cars, trains, planes, heavy equipment, machinery, medical products and defense vehicles and equipment. A global organization of 1,200 employees, we are pioneers in tools for simulation and virtual prototyping. www.mscsoftware.com

Engineerng majors: bring your resume and receive a chance to win a cash prize of $250. Drawing to be held at end of infosession. You must be present to win.

Targeted student audience: BS,MS,PhD]]></description>
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<title>03-24-2012 Shelf Life 2: A Big Day for Small Press </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6934</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free.

Shelf Life 2 will bring together independent publishers, writers, artists and designers for a unique, vital and historically charged event that will push the boundaries of popular culture. What is the role of independent publishers? What is the impact and potential benefit of digital media for today’s small publishers? Who will control what we read and see? To address these and many other questions, the event will feature dynamic speakers including Chip Kidd, a publishing-design veteran with a career spanning 25 years. Described as a “rock-star” book designer, he has created innovative, award-winning book and comic designs, and his work has taken the comic and graphic-novel industry to new levels. Gary Panter is an artist and cartoonist who works in painting, design, comics and commercial imagery. He is a publisher, the artist of the Jimbo comic series, an Emmy Award winner for Pee-Wee’s Playhouse and a musician. Byron Coley is a music critic who wrote for Forced Exposure, NY Rocker, Boston Rock and Take It! magazine. One of the first writers to extensively document indie rock, Coley was a contributing writer to SPIN in the 1980s and ’90s, and currently writes for Wire and Arthur.

Additionally, a series of hands-on DIY workshops will be led by writers and artists in zine publishing, e-publications, blogging and bookbinding, including Amir Fallah, artist and creator of Beautiful-Decay magazine; artist and critic Doug Harvey; and publisher Bruce Caen.

Throughout the day, independent publishers, artists and designers will showcase their wares at a festive bazaar. The bazaar will include free food and a DJ.

Organized by Ewa Wojciak and Haven Lin-Kirk (Fine Arts).

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-23-2012 An Afro-Classical Evolution within the Revolution </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6933</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at the links below beginning Wednesday, February 29, at 9 a.m.

USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=203

General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=203

Explore the unique contributions of African Americans to the literature of classical music, focusing on orchestral works by African American composers past and present. A discussion led by Ndugu Chancler, adjunct professor of jazz studies and popular music at USC, will feature Hansonia Caldwell, professor of music emeritus at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and Robert Watt, who served as assistant principal horn for the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1970 through 2007. The event will also include performances of orchestral compositions by African American composers, including William Grant Still and Patrice Rushen, performed by the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles under the leadership of Maestro Charles Dickerson.

Speaker Bios:

Hansonia Caldwell is professor of music emeritus at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She is a distinguished accompanist and church organist, and is founding conductor of the Dominguez Hills Jubilee Choir, a town-and-gown multiethnic ensemble that specializes in the performance of music from African American culture. 

Ndugu Chancler is a drummer, percussionist, producer, composer, clinician and educator. As a  studio musician, he has recorded with such greats as Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock and Michael  Jackson. As a songwriter, Chancler co-wrote hits for Santana, George Duke and the Dazz Band. His production credits include Flora Purim, Bill Summers, Toki and his own solo recordings.

Charles Dickerson is founder, music director and conductor of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, director of music at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church and former director of the Southeast Symphony. The Inner City Youth Orchestra made its world debut at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2010.

Multi-GRAMMY nominated artist Patrice Rushen is a composer, producer and international recording artist. She was the first woman to serve as musical director for the GRAMMY Awards, the first woman in 43 years to serve as head composer/musical director for the Emmy Awards and the first woman musical director of the NAACP Image Awards. A classically trained pianist, Rushen is one of the music industry’s most versatile and sought after artists. 

Robert Watt served as assistant principal horn for the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1970 through 2007. Watt has been a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Pops Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony and many community orchestras in the Los Angeles area.

Organized by Ndugu Chancler (Jazz Studies and Popular Music).

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-22-2012 Distinguished Lectures Series </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7356</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Joan Redwing, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University

Talk Title: Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of Silicon Micro/Nanowire Arrays for Energy Applications

Series: Distinguished Lectures Series

Host: Jongseung Yoon

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<title>03-22-2012 Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7495</link>
<description><![CDATA[Course Overview
Learn how to integrate principles of business, statistics and engineering to achieve tangible results. Master the use of Six Sigma to quantify the critical quality issues in your company. Once the issues have been quantified, statistics can be applied to provide probabilities of success and failure. Six Sigma methods increase productivity and enhance quality. As a Six Sigma green belt, you will be equipped to support and champion a Six Sigma implementation in your organization. To earn the Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate, you will be required to pass the Institute of Industrial Engineer's green belt exam (administered on the final day of the course).

During this course you will have the opportunity to apply what you have learned to an actual issue you face in your organization. Prior seminar participants have reported significant savings from implementing their projects.

    A financial services organization saw $128,000 in cost savings per quarter when they reduced transaction processing rework
    A state agency reduced project cost over-runs by 28 percent
    A transportation company saved more than $875,000 per year in turnover costs by improving the employee communications process
    Reduced errors in a painting operation led to increased first pass acceptance and  more than $197,000 in annual savings
    A Web developer increased annual profits by 10 percent by cutting cycle time
    A wave solder operation saw defects reduced by half and costs reduced by $60,000 per year

Course Topics 

    Basic statistics
    Case studies
    Cost analysis
    DMAIC
    Financial implications
    Process capability
    Root cause analysis
    Six Sigma green belt exam
    Six Sigma process and objective
    Statistical process control

Benefits 
Upon completion of this course, you will walk away with the following skills:

    Design and develop Six Sigma projects 
    Determine process capability   
    Employ the DMAIC process
    Perform basic statistical analysis on process measurements
    Prepare root cause analysis
    Support and champion Six Sigma implementation in your organization
    Understand the Six Sigma philosophy

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $1,345
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $1,100

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.  

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location 
Three course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus, online with interactivity, and online with archive access:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    Access to hard copy course materials.
    Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, you  can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on your computer, or to participate on your computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units
CEUs: 2.1 (CEUs provided by request only)

USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 
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<title>03-21-2012 Landing Your Dream Internship- Tips for Sophomores &amp; Juniors </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7454</link>
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<title>03-21-2012 Spring Equinox Networking Event </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7543</link>
<description><![CDATA[This Event is being put on by NOBE, the eClub, and EVMA. 

This will be an opportunity to network with students from all different schools within USC, whether you are creative, technical or more focused on business, this will be a great place to share ideas and build bonds with different students that could potentially come in handy in your professional life down the road. ]]></description>
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<title>03-21-2012 Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7494</link>
<description><![CDATA[Course Overview
Learn how to integrate principles of business, statistics and engineering to achieve tangible results. Master the use of Six Sigma to quantify the critical quality issues in your company. Once the issues have been quantified, statistics can be applied to provide probabilities of success and failure. Six Sigma methods increase productivity and enhance quality. As a Six Sigma green belt, you will be equipped to support and champion a Six Sigma implementation in your organization. To earn the Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate, you will be required to pass the Institute of Industrial Engineer's green belt exam (administered on the final day of the course).

During this course you will have the opportunity to apply what you have learned to an actual issue you face in your organization. Prior seminar participants have reported significant savings from implementing their projects.

    A financial services organization saw $128,000 in cost savings per quarter when they reduced transaction processing rework
    A state agency reduced project cost over-runs by 28 percent
    A transportation company saved more than $875,000 per year in turnover costs by improving the employee communications process
    Reduced errors in a painting operation led to increased first pass acceptance and  more than $197,000 in annual savings
    A Web developer increased annual profits by 10 percent by cutting cycle time
    A wave solder operation saw defects reduced by half and costs reduced by $60,000 per year

Course Topics 

    Basic statistics
    Case studies
    Cost analysis
    DMAIC
    Financial implications
    Process capability
    Root cause analysis
    Six Sigma green belt exam
    Six Sigma process and objective
    Statistical process control

Benefits 
Upon completion of this course, you will walk away with the following skills:

    Design and develop Six Sigma projects 
    Determine process capability   
    Employ the DMAIC process
    Perform basic statistical analysis on process measurements
    Prepare root cause analysis
    Support and champion Six Sigma implementation in your organization
    Understand the Six Sigma philosophy

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $1,345
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $1,100

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.  

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location 
Three course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus, online with interactivity, and online with archive access:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    Access to hard copy course materials.
    Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, you  can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on your computer, or to participate on your computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units
CEUs: 2.1 (CEUs provided by request only)

USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 
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<title>03-21-2012 SEVEN: Art at Work for Human Rights and Social Justice </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6932</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at the links below beginning Monday, February 27, at 9 a.m.

USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=202

General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=242

“Riveting, explosive and inspiring drama . . . starkly emotive . . . reaffirm[s] the belief that one person could indeed make a difference.”—The Huffington Post

“It was impossible not to be inspired by the widely varying examples of courage that the project corralled.”—The Washington Post

SEVEN is a collaborative documentary theatre piece written by seven award-winning women playwrights. Based on personal interviews, SEVEN tells the stories of seven incredible women from around the world who have faced risks to themselves and their families to take on human rights abuses in their countries. One of the women set up the first domestic-violence crisis center in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, even as the government denied the existence of such abuse. Another, in Pakistan, refused to remain silent after she was raped, demanding justice; she later opened a school so that young girls would no longer be victimized because of illiteracy.  Still another returned to Cambodia after her parents had been killed by the Khmer Rouge to work against human trafficking. In the interwoven stories, what emerges is a connection of common purpose, determination and courage. The groundbreaking play was written by Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith and Susan Yankowitz.

Related Event:
Theatre for Social Change Workshop
Monday, March 19, 3 to 5:30 p.m.
Doheny Memorial Library, Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Join us for an introductory workshop in applied theatre arts and learn how to use theatre techniques to explore social justice issues that matter to you. The workshop will be led by Rebecca Struch (MA, Applied Theatre Arts, USC 2011).

Organized by Lora Zane (Theatre), Paula Cizmar (Theatre), Brent Blair (Theatre), Ange-Marie Hancock (Political Science and Gender Studies) and Michael Messner (Sociology). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano, the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles, Latina/o Student Assembly, Take Back the Night and Women's Student Association.

 

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-20-2012 Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7493</link>
<description><![CDATA[Course Overview
Learn how to integrate principles of business, statistics and engineering to achieve tangible results. Master the use of Six Sigma to quantify the critical quality issues in your company. Once the issues have been quantified, statistics can be applied to provide probabilities of success and failure. Six Sigma methods increase productivity and enhance quality. As a Six Sigma green belt, you will be equipped to support and champion a Six Sigma implementation in your organization. To earn the Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate, you will be required to pass the Institute of Industrial Engineer's green belt exam (administered on the final day of the course).

During this course you will have the opportunity to apply what you have learned to an actual issue you face in your organization. Prior seminar participants have reported significant savings from implementing their projects.

    A financial services organization saw $128,000 in cost savings per quarter when they reduced transaction processing rework
    A state agency reduced project cost over-runs by 28 percent
    A transportation company saved more than $875,000 per year in turnover costs by improving the employee communications process
    Reduced errors in a painting operation led to increased first pass acceptance and  more than $197,000 in annual savings
    A Web developer increased annual profits by 10 percent by cutting cycle time
    A wave solder operation saw defects reduced by half and costs reduced by $60,000 per year

Course Topics 

    Basic statistics
    Case studies
    Cost analysis
    DMAIC
    Financial implications
    Process capability
    Root cause analysis
    Six Sigma green belt exam
    Six Sigma process and objective
    Statistical process control

Benefits 
Upon completion of this course, you will walk away with the following skills:

    Design and develop Six Sigma projects 
    Determine process capability   
    Employ the DMAIC process
    Perform basic statistical analysis on process measurements
    Prepare root cause analysis
    Support and champion Six Sigma implementation in your organization
    Understand the Six Sigma philosophy

Program Fees 

On-Campus Participants: $1,345
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $1,100

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.  

 

Reduced Pricing:

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.

Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Location 
Three course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus, online with interactivity, and online with archive access:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    Access to hard copy course materials.
    Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, you  can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on your computer, or to participate on your computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Continuing Education Units
CEUs: 2.1 (CEUs provided by request only)

USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 
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<title>03-10-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8100</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>03-10-2012 Pre-MESA Day </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7040</link>
<description><![CDATA[Math, science, and engineering competitions for MESA middle and high school students to qualify to participate in the Los Angeles Regional MESA Days.]]></description>
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<title>03-09-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8099</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>03-08-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8098</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>03-08-2012 Tell Me About Yourself: The Art of Networking </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7453</link>
<description><![CDATA[What is networking? Attend this workshop and learn how to build relationships and connections that can teach you more about your field. Discover USC networking resources that can help build your private network!]]></description>
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<title>03-08-2012 Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7355</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Max Lagally, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Talk Title: Semiconductor Nanomembranes: Sheet Science and Technology 

Series: Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series

Host: Priya Vashishta

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<title>03-08-2012 Do You Dream in Color? </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6931</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at the links below beginning Tuesday, February 14, at 9 a.m.

USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=201

General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=201

Transportation will be provided for USC students. Buses will depart USC at 6 p.m. and return to campus at 9:30 p.m. If you would like to use the provided transportation, you must make a reservation. Please reserve your event ticket prior to reserving your bus ticket. To make a reservation for transportation, please click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=208

A fascinating evening of performance and conversation will explore issues raised by blindness. The event will feature the West Coast premiere of Do You Dream in Color?, composed by Bruce Adolphe, sung by blind mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin, who is also the author of the text, and accompanied by acclaimed pianist Marija Stroke. Following the performance, Rubin and Adolphe will participate in a conversation with USC University Professor and neuroscientist Antonio Damasio and Mark Humayun, a distinguished professor of ophthalmology at USC and pioneer of retinal transplants. 

About the Artists and Speakers

Laurie Rubin has been praised by the New York Times for her “compelling artistry” and “communicative power.” The Los Angeles Times wrote that “Rubin seems to have an especially acute intuition about the power and subtleties of sound” and is a “charismatic, multi-textured performer.”

Recently named composer-in-residence at the USC Brain and Creativity Institute, Bruce Adolphe has composed music for Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Sylvia McNair, the Beaux Arts Trio, the Brentano String Quartet, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Miami Quartet, Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Pianist Marija Stroke has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Russia and Hong Kong, in chamber-music festivals and in solo performances.

Antonio Damasio is University Professor and David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC. Damasio has made seminal contributions to the understanding of how the brain generates mind and behavior and described his discoveries in books such as Descartes’ Error and Looking for Spinoza. Damasio’s newest book is Self Comes to Mind. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Honda Prize and the Asturias Prize in Science and Technology.

Dr. Mark Humayun is a professor of ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute and a leader in the treatment of the most challenging eye diseases through advanced engineering. Dr. Humayun is focused on developing therapies for retinal degenerations, macular degenerations, retinovascular diseases, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.

Organized by Antonio Damasio (Neuroscience). Co-sponsored by Classical KUSC.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-07-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8097</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>03-07-2012 Summer Transfer Workshop </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7475</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thinking about taking a summer course outside of USC? Attend this workshop to learn all about the transfer credit process and how to determine whether the course you wish to take over the summer is transferable. ]]></description>
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<title>03-06-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8096</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>03-06-2012 StartEngine USC MBA/Engineering Student Mixer </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8122</link>
<description><![CDATA[Are you looking to start a company but lack an engineer or a business co-founder? StartEngine, Los Angeles' largest accelerator, wants to help match you with the right co-founders and build a world class team. 

During the mixer, StartEngine will use a proven process used by executives around the world who want to find likeminded people. StartEngine will help partner you with a compatible co-founder who best supports your vision. 

When: Tuesday, March 6, 6:00PM - 8:00PM 
Where: StartEngine HQ - 10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1050. 
Host: Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision and co-chair of StartEngine 

Please RSVP to: 
http://www.punchbowl.com/parties/3506111-startengine-usc-mba-engineering-student-mixer-copy

This mixer is reserved exclusively for USC Marshall Business School and Viterbi Engineering School students. 
StartEngine will provide food and soft drinks. 

Note: We have limited space, so we will allocate this event on a first come first serve basis.

About StartEngine:
StartEngine is a rapid accelerator focused on helping Los Angeles-based technology startups build a solid foundation for success in 90 days. Created by Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision, and Paul Kessler, one of the most prolific investors in Los Angeles, StartEngine will provide local startups with the essential resources and counsel they need to become successful, self-directed businesses. StartEngine offers a team of mentors who have proven themselves as successful entrepreneurs -- not professional investors -- ensuring that its startups are guided by the right people for the right reasons. Early-stage companies in the web, mobile and ecommerce space are encouraged to apply for the program which completes four cycles per year, culminating in Demo Days that are attended by the region's top angel investors and VCs. ]]></description>
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<title>03-05-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8095</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>03-05-2012 BME 533 (Seminar in Biomedical Engineering) </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8108</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Radha Kalluri, House Ear Institute

Talk Title: Acoustic emissions as probes of cochlear mechanics

Host: BME Department

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<title>03-05-2012 Networking Event with Rocco Fabiano </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7542</link>
<description><![CDATA[Networking Event focused on Entrepreneurship]]></description>
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<title>03-04-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8094</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>03-04-2012 The Metropolitan Opera in HD: Götterdämmerung </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6930</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Please check http://www.usc.edu/visionsandvoices for reservation information.

Following a pre-opera discussion hosted by the USC Thornton School, a delayed satellite broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera will feature Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts. The broadcast will be presented in spectacular HD digital projection and 5.1 surround sound.

Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts in conjunction with the Metropolitan Opera and the USC Thornton School of Music.

Photo: Brigitte Lacombe/Metropolitan Opera

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-03-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8093</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>03-03-2012 TSA (formerly JETS) TEAMS </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7039</link>
<description><![CDATA[TSA TEAMS competition for high school student teams]]></description>
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<title>03-03-2012 L.A. Conservancy Walking Tour: Broadway Theatres </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6928</link>
<description><![CDATA[Open to USC students only. Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=199 beginning Wednesday, February 8, at 9 a.m. See below for details.*

*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP at the link above beginning Wednesday, February 8, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 9 a.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 9:45 a.m. and return to campus at 2 p.m. Breakfast will be provided at check-in.

Join us for a fascinating walking tour of the Broadway Historic Theatre and Commercial District and explore the social, cinematic and architectural history of this unique street. Home to an astonishing twelve movie palaces built between 1910 and 1931 and nearly two dozen major department and clothing stores, Broadway was once the entertainment epicenter of Los Angeles. Although the theatres no longer regularly show films, their elegant presence remains, revealing the glitz and glamour of a bygone era.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-03-2012 Letters from Zora: In Her Own Words </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6929</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at the links below beginning Thursday, February 9, at 9 a.m. 

USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=200

General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=200

Actress Vanessa Bell-Calloway will take on the role of Zora Neale Hurston in a provocative multimedia production written by Gabrielle Pina and directed by Anita Dashiell-Sparks. With live music composed by Ron McCurdy and archival images collected by Rebecca Houston, the performance will illuminate Hurston’s prose, her life, her distinctive array of friends and foes and her unique view of a jazz-age world.

Through the analysis and dramatization of approximately fifteen letters and selected excerpts from Zora Neale Hurston’s impressive body of work, Letters from Zora will explore Hurston’s controversial views on integration, segregation and social justice and will showcase a life that was filled with artistic and literary triumphs as well as abject poverty and self-doubt. Additionally, the letters and corresponding narrative will examine Hurston’s delicate financial and artistic dance with her patron Charlotte Osgood Mason and her relationships with other notable luminaries such as Richard Wright, Countee Culllen, Alain Locke and Langston Hughes. The piece will also reflect on Hurston’s fall from grace and her untimely death in 1960. Archival footage will showcase the events, places and icons referenced in many of Hurston’s letters, and McCurdy’s original score will serve as a live soundtrack, with music performed by students from the USC Thornton School. 

Organized by Ron McCurdy (Jazz Studies).

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-02-2012 Redesigning Reality </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6922</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required for the workshops. To RSVP, see the workshop schedule and reservation links below.

Reuse. Recycle. Reconfigure. A week-long series will feature two hands-on workshops where participants can remix and remake everyday objects and software and alter the ways we think about technology, culture and the environment. Throughout the week, artifacts from the workshops will be featured in a gallery show that is part art exhibition and part interactive junkyard. The series will foreground reuse and sharing as fundamental to the design and creation of hybrid media work.

Even if you are unable to attend the workshops, please come by the gallery during the week to see the residuals of the first workshop or join us for a reception and presentation by participants following each workshop.

Workshop Schedule:

Scrapyard Challenge
Friday, February 24, 12 to 4 p.m.
Reception to follow.
Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki of Scrapyard Challenge will guide an afternoon of repurposing junk and refurbished electronics to create machines and robots.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=196 beginning Wednesday, February 1, at 9 a.m.

Still Water: What Networks Need to Thrive
Friday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m.
Closing reception to follow.
Still Water cofounders Jon Ippolito and Joline Blais from the University of Maine will demonstrate how to hack software into unique virtual environments.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=198 beginning Tuesday, February 7, at 9 a.m.

Organized by Craig Dietrich (Cinematic Arts) and Steve Anderson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by iMAP (PhD Program in Media Arts and Practice) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-02-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8092</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>03-02-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; How Alien Astronomers Could Find Earth </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7509</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Joseph Lazio, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Astronomer

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; How Alien Astronomers Could Find Earth

Abstract: Dr. Joseph Lazio, Astronomer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will present "How Alien Astronomers Could Find Earth" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>03-02-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; How Alien Astronomers Could Find Earth </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7509</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Joseph Lazio, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Astronomer

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; How Alien Astronomers Could Find Earth

Abstract: Dr. Joseph Lazio, Astronomer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will present "How Alien Astronomers Could Find Earth" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>03-02-2012 Home Movie Projections </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6927</link>
<description><![CDATA[Join us for a screening of home movies gathered and remixed by USC students as part of a Homegrown History contest. An awards ceremony announcing the winning entries will be facilitated by Michael Renov, a documentary theorist and associate dean in the School of Cinematic Arts.

This event will be presented as part of Screening Homegrown History, a two-part series that will explore the cultural value of home movies and give the community an opportunity to participate in producing an archival cultural history.

Organized by Marsha Kinder (Cinematic Arts).

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-01-2012 Redesigning Reality </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6921</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required for the workshops. To RSVP, see the workshop schedule and reservation links below.

Reuse. Recycle. Reconfigure. A week-long series will feature two hands-on workshops where participants can remix and remake everyday objects and software and alter the ways we think about technology, culture and the environment. Throughout the week, artifacts from the workshops will be featured in a gallery show that is part art exhibition and part interactive junkyard. The series will foreground reuse and sharing as fundamental to the design and creation of hybrid media work.

Even if you are unable to attend the workshops, please come by the gallery during the week to see the residuals of the first workshop or join us for a reception and presentation by participants following each workshop.

Workshop Schedule:

Scrapyard Challenge
Friday, February 24, 12 to 4 p.m.
Reception to follow.
Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki of Scrapyard Challenge will guide an afternoon of repurposing junk and refurbished electronics to create machines and robots.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=196 beginning Wednesday, February 1, at 9 a.m.

Still Water: What Networks Need to Thrive
Friday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m.
Closing reception to follow.
Still Water cofounders Jon Ippolito and Joline Blais from the University of Maine will demonstrate how to hack software into unique virtual environments.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=198 beginning Tuesday, February 7, at 9 a.m.

Organized by Craig Dietrich (Cinematic Arts) and Steve Anderson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by iMAP (PhD Program in Media Arts and Practice) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>03-01-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8091</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>03-01-2012 Intel Information Session </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7452</link>
<description><![CDATA[Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.]]></description>
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<title>03-01-2012 Transactivation: Revealing Queer Histories in the Archive </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6926</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free.

A series of events will be presented in conjunction with the exhibition Cruising the Archive: Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1945–1980 at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. The events will foster discussions about LGBT histories, queer art and aesthetics and archival practices in contemporary art.

Artists Heather Cassils, Zackary Drucker, Wu Tsang and Chris Vargas will present a series of live performances and video projects inspired by the collections at ONE. These artists explore trans content in their multidisciplinary work and are interested in a discussion about LGBTQ archives and the "Ts" and "Qs" that are often missing from historical records. The performance will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dean Spade, assistant professor at the Seattle University School of Law.

Performer and Speaker Bios:

Heather Cassils is a body builder who uses her exaggerated physique to intervene in various contexts in order to interrogate systems of power, control and gender. Often employing many of the same strategies used by Fluxus and guerrilla theatre, her method is multidisciplinary and crosses a spectrum of performance, film, video and photography. She is also a founding member of the Los Angeles–based performance group Toxic Titties.

Zackary Drucker is a Los Angeles–based artist who is interested in obliterating language obstacles, pulverizing identity disorders and revealing dark subconscious layers of outsider agency. Drucker disarms audiences using live performance, film, video and photography.

Dean Spade is an assistant professor at the Seattle University School of Law, teaching law and social movements, poverty law and administrative law. His book, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law, is forthcoming from South End Press.

Wu Tsang is a Los Angeles–based visual artist and performer whose projects have been presented at X-Initative (New York), Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros (Mexico City), Oberhausen (Germany), REDCAT (Los Angeles) and the California Biennial 2010. In 2008, his short film The Shape of a Right Statement was included in Artforum’s “Best of the Year (Film).” Tsang is currently directing his first feature documentary, Wildness, which is in post-production.

Chris Vargas is a video maker based in Oakland. With collaborator Greg Youmans he creates the sitcom series Falling in Love . . . with Chris and Greg, and with Eric Stanley he is the co-director of the movie Homotopia and the feature-length sequel Criminal Queers.

Organized by Joseph Hawkins, Mia Locks, David Frantz, Onya Hogan-Finlay and the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. Co-sponsored by LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) and the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time Initiative.

 

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-29-2012 Redesigning Reality </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6920</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required for the workshops. To RSVP, see the workshop schedule and reservation links below.

Reuse. Recycle. Reconfigure. A week-long series will feature two hands-on workshops where participants can remix and remake everyday objects and software and alter the ways we think about technology, culture and the environment. Throughout the week, artifacts from the workshops will be featured in a gallery show that is part art exhibition and part interactive junkyard. The series will foreground reuse and sharing as fundamental to the design and creation of hybrid media work.

Even if you are unable to attend the workshops, please come by the gallery during the week to see the residuals of the first workshop or join us for a reception and presentation by participants following each workshop.

Workshop Schedule:

Scrapyard Challenge
Friday, February 24, 12 to 4 p.m.
Reception to follow.
Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki of Scrapyard Challenge will guide an afternoon of repurposing junk and refurbished electronics to create machines and robots.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=196 beginning Wednesday, February 1, at 9 a.m.

Still Water: What Networks Need to Thrive
Friday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m.
Closing reception to follow.
Still Water cofounders Jon Ippolito and Joline Blais from the University of Maine will demonstrate how to hack software into unique virtual environments.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=198 beginning Tuesday, February 7, at 9 a.m.

Organized by Craig Dietrich (Cinematic Arts) and Steve Anderson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by iMAP (PhD Program in Media Arts and Practice) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-29-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8090</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-29-2012 AME Department Seminar </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8129</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Anders Petersson, Center for Applied Scientific Computing. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Livermore, CA. 

Talk Title: Source Estimation by Full Wave Form Inversion 

Abstract: We discuss the inverse problem of determining the source parameters of a small seismic event (location, mechanism, start time, frequency), such that the wave form misfit between seismographic recordings and simulated ground motions is minimized. Our approach is based on direct numerical simulations of the elastic wave equation, allowing for complex heterogeneous material models and realistic topography. A non-linear conjugated gradient approach is applied to solve the inverse problem, where the gradient of the misfit (with respect to the source parameters) is calculated from the numerical solution of an adjoint wave equation. Numerical experiments on simple 2-D models illustrate the importance of scaling the source parameters before applying the conjugated gradient iteration, preferably using the Hessian. A procedure based on arrival times is used to generate an initial guess for the source parameters. For the cases considered here, the conjugate gradient iteration often converges in 20-50 iterations.

Solving the inverse problem requires of the order O(100) numerical solutions of the elastic wave equation. For 3-D models, such problems can only be solved on large parallel machines. We will present the capabilities of our parallel open source code WPP, which was designed to solve seismic wave propagation problems on the regional scale. A higher order accurate scheme is currently being implemented to improve the the frequency resolution and efficiency of the method. These enhancements will be important for solving the three-dimensional inverse problem, for example in geothermal applications where there is interest in using micro seismicity for imaging the geometry of a fractured network.

This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. This is contribution LLNL-ABS-523199.


Host: Prof. Veronica Eliasson

More Info: http://ae-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming]]></description>
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<title>02-29-2012 BME Alumni Panel </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8127</link>
<description><![CDATA[Interested in what to do after undergrad? Not sure what options to explore? Not sure of what BME really is? Come to ASBME's alumni panel where BME alumni who have gone on to a variety of different career fields will talk to you about how their undergraduate BME experience was like at USC. From finance to industry to grad school to medical school we will be opening up the floor to you to ask our panelists practically anything you would like to know about BME. This is a fantastic time to see successful BME alumni talk about their undergraduate experience and what exactly they got from it. 

RSVP at this link here by 2/26:
https://docs.google.com/a/usc.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDlfZ2pkODRzeWN1QVgya0h3YTVHa0E6MQ#gid=0

Food will be provided and please be on time!
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<title>02-28-2012 Redesigning Reality </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6919</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required for the workshops. To RSVP, see the workshop schedule and reservation links below.

Reuse. Recycle. Reconfigure. A week-long series will feature two hands-on workshops where participants can remix and remake everyday objects and software and alter the ways we think about technology, culture and the environment. Throughout the week, artifacts from the workshops will be featured in a gallery show that is part art exhibition and part interactive junkyard. The series will foreground reuse and sharing as fundamental to the design and creation of hybrid media work.

Even if you are unable to attend the workshops, please come by the gallery during the week to see the residuals of the first workshop or join us for a reception and presentation by participants following each workshop.

Workshop Schedule:

Scrapyard Challenge
Friday, February 24, 12 to 4 p.m.
Reception to follow.
Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki of Scrapyard Challenge will guide an afternoon of repurposing junk and refurbished electronics to create machines and robots.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=196 beginning Wednesday, February 1, at 9 a.m.

Still Water: What Networks Need to Thrive
Friday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m.
Closing reception to follow.
Still Water cofounders Jon Ippolito and Joline Blais from the University of Maine will demonstrate how to hack software into unique virtual environments.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=198 beginning Tuesday, February 7, at 9 a.m.

Organized by Craig Dietrich (Cinematic Arts) and Steve Anderson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by iMAP (PhD Program in Media Arts and Practice) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-28-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8089</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-28-2012 Microsoft - Choosing Your Career Presentation </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7429</link>
<description><![CDATA[Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities. 

More information coming soon]]></description>
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<title>02-28-2012 Aquila Theatre in Euripides’s Herakles </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6925</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Thursday, February 2, at 9 a.m. 

USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=197

General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=197

Reception to follow.

Dedicated to reinventing classical theatre, Aquila Theatre has been called a “classically trained, modernly hip troupe” by the New York Times. They will perform Herakles, one of Euripides’s finest and most challenging plays. Herakles is in the underworld performing one of his famous labors, bringing back the three-headed dog Cerberus. In his absence Lycus, the illegitimate and tyrannical king of Thebes, has determined to kill Herakles’s father, wife and three sons. Herakles returns just in time to prevent their deaths, and to kill Lycus instead. However, Lyssa (madness personified) appears and causes Herakles to murder his wife and children.

The Athenian tragedy raises critical questions about the world: What is legitimate violence? How can we be human in a world that can seem inhuman? Can we accept catastrophes that happen to us for no justifiable reason? How do we make a place in our lives for these disasters? The play also shows the need for compassion and community in the face of vulnerability and misfortune. Following the performance, USC classics professor William Thalmann will engage the audience in conversation with Aquila artistic director Peter Meineck.

Organized by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Co-sponsored by USC Dornsife College Commons.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-27-2012 Redesigning Reality </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6918</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required for the workshops. To RSVP, see the workshop schedule and reservation links below.

Reuse. Recycle. Reconfigure. A week-long series will feature two hands-on workshops where participants can remix and remake everyday objects and software and alter the ways we think about technology, culture and the environment. Throughout the week, artifacts from the workshops will be featured in a gallery show that is part art exhibition and part interactive junkyard. The series will foreground reuse and sharing as fundamental to the design and creation of hybrid media work.

Even if you are unable to attend the workshops, please come by the gallery during the week to see the residuals of the first workshop or join us for a reception and presentation by participants following each workshop.

Workshop Schedule:

Scrapyard Challenge
Friday, February 24, 12 to 4 p.m.
Reception to follow.
Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki of Scrapyard Challenge will guide an afternoon of repurposing junk and refurbished electronics to create machines and robots.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=196 beginning Wednesday, February 1, at 9 a.m.

Still Water: What Networks Need to Thrive
Friday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m.
Closing reception to follow.
Still Water cofounders Jon Ippolito and Joline Blais from the University of Maine will demonstrate how to hack software into unique virtual environments.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=198 beginning Tuesday, February 7, at 9 a.m.

Organized by Craig Dietrich (Cinematic Arts) and Steve Anderson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by iMAP (PhD Program in Media Arts and Practice) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-27-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8088</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-27-2012 BME 533 (Seminar in Biomedical Engineering) </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8107</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Cheng-Ming Chuong, M.D., Ph.D., USC Keck School of Medicine, Dept. of Pathology

Talk Title: Opportunities for bio-engineering analyses of feathers

Host: BME Department

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<title>02-27-2012 The SI Information Session </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7528</link>
<description><![CDATA[Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.]]></description>
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<title>02-27-2012 USC EE Alumni Networking Reception </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8126</link>
<description><![CDATA[Join us to learn about ground breaking researching bring conducted in Electrical Engineering at USC, how HMI plans to engage alumni through innovative and important projects and events and of course to see old friends and network with other local EE alumni. Our goal is to stay connected with you so we can recognize your achievements and provide future opportunities for all Electrical Engineering students and graduates. 

Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa
9700 N. Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
Grande Room

Tickets
$24 before 2/20
$35 at the door

Registration
usc.edu/esvp
code: EEALUMNI]]></description>
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<title>02-27-2012 NOBE General Meeting and elections </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7541</link>
<description><![CDATA[We will be nominating and electing officers for next semester]]></description>
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<title>02-26-2012 Redesigning Reality </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6917</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required for the workshops. To RSVP, see the workshop schedule and reservation links below.

Reuse. Recycle. Reconfigure. A week-long series will feature two hands-on workshops where participants can remix and remake everyday objects and software and alter the ways we think about technology, culture and the environment. Throughout the week, artifacts from the workshops will be featured in a gallery show that is part art exhibition and part interactive junkyard. The series will foreground reuse and sharing as fundamental to the design and creation of hybrid media work.

Even if you are unable to attend the workshops, please come by the gallery during the week to see the residuals of the first workshop or join us for a reception and presentation by participants following each workshop.

Workshop Schedule:

Scrapyard Challenge
Friday, February 24, 12 to 4 p.m.
Reception to follow.
Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki of Scrapyard Challenge will guide an afternoon of repurposing junk and refurbished electronics to create machines and robots.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=196 beginning Wednesday, February 1, at 9 a.m.

Still Water: What Networks Need to Thrive
Friday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m.
Closing reception to follow.
Still Water cofounders Jon Ippolito and Joline Blais from the University of Maine will demonstrate how to hack software into unique virtual environments.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=198 beginning Tuesday, February 7, at 9 a.m.

Organized by Craig Dietrich (Cinematic Arts) and Steve Anderson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by iMAP (PhD Program in Media Arts and Practice) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-26-2012 The Politics of Memory on Screen: 21st-Century Latin America and Spain </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8114</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free.

Join us for a weekend of screenings and discussions that will investigate how Latin American and Spanish cinema have documented and constructed collective and personal memory. The audience will engage our relationship to the past by viewing four films: Guillermo del Toro’s internationally acclaimed Pan’s Labyrinth (Spain, 2006), Natalia Almada’s award-winning documentary El General (Mexico/USA, 2008), Cao Hamburger’s The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (Brazil, 2006) and Germán Berger’s My Life with Carlos (Chile, 2010). The festival will also feature screenings and announcements of the winning entries from the student video contest Los Angeles: Making Memory Visible.

Schedule of Events:

Saturday, February 25
Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall

4 p.m.: El General
Directed by Natalia Almada (Mexico/USA, 2008)
The past and the present collide as filmmaker Natalia Almada brings to life audio recordings she inherited about her great-grandfather Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. In his time, Calles was called “El Bolshevique” and “El hefe máximo” (the foremost chief). Today, he is remembered as “el quema-curas” (the priest-burner) and as a dictator who ruled through puppet presidents until he was exiled in 1936. Through his daughter’s recordings, El General moves between the memories of a daughter grappling with history’s portrait of her father and the weight of his legacy on the country today. Time is blurred in this complex and visually arresting portrait of a family and country living under the shadows of the past.

6 p.m.: Reception, Queen’s Courtyard

7 p.m.: Pan’s Labyrinth
Directed by Guillermo del Toro (Spain, 2006)
Q&A and roundtable discussion to follow.
Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro delivers a unique, richly imagined epic—a gothic fairy tale set against the postwar repression of Franco’s Spain. Del Toro’s sixth and most ambitious film combines historic and moral themes with visual creativity. It is a timeless tale of good and evil, bravery and sacrifice, love and loss.

Sunday, February 26
The Ray Stark Family Theatre, School of Cinematic Arts 108

2 p.m.: My Life with Carlos
Directed by Germán Berger (Chile, 2010)
Q&A with director to follow.
My Life with Carlos is the voyage of a son in search of the memory of his assassinated father. It is also the emotional history of a country that refuses to remember. It is the intimate diary of a broken family struggling to overcome tragedy. It is the minimal story of a group of men and women as told by themselves.

4 p.m.: Los Angeles: Making Memory Visible
The finalists from the student video contest Making Memory Visible contest will be screened before an awards ceremony.

Organized by Sherry Velasco (Spanish and Gender Studies), Julian Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla (Spanish and Comparative Literature), Macarena Gómez-Barris (Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity) and Laura Isabel Serna (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latina/o Student Assembly.

El General Image: Courtesy of FAPECFT

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-26-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8087</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-25-2012 Redesigning Reality </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6916</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required for the workshops. To RSVP, see the workshop schedule and reservation links below.

Reuse. Recycle. Reconfigure. A week-long series will feature two hands-on workshops where participants can remix and remake everyday objects and software and alter the ways we think about technology, culture and the environment. Throughout the week, artifacts from the workshops will be featured in a gallery show that is part art exhibition and part interactive junkyard. The series will foreground reuse and sharing as fundamental to the design and creation of hybrid media work.

Even if you are unable to attend the workshops, please come by the gallery during the week to see the residuals of the first workshop or join us for a reception and presentation by participants following each workshop.

Workshop Schedule:

Scrapyard Challenge
Friday, February 24, 12 to 4 p.m.
Reception to follow.
Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki of Scrapyard Challenge will guide an afternoon of repurposing junk and refurbished electronics to create machines and robots.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=196 beginning Wednesday, February 1, at 9 a.m.

Still Water: What Networks Need to Thrive
Friday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m.
Closing reception to follow.
Still Water cofounders Jon Ippolito and Joline Blais from the University of Maine will demonstrate how to hack software into unique virtual environments.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=198 beginning Tuesday, February 7, at 9 a.m.

Organized by Craig Dietrich (Cinematic Arts) and Steve Anderson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by iMAP (PhD Program in Media Arts and Practice) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-25-2012 The Politics of Memory on Screen: 21st-Century Latin America and Spain </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8113</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free.

Join us for a weekend of screenings and discussions that will investigate how Latin American and Spanish cinema have documented and constructed collective and personal memory. The audience will engage our relationship to the past by viewing four films: Guillermo del Toro’s internationally acclaimed Pan’s Labyrinth (Spain, 2006), Natalia Almada’s award-winning documentary El General (Mexico/USA, 2008), Cao Hamburger’s The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (Brazil, 2006) and Germán Berger’s My Life with Carlos (Chile, 2010). The festival will also feature screenings and announcements of the winning entries from the student video contest Los Angeles: Making Memory Visible.

Schedule of Events:

Saturday, February 25
Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall

4 p.m.: El General
Directed by Natalia Almada (Mexico/USA, 2008)
The past and the present collide as filmmaker Natalia Almada brings to life audio recordings she inherited about her great-grandfather Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. In his time, Calles was called “El Bolshevique” and “El hefe máximo” (the foremost chief). Today, he is remembered as “el quema-curas” (the priest-burner) and as a dictator who ruled through puppet presidents until he was exiled in 1936. Through his daughter’s recordings, El General moves between the memories of a daughter grappling with history’s portrait of her father and the weight of his legacy on the country today. Time is blurred in this complex and visually arresting portrait of a family and country living under the shadows of the past.

6 p.m.: Reception, Queen’s Courtyard

7 p.m.: Pan’s Labyrinth
Directed by Guillermo del Toro (Spain, 2006)
Q&A and roundtable discussion to follow.
Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro delivers a unique, richly imagined epic—a gothic fairy tale set against the postwar repression of Franco’s Spain. Del Toro’s sixth and most ambitious film combines historic and moral themes with visual creativity. It is a timeless tale of good and evil, bravery and sacrifice, love and loss.

Sunday, February 26
The Ray Stark Family Theatre, School of Cinematic Arts 108

2 p.m.: My Life with Carlos
Directed by Germán Berger (Chile, 2010)
Q&A with director to follow.
My Life with Carlos is the voyage of a son in search of the memory of his assassinated father. It is also the emotional history of a country that refuses to remember. It is the intimate diary of a broken family struggling to overcome tragedy. It is the minimal story of a group of men and women as told by themselves.

4 p.m.: Los Angeles: Making Memory Visible
The finalists from the student video contest Making Memory Visible contest will be screened before an awards ceremony.

Organized by Sherry Velasco (Spanish and Gender Studies), Julian Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla (Spanish and Comparative Literature), Macarena Gómez-Barris (Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity) and Laura Isabel Serna (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latina/o Student Assembly.

El General Image: Courtesy of FAPECFT

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<title>02-25-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8086</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-25-2012 Alumni Dinner with Dean Yortsos </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8102</link>
<description><![CDATA[A special evening for alumni in India with Dean Yannis Yortsos and senior members of the USC, Viterbi School of Engineering at ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru, India.  For more information, please contact Sudha Kumar india@mapp.usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-25-2012 Alumni Dinner with Dean Yortsos </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8102</link>
<description><![CDATA[A special evening for alumni in India with Dean Yannis Yortsos and senior members of the USC, Viterbi School of Engineering at ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru, India.  For more information, please contact Sudha Kumar india@mapp.usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-24-2012 Redesigning Reality </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6915</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required for the workshops. To RSVP, see the workshop schedule and reservation links below.

Reuse. Recycle. Reconfigure. A week-long series will feature two hands-on workshops where participants can remix and remake everyday objects and software and alter the ways we think about technology, culture and the environment. Throughout the week, artifacts from the workshops will be featured in a gallery show that is part art exhibition and part interactive junkyard. The series will foreground reuse and sharing as fundamental to the design and creation of hybrid media work.

Even if you are unable to attend the workshops, please come by the gallery during the week to see the residuals of the first workshop or join us for a reception and presentation by participants following each workshop.

Workshop Schedule:

Scrapyard Challenge
Friday, February 24, 12 to 4 p.m.
Reception to follow.
Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki of Scrapyard Challenge will guide an afternoon of repurposing junk and refurbished electronics to create machines and robots.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=196 beginning Wednesday, February 1, at 9 a.m.

Still Water: What Networks Need to Thrive
Friday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m.
Closing reception to follow.
Still Water cofounders Jon Ippolito and Joline Blais from the University of Maine will demonstrate how to hack software into unique virtual environments.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=198 beginning Tuesday, February 7, at 9 a.m.

Organized by Craig Dietrich (Cinematic Arts) and Steve Anderson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by iMAP (PhD Program in Media Arts and Practice) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.

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<title>02-24-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8085</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-24-2012 USC PSOC Monthly Seminar Series </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8134</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Andreas Matouschek, Ph.D., Northwestern University

Talk Title: How the Proteasome Picks its Substrates for Degradation

Abstract: The proteasome controls the concentrations of most proteins in the cytosol and nucleus of eukaryotic cells. The degradation signal or degron that targets proteins for proteolysis has two components, a proteasome binding tag, usually a poly-ubiquitin chain, and an initiation site in the form of an unstructured region in the substrate.  The two degron components can function in trans when separated onto two different polypeptide chains so that a ubiquitinated adaptor can target a binding partner for proteolysis.  Surprisingly, the initiation region contributes significantly to the specificity of Ubiquitin-Proteasome System.  The length, location and amino acid sequence of initiation sites all affect whether a protein can be degraded or not.  We define these rules in model systems and show how they apply to natural proteins.  Once degradation has initiated, the proteasome normally digests its substrates processively to avoid the formation of fragments with undesirable activities.  Interestingly, there are a few instances where this processivity breaks down and the proteasome generates partially degraded proteins.  The partial degradation is caused by stop signals in the substrate proteins and we propose that this mechanism can explain steps in some signaling pathways and may involved in some neurodegenerative diseases.


Biography: Andreas Matouschek is a biologist at Northwestern University, where he is professor of biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. His graduate work with Alan Fersht resulted in the seminal application of phi-value analysis to the study of barnase, a bacterial RNAse used in many protein folding studies.Development of phi value analysis in combination with extensive protein engineering enabled an understanding of the kinetic intermediates during protein folding of barnase. In subsequent postdoctoral work at the University of Basel, he applied the protein engineering approach to studying unfolding of proteins as they pass through mitochondrial translocons.
 
Matouschek currently studies the proteasome, the degradation machinery of eukaryotic cells, and the mechanisms by which the proteasome is able to unfold and translocate proteins.

Host: USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Center

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<title>02-24-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; An Overview of Advanced Concepts for Rocket Launches </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7470</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Marcus Young, Director of Advanced Concepts, Edwards Air Force Research Laboratory

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; An Overview of Advanced Concepts for Rocket Launches

Abstract: Dr. Marcus Young, Director of Advanced Concepts at Edwards Air Force Research Laboratory, will present "An Overview of Advanced Concepts for Rocket Launches" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

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<title>02-24-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; An Overview of Advanced Concepts for Rocket Launches </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7470</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Marcus Young, Director of Advanced Concepts, Edwards Air Force Research Laboratory

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; An Overview of Advanced Concepts for Rocket Launches

Abstract: Dr. Marcus Young, Director of Advanced Concepts at Edwards Air Force Research Laboratory, will present "An Overview of Advanced Concepts for Rocket Launches" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>02-24-2012   Seminar </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8130</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Wing Kam Liu, Walter P. Murphy Professor, Director of NSF Summer Institute of Nano Mechanics and Materials Northwestern University, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Talk Title: Multiresolution Mechanics for Materials Design

Abstract: 
Nanomechanics and nanomaterials have an overall potential for the betterment of our society, for example in national defense, homeland security and private industry. These fields can make our manufacturing technologies and infrastructure more sustainable in terms of reduced energy usage and environmental pollution.  

Optimized material performance and lower material design cycle times can be achieved by establishing a clear link between a material’s underlying microstructure and the resulting material properties such as strength and toughness. Material properties are inherently a function of the microscale interactions at each distinct scale of deformation. We are developing the next generation of computer-aided design (CAE) simulation software that integrates nano and micro mechanisms into CAE capabilities for life-cycle design and manufacturing of products. 

The multiscale method starts at the most fundamental level of material behavior, the strength of the bonds between atoms which is used to determine sub micro-scale behavior in important regions. Progressively coarser and larger domains are concurrently solved by performing in-situ atomic scale homogenization or by using a preformulated homogenized constitutive relation. In this manner, the deformation and constitutive behavior become more highly resolved as more scales of analysis are included. This facilities a smooth transition between a purely continuum treatment at coarser scales and an atomic scale resolution at finer scales.  Hence, the estimation of the overall strength and toughness of the material is performed in terms of the important microstructural features and mechanisms. 



Biography: 
Dr. Wing Kam Liu, Walter P. Murphy Professor at Northwestern University and Director of NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials, received his Ph.D. from Caltech. His research activities include bridging scale computational mechanics and materials, multi-scale analysis, and computational biology. Selected Liu's honors include the Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, the Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal and the Melville Medal, all from ASME; the Thomas J. Jaeger Prize by the International Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology; the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award; the Computational Structural Mechanics Award and Computational Mechanics Award from USACM and IACM, respectively; and the JSME Computational Mechanics Award. Liu serves on both the executive committee of the ASME applied mechanics division (Chair 2005-2006) and the International Association for Computational Mechanics. He was the past president of USACM. Liu is cited by Institute for Scientific Information as one of the most highly cited, influential researchers in Engineering, and an original member, highly cited researchers database. He is the editor and honorary editors of many Journals. Dr. Liu has acted as a consultant to many organizations.



Host: Prof. Roger Ghanem

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<title>02-23-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8084</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-23-2012 Distinguished Lectures Series </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7354</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Rama Venkatasubramanian, Research Triangle Institute

Talk Title: Thin Film Superlattice Thermoelectric Materials and Devices

Series: Distinguished Lectures Series

Host: Jongseung Yoon

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<title>02-23-2012 The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote: Words and Music from the Time of Cervantes &lt;br /&gt;Featuring the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and Phil Proctor </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6914</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Monday, January 30, at 9 a.m. 

USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=195

General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=195

The four Grammy-winning virtuosos of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will join forces with comedy legend Phil Proctor of Firesign Theatre to present an entirely new experience of the story of the Knight of La Mancha. This theatrical presentation is a unique mix of dramatic storytelling and intricate chamber music, creating a hybrid performance piece rich with humor and expressive depth. Proctor, a master of voices and dialects, will portray a dozen different characters as he traces the dramatic arc of Cervantes’s masterpiece. LAGQ will accompany him with colorful arrangements of musical gems from the Spanish Golden Age. Following the performance, a discussion will illuminate the frivolity, nobility and humanity of the words and music from the time of Cervantes.

Fascinating and entertaining, the performance will draw the audience into the world of 17th-century Spain, and bring them along for all the hilarity and tragedy of Don Quixote’s infamous adventures. The narration explores the comedy, pathos and surrealism of Cervantes’s text. The music is not a mere background score to the narration, but serves as an equal partner in the unfolding story. The brilliant guitar arrangements explore a wide range of colors made famous by LAGQ, while staying true to medieval and Renaissance sensibilities. The intricate synchronization of text and music creates an atmosphere of dramatic excitement that brings the knight’s quixotic struggle for immortality to life.

Organized by William Kanengiser (Music). Co-sponsored by the USC Thornton School of Music.

Images: Marc Rouve

For further information on this event:
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<title>02-22-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8083</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-22-2012 Wonderland and the Mathematical Imaginary </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6913</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free.

Along with the Mad Hatter, the Rabbit, the Mock Turtle and other beloved characters from Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll created a surprising world in which the normal rules don’t apply. This world has inspired filmmakers like Tim Burton and Jan Svankmajer, visual artists like Salvador Dalí and the creators of numerous graphic novels, video games and works of science fiction. A polymath and inventor with an eclectic mind, Carroll also taught math at Oxford. He drew inspiration from his pioneering studies of logic and geometry while creating the fictional world of Alice. Join us for a multidisciplinary discussion featuring science writer Margaret Wertheim, mathematics professor Francis Bonahon and English professor Jim Kincaid. Following the discussion, Wertheim and Bonahon will lead an experimental play/workshop where participants can make and play with absurd mathematical objects, such as the Möbius strip and the hyperbolic plane, dating from the mathematical revolution of Carroll’s time.

Speaker Bios

Margaret Wertheim is the author of Pythagoras’ Trousers, a history of the relationship between physics and religion, and The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Sciences, New Scientist, the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian, Salon and Wired. In 2003, Wertheim and her twin sister, Christine, founded the Institute For Figuring, an innovative Los Angeles–based organization devoted to enhancing public engagement with the aesthetic and poetic dimensions of science and mathematics.

Francis Bonahon is a professor of mathematics at the USC Dornsife College. His research focuses on topology and geometry, with an emphasis on two- and three-dimensional spaces. His work includes publications on hyperbolic geometry and quantum topology, and his research is supported by the National Science Foundation.

Jim Kincaid is the Aerol Arnold Chair in English and a professor of English at the USC Dornsife College. He researches critical theory, American studies and queer studies. He teaches classes in criminality, lunacy and perversion, age studies, censorship and other areas of literary, political and cultural studies.

Organized by the USC Academy for Polymathic Study and the USC Libraries, which present the Wonderland Award—a multidisciplinary competition that encourages new scholarship and creative work related to Lewis Carroll. More information about the Wonderland Award is available online at www.usc.edu/libraries/wonderland.

For further information on this event:
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<title>02-22-2012 AME Department Seminar </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8128</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Mukul Kumar , Staff Scientist. Physical & Life Sciences Directorate. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Livermore, CA 94550. 

Talk Title: Grain Boundary Networks: From Consideration of the Individual Constituents to the Collective Response

Abstract: It has been demonstrated that mechanical response, particularly environmental degradation, of FCC metals and alloys can be improved by exercising control over the population of grain boundary types in the microstructure. The studies also suggest that such properties tend to have percolative mechanisms that depend on the topology of the grain boundary network. Grain boundary engineering investigations have been facilitated by the emergence of SEM-based automated electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) that enables the characterization of statistically significant datasets of interface crystallography. The EBSD datasets have been analyzed to quantify microstructures in terms of grain boundary character and triple junction distributions. Perhaps more significantly, these large datasets also enable us to visualize crystallographically correlated domains of multiple grains that have been shown to strongly influence crack propagation through the microstructure. Examples from studies on hydrogen and weld embrittlement, stress corrosion cracking, and fatigue will be presented to demonstrate these points along with the constitutive response of such microstructures.

This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.



Biography: Mukul Kumar is a Staff Scientist in the Physical & Life Sciences Directorate at LLNL. Prior to joining LLNL, he received his PhD from the University of Cincinnati and had a stint as a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University. His research activities have revolved around correlating microstructures with the macroscopic response of the material. This has involved diverse conditions such as travelling strong shock waves to challenging environments seen in jet engines and nuclear reactors. There is growing involvement in taking the next step of formulating predictive models for materials behavior, particularly damage and fracture, and translating them into processing routes for optimized microstructures. 

Host: Prof. Andrea Hodge

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<title>02-22-2012 KIUEL Presents: Viterbi Showcase &amp; SWE Date Auction </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7548</link>
<description><![CDATA[PRESENTING AN E-WEEK 2012 SIGNATURE EVENT:

The first 20 people get ANY FREE MILKSHAKE from Ground Zero!!!

It will be a night to remember full of engineers showing off their non-technical skill sets. Be it amazing pianists to entertaining comedy acts, there will be something for everyone! While the acts perform, SWE's Annual Charity Date Auction will be occurring "silently" in the back. Each auctionee will have a display where bidders can circulate and place their bid, at the end of the night the top bidder gets TWO TICKETS to the Viterbi Ball for themselves and their prized date! All proceeds from the auction will go to a Battered Women's Shelter. 

If you want to be a part of the Talent Showcase visit the application event here:
http://www.facebook.com/events/257635647639291/

If you know someone that would be a great auctionee and want to nominate them visit the application here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dE1maERRVmhXNEJGUEVfMDhTRTk3SWc6MQ#gid=0
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<title>02-22-2012 Technical Sales Workshop </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7540</link>
<description><![CDATA[Michelle Beason of RedZone will be joining us to discuss what Technical Sales are and how to market and sell effectively. ]]></description>
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<title>02-21-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8082</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-21-2012 Microsoft Technology Presentation </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7412</link>
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<title>02-21-2012 Cisco Presents: Kick Off Carnival </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7547</link>
<description><![CDATA[E-WEEK 2012 SIGNATURE EVENT: Come out for E-Week's Official Kick Off Event! Cisco is sponsoring a competitive, Family-Feud style game show with a chance to win iPods, bookstore giftcards, and special Cisco merchandise! If that's not enough we are having several carnival games, free food and a chance to buy your Viterbi Ball tickets, vote for Viterbi Queen and King, and get a free E-Week 2012 t-shirt! This is an event you DON'T want to miss.]]></description>
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<title>02-21-2012 Epstein Institute Seminar Series / ISE 651 Seminar </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8131</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Shreyes N. Melkote, Morris M. Bryan, Jr., Professor for Advanced Manufacturing Systems, The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Talk Title: "Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Manufacturing:  Issues, Solutions and Challenges"

Series: Epstein Institute Seminar Series

Abstract: There is a great deal of interest today in developing renewable energy sources at a scale large enough to reduce our dependence on fossil fuel based energy while also positively impacting the environment. Of the various renewable energy sources, photovoltaic (PV) or solar energy based technologies are at the forefront of the recent renewable energy boom. Among the PV technologies, crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells and modules, although the most established, continue to be an important technology for addressing our energy problems because of their high energy conversion efficiency relative to other PV technologies available in the market today. This talk will present an overview of c-Si PV manufacturing with an emphasis on ongoing research in the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Center on mechanical yield related issues and challenges. Specifically, the talk will focus on thin wafer stresses and breakage during handling operations, and investigation of crack-free wafering processes. The talk will conclude with comments on other open issues and challenges facing the scale up of c-Si PV manufacturing.

Biography: Dr. Shreyes N. Melkote is the Morris M. Bryan, Jr., Professor for Advanced Manufacturing Systems in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech.  He served as the Interim Director of the Manufacturing Research Center (MaRC) from August 2010-December 2011 and is presently an Associate Director of MaRC. Dr. Melkote’s current research activities are in photovoltaic manufacturing, hybrid micromanufacturing processes, surface integrity, and thin film sensors for manufacturing. He received his B.Tech. (Hons.) degree from I.I.T. Kharagpur in India and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1993. He did post-doctoral work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign prior to joining the Georgia Tech faculty in 1995. Dr. Melkote is a recipient of several honors including the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award, the SME Dell K. Allen Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and several Best Paper Awards at leading ASME and SME conferences. He is an ASME Fellow and is the Scientific Committee Chair of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of the SME (NAMRI/SME).

Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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<title>02-20-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8081</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-20-2012 BME 533 (Seminar in Biomedical Engineering) </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8106</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: NO CLASS-PRESIDENT'S DAY, NO CLASS-PRESIDENT'S DAY

Talk Title: NO CLASS-PRESIDENT'S DAY

Host: BME Department

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<title>02-19-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8080</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-18-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8079</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-17-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8078</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-17-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Federal Budget Impasse: Is There a Way Out? </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7560</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Richard O'Toole, Manager Office of Legislative Affairs, JPL

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Federal Budget Impasse: Is There a Way Out?

Abstract: Dr. Richard O'Toole, Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Manager Office of Legislative Affairs, will present "The Federal Budget Impasse: Is There a Way Out?" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

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<title>02-17-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Federal Budget Impasse: Is There a Way Out? </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7560</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Richard O'Toole, Manager Office of Legislative Affairs, JPL

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Federal Budget Impasse: Is There a Way Out?

Abstract: Dr. Richard O'Toole, Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Manager Office of Legislative Affairs, will present "The Federal Budget Impasse: Is There a Way Out?" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

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<title>02-17-2012 Integrated Systems Seminar Series </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8132</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Hamid Rategh, Inphi

Talk Title: Next Generation 100 Gigabit Ethernet, Low Power CMOS SerDes, and Signal Integrity Challenges

Host: Hossein Hashemi

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<title>02-17-2012 Korean BBQ with TBP </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7556</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come enjoy some Korean BBQ with TBP. We will meet at 5:30 (locations TBA). TBP will be covering part of the cost of dinner. Please RSVP to tbp@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-16-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8077</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-16-2012 University Grad Fair </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8125</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grad Fair is your one-stop way to get all the information you need about Commencement. All soon-to-be graduates are encouraged to stop by Grad Fair for answers to questions, or to purchase Commencement-related products. Students will have the opportunity to pre-order caps, gowns, stoles, flowers and DVDs.

This year's Grad Fair is bigger than ever before - the USC Bookstore will be hosting a blowout sale in the ballroom, so all Trojans are encouraged to stop by! ]]></description>
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<title>02-16-2012 Motorola Info Session </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7421</link>
<description><![CDATA[Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices. For more information visit www.motorola.com/mobility. 

Targeted student audience: BS,MS]]></description>
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<title>02-15-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8076</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-15-2012 University Grad Fair </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8124</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grad Fair is your one-stop way to get all the information you need about Commencement. All soon-to-be graduates are encouraged to stop by Grad Fair for answers to questions, or to purchase Commencement-related products. Students will have the opportunity to pre-order caps, gowns, stoles, flowers and DVDs.

This year's Grad Fair is bigger than ever before - the USC Bookstore will be hosting a blowout sale in the ballroom, so all Trojans are encouraged to stop by! ]]></description>
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<title>02-15-2012 AME Department Seminar </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7855</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: L. Lamberson, Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Center for Advanced Metallic and Ceramic Systems. Johns Hopkins University.

Talk Title: Cracks, Dynamics & the Piezoelectric Effect

Abstract: While a large amount of data is available on the properties and behavior of piezoelectric ceramics subjected to small strains and electric fields as used in conventional sensor and actuator applications, little data exists which contributes to a basic understanding of the behavior of piezoelectric ceramics subjected to high-rate impulsive loading. This particular loading regime plays a critical role in defense applications, specifically for blast mitigation and ballistic protection since numerous armor ceramics such as silicon carbide and aluminum nitride exhibit piezoelectric properties. In addition, piezoelectric materials are also valued for their ability to be utilized as a single-shot, high-energy power supply (or switch) when pulverized, as well as in energy resource recovery applications. In order to utilize these materials ‘smart’ ability, the frequency-time response plays a crucial role in failure, and depends on both the mechanism of polarization, as well as the effect of damage on polarization.

This talk focuses on high strain rate dynamic electromechanical experiments (103 s-1) conducted on single crystal &#945;-quartz, single crystal silicon carbide and aluminum nitride. The results exhibit unexpected trends stress-charge behavior during damage evolution. Specifically, when quartz is undergoing extensive and irreversible dynamic brittle fracture under a compressive stress impulse of up to 2 GPa, the effective piezoelectric stress coefficient increases from loading to unloading. The experimental results are examined in the framework of the theory of linear piezoelectricity and compared to traditional continuum damage models, in order to understand the role of increasing crack density on electroelastic properties.

Biography: Dr. Leslie Lamberson has an appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department at Drexel University, and is presently a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Center for Advanced Metallic and Ceramic Systems at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research encompasses high strain rate material system behavior. Leslie received her BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, and MS in the same discipline from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Working with Professor Ares Rosakis, she completed her Ph.D. in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology examining hypervelocity impact induced dynamic fracture behavior of brittle polymers.

Host: Professor Veronica Eliasson

More Info: http://ae-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming]]></description>
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<title>02-15-2012 Performance and the Art of Piatigorsky </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6912</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free.

Join us for a stimulating conversation and performance highlighting the life and work of Russian cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. This multimedia event will feature historical video; a talk by USC’s Piatigorsky Endowed Chair in Cello, Ralph Kirshbaum; and eclectic selections of music performed by USC Thornton students. Participants will be introduced to the keys to instrumental performance, including preparation, confidence building, routines for practice and performance and the growing interdependence of these factors in the development of a successful career. The program will be presented in anticipation of the inaugural Piatigorsky International Cello Festival, which will be held in Los Angeles from March 9 through 18 and will bring together masters of the cello and young cellists from around the world. 

Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-15-2012 Energy Meets High Tech </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7843</link>
<description><![CDATA[Representatives from EnerNoc, Viridity Energy, and GridMobility will lead a spirited panel discussion on the intersection of high technology and big data in the new energy sector.  

The panel will have a particular focus on smart grid, energy efficiency, and big data management.  It will also explore the topics of customer interaction, whether that be through social media or some other medium.   The panel will be moderated by Yogesh Simmhan, a distinguished energy informatics professor at USC.  Similar in format to the Energy Finance panel, it will be a 45 minute panel discussion followed by 45 minutes of student-led Q&A.  &#65279;

Light food and drink will be provided.  Admission free.  Business casual attire.   Location: University Club, Main Dining Room.  ]]></description>
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<title>02-15-2012 JPL Software Engineering Information Session </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8111</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) located in Pasadena, CA will host an Information Session featuring Software Engineering professionals from the lab talking about their work and the projects at JPL.]]></description>
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<title>02-15-2012 BRIGHTIDEAS 2012 </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8109</link>
<description><![CDATA[Do you thrive under pressure?  
Have you always wanted to be a reality show contestant? 
Do you watch Project Runway?  Top Chef? The Apprentice? Iron Chef?
Do you have 2 hours free at 6 pm on Wednesday, February 15th to compete for $100?

Sounds like you’re up for the challenge! 

Join us Wednesday, February 15th from 6-8 pm for BRIGHTIDEAS 2012, an interactive research presentation competition.  No preparation or research experience required just an adventurous, competitive spirit.

Upon check in at 6 pm, you’ll grab your free dinner, be assigned a group, and given a research topic.  You and your group will have 1 hour to create a Powerpoint presentation.  You’ll present to a small panel of judges and the winning group will be announced at Viterbi E-Week Kick Off Carnival sponsored by Cisco on the E-quad from 1-3 pm on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012.

Register before midnight Sunday, February 12th here: https://uscviterbi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1LEoe9dyZGkLWOE

Questions? E-mail viterbi.ced@usc.edu 
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<title>02-14-2012 ASBME Logo Competition </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7535</link>
<description><![CDATA[ASBME will be changing our logo for the website, banner and other current materials. Please submit your design ideas to asbme@usc.edu by February 14th. $20.00 gift card will be rewarded to the winning designer! ]]></description>
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<title>02-14-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8075</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-14-2012 Reshaping the Mind: The Benefits of Bilingualism </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7851</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Professor Ellen Bialystok, York University

Talk Title: Reshaping the Mind: The Benefits of Bilingualism

Abstract: A growing body of research using both behavioral and neuroimaging data points to a significant effect of bilingualism on cognitive outcomes across the lifespan. The main finding is evidence for the enhancement of executive control at all stages in the lifespan, with the most dramatic results being maintained cognitive performance in elderly adults, and protection against the onset of dementia. A more complex picture emerges when the cognitive advantages of bilingualism are considered together with the costs to linguistic processing.  I will review evidence for both these outcomes and propose a framework for understanding the mechanism that could lead to these positive and negative consequences of bilingualism, including protection against dementia in older age.

Biography: Ellen Bialystok is a Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University and Associate Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care.  She received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1976 studying the relation between children’s conceptual and linguistic development, especially as it applied to spatial cognition.  Her subsequent research investigated issues in second language acquisition, metalinguistic awareness, and literacy acquisition in young children. Much of her research in the past 20 years has focused on the effect of bilingualism on children’s language and cognitive development, showing accelerated mastery of specific cognitive processes for bilingual children. This research was then extended to investigations of adult processing and cognitive aging, showing the continuity of these bilingual advantages into adulthood and the protection against cognitive decline in healthy aging for bilingual older adults. She is the author or editor of 7 books and over 100 scientific papers in journals and books. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and among her awards are a Killam Research Fellowship, Walter Gordon Research Fellowship, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research, the Donald T. Stuss Award for Research Excellence at the Baycrest Geriatric Centre, the President’s Research Award of Merit at York University, the Donald Hebb Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology, and the Killam Prize for the Social Sciences.

Host: Professor Shrikanth Narayanan

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<title>02-14-2012 University Grad Fair </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8123</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grad Fair is your one-stop way to get all the information you need about Commencement. All soon-to-be graduates are encouraged to stop by Grad Fair for answers to questions, or to purchase Commencement-related products. Students will have the opportunity to pre-order caps, gowns, stoles, flowers and DVDs.

This year's Grad Fair is bigger than ever before - the USC Bookstore will be hosting a blowout sale in the ballroom, so all Trojans are encouraged to stop by! ]]></description>
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<title>02-14-2012 Interview Tips </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7451</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discover tips on how to prepare for both technical and behavioral interviews, as well as the proper steps for follow-up!]]></description>
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<title>02-14-2012 Epstein Institute Seminar Series / ISE 651 Seminar </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7853</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Robert C. Leachman, Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California at Berkeley

Talk Title: "Asia – USA Import Supply Chains: Current Practices, Trends and Recommendations"

Series: Epstein Institute Seminar Series

Abstract: Imports from Asia to the United States amount to more than 7 million forty-foot containers per year. Increasingly sophisticated systems are applied by importers to manage their supply chains for such imports, integrating ocean carriers, port terminals, dray and truck companies, railroads, third party logistics operators, and in-house distribution centers. The most cost-effective supply chain varies widely depending on the inventory costs of the products imported and the scale and scope of the importer. In this talk I will provide a “big-picture” view of the mix of supply chain strategies employed by large and small importers of various types of goods, and the consequent import volumes by port and landside channel. I will highlight the trends we can expect in the mix of preferred supply chain strategies. Next I will describe the large-scale optimization and queuing models used to predict the overall flows of imports by ports and landside channels. I will discuss the results of my analysis of the impacts of changing rates through the Panama Canal and increasing shares of imports accounted for by large, “big-box” retailers. Considering the current challenges impeding supply chain efficiency in Southern California, I will conclude with specific recommendations for local ports, transportation and logistics service providers and for public policy.

Biography: Rob Leachman is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Leachman is the author of more than 80 technical publications concerning operations management and transportation planning. He received the AB degree in Mathematics and Physics, the MS degree in Operations Research and the PhD degree in Operations Research, all from U. C. Berkeley, and has been a member of the U C Berkeley faculty since 1979. Selected academic publications and consulting reports are provided at
http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/People/Faculty/leachman.htm.

Dr. Leachman is a two-time Finalist and one-time Winner of the Franz Edelman Award Competition sponsored by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The Edelman Award is the highest accolade from INFORMS, recognizing outstanding industrial practice of the management sciences. 

In addition to his academic career, Rob is President and CEO of Leachman and Associates LLC, a consulting and software firm providing systems for supply chain and factory management to international corporations and providing engineering and economic analyses for governmental agencies. Prior to academic employment, during the period 1970 – 1975 Rob worked in the Operating and Marketing Departments of Union Pacific Railroad.

Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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<title>02-14-2012 Albert Dorman Distinguished Lecture Series </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7438</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jared L. Cohon, President of Carnegie Mellon University, will be speaking about “The Hidden Costs of Energy.” Last year, Dr. Cohon chaired the U.S. National Academies’ Committee that produced the report, “The Hidden Costs of Energy” (The National Academies Press, 2010).  Using the most advanced economic methodology and the best available data, the Committee estimated a lower bound of $120 billion per year in non-climate damages to Americans from producing and using energy in America.  Taking into account impacts of climate change would conservatively double this number.  Furthermore, this was just damages to Americans from energy use in America, and the estimate did not include a wide range of ecological and other impacts.  The world is incurring enormous uncompensated and largely unrecognized damages from its production, distribution and use of energy.  

Dr. Cohon believes that sustainability in energy or anything else will not and cannot be attained until external effects are internalized.  Doing so is relatively straightforward in a conceptual sense, with taxes or other policy measures.  He doesn’t know of a single economist who would dispute this; but, he also doesn’t know of a single Republican member of Congress and relatively few Democrats who would publicly support a carbon tax or cap and trade.  We clearly have a political and governance problem or at least a disconnect between what we know to be correct and what we’re able to achieve in national policy.

The lecture series honors Albert Dorman, an architect and civil engineer who is a USC alumnus and the founding chairman of AECOM Technology Corporation. He is the first person to become both a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the winner of the ASCE Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Leadership.

Please RSVP to http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/specialevents/esvp/index.php
(event code 2012) by January 25, 2012
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<title>02-13-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8074</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-13-2012 BME 533 (Seminar in Biomedical Engineering) </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8105</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker:  Daniel Kamei, Ph.D., UCLA

Talk Title: Cell traffic control:  Applications in cancer drug delivery

Host: BME Department

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<title>02-13-2012 EE-Electrophysics Seminar </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8118</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: John Teufel, NIST Boulder

Talk Title: Quantum Microwave Optomechanical Circuits

Abstract: While mechanical oscillators are the basis for ultrasensitive detection of force, mass and displacement, only recently are these systems poised to encounter the limits and possibilities afforded by quantum mechanics.  Accessing the full quantum nature of a macroscopic mechanical oscillator first requires elimination of its classical, thermal motion.  The flourishing field of cavity optomechanics provides a nearly ideal architecture for both preparation and detection of mechanical motion at the quantum level.  We realize a microwave cavity optomechanical system by coupling the motion of an aluminum membrane to the resonance frequency of a superconducting circuit [1]. By exciting the microwave circuit below its resonance frequency, we damp and cool the membrane motion with radiation pressure forces, analogous to laser cooling of the motion of trapped ions.  The microwave excitation serves not only to cool, but also to monitor the displacement of the membrane.  A nearly quantum-limited, Josephson parametric amplifier is used to detect the mechanical sidebands of this microwave excitation and quantify the thermal motion as it is cooled with radiation pressure forces to its quantum ground state [2].
[1] Teufel, J. D. et al. ìCircuit cavity electromechanics in the strong-coupling regime,î Nature 471, 204ñ208 (2011).
[2] Teufel, J. D. et al. ìSideband cooling micromechanical motion to the quantum ground state,î Nature 475, 359ñ363 (2011).


Biography: Dr. John Teufel completed his Ph.D. in physics at Yale University in the group of Robert Schoelkopf while developing superconducting photon detectors.

Host: EE-Electrophysics

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<title>02-13-2012 Infosys Limited Information Session </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8133</link>
<description><![CDATA[Please join Infosys Limited to learn about their Systems Engineer opportunity. They will do a short presentation followed by networking with their business partners. Infosys Limited looks forward to seeing you there!]]></description>
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<title>02-12-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8073</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-11-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8072</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-11-2012 Hike to the Hollywood Sign </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7555</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come with TBP to hike to the Hollywood sign! Meet at the Denny's parking lot at 9 am and we will carpool. RSVP to tbp@usc.edu so we can arrange cars.]]></description>
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<title>02-11-2012 Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6910</link>
<description><![CDATA[Admission is free. Reception to follow.

Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community, curated by Tim Wride, will explore the personalities, programs and impact of the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies and how it set the stage for the future of image making within and beyond regional boundaries. In conjunction with the exhibition, a two-part symposium will explore the history, current state and future potential of artist-run and alternative spaces and organizations—both photocentric and non-media-specific—as a local, regional and national phenomenon and will engage contemporary artists about their relationship with the broader cultural community.

1 to 3 p.m.: Looking Back
Exhibition curator Tim Wride will moderate a panel with former members of LACPS to contextualize its importance as a cultural and community phenomenon. Panelists include Darryl Curran, Suda House, Deborah Irmas, Robert Glenn Ketchum and Howard Spector.

3:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Over the Edge
Rochelle Steiner, dean of the USC Roski School of Fine Arts, will moderate a panel featuring artists, cultural critics and arts administrators on the future of community within the arts. Panelists include Mark Allen, Edgar Arceneaux, Anne Bray, Evelena Ruether and Carol Stakenas.

Special reception to follow. 

Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community is part of Pacific Standard Time. This unprecedented collaboration initiated by the Getty, brings together more than 60 cultural institutions from across Southern California for six months beginning October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. The presenting sponsor is Bank of America.

Organized by the USC Fisher Museum of Art and the USC Roski School of Fine Arts.

Image: Courtesy of John Divola
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu]]></description>
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<title>02-10-2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Hershey Chocolate Bar Fundraiser! </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8071</link>
<description><![CDATA[Come help support Engineers Without Borders (EWB) by buying some mouth watering chocolate bars!

EWB at USC offers the opportunity for students to practice teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. 

This Spring Break, we hope to travel to Honduras and continue our two water purification and distribution projects in La Estanzuela and Corral de Piedras.

For each project, EWB collaborates with the local community members to design and implement sustainable engineering projects. 

Chocolate bars are only $2 and more importantly, it is for a great cause! 

Questions? Feel free to email us at ewb@usc.edu! 

Interested in buying? Please call/text Tiffany, our Corresponding Secretary, at 516-830-1514!]]></description>
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<title>02-10-2012 Lean Six Sigma White Belt </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=6944</link>
<description><![CDATA[Talk Title: Lean Six Sigma White Belt

Abstract: Course Overview

Lean Six Sigma White Belt (formerly: Introduction to Lean Six Sigma) class will introduce you to the tools and techniques for implementing lean principles. Participants will gain a broad understanding of the philosophy, methods and benefits of lean and value stream mapping as they apply to all types of enterprises. You will be introduced to lean concepts via hands-on exercises. This course is offered both on-campus and online.

A lean enterprise views itself as part of an extended value chain, focusing on the elimination of waste between you and your suppliers and you and your customers.  This seminar is the first step in learning the principles of lean. The instructors for this course have extensive experience implementing lean principles worldwide. This seminar will teach you the history and basics of lean and demonstrate why these practices have such a significant impact on operations. The live course features an interactive simulation that illustrates lean principles.

Course Topics
    * Cellular flow
    * 5S
    * Lean and Six Sigma
    * SMED
    * Value stream mapping
    * Waste reduction

Benefits 

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

    * Identify and eliminate waste within operations
    * Interpret a value stream map
    * Manage a lean process transformation

Who Should Attend 

    * VPs, COOs, CEOs
    * Employees new to a managerial position
    * Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
    * Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
    * Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization

Program Fees

On-Campus Participants: $545
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.  

Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $445

Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.

Online Participant (Archive Access for 30 Days): $300

Includes course materials available for download and viewable archive of lecture for 30 days.  

Reduced rates are available for USC alumni and Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) members. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for more information.

Location  
Three course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus, online with interactivity, and online with archive access:

On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.

Overview of on-campus option:

    * The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
    * Access to hard copy course materials.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
    * If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
    * Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.

Overview of online (interactive):

    * Virtually participate in the course live – with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
    * WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
    * Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.

Online (Archive Access) Course is available for online viewing for a period of 30 days. Participants have the flexibility of watching the course at their own pace and convenience - there is no interaction with the instructor or fellow participants. CEUs and a Certificate of Completion are available. Registration must occur by first day of course and access to course and materials is for 30 days.

Overview of online (archive access):

    * Online archive students view an archive of the course  – which includes course documents and streaming video of the lecture.
    * This option is for content only – participants are unable to interact with the faculty and class participants. If prospective participants have specific questions or need interaction with the faculty member, they should not register for this option.

Continuing Education Units 
CEUs: 0.7 (CEUs provided by request only)


USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course. 

Registration Information
To register for this upcoming course, please visit the Lean Six Sigma White Belt Registration Form. 

Host: Professional Programs

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<title>02-10-2012 Timing is Everything:  How to Manage Your Schedule </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7859</link>
<description><![CDATA[This workshop will help students identify obstacles to good time management, and to develop time management skills and strategies for Spring 2012.  Lunch will be provided.  

RSVP here: https://uscviterbi.qualtrics.com/SE/SID=SV_cXVvjlp9YLwBQb2

For more info: e-mail viterbi.ced@usc.edu 
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<title>02-10-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Observations of Hurricanes </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7496</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Stephen L. Durden, Principal Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Observations of Hurricanes

Abstract: Dr. Stephen Durden, Principal Engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will present "Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Observations of Hurricanes" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>02-10-2012 W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Observations of Hurricanes </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7496</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Stephen L. Durden, Principal Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Observations of Hurricanes

Abstract: Dr. Stephen Durden, Principal Engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will present "Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Observations of Hurricanes" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program.

Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/]]></description>
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<title>02-10-2012 EE-EP Seminar </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=7860</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Irfan Bulu, Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Talk Title: Nano-plasmonics and Nano-photonics: Applications to Enhanced Single Photon Sources, and Mid-Infrared Photonics

Abstract: Plasmonics and photonics at the nano-scale offer new possibilities for improving the performance of photonic devices such as lasers, creating new functionality, and building chip-scale integrated optical devices. In the first part of my talk, I will present our recent experimental and theoretical work on plasmonic nano-cavities for efficient, room temperature single photon sources based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond. NV center is a stable single photon source even at room temperature, and exhibits long coherence times for both electronic and nuclear spins. As a result, it is a robust quantum system for applications ranging from quantum information processing to nano-scale magnetometry. These applications benefit from large single photon rates, which can be improved by the use of nano-photonic devices. I will discuss various plasmonic cavity designs and show that the emission rate, excitation rate, and collection efficiency from single NV centers can be improved significantly in an extremely small footprint device. Furthermore, I show that our scalable, top-down nanofabrication technique maintains the crucial properties of embedded NV centers, and is therefore compatible with requirements needed for realization of quantum systems based on diamond. In the second part of the talk, I will discuss our work on mid-infrared photonics. The mid-infrared is an exciting wavelength range for on chip photonic devices, with important applications in spectroscopy and gas sensing. We recently developed record high-Q (45,000) photonic crystal cavities on a CMOS compatible platform for trace gas sensing applications. I will discuss some of the methods that we developed in order to improve the quality factors of photonic crystal cavities at mid-infrared (4.5 µm), and report the observation and origin of optical bi-stability at this wavelength range.  Finally, I will discuss the prospects for future devices ranging from all-optical signal processing to on chip frequency combs at the mid-infrared.

Biography: Dr. Bulu received his Ph.D. from the department of physics at Bilkent University for his work on photonic crystals, surface plasmons, and metamaterials. He joined Professor Loncar’s lab at Harvard University as a postdoctoral fellow. Since joining Prof. Loncar’s lab, he developed efficient room temperature single photon sources based on single nitrogen vacany centers in diamond by using plasmonic nano-cavities, demonstrated optically reconfigurable photonic crystal filters, and worked on photonic crystal cavities at mid-infrared for sensing applications. He also collaborated with Schlumberger Limited and developed photonic platforms for oil and gas exploration. His current research interests include non-linear diamond nano-photonic devices for quantum information processing applications, silicon photonics at the mid-infrared wavelengths for applications in gas sensing and spectroscopy, development of new quantum emitters such as gallium nitride nanowires with embedded quantum dots/wells, and graphene plasmonics. His research resulted in more than 40 journal publications. 

Host: EE-EP/USC Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics

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<title>02-10-2012 Integrated Systems Seminar Series  </title>
<link>http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/?event=8101</link>
<description><![CDATA[Speaker: Dr. Arun Natarajan, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

Talk Title: Millimeter-Wave Integrated Phased Arrays for Wireless Communication and Imaging

Host: Hossein Hashemi

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