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Social Networks and Health: What can Technology Do?
Thu, Mar 01, 2012 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
A panel on Social Networks and Health: What can Technology Do?
Thursday, March 1, 2012
2:00-3:30pm
EEB 248
Refreshments will be served
PANELISTS:
⢠Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
⢠Kristina Lerman, Information Sciences Institute
⢠Peter Monge, Communication, Annenberg School of Communication
⢠Francis Pereira, Institute for Communication Technology Management, Marshall School of Business
⢠Thomas Valente, Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine
MODERATOR:
Urbashi Mitra, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
A research advancement workshop sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Research and the Office of Research
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Viterbi Keynote Lecture
Thu, Mar 01, 2012 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Sergio Verdú, Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
Talk Title: What is Information Theory
Abstract: This wide-audience talk will address the history of Claude Shannonâs theory on the fundamental limits of data compression and data transmission through noisy channels. We will review the impact of information theory on the design of various information technologies, as well as its intersections with other fields. We will also discuss the evolving perception of information theory since its inception in 1948 among the wider scientific community.
3:00pm - Reception
4:00pm - Lecture
Biography: Sergio Verdú is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, he is the recipient of the 2007 Claude E. Shannon Award, and the 2008 IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal. He received the 2000 Frederick E. Terman Award from the American Society for Engineering Education, and a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. In 1998, Cambridge University Press published his book Multiuser Detection. His papers have received several awards, including the 1992 IEEE Donald Fink Paper Award, the Information Theory Outstanding Paper Award in both 1998 and 2012, an IEEE Information Theory Golden Jubilee Paper Award, the 2002 Leonard G. Abraham Prize Award in the field of Communications Systems, the 2007 IEEE Joint Communications/Information Theory Paper Award, and the 2009 Stephen O. Rice Prize from the IEEE Communications Society. He served as President of the IEEE Information Theory Society in 1997, and is currently Editor-in-Chief of Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory.
Host: Dr. Alexander Sawchuk
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/viterbi_lecture-verdu.htmMore Information: 20120301 Verdu Print.pdf
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - Auditorium and Patio
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/viterbi_lecture-verdu.htm
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
