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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Oct 04, 2013 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Alyssa Apsel, Cornell University
Talk Title: Firefly Radios : Biologically Inspired Low Power Radio Networks
Series: Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Abstract: Ultra-low power wireless transceivers that operate on harvested energy or use tiny batteries are a critical enabling technology for applications in biomedical (i.e. wireless ECG, EKG) and environmental monitoring (i.e. hazardous gas detection). However, inexpensive radios communicating continuously at power levels below 100uW even over short distances have been elusive for a variety of reasons. Among these reasons is a fundamental limit imposed by the power overhead required to overcome signal and receiver noise in continuous wave radios and the power required to maintain FCC compliance. In this talk I will discuss approaches to overcoming these limits through various signaling alternatives, new radio architectures, and use of effective duty cycling. I will discuss the problems associated with duty cycling and wideband communication over a wireless medium and propose a biologically inspired solution from my research based on the behavior of Southeast Asian Fireflies. I will discuss a full transceiver solution in 90nm CMOS based upon this idea and its relative merit and drawbacks compared to other traditional and state-of-the-art-approaches. Finally, I will consider emerging applications for such low power transceivers and discuss future directions for research.
Biography: Alyssa Apsel received the B.S. from Swarthmore College in 1995 and the Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, in 2002. She joined Cornell University in 2002, where she is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The focus of her research is on power-aware mixed signal circuits and design for highly scaled CMOS and modern electronic systems. She has authored or coauthored over 90 refereed publications in related fields of RF mixed signal circuit design, interconnect design and planning, photonic integration with VLSI, and process invariant circuit design techniques resulting in five patents and several pending patent applications. She received a best paper award at ASYNC 2006, had a MICRO “Top Picks” paper in 2006, received a college teaching award in 2007, received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2004, and was selected by Technology Review Magazine as one of the Top Young Innovators in 2004. She has also served as an Associate Editor of various journals including IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I and II and as the chair of the Analog and Signal Processing Technical committee of ISCAS 2011.
Host: Hossien Hashemi, Mike Chen, Mahta Moghaddam, Kunal Datta
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/activities/integrated-systems/
More Information: Alyssa Apsel_Flyer.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Danielle Hamra
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/activities/integrated-systems/
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. -
Ph.D.. Defense
Tue, Oct 08, 2013 @ 09:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Charalampos Chelmis, Ph.D. Candidate / USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Talk Title: HETEROGENEOUS GRAPHS VS MULTI-MODAL CONTENT: MODELING, MINING AND ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL NETWORK DATA
Abstract: Complex networks arise everywhere. Online social networks are famous complex networks due to (a) revolutionizing the way people interact on the Web, and (b) permitting in practice the study of interdisciplinary theories that arise from human activities, at both micro (i.e. individual) and macro (i.e. community) level. Understanding the rich properties and dimensional interdependencies of topology and content in complex networks is necessary to uncover hidden structures and emergent knowledge.
We propose a formal model that abstracts the semantics of complex networks into an integrated, context aware, time sensitive, multi-dimensional space, enabling holistic examination of their static and dynamic properties, facilitating joint analysis of graphs and content and their explicit and implicit interactions. Traditionally, network analysis methods, either ignore content and focus on the network structure, or make implicit assumptions about the complex correlation of these two components. We show that accurately modeling multiple symmetric or asymmetric, explicit and hidden interaction channels between people, integrating auxiliary networks into a unified framework, leads to significant performance improvements in a variety of prediction and recommendation tasks. We empirically verify this insight using real-world datasets from online social networks and corporate microblogging data.
In this research, we investigate implicit relationships in composite networks. We propose a novel, robust model which facilitates multimodal analysis of time varying, complex social networking data. We 1) study informal communication behavior, information sharing, and influence at the workplace, 2) perform accurate communication intention prediction using auxiliary information, and 3) significantly improve social tie recommendation in online social bookmarking systems by exploiting the dynamics of collaborative annotation.
Biography: Charalampos Chelmis is a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. His research interests include modeling, mining and analysis of composite networks, large-scale (big) data analytics and information integration. He received his Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southern California in 2010 and his Bachelor in Computer Engineering & Informatics from the University of Patras, Greece in 2007.
Host: Defense Chair: Prof Viktor K. Prasanna
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 110
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Janice Thompson
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Towards a Smarter Wireless Sensor Networks, UAVs and Smartphones: our experiences in São Paulo, Brazil
Tue, Oct 08, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Jo Ueyama, Associate Professor, University of São Paulo
Talk Title: Towards a Smarter Wireless Sensor Networks, UAVs and Smartphones: our experiences in São Paulo, Brazil
Abstract: This talk will summarize the work led by Dr. Jó Ueyama in the field of wireless networks at ICMC/USP (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil). The focus of this presentation will be to show the progress achieved on our prototype in wireless sensor networks (WSN) for urban river monitoring. Currently, our group has four undergraduate, two master, and four PhD students. They all investigate various topics in the field of wireless networks. This includes smart grids, the use of UAVs (and wireless sensor networks) for precision agriculture as well as HCI for smartphones targeted to the elderly public. The key question of our group is: how can we provide a smarter WSN, UAV and smartphone? The talk will include a summary of each line of research.
Biography: Dr. Ueyama is an Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo since 2008. Jó concluded his PhD at Lancaster University, UK and worked as a posdoc at the University of Kent-UK before heading back to Brazil. His multidisciplinary research in Brazil has been featured in several local and national medias. For further info, please check out www.icmc.usp.br/~joueyama
Host: Professor Viktor K. Prasanna
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 110
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Janice Thompson
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. -
Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Oct 11, 2013 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Ahmad Mirzaei, Pennsylvania State University
Talk Title: Reconfigurable Fully-Integrated RF Receiver Front-Ends
Series: Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Abstract: In wireless receivers, strong out-of-band interferers may accompany the weak desired signal. These interferers must be filtered out prior to reaching the Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) to avoid gain compression. Due to the limited quality factor (Q) of on-chip inductors, the out-of-band filtering is traditionally attained by off-chip Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) components. SAW filters are expensive and bulky and since they are not tunable, in multiband applications one filter must be dedicated for each radio standard. With the widespread applications of multiband wireless systems, replacing SAW filters by on-chip counterparts has become the long-pursued goal among circuit designers.
In this talk, I will introduce integrated N-phase filters to replace external SAW filters in wireless receivers. N-phase filters can frequency-translate baseband impedances to synthesize high-Q bandpass filters with center frequencies precisely controlled by the Local Oscillator (LO) clock. Composed of only Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) switches and capacitors, these filters are ideal for integration and they follow the technology scaling. The clock-tunable center frequency of the N-phase filters enables fully-integrated reconfigurable receiver architectures for multi-band applications. Some of these architectures will be covered in this talk.
Biography: Ahmad Mirzaei received his B.Sc and M.Sc degrees (with honors) from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, all in Electrical Engineering. He is now an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining Penn State, he was a Sr. Principal Scientist at the RF research and development group of Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA, where he was developing solutions for next generation low-power and multi-band wireless transceivers. He also contributed to a few high-volume wireless products during his seven-year long tenure at Broadcom. He is the author and coauthor of over 45 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, and two books. He holds over 50 issued/pending patent applications in the field of RF-CMOS. His research is focused on integrated circuits and systems for broad range of applications.
Host: Hossien Hashemi, Mike Chen, Mahta Moghaddam, Kunal Datta
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/activities/integrated-systems/
More Information: Ahmad Mirzaei_Flyer.pdf
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - GFS 118
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Danielle Hamra
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/activities/integrated-systems/
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. -
Far out Experiments in MRI using FM Pulses
Tue, Oct 15, 2013 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Michael Garwood, University of Minnesota
Talk Title: Far out Experiments in MRI using FM Pulses
Series: Medical Imaging Seminar Series
Abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses radiofrequency (RF) irradiation to excite and manipulate nuclear spins. In multiple disciplines of MRI, significant gains in experimental precision and new experimental capabilities are made possible by RF pulses that are frequency modulated (FM). This presentation will show clinically relevant examples of how FM pulses can be exploited for MRI.
FM pulses can be used not only to improve data quality, but also to reveal spin dynamics, such as dipole-dipole interactions and exchange between spins on different molecules. The ability to modulate the pulse frequency, as well as the pulse amplitude, creates almost limitless possibilities to sensitize the MRI signal to molecular motions happening on slow time scales. This presentation will show how this novel approach can create contrast for better delineating normal anatomy and disease states.
By exploiting unique features of FM pulses, we have also developed a radically different approach to produce MR images. The technique is called SWIFT (sweep imaging with Fourier transformation). The FM pulse used in SWIFT makes possible simultaneous or time-shared excitation and acquisition. The smooth change of gradient orientation used in SWIFT produces negligible acoustic noise, making image acquisition close to silent.
Finally, spatiotemporal-encoding methods using FM pulses have been attracting much interest recently. In particular, the spatiotemporal domain allows direct treatment of spatial problems like B0 and B1 inhomogeneity. I will describe a new spatiotemporal MRI technique called STEREO (steering resonance over the object). This unique technique excites MR signals locally and steers the localized region over the object in a spatiotemporal manner. STEREO provides a means to accomplish multi-dimensional spatiotemporal-encoded MRI in a manner that permits compensation for extreme magnetic field inhomogeneity. With STEREO, MR images are reconstructed using exclusively an inverse problem solution (i.e., no Fourier transformation).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: this research is funded by NIH grant P41 EB15894
Biography: Michael Garwood, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Radiology and Associate Director of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, at the University of Minnesota, where he has been for the past 27 years. He holds the Lillian Quist â⬓ Joyce Henline Chair in Biomedical Research. Dr. Garwood was educated at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he received bachelors degrees in biology and chemistry in 1981, and a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1985. In his time at the University of Minnesota, he has made many significant contributions to the field of biomedical NMR, mostly involving MRI technology development for better detection and assessment of therapies for cancer, Alzheimerââ¬â¢s disease, and other disorders. He has many awards and honors, including the Gold Medal from the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Dr. Garwood has published more than 170 scientific papers and is an inventor on 15 patents.
Host: Professor Krishna Nayak
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/medical-imaging-seminar-series/
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/medical-imaging-seminar-series/
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Arterial Spin Labeled Perfusion MRI and Dynamic MRA
Tue, Oct 22, 2013 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Danny J.J. Wang , University California, Los Angeles
Talk Title: Arterial Spin Labeled Perfusion MRI and Dynamic MRA
Series: Medical Imaging Seminar Series
Abstract: Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is an emerging MRI technique for noninvasive measurement of microvascular blood flow or perfusion as well as for non-contrast enhanced MR angiography (MRA). ASL is appealing for noninvasive evaluation of vascular function of the brain and body organs. However, its widespread clinical applications have been hampered by the relatively low SNR and the competing effects of T1 relaxation and the transit time required for the labeled blood to reach the target tissue. During the past decade, many technical advancements in MRI have been utilized to enhance the SNR and reliability of ASL, including high and ultrahigh magnetic field, parallel imaging, pseudo-continuous spin labeling, and highly efficient pulse sequences for image acquisition (e.g. 3D GRASE, multi band and dynamic golden angle radial acquisition). In this presentation, I will review the latest technical developments in ASL perfusion MRI and non-contrast enhanced dynamic MRA along with their clinical applications in stroke, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), brian tumor, dementia and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Biography: Dr. Wang obtained his PhD in Biophysics from the Lab of Cognitive Brain Imaging, University of Science & Technology of China (now Beijing MRI Center for Brain Research, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) in 1998. He subsequently obtained postdoctoral training in MRI biophysics at University of Pennsylvania from 1999 to 2002. He has been a Research Assistant Professor at the Departments of Radiology and Neurology, University of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2010. He joined Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center at UCLA as Associate Professor of Neurology with secondary appointment in Radiology in 2010. His main interests are technical development and applications of novel quantitative functional MRI methods such as perfusion and resting state fMRI. To date, Dr. Wang has published 80 peer-reviewed papers and 10 book chapters/review articles, and has continuously been funded by NIH since 2004.
Host: Professor Krishna Nayak
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/medical-imaging-seminar-series/
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/medical-imaging-seminar-series/
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. -
"Computing with the D-Wave quantum processor: physics, challenges and applications"
Wed, Oct 23, 2013 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Federico Spedalieri, Computer Scientist/USC-ISI
Talk Title: "Computing with the D-Wave quantum processor: physics, challenges and applications"
Abstract: Quantum computing promises computational speedups for solving some important problems like the factoring of large integers. Although a general purpose, universal quantum computer is yet to be built, technology has matured enough to provide us with a programmable (although restricted) quantum device. The D-Wave processor currently housed at the USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center is an example of this type of device. It exploits the controllable interaction between superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) to optimize binary quadratic functions.
I will present some of the work I have carried out aiming at understanding the physics of the device (in particular its quantum nature), its possible uses, and the main challenges that are still left to overcome to make it a practical computational tool.
Biography: Dr. Spedalieri obtained his degree of Licenciado en Ciencias Fisicas from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1994, and his PhD in Physics from the California Institute of Technology in 2003. He worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and at the EE Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2010, he joined the Information Sciences Institute. He has worked on the characterization of entangled states, devising a numerical test that is widely used to decide whether a given state is entangled (these results, published in Physical Review Letters and Physical Review A has been cited more than 200 times). This work pioneered the application of semi-definite programming methods in quantum information that have since been applied on a wide range of problems. He has also worked on implementations of quantum computing using linear optics, devised a protocol that exploits orbital angular momentum states of photons to implement quantum key distribution, and has designed a low latency implementation of fault-tolerant quantum computing suited for planar architectures with local interactions. Currently at USC’s Information Sciences Institute (ISI), Dr. Spedalieri is working to bridge the gap between the adiabatic quantum computing model (and its incarnation in the form of the adiabatic quantum computer D-Wave Two) and applications to many different fields, such as model checking, natural language processing, scheduling and planning, complex system design, and many others. He is also actively studying the physics behind the operation of D-Wave Two, aiming at understanding the roles that quantum-ness and entanglement play in its operation, and designing experiments to validate these studies.
Host: Dr. Sandeep Gupta
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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. -
Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Oct 25, 2013 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Fred Lee, Fairchild Semiconductor
Talk Title: Mixed-signal IC design for MEMS-based systems
Series: Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Abstract: In the last decade, a boom in commercial MEMS-based sensors and products have found widespread adoption in our world. We will discuss mixed-signal IC architectures in four mainstream areas of MEMS-based systems: timing references, temperature sensors, accelerometers, and gyroscopes. Finally, we will conclude with forward-looking thoughts on how "the cloud" and humanity's desire for "passively aware intelligence" will grow the demand for many other sensor systems in the next decade and beyond.
Biography: Fred S. Lee received the B.S./M. Eng. and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA in 2002 and 2007, focusing on analog/RF circuits and low energy ultra-wideband radios. From 2007 to 2008, he was with Rambus Inc. in Los Altos, CA, working on multi-GHz wireline and 60GHz wireless transceivers. From 2008 to 2011, he was with SiTime, in Sunnyvale, CA, developing MEMS-based fractional-N PLLs, MEMS-based temperature sensors, and RF/mixed-signal circuits. Currently, he is with Fairchild Semiconductor, developing MEMS and sensor solutions. He was a co-recipient of the ISLPED Low Power Design Contest Award in 2002, DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest Award in 2004 and the ISSCC Jack Kilby Best Student Paper Award in 2007.
Host: Hossien Hashemi, Mike Chen, Mahta Moghaddam, Kunal Datta
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/activities/integrated-systems/
More Information: Fred Lee_Flyer.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Danielle Hamra
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/activities/integrated-systems/
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. -
Model-Based Imaging
Tue, Oct 29, 2013 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Charles A. Bouman, Purdue University
Talk Title: Model-Based Imaging
Series: Medical Imaging Seminar Series
Abstract: Over the last two decades, model-based imaging techniques have emerged as a principled framework for understanding and solving many of the most important problems in imaging research. The approach of model-based imaging is to construct a model of both the image and the imaging system, and then to use this integrated model to either reconstruct an unknown image, or to estimate unknown parameters. So for example, model-based image reconstruction and parameter estimation can be used to robustly form images from sensors with uncertain calibration. But in addition, model-based imaging can serve as a framework for optimizing the static and dynamic design of imaging sensor systems themselves.
In this talk, we review some techniques and recent successes in model-based imaging. Two application domains that we consider are tomographic reconstruction from multislice helical-scan CT and electron microscopy, two very different sensors that share much in common when viewed from the perspective of model-based imaging. For both cases, we discuss a variety of technical innovations, which either improve image quality or reduce the computational burden. We then show results, which demonstrate the value of the methods both quantitatively and qualitatively, on a variety of real and simulated datasets. Finally, we conclude with a philosophical discussion of the future potential of model-based methods, and we present some emerging ideas, which have the potential to change the field.
Biography: Charles A. Bouman is the Showalter Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University where he also serves has a co-director of Purdueââ¬â¢s Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility. He received his B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, M.S. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1989.
Professor Bouman's research focuses on inverse problems, stochastic modeling, and their application in a wide variety of imaging problems including tomographic reconstruction and image processing and rendering. Prof. Bouman is a Fellow of the IEEE, AIMBE, IS&T, and SPIE and is currently the IEEE Signal Processing Societyââ¬â¢s Vice President of Technical Directions. He has also served as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and the Vice President of Publications for the IS&T Society.
Host: Prof. Richard Leahy
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/medical-imaging-seminar-series/
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/medical-imaging-seminar-series/
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. -
Munushian Keynote Lecture - Dr. Zhores Alferov
Tue, Oct 29, 2013 @ 02:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Zhores Alferov, President, St. Petersburg University, Nobel Laureate, Physics 2000
Talk Title: Breakthrough Technologies of the 20th Century and Their Importance Today
Abstract: In the 20th century, new technologies that determined to a large extent the development of the new civilization were created on the basis of fundamental research. They are nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, jet engines and space technologies, creation of computers (electronic computing machines), discovery of the transistor, discovery of the laser, the basics of information technologies of today (discovery of silicone chips and heterostructures), revolution in genetics and new technologies
in medicine. Milestones in the history of creation and development of these technologies and their importance today are overviewed. A special focus is made on importance and role of the fundamental research. Information and energy technologies are reviewed in particular detail.
Biography: Dr. Zhores Alferov earned a doctor of sciences in physics and mathematics in 1970 from Ioffe Physical Technical Institute. He is a co-winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics “for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed-electronics and
optoelectronics.” He is also a Russian politician, and has been a member of the Russian State Parliament, the Duma, since 1995.
Co-sponsored by: Ming Hsieh Institute
Host: EE - EP and Ming Hsieh Institute
More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/keynote/munushian/
Webcast: http://geromedia.usc.edu/Gerontology/Play/a34741a9d5524190abc29698f4e7c8f91dLocation: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 124
WebCast Link: http://geromedia.usc.edu/Gerontology/Play/a34741a9d5524190abc29698f4e7c8f91d
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/keynote/munushian/
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.
