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FIRST Robotics Kick-Off
Sat, Jan 06, 2007 @ 06:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Receptions & Special Events
Kick-Off Broadcast of FIRST Robotics and robot kit distribution.
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: FIRST Robotics School Teams
Contact: Larry Lim
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TransFormations II: The Perceptions of Perception
Fri, Jan 19, 2007
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
TransFormations is a yearlong series of events formed around four specific topics, each at the crossroads of four larger umbrella themes: art, technology, cognition and perception. From big-budget Hollywood to a 19th-century panorama, The Perception of Perception will feature a series of speakers, panels, workshops and exhibits tracing three interwoven strands through the fields of cognition, perspective and stereoscopy--no one attending these events will see the world the same way again. This event is designed to appeal to both experts and amateurs, contributing substantially to academic discourse surrounding the study of perception, while simultaneously appealing to undergraduate students and their interests in emerging directions in digital media.For more information, please visit:http://www.usc.edu/webapps/events_calendar/custom/113/index.php?category=Item&item=0.861487&active_category=Upcoming
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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TransFormations II: The Perceptions of Perception
Sat, Jan 20, 2007
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
TransFormations is a yearlong series of events formed around four specific topics, each at the crossroads of four larger umbrella themes: art, technology, cognition and perception. From big-budget Hollywood to a 19th-century panorama, The Perception of Perception will feature a series of speakers, panels, workshops and exhibits tracing three interwoven strands through the fields of cognition, perspective and stereoscopy--no one attending these events will see the world the same way again. This event is designed to appeal to both experts and amateurs, contributing substantially to academic discourse surrounding the study of perception, while simultaneously appealing to undergraduate students and their interests in emerging directions in digital media.For more information, please visit:http://www.usc.edu/webapps/events_calendar/custom/113/index.php?category=Item&item=0.861487&active_category=Upcoming
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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The Mathematics in Music: A Performance and Conversation with Elaine Chew
Wed, Jan 24, 2007 @ 07:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Featuring pianist-engineer Elaine Chew, this event demonstrates mathematical principles in music through performance of contemporary pieces, illustrations of their analyses using computing tools and interactive discussion interspersed between the pieces. Chew is a pioneer building a career at the intersection of music and engineering. She is an interdisciplinary scholar with dual training in operations resarch and music performance, having received her Ph.D. and S.M. degrees in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and her B.A.S. degree in music and in mathematical and computational sciences from Stanford University. For more information, please visit:http://www.usc.edu/webapps/events_calendar/custom/113/index.php?category=Item&item=0.861434&active_category=Upcoming
Location: Alfred Newman Recital Hall
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Bertolt Brechts Galileo
Thu, Jan 25, 2007 @ 07:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Considered by many to be one of Brecht's masterpieces, "Galileo" explores the question of a scientist's social and ethical responsibilities, as the brilliant Galileo must choose between his life and his life's work when he is confronted with the persecution of the Inquisition. Through his characterization of the famous physicist, Brecht examines the issues of scientific morality and the difficult relationship between the intellectual and authority.
Brecht's Galileo is not a hero--he is a man who loves life so much that he is compelled to investigate its wholesome ature. Though he saves his own skin from the rigors of the Inquisition, he also saves his work for posterity, not to be of benefit to him in his own lifetime, but on behalf of future humankind.Event is free for all, but RSVP is required. To RSVP, please visit:http://www.usc.edu/webapps/events_calendar/custom/113/index.php?category=Item&item=0.861400&active_category=UpcomingLocation: School Of Cinematic Arts-building E (SCE) - ne Dock Theatre
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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USC Thornton Music Ensemble: Steve Reich at 70
Mon, Jan 29, 2007 @ 07:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
This concert is presented in conjunction with a citywide festival celebrating composer Steve Reich's 70th birthday. Widely regarded as one of the major "minimalists," Reich's music has had a major impact on art, film and popular music in the 20th century. From his early taped speech pieces It's Gonna Rain (1965) and Come Out (1966) to Three Tales (2002), a digital video opera made in collaboration with video artist Beryl Korot, Reich's path has embraced not only aspects of western classical music, but the structures, harmonies and rhythms of non-western and American vernacular music, particularly jazz. The concert will be preceded by a discussion with Steve Reich about minimalism in art and popular music.
Location: Alfred Newman Recital Hall
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
