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Events for January 13, 2015
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New Graduate Student Speed Networking
Tue, Jan 13, 2015 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Build your network by meeting fellow students in a series of fun, quick conversations. Space is limited.
New graduate students should check their USC email the week of 1/5/15 for registration details.Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 350
Audiences: First Semester Graduate Students
Contact: Meredith Tiras
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Epstein Institute / ISE 651 Seminar Series
Tue, Jan 13, 2015 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Shinyi Wu, Associate Professor, USC School of Social Work and Joint Appointment, Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Talk Title: An Engineer-Led Clinical Trial to Harness Technology to Facilitate Evidence-Based Depression Care-Management
Series: Epstein Institute Seminar Series
Abstract: The rapid growth in the use of telecommunication technologies can reduce disparities and amplify the humanity of the health care system. Clinical and social work research and practice increasingly show promise of care-management for reducing disparities in depression care. In this talk, Dr. Shinyi Wu will describe her engineer-designed clinical trial that exploits telecommunication technologies to facilitate adoption of evidence-based collaborative depression care in safety net clinics. This Diabetes-Depression Care-management Adoption Trial (DCAT) tests an automated telephonic assessment and web-based provider notification system (ATA) tethered to diabetes patient registry system to expand the capacity of the diabetes care team for depression care management. The system aims to shift the burden of routine work to machines and frees up providers to deliver effective, efficient, and compassionate care to those most in need. The technology was tested in a quasi-experimental comparative-effectiveness trial with 1406 diabetes patients in a large public safety-net care system serving primarily minority patients. The comparisons included a usual care group, a care-management group, and a care-management with technology group. Properties of the care-management technology were evaluated and patient and provider user experiences were assessed. Generalized linear and logistic regression analyses with propensity score methods were conducted to compare group effectiveness on patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness of the 3 care models. This study serves as a roadmap for engineers interested in conducting clinical trials to test health technology.
Biography: Shinyi Wu (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an Associate Professor in the USC School of Social Work with a joint appointment in the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. She serves as the Associate Director of Social and Health Services Research in the USC Roybal Institute on Aging. Applying her engineering background, her work has focused on ways to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of health services and population health, especially for patients with chronic illnesses, the elderly, and disadvantaged populations. Dr. Wu was the principal investigator of the DCAT trial to improve care for patients with concurrent diabetes and depression. Currently she is leading another trial to study mobile technology and aging, titled "Intergenerational Mobile Technology Opportunities Program" (IMTOP). Her other current work involves testing interventions to reduce health care disparities, including an NIH study to develop and evaluate a mobile health technological approach to implement care management for underserved stroke patients, and a PCORI study to test a promotora (community healthcare worker) intervention for patients with multiple chronic illnesses and depression.
Prior to joining USC, she was a researcher at RAND, where she also co-directed the NIA-funded Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation. She was honored as an outstanding researcher by RAND for her contributions to improving health policy and decision-making.
Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
More Information: Seminar-Wu.docx
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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CS Colloquium: Vishal Misra (Columbia University) - The Network Neutrality Debate: An Engineering Perspective
Tue, Jan 13, 2015 @ 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Vishal Misra , Columbia University
Talk Title: The Network Neutrality Debate: An Engineering Perspective
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: The issue of Network Neutrality has ignited considerable public debate recently. While the term and much of the discussion originated in the legal community, we started looking at it from an engineering and networking perspective a few years ago. We employed the lens of cooperative game theory and a careful modeling of the Internet including the topology, peering relationships and protocols used on the Internet. Our primary conclusion is that Network Neutrality as an issue is secondary to that of the real problem, that of lack of market competition amongst broadband providers. We present some of our results including our prediction back in 2008 of a rise in paid peering (this year Netflix signed paid peering arrangements with all 4 of the top broadband providers in the US), the inadequacies of strict Network Neutrality regulation when competition exists and our proposal of a Public Option ISP that solves the problems of a "non neutral network" without needing any regulatory support. We also discuss some open issues regarding Network Neutrality in the wireless context.
This Lecture will be available to stream HERE. (please right-click to load in a separate tab for optimal performance).
Biography: Vishal Misra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University. His research emphasis is on mathematical modeling of networking systems, bridging the gap between practice and analysis. He served as the Vice-Chair of the Computer Science Department at Columbia University from 2009 to 2011, and in 2011 he spun out Infinio, a company in the area of datacenter storage. The company is based in Kendall Square and employs more than 50 people. He is also credited with inventing live-microblogging at Cricinfo, a company he co-founded while a graduate student at UMass Amherst, predating Twitter by 10 years. Cricinfo was later acquired by ESPN and is still the worldâs most popular sports portal.
Host: CS Networked Systems Laboratory
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
