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Events for January 22, 2008
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Prospective Undergraduate Transfer Advisement
Tue, Jan 22, 2008
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
USC Viterbi Admission Counselors will be available for in-person or telephone advisement appointments for students interested in transferring into engineering at USC for Fall 2008. Counselors will be available to answer questions about the application and admission process, coursework selection, preparation for engineering, financial aid, and more! Please call (800) 526-3347 or email viterbi.admission@usc.edu to schedule an appointment.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall 110
Audiences: Prospective Undergraduate Transfer Students
Contact: Admission & Student Affairs Division
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Unlocking Heavy Oil and Unconventional Resources with Heat
Tue, Jan 22, 2008 @ 12:45 AM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Anthony KovscekStanford
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce Sapir
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Living Conductors: The Nature and Implications of Electrical Transport in Bacterial Nanowires
Tue, Jan 22, 2008 @ 12:45 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Graduate SeminarbyProfessor Mohammad El-NaggarUniversity of Southern California
Los Angeles, CAAbstract:Bacterial nanowires are conductive pilus-like appendages produced by bacteria, most notably some 'metal-reducers', in direct response to electron acceptor limitation. These recently discovered supramolecular assemblies represent a new paradigm in extracellular electron transfer, but the mechanism of electron transport remains unclear. This talk will feature quantitative measurements of transport across bacterial nanowires produced by the dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium (DMRB) Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, whose electron transport system holds practical promise for renewable energy recovery and bioremediation. The Shewanella nanowires display a surprising non-linear electrical transport behavior, where the voltage dependence of the conductance reveals peaks indicating discrete energy levels with higher electronic density of states. These results indicate that the molecular constituents along the Shewanella nanowires possess an intricate electronic structure that plays a role in mediating the overall electron transport. We will highlight the vast implications of signal transduction at the biological-inorganic interface as well as devices that exploit this interface, such as microbial fuel cells. We will also discuss our recent efforts to develop experimental and image analysis tools that target the interactions between the living and non-living worlds at this interface.Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Seminar at 12:45p.m.
OHE 122
The Scientific Community is Cordially Invited.
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce Sapir
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CS Colloquia: Social Robots
Tue, Jan 22, 2008 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Title: Social RobotsSpeaker: Prof. Reid Simmons (CMU)ABSTRACT:
As robots become more ubiquitous in society, they will have to learn to
interact with people in socially acceptable ways. For the past six years,we
have been developing techniques that enable robots to behave according to
social conventions, both conversationally and spatially. The techniquesinvolve
explicit modeling of human behavior and social conventions,probabilistic
reasoning about situations and the intentions of people, and explicit
representation of affect and mutual interaction. We have developed several
robots that embody these ideas, including GRACE, a robot that attended the
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, the roboceptionist, a joint
project with the School of Drama, and a robot that dances rhythmically with
children. This talk will describe our efforts in this area, focusing on the
techniques that we have developed and highlighting the gap that still remains
between the behavior of our robotsand true social interaction.BIO:
Reid Simmons is a Research Professor in the School of Computer Science at
Carnegie Mellon University. He earned his B.A. degree in 1979 in
ComputerScience from SUNY at Buffalo, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT
in 1983 and 1988, respectively, in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Since
coming to Carnegie Mellon in 1988, Dr. Simmons' research has focusedon
developing self-reliant robots that can autonomously operate over extended
periods of time in unknown, unstructured environments. This work involves
issues of robot control architectures, probabilistic planning and reasoning,
monitoring and fault detection, and robust indoor and outdoornavigation. More
recently, Dr. Simmons has focused on the areas of human-robot social
interaction, coordination of multiple heterogeneous robots, and formal
verification of autonomous systems. Over the years, he has been involved in the
development of over a dozen autonomous robots.Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: CS Colloquia
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CS Colloquium - Reid Simmons
Tue, Jan 22, 2008 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
TITLE:
Social Robots ABSTRACT:
As robots become more ubiquitous in society, they will have to learn to interact with people in socially acceptable ways. For the past six years,we have been developing techniques that enable robots to behave according to social conventions, both conversationally and spatially. The techniquesinvolve explicit modeling of human behavior and social conventions,probabilistic reasoning about situations and the intentions of people, and explicit representation of affect and mutual interaction. We have developed several robots that embody these ideas, including GRACE, a robot that attended the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, the roboceptionist, a joint project with the School of Drama, and a robot that dances rhythmically with children. This talk will describe our efforts in this area, focusing on the techniques that we have developed and highlighting the gap that still remains between the behavior of our robotsand true social interaction. BIOGRAPHY:
Reid Simmons is a Research Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned his B.A. degree in 1979 in ComputerScience from SUNY at Buffalo, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT in 1983 and 1988, respectively, in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Since coming to Carnegie Mellon in 1988, Dr. Simmons' research has focusedon developing self-reliant robots that can autonomously operate over extended periods of time in unknown, unstructured environments. This work involves issues of robot control architectures, probabilistic planning and reasoning, monitoring and fault detection, and robust indoor and outdoornavigation. More recently, Dr. Simmons has focused on the areas of human-robot social interaction, coordination of multiple heterogeneous robots, and formal verification of autonomous systems. Over the years, he has been involved in the development of over a dozen autonomous robots.
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: CS Webmaster
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Cisco Information Session
Tue, Jan 22, 2008 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori (GFS) 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
