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Events for January 22, 2010
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KIUEL Weekend for Leaders Retreat
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
KIUEL's annual leadership retreat is an opportunity for Viterbi's current and future leaders to participate in teambuilding and leadership development.Undergraduate Viterbi students learn more about their personal leadership style, how to work in teams, and enjoy connecting with other Viterbi students in a fun, relaxed environment.To learn more about KIUEL, visit the website at viterbi.usc.edu/KIUEL.
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: KIUEL
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USC Transfer Day: Engineering & Admission Talk, Financial Aid Presentation, Tour and Advisement
Fri, Jan 22, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Transfer Day is a full day program that features a Viterbi School of Engineering workshop. The program also includes a campus tour and special presentations for transfer students about admission, financial aid, and transfer credit. In addition, Viterbi transfer counselors will be available for individual coursework advisement on a first-come, first-serve basis in the afternoon following the program (transcripts required for advisement). Reservations required. Please call (213) 740-6616 for more information and to make a reservation.
Location: USC University Park Campus
Audiences: Prospective transfer students and families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; The Aerodynamics of Everything
Fri, Jan 22, 2010 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Prof. G. R. Spedding, Chair of the USC Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering will present "The Aerodynamics of Everything" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi Admissions & Student Affairs
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Sub-half-mm Resolution Single Photon Emission Tomography of Molecules and Organs in Action
Fri, Jan 22, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Guest Speaker: Frederik J. Beekman,Ph.D.Abstract: Pivotal questions in pharmacology and biology concern how function of localized cells relates to disease. For example in experimental neuroscience we have dreamt about a magnifying glass that would allow us to see neurotransmitters in action, in cardiovascular research about a system that would provide us simultaneously with myocardial anatomy, mechanical function and cell function, and in cancer research to see detailed dynamic distributions of pharmaceuticals and markers, in small animals serving as models for human disease. Such studies have been limited by the availability of methods to study such molecular dynamics. A Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography system called U-SPECT has been developed in The Netherlands. It can quantify tracer dynamics in U-SPECT uses sophisticated focusing pinhole geometries together with unique 3D focusing technology and list mode data acquisition. Novel reconstruction methods that enable to enhance resolution are applied, accelerated by pixel-based block iterative update schemes.Examples include imaging the density and occupancy of dopamine transporters in sub-compartments of the brain, sub-half-mm resolution dynamic myocardial perfusion imaging or imaging of tumor markers and anti-cancer agents (e.g. antibodies) in micro-metastasis, all during a range of points in time. Applied to different models of disease this will aid our understanding of dynamic processes that underlie tissue functions and human pathology. New sub-half-mm resolution U-SPECT-II and U-SPECT/CT images and movies with sub-minute resolution will be shown.An overview of the U-SPECT-II technology will be given as well as current research at my lab Delft University of Technology, where novel collimation, reconstruction and detector technologies for next generations SPECT are currently under development.Bio: Prof. Frederik J. Beekman received a M.Sc. in Physics from the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands (1991) and a Ph.D from the University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands (1995). At Delft University of Technology he is the heads of the group Radiation, Detection & Medical Imaging. He (co-)authored > 90 peer reviewed journal papers, several book chapters and >20 patent applications. He was presented with several international awards for his scientific contributions to SPECT technology and its application in Neurosciences. His research interests include radiation technology applied to biomedical imaging (radiation detectors, SPECT, PET, transmission CT and new (hybrid) modalities), image reconstruction from projections, and biomedical applications of SPECT, PET and X-ray CT. Prof. Beekman acted as an associate editor of several journals and is Board Member of Physics in Medicine and Biology (IOP). He is principle founder and CEO of MILabs (www.milabs.com) that develops and markets SPECT and SPECT/CT systems with an unsurpassed spatial and temporal resolution.Hosted by Professor Richard Leahy
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
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Games with Exhaustible Resources
Fri, Jan 22, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
Presented by the Math Finance ColloquiumTitle: "Games with Exhaustible Resources"Guest Speaker: Ronnie Sircar, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering Princeton UniversityABSTRACT: We study N-player repeated Cournot competitions that model the determination of price in an oligopoly where firms choose quantities.
These are nonzero-sum (ordinary and stochastic) differential games, whose value functions may be characterized by systems of nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman partial differential equations. When the quantity being produced is in finite supply, such as oil, exhaustibility enters as boundary conditions for the PDEs. We analyze the problem when there is an alternative, but expensive, resource (for example solar technology for energy production), and give an asymptotic approximation in the limit of small exhaustibility. We illustrate the two-player problem by numerical solutions, and discuss the impact of limited oil reserves on production and oil prices in the dupoly case.This is a joint work with Chris Harris and Sam Howison.FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010, 3:30 PM, KAP 414Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 414
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
