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Events for January 24, 2012
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Preparing for the Career Expo w/ 30 second commercial
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Make a great first impression! Learn how to optimize your time, approach employers and prepare for the recruiting event of the semester.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Parametric Speech Production Representations for Formant Tracking and Joint Source-filter Modeling
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 02:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Daryush Mehta, Harvard University & Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Talk Title: Parametric Speech Production Representations for Formant Tracking and Joint Source-filter Modeling
Abstract: We continue to see an urgent need for robust representations of the acoustic speech waveform, especially in speakers with speech and voice impairments. First, I will discuss our approach to the problem of formant and antiformant tracking, in which extended Kalman algorithms take advantage of a linearized mapping from formant frequencies and bandwidths to cepstral coefficients in an autoregressive moving average model. Second, we will explore joint source-filter models for representing sustained vowel phonation that exhibits nonstationary or asymmetric vocal fold vibration. These algorithms hold potential clinical significance for better understanding acoustic-physiological relationships observable with current imaging systems.
Biography: Daryush Mehta is a Research Associate in Electrical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, an Assistant Biomedical Engineer at the Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Daryush received his PhD in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology from HarvardâMIT (2010), Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT (2006), and Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Florida (2003). http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~dmehta/
Host: Prof. Shri Narayanan & Dr. Michael Proctor
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 320
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mary Francis
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Low-Complexity Equalization for Multi-scale Multi-lag OFDM Channels
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Zijian Tang, Research Scientist of TNO the Hague, the Netherlands
Talk Title: Low-Complexity Equalization for Multi-scale Multi-lag OFDM Channels
Abstract: We consider an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission scheme over wideband underwater acoustic channels, where the propagation paths can experience distinct Doppler effects (manifested in signal scales) and time of arrivals (manifested in delays). We capture such an effect in this paper with a multi-scale multi-lag (MSML) model, and show that the resulting frequency-domain MSML-OFDM channel is subject to inter-carrier interference (ICI), whose amount differs per subcarrier. The corresponding channel matrix can still be approximated as highly sparse, but lacks a specific structure that can optimally be exploited by those low-complexity equalizers proposed for narrowband channels. In this paper, we propose to use the conjugate gradient (CG) algorithm to equalize the channel iteratively. The suitability of the preconditioning technique, that often accompanies the CG to accelerate the convergence, is discussed for the MSML-OFDM channel. We show that in order for the preconditioner to function properly, optimal resampling is indispensable.
Biography: Zijian Tang received the MSc in electrical engineering and the PhD degree from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in 2003 and 2007, respectively. After working with Mathworks for one year, he joined the Sonar Group at Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) in 2008 as a research scientist, where the research area covers underwater acoustic communications, anti-submarine warfare, marine mammal detection etc. Since 2010, he has also been holding a (part-time) research fellow position at the Network & Circuits Group of TU Delft. Zijian Tang is the recipient of the best student paper award (honourable mention) at ICASSP 2007, and was nominated to the Simon Stevin Gezel prize in 2008.
Host: Prof. Urbashi Mitra, ubli@usc.edu, x04667
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Epstein Institute Seminar Series / ISE 651 Seminar
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, Burt and Deedee McMurtry Professor of Engineering, Management Science and Engineering Department, Stanford University
Talk Title: "Risk Analysis in Real Life and Recent Developments Including Games"
Series: Epstein Institute Seminar Series
Abstract: This talk will focus first on the challenges- -and the joys-- of blending a full-time academic life including teaching and research on a spectrum of risk analysis topics, and a rich family life. The second part will cover recent developments in combining games and risks analyses with applications to project management and national security issues (counter-terrorism and nuclear counter-proliferation).
Biography: M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell
Professor; Burt and Deedee McMurtry Professor of Engineering
Former Chair, Management Science and Engineering
Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, by courtesy
Dr. M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1948. She attended public high schools both in Dakar and in La Rochelle, France. Her undergraduate degree is in mathematics and physics (BS, Marseilles, France, 1968), and her first graduate degrees are in applied mathematics and computer science (MS and Engineer Degree, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, France, 1970; 1971). In 1971 she came to study and live in the United States, where she has been a citizen since 1986. She received a Masters degree in Operations Research (OR) in 1972 and a Ph.D. in Engineering-Economic Systems (EES) in 1978, both from Stanford University. She then was an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at MIT, before joining the Stanford faculty in 1981, where she became Professor (in 1991) and then Chair (in 1997) in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM). In 1999, she was named the Burt and Deedee McMurtry Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. She is presently Professor and Chair of the Department of Management Science and Engineering, as well as a Senior Fellow (by courtesy) of the Stanford Institute for International Studies.
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Research Projects
Study and models of medical device development process
Strategic risk analysis with application to nuclear nonproliferation problems
Risk analysis and game theory: policy and management applications
Designing early warning systems for crisis situations
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Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
More Information: Seminar-Pate-Cornell.doc
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - Room 309
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Parking in Motion Information Session
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 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.
More information coming soon.Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Viterbi Spotlight: Aerospace, Mechanical, and Astronautical Engineering
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Still not quite sure of which Viterbi major is right for you? Considering Aerospace, Mechanical, or Astronautical Engineering as possible options? Want to learn about the challenges, rewards and the future of these fields of engineering? Then, come to the Aerospace, Mechanical, or Astronautical Engineering Spotlight Program! Hear from our panel of alumni and/or industry representatives as they talk about their experiences and learn first-hand what it's like working in these fields. Then practice your networking skills by mingling with our panelists over pizza!
If you are attending, please RSVP by emailing viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu with "RSVP AME/ASTE Spotlight" in the subject line.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Freshmen and Sophomores
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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USC In your Neighborhood: Newport Beach, CA
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 (at 6:30-8:30 p.m.)
The Pacific Club
4110 Mac Arthur Boulevard
Newport Beach, CA 92660
For more information, please visit
http://alumni.usc.edu/neighborhoodoc
Location: The Pacific Club, Newport Beach
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kathleen Concialdi
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Queer Aesthetics and Archival Practices
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
A pre-event reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Doheny Memorial Library Treasure Room.
A series of events will be presented in conjunction with the exhibition Cruising the Archive: Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1945â1980 at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. The events will foster discussions about LGBT histories, queer art and aesthetics and archival practices in contemporary art.
Queer Aesthetics and Archival Practices will feature artists and scholars who will discuss the practical and theoretical aspects of âthe archiveâ and its relationship to contemporary art today. Moderated by curator and performer Malik Gaines, the panel will feature Ann Cvetkovich, professor of English and womenâs and gender studies at the University of Texas at Austin; Catherine Lord, professor of studio art at UC Irvine; and Ulrike Müller, artist and coeditor of the queer feminist art journal LTTR.
Please join us before the panel for an opening reception for Cruising the Archive in the Doheny Memorial Library Treasure Room from 5 to 7 p.m.
Speaker Bios:
Ann Cvetkovich is the Ellen C. Garwood Centennial Professor of English and a professor of womenâs and gender studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality and Lesbian Public Cultures and the forthcoming Depression: A Public Feelings Project.
Catherine Lord is a professor of studio art at UC Irvine, author of The Summer of Her Baldness: A Cancer Improvisation and Art and Queer Culture: 1885â2010 (forthcoming, with Richard Meyer).
Ulrike Müller is an artist and coeditor of the queer feminist art journal LTTR. She is currently organizing Herstory Inventory, a collaborative drawing project based on a list of image descriptions from the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Brooklyn, New York.
Organized by Joseph Hawkins, Mia Locks, David Frantz and the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. Co-sponsored by the USC Libraries and the Gettyâs Pacific Standard Time initiative.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
