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Events for January 30, 2013
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkWed, Jan 30, 2013
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid. Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement
Wed, Jan 30, 2013 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Larry Aft, USC Viterbi School of Engineering,
Talk Title: Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement
Abstract: Learn how to integrate principles of business, statistics and engineering to achieve tangible results. Master the use of Six Sigma to quantify the critical quality issues in your company. Once the issues have been quantified, statistics can be applied to provide probabilities of success and failure. Six Sigma methods increase productivity and enhance quality. As a Six Sigma green belt, you will be equipped to support and champion a Six Sigma implementation in your organization. To earn the Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate, you will be required to pass the Institute of Industrial Engineer's green belt exam (administered on the final day of the course).
During this course you will have the opportunity to apply what you have learned to an actual issue you face in your organization. Prior seminar participants have reported significant savings from implementing their projects.
*A financial services organization saw $128,000 in cost savings per quarter when they reduced transaction processing rework
*A state agency reduced project cost over-runs by 28 percent
*A transportation company saved more than $875,000 per year in turnover costs by improving the employee communications process
*Reduced errors in a painting operation led to increased first pass acceptance and more than $197,000 in annual savings
*A Web developer increased annual profits by 10 percent by cutting cycle time
*A wave solder operation saw defects reduced by half and costs reduced by $60,000 per year
Host: Corporate and Professional Programs
More Info: http://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial%26systems/six-sigma-green-belt-process-improvement
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Career Expo Success-Presented by Viterbi Career Services
Wed, Jan 30, 2013 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 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: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 158
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Media Computing Research at MSRA
Wed, Jan 30, 2013 @ 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Shipeng Li, Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA)
Talk Title: Media Computing Research at MSRA
Abstract: In this talk, I will use examples of research projects at MSRA Media Computing and Internet Media groups to share some of my own thoughts on media computing, ranging from media compression, media processing, media communication and system, and how the multimedia technology would impact computing in a big way, with a focus on how they could transform user interaction, device collaboration and cloud computing to a complete new paradigm. I will also post some research challenges that we are facing in our research. I hope the talk will inspire new collaboration opportunities with professors and students at universities. The talk is complemented with a technical demo in the end.
Biography: Dr. Shipeng Li joined Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) in May 1999. He is now a Principal Researcher and Research Manager of the Media Computing group. He also serves as the Research Area Manager coordinating the multimedia research activities at MSRA. His research interests include multimedia processing, analysis, coding, streaming, networking and communications; digital right management; advertisement; user intent mining; eHealth; etc. From Oct. 1996 to May 1999, Dr. Li was with Multimedia Technology Laboratory at Sarnoff Corporation as a Member of Technical Staff. Dr. Li has been actively involved in research and development in broad multimedia areas. He has authored and co-authored 6 books/book chapters and 250+ referred journal and conference papers. He holds 120+ granted US patents.
Dr. Li received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China in 1988 and 1991, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA in 1996. He was a faculty member in Department of Electronic Engineering and Information Science at University of Science and Technology of China in 1991-1992.
Dr. Li is a Fellow of IEEE. More information can be found at http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/spli/.
Host: Prof. Antonio Ortega
Location: Charles Lee Powell Hall (PHE) - 223
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
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Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) is Hiring
Wed, Jan 30, 2013 @ 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA)
Hiring Presentation
Microsoft Research is now one of the few industry labs in the world that are still conducting both fundamental research and technology transfers. Microsoft Research Asia is founded in Beijing as Microsoftââ¬â¢s fundamental research facility in the Asia Pacific region and expands rapidly. By attracting the best talents from Asia and across the globe, Microsoft Research Asia has grown into a world-class research laboratory with more than 230 researchers and developers and more than 250 visiting scientists and students. Today, the lab continues to conduct basic research in natural user interfaces, next-generation multimedia, data-intensive computing, search and online advertising, and computer science fundamentals.
Internet Media and Media Computing groups belong to the next generation multimedia area at MSRA. The groups focus research on media compression, media processing, media communication and systems. Since the past 10 years, these two research groups have produced 4 IEEE Fellows, three MIT TR35 recipients, and mentored hundreds of interns now working in universities and companies worldwide. In addition to hundreds of high quality papers, including more than 10 best award papers, the groups have contributed significantly to international standards, including, MPEG-4, H.264, H.264 SVC extension and now in HEVC, and also transfers dozens of new technologies into Microsoft products including screen codec in RDP, H.264 codec in Windows 7/8, Bing image and video search, etc.
Besides the top notch researchers we hired, the secret sauce of Microsoft Research Asia also attributes to an army of top graduate interns from local and international universities. Researchers conduct research full time on their favorite topics while mentoring interns, without having to worry about funding and teaching. The company is committed to sponsor researchers to conferences and workshops to exchange ideas and collaborate with other colleagues in academia.
While MSRA is hiring top talents in any computing disciplines, the Internet Media and Media Computing groups specifically seek for top talents (fresh or experienced) in the area of media compression, processing, communication, wireless, networking, cloud computing and system. Depending on the qualifications, positions can be offered from post-doc researchers, researchers, lead researchers, senior researchers to principal researchers. While Ph.D. in CS or EE is preferred, we are also looking hands-on innovators who are good at implementing a complex system.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your inquiry or CV to Dr. Shipeng Li: (spli@microsoft.com)
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Hosted by Prof. Antonio Ortega
Location: Charles Lee Powell Hall (PHE) - 223
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
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AME - Department Seminar
Wed, Jan 30, 2013 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Larry G. Redekopp, Professor in the Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California
Talk Title: Modeling the Internal Weather in Lakes
Abstract: This lecture will address issues pertaining to the modeling of the internal (subsurface) weather in enclosed, or semi-enclosed, basins under mid-summer conditions. An understanding of, and an ability to predict, the internal dynamics of stratified lakes is central to the management of many water resources, particularly the quality of potable and recreational resources. The internal bio-geochemical quality of a lake depends crucially on the hydrodynamic processes whereby energy input at the basin scale via solar insolation and surface wind stresses is transferred down to mixing and dissipation scales. It is important to build tools that model the internal weather in closed basins with reasonable fidelity for purposes of both gaining a general qualitative understanding of lake hydrodynamics and for providing quantitative estimates of space-time scales for energy transfer routes and particulate transport paths.
The lecture will address several 'rapid-simulation' models relevant to small and moderate sized, stratified lakes in which an evolving, energetic, internal wave field is excited by surface wind events. Models of the degeneration of the wind-driven, basin-scale, internal seiche into a field of bi-directional, propagating internal waves for several lake configurations will be discussed, including the role of the evolving internal wave field in both the stimulation of benthic boundary eruptions and the dispersion of toxic spills in a moderately-sized lake.
More Info: http://ae-www.usc.edu/seminars/1-30-13-redekopp.shtml
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - Room 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ae-www.usc.edu/seminars/1-30-13-redekopp.shtml
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Trojan Alliance Panel: Coming OUT in the Workplace
Wed, Jan 30, 2013 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
LGBT Professionals from a variety of industries including consulting, banking, engineering, and hospital administration will share their experiences with coming out in the workplace. The panel will give USC students the opportunity to ask questions and learn about the potential benefits of being out and open in a work environment. For more information email Trojan.Alliance@gmail.com
Location: Von Kleinsmid Center For International & Public Affairs (VKC) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Career Center
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South Coast Repertory: Chinglish
Wed, Jan 30, 2013 @ 06:00 PM - 11:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
Open to USC students only. Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click here: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/897932 beginning Thursday, January 10, at 9 a.m. See below for details.*
*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP at the link above beginning Thursday, January 10, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 5:15 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 6 p.m. and return to campus at 11:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.
Named by TIME as Best New American Play of 2011, David Henry Hwangâs Broadway hit Chinglish comes to Southern California. Daniel is an American businessman whose sign company is in trouble. But he has a great idea: score a fat contract in China, where signs for English-speaking tourists are mangled by hilarious mistranslations. Unfortunately, he forgets the most important rule: always bring your own translator because business deals involve much more than wining and dining. When Daniel falls in love with a beautiful bureaucrat, even feelings take on different meanings. The repartee is fast and funny in this acclaimed comedy that embraces both sides of the cultural divide.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Segerstrom Stage, Costa Mesa
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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VARC Workshop - Academic Goal Setting
Wed, Jan 30, 2013 @ 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Join us for an engaging discussion to help attendees establish SMART goals to help them succeed in their classes this semester.
RSVPs are encouraged but not required:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5fbjZfZHNTTkRTcVBOSUc4ZmU5c1E6MQ#gid=0Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 223
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi Academic Resource Center
