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Events for February 01, 2011
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Viterbi Ball Ticket Sales
Tue, Feb 01, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come buy your tickets for Viterbi Ball! $25 each, checks made out to USC or cash accepted.
Visit the Facebook event for more info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170374009672457
Location: RTH Lobby
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: VSC
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Epstein Institute Seminar
Tue, Feb 01, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Franklin Dexter, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Operations Research & Professor, Dept of Anesthesia, University of Iowa
Talk Title: "Value of Small Changes in Operating Room Workflow"
Abstract: Industrial engineers working in hospitals are often asked to help reduce non-operative times in surgical suites. Lean methods are appropriate. However, studies show that this common request by clinicians and managers reflects psychological biases. For example, there are multiple stages of decision-making starting months ahead of the day of surgery. Small reductions in time today can cause large increase in predictive error of future staffing decisions. The talk will explain the unique features of OR management, specifically the sites with largest overall variability have small numbers (2-3) of non-preemptive tasks per day per location.
Biography: Franklin Dexter completed his MD and MS/PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He did his anesthesiology residency at the University of Iowa and remained on faculty. He is Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Iowa and Statistical Editor of the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia. He has published more than 300 papers in the fields of operating room management and anesthesia. He has performed more than 275 consultations for more than 125 corporations applying the engineering/statistical methods. Details of his background, expertise, etc., are at www.FranklinDexter.net
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Feb 01, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Schulman, Miller Research Fellow, UC Berkeley
Talk Title: What makes a bunch of molecules a cell: The power of chemical reaction networks
Abstract: While we can write programs that emulate our capacity for chess playing or predict our tastes, many tasks that both humans and lower organisms are capable of such as image recognition or directed motion have been surprisingly difficult to reverse engineer. What these processes share is the entwinement of a complex organism with a complex physical environment.
While higher organisms are complex, single cells are much less so.
And even single cells can chase targets, change shape on cue, and self-replicate. How can a cell, a simple group of molecules, orchestrate these behaviors? We can investigate the power of molecular interactions by trying to recreate the computations they perform and the implementation of the computations using synthetic DNA. DNA's chemistry and structure are well-understood, and we can engineer specific interactions between DNA molecules by designing their sequences. We can therefore focus on the power of systems of reactions rather than on the process of individual ones. I'll show how we can use DNA to replicate sequences written in an alphabet of DNA blocks, or tiles, and program molecules to execute a "search and capture" process that forms a tether between two points of unknown location. From these examples we learn that molecular reaction networks are surprisingly powerful: a small set of molecules can both compute and learn arbitrarily complex patterns, and even though molecular interactions are stochastic and unreliable, systems of molecules can robustly perform complex behaviors.
Biography: Rebecca Schulman received undergraduate degrees in mathematics and computer science at MIT. She then spent several years working on search and natural language technology in Silicon Valley before receiving a PhD in the "Computation and Neural Systems" option at the California Institute of Technology, where she worked with Erik Winfree. Dr. Schulman is currently a Miller Research Fellow at UC Berkeley in Jan Liphardt's group.
Host: Profs. Len Adleman, Shang-Hua Teng
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Career Fest: Top Tips to Finding a Job
Tue, Feb 01, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Come learn best practices in navigating the job search and the top tips that will help land you a job
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Career Fest: Get in the Know…. Learn More About Opportunities in Intelligence
Tue, Feb 01, 2011 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Sign-ups for the Co-op opportunity event with USC Information Sciences Institute are now open. Sign up before all spots are taken!
USC/ISI would like to invite the first 50 eligible USC students majoring in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Aerospace and Astronautical Engineering as well as Computer Science to a special Co-Op opportunity event Tuesday, February 1, 2011 from 5:30-6:30PM, RTH 211. Pizza will be served!
Please RSVP with Viterbi Career Services (RTH 218).
Areas of interest include but are not limited to computing technology, various computing and communication platforms, video and imaging systems, web-based interfaces, as well as orbital mechanics, spacecraft design, RF link and interference analysis, signal processing, data analysis and presentation problems.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
* Must be a US citizen.
* Must be able to pass a polygraph examination and security background check
* Have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher
* Must be willing to relocate for up to 6 months for an internship or Co-Op
* Must be pursuing an Engineering degree from USC
Benefits Include:
* Funded internship while pursuing degree
* Relocation and housing allowance
* Detailed training from IC experts that will put you ahead of the competition
* Potential for higher starting salary out of school (typically between 15,000 and 25,000 more than peers)
* Multiple job offers potential upon graduation
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Viterbi EE, ME, ASTE, AE, CS, CECS, and ISE Majors
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
