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Events for February 02, 2012
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Intel Information Session- Software & Solutions Group
Thu, Feb 02, 2012 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
We want to show you the software side of Intel. Come learn about the Software and Services Group (SSG), the career opportunities, and the overall benefits of being an employee at Intel.
Open to Computer Science and Computer Engineer majors.
Lunch will be provided
For more information, click on the attached flyer.More Information: Intel - SSG flyer.docx
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Viterbi CSCI & CECS Majors
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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How to Be an Entrepreneur, pt. 2
Thu, Feb 02, 2012 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
The format of both one hour sessions is designed to be highly interactive with significant amounts of student Q&A discussion. Each session will dedicate time to discuss the DOE Clean Energy Business Plan Competition.
During the second hour, the topic of the Investor Presentation will be discussed in detail. Pitching and selling the business will be revisited within exclusively the investor context. A distinguished professor from USCâ Greif Center for Entrepreneurship will present to students. Additionally, there will be an experienced student entrepreneur present to weigh in with specific thoughts on this topic.More Information: Entrepreneur Event.docx.pdf
Location: Jane Hoffman Popovich & J. Kristoffer Popovich Hall (JKP) - 212
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Sam Stevens
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William Spitzer Lecture
Thu, Feb 02, 2012 @ 12:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mark A. Reed, Yale University, Depts. of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
Talk Title: Integrated Bioelectronic Systems
Series: William Spitzer Lecture
Abstract: High performance microelectronic systems and bioelectrochemical systems are both highly developed, complex systems capable of advanced signal processing and computing â yet are fundamentally different at nearly every level (mechanism, device, architecture, etc). A major step in understanding these differences will be the ability to effectively interface between these systems. This talk will review the recent progress, the outstanding scientific challenges, and some exciting potential applications in this rapidly growing new field.
Biography: Prof. Mark A. Reed received his Ph.D. in Physics from Syracuse University in 1983, after which he joined Texas Instruments. In 1990 Mark joined Yale University where he holds the Harold Hodgkinson Chair of Engineering and Applied Science. He was chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1995 to 2001. He is presently the Associate Director of the Yale
Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering.
Markâs research activities have included the investigation of electronic transport in nanoscale and mesoscopic systems, artificially structured materials and devices, molecular scale electronic transport, plasmonic transport in nanostructures, and chem/bio nanosensors. Mark is the author of more than 180 professional publications and 6 books, has given over 20 plenary and over 300 invited talks, and holds 25 U.S. and foreign patents on quantum effect, heterojunction, and molecular devices. He is the Editor in Chief of the journal Nanotechnology, an Editor for IEEE Transactions Electron Devices, and holds numerous other editorial and advisory board positions.
Mark has been elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and Who's Who in the World. His awards include; Fortune Magazine âMost Promising Young Scientistâ (1990),
the Kilby Young Innovator Award (1994), the Fujitsu ISCS Quantum Device Award (2001), the Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science (2002), Fellow of the American Physical Society (2003), the IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology (2007), and Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2009).
Host: Rajiv Kalia
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Bio-Inspired Cognition, Adaptation, and Learning over Networks
Thu, Feb 02, 2012 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ali H. Sayed, UCLA Electrical Engineering
Talk Title: Bio-Inspired Cognition, Adaptation, and Learning Over Networks
Abstract: Complex patterns of behavior are common in many biological networks, where no single agent is in command and yet forms of decentralized intelligence are evident. Examples include fish joining together in schools, birds flying in formation, bees swarming towards a new hive, and bacteria diffusing towards a nutrient source. While each individual agent in these biological networks is not capable of complex behavior, it is the combined coordination among multiple agents that leads to the manifestation of sophisticated order at the network level. The study of these phenomena opens up opportunities for collaborative research across several domains including economics, life sciences, biology, and information processing, in order to address and clarify several relevant questions such as: (a) how and why organized and complex behavior arises at the group level from interactions among agents without central control? (b) What communication topologies enable the emergence of order at the higher level from interactions at the lower level? (c) How is information quantized during the diffusion of knowledge through the network? And (d) how does mobility influence the learning abilities of the agents and the network. Several disciplines are concerned in elucidating different aspects of these questions including evolutionary biology, animal behavior studies, physical biology, and even computer graphics. In the realm of signal processing, these questions motivate the need to study and develop decentralized strategies for information processing that are able to endow networks with real-time adaptation and learning abilities. This presentation examines several patterns of decentralized intelligence in biological networks, and describes powerful diffusion adaptation and online learning strategies that our research group has been developing in recent years to model and reproduce these kinds of behavior.
Biography: A. H. Sayed is Professor and former Chairman of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also the Principal Investigator of the UCLA Adaptive Systems Laboratory (www.ee.ucla.edu/asl). He has published widely in the areas of adaptation and learning with over 350 articles and 5 books. His research interests span several fields including adaptation and learning, adaptive and cognitive networks, biological networks, cooperative behavior, distributed processing, and statistical signal processing. His research contributions have been recognized with several awards and prizes.
Host: Prof. C.-C. Jay Kuo
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
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La Estanzuela (LE) Project Meeting
Thu, Feb 02, 2012 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come join EWB's La Estanzuela (LE) Project Meetings! In LE, we are currently in the midst of constructing a water wheel pump delivery system to provide drinkable water to many of the families in the community.
Question/Comments? Feel free to email EWB@usc.edu!
*Note: Location is listed as "KAP" and it just means to meet in the lobby and we'll find a room together! It's usually KAP 164 or the few rooms around it. See you there!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
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Bloomberg Info Session
Thu, Feb 02, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Interested in Software Development? Full Time: All majors welcome to apply! Interns: Computer Science majors welcome to apply! Bloomberg's Research and Development department offers exciting opportunities for highly-motivated individuals seeking a challenging technical role in the financial industry. An extensive training program will provide technical and financial skills needed to succeed in Bloomberg's fast-paced and dynamic organization. Successful applicants will be involved in the design and development of state-of-the-art financial information software products.
Targeted student audience: BS,MS,PhDLocation: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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A Celebration of the Life of Professor Manbir Singh, Ph.D.
Thu, Feb 02, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
A Celebration of the Life of Professor Manbir Singh PhD
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
6:00 - 8:00 pm
The Vineyard Room
The Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center
University Park Campus
3415 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, 90089-0871
Click below for the campus map: http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/?id=8
Parking will be available at Parking Structure D Click below for Google Map directions: http://g.co/maps/whkjt
In lieu of flowers, the Manbir Singh Memorial Fund has been established for those wishing to contribute. Please make checks payable to Viterbi School of Engineering. On the checks memo line, please write "Manbir Singh Memorial Fund". We'll be accepting donations at the service, or you can send it to:
Jane Ong
University of Southern California
3650 McClintock Ave. OHE 500
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1451
For questions about contributing to the memorial fund, please call (213) 821-292Location: Charlotte S. & Davre R. Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center (DCC) - Vineyard Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
