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Events for February 04, 2011
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Viterbi Ball Ticket Sales
Fri, Feb 04, 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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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Recreating the Great Fort Tejon Earthquake of 1857
Fri, Feb 04, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Swaminathan Krishnan, Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering & Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Recreating the Great Fort Tejon Earthquake of 1857
Abstract: Professor Swaminathan Krishnan, Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering & Geophysics at CalTech, will present "Recreating the Great Fort Tejon Earthquake of 1857" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program.
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Amanda Atkinson
Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Feb 04, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Arjang Hassibi, University of Texas at Austin
Talk Title: CMOS ICs in Biotechnology
Abstract: The recent advances in biotechnology are largely due to the progress in bio-molecular detection and analysis platforms, especially in microarray, DNA sequencing, and qPCR technologies. However, the detection performance of these platforms (SNR, dynamic range, response time, throughput, and etc.) as well as their instrumentation complexity are far from the ideal. It is fair to say that there is no technology today that can satisfy the stringent requirements of applications such as personal medicine, point-of-care (PoC) molecular diagnostics, and real-time environmental monitoring.
Recently, a new technology trend has emerged in bio-electronics which promises not only detection sensitivity, but also integration and manufacturability. The general idea is to leverage the capabilities of conventional silicon VLSI fabrication technologies, i.e. CMOS processes, to build ICs that can act as the backbone for bio-molecular analysis platforms. Some examples are CMOS integrated microarrays and high-throughput DNA sequence-by-synthesis systems. The focus of this talk is to introduce this technology trend and discuss its advantages and limitations.
Biography: Arjang Hassibi is an Assistant Professor at the ECE Department and the Institute for Cellular Biology of the University of Texas at Austin. Arjang received the B.Sc. degree with the highest honors from the University of Tehran, Iran (1997), and the M.S. (2001) and Ph.D. degrees (2005) from Stanford University, all in electrical engineering. Prior to becoming a faculty he was a Postdoctoral Scholar at California Institute of Technology and also the co-founder and director of engineering of Xagros Genomics, where he co-invented the technology behind Ion Torrent electronic DNA sequencing platform. He has also held research positions at the Functional Genomics group of IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and Stanford Genome Technology Center. His main research interests are in the intersection of IC design and biotechnology.
Host: Prof. Hossein Hashemi and Firooz Aflatouni
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Hossein Hashemi
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SWE Charm School
Fri, Feb 04, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
The Society of Women Engineers invites everyone to the 4th Annual Charm School!
Come for an afternoon of etiquette workshops led by industry representatives. Learn more about dinner etiquette, communication etiquette, navigating corporate politics and much more! Snacks will be provided and the event will end with the always entertaining Fashion Show of the Best and Worst of Professional Attire.
Schedule:
3:00-3:30 Reception
3:30-4:10 1st workshop session
4:15-4:55 2nd workshop session
5:00-6:00 PM Fashion show
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Colombian Avant-Garde Animation
Fri, Feb 04, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Join us for a stimulating screening of rarely seen expressive Colombian animation featuring powerful metaphors, surreal landscapes and haunting images. These groundbreaking experimental films utilize animation techniques ranging from rotoscoping to under-the-camera animation, capturing the imagination and challenging traditional concepts of cinema. A thought-provoking conversation will examine the role of art in the context of war and the role of the artist in politics. The discussion will feature Colombian filmmakers Cecilia Traslaviña and Carlos Santa; international media scholars Janeann Dill, Claudia Salamanca and Cristina Venegas; and USC student Juan Camilo González.
Admission is free.
For participant bios, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873347
Organized by Sheila Sofian (Animation and Digital Arts).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
