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Cisco Demo Day
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 @ 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Cisco representatives will be on hand to talk about Cisco, the networking industry, careers in networking, and Career Certifications.
Location: Engineering Quad
Audiences: All Engineering Students!
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Cisco Certification Workshop
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives from Cisco for lunch and a presentation on Cisco Certifications!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Current Engineering Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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New remote sensing tools for study of the solid Earth
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Tom Farr, Earth and Space Sciences Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CAAbstract:
Last year the National Academy released a report: Earth Science and Applications from Space (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11820) which provided a blueprint for Earth science missions over the next decade and beyond. These include missions to study Earth's cryosphere, vegetation, soil moisture, and oceans. The missions oriented toward the solid Earth will be described, including the technical challenges and applications.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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CS Colloq: Secure Web Applications and Expressive Security Policies
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Title: Secure Web Applications and Expressive Security PoliciesSpeaker: Stephen Chong (Cornell)ABSTRACT:
Information-flow control promises strong, end-to-end security. In this talk,
I'll present two recent projects that make programming with information-flow
control more practical: a new way of writing secure web applications, and a
framework for expressive security policies.Swift is a new, principled approach to building web applications that are
secure by construction. Swift automatically partitions application code while
providing assurance that the resulting placement of code and data on client
and server is secure and efficient. Application code is written as Java-like
code, annotated with information flow policies that specify the
confidentiality and integrity of information. Using these policies, the
compiler partitions a web application into JavaScript code to run on the
client, and Java code to run on the server. Code and data are placed to ensure
that the specified policies are obeyed, and also to provide good interactive
performance. However, security critical code and data are always placed on the
server. Swift makes it easier to write secure web applications: the programmer
uses just one language, and does not need to worry about the secure or
efficient placement of code and data.Computer systems often have detailed and complicated information security
requirements, perhaps derived from legislation, or organizational policy.
However, it is difficult to ensure that these requirements are correctly
enforced in a system's implementation. We have developed a framework for
specifying, reasoning about, and enforcing, two common requirements:
declassification and erasure. Declassification occurs when the confidentiality
of information is weakened, for example, allowing more people to read. Erasure
is the opposite, and occurs when confidentiality is strengthened, for example,
allowing fewer people to read, perhaps removing the information from the
system entirely. The framework's policies specify when declassification may
occur, and when erasure must occur. A security-type system, in conjunction
with a trusted runtime system, ensures that the policies are enforced. We have
used the policies to implement a secure remote voting service, giving
increased assurance that the voting service satisfies its information security
requirements.BIO:
Stephen Chong is a Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University, in Ithaca, NY, where
he is advised by Andrew Myers. Steve's research focuses on language-based
security and programming languages. He received a bachelor's degree from
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and plans to complete his
doctorate by May 2008.Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: CS Colloquia
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Gender, Lies, and Videogames
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
The USC Women in Science and Engineering Program Presents The 2008 WiSE Distinguished LecturerDr. Maria KlawePresident of Harvey Mudd College"Gender, Lies, and Videogames"Thursday, February 7, 2008, 4:00-5:00 PM, Hedco Neuroscience Auditorium (HNB 100)Reception to follow in HNB 107Contact WiSE at (213) 821-4400 for more information or visit www.usc.edu/wise
Location: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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WiSE Distinguished Lecturer: Dr. Maria Klawe, Gender, Lies and Videogames
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Maria Klawe became the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College on July 1, 2006. A renowned computer scientist and scholar, Klawe is the first woman to serve as president of HMC. Prior to joining HMC, she served as dean of engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton University.Klawe earned her B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics at the University of Alberta, Canada, and began her tenure at Princeton in January 2003. Prior to that, she held academic positions at the University of British Columbia (UBC), the University of Toronto and Oakland University. During her 15 years at the University of British Columbia she served as head of the Department of Computer Science from 1988 to 1995, vice president of student and academic services from 1995 to 1998, and dean of science from 1998 to 2002. She also spent eight years in industry, serving at IBM Almaden Research Center, in San Jose, Calif., first as a research scientist, then as manager of the Discrete Mathematics Group and manager of the Mathematics and Related Computer Science Department.Klawe has been active in many organizations promoting women and leadership in science and technology, and is currently chair of the board for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology in Palo Alto, Calif. She is a current member of the Executive Committee, the past president (2002-2004), and also a fellow (1995) of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and was a board member of the Computing Research Association. Her service to other organizations includes work as a trustee for the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, and the American Mathematical Society. She holds honorary doctorates from Dalhousie University (2005), Queen's University (2004), the University of Waterloo (2003), and Ryerson University (2001).
Location: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100 (Hedco Auditorium)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Nicole Hawkes
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Cisco Information Session - CANCELLED
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 @ 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
This event has been canceled.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori (GFS) 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Conversations with Alumnae
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Women in Engineering, the Society of Women Engineers, and Alpha Omega Epsilon are proud to offer the event Conversations With Alumnae. This event, the first of its kind, is designed to have alumnae guests come and provide current female engineering students with invaluable advice on the vast world beyond the academic setting of college. The event is open to all female engineering students and will take place on February 7th from 6 - 7:30 pm in Topping Student Center 204. Since space is limited, please RSVP by sending a message no later than February 4th to viterbi.wie@usc.edu with your name, class, and major.
Location: Topping Student Center 204
Audiences: All Women in Engineering
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Conversations with Alumnae
Thu, Feb 07, 2008 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Co-sponsored by the Women in Engineering Office (WIE), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and Alpha Omega Epsilon (AOE), the Conversations with Alumnae event on Thursday, February 7th from 6:00pm - 7:30pm will present distinguished Viterbi alumnae to give perspectives on life beyond college to current female engineering students. Alumnae representatives from various fields of engineering will share their insight on a wide range of topics, including extra-curricular experiences, internships, adjusting to work life, and balancing career with family. Dinner will be provided.To RSVP for this exciting event, email the Women in Engineering Office at viterbi.wie@usc.edu Be sure to RSVP no later than Monday, February 4th, as space is limited.
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi Admission & Student Affairs
