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Six Sigma Green Belt for Process ImprovementWed, Feb 19, 2014
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBA, 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 & Professional Programs
More Info: http://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial%2526systems/six-sigma-green-belt-process-improvement
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Corporate & Professional Programs
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Graduate Engineering Information Session
Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is a top 10 ranked graduate engineering program by U.S News and World Report. Join us for an online information session to learn about the exciting opportunities available.
RSVP NOWLocation: Online
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ray Fujioka/GAPP
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Computer Science General Faculty Meeting
Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Workshops & Infosessions
Computer Science General Faculty Meeting.
Details emailed directly to attendees.
RSVP link also to be provided.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 217
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Keyue Shen, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Talk Title: Engineering Cell Microenvironments for Cancer Therapeutics
Abstract: Host stromal cells have been increasingly recognized as key regulators in cancer microenvironment. As cancer progresses, normal suppressive stroma is replaced by an activated, cancer-promoting one. This is accompanied by suppression of tumor-inhibiting infiltrating lymphocytes, and an increasingly disorganized tumor-stroma interface. In this talk, I will present subcellular microengineering approaches to control T cell activation through spatial and mechanical cues for cancer immunotherapy. I will also demonstrate an interfacial interaction model for understanding spatially resolved tumor-stromal signaling and discovering cancer chemotherapeutics that target the tumor-stroma interface.
Biography: Keyue Shen is a Research Fellow at the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where he has won an MGH Fund for Medical Discovery Award. He received his Ph.D with Distinction in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, and obtained M.S. in Biology and B.Eng. (summa cum laude) in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University of China. His research interests are in developing in vitro microengineered models of cell microenvironments in immune system, cancer, and stem cell niches, for applications in immune and cancer therapeutics, as well as regenerative medicine.
Host: David D'Argenio
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 136
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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E-Week: SPE Technology Showcase
Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join SPE for this showcase of the tools and technologies used in the oil and gas industry when drilling for and producing oil wells!
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi KIUEL
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E-Week: ASME Buccaneer Blast
Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join a ship and shoot water balloons at other ships using water balloon cannons, catapults, and sling shots. Thar be prizes, mateys!
RSVP by 2/18 to ensure they get enough balloons!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bP3koPfdd320IIi4on5SK2oweI78PaYBwR6UA5PD0uk/viewformLocation: E-Quad
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi KIUEL
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Epstein ISE Department Seminar
Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Guanghui (George) Lan, Assistant Professor, Dept of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Florida
Talk Title: "Stochastic and Nonlinear Optimization for Large-Scale Data Analysis"
Abstract: Optimization has found widespread applications in data analysis during the past few years. Prominent examples include a variety of stochastic optimization models for machine learning (e.g., regression, classification, dictionary learning), and deterministic optimization models for inverse problems (e.g., compressed sensing, image reconstruction and matrix completion). Although being very encompassing, such optimization models from data analysis are often challenging to solve, mainly due to their high problem dimensionality, inherent data uncertainty, pervasive structure ambiguity, along with the frequent need to solve them in real time. In this talk, I will survey some recent advances to tackle the aforementioned big-data challenges in optimization. In particular, I will highlight: i) novel stochastic optimization methods that can handle data uncertainty in an optimal manner, based on our work on stochastic approximation; and ii) new deterministic optimization methods that converge faster and require little structural information, based on our work on level methods. I will provide showcases for the effectiveness of these techniques in machine learning and biomedical imaging.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BLDG (EEB) ROOM 248
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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E-Week: CED & Boeing Bright Ideas
Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
The purpose of the event is to engage students in a quick, fun exercise to illustrate how important communication skills are to engineering students and to increase awareness of the research happening at Viterbi and Boeing, with the hope that you will have at least 1 research experience as an undergraduate!
Register by 2/14:
https://s.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9AhKNsXwnTBiOMt&Preview=Survey&BrandID=uscviterbiLocation: TBA
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: CED
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eBay, Inc. Information Session
Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Please see the attached flyer for more information.More Information: eBayInc_InformationFlyer_USC 2-19-14.pdf
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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E-Week: Viterbi Talent Show
Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come watch your fellow engineers dance, sing, recite poetry, mime, unicycle, act, and more!
Location: Ground Zero Performance Cafe
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi KIUEL
