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Events for February 22, 2013
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkFri, Feb 22, 2013
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid. Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Discover Engineering Day
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Discover Engineering Day helps promote a young studentââ¬â¢s engineering skills by challenging their imagination, creativity, organization, and business skills to get an innovative idea to market.
You will have the opportunity to serve as a mentor for these students as you help with assigned engineering tasks. Students will also participate in workshop panels including: Women in Engineering, Life of an Engineer, and The Workforce. There will be consistent interactions and mentorship opportunities between you and the students throughout the day.
Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/DiscoverEDay
Take the time to inspire!More Information: ded_flyer students.pdf
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
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USC Physical Sciences and Oncology Center Monthly Seminar Series
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Donald Ingber M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School, Professor of Bioengineering, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Founding Director, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Talk Title: Can Cancer Be Reversed by Engineering the Tumor Microenvironment?ââ¬Â
Abstract: This presentation will summarize studies carried out by my research group over the past thirty years that are based on the belief that cancer is a disease of developmental control, and that the production of cancer stem cells, epithelial-mesenchymal transitions, angiogenesis and unrestrained cell growth that drive tumor formation and metastatic progression result from abnormal alterations of the tissue microenvironment that feed back to influence gene expression. This view is supported by the finding that cancer cell growth, differentiation and apoptosis can be influenced by altering non-genetic environmental factors, such as extracellular matrix and mechanical forces, and by theoretical and experimental studies which suggest that regulatory stimuli must simultaneously perturb multiple genes in the genome-wide gene regulatory network to induce cell fate switching. The lecture will review this work, and present more recent experimental findings that support the possibility of developing cancer-normalizing therapeutics.
Biography: USC was selected to establish a $16 million cancer research center as part of a new strategy against the disease by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and its National Cancer Institute. The new center is one of 12 in the nation to receive the designation. During the five-year initiative, the Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers will take new, nontraditional approaches to cancer research by studying the physical laws and principles of cancer; evolution and the evolutionary theory of cancer; information coding, decoding, transfer and translation in cancer; and ways to de-convolute cancer's complexity. As part of the outreach component of this grant, the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine is hosting a monthly seminar series.
Host: USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Center
Location: Clinical Science Center (CSC) - Harkness Auditorium #250
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristina Gerber
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BME
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ 12:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Anita Shukla, NIH Ruth Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
Talk Title: Designer Surfaces: From Treating Traumatic Injury to Directing Cell Behavior
Host: Norberto Grzywacz
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 100C
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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W.V.T. Rusch Honors Program; Hitchhikers Guide to Particle Physics
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Gene Bickers, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Programs
Talk Title: Hitchhikers Guide to Particle Physics
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Honors Program
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Christine Viterbi Admission & Student Affairs
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Autobiographical Performance Workshop with Holly Hughes
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Wednesday, January 30, at 9 a.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/897958
General Public: To RSVP, click here: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/897958
Focusing on shaping oneâs own stories into theatre, pioneering feminist performance artist Holly Hughes will lead a hands-on workshop designed to give participants the tools to create performances using personal experience and the transformative power of the imagination.
Since she began performing at the New York City womenâs art cooperative the WOW Café in the early 1980s, Holly Hughes has established herself as one of the most important figures in feminist performance. She has written and performed such plays as The Well of Horniness and Let Them Eat Cake and the solo shows Clit Notes, Preaching to the Perverted and The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony). She has received grants from the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the New York State Council and the Guggenheim Foundation, among others, and has won a Lambda Book Award as well as two OBIE Awards. Hughesâs innovative work in both solo and group performance has been foundational for performance artists and for performance studies as an academic field.
Related Event:
The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony)
A Performance by Holly Hughes
Thursday, February 21, 7 p.m.
Grand Ballroom, Ronald Tutor Campus Center
For more info, click here.
Organized by David Román (English and American Studies and Ethnicity).
Photo: Lisa Guido
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Doheny Memorial Library 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Guest Lecture in ISE 576 (Industrial Ecology)
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Sangwon Suh, Associate Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science, UC Santa Barbara
Talk Title: Life Cycle Assessment Tools for Green Buildings and Construction
Biography: Dr. Suh's research concerns understanding how industries utilize natural resources and energy while producing goods and services, wastes, and pollution -- also called "industrial metabolism". In particular, he has been studying the methods and applications of life cycle assessment (LCA), a tool to evaluate a product's environmental impacts from raw material extraction to manufacturing, use and recycling in a closed loop system. Dr. Suh's research has been supported by a number of funding sources including government agencies (NSF and USDA/DOE) as well as industries such as ExxonMobil Corp. and Xcel Energy.
Host: Dr. Bob Vos and Dr. Mansour Rahimi
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 120
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mansour Rahimi
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WiC Windows 8 Workshop
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Location: TBA
Come learn how to make an app for windows8 in a short, interactive workshop lead by an Academic Evangelist from Microsoft.
Skills gained from this workshop will help you in the WiC hackathon starting the next day (if you choose to participate), and/or you can qualify for a $100 gift-card if you submit an app to the app-store by certain dates in March and April. Great way to acquire a new skill and impress recruiters!
The details about the $100 gift-card and such will be announced during the workshop. No programming experience required! We hope to see you there!
For more info, visit our facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/539825816040347/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Or contact us: uscwomenincomputing@gmail.comLocation: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 105
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Dipanwita Maulik
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Friedman, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Talk Title: High Data Rate Communications: Solutions and Challenges
Abstract: Bandwidth growth is a key driver for performance growth in a wide range of arenas, especially including servers and high performance ASICs. Yet while mixed-signal circuits do not accrue nearly the scaling-derived improvements in power-per-operation as do digital processing circuits, desired bandwidth growth must nevertheless be delivered in the context of power constraints that are increasingly inflexible. This presentation will first provide an overview of work underway in the Communication and Computation Subsystems department within IBM Research, and will then focus on key solutions and challenges regarding high data rate communications for future systems applications. Example designs discussed will illustrate the continuing interplay and evolution of the roles of architecture, packaging, mixed-signal design, and technology in addressing the bandwidth needs of future computing systems.
Biography: Daniel Friedman received the Ph.D. degree in Engineering Science from Harvard University. After completing post-doctoral work in image sensor design, he joined IBM Research, initially to work on analog circuits and air interface protocols for field-powered RFID tags. In 1999, he began working on analog circuit design for high-speed SerDes macros and became manager of a team focused on I/O and PLL designs shortly thereafter. He is now senior manager of the communication circuits and systems department, which includes groups working on mixed high speed analog/digital design, mmWave design, and FPGA designs; he also chairs the wireline sub-committee of ISSCC.
Host: Prof. Hossein Hashemi and Prof. Mike Chen
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Hossein Hashemi
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Astani CEE Ph.D. Seminar
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Armen Derkevorkian , CE Ph.D. Candidates
Talk Title: Computational Models for Response Prediction and Change Detection in Nonlinear Soil-Foundation-Superstructure Systems
Abstract: Data-driven reduced-order computational models are proposed to predict the response of complex linear and nonlinear soil-foundation-superstructure (SFS) systems to various non-stationary random excitations. The proposed models are further investigated to establish a general change detection scheme that can be applied on broad range of structural systems. The reduced-order models are developed by incorporating trained neural networks within an ordinary differential equation (ODE) solver and dynamically predicting the response (i.e., displacement and velocity) of the SFS systems to various earthquake records. Then, the models are used for system identification and change detection in the SFS systems. Effects of input delays are investigated in improving the fidelity of the trained networks. The detected changes in the systems are quantified through a measure of a normalized error index. The developed models are tested and validated using experimental data from three relatively large-scale SFS systems. The three systems under consideration consist of identical superstructures with: (a) fixed base; (b) box foundation; and (c) pile foundation. The three SFS systems were developed and experimentally tested at Tongji University. Excitations with various intensity levels were applied on each system to obtain both linear and nonlinear response. It is shown that the general neural network procedure adopted in this paper provides a robust nonlinear model that is reliable for computational studies, as well as furnishing a robust tool for detecting and quantifying inherent change in the target structure.
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
