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Events for February 23, 2006
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Engineering Career Fair
Thu, Feb 23, 2006
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Receptions & Special Events
Audiences: Graduate/Undergrad/Department
Contact: Monica De Los Santos
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ISMRM Workshop on Real-Time MRI
Thu, Feb 23, 2006 @ 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
With the advent of high-speed gradients, coil arrays, novel pulse sequence designs and reconstruction techniques, modern MR systems are capable of interactively acquiring and reconstructing images in real-time which has led to major advances in cardiac imaging, imaging during interventions, and imaging of dynamic processes such as joint motion and functional activation. Real-time imaging has unique needs in terms of system infrastructure, pulse sequence design, reconstruction, and careful examination of applications. The planned sessions will cover the latest clinical and research applications of real-time MRI, along with the latest technical developments including new system infrastructures, contrast mechanisms, artifact avoidance and correction, and methods for extending the limits of spatial resolution, temporal resolution and SNR. This format naturally includes educational presentations and presentations describing the current state-of-the-art. Submitted papers will be considered for presentation as short talks or posters. In addition, we will have a session showcasing hot topics and future trends. Invited presenters will include young scientists and scientists from inside and outside North America. This will also be the first multi-vendor workshop on real-time MRI.In this workshop, "real-time" MRI is defined as having an end-to-end system latency of less than 1 second (which includes acquisition, reconstruction, and display).http://www.ismrm.org/workshops/RealTime_MRI/
Location: Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica
Audiences: Medical Imaging Researchers
Contact: Krishna Nayak
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Spring Engineering Career Fair
Thu, Feb 23, 2006 @ 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Receptions & Special Events
This day-long event allows students to network and hand in resumes in a business-casual environment.
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Undergraduate/Graduate Engineering Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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National Engineering Week (E-Week)
Thu, Feb 23, 2006 @ 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Graduate/Undergrad/Department Only
Contact: Monica De Los Santos
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Biomolecular Engineering for Fun and Profit
Thu, Feb 23, 2006 @ 12:45 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Graduate SeminarBiomolecular Engineering for Fun
and ProfitDr. Huimin Zhao
Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Chemistry, and Bioengineering,
Institute for Genomic Biology, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational Biology,
University of Illinois, Urbana ABSTRACTBiomolecules such as nucleic acids and proteins have been increasingly exploited for applications in medical, chemical, agricultural, and food industries. However, a major limitation in the applications of biomolecules is the existence of a functional gap between naturally occurring biomolecules and those required by specific practical settings. Thus, how to close this functional gap has become a première intellectual and engineering challenge. In this talk, I will discuss our recent work on the development of new biomolecular engineering tools and their applications. Specifically, I will discuss: (1) developing estrogen receptor based genetic switches for human gene therapy; (2) engineering a novel phosphite-dehydrogenase based NAD(P)H cofactor regeneration system, and (3) designing new biosynthetic pathways for synthesis of thermally stable energetic compounds. Thursday, February 23, 2006
Seminar at 12:45 p.m.
OHE 122
The Scientific Community is Cordially Invited
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Sundance Tutorial
Thu, Feb 23, 2006 @ 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
Dr. Kevin Long from Sandia Nat'l Labs will give a tutorial of Sundance a system for rapid development of high-performance parallel finite-element solutions of partial differential equations.
Location: 128 SAL
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Roger Ghanem
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Distinguished Lecture Series
Thu, Feb 23, 2006 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Interfaces for Controlling Human CharactersProf. Jessica HodginsSchool of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon UniversityABSTRACTComputer animations and virtual environments both require a controllable source of motion for their characters. Most of the currently available technologies require significant training and are not useful tools for casual users. Over the past few years, we have explored several different approaches to this problem. Each solution relies on the information about natural human motion inherent in a motion capture database. For example, the user can sketch an approximate path for an animated character which is then refined by searching a graph constructed from a motion database. We can also find a natural looking motion for a particular behavior based on sparse constraints from the user (foot contact locations and timing, for example) by optimizing in a low-dimensional, behavior-specific space found from motion capture. And finally, we have developed performance animation systems that use video input of the user to build a local model of the user's motion and reproduce it on an animated character. BIOGRAPHY Jessica Hodgins is a Professor in the Robotics Institute and Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to moving to CMU in 2000, she was an an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1989.
Her research focuses on computer graphics, animation, and robotics.
She has received a NSF Young Investigator Award, a Packard Fellowship, and a Sloan Fellowship. She was editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Graphics from 2000-2002 and SIGGRAPH Papers Chair in 2003.
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Nancy Levien
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Photo scavenger hunt
Thu, Feb 23, 2006 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
The Photo Scavenger Hunt is a fun way to meet some fellow engineers, and learn a little about USC's engeineering and campus history. Teams of 2-4 people will race around taking digital photos of obscure, weird, and unique spots on the USC campus, as determined by hunt coordinators. The team that captures the most pictures in the shortest amount of time will be declared winner, and receive prizes accordingly.
Location: Engineering Quad
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: ASBME
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Kiewit Pacific Information Session
Thu, Feb 23, 2006 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Undergraduate/Graduate Engineering Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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E-Week Kickball
Thu, Feb 23, 2006 @ 10:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come out and play some kickball!
Location: Mcclintock Building (MCC) - arthy Quad
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Alpha Omega Epsilon
