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VITERBI PHOTO HUNTThu, Feb 23, 2012
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Please see attached flyer for details.
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Audiences: Graduate
Contact: VGSA
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Astani CEE / Epstein ISE Seminar
Thu, Feb 23, 2012 @ 03:30 AM - 04:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mitchell Small, H. John Heinz III Professor,, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy
Talk Title: "Predicting Performance of CO2 Leak Detection at Sequestration Sites"
Abstract: As a near-term approach to reduce GHG emissions a number of nations are pursuing the implementation of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). CCS involves the capture of CO2 and its subsequent injection into geologic formations. However, leakage of the injected CO2 is possible. High leakage rates could pose a threat to health, safety, or environmental quality at a site, while undetected chronic leakage back to the atmosphere could nullify the greenhouse gas mitigation benefits of the project. To detect and respond to CO2 leakage, effective monitoring technologies and networks are required. A methodology is developed to predict the probability of detecting a leak of a given size based on modeled signals from possible leakage events and statistical tests intended to distinguish these signals from natural variations in monitored concentrations and fluxes. The methodology is demonstrated for an idealized site with leak detection implemented using CO2 surface flux and injected tracer measurements. Further applications are planned using additional methods, including measurements of groundwater chemistry, isotopic ratios, and formation pressure profiles.
Host: Astani CEE & Epstein ISE
More Information: Small_Mitchell Seminar.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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CENG Seminar
Thu, Feb 23, 2012 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Omer Khan, University of Massachusetts, Lowell & Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Talk Title: Mechanisms for Scalable Multicores
Abstract: Todayâs microprocessor is the system, where not only cores and interconnects with varying computational and communication capabilities are being integrated and connected on the same die, but traditional off-chip devices, such as memory controllers, DMA engines and video/graphic accelerators are being integrated on-chip. Spanning embedded, personal, supercomputing, cloud computing, and cyber-physical systems, single-chip multicores are expected to utilize integration and specialization to offer an opportunity for improvement in energy efficiency and processing performance. This talk introduces new architectural mechanisms which enable applications to utilize scalable multicore processors by addressing the question of what models for inter-core communication will result in highest performance, lowest energy consumption, and lowest programmer effort.
I will introduce the Execution Migration Machine (EM²); a thread migration based shared memory architecture that provides speedy access to on-chip distributed cache data by either migrating execution context or via round-trip remote cache accesses. Since only one copy of data is stored on-chip in a Non Uniform Cache Access (NUCA)-style organization, cache coherence and sequential consistency are trivially ensured without the need for complex directory coherence logic and large directories. I will present a one-step, hardware-level migration protocol that is deadlock-free, based on the concept of cores native to a thread. Finally, I will present hardware implementable migration prediction heuristics under this protocol that decide when to migrate or otherwise perform a remote access, and decide what part of the context to carry during a migration. EM² performs better than conventional remote access in a NUCA organization, because it better exploits locality.
Biography: Omer Khan is a Research Affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. During 2009-11, he was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2009. His teaching and research interests can be generalized to the field of computer architecture, digital system design and VLSI, and he has authored numerous papers in these areas. He also has more than seven years of industry experience at leading computer and semiconductor companies, Motorola (now Freescale) and Intel. He is a member of the IEEE.
Host: Prof. Sandeep Gupta
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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Distinguished Lectures Series
Thu, Feb 23, 2012 @ 12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Rama Venkatasubramanian, Research Triangle Institute
Talk Title: Thin Film Superlattice Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Series: Distinguished Lectures Series
Host: Jongseung Yoon
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Astani CEE Department Seminar: Co-Hosted by Daniel J. Esptein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Thu, Feb 23, 2012 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mitchell Small. H. John Heinz III Professor, Environmental Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Talk Title: Predicting Performance of CO2 Leak Detection at Sequestration Sites
Abstract: As a near-term approach to reduce GHG emissions a number of nations are pursuing the implementation of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). CCS involves the capture of CO2 and its subsequent injection into geologic formations. However, leakage of the injected CO2 is possible. High leakage rates could pose a threat to health, safety, or environmental quality at a site, while undetected chronic leakage back to the atmosphere could nullify the greenhouse gas mitigation benefits of the project.
To detect and respond to CO2 leakage, effective monitoring technologies and networks are required. A methodology is developed to predict the probability of detecting a leak of a given size based on modeled signals from possible leakage events and statistical tests intended to distinguish these signals
from natural variations in monitored concentrations and fluxes.
The methodology is demonstrated for an idealized site with leak detection implemented using CO2 surface flux and injected tracer measurements. Further applications are planned using additional methods, including measurements of groundwater chemistry, isotopic ratios, and formation pressure profiles.
Biography: Mitchell Small is the H. John Heinz III Professor of Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He joined the Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy (EPP) at CMU in 1982, following completion of his Ph.D. in Environmental & Water Resources Engineering at the University of Michigan. He serves as the associate department head for graduate education in EPP.
Professor Smallâs research involves mathematical modeling of environmental systems, risk assessment, statistical methods, and decision support. Current projects include the design and evaluation of monitoring networks for leak detection at geologic CO2 sequestration sites; risk assessment and trend evaluation for tropical cyclones; and the development of decision support tools for ecosystem management (current focus on coral reefs) for multiple stakeholders with conflicting beliefs and objectives.
Dr. Small has served as a member of the US EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) and has been a member of a number of US National Research Council committees addressing issues of environmental risk assessment and management. He is a Fellow and former Secretary of the Society for Risk Analysis, and a feature columnist for the Journal of Industrial Ecology. He recently completed a 16-year appointment as an associate editor for the journal Environmental Science & Technology, with particular responsibility for the environmental modeling and policy analysis sections of the publication.
Host: Prof. Lucio Soibelman
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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J.R. Abbott Construction Information Session
Thu, Feb 23, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
The information session is a great opportunity for us to meet students and share information about our company. We enjoy the chance to share our experience and offer valuable guidance. The objective of the Abbott Internship Program is to train and develop students with the appropriate skills for an entry level Project Engineer position. Abbott is looking for students who are goal driven, customer focused, inquisitive, have a good ability to listen, are highly organized and efficient, self motivated, and willing to learn. We look forward to meeting with you to speak further.
Targeted student audience: BS
See Attached Flier Below for More InformationMore Information: JRAbbottInfo Session Posting.pdf
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Undergraduate Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote: Words and Music from the Time of Cervantes
Featuring the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and Phil Proctor
Thu, Feb 23, 2012 @ 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Monday, January 30, at 9 a.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=195
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=195
The four Grammy-winning virtuosos of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will join forces with comedy legend Phil Proctor of Firesign Theatre to present an entirely new experience of the story of the Knight of La Mancha. This theatrical presentation is a unique mix of dramatic storytelling and intricate chamber music, creating a hybrid performance piece rich with humor and expressive depth. Proctor, a master of voices and dialects, will portray a dozen different characters as he traces the dramatic arc of Cervantesâs masterpiece. LAGQ will accompany him with colorful arrangements of musical gems from the Spanish Golden Age. Following the performance, a discussion will illuminate the frivolity, nobility and humanity of the words and music from the time of Cervantes.
Fascinating and entertaining, the performance will draw the audience into the world of 17th-century Spain, and bring them along for all the hilarity and tragedy of Don Quixoteâs infamous adventures. The narration explores the comedy, pathos and surrealism of Cervantesâs text. The music is not a mere background score to the narration, but serves as an equal partner in the unfolding story. The brilliant guitar arrangements explore a wide range of colors made famous by LAGQ, while staying true to medieval and Renaissance sensibilities. The intricate synchronization of text and music creates an atmosphere of dramatic excitement that brings the knightâs quixotic struggle for immortality to life.
Organized by William Kanengiser (Music). Co-sponsored by the USC Thornton School of Music.
Images: Marc Rouve
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) - Bovard Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
