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Events for February 24, 2016
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Six Sigma Black Belt Wed, Feb 24, 2016
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Abstract: Course Dates (15 Day Program)
Week 1: February 22-26, 2016
Week 2: April 11-15, 2016
Week 3: May 2-6, 2016
Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.
This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma, including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.
More Info: https://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial-systems/six-sigma-black-belt
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
Event Link: https://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial-systems/six-sigma-black-belt
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Computer Science General Faculty Meeting
Wed, Feb 24, 2016 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Receptions & Special Events
Bi-Weekly regular faculty meeting for invited full-time Computer Science faculty only. Event details emailed directly to attendees.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Faculty Candidate Seminar
Wed, Feb 24, 2016 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Private, Private
Talk Title: Data Science for High Throughput Sequencing
Host: Epstein Department of ISE
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Michele ISE
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Online Information Session - Informatics
Wed, Feb 24, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Learn more about The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering's two new Master's programs in Informatics.
In the MS in Spatial Informatics program, students will learn about the overall field of data analytics, the role of the analyst and/or data scientist, and the domains where spatial informatics skills can be applied to critical organization missions. They will understand how spatially-enabled data management, data visualization, and artificial intelligence techniques (specifically data mining and machine learning) are critical to the analysis process, and how these can be applied to real world challenges. REGISTER
The Master of Communication Informatics is a cross-disciplinary joint degree program offered by the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. In this program students explore several of the most interesting technological phenomena impacting communication today, including online communities, social media and user-generated content, Crowdsourcing, Big Data and data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and data mining.WebCast Link: http://ow.ly/YgHcr
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Graduate Programs
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Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Wed, Feb 24, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Hao Li, USC
Talk Title: Digitizing Humans into VR with a Glimpse into Deep Learning Applications
Series: CommNetS
Abstract: The age of social media and immersive technologies has created a growing need for processing detailed visual representations of ourselves. With recent advancements in graphics, we can now generate highly realistic digital characters for games, movies, and virtual reality. However, creating compelling digital content is still associated with a complex and manual workflow. While cutting-edge computer vision algorithms can detect and recognize humans reliably, obtaining functional digital models and their animations automatically still remains beyond reach. Such models are not only visually pleasing but would also bring semantical structure into the captured data, enabling new possibilities such as intuitive data manipulation and machine perception. With the democratization of 3D sensors, many difficult vision problems can be turned into geometric ones, where effective data-driven solutions exist. My research aims at pushing the boundaries of data-driven digitization of humans and developing frameworks that are accessible to anyone. Such system should be fully unobtrusive and operate in fully unconstrained environments. With these goals in mind, I will showcase several highlights of our current research efforts from dynamic shape reconstruction, human body scanning, facial capture, and the digitization of human hair. By the end of this decade, our homes will be equipped with 3D sensors that digitally monitor our actions, habits, and health. These advances will help machines understand our appearances and movements, revolutionizing the way we interact with computers, and developing new forms of live communication through compelling virtual avatars.
Biography: Hao Li joined USC in 2013 as an assistant professor of Computer Science. Before his faculty appointment he was a research lead at Industrial Light & Magic/Lucasfilm, where he developed the next generation real-time performance capture technologies for virtual production and visual effects. Prior to joining the force, Hao spent a year as a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia and Princeton Universities. His research lies in geometry processing, 3D reconstruction, performance capture, a human hair digitization. While primarily developed to improve film production, his work on markerless dynamic shape reconstruction has also impacted the field of human shape analysis and biomedicine. His algorithms are widely deployed in the industry, ranging from leading visual effects studios to manufacturers of state-of-the-art radiation therapy systems. He has been named top 35 innovator under 35 by MIT Technology Review in 2013 and NextGen 10: Innovators under 40 by CSQ in 2014. He was also awarded the Google Faculty Award in 2015, the SNF Fellowship for prospective researchers in 2011, and best paper award at SCA 2009. He obtained his PhD from ETH Zurich in 2010 and received his MSc degree in Computer Science in 2006 from the University of Karlsruhe (TH). He was a visiting professor at Weta Digital in 2014 and visiting researcher at EPFL in 2010, Industrial Light & Magic (Lucasfilm) in 2009, Stanford University in 2008, National University of Singapore in 2006, and ENSIMAG in 2003.
Host: Dr. Mahdi Soltanolkotabi
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar
Wed, Feb 24, 2016 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Nancy Love, University of Michigan, Civil & Environnental Engineering
Talk Title: A Balancing Act: Assessing the Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Urine-Derived Fertilizers that Reduce Nutrient Loads and Achieve Nutrient Recovery
Abstract:
Source separation of urine provides benefits over traditional wastewater nutrient management including providing urine-derived fertilizer and reducing nutrient loads to wastewater treatment systems. This talk reviews an evaluation of the largest known community-scale and office-scale urine separation programs in the US. Urine is collected from public events and used to fertilize crops (lettuce and carrots). The urine used for this study was well characterized for nutrient, biological, and pharmaceutical constituents. While the study is underway, this presentation will highlight results to date that focus on the effectiveness of different processing methods (storage, pasteurization, and struvite precipitation) on reducing emerging and traditional contaminants that could have an impact on public health. The potential impacts of separating urine at the source and making it a valuable product are discussed.
Biography: Dr. Nancy Love is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University Michigan. She served as chair of the department from January 2008 -“ August 2011. In September 2011, she became Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives in the Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. Prior to 2008, Dr. Love was an Assistant, Associate and Full Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on environmental biotechnology and water quality with an emphasis on engineered treatment systems. Her specific interests focus on the fate of stressor chemicals in these systems, the use of technologies to sense and remove these chemicals, and on resource recovery from wastewater. Dr. Love has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, a Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering from Clemson University, and is a licensed professional engineer (P.E.) in the state of Michigan. After completing her M.S. degree, she worked as a process design engineer for approximately 3 years for CH2M Hill, Inc.
Host: Dr. Adam Smith
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Candidate Series
Wed, Feb 24, 2016 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Reza Avazmohammadi , Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Computational Engineering and Science at The University of Texas at Austin
Talk Title: Constitutive Modeling of Soft Engineering and Biological Materials: The Role of Microstructure
Abstract: The need for a better understanding of structure-function relationships in soft materials is on the rise. This need lies beneath several disciplines including the engineering materials industry and biomechanics. The study of multiscale mechanics of soft engineering materials offers unique opportunities to design multifunctional materials with novel properties. Also, in the field of biomechanics, investigating the mechanistic interplay between the diseased tissue microstructure and the organ-level response helps to develop computational tools that allow clinicians to efficiently predict the progression of diseases.
Biography: Reza Avazmohammadi is a postdoctoral fellow in the area of cardiovascular simulations at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at UT Austin. Reza received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (2005), and his M.Sc. in Applied Mechanics from Sharif University of Technology (2007). Reza continued to work as a researcher at Sharif University in the area of mechanics of composite materials (2007-09). Reza received his Ph.D. degree in Applied Mechanics from University of Pennsylvania (2014) in the area of constitutive modeling of soft composite materials. His research interests are in multiscale-multiphysics modeling of soft materials, with an emphasis on understanding and exploiting the mechanistic link between the microstructure of these materials and their overall response.
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Valerie Childress
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Information Session: Master's Programs in Informatics
Wed, Feb 24, 2016 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Learn about two new Master's programs at USC in the field of big data and meet Dr. Cyrus Shahabi, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Director of the Informatics Program at USC.
Students with an academic background in engineering, math, science, and related social sciences are welcome to apply for fall 2016 - the deadline has been extended to March 15 for these programs.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT
Master of Science in Spatial Informatics:
Navigate the field of data analytics and understand how spatial informatics skills can benefit forward-thinking companies. Students will also learn how spatial data management, data visualization, and artificial intelligence techniques like data mining and machine learning are powerful analytical tools to apply to real-world challenges.
Master of Communication Informatics:
Explore several of the most interesting technological phenomena impacting communication today, including online communities, social media and user-generated content, Crowdsourcing, Big Data and data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and data mining.
RESERVE YOUR SEATLocation: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 100D
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Graduate Programs
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Disney Tech Talk
Wed, Feb 24, 2016 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Disney will be on campus at Viterbi for a tech talk! This event will feature a technologist from Walt Disney Imagineering who will deliver a keynote presentation, followed by Q&A. Food and drinks will be provided.
More Information: USC Tech Talk- Save the Date.pdf
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Paul Debevec: Lighting Hollywood's Photoreal Digital Actors
Wed, Feb 24, 2016 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Come hear Paul Debevec, Chief Visual Officer of the USC Institute of Creative Technologies, talk about his work as part of Engineers Week!
We will have free CREAM ice cream sandwiches at the event! So come enjoy a night of free ice cream and computer graphics. What can be better than that?
This talk describes how the Light Stage scanning systems and HDRI lighting techniques developed at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies have helped create digital actors in a wide range of recent films.
For more info, check out the Facebook event page.Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 227
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC ACM SIGGRAPH
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IEEE@USC: Microduino Workshop
Wed, Feb 24, 2016 @ 06:15 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
During E-week, IEEE will hold a workshop with representatives from Microduino on Wednesday night, February 24th, from 6:15 to 8:30pm.
Chick-fil-a will be provided at the event!
Anyone is welcome to come and enjoy the discovery journey of microduino with us!
Microduino modules are easy-to-use electronic building blocks like super smart LEGO. They are small as a quarter, stackable with magnetic connectors and Arduino compatible. Each module has its own function, like wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, amplifier, sensors, etc. Simply stack the modules you need, you can create your own projects such as drones, robots, GPS trackers, 3d printers. It is amazing how easily it can turn your ideas into reality.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
