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USC Computer Science Annual Research Review
Thu, Feb 28, 2013
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Receptions & Special Events
Registration Home Page
Click Here to RSVP!
Poster Submission Form - Deadline: February 15th
Agenda
2:00pm - 2:15pm - Welcome
2:15pm - 3:00pm - Speaker: Paul Debevec
3:00pm - 3:45pm - Speaker: Maja MatariÃâ¡
4:00pm - 6:30pm - Poster Session & Cocktail Hour - Performance Café
Event Location
University of Southern California
Parkside Art & Humanities Residential College (PRB)
Multipurpose Room & Performance Café
920 W. 37th Place
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Contact Us
Michael Archuleta
Event Coordinator
michael.archuleta@usc.edu
213-740-8164Location: Parkside Residential Building (PRB) - Multipurpose Room & Performance Café
Audiences: Department Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Six Sigma Black Belt
Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @ 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBA,
Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt
Abstract: Course Overview
This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you�ve learned. This course is presented in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period.
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 IIE�s 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.
NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office� to the seminar.
Course Topics
* Business process management
* Computer applications
* Design of experiments (DOE)
* Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
* DMAIIC
* Enterprisewide deployment
* Lean enterprise
* Project management
* Regression and correlation modeling
* Statistical methods and sampling
* Statistical process control
* Team processes
Benefits
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
* Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
* Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
* Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
* Implement the recommended improvements
* Improve existing processes by reducing variation
* Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality
Who Should Attend
* VPs, COOs, CEOs
* Employees new to a managerial position
* Employees preparing to make the transition to managerial roles
* Current managers wanting to hone leadership skills
* Anyone interested in implementing Lean or Six Sigma in their organization
Program Fees
On-Campus Participants: $6095
Includes continental breakfasts, lunch and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.
Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity: $6095
Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.
Reduced Pricing:
Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Reduced pricing is available for members of IIE. Please contact professional@mapp.usc.edu for further information.
Trojan Family: USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.
Boeing: Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).
Location
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with interactivity:
On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.
Overview of on-campus option:
* The ability to interact with faculty and peers in-person.
* Access to hard copy course materials.
* Ability to logon and view archived course information - up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
* If there is a conflict during any on-campus course dates, on-campus participants can elect to be an online/interactive student.
* Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants � unless otherwise specified.
Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.
Overview of online (interactive):
* Virtually participate in the course live � with the ability to either ask questions or chat questions to the entire class.
* WebEx technologies provide the option to call into the class and view the entire lecture/materials on a personal computer, or to participate on a computer without having to utilize a phone line.
* Ability to logon and view archived course information up to 7 days after the course has been offered. This includes course documents and streaming video of the lectures.
Continuing Education Units
CEUs: 10.5 (CEUs provided by request only)
USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course.
Upon completion, participants will also receive their Institute of Industrial Engineers certification in SIx Sigma Black Belt.
Host: Corporate and Professional Programs
More Info: http://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial%26systems/six-sigma-black-belt
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
Event Link: http://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial%26systems/six-sigma-black-belt
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USC's Homeland Security Center (CREATE) Monthly Seminar Series
Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @ 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Jun Zhuang , Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (UB, or SUNY-Buffalo)
Talk Title: ââ¬ÅBalancing Congestion and Security in the Presence of Strategic Applicants with Private Informationââ¬Â
Series: CREATE Monthly Seminar Series
Abstract: Concerns on security and congestion appear in security screening which is used to identify and deter potential threats (e.g., attackers, terrorists, smugglers, spies) among normal applicants wishing to enter an organization, location, or facility. Generally, in-depth screening reduces the risk of being attacked, but creates delays that may deter normal applicants and thus, decrease the welfare of the approver (authority, manager, screener). In this research, we develop a model to determine the optimal screening policy to maximize the reward from admitting normal applicants net of the penalty from admitting bad applicants. We use an M/M/n queueing system to capture the impact of security screening policies on system congestion and use game theory to model strategic behavior, in which potential applicants with private information can decide whether to apply based on the observed approver's screening policy and the submission behavior of other potential applicants. We provide analytical solutions for the optimal non-discriminatory screening policy and numerical illustrations for both the discriminatory and non-discriminatory policies. In addition, we discuss more complex scenarios including robust screening, imperfect screening, abandonment behavior, and complex server networks.
Biography: Presenter: Dr. Jun Zhuang has been an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (UB, or SUNY-Buffalo), since he obtained his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering in 2008 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Zhuang has a M.S. in Agricultural Economics in 2004 from the University of Kentucky, and a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering in 2002 from Southeast University, China. Dr. Zhuang's long-term research goal is to integrate operations research, game theory, and decision analysis to improve mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery for natural and man-made disasters. Other areas of interest include health care, sports, transportation, supply chain management, and sustainability. Dr. Zhuang's research has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) through the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Dr. Zhuang is a fellow of the 2011 U.S. Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (AF SFFP), sponsored by the AFOSR. Dr. Zhuang is also a fellow of the 2009-2010 Next Generation of Hazards and Disasters Researchers Program, sponsored by the NSF. Dr. Zhuang has published 30 peer-reviewed journal articles in Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Military Operations Research, Risk Analysis, Decision Analysis, among others. His research and educational activities have been highlighted in The Wall Street Journal, Industrial Engineer, Stanford GSB News, The Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, The Pre-Engineering Times, among others. He is on Editorial Board of Decision Analysis, is the co-Editor of Decision Analysis Today, and has reviewed proposals for NSF/ASEE/DOD/NASA, book chapters for Springer, and articles for 50+ academic journals and conferences for 180+ times. Dr. Zhuang dedicates to mentoring high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in research. Dr. Zhuang's mentoring effort has been recognized by the 2008 Graduate Student Mentor Award from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the 2012 President Emeritus and Mrs. Martin Meyerson Award for Distinguished Teaching and Mentoring from University at Buffalo.
To ensure that I order your lunch, please RSVP to calicchi@usc.edu no later than Monday, February 25, 2013.
Please advise if you require a vegetarian option. Hope to see you there!
Best Regards,
Erin
Erin Calicchio
Administrative Assistant
University of Southern California
U.S. Department of Homeland Security - National Center for
Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)
3710 McClintock Ave, RTH 313
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2902
213-740-3863
calicchi@usc.edu
www.usc.edu/create
Host: Homeland Security Center @ USC (CREATE)
Location: Charles Lee Powell Hall (PHE) - 223
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kelly Buccola
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Focused on parallel and distributed computingThu, Feb 28, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBA, TBA
Talk Title: TBA
Series: EE598 Seminar Course
Abstract: Weekly seminars given by researchers in academia and industry including senior doctoral students in EE, CS and ISI covering current research related to parallel and distributed computation including parallel algorithms, high performance computing, scientific computation, application specific architectures, multi-core and many-core architectures and algorithms, application acceleration, reconfigurable computing systems, data intensive systems, Big Data and cloud computing.
Biography: Prerequisite: Students are expected to be familiar with basic concepts at the level of graduate level courses in Computer Engineering and Computer Science in some of these topic areas above. Ph.D. students in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science can automatically enroll. M.S. students can enroll only with permission of the instructor. To request permission send a brief mail to the instructor in text format with the subject field ââ¬ÅEE 598ââ¬Â. The body of the mail (in text format) should include name, degree objective, courses taken at USC and grades obtained, prior educational background, and relevant research background, if any.
Requirements for CR:
1. Attending at least 10 seminars during the semester
There will be a sign-in sheet and a sign-out sheet at every seminar. All students must sign-in (before 2:00pm) and sign-out (after 3:00pm). The sign-in sheet will not be available after 2:00pm, and the sign-out sheet will not be available before 3:00pm.
2. Submitting a written report for at least 5 seminars
The written report for each seminar must be 1-page single line spaced format with font size of 12 (Times) or 11 (Arial) without any figures, tables, or graphs. The report must be submitted no later than 1 week after the corresponding seminar, and must be handed only to the instructor either on the seminar times or during office hours. Late reports will not be considered.
The report must summarize studentââ¬â¢s own understanding of the seminar, and should contain the following:
- Your name and submission date [1 line]
- Title of the seminar, name of the speaker, and seminar date [1 line]
- Background of the work (e.g., applications, prior research, etc.) [1 paragraph]
- Highlights of the approaches presented in the seminar [1-2 paragraphs]
- Main results presented in the seminar [1-2 paragraphs]
- Conclusion (your own conclusion and not what was given by the speaker) [1 paragraph]
Reviewing papers related to the topic of the seminar, and incorporating relevant findings in the
reports (e.g., in the conclusion section) is encouraged. In such cases, make sure to clearly indicate
the reference(s) used to derive these conclusions.
Host: Professor Viktor K. Prasanna
More Information: Course Announcement_EE598_Focused on parallel and distributed computing_(Spring 2013).pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Janice Thompson
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EE 598: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH SEMINAR COURSE #7
Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Daniel Wong, PhD Student, Electrical Engineerin, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Talk Title: Energy Proportional Datacenter Servers
Series: EE598 Seminar Course
Abstract: Energy proportionality (EP), the notion where power consumption should be proportional to utilization, is becoming an increasingly important concept in datacenter servers. In this talk, we introduce metrics to accurately quantify energy proportionality and analyze historical EP trends to identify opportunities to improve EP. We find that there exists large energy proportionality gap at low utilization and we present KnightShift, a server-level heterogeneous server that introduces an active low-power mode through the addition of a tightly-coupled compute node called the Knight. We evaluated KnightShift against a variety of real-world datacenter workloads using a combination of prototyping and simulation, showing up to 75% energy savings with tail latency bounded by the latency of the Knight and up to 14% improvement to Performance per TCO dollar spent.
Biography: Daniel Wong is a PhD student working with Prof. Murali Annavaram in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on novel energy efficient architectures spanning from datacenter servers to GPGPUs. His research has been recognized as one of IEEE Microââ¬â¢s Top Picks in Computer Architecture for 2013. He earned his BS degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science and MS degree in Electrical Engineering from USC in 2009 and 2011, respectively.
Host: Professor Viktor K. Prasanna
More Information: Course Announcement_EE598_Focused on parallel and distributed computing_(Spring 2013).pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Janice Thompson
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Viterbi Keynote Lecture
Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: John M. Cioffi, Ph.D., Hitachi Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
Talk Title: Ubiquitous Cost-Effective Gigabit per Second Broadband Access: It's Coming, and Not The Way You Think!
Series: Distinguished Lecturer Series
Abstract: Billions of people worldwide regularly use and depend upon the Internet in their daily lives. The volume of both mobile data and fixed-line data broadband access consequently grows rapidly along with the need for higher speeds. This talk investigates an evolution of broadband access speeds and technology that addresses the demand cost effectively and in a timely manner, posing a solution that enables 100 Mbps to Gbps broadband access to all for realistic costs. Contributions to various methods within the technology by A. Viterbi will also be noted.
Biography: John M. Cioffi is Chairman and CEO of ASSIA, Inc, a Redwood City, CA based company. ASSIA is known for pioneering DSL management software sold to DSL service providers, and specifically for introducing Dynamic Spectrum Management or DSM. Cioffi is also the Hitachi Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, where he held a tenured endowed professorship before retiring after 22 full-time years. Cioffi received his BSEE from the University of Illinois, 1978; PhDEE from Stanford, 1984; and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh in 2010. He worked for Bell Laboratories, 1978-1984; IBM Research, 1984-1986; and as a professor at Stanford University, 1986-2008. Cioffi also founded Amati Communications Corp. in 1991 (purchased by TI in 1997 for its DSL technology) and was officer/director from 1991-1997. Cioffi designed the world's first ADSL and VDSL modems, which today account for roughly 98% of the 400 million DSL connections worldwide.
Cioffi currently also serves on the Board of Directors of Alto Beam and the Marconi Foundation, and has previously served on the boards of eight other public and private companies. He has received various awards, including the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell, Kobayashi, and Millennium Medals/Awards (2010, 2001, 2000), The Economist's 2010 Innovation Award, International Marconi Fellow (2006), Member, United States National and UK Royal Academies of Engineering (2001, 2009), IEEE Fellow (1996), IEE JJ Tomson Medal (2000), University of Illinois Outstanding Alumnus (2009) and Distinguished Alumnus (2010). Cioffi has published several hundred technical papers and is the inventor named on more than 100 additional patents, many of which are heavily licensed in the communication industry.
Host: Drs. Sandeep Gupta and Alexander Sawchuk
More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/keynote/viterbi/john-cioffi.htm
Webcast: http://geromedia.usc.edu/Gerontology/Play/c66d78ed8e22483599c47f84a63849411dMore Information: 20130228 Cioffi Print.pdf
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 124
WebCast Link: http://geromedia.usc.edu/Gerontology/Play/c66d78ed8e22483599c47f84a63849411d
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/keynote/viterbi/john-cioffi.htm
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SanDisk Information Session
Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Come learn about the various career opportunities that SanDisk has to offer!
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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East West Players: Christmas in Hanoi
Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @ 07:15 PM - 11:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
Open to USC students only. Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click here beginning Wednesday, February 6, at 9 a.m. See below for details.*
*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP at the link above beginning Wednesday, February 6, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 6:30 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 7:15 p.m. and return to campus at 11 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.
The world premiere of Christmas in Hanoi follows a mixed-race family as they return to Vietnam for the first time since the war. One year after the death of their strong-willed mother, siblings Winnie and Lou travel with their Irish-Catholic father and Vietnamese grandfather to reconnect with their roots in Vietnam. Whether they embrace that past or reject it, they are haunted by their familyâs ghosts and by the phantoms of Vietnamâs long history. Christmas in Hanoi is the winner of East West Playersâs Face of the Future playwriting competition, highlighting writer Eddie Boreyâs emerging talent for exploring the complexities in a family history that spans multiple cultures and generations.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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ASBME presents Eva Nemeth on Stress Management
Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @ 07:15 PM - 08:15 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Stressed out? Are you finding it difficult to balance out a heavy workload and remain active? Want some tips on managing a healthy lifestyle? Come see physiotherapist & stress management expert Eva Nemeth talk about how simple tweaks to your everyday life can impact your future health. Eva's focus is on practical, take-home movements which provide healthy new behaviors, that allow you to function far more effectively at every level of your life. You will not want to miss the Eva Movement! Food will be provided!
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 223
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
