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Events for February 29, 2012
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Redesigning Reality
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
Admission is free. Reservations required for the workshops. To RSVP, see the workshop schedule and reservation links below.
Reuse. Recycle. Reconfigure. A week-long series will feature two hands-on workshops where participants can remix and remake everyday objects and software and alter the ways we think about technology, culture and the environment. Throughout the week, artifacts from the workshops will be featured in a gallery show that is part art exhibition and part interactive junkyard. The series will foreground reuse and sharing as fundamental to the design and creation of hybrid media work.
Even if you are unable to attend the workshops, please come by the gallery during the week to see the residuals of the first workshop or join us for a reception and presentation by participants following each workshop.
Workshop Schedule:
Scrapyard Challenge
Friday, February 24, 12 to 4 p.m.
Reception to follow.
Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki of Scrapyard Challenge will guide an afternoon of repurposing junk and refurbished electronics to create machines and robots.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=196 beginning Wednesday, February 1, at 9 a.m.
Still Water: What Networks Need to Thrive
Friday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m.
Closing reception to follow.
Still Water cofounders Jon Ippolito and Joline Blais from the University of Maine will demonstrate how to hack software into unique virtual environments.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=198 beginning Tuesday, February 7, at 9 a.m.
Organized by Craig Dietrich (Cinematic Arts) and Steve Anderson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by iMAP (PhD Program in Media Arts and Practice) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Geometry as a Prior in Signal Processing
Wed, Feb 29, 2012 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Yuejie Chi, Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
Talk Title: Geometry as a Prior in Signal Processing
Abstract: My theme is that geometry provides a compressive representation of the worlds that surround us. I will present examples of waveform design in radar and communications where geometric structure is used to probe the physical world more precisely. I will present applications to mobile healthcare where the focus is preserving diagnostic content in wireless Electrocardiogram monitoring using body area networks. When signals of interest live in a low dimensional subspace that evolves over time I will derive a new algorithm (PETRELS) that is able to track the subspace from incomplete data and then demonstrate improvements to Direction of Arrival Estimation in array processing. Finally I will address mismatch between the actual and the assumed geometry which limits the opportunity to simplify signal representation and reduce the complexity of signal processing.
Biography: Yuejie Chi is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, advised by Professor Robert Calderbank. She received her B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University 2007 and her M.A. from Princeton University in 2009. She has interned with the Machine Learning Group at Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab in Cambridge, MA in 2011 and with the Mobile Health Group at Qualcomm Inc. in San Diego, CA in 2010, where she won a Roberto Padovani Scholarship. Her research interests include statistical signal processing, high-dimensional data analysis, machine learning and her work is inspired by applications to communications, networks, wireless healthcare, sensing and image processing.
Host: Professor C.C. Jay Kuo
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
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AOE Relay for Life Diddy Riese Cookie Fundraiser
Wed, Feb 29, 2012 @ 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
The sisters of Alpha Omega Epsilon will be selling Diddy Riese Cookies to raise money for the American Cancer Society. We will be selling cookies on Trousdale on both Tuesday, February 28th and Wednesday, February 29th from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. The selling prices will be as follows: 1 cookie for $1 or 2 cookies for $1.50. All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society during USC's Relay for Life on March 31st.
Help support the fight against cancer and pre-order your cookies today!!
Pre-Order Form
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dE5VVXdaTDdJX1I4bkV0SzBYQUtHWnc6MQLocation: Trousdale Parkway
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Alpha Omega Epsilon USC
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Astani CEE Department Seminar
Wed, Feb 29, 2012 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Brian Phillips, Ph. D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Talk Title: Real-Time Hybrid Simulation for Structural Performance Evaluation
Abstract: Engineers have a number of experimental testing frameworks with which to assess the behavior of structural systems under dynamic loads including quasi-static testing, shake table testing, and hybrid simulation. The tradeoffs in loading protocol make each framework attractive in different situations. Hybrid simulation, a relatively new experimental framework, combines experimental testing and numerical simulation to provide an efficient and cost-effective framework to test large, complex structures. Advances in supplemental energy dissipation devices, such as base isolation, fluid dampers, and friction devices, provide promising solutions for mitigating damage resulting from dynamic loads. The responses of these devices are rate-dependent, requiring real-time execution to obtain accurate and stable results (i.e., real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS)). In RTHS, the dynamic behavior of the loading system (i.e., actuators, controller, and computers) is directly introduced into the hybrid simulation loop. At the same time, the phenomenon of control-structure interaction (CSI) leads to a coupling of the dynamic behavior of the actuators and the structure. Both actuator dynamics and actuator coupling lead to a complex control problem. An overview of RTHS is presented along with the challenges and proposed model-based actuator control methods to assure accurate and stable experiments.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209 Conference Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Signal Processing for Next-Generation Sequencing and Biosensing
Wed, Feb 29, 2012 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Haris Vikalo, University of Texas at Austin
Talk Title: Signal Processing for Next-Generation Sequencing and Biosensing
Abstract: Next-generation DNA sequencing technology will help determine an individual's susceptibility to a broad range of chronic and acute diseases or disorders, enable the discovery and clinical testing of new pharmaceutical products, and generally personalize and improve the delivery of health care. In this talk, I will discuss the use of concepts from signal processing in the acquisition and analysis of next-generation sequencing data. Following a brief overview of state-of-the-art sequencing technology, I will present some recent results on modeling, optimal base calling, error correction, and analytical characterization of the achievable performance of sequencing-by-synthesis. The results demonstrate beneficial effects of the developed base calling and error correction techniques on downstream applications. In the second part of the talk, I will discuss signal processing aspects of real-time affinity biosensors which are capable of temporally sampling the process of binding between molecular targets and their probes. The results on modeling, inference, and limits of performance demonstrate significant performance improvements over conventional affinity biosensors.
Biography: Haris Vikalo received the B.S. degree from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 1995, the M.S. degree from Lehigh University in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in 2003, all in electrical engineering. He held a short-term appointment at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, in the summer of 1999. From January 2003 to July 2003 he was a Postdoctoral Researcher, and from July 2003 to August 2007 he was an Associate Scientist at the California Institute of Technology. Since September 2007, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Texas at Austin, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. He is a recipient of the 2009 National Science Foundation Career Award. His research interests include genomic signal processing, stochastic signal processing, and communications.
Host: Prof. Urbashi Mitra, ubli@usc.edu, x04667
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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AME Department Seminar
Wed, Feb 29, 2012 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Anders Petersson, Center for Applied Scientific Computing. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Livermore, CA.
Talk Title: Source Estimation by Full Wave Form Inversion
Abstract: We discuss the inverse problem of determining the source parameters of a small seismic event (location, mechanism, start time, frequency), such that the wave form misfit between seismographic recordings and simulated ground motions is minimized. Our approach is based on direct numerical simulations of the elastic wave equation, allowing for complex heterogeneous material models and realistic topography. A non-linear conjugated gradient approach is applied to solve the inverse problem, where the gradient of the misfit (with respect to the source parameters) is calculated from the numerical solution of an adjoint wave equation. Numerical experiments on simple 2-D models illustrate the importance of scaling the source parameters before applying the conjugated gradient iteration, preferably using the Hessian. A procedure based on arrival times is used to generate an initial guess for the source parameters. For the cases considered here, the conjugate gradient iteration often converges in 20-50 iterations.
Solving the inverse problem requires of the order O(100) numerical solutions of the elastic wave equation. For 3-D models, such problems can only be solved on large parallel machines. We will present the capabilities of our parallel open source code WPP, which was designed to solve seismic wave propagation problems on the regional scale. A higher order accurate scheme is currently being implemented to improve the the frequency resolution and efficiency of the method. These enhancements will be important for solving the three-dimensional inverse problem, for example in geothermal applications where there is interest in using micro seismicity for imaging the geometry of a fractured network.
This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. This is contribution LLNL-ABS-523199.
Host: Prof. Veronica Eliasson
More Info: http://ae-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ae-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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USC NSBE Event with Intel
Wed, Feb 29, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Resume Reviews, Internship and Jobs Discussion
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 105
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: NSBE National Society of Black Engineers
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BME Alumni Panel
Wed, Feb 29, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
Interested in what to do after undergrad? Not sure what options to explore? Not sure of what BME really is? Come to ASBME's alumni panel where BME alumni who have gone on to a variety of different career fields will talk to you about how their undergraduate BME experience was like at USC. From finance to industry to grad school to medical school we will be opening up the floor to you to ask our panelists practically anything you would like to know about BME. This is a fantastic time to see successful BME alumni talk about their undergraduate experience and what exactly they got from it.
RSVP at this link here by 2/26:
https://docs.google.com/a/usc.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDlfZ2pkODRzeWN1QVgya0h3YTVHa0E6MQ#gid=0
Food will be provided and please be on time!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 227
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Christine D'Arcy
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Microsoft Hardware Presentation
Wed, Feb 29, 2012 @ 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Inside Xbox: The Silicon & HW Architecture of Xbox 360 + Kinect
Come get a look at the hardware inside the Xbox 360 and Kinect.
Learn about the technology packed into the Kinect sensor and the cutting edge silicon that makes the newest Xbox 360 console possible.
Topics will include implementation challenges, history of design, and a system architecture overview of these popular consumer electronics devices.
Pizza and Prizes! See you there!
Please see attached flyer for more information.More Information: Microsoft-Hardware presentation.pdf
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 123
Audiences: Viterbi CS and EE students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
