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Events for March 01, 2011
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Business and Economics Minor Workshop
Tue, Mar 01, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
If you're interested in doing a business or economics minor, please attend this workshop to learn about the requirements and application process. We will have representatives from the Marshall School of Business and the College here to explain all the details!
RSVP by emailing viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu with "RSVP Minor Workshop 3/1" in the subject.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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EPSTEIN INSTITUTE SEMINAR
Tue, Mar 01, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Placid Ferreira, Department Head & Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Talk Title: "Heterogeneous Integration and Manufacturing at the Nanoscale"
Abstract: Nanoscience â the âscience of the smallâ â produces stunning revelations that, almost daily, redefine the realm of the possible. Yet, the manufacturing processes and systems to transform this new knowledge into technologies and products that benefit us in our daily life are crucial missing elements. At Illinois, our research group, working in the Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS) Center, a NSF-sponsored Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), is exploring and developing new methodologies and tools that exploit chemical, mechanical, and electronic phenomena and processes for manufacturing at the nanoscale.
This talk will describe heterogeneous integration in product design as a motivation for a repertoire of micro and nanoscale manufacturing technologies and explore how emerging processes such as electrochemical patterning, microtransfer printing and electro-jet writing provide new possibilities for integrating mechanical, optical and electrical functions into materials. It will also examine challenges in enabling technologies such as positioning and sensing associated with nanoscale manufacturing.
Biography: Dr. Placid M. Ferreira is the Head and the Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois. From 2003 to 2009, he was the director of the Center for Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS), an NSF-sponsored Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. He graduated with a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University in 1987, M.Tech (Mechanical) from IIT Bombay, 1982 and B.E. (Mechanical) for University of Bombay in 1980. He has been on the mechanical engineering faculty at Illinois since 1987, serving as the associate head for graduate programs and research from 1999 to 2002.
Professor Ferreira's research and teaching interests are in the area of industrial automation and include computer-controlled machine-tools, nanomanufacturing and metrology, computational geometry and solid modeling with applications to automated process planning, and the discrete-event control of large-scale flexibly automated systems.
Professor Ferreira received NSF's Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1990, SME's Outstanding Young Investigator Award in 1991 and the University of Illinois' University Scholar Award in 1994. He has served as an associate editor and editor for IIE Transactions on Design and Manufacturing and editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (2003-2007) and on the editorial board for the International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Mar 01, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Guy Rothblum, Princeton University
Talk Title: Differential Privacy: Recent Developements and Future Challenges
Abstract: Consider a database of sensitive information about a set of participants. Statistical analysis of the data may yield valuable results, but it also poses serious threats to the participants' privacy. A successful research program has, in the last few years, attempted to address these conflicting concerns, formulating the rigorous privacy guarantee of differential privacy [Dwork McSherry Nissim and Smith '06] and showing that in some cases data analyses can provide accurate answers while protecting participants' privacy.
After reviewing some of this past work, I will introduce two new general-purpose tools for privacy-preserving data analysis:
1. A new "boosting" framework for improving the accuracy guarantees of weak differentially private algorithms.
2. Robust privacy guarantees for differentially private algorithms under composition.
Using these tools we will show that, computational complexity aside, differential privacy permits surprisingly rich and accurate data analyses. I will then highlight some of the intriguing challenges that remain open for future work in this field. No prior knowledge will be assumed.
Biography: Guy Rothblum is a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University, supported by a Computing Innovation Fellowship. He completed his Ph.D. in computer science at MIT, and his M.Sc. in computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. His research interests are in theoretical computer science and computer security, especially privacy-preserving data analysis, cryptography and complexity theory.
Host: Prof. Ming-Deh Huang
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Got a Brand? Tell Me A Little About Yourself (30 sec. pitch)
Tue, Mar 01, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Do you know how to talk to employers at networking or hiring events? Do you want to know what a 30 second elevator speech is? Come to this workshop to help prepare for the question, âTell Me A Little About Yourselfâ
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Lockheed Martin Information Session
Tue, Mar 01, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
co-sponsored with ACM & VCSLocation: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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SWE Summer Powwow
Tue, Mar 01, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come join SWE for an hour in a roundtable discussion on how to best spend your summer. We'll be providing coffee, tea, doughnuts, and finger sandwiches. Hear some expert advice and share your own experiences with others about how to:
Make the Most of a Summer Without an Internship
Study Abroad
Maximize Your Internship
Other Summer Activities
The discussion will be led by several Trojans including Vanessa Kuroda, Tina Chou, and Harry McCoy who have been around the block so to speak and know how to get the most experience out of those three short, summer months. Start preparing now to make your break both fun and super productive, not to mention kick back for a bit with your friends at SWE!Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 210
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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AIChE Industry vs. Academia Panel
Tue, Mar 01, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Not sure whether to continue on to graduate school or immediately go into industry? Come out to hear current professors and industry professionals talk about their experiences and ask them for advice!
Speakers in this event include Dr Joe Qin, a chemical engineering professor in Viterbi School of Engineering and Frank He, a USC alumnus who is now working at Jacobs Engineering as a project engineer. Food will be served!Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
