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Events for March 19, 2012
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ASBME Eboard 2012-2013 Elections
Mon, Mar 19, 2012
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Due: March 19th
https://docs.google.com/a/usc.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEhjVXBDbVV6M0htQzdRRTU3enJSZXc6MA
We hope you have enjoyed the events ASBME put on this past year! We are looking for students who are eager to take on leadership positions in the organization. We look forward to the possibility of working with you next year to improve our events, and increase membership satisfaction. Best of luck, and thank you for your application! General Application due March 19th at MIDNIGHT.
***Please note that BMEStart leadership opportunities are also included in the following application***
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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BME 533 (Seminar in Biomedical Engineering)Mon, Mar 19, 2012 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. John Troy, Northwestern University
Talk Title: Development and testing of a new patch clamp electrode system
Series: Invited Chair Series
Host: BME Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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EE-Electrophysics Seminar
Mon, Mar 19, 2012 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Owen Miller, University of California, Berkeley
Talk Title: The Opto-Electronic Physics that is Breaking Solar Cell Efficiency Records, and Inverse Design as a New Computation Paradigm
Abstract: The first half of the talk will be devoted to the physics of high-efficiency solar cells. As solar cells approach fundamental efficiency limits, their internal physics transforms. Photonic considerations, instead of electronic ones, are the key to reaching the highest voltages and efficiencies. The single-junction efficiency record was stuck at 25.1% from 1990-2007; proper photon management led to Alta Deviceâs recent dramatic increase of the solar cell efficiency record to 28.3%.
The second half of the talk will introduce inverse design as a new computational paradigm in photonics. An assortment of techniques (FDTD, FEM, etc.) have enabled quick and accurate simulation of the âforward problemâ of finding fields for a given geometry. However, scientists and engineers are typically more interested in the inverse problem: for a desired functionality, what geometry is needed? Answering this question breaks from the emphasis on the forward problem and forges a new path in computational photonics. The framework of shape calculus enables one to quickly find superior, non-intuitive designs. Novel designs for optical cloaking, nano-metallic antennas, and sub-wavelength solar cell applications will be presented.
Biography: Owen Miller is a Ph.D. candidate in the Yablonovitch group at UC Berkeley. He double-majored in Electrical Engineering and Physics at the University of Virginia, where he graduated first in his class. He was a recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship.
Host: EE-Electrophysics
More Info: ee.usc.edu/newsLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
Event Link: ee.usc.edu/news
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On the Future of High Performance Computing: How to Think for Peta and Exascale Computing
Mon, Mar 19, 2012 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and University of Manchester
Talk Title: On the Future of High Performance Computing: How to Think for Peta and Exascale Computing
Series: CEI Distinguished Lecture Series in Energy Informatics
Abstract: In this talk we examine how high performance computing has changed over the last 10-year and look toward the future in terms of trends. These changes have had, and will continue to have, a major impact on our software. Some of the software and algorithm challenges have already been encountered, such as management of communication and memory hierarchies through a combination of compile-time and run-time techniques, but the increased scale of computation, depth of memory hierarchies, range of latencies, and increased run-time environment variability will make these problems much harder.
We will look at five areas of research that will have an important impact in the development of software and algorithms. We will focus on following themes: Redesign of software to fit multicore and hybrid architectures, Automatically tuned application software, Exploiting mixed precision for performance, The importance of fault tolerance, and Communication avoidance.
Refreshments will be served
Biography: Prof. Jack Dongarra holds an appointment at the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the University of Manchester. He specializes in numerical algorithms in linear algebra, parallel computing, use of advanced-computer architectures, programming methodology, and tools for parallel computers. He was awarded the IEEE Sid Fernbach Award in 2004 for his contributions in the application of high performance computers using innovative approaches; in 2008 he was the recipient of the first IEEE Medal of Excellence in Scalable Computing; in 2010 he was the first recipient of the SIAM Special Interest Group on Supercomputing's award for Career Achievement; and in 2011 he was the recipient of the IEEE IPDPS 2011 Charles Babbage Award. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, ACM, IEEE, and SIAM and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Host: Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna
More Info: http://cei.usc.edu/newsMore Information: Jack Dongarra Flyer - PRINT.pdf
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Yogesh Simmhan
Event Link: http://cei.usc.edu/news
