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Events for March 25, 2011
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkFri, Mar 25, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://usconnect.usc.edu/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Annual Research Review 2011: USC Computer Science
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Receptions & Special Events
Annual Research Review 2011
The review is an all-day event that showcases current research in the Computer Science department at USC. It will feature short research talks and posters by USC Computer Science faculty, postdocs, and PhD students.
Please visit http://www.cs.usc.edu/researchreview2011/ for more details.
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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EE-Electrophysics Seminar
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Wei Wu, Senior Scientist, HP Labs, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Talk Title: Nano-Crossbar Circuits, Optical Meta-Materials and SERS Sensors
Abstract: Semiconductor industry has enjoyed great successes by following the âMooreâs lawâ for more than four decades. With the end of the roadmap looming in the horizon, great efforts have been made to look for the alternatives for âpost-Siâ electronics. I will present our work on crossbar circuits, especially crossbar memory circuits based on transition metal oxide (i.e. memristor). Memristor is a type of resistive RAM device. It stores the information by ion movements inside the switching material, instead of charge trapping as in other conventional memory devices. We have demonstrated several generations of crossbar memory circuits with record-high densities, and have also integrated memristor and Si CMOS circuits successfully. The technologies developed for nano-electronics were applied to several other areas. One example I would like to share is optical negative meta-materials (NIMs) at near-IR range. That includes NIMs with negative reflective index (both negative permittivity and permeability) at 1.55 m range, fast modulation of NIMs and non-linear effects of NIMs. Another example is highly sensitive surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensors fabricated using the 3-D nano-patterning technology we developed. The end of roadmap may be getting closer, but it is just the start of a new era, where we can leverage on what we have been developed in the past and make great impacts on the whole society.
Biography: Wei Wu graduated from Peking University with a BS in Physics in 1996, and received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2003. He joined HP labs in 2003, and he is a senior scientist at nano-electronics research group (formerly known as quantum science research). His work on nanoimprint lithography has enabled nano-electronic and nano-photonic applications at HP labs for the last seven years. His work includes crossbar memory (i.e. memristor) and logic circuits with the record high densities, the first nanoimprint-fabricated optical negative index meta-material at 1.55 m range, the first optical modulation using negative index meta-material at near-IR, the first third harmonic generation using meta-material, highly sensitive surface enhanced Raman sensors fabricated using 3-D nanoimprint, the first room-temperature working single electron memory and the first large area bit-patterned magnetic media fabricated using nanoimprint. The nanoimprint machine he invented has been commercialized via IP licensing. He coauthored 65 peer reviewed journal papers and more than 60 conference presentations, including 10 keynote and invited presentaions. He has 49 granted US patents and 77 pending applications. He is serving as HPâs representative at SEMATECH lithography program advisory group. He is a senior member of IEEE and serving in the executive committee of IEEE SFBA nanotechnology council.
Host: EE-Electrophysics
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/eepLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/eep
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USC Water Institute Seminar
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Chris Scholin, President/Chief Executive Officer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Talk Title: Fostering Science-Engineering Partnerships as a Means to Develop âNext Generationâ Ocean Observatories
Abstract: David Packard founded the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in 1987 as an alternative to the traditional academic oceanographic research institution. He challenged us to develop and apply new methods, instruments, and analytical systems to address fundamental problems in ocean science and to identify new directions where innovative technologies will accelerate marine research. To achieve this vision, Packard created MBARI as an organization that is fundamentally based on a peer relationship between scientists and engineers, and one that enables ready access to the sea. In that light, over the past year, MBARI has cast a new strategic plan that will guide it for the coming decade. Emphasized are four major research themes â Exploration and Discovery, Ocean Visualization, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Ocean Biogeochemistry. Each theme focuses on different aspects of documenting the current state of the ocean and life within it against the backdrop of global change. In this presentation, I will provide a broad overview of MBARI and will highlight a number of ongoing projects that exemplify science-engineering partnerships stemming from our current research priorities.
Biography: Christopher Scholin is President/Chief Executive Officer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Chris received a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Biological Oceanography in 1993, a M.A. in Molecular Biology and Immunology from Duke University in 1986, and a B.A. with highest honors in Biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1984. His research interests are centered on detection of water borne microorganisms including bacterioplankton, invertebrates, harmful algae and associated toxins using molecular probes and the Environmental Sample Processor. He currently serves on an External Advisory Committee for the University of Miamiâs Oceans and Human Health Center, the Management Committee of the Center for Ocean Solutions, and the Board of Trustees of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Alliance for Coastal Technologies.
Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme
Location: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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USC -PSOC Monthly Seminar Series - Professor John F. Marko
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor John F. Marko, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy, NCI Physical Sciences and Oncology Center Northwestern University
Talk Title: The physical organization of chromosomes and cancer
Abstract: Professor Marko will discuss research in our PS-OC that is focused on studies of large-scale chromosome struc-ture, using a few different biophysical approaches. First I will discuss some of the evidence that the folding of chromatin in tumorigenic cells differs from that in non-tumorigenic cells, for exam-ple, drastic changes in chromatin structure associated with misregulation of histone methylation (Licht group). I will discuss how light scattering and electron microscop can be used (Backman group) to analyze the âroughnessâ of chromatin in the nucleus and how this is modified in disease versus ânormalâ cell lines. I will then discuss work aimed at analyzing how replication origin usage is modified in tumorigenic cells
(Le Beau group). Finally, I will discuss methods for visualization and micromanipulation of individual metaphase chromosomes, which allow direct analysis of chromatin folding and packing (Marko group).
Experiments which reveal a âcross-linked networkâ organization of mitotic chromosomes will be discussed, along with preliminary results showing how metaphase chromosome mechanics are affected by knockdowns of subunits of chromosome-condensing âcondensinâ complexes.
Biography: Professor John F. Marko
Department of Molecular Biosciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy, NCI Physical Sciences and Oncology Center Northwestern University
Host: Center For Applied Molecular Medicine
Location: May Ormerod Harris Hall, Quinn Wing & Fisher Gallery (HAR) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Yvonne Suarez
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CiSoft Seminar Series 2011
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Jan Dirk Jansen, Delft University of Technology
Talk Title: Closed Loop Reservoir Management
Abstract: Closed-loop reservoir management is a combination of model-based optimization and computer-assisted history matching. The aim is to maximize life-cycle reservoir performance, in terms of recovery or financial measures, by changing reservoir management from a periodic to a near-continuous process. I will present work from our group at Delft University to illustrate the scope for closed-loop water flooding using real-time production data under uncertain reservoir conditions. In particular Iâll address the effect of update frequency, ways to systematically incorporate uncertainties, and approaches to reconcile short-term production optimization and long-term reservoir management.
Biography: Jan-Dirk Jansen is Professor of Reservoir Systems and Control at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. His current research is focused on the application of systems and control theory to subsurface flow and well bore flow. Earlier, he worked for Shell in the Netherlands, Norway and Nigeria, in research and operations. He is currently spending a year at Stanford University as Cox Visiting Professor in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering.
Host: CiSoft
More Info: To participate remotely, please register via this link: http://usccisoft.omnovia.com/register/88521298064699Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 324
Audiences: Please RSVP: legat@usc.edu
Contact: Juli Legat
Event Link: To participate remotely, please register via this link: http://usccisoft.omnovia.com/register/88521298064699
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium;The Only Constant is Change
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: John McLaughlin, Chief Engineer for WET Design
Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium;Innovative Water Displays and Design
Abstract: John McLaughlin, Chief Engineer for WET Design, will present "The Only Constant is Change" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amanda Atkinson
Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/
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The Lupton Sisters
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
While pundits worry about the increasing amount of time young people spend online in dematerialized virtual spaces, we have also witnessed an explosion of practices and devices that return our attention to the hand. From the online craft vendor Etsy to the tactile interfaces of our iPhones, the body and the digital are deeply interlaced. The Touch of the Hand in the Digital Era is a two-part series that will consider the particular roles that touch and the emotions play in our sense of self and the world.
Sisters Ellen and Julia Lupton will offer a wide-ranging exploration of the D.I.Y. impulse of the past decade. The do-it-yourself movement, which signals the resurgence of craft and the handmade in contemporary life, exists in interesting tension with the widespread use of digital media. The Lupton sisters are ideally poised to address this seeming paradox. Ellen Lupton is an award-winning graphic designer, curator and critic, and Julia Lupton is a noted Shakespearean scholar. Together, they have published a series of popular books focused on design and everyday life, including Design Your Life, D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself and D.I.Y. Kids. The Lupton sisters will also engage the audience in a hands-on D.I.Y. experience.
Organized by Philip Ethington (History and Political Science) and Tara McPherson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by the Center for Transformative Scholarship.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Afshin Momtaz, Broadcom
Talk Title: Broadcom and ADC based multiGHz wireline transceivers
Host: Prof. Hossein Hashemi and Firooz Aflatouni
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Hossein Hashemi
