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ASBME E-Board Applications: Run for a position for 2011-2012!Tue, Mar 29, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
ASBME E-Board Applications: Run for a position for 2011-2012!
DEADLINE: April 2nd, 1PM
E-Board Applications are now out for the 2011-2012 school year!
We hope you have enjoyed being a part of ASBME this past year, and if you would like to help improve it even more next year, we highly encourage you to run for a position by filling out this application: https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/usc.edu/viewform?formkey=dHRrTnR0Z01xOC0zdnpuek5VUmZXR1E6MQ
The current E-board has put together a list of E-Board position responsibilities (on our website: http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/asbme/), so that you can determine which one(s) fit you best.
The application is due Saturday, April 2nd by 1pm. We greatly look forward to the opportunity to have you be a part of next year's ASBME E-Board team, and we will be sending out election logistics in one week after applications have closed.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Data Transmission: Non-Asymptotic Fundamental Limits
Tue, Mar 29, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Yury Polyanskiy, Princeton University
Talk Title: Data Transmission: Non-Asymptotic Fundamental Limits
Abstract: Noise is an inalienable property of all communication systems appearing in nature. Such noise acts against the very purpose of communication, namely the delivery of data to its destination with minimal possible distortion. This creates a problem that has been addressed by various disciplines over the past century. In particular, information theory studies the question of the maximum possible rate achievable by an ideal system under certain assumptions regarding the noise generation and structural design constraints. The study of such questions, initiated by Claude Shannon in 1948, has typically been carried out in the asymptotic limit of an infinite number of signaling degrees of freedom (blocklength).
At the same time, the increasing focus on latency and delay (such as in audio and video streaming), as well as the advent of modern sparse graph codes require characterizing the fundamental limits non-asymptotically, i.e. for blocklengths of the order of 1000. A systematic study of these practically motivated questions necessitates the development of new theoretical tools and techniques, which is the subject of this work. In particular, by obtaining precise non-asymptotic results, it is demonstrated that in many engineering problems a significant back-off from the (Shannon) capacity is incurred at finite blocklengths.
Knowledge of the behavior of the fundamental limits in the non-asymptotic regime enables the analysis of many related questions, such as the assessment of the suboptimality of modern codes, energy efficiency, benefits of feedback, effects of dynamically varying channel state, fading, etc. As a result it is shown that in several instances classical (asymptotics-based) conclusions do not hold under this more refined approach.
Biography: Yury Polyanskiy received the M.S. degree (with honors) in applied mathematics and physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia in 2005 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ in 2010.
In 2000-2005, he was with the Department of Surface Oilfield Equipment, Borets Company LLC, where he rose to the position of Chief Software Designer. His research interests include information theory, coding theory and the theory of random processes.
Dr. Polyanskiy won a silver medal at the 30th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), held in Padova, Italy. He was a recipient of the Best Student Paper Awards at the 2008 and 2010 IEEE International Symposia on Information Theory (ISIT). His final year of graduate studies was supported by a Princeton University Honorific Dodds Fellowship (2009-2010).
Host: Giuseppe Caire, caire@usc.edu, EEB 540, x04683
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Landing Your Dream Intership - Tips for Sophomores and Juniors
Tue, Mar 29, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Sophomore? Junior? Come learn how to get your dream internship!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Epstein ISE Research Seminar - ISE Chair Candidate
Tue, Mar 29, 2011 @ 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Yuan-Shin Lee, Ph.D., P.E., Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering/North Carolina State University'Raleigh, NC
Talk Title: "Embracing Challenges"
Abstract: This is a talk that deals with todayâs technologies and the possible future of industrial and systems engineering. Within our imaginations, we probably all share a similar futuristic vision of internet real-time information, electronic and global commerce, micro and nano-scale product development, innovative medicine and healthcare breakthrough, virtual reality and teleoperation technology for the future world to come. This talk includes exploratory discussions on the new role of industrial and system engineering in the emerging areas of: service systems and health systems management, re-generative medicine, biotechnology and medical devices innovation, energy, manufacturing systems of micro- and nano-scale products development, emerging development of consumer electronics and electromechanical devices, the medicine and drug discovery, and the global product innovation processes with new virtual reality, remote teleoperation and human computer interface technologies. Quite certainly the Internet, information, nano-technology, bio-technology, and the science breakthroughs of the 21st century will be vastly enriched. In this talk, we will explore and discuss the industrial and system engineersâ new role in this evolving new world.
Biography: Yuan-Shin Lee is Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University, U.S.A. He received his Ph.D. and MS degrees from Purdue University, USA, both in industrial engineering, and his BS degree from National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in mechanical engineering. His research interests include computational geometry for design and manufacturing, system automation, CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping, 5-axis sculptured surface manufacturing, computer-aided molecular design (CAMD), human-computer interface development, re-generative medicine manufacturing system, and micro-scale medical devices development. He is a registered professional engineer (PE) in mechanical engineering. He is also a certified
manufacturing engineer (CMfgE) in system integration and control. Dr. Lee is Fellow of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). He is also Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Dr. Lee received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. He also received the 1997 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the 1998 Norman Dudley Award from the Taylor & Francis Journals, London, U.K., the 1999 Anderson Outstanding Faculty Award and the 2000 Alumni Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award from North Carolina State University, the 2001 ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award, the 2006 IIE Technical Innovation Award for Industrial Engineering, the 2007 IIE Fellow Award from Institute of Industrial Engineers and the 2008 ASME Fellow Award from American Society of Mechanical Engineering.
Dr. Lee serves as the Department Editor of IIE Transactions. He also serves as an Associate Editor for several research journals, including the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, the International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the Journal of Manufacturing Systems, the Journal of Computer Aided Design and Applications, the International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, the Journal of Computer-Aided Drafting, Design and Manufacturing, and the Journal of Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers. He also serves as the Director of the Summer Research at NCSU Program at NCSU.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Epstein Institute Seminar Series / ISE 650 Seminar
Tue, Mar 29, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: S. Jack Hu, Ph.D., G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering/Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Operations Engineering/The University of Michigan
Talk Title: "Assembly System Design and Operations for Product Variety"
Abstract: Assembly is the capstone process for product realization where component parts and subassemblies are integrated together to form the final products. As product variety increases due to the shift from mass production to mass customization, assembly systems must be designed and operated to handle such high variety. In this presentation we first review the state of the art research in the areas of assembly system design, planning and operations in the presence of product variety. Methods for assembly sequence generation, system configuration design and assembly line balancing are presented and summarized. Operational complexity in assembly systems are then discussed in the context of product variety. Finally we conjecture a future manufacturing paradigm of personalized products and production and discuss the assembly challenge for such a paradigm.
Biography: Dr. S. Jack Hu is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan. He also holds a joint appointment as Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at Michigan. He co-directs the General Motors Collaborative Research Laboratory in Advanced Vehicle Manufacturing and serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering. Prior to his current appointment, he was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education. Dr. Hu conducts research and teaches courses in assembly, manufacturing systems, and statistical quality methods. He has published more than 100 papers in professional journals and 40 papers in conferences. Dr. Hu is the recipient of various awards, including the SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, National Science Foundation CAREER Award, ASME Design Engineering Conference Best Paper Award, and the College of Engineering Research Excellence Award. He was elected a fellow of ASME in 2003.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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SWE Election Meeting
Tue, Mar 29, 2011 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
What can be considered the most important meeting of the year! Come out to KAP 156 to hear speeches and meet the SWE USC Executive Board candidates for 2011-2012. Each candidate will give a short speech on what they will bring to their position and the Presidential candidates will answer a series of questions posed by the general members (that means you!).
If you can't make it, never fear! Videos of the speeches will be posted online along with the candidate profiles, so that you can still get acquainted with the candidates before you vote.
Voting will be open from Monday, March 28th to Friday, April 1st at 5 PM. Only PAID SWE Members may vote. If you are unsure of whether you are an official member, please email us at sweusc@usc.eduLocation: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 156
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
