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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkMon, Apr 01, 2013
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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Apr 03, 2013
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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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SWE Navistar Corporate Luncheon at Moreton Fig
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Receptions & Special Events
Want a FREE lunch at Morton Fig on campus?? Then join us for our popular event series, Corporate Luncheons, with Navistar! All majors and years are welcome, although we strongly encourage Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Industrial Systems majors and juniors & seniors. You don't have to be a SWE member to attend!
Signups are limited (9 students only) and are available on a first come, first served basis starting Wednesday, 4/27 at 10am (that means now!).
Bring your REFUNDABLE $10 deposit to RTH 210 (CED).
Navistar is a Fortune 200 company that is the manufacturer
and marketer of medium and heavy trucks and mid-range diesel engines.
The specific job opportunity we are recruiting for is the Sales Operations Leadership Development Program. The Sales Operations Leadership Development Program, otherwise known as the SOLD Program is a 2 year rotational development training program that takes young professionals and helps them to develop the skills and assets they need to be successful in the truck sales environment. Our two-year program is designed to give individuals more than enough training for their future in sales with Navistar. Each rotation gives the SOLD Associates a working knowledge of how different departments work within sales. Rotations consist of pricing, marketing, engineering, customer service and manufacturing.
Check out their programs! http://www.navistar.com/navistar/careers/developmentprogramsAudiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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Spring Startup Equinox
Thu, Apr 04, 2013 @ 07:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Receptions & Special Events
Want a chance to network with other students who have awesome ideas?? Check out Startup Equinox! You'll hear awesome pitches from your very own peers, and have time to talk with them about their ideas afterwards.
Make sure to register for this bi-annual event here: startupequinox.com/register
Schedule of Events:
7-7:30 Doors Open
7:30-8 Event Kickoff and Keynote
8-8:45 Fast Pitches
8:45-9 Featured Presentations
9:10-10 General Networking
10-11:59 Doors Close/TraddiesLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - Ballroom
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC NOBE
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Apr 10, 2013
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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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USC Robotics Open House
Thu, Apr 11, 2013 @ 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Receptions & Special Events
Robotics faculty, postdocs, and students are proud to host the annual USC Robotics Open House on April 11, 2013 (10 am - 4 pm).
The open house will be held on the 4th floor of RTH and in HNB room 10. Please visit and learn what is new in robotics@usc.
Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems (CRES) was established in fall 2002. It is an interdisciplinary organized research unit (ORU) in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering that focuses on the science and technology of effective, robust, and scalable robotic systems, with broad and far-reaching applications. CRES facilitates interdisciplinary interactions and collaboration through its robotics faculty and its large team of interdisciplinary affiliates and serves as a linch pin for strategic research areas at USC. CRES projects span the areas of service, humanoid, distributed, reconfigurable, space, and nano robotics and impact a broad spectrum of applications, including assistance, training and rehabilitation, education, environmental monitoring and cleanup, emergency response, homeland security, and entertainment. The Center provides a tight-knit foundation for collaboration and opportunities for education and outreach.
CRES welcomes participation and new members. To get information on how to get involved, look here.
For more information, please email to cresrobotics.usc.edu.
The leadership of CRES consists of:
Maja J Mataric', Founding Director
Ari Requicha, Associate Director
Stefan Schaal, Associate Director
Wei-Min Shen, Associate Director
Gaurav Sukhatme, Associate DirectorMore Information: 2013_02_12_Open_house_ad.pdf
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 4th Floor
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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ISE Annual Spring Banquet
Thu, Apr 11, 2013 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Presents
The Annual Spring Banquet
Thursday April 11, 2013
6:00-8:00 PM
The Davidson Conference Center, Embassy Room
3415 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90089
6:00-6:45 pm
Welcome and Reception (Cash Bar)
6:45 â 8:00 pm
Three-course Dinner
An Honorary Guest Speaker
Recognition and Awards
Event Admission is $20
All paying guests are also welcome. Payment is due with RSVP.
Please RSVP to Georgia in GER 240A or to
Christina Sinner (sinner@usc.edu) by April 5th, 2013
Also, make note of any dietary restrictions.
Dress code for the event is business casual
More Information: 2013 IIE Banquet Flyer.docx
Location: Charlotte S. & Davre R. Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center (DCC) - Embassy Room
Audiences: Department Only
Contact: Rick Scott
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Solar Decathlon's FLUXHOME kick-off event
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Receptions & Special Events
The USC School of Architecture and Team USC Solar Decathlon invite you to a celebration to kick-off FLUXHOME, our 2013 entry into the Solar Decathlon competition.
All are invited. Come by to learn more about the project and help us celebrate the beginning of construction for FLUXHOME!
Please RSVP to NCONNER@USC.EDUMore Information: SDkick-offInvite_Final.pdf
Location: Build Site - South Lawn behind Watt Hall
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Team USC Solar Decathlon Club
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Basketball Fundraiser from SHPE/LBSA
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 @ 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Receptions & Special Events
Sign up: http://tinyurl.com/SHPELBSABasketball
Date: April 13, 2013
Time: 11 AM-4 PM
Location: PED North Gym
Minimum of 4 players, maximum of 7 allowed per team.
Only USC students permitted.
Games will be 4-on-4.
$50 per team.
Must pay full fee before first game.
If you have questions, contact: Franky Romero at (907) 229-0327 or faromero@usc.edu or Cesar Ponce at (323) 362-7280 or cesarponce1@gmail.comLocation: Physical Education Building (PED) - North Gym
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
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SpaceX Competition: Build A Mars Rover
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 @ 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Receptions & Special Events
Compete against the best in your class to build an autonomous vehicle with the help of SpaceX engineers! Grand prize: a personal tour of the SpaceX facility, lunch with SpaceX Co-Founder Tom Mueller, and a $500 donation to the student organization or charity of your choice.
TO REGISTER, email your full name and resume to Sandon@SpaceX.com by 5:00 pm Wednesday, April 10th. Students with strong background in hands-on projects will be well suited to participate in this event!
Once participants are selected, they will receive more information about the materials they will be provided and competition overview. Free food will be served, and audience members are also eligible for SpaceX prizes.
Location: Vivian Hall of Engineering (VHE) -
Audiences: AE, ASTE, ME, EE, CS
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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PhD Defense - Na Chen
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 @ 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Receptions & Special Events
PhD Candidate: Na Chen
Committee members:
Viktor K. Prasanna (chair)
Dennis McLeod
Raghu Raghavendra
Time: April 15 1pm-3pm
Location: EEB110
Title: Understanding Semantic Relationships between Data Objects
Abstract:
Semantic Web technologies are a standard, non-proprietary set of languages and tools that enable modeling, sharing, and reasoning about information. Words, terms and entities on the Semantic Web are connected through meaningful relationships, and thus enable a graph representation of knowledge with rich semantics (also known as an ontology). Understanding the semantic relationships between data objects has been a critical step towards getting useful semantic information for better integration, search and decision-making. This thesis addresses the problem of semantic relationship understanding from two aspects: first, given an ontology schema, an automatic method is proposed to understand the semantic relationships between image objects using the schema as a useful semantic source; second, given a large ontology with both schema and instances, a learning-to-rank based ranking system is developed to identify the most relevant semantic relationships according to user preferences from the ontology .
The first part of this thesis presents an automatic method for understanding and interpreting the semantics of unannotated web images. We observe that the relations between objects in an image carry important semantics about the image. To capture and describe such semantics, we propose Object Relation Network (ORN), a graph model representing the most probable meaning of the objects and their relations in an image. Guided and constrained by an ontology, ORN transfers the rich semantics in the ontology to image objects and the relations between them, while maintaining semantic consistency (\eg, a soccer player can kick a soccer ball, but cannot ride it). We present an automatic system which takes a raw image as input and creates an ORN based on image visual appearance and the guide ontology. Our system is evaluated on a dataset containing over 26,000 web images. We demonstrate various useful web applications enabled by ORNs, such as automatic image tagging, automatic image description generation, image search by image, and semantic image clustering.
In the second part of this thesis, a learning-to-rank based ranking system is proposed for mining complex relationships on the Semantic Web. Our objective is to provide an effective ranking method for complex relationship mining, which can 1) automatically personalize ranking results according to user preferences, 2) be continuously improved to more precisely capture user preferences, and 3) hide as many technical details from end users as possible. We observe that a userââ¬â¢s opinions on search results carry important information regarding his interests and search intentions. Based on this observation, our system supports each user to give simple feedback about the current search results, and employs a machine-learning based ranking algorithm to learn the userââ¬â¢s preferences from his feedback. A personalized ranking function is then generated and used to sort the results of each subsequent query by the user. The user can keep teaching the system his preferences by giving feedback through several iterations until he is satisfied with the search results. Our system is evaluated on a large RDF knowledge base created from Freebase linked-open-data. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our method compared with the state-of-the-art.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 110
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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Performance and Form | A Net-Zero House
Tue, Apr 16, 2013 @ 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Receptions & Special Events
What: Panel Discussion Featuring Thom Mayne, Neil M. Denari, Michael Speaks, Ralph Knowles, and Anuradha Mathur moderated by Alice Kimm.
Reception to follow. Admission is free. Persons interested in USC's Solar Decathlon Team are especially encouraged to attend.
Presented by USC Visions and Voices and organized by the USC SOA.
More details below:
The Solar Decathlon is a biennial competition sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Energy that challenges interdisciplinary
collegiate teams to design a net-zero-energy single-family
house. Led by the USC School of Architecture, a multifaceted
team of students, faculty and supporters from across USC will
participate in the 2013 competition, working to create a
sustainable, efficient, but also spatially and aesthetically
powerful physical environment. Following the competition
period in 2013, the house will be relocated and donated to a
family in the USC neighborhood.
This event will bring together an interdisciplinary panel of experts
on sustainability and design for a provocative conversation on
the Solar Decathlon competition, its implications for long-term
application and the future of green living. A reception will follow
in Harris Hall Courtyard. During the reception, a full-scale
mockup of the USC Net-Zero House will be available for viewing.More Information: NetZeroHouse_Postcard.pdf
Location: Ray & Nadine Watt Hall Of Architecture & Fine Arts (WAH) - Watt Hall Courtyard
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Team USC Solar Decathlon Club
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Apr 17, 2013
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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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PhD Defense - Jan Prokaj
Fri, Apr 19, 2013 @ 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Receptions & Special Events
Ph.D. candidate: Jan Prokaj
Time: 4:00pm to 5:30pm, April 19, 2013
Location: GFS104
Committee:
Gerard Medioni (chairman)
Ramakant Nevatia
Shrikanth Narayanan
Title: Exploitation of Wide Area Motion Imagery
Abstract:
Current digital photography solutions now routinely allow the capture of tens of megapixels of data at 2 frames per second. At these resolutions, a geographic area covering a whole city can be captured at once from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), while still allowing the recognition of vehicles and people (for sensors under development). This fact, in tandem with the availability of increased computational power, has led to the growth of wide area motion imagery (WAMI).
Our objective is to develop algorithms that automatically process the imagery of interest and turn it into a more useful, informative form. This more informative form can exist at different levels of semantics, from low-level to high-level. Therefore, the set of algorithms we propose operates in range from low-level processing to high-level processing.
WAMI data is often captured by an array of cameras. Therefore, at the lowest level, we need an algorithm that takes an array of individual camera images and estimates a high quality mosaic. We propose a piecewise affine model to handle all image deformations that deviate from the standard pinhole camera model.
The next level of processing involves estimating the trajectories of all moving objects, or ``tracking.'' We propose a tracking algorithm that optimally infers short tracks using Bayesian networks. These tracklets are then integrated into a multi-object tracking algorithm that achieves good performance on aerial surveillance video. When coupled with a regression-based tracker, stopping targets can be handled.
WAMI is often collected over urban areas, where there are tall buildings, and other structures, which cause severe occlusion that in turn causes significant track fragmentation. To solve this problem, we propose a method which links fragmented tracks using known 3D scene structure.
In order to enable large scale semantic analysis of WAMI data, higher level algorithms that determine at least some of the semantics are necessary. We propose a framework based on the Entity Relationship Model that is able to recognize a large variety of activites on real data as well as GPS tracks.
When very high resolution data are available, such as from high-definition cameras on the ground, we want to infer even more semantics from video data. Under these circumstances, we propose an algorithm for vehicle classification that works with arbitrary vehicle pose.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 104
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Apr 24, 2013
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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Apr 26, 2013
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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Apr 26, 2013
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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Apr 29, 2013
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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Apr 29, 2013
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 https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
