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Events for May 25, 2007
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Meet USC (AM session)
Fri, May 25, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
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. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/events/meet_usc/ 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: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Reconfigurable Acceleration of Multivariate Gaussian Generators
Fri, May 25, 2007 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Wayne Luk from Imperial College London Abstract:
This talk describes a hardware architecture for generating multivariate Gaussian distribution, which has been applied to financial risk modelling. The architecture contains two main elements: an efficient random number generator based on piecewise linear approximations, and a systolic matrix vector multiplier for introducing the required correlations. This approach has a raw generation rate of over 200 times that of a single 2.2GHz Opteron using an optimised BLAS package for linear álgebra computation. Practical performance is explored in a case study involving Delta-Gamma Value-at-Risk, where a single Virtex-4 xc4vsx55 at 400 MHz is 33 times faster than a quad Optaron 2.2GHz SMP. The FPGA solution also scales well, allowing larger portfolios to be simulated. Bio:
Wayne Luk is Professor of Computer Engineering at Imperial College London, and is currently Visiting Professor at Stanford University. His research interests include theory and practice of custom computing, reconfigurable architectures, and design automation.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - -248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Aimee Barnard
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Meet USC (PM session)
Fri, May 25, 2007 @ 12:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
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. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/events/meet_usc/ 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: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
