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SAP TERP 10 Student Certification Academy
Thu, May 30, 2013 @ 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Richard Vawter, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Talk Title: SAP TERP 10 Student Certification Academy
Abstract: Speaker: Richard Vawter, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Talk Title: SAP TERP 10 Student Certification Academy
Abstract: The University of Southern California, being an active member of SAP's Global University Alliances program since its inception in 1996, has been chosen to offer the TERP10 Academy to its students in early Summer 2012. The TERP10 Academy, and its certification, is a direct response to the global forecast of needed SAP skills in the market, estimated at between 30,000 and 40,000, in the next several years.
Students completing the TERP10 Academy and passing SAP's certification exam will have the advantage of being equipped with a good understanding of business processes adopted by companies around the world. They will also get insights into best business practices and how SAP can be used to optimize business processes. Students will find that the TERP10 Certification will open internship opportunities as well as full time jobs with consulting firms such as Deloitte, Ernst and Young, KPMG, Hitachi, and other SAP partner companies.
There will be two offerings of the SAP TERP10 Student Certification Academy in 2012. Both offerings will run for 9 full days, with the the certification examination to be given on the morning of the 10th day.
Biography: Although Prof. Richard Vawter hasn't flown for over a decade, he's had plenty of experience in the cockpit especially as a college student! His undergraduate degrees at both Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona and UCLA were accomplished by literally flying between classes.
Upon completing his Engineering degree at UCLA, Richard Vawter started work at Rockwell International analyzing the dynamic loads placed upon the Space Shuttle during the launch and entry phases of a mission. After the Challenger incident, Richard Vawter was chosen to be part of NASA's Crew Egress Team and assigned the task to design a system and method for the crew to escape the shuttle during a controlled emergency descent.
Following the resumption of the Space Shuttle flights, Prof. Vawter began taking graduate classes at the School of Engineering. After only one graduate class, Prof. Vawter became hooked on USC, completing Masters degrees in both Aerospace Engineering and Business Administration. After two years as a computer consultant, Prof. Vawter returned to USC and worked for the Marshall School of Business as a Computer Systems and Applications Specialist. During that time, he had the opportunity to fill in for a week teaching an ITP class and discovered his teaching talents when the students started clamoring for him to come back. Prof. Vawter began teaching officially at ITP in 1996 and currently focuses on SAP.
Host: Corporate and Professional Programs
More Info: http://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/terp10
Host: Corporate and Professional Programs
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Competitive Energy Generation Scheduling in Microgrids
Thu, May 30, 2013 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Minghua Chen, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Talk Title: Competitive Energy Generation Scheduling in Microgrids
Abstract: Microgrids represent an emerging paradigm of future electric power systems that integrate both distributed and centralized generation. Two recent trends in microgrids are the integration of local renewable energy sources (such as wind farms) and the use of co-generation (i.e., to supply both electricity and heat). However, these trends also bring unprecedented challenges to the design of energy generation strategies that are critical for microgrid operation. Traditional generation scheduling paradigms assuming perfect prediction of renewable output and demand are no longer applicable to microgrids with intermittent renewable output and co-generation (that depends on both electricity and heat demand).
In this talk, we will first give a brief overview on microgrids and its potentials in addressing major challenges faced by power grids today. We then present a competitive-optimization paradigm for microgrid energy generation scheduling. Our objective is to maximize the microgrid economic benefit (in terms of cost saving) in an online fashion, i.e., without relying on predicting future demand and renewable output. Based on insights from the offline optimal solution that is computed with perfect future knowledge, we propose a class of competitive online algorithms, called CHASE (Competitive Heuristic Algorithm for Scheduling Energy-generation), that track the offline optimal in an online fashion. Under typical settings, we show that CHASE achieves the best competitive ratio of all deterministic online algorithms and the ratio is no larger than 3, i.e., the cost of CHASE is at most 3 times of the offline optimal under arbitrary demand and renewable output. We also extend CHASE to intelligently leverage on limited prediction of the future, such as near-term demand or wind forecast, to further improve its performance. By extensive empirical evaluation using real-world traces, we show that our proposed algorithms can achieve near-offline-optimal performance. In a representative scenario, CHASE leads to around 20% cost savings with no future look-ahead at all, and the cost-savings further increase with limited future look-ahead.
Biography: Minghua Chen received his B.Eng. and M.S. degrees from the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University in 1999 and 2001, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at University of California at Berkeley in 2006. He spent one year visiting Microsoft Research Redmond as a Postdoc Researcher. He joined the Department of Information Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in 2007, where he currently is an Assistant Professor. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School in 2011-2014. He received the Eli Jury award from UC Berkeley in 2007 (presented to a graduate student or recent alumnus for outstanding achievement in the area of Systems, Communications, Control, or Signal Processing), the IEEE ICME Best Paper Award in 2009, the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia Prize Paper Award in 2009, and the ACM Multimedia Best Paper Award in 2012. His recent research interests include smart (micro) grids, data centers, distributed network optimization, multimedia networking, p2p networking, wireless networking, network coding, and distributed storage systems.
Host: Michael Neely, x.03505, mjneely@usc.edu
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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DEN@Viterbi Online Information Session
Thu, May 30, 2013 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering Distance Education Network (DEN@Viterbi) strives to meet the needs of engineering professionals, providing the opportunity to advance your education while maintaining your career and other commitments. By breaking down geographical and scheduling barriers, DEN@Viterbi allows you to take your classes anytime and anywhere.
Join this information session to learn more about the 40+ graduate level programs and continuing education offerings available completely online.
Click here to RSVPAudiences: RSVP Required
Contact: Graduate & Professional Programs
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An Introduction to Rethink Robotics' New Baxter Research Robot (BRR)
Thu, May 30, 2013 @ 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: ,
Talk Title: An Introduction to Rethink Robotics' New Baxter Research Robot (BRR), Including Product Overview Presentation and Baxter Manufacturing Robot(BMR) Live Demo
Abstract: The Baxter Research Robot leverages the same impressive safety features, ease of use and affordability as the original Baxter robot for manufacturing, while offering several added characteristics that make it an ideal fit for labs. The Baxter Research Robot allows research teams to focus on specific application development goals, including human-robot interaction, collaborative robotics, planning, manipulation, control, and perception. Whether your focus is product testing or developing the next big innovation in robotics, Baxter Research Robot is the ideal platform for your success. Our 30min presentation on the new Baxter Research Robot (BRR) will be followed by a live demo of the Baxter robot for manufacturing, the "sister product" to the BRR and will last approximately 1 to 1.5 hours total.
Host: Stefan Schaal
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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DEN@Viterbi Online Information Session
Thu, May 30, 2013 @ 06:00 PM - 12:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering Distance Education Network (DEN@Viterbi) strives to meet the needs of engineering professionals, providing the opportunity to advance your education while maintaining your career and other commitments. By breaking down geographical and scheduling barriers, DEN@Viterbi allows you to take your classes anytime and anywhere.
Join this information session to learn more about the 40+ graduate level programs and continuing education offerings available completely online.
Click here to RSVPAudiences: RSVP Required
Contact: Graduate & Professional Programs
