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MESA Math Physics Technology Institute
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 @ 08:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Teacher Professional Development in math and physics with a focus on the use of Texas Instruments graphing calculators and probes, using MESA Day competitions as the focus.
Audiences: MESA Advisors and Teachers
Contact: Larry Lim
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CSI PhD Defense - Symmetry in Quantum Walks
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
SPEAKER: Mr. Hari Krovi, Communication Sciences InstituteABSTRACT: A quantum walk on a graph (analogue of a classical random walk) is an application of a unitary evolution operator on a Hilbert space which corresponds to the graph. Hitting time of a quantum walk is the average time it takes to go from a designated initial vertex to a designated final vertex. Symmetries of the graph, given by its automorphism group, can be inherited by the evolution operator. Symmetry can cause the hitting time for certain initial states of a quantum walk to be infinite, in contrast to a classical random walk. We give a sufficient condition for a quantum walk to have infinite hitting times. Using the irreducible representations of the automorphism group, we derive conditions under which quantum walks defined on graphs have infinite hitting times for some initial states. Another aspect of symmetry is fast hitting times. It has been shown in the literature that a quantum walk on some graphs such as the hypercube has an exponentially faster hitting time than a classical walk. We show that this is because the walk is confined to a subspace of the total Hilbert space due to symmetry inherited from the graph. We show that a quantum walk confined to the subspace corresponding to this symmetry group can be seen as a different quantum walk on a smaller "quotient" graph. The automorphisms of the quotient graph which are inherited from the original graph are the original automorphism group modulo the subgroup H used to construct it. Thus the quotient graph is constructed by removing the symmetries of the subgroup H from the original graph. Such a reduction to a smaller graph may be useful in algorithms based on quantum walks.Advisor: Prof. Todd Brun, tbrun@usc.edu
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 500
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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MESA Math Physics Technology Institute
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 @ 08:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Teacher Professional Development in math and physics with a focus on the use of Texas Instruments graphing calculators and probes, using MESA Day competitions as the focus.
Audiences: MESA Advisors and Teachers
Contact: Larry Lim
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MESA Math Physics Technology Institute
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 @ 08:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Teacher Professional Development in math and physics with a focus on the use of Texas Instruments graphing calculators and probes, using MESA Day competitions as the focus.
Audiences: MESA Advisors and Teachers
Contact: Larry Lim
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MESA Math Physics Technology Institute
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 @ 08:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Teacher Professional Development in math and physics with a focus on the use of Texas Instruments graphing calculators and probes, using MESA Day competitions as the focus.
Audiences: MESA Advisors and Teachers
Contact: Larry Lim
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MESA Math Physics Technology Institute
Mon, Jul 09, 2007 @ 08:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Teacher Professional Development in math and physics with a focus on the use of Texas Instruments graphing calculators and probes, using MESA Day competitions as the focus.
Audiences: MESA Advisors and Teachers
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Mon, Jul 09, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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MESA Math Physics Technology Institute
Tue, Jul 10, 2007 @ 08:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Teacher Professional Development in math and physics with a focus on the use of Texas Instruments graphing calculators and probes, using MESA Day competitions as the focus.
Audiences: MESA Advisors and Teachers
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Tue, Jul 10, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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MESA Math Physics Technology Institute
Wed, Jul 11, 2007 @ 08:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Teacher Professional Development in math and physics with a focus on the use of Texas Instruments graphing calculators and probes, using MESA Day competitions as the focus.
Audiences: MESA Advisors and Teachers
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Wed, Jul 11, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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MESA Math Physics Technology Institute
Thu, Jul 12, 2007 @ 08:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Teacher Professional Development in math and physics with a focus on the use of Texas Instruments graphing calculators and probes, using MESA Day competitions as the focus.
Audiences: MESA Advisors and Teachers
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Thu, Jul 12, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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MESA Math Physics Technology Institute
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 08:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Teacher Professional Development in math and physics with a focus on the use of Texas Instruments graphing calculators and probes, using MESA Day competitions as the focus.
Audiences: MESA Advisors and Teachers
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Service Research in IBMs India Lab
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Abstract:
In recent years, IBM has invested heavily in its services business in India. IBM's India Research Lab has also placed significant focus on the technical problems that need to be solved to improve and differentiate these services-based operations. The solutions to these problems draw from various computer science disciplines like distributed systems, software engineering, information management, and optimization. In this talk, I will give an overview of the services research landscape in IBM India, present some representative problems and solutions, and discuss our new academic initiatives in "Service Science".Bio:
Dr. Guruduth Banavar is the Associate Director of IBM's India Research Laboratory, Bangalore, and also heads the Services Innovation and Research Center (SIRC). He started IBM's new research group in Bangalore, where a world-class team is now focused on cutting-edge industrial research problems relevant to the region and globally. Previously, Guru was the Senior Manager of the Pervasive Infrastructure Department at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York, where he led a large research team working on several aspects of pervasive computing. He has also developed technology innovations in areas like synchronous collaboration, content-based publish-subscribe systems, middleware for content delivery, and platform-independent application development. See http://www.research.ibm.com/people/b/banavar for more details.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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Discover Engineering
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Optimal Quantum Data Compression with Side Information at the Sender and Receiver
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
SPEAKER: Dr. Jon Yard, CaltechAbstract: Information theory - as introduced by Shannon almost 60 years ago - studies the asymptotic limits for the processing of statistically modeled information in such problems as data compression and coding for noisy channels. In recent years, a rich generalization of Shannon's theory has emerged which incorporates distinctly quantum mechanical resources such as qubits (quantum bits), entangled quantum states, and quantum channels. In this talk, I will present the optimal solution to a general quantum data compression problem where the sender and receiver each have quantum side information. The corresponding optimal protocol - quantum state redistribution - provides the first known operational interpretation to quantum conditional mutual information. The optimal rates satisfy certain elegant and intuitive properties, while admitting a general "thermodynamical" organizing principle that I will recall. I will conclude by sketching an existence proof for the optimal protocol, while showing how state redistribution generalizes and organizes a number of recent results in quantum information theory such as the celebrated fully quantum reverse Shannon and fully quantum Slepian-Wolf protocols.Bio Jon Yard received his Ph.D. from the Information theory group of Tom Cover at Stanford University in 2005. Since then, he has been a postdoc with Patrick Hayden at McGill University and also with the Institute for Quantum Information at Caltech. This summer, he will begin a postdoc with the Quantum Institute at Los Alamos National Laboratories.Host: Prof. Todd Brun, tbrun@usc.edu
Location: Frank R. Seaver Science Center (SSC) - 319
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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Discover Engineering
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Thu, Jul 19, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Degenerated shell of finite element for smart structures
Thu, Jul 19, 2007 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker:Dr. S. Narayanan
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDegenerated Shell Finite Element for Smart Structures Abstract
This paper deals with the formulation of a nine noded piezolaminated degenerated shell finite element for modeling and analysis of multi-layer composite general shell structures with bonded/embedded distributed piezoelectric sensors and actuators. The main advantage of degenerate shell element is that it not based on any shell theories and is applicable over a wide range of curvatures and thicknesses. This element is developed by using degenerate solid approach based on Reissner-Mindlin assumptions which allow the shear deformation and rotary effect to be considered and 3D field is reduced to a 2D field in terms of mid surface nodal variable. Uniformly reduced integration is carried out to overcome membrane locking and shear locking (Prathap, 1993) and the numerical integration is carried out in all three directions to obtain accurate results. The distributed PZT sensors and actuators used in the composite smart structures are relatively thin and could be with arbitrary variation of curvatures and thicknesses. They cannot be modeled with the shell elements proposed based on curvilinear shell theories as they would need specification of constant shell curvatures. Modeling them with piezo finite elements available in popular commercial codes like ABAQUS, ANSYS, MSC.MARC, etc. would be computationally inefficient and in view of these, the present proposed degenerated shell element would of use giving good computational accuracy and efficiency. The present element has 45 elastic degrees of freedom and ten electric degrees of freedom. per piezoelectric layer in the element. The potential induced due to bending deformation is more accurately represented by assuming quadratic variation of electric potential through the thickness of each piezoelectric layer. This is achieved by interpolating using nodal mid-plane electric potentials and one electric degree of freedom representing the potential difference between the top and bottom surfaces of the piezoelectric layer. Then few case studies of composite general shells with piezoelectric sensors and actuators have been considered by modeling them with the above elements and the active vibration control performance has been studied.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - rielian Hall, 203
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Discover Engineering
Fri, Jul 20, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Mon, Jul 23, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Thu, Jul 26, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Fri, Jul 27, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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GSAs National 3D-4D-BIM Program
Fri, Jul 27, 2007 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker:Calvin Kam, Ph.D.
National 3D-4D-BIM Program Manager,
Office of the Chief Architect, Public Buildings Service
U.S. General Services Administration
[calvin.kam@gsa.gov];
Consulting Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
School of Engineering [calvin.kam@stanford.edu]GSA's National 3D-4D-BIM ProgramAbstract"In 2003 the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), through its Public Buildings Service (PBS) Office of Chief Architect (OCA), established the National 3D-4D-BIM Program. GSA has over 60 BIM projects completed or underway in its capital program. The power of visualization, coordination, simulation, and optimization from 3D, 4D, and BIM computer technologies allow GSA to more effectively meet customer, design, construction, and program requirements. In thissession, Dr. Calvin Kam (GSA's National 3D-4D-BIM Program Manager) will provide an overview of GSA's BIM program and share insights from the development of GSA BIM Guide Series 05--Energy Performance and Operation."Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - rielian Hall, 203
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Discover Engineering
Sat, Jul 28, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Sun, Jul 29, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Mon, Jul 30, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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Discover Engineering
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
An intensive introduction to the various Engineering disciplines for high school students.
Audiences: High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
