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Events for September 04, 2007

• Sep

  04

  Fast Optical Disk Drives †Letting Light Do the Walking

  Tue, Sep 04, 2007 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM

  Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars

  
  

  I. (Shelly) Glaser, Ph.D.
  Holon Institute of Technology
  Dept. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAbstract:
  From the early days of Laser-Discs, there were great hopes for optical disk storage; some claimed it would eventually replace magnetic disk storage. Indeed optical disc storage combines very high capacity with reliable removable media. Nevertheless, with one exception (Steve Jobs' Next computer), all computers still use magnetic hard disk drives. Optical discs are widely used for data and software distribution, data transfer media, and, of course, entertainment, but not as HDD replacement. They are just too slow. Here we shall review two approaches for fast optical disk drives. The first uses parallel access for fast raw data transfer. The other uses optical scanning to obtain very short access times. For the fast access approach we shall discuss design issues and solutions.About the Speaker:
  I. (Shelly) Glaser received his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science. He served as an associate professor at the Faculty of Physics of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and the Faculty of Engineering at Tel Aviv University, and as a visiting faculty member at the USC/SIPI. Later he became the Chief Scientist of Holo-Or Ltd., Israel, a technical/scientific consultant to key high-tech companies in Israel and Europe, and the founder and CTO of a start-up company that developed fast-seek optical disc drive technology. He is now with the Holon Institute of Technology. Shelly Glaser's professional interest includes, besides optical storage, 3-D imaging and display, sensing for machine vision, information optics, holography and diffractive optics, medical imaging and non-conventional optical systems.Hosts: Prof. Alexander Sawchuk and Prof. Keith Jenkins

  Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Talyia Veal

  

• Sep

  04

  USC Viterbi Engineering Career Services Orientation

  Tue, Sep 04, 2007 @ 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

  Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

  Workshops & Infosessions

  
  

  In this presentation and tour, you will get to know career services and the programs provided for undergraduate and graduate students.

  Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211

  Audiences: Undergraduate and Graduate Engineering Students

  Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services