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Events for September 09, 2010
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Lyman Handy Colloquium
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 @ 12:45 AM - 01:50 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Mohamed E.H. El-Sayed, Professor
Talk Title: âSmartâ Degradable Particles for Targeted Gene Silencing
Abstract: Recent advances in drug design have led to the development of several classes of novel therapeutic macromolecules including peptides, proteins, monoclonal antibodies, immunotoxins, lysozymes, plasmid DNA, antisense oligodeoxynucleotides, and short interfering RNA. Despite the established potential of these macromolecules, their development into stable and clinically-active drugs with defined dosage regimens remains a significant challenge. To transform these promising drug candidates into actual therapeutic agents, we have to develop effective strategies to improve drug stability, control spatial and temporal drug release in the body, increase drug absorption across epithelial and endothelial barriers, allow selective drug accumulation in diseased tissues, and achieve drug targeting at cellular and sub-cellular levels. In this seminar, I will discuss our research efforts to develop âintelligentâ pH-sensitive, membrane-destabilizing, and degradable polymeric carriers that can effectively deliver therapeutic nucleic acids past the endosomal membrane and into the cytoplasm of cancer cells to successfully suppress the expression of targeted genes.
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Los Angeles City College Transfer Fair
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Becky Beiter from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the Los Angeles City College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: LACC Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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Polish the Bent
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come polish Tau Beta Pi's symbol the Bent (under the VHE breezeway), catch up with your fellow members and eat pizza! We'll be at the Bent from 12 - 2 pm so drop by any time to help us shine up the Bent, say hi, and grab some food.
Location: Vivian Hall of Engineering (VHE) -
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: USC Tau Beta Pi
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Distributed Interference Management and Scheduling in LTE-A Wireless Femto Networks
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ritesh Madan, Qualcomm, NJ
Talk Title: Distributed Interference Management and Scheduling in LTE-A Wireless Femto Networks
Abstract: Femto base stations deployed at homes and offices offer cell-splitting gains and better coverage, and can help improve the performance of mobile applications. However, Femto networks are unplanned; moreover, they may operate in closed subscriber group (CSG) mode where only a few specific mobiles are allowed to connect to a given Femto base station. Such a deployment can lead to high interference; thus distributed interference management techniques become essential. Moreover, since only a few (or just one) mobiles may be connected to a Femto base station, the aggregated load in each cell can vary quickly with time. Thus, the scheduling and resource allocation across cells needs to be at a fast time scale and coordinated. In addition, it is desirable to keep the control overhead and latency for this coordination to be low.
In this talk, we focus on the design of distributed scheduling and interference management algorithms with very low overhead. We describe a framework for distributed scheduling across multiple Femto cells where a limited amount of information is exchanged between interfering links. Specifically, each transmitter has a limited knowledge of the buffer and channel states in its neighborhood. In this framework, we design a scheduling heuristic to achieve rate fairness across cells for best effort applications (e.g., FTP), and at the same time obtain low latency for delay sensitive applications (e.g., voice, real time video). The heuristic is motivated by the maximum weight scheduling algorithm in wireless networks. We discuss the impact of coordination delay on the mechanism and algorithm design.
Biography: Ritesh Madan received a Ph.D. in 2006 and a M.S. in 2003 from Stanford University, and a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in 2001, all in Electrical Engineering. At Stanford, he was a recipient of the Sequoia Capital Stanford Graduate Fellowship. He is currently at Corporate R&D in Qualcomm, NJ. His research interests include methods for resource allocation in wireless networks, stochastic control, and optimization.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 539
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Dinner with Alpha Omega Epsilon Alum
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Want to meet some Women in Engineering and ask questions about life as a working, female engineer? Join us for a professional dinner and hear from some AOE alumnae. Professional/business casual dress required
The Sisters of Alpha Omega Epsilon promote ideals and objectives that hope to further the advancement of female engineers, while at the same time developing bonds of lifelong friendships. Alpha Omega Epsilon strives for scholarship and academic achievement. The sisters create a friendly, warm atmosphere where integrity, character, and self-confidence can foster. The sorority hopes to enlighten female engineers to the opportunities available. Alpha Omega Epsilon encourages ties with other Greek Organizations, which leads to the discovery of additional extracurricular activities, and in pursuing contacts with engineers in industry.
The Sisters of Alpha Omega Epsilon are proud of the principles the organization stands for, and always welcomes young women who can share in the dreams and reap the benefits that Alpha Omega Epsilon has to offer.Alpha Omega Epsilon, as a young organization, allows each member to play a significant part in realizing the group's future goals.Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - Lobby
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Elizabeth Clark
