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METRANS SEMINAR SERIES
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Maged Dessouky, Christine Nguyen, Dr. Alejandro Toriello and Dr. James Moore, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Talk Title: "The California Cut Flower Industry: A Case for Transportation Consolidation"
Series: METRANS
Abstract: The California Cut Flower Commission is a state government agency created to promote California-grown cut flowers and foliage. CCFC is responsible for representing all of California's cut flower and green farms. California flower farmers' largest competitors are South American farmers, particularly Colombian and Ecuadorian, who have benefitted from the 1991 Andean Trade Preference Act. The law cut import tariffs from South American nations on a range of goods, resulting in Colombia capturing 75% of the U.S. flower market. Meanwhile California's market share has decreased from 64% to 20%.
This paper evaluates the California cut flower industry's current transportation practices and investigates the feasibility and cost of establishing a shipping consolidation center in Oxnard, California. The problem is formulated using a Mixed-Integer programming model. The model estimates a 34.8% shipping cost decrease, $20M, if all California farms participated in the consolidation center. Our analysis of estimated cut-flower trade flows originating from Miami shows that the magnitudes of these flows are relatively sensitive to shipping cost, controlling for market size.
*RSVP to Shawn Gong, TGong@usc.edu, by Noon, September 13, 2011 (Lunch will be provided for RSVPs)
Biography: Dr. Maged Dessouky, Professor, Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, USC, received his B.S./M.S. degrees in IE from Purdue University and his Ph.D. degree in IEOR from UC Berkeley. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, PATH, Caltrans, FTA, and Department of Defense. He was recipient of the 2007 Transportation Science & Logistics Best Paper Prize. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He is area editor of Computers & Industrial Engineering, ACM Transactions of Modeling and Computer Simulation, IIE Transactions.
Host: METRANS Transportation Center, USC/CSULB
More Information: METRANS Seminar_09142011_Dessouky.pdf
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - Room 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Astani CEE Department Seminar
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Chimay J. Anumba, Professor and Head, Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Talk Title: A Holistic Approach to Energy Efficient Building Systems: the DOE Innovation Hub
Abstract: Buildings are known to account for about 40% of the energy use in most industrialized countries and it is estimated that people spend 80â90% of their time in buildings -residences, offices, factories, schools, places of worship, public amenities, recreational facilities, etc. This makes it important that energy use in buildings is considered an important component of efforts geared towards addressing the worldâs energy crisis. This presentation will argue that solutions that focus solely on supply-side aspects of the energy problem need to be complemented by demand-side efficiency initiatives. It will discuss the holistic approach being adopted in the new US Department of Energy-funded $129m innovation hub for energy efficient buildings, which is led by the Department of Architectural Engineering at Penn State University. The key tasks being undertaken as part of the project will be described as well as their broader implications. Particular attention will be paid to the role of IT and integrated project delivery strategies in achieving the objectives of the innovation hub.
Biography: Chimay Anumba holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK; a higher doctorate â D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) - from Loughborough University, UK; and an Honorary Doctorate (Dr.h.c.) from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands for outstanding scientific contributions to Building and Construction Engineering. His research interests are in the fields of advanced engineering informatics, concurrent engineering, knowledge management, distributed collaboration systems, and intelligent systems. He has over 450 scientific publications in these fields and his work has received support worth over $150m from a variety of sources. He has also supervised to completion more than 37 doctoral candidates and 18 postdoctoral researchers. He is a Professional Engineer and Fellow of the ASCE, ICE, IStructE, and CIOB.
Host: Dr. Burcin Becerik
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Reservoir Monitoring Consortium-Inaugural Meeting
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Fred Aminzadeh, RMC-USC
Talk Title: Reservoir Monitoring Consortium
Abstract: The Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) inaugural meeting will take place at USC with participation of many oil industry participants. This two-day meeting will also be provided on Webex to allow participation from remote locations. The goal of RMC is develop new methods for dynamic reservoir monitoring. We will highlight a number of focused applied research projects in reservoir monitoring that are directly pertinent to the current and future needs of the industry sponsors. RMC will conduct R&D in diverse application areas such as the conventional reservoirs (e.g. carbonate, clastic, deep waters) and the unconventional reservoirs (shales, tight sands, heavy oils, and geothermal). One of the objectives of the meeting is to help identify the key technology gaps with input from the project sponsors. We will then focus on major issues such as integration of disciplines, data, information, and expertise. We will maintain a balance between short and long term, high impact research goals and the immediate and foreseen industry needs. One key distinguishing edge of RMC compared to other academic consortia is its focus on multidisciplinary aspect of reservoir monitoring.
Host: Petroleum Engineering Program
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 324
Audiences: Graduate
Contact: Takimoto Idania
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CommNetS Seminar: Toward a Computational Information Theory
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Michelle Effros, Caltech
Talk Title: Toward a Computational Information Theory
Series: Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Abstract: The field of Information Theory provides powerful and elegant mathematical tools for bounding the limits of communication networks. Application of these tools to real network systems requires new computational tools that enable the analysis of large networks. This talk proposes a strategy for building scalable computational tools for bounding network capacities.
Biography:
Michelle Effros received the B.S. degree with distinction in 1989, the M.S. degree in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree in 1994, all in electrical engineering from Stanford University. During the summers of 1988 and 1989 she worked at Hughes Aircraft Company, researching modulation schemes, real-time implementations of fast data rate error-correction schemes, and future applications for fiber optics in space technology.
She is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology; from 1994 - 2000 she was Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering; and from 2000 - 2005, Associate Professor. Her research interests include information theory, data compression, communications, pattern recognition, speech recognition, and image processing.
Professor Effros received Stanford's Frederick Emmons Terman Engineering Scholastic Award (for excellence in engineering) in 1989, the Hughes Masters Full-Study Fellowship in 1989, the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship in 1990, the AT&T Ph.D. Scholarship in 1993, the NSF CAREER Award in 1995, the Charles Lee Powell Foundation Award in 1997, and the Richard Feynman-Hughes Fellowship in 1997. She is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and IEEE Information Theory, Signal Processing, and Communications societies. She served as the Editor of the IEEE Information Theory Society Newsletter from 1995-1998, as Co-Chair of the NSF Sponsored Workshop on Joint Source-Channel Coding in 1999, and has been a Member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society since 1998.
Host: Ubli Mitra
More Info: http://csi.usc.edu/~dimakis/CommNetSLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Rahul Jain
Event Link: http://csi.usc.edu/~dimakis/CommNetS
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Research Activities on Speech Signal Processing in Yonsei DSP Labs
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 @ 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Hong-Goo Kang , Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Yonsei University
Talk Title: Research Activities on Speech Signal Processing in Yonsei DSP Labs
Abstract: Speech signal processing technology, the most natural form of human communication channel, has made remarkable progress over the last 40 years. Although it is very impressive that many speech signal processing systems work very well, there still remain some challenges to be solved. For example, the accuracy of automatic speech recognition systems in adverse conditions needs to be improved to have comparable performance to human beings, and the synthesized speech generated by text-to-speech (TTS) systems needs to be more natural. This talk introduces research activities on speech signal processing group in DSP laboratory at Yonsei university. After briefly introducing the organization of research subgroups, recent research activities and their outcomes are presented. This talk emphasizes the importance of collaboration between different research subgroups having various expertises. For example, enhancement techniques are needed to improve voice communication quality for coding applications as well as to decrease the error rate of recognition systems in adverse conditions. Since hidden Markov model (HMM) and language modeling are core technologies for both speech recognition and text-to-speech (TTS), collaboration between two research subgroups is beneficial. This talk demonstrates research outcomes that our research team has achieved for last two years through tight collaboration.
Biography: Hong-Goo Kang received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Yonsei University, Korea in 1989, 1991, and 1995, respectively. From 1996 to 2002, he was a senior technical staff member at AT&T Labs-Research, Florham Park, New Jersey. He is currently a Professor at Yonsei University. His research interests include speech/audio signal processing, adaptive digital filter, and human computer interface. He actively participated in international collaboration activities on making new speech/audio coding standard algorithms hosted by ITU-T and MPEG. He was an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language processing from 2005 to 2008. He served numerous conferences and program committees. He was a vice chair of technical program committee in INTERSPEECH2004 held in Jeju island, Korea. He is a technical reviewing committee member of the ICASSP and INTERSPEECH conferences. He is working on single-/multi-channel speech enhancement, universal speech/audio codec, speech/speaker recognition, and text-to-speech systems with fifteen graduate students.
Host: Prof. Shrikanth Narayanan
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 320
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
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The 21st Century Energy Ecosystem
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Dan Reed, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft
Talk Title: The 21st Century Energy Ecosystem
Series: CEI Distinguished Lecture Series in Energy Informatics
Abstract: Weâre poised at the transition to an exciting new world of more nimble energy management, enabled by a rich and diverse world of sensors and actuators, hybrid and electric vehicles, renewable energy sources and data-driven cloud services. Intelligent transportation systems that combine traffic data and personal schedules to manage electric vehicle charge and mobility are now possible. Houses, apartments and buildings that adapt to occupant behaviors and energy costs are beginning to appear. Computing systems whose loads follow the sun and wind, based on availability and computation demand are now realizable. Despite all this promise, we face daunting challenges in standards and adoption, in privacy and security, in economics and culture. This talk will survey some of our opportunities and challenges, with some thoughts on the shared way forward.
Refreshments will be served
Biography: As corporate vice president of the Technology Policy Group, Dr. Dan Reed helps shape Microsoft's long-term vision for technology innovations and the company's associated policy engagement with governments and institutions around the world. The Technology Policy Group engages in strategic technical projects on security and privacy, energy and environment, science and technology, and STEM education, and the unlimited potential for cloud computing. Dr. Reed joined Microsoft in 2007 and has directed its Cloud Computing Futures initiative and led the formation of the eXtreme Computing Group (XCG) within Microsoft Research.
Before coming to Microsoft, Dr. Reed held a number of strategic positions, including head of the Computer Science Department and director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, Chancellor's Eminent Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and director of UNC's Renaissance Computing Institute. In addition, Dr. Reed currently serves as a member of the US FCC's Technical Advisory Committee and has served as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and chair of the computational science subcommittee of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC).
Host: Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna
More Info: http://cei.usc.edu/newsMore Information: Dan Reed Flyer - PRINT.pdf
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Yogesh Simmhan
Event Link: http://cei.usc.edu/news
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ASBME: General Meeting 2
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Alternate Paths to Medical School , HTE@USC-Do you feel like you have to choose between medical school and graduate school? If you do, then HTE@USC may be the perfect program for you. Administrative Director, George Tolocmiczenko, will talk to us about HTE@USC, a hybrid program that combines the Viterbi Ph.D Program with the Keck School of Medicine. Engineering students work with medical students to prototype, build, and implement new biomedical devices. For more info check out hte.usc.edu
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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SWE Game Night
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come out this Wednesday night for PIZZA and an AWESOME TIME with your fellow SWEsters! We have a ton of fun activities planned to help you get to know your fellow women engineers. We will also be discussing the new SWE Family system that and talk about our upcoming events! Check out the Facebook event on our SWE page for further information!
Location: Waite Phillips Hall Of Education (WPH) - B27
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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Zynga Info Session
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
More Information: Campus Flyer_USC AY12_9-14-11.jpg
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Astani CEE Department Seminar
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 @ 11:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Chimay J. Anumba, Professor and Head, Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Talk Title: A Holistic Approach to Energy Efficient Building Systems: the DOE Innovation Hub
Abstract:
Buildings are known to account for about 40% of the energy use in most industrialized countries and it is estimated that people spend 80â90% of their time in buildings -residences, offices, factories, schools, places of worship, public amenities, recreational facilities, etc. This makes it important that energy use in buildings is considered an important component of efforts geared towards addressing the worldâs energy crisis. This presentation will argue that solutions that focus solely on supply-side aspects of the energy problem need to be complemented by demand-side efficiency initiatives. It will discuss the holistic approach being adopted in the new US Department of Energy-funded $129m innovation hub for energy efficient buildings, which is led by the Department of Architectural Engineering at Penn State University. The key tasks being undertaken as part of the project will be described as well as their broader implications. Particular attention will be paid to the role of IT and integrated project delivery strategies in achieving the objectives of the innovation hub.
Biography:
Chimay Anumba holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK; a higher doctorate â D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) - from Loughborough University, UK; and an Honorary Doctorate (Dr.h.c.) from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands for outstanding scientific contributions to Building and Construction Engineering. His research interests are in the fields of advanced engineering informatics, concurrent engineering, knowledge management, distributed collaboration systems, and intelligent systems. He has over 450 scientific publications in these fields and his work has received support worth over $150m from a variety of sources. He has also supervised to completion more than 37 doctoral candidates and 18 postdoctoral researchers. He is a Professional Engineer and Fellow of the ASCE, ICE, IStructE, and CIOB.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
