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Events for September 16, 2011
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USC Transfer Day: Engineering & Admission Talk, Financial Aid Presentation, Tour and Advisement
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Transfer Day features a Viterbi School of Engineering workshop designed to answer all your questions about admission guidelines, our admission process and more. The program also includes a campus tour and special presentations for transfer students about admission, financial aid, and transfer credit. In addition, Viterbi transfer counselors will be available for individual coursework advisement on a first-come, first-serve basis in the afternoon following the program (transcripts required for advisement). Reservations required. Please call (213) 740-6616 for more information and to make a reservation.
Location: USC University Park Campus
Audiences: Prospective transfer students and families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Open to USC students only. Admission is free. Reservations required.
To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=176 beginning Monday, August 29, at 9 a.m. See below for details.*
*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP at the link above beginning Monday, August 29, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 11:15 a.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 12 p.m. and return to campus at 5 p.m. Lunch will be provided at check-in.
Visit the Getty Center, a cultural landmark and home to one of the worldâs most intriguing art collections. Experience breathtaking views and tour an exhibition exploring Cuban history through the eyes of photographers. The exhibition brings together Walker Evansâs views of pre-Castro Cuba in the 1930s with those of Cubans who participated in the 1959 revolution and contemporary foreign artists exploring the island nation since the end of Soviet support in the 1990s. Together the works span reportage, portraiture, landscape and street photography, demonstrating a diverse international range of perspectives.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Getty Center, Los Angeles
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Who are Sound Engineers, and what do they do?
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Erin Michael Rettig, Supervising Sound Engineer, 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Post Production
Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Who are Sound Engineers, and what do they do?
Abstract: Erin Michael Rettig, Supervising Sound Engineer at 20th Century Fox Film Corp Post Production Services, will present "Who are Sound Engineers, and what do they do?" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amanda Atkinson
Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/
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MEPC Info Session
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
Have an Idea? Want to start a business? Check out the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition and apply on-line at http://masseh.usc.edu. The competition spans fall and spring semesters and will provide over a dozen Viterbi teams invaluable seasoned mentors from the local business and venture communities, special educational start-up boot-camp sessions to help you prepare your business pitch and plan, and the chance to compete for the grand prize - $50K no-strings attached capital to start your business.
This competition specifically targets Viterbi students (undergraduate, graduate, post-doc) as all proposed companies must have a Viterbi student as a key principle! The on-line application deadline is Sunday, Oct 2nd, so act fast and don't miss out!!!
For more information, please attend the MEPC Information Session - Friday Sept 16th in HED 116 @ 2pm. Or feel free to contact mepc@vsoe.usc.edu with any questions.
Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Maita Schuster
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EXPONENTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN QUBIT COMPLEXITY
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Joseph F. Traub, Columbia University and Santa Fe Institute
Talk Title: EXPONENTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN QUBIT COMPLEXITY
Abstract: For the foreseeable future the number of qubits will be a crucial computational resource on a quantum computer. We show how to lower bound the qubit complexity using the classical query complexity.
We use this result to present a simple problem which cannot be solved on a quantum computer in the standard quantum setting with deterministic queries but can be solved on a classical computer using randomized queries (Monte Carlo). This suggests introducing a quantum setting with randomized queries.We apply this setting to a number of problems and show we can obtain exponential improvement in qubit complexity. We end by discussing very recent progress,future directions, and where to learn more.
Biography: Joseph F. Traub is the Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor at Columbia University and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. In 1959 he started his pioneering research on what is now called information-based complexity. He is the author of ten books and some one hundred and twenty research papers in which he has applied complexity theory to fields as diverse as physics, economics, and finance. A major focus of his current work is quantum computing.
From 1971 to 1979 Traub was Head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University and led it from a difficult period to excellence. He served as founding chairman of the Computer Science Department at Columbia University from 1979 to 1989. He started the Journal of Complexity in 1985 and has been Editor-in-Chief since. He was founding Chair of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academies from 1986 to 1992 and served again 2005-2009. He serves on the Division Committee for Engineering and Physical Science (DEPSCOM), National Academies.
Traub has received numerous honors including election to the National Academy of Engineering in 1985, the 1991 Emanuel R. Piore Gold Medal from IEEE, and the 1992 Distinguished Service Award, Computer Research Association. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association of Computing Machinery, the New York Academy of Sciences and SIAM. He has been Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar at the California Institute of Technology and received a Distinguished Senior Scientist Award from the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation. He was selected by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome to present the 1993 Lezione Lincei. Traub received the 1999 Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology. The Award was presented by Mayor Rudy Giuliani at a ceremony in New York City. In 2001 he received an honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Central Florida.
Host: Daniel Lidar
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series: by Prof. Ada Poon from Stanford
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University Calendar
Title: Autonomous and Miniature Implantable Systems
Speaker: Prof. Ada Poon, Stanford University
Location: EEB 248
Date: Friday, September 16, 2011
Time: 3pm â 4pm
Abstract:
In his famous lecture from 1959, âThere's plenty of room at the bottom,â Richard Feynman presented a wild idea of âswallowable surgeonsâ where tiny surgical robots are put inside a blood vessel, travel into the heart, look around, and send the information back to an external controller. These robots can even perform operations and might be permanently incorporated in the body for continuous monitoring. The idea seems like a science fiction dream. In recent years, however, researchers have made major progress on implantable systems that support most of the swallowable surgeon functionalities. Nevertheless, these devices remain mostly restricted to research, in part due to limited miniaturization and power supply constraints.
In this talk, I will address these limitations and show, both theoretically and experimentally, that higher frequency (GHz-range) RF power transmission leads to dramatic receiver miniaturization. I will describe a prototype implementation in CMOS that realizes the above theoretical results. Once it is feasible to continuously supply power to micro implants safely, this opens up new clinical applications of implantable systems. I will introduce some of these new applications.
More Information: 9.16.11 Seminar_Speaker_Poon.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Danielle Hamra
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Tau Beta Pi: Dinner at Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 @ 04:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come out and join your fellow Tau Bates for some amazing (and FREE - TBP will be covering the price of the meal) Chicken and Waffles at Roscoe's. Fridays are always a great night to go out to dinner and relax after a long week of school work.
We are leaving at 4:30 pm to hopefully beat some traffic and to have a fun meal before all of your individual Friday night activities.
Please RSVP (tbp@usc.edu) by 11pm on Tuesday 9/13/2011 and let us know if you can drive (and how many people).
Meet at the Denny's Parking Lot in the UV at 4:30 pm.
See you there!Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tau Beta Pi
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Bent to the Flame: A Night with Tennessee Williams
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 @ 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Thursday, August 25, at 9 a.m.
Ticket Reservations:
Friday, September 16, 7:30 p.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here: http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=177
General Public: To RSVP, click here: http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=177
Saturday, September 17, 7:30 p.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here: http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=178
General Public: To RSVP, click here: http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=178
Reception to follow both shows.
âMesmerizing . . . riotously funny . . . a remarkable piece of theater.âânytheatre.com
âTompos comes so close to Williamsâs essence that it is nothing short of astounding.ââTheatreMania.com
A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerieâfrom 1934 to his death in 1983, the Pulitzer Prizeâwinning author of these iconic plays, Tennessee Williams, carried on a âlove affairâ with a man heâd never met, American poet Hart Crane, who had committed suicide years before Williams discovered his work. Nevertheless, Williamsâs devotion to Crane and his poetry shaped his work and personal life in ways that inspired and yet nearly destroyed him.
Based on events described in Williamsâs essay âThe Catastrophe of Success,â Bent to the Flame uses Craneâs poetry and Williamsâs personal anecdotes and comments on the work to explore the nature of creativity and the congeniality between these two great artists. A provocative, humorous and inspiring portrait, Bent to the Flame offers a deeper revelation of both menâs lives as the playwright dares to bend to the creative flame.
Named Outstanding Solo Show at the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival, Bent to the Flame has been performed around the country, including special productions at the 23rd Annual Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans, the 5th Annual Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival in Provincetown, MA, and, most recently, the Tennessee Williams Centennial Festival in Washington, D.C.
Following the performance, Brian Parsons, head of undergraduate acting at USC, will lead a Q&A with writer/performer Doug Tompos, director Michael Michetti and esteemed USC professors Brighde Mullins and David Roman.
To see excerpts from Bent to the Flame, go to http://www.dougtompos.com/media/bent.mov.
Organized by Brian Parsons and Doug Tompos (Theatre).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: 24th Street Theatre, 1117 West 24th Street, Los Angeles
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
