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Events for September 17, 2007
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Meet USC (AM session)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/events/meet_usc/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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USC STUDENT INNOVATOR SHOWCASE! STUDENTS NOTIFIED 9/17! APPLY ONLINE TODAY: http://stevens.usc.edu
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 @ 10:00 AM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Student Activity
***CALLING ALL STUDENT INNOVATORS!***STUDENT INNOVATION SHOWCASE AND COMPETITIONGain exposure for your research, get mentoring from experts, and compete for $1500 in cash prizes!
Student innovators from all schools are encouraged to participate!On Thursday, October 11, 2007 – the opening day of Trojan Parents Weekend 2007 -- USC will host a celebration of student innovation at USC.
Presented by USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, the Student Innovator Showcase will give parents and students alike a highly interactive glimpse into the imaginations of USC student innovators, and a sneak peak at tomorrow's world.
At this event, we will showcase some of the most promising student innovators at USC -- across all schools and disciplines. Cash prizes for most innovative presentations
• 1st place $1000 • 2nd place $500 • 3rd place $100 •
All winners receive custom, limited-run USC Stevens Skateboard!SAVE THESE DATES!
September 3: Applications due
September 17: Showcase presenters selected and notified
October 11: Student Innovator Showcase!
APPLY ONLINE!
Applying is easy! Simply fill out the form online and submit by September 3!
http://stevens.usc.edu/student_app_form.phpWHAT IS INNOVATION?
Innovation is the process of translating new ideas into tangible societal impact.
Innovation and Imagination go hand in hand. True innovation is taking an imaginative idea and turning it into something that changes our world. Changes the way we live and work and think, and impacts our lives in the most fundamental way. Student innovation at USC includes advancements in every discipline, from cinematic arts, music and social sciences, to information technology, engineering and life sciences. WHO SHOULD APPLY?
If you are a student innovator and have a research project you would like to present, we want to hear from you! (Teams are encouraged to apply.) Students may present work in a variety of ways, such as through poster/panels, art exhibits, and electronic media. We are eager to include innovations that exemplify the following:
• Innovation in ALL disciplines, including the arts, science and technology, medicine, etc.
• Potential for tangible benefit / impact to society (How could your work change our world?)
• High novelty (Has anyone done this before?)
• Presentations with visual interest and impact (engaging, high-touch demos, diagrams, etc.)
• Progress turning idea into a tangible product, service, or organizational model
• Enthusiasm of innovator (and/or team) to introduce their work to students and parents at USC!QUESTIONS? Contact Elisa Wiefel (213-821-6063, wiefel@usc.edu)Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Dana Rygwelski
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BME 533 Seminar: BME Faculty Research Overview Presentations
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
BME Faculty Research Overview Presentations – J. Maarek, M. Singh, D. Huang, C. Lu
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: students registered in BME 533
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Viterbi Museum Open
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 @ 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The Viterbi Museum is normally open from 1:00pm to 2:30 p.m. on Mondays, but special tours can be arranged by contacting Clint Fulton. The museum is on the second floor of Ronald Tutor Hall, next to the Baum Student Lounge on the southwest side of the building, adjacent to the elevators. For more information on the Museum please visit the website:
http://viterbi.usc.edu/about/viterbimuseum/Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 2nd Floor
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jason Dziegielewski
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Meet USC (PM session)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 @ 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/events/meet_usc/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Image Reconstruction and Lesion Detection Using PET
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Image Reconstruction and Lesion Detection Using PETQuanzheng Li
Research Associate, University of Southern CaliforniaHost: Krishna NayakAbstract:

Due to the tremendous success of the human genome project, human 
health care has emerged into an era of molecular and personal medicine, in
 which molecular imaging plays a key role. Among all the molecular imaging 
modalities, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has a prominent position 
because of its flexibility and sensitivity. In this talk I will present our
 work on developing fast and accurate 3D and 4D image reconstruction methods
 for PET. After briefly summarize our work on static reconstruction, I will 
focus on dynamic reconstruction and introduce a fast globally convergent
fully 4D incremental gradient algorithm to estimate the continuous-time
 tracer density from list mode PET data. In the second part of the talk, I
 will describe a matched subspace detection method that uses the time
 activity curve (TAC) to distinguish tumors from background in dynamic FDG
PET, and then propose a Gaussian Random Filed (GRF) method with a given
 family wise error rate (FWER) to threshold the matched subspace detection
 statistic map. 

Biography:
Dr. Li is a Research Associate in Electrical Engineering at the University
 of Southern California. He received his BS from Zhejiang University, China
in 1997, his MS from Tsinghua University, China in 2000, and his PhD in 
Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California in 2005. His
 current research interests lie in applying signal and image processing
 theory to solve computational problems in molecular imaging.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Alma Hernandez
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KIUEL Leadership Series: Leadership Styles and Group Dynamics
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
The KIUEL Leadership Series continues this fall with workshops designed to help current and future student leaders hone their leadership and communication skills. The first workshop of the series will focus on individual leadership styles and group dynamics. All Viterbi undergraduates are encouraged to attend. Please RSVP no later than Friday, September 14 to viterbi.kiuel@usc.edu. For more information about this and other KIUEL programs, visit our website, http://viterbi.usc.edu/kiuel.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Viterbi Undergraduate Students
Contact: Tisha Armatys
