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Events for September 23, 2008
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Northrop Grumman Showcase
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 @ 11:00 AM - 03:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Receptions & Special Events
Northrop Grumman representatives will be on hand to talk about NGC and available opportunities.There will be food, games, raffles, networking, prizes, movies,and technology displays.Resumes will be accepted!Casual Dress Attire
Location: Engineering Quad
Audiences: Viterbi School of Engineering & Marshall School of Business
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Future of Games
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Integrated Media Systems Center
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Focuses on the current trends in digital games – what is happening now and why – and points toward the future of the medium. Trends are grounded in business and technical realities and supported with both social science research and market research. The always-on culture of the internet and mobile phones continues to gain prominence in today's world. As that happens more and more applications relay on game structures to entertain us, inform us, strengthen our communities, organize us around social causes, and make us more productive. Speaker: Chris Swain, Assistant Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts. Swain is a game designer, educator, and co-author of the textbook Game Design Workshop. Co-founded the EA Game Innovation Lab at USC. The lab works to expand the conventional wisdom about what games are and can be.Small group discussion between 12:30 & 1:30 over lunch
Location: Kerckhoff Hall (KER) - ckhoff Hall
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Greg Constante
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Optimal Dynamic Operation of Chemical Processes: Assessment of the Last 20 Years ...
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 @ 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
MORK FAMILY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCEDistinguished Lecture Series "Optimal Dynamic Operation of Chemical Processes:
Assessment of the Last 20 Years and Current Research Opportunities"Professor Jim RawlingsDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI ABSTRACT: This talk, intended for the general chemical engineering audience, provides a critical assessment of the research progress in the fields of dynamic operation of chemical processes and process control. The following points are discussed:- What new intellectual ideas, concepts, and tools have emerged from this research field during the last 20 years.- How successfully have the research innovations in problem conceptualization, formulation, and solution been reduced to industrial practice.- What application areas have benefited from this research. Next we present a selection of open problems and research challenges. These research challenges are formulated by enumerating the current industrial needs in different application areas, and identifying common themes that can be addressed by developing new tools in systems theory and engineering. We focus on two topics of interest to our research group:- How do we distribute tasks in a large-scale application to a collection of agents/controllers so that the overall system achieves near optimal operation.- How do we use systems and control tools to address the larger goal of optimizing process economic performance rather than traditional lower level tasks such as setpoint tracking and disturbance rejection.TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008, 1:30 PM, HED 116The Scientific Community is Cordially Invited.
Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Optimal Dynamic Operation of Chemical Processes
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 @ 01:30 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Distinguished Lecture SeriesPresentsProfessor Jim RawlingsDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI "Optimal dynamic operation of chemical processes:
assessment of the last 20 years and current research opportunities"Abstract: This talk, intended for the general chemical engineering audience, provides a critical assessment of the research progress in the fields of dynamic operation of chemical processes and process control. The following points are discussed:• What new intellectual ideas, concepts, and tools have emerged from this research field during the last 20 years.•How successfully have the research innovations in problem conceptualization, formulation, and solution been reduced to industrial practice.• What application areas have benefited from this research. Next we present a selection of open problems and research challenges. These research challenges are formulated by enumerating the current industrial needs in different application areas, and identifying common themes that can be addressed by developing new tools in systems theory and engineering. We focus on two topics of interest to our research group:• How do we distribute tasks in a large-scale application to a collection of agents/controllers so that the overall system achieves near optimal operation.• How do we use systems and control tools to address the larger goal of optimizing process economic performance rather than traditional lower level tasks such as setpoint tracking and disturbance rejection.Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce Sapir
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Progressive Degree Program Info Session
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 @ 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Thinking about graduate school? Did you know that Juniors and new Transfer students may be eligible to apply early and start graduate work during the Senior year? The Progressive Degree Program combines a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree and allows students to complete both degrees in fewer units than doing them separately. But, you have to apply as a Junior or in the second semester for most Transfer students! This information session will cover how the program works, the eligibility requirements and the application procedures. Please RSVP to viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu.
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 252
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi Admission & Student Affairs
