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Events for October 09, 2009
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Oct 09, 2009
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. This program occurs twice, once at 9:00 a.m. and again at 12:00 p.m. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/meet_usc.html 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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NSF-ERC Workshop
Fri, Oct 09, 2009 @ 08:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: By Invitation Only
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Monitoring California Earthquakes
Fri, Oct 09, 2009 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Dr. Egill Hauksson, Executive Director of Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN)and California Integrated Seismic Monitoring System Network (CISN), will present "Monitoring California's Earthquakes" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program Colloquium.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admissions & Student Affairs
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Optimization Without Derivatives: Consensus and Controversies
Fri, Oct 09, 2009 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences Distinguished Lecture Friday, October 9, 2009Reception: 3:00 p.m. - Lecture: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, Leonard Davis AuditoriumTitle: "Optimization Without Derivatives: Consensus and Controversies"Speaker: Margaret H. Wright, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York UniversityABSTRACT: Non-derivative methods for optimization have had a sometimes rocky relationship for more than 50 years with applied mathematicians who specialize in optimization. Although practitioners have never wavered in their fondness for non-derivative methods, their mathematical foundations were mostly lacking until the late 1980s. Since then, significant progress has been made concerning theoretical underpinnings, but several perplexing mysteries remain. In addition, there has been continuing and lively controversy about which methods are ``most effective''on real-world applications, with disagreements about both the selection of test problems and the choice of criteria for assessing computational results. This talk will briefly survey the current state of the art, trying along the way to highlight a few of the interesting open questions.
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - Auditiroum
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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IEEE Turns 125 Birthday Celebration
Fri, Oct 09, 2009 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The University of Southern California Libraries, Viterbi School of Engineering, Ming Hsieh
Department of Electrical Engineering, and IEEE invite you to join us as we celebrate the
125th Anniversary of IEEE.USC and the IEEE have enjoyed a long and productive relationship. Hear how the IEEE
has worked toward achieving its mission of advancing knowledge about technology and
science for the benefit of humanity, and what this means to the USC Libraries and the
engineering community. USC faculty who have been recognized by IEEE as award winners
or achieved Fellow status will be honored. Please join us for the celebration!Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC Ming Hsieh Department
