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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...
Tue, Oct 10, 2006
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Admission Interviews are available to freshman applicants throughout the Fall until December 15, 2006. Freshman applicant interviews are not required as part of the admission process, however we would like to meet as many of our applicants as possible. All interview appointments are scheduled online.http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/freshman/interviews/
Audiences: Freshmen Applicants for Fall 2007
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Energy-efficient Transmissions with Delay Constraints over a Wireless Link
Tue, Oct 10, 2006 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
SPEAKER: Mr. Wanshi Chen, Graduate Student, Communication Sciences InstituteABSTRACT: Future wireless networks are anticipated to accommodate diverse applications of various quality-of-service (QoS) requirements with limited system resource. There exists a fundamental trade-off between transmission energy and packet delay. It is of great importance to minimize the total packet transmission energy while satisfying the underlying delay constraints for network life maximization, system throughput maximization, etc. The problem of optimal offline scheduling (vis-a-vis total transmission energy) for a group of packets, each of which is subject to an individual delay constraint, over a fading channel is studied. The offline scheduler, assuming information of all packet arrivals and channel states before scheduling, is formulated as a convex optimization problem with linear constraints. The optimality conditions are analyzed. The properties of the transmission rates under the optimal offline scheduling and the corresponding delay performance are characterized. It is found that when packet sizes and channel coefficients are identically and independently distributed, the optimal transmission rates exhibit a symmetry property. The properties of the optimal offline scheduling and the impact of packet sizes, individual delay constraints, and channel variations are demonstrated via simulations. A heuristic online scheduling algorithm, which utilizes both causal traffic and channel variations, is proposed and compared with the optimal offline scheduling in terms of delay and energy performance via simulations.BIO: Wanshi Chen received a B.S. degree (with highest honors) from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China and an M.S. degree from the Ohio State University, Columbus, respectively. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree under the guidance of Prof. Urbashi Mitra. From 2000 to 2006, he was with Ericsson working on CDMA2000 related research, implementation, and standard development. Numerous patents have been filed by him during his stay with Ericsson. Since May 2006, he has been with Qualcomm Corporate R&D, where he is involved in research and development of the long-term evolution of third-generation wireless standards. His research interests include topics in resource allocation, communication theory, cooperative transmissions, and wireless networking.Host: Prof. Urbashi Mitra, ubli@usc.edu
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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USC CS Colloquium Series
Tue, Oct 10, 2006 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Student Activity
Prof. Victor Zordan
UC, RiversideTitle: Animating Characters Using Motion Capture and Simulation Abstract:Automatically creating humanlike animation for characters is difficult, especially in applications such as video games and online environments where the characters must move realistically, respond to unpredicted events, and remain controllable at a high level by the users of such virtual worlds. In this talk, I describe several techniques for generating realistic character motion using examples recorded from humans and physically based models, focusing primarily on controllable, responsive characters that combine dynamic simulation and recorded data. My research relies on human examples to dictate movement style and on simulation to create physically plausible motion including interactions with the environment and other simulated characters. Emphasis will be placed on generating believable unpredicted responses within a motion capture dependent animation system as well as on using both motion capture and simulation alone as mechanisms for generating high fidelity movement for humans. The talk will close with a brief discussion about the role of physics in generating games and online motion that is beyond the scope of applications seen today. Bio:Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC Riverside, Dr. Victor Zordan received his Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2002. Professor Zordan's research interests fall in several areas of computer animation including human motion, physically based modeling, interactive virtual environments, behavior control, and interface design. He has published numerous papers on the control of human and humanlike characters as well as on several other topics including anatomical modeling, procedural approaches, and video-based animation. http://graphics.cs.ucr.edu/projects/mocsim/mocsim.htmlHosted by: Prof. Karen Liu
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Nancy Levien
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AICHE: Chevron Industry Night
Tue, Oct 10, 2006 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Guest speaker from Chevron about working in the petroleum industry.Food will be provided.
Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: VSC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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AIChE: Chevron Industry Night
Tue, Oct 10, 2006 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Guest speaker from Chevron about working in the petroleum industry.Food will be provided.
Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Thinking About Engineering Grad School at Princeton
Tue, Oct 10, 2006 @ 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Seeking all Math, Science and Engineering MajorsA representative from the Princeton School of Engineering will discuss their academic departments, the three grad degree programs offered, a profile of students & faculty, and admissions logistics for Princeton (and hopefully helpful hints).
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Julie Phaneuf
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Boeing Information Session
Tue, Oct 10, 2006 @ 06:00 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.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Occidental Oil and Gas Information Session
Tue, Oct 10, 2006 @ 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.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Graduate/Undergrad
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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NSBE: General Body Meeting
Tue, Oct 10, 2006 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Intel will be sponsering our meeting tonight! Bring your resumes and hear about the great opportunites at Intel and NSBE!
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: National Society of Black Engineers
