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Events for October 11, 2007
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A Systematic Approach to Infrastructure for Next Generation Health Care
Thu, Oct 11, 2007 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
DANIEL J. EPSTEIN DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR"A Systematic Approach to Infrastructure for Next Generation Health Care"Dr. Carl KesselmanFellow, USC Information Sciences Institute / Director, Center for Grid Technologies, Information Sciences Institute / Research Professor, USC Computer ScienceABSTRACT: Information technology has obviously made a huge impact on the practice and business of health care. However, exponential advances in networking, computing and storage have the potential to make transformational changes in the practice of medicine far beyond the cost containment issues that so often dominate the current discussion. In my talk, I will discuss the role of a global distributed infrastructure in the health care equation and give examples of how we are currently using such an infrastructure in ongoing clinical trials.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2007, 10:00 – 11:00 AM, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING (EEB) ROOM 248
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BIOGRAPHYDr. Carl Kesselman is Fellow in the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California. He is the Director of the Center for Grid Technologies at the Information Sciences Institute and a Research Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and Bachelors degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University at Buffalo. Dr. Kesselman also serves as Chief Scientist of Univa Corporation, a company he founded with Globus co-founders Ian Foster and Steve Tuecke.Dr. Kesselman's current research interests are all aspects of Grid computing, including basic infrastructure, security, resource management, high-level services and Grid applications. He is the author of many significant papers in the field. Together with Dr. Ian Foster, he initiated the Globus Project™, one of the leading Grid research projects. The Globus project has developed the Globus Toolkit®, the de facto standard for Grid computing. Dr. Kesselman received the 1997 Global Information Infrastructure Next Generation Internet award, the 2002 R&D 100 award, the 2002 R&D Editors choice award, the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer and the 2002 Ada Lovelace Medal from the British Computing Society for significant contributions to information technology. Along with his colleagues Ian Foster and Steve Tuecke, he was named one of the top 10 innovators of 2002 by InfoWorld Magazine. In 2003, he and Dr. Foster were named by MIT Technology Review as the creators of one of the "10 technologies that will change the world." In 2006 Dr. Kesselman received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Amsterdam.Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Engineering Career Fair
Thu, Oct 11, 2007 @ 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Student Activity
The Engineering Career Fair is free and open to all students in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Students do not need to register for this event…just show up! This casual, yet professional, environment allows students the opportunity to have brief conversations with recruiters about full-time employment, internships, and co-ops. Don't forget your resume!
Location: Engineering Quad
Audiences: All Engineering Students!
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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USC STUDENT INNOVATOR SHOWCASE!
Thu, Oct 11, 2007 @ 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
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)Location: Trojan Residence Hall (TRO) - USDALE PARKWAY
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Dana Rygwelski
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Lyman Handy Colloquium Series
Thu, Oct 11, 2007 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Elucidating the Control Mechanism for DNA damage repair with the p53-Mdm2 system:
Single Cell Data Analysis and Ensemble Modeling The p53-Mdm2 system, which plays a crucial role in DNA damage repair, is one of the best-studied of the "negative feedback motifs" known to be present in human cells (see for example, Piette, et al, 1997; Vogelstein et al, 2000; and Michael and Oren, 2003). Such studies typically involve perturbing cell populations with appropriate stimuli and monitoring total population response with immunoblots. Often such measurements of ensemble behavior are sufficient for understanding the molecular mechanism underlying the phenomenon in question. In the case of DNA damage repair using the p53-Mdm2 system however, Lahav et al, (2004), recently published experimental evidence that the dynamic behavior of the ensemble is fundamentally different from that of individual cells, creating a dilemma about the underlying control system mechanism.
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce Sapir
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Afternoon with Industry
Thu, Oct 11, 2007 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join SWE after the Engineering Career Fair to network with company representatives who want to meet you! Mingle and finalize that internship or full-time job talk! Companies that have been invited include Cisco, Goldman Sachs, Northrop Grumman, etc. This event is open exclusively to SWE members.
Refreshments will be served!
RSVP to sweusc@usc.eduLocation: Baum Student Lounge (2nd Floor of RTH)
Audiences: Exclusive to SWE Members
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Declarative Data Services: This Is Your Data on SOA Dr. Michael Carey - BEA Systems, Inc.
Thu, Oct 11, 2007 @ 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
AbstractWith the current push towards service-oriented architectures (SOA) and process orientation, data seems to be getting lost in the SOA shuffle. At the end of the day, however, most real applications are still about data, and service-oriented applications are no different in this regard. In this talk, we will argue that data services are a critical piece of the SOA application puzzle. The talk will present an approach to SOA data modeling that involves defining a network of related data services. It will also make the case for taking a declarative approach to defining such services, an approach inspired by the success of declarative query languages in the database world. The talk will demonstrate how the proposed approach enables a level of highly performant service composition (and reuse) that is simply
not attainable through other, more traditional approaches. Along the way, the talk will identify industry standards from W3C and other consortia that can be combined to provide a standards-based foundation for data services. It will end with a brief discussion of open problems that contain opportunities for academic research contributions.Biography
Michael J. Carey is a Senior Engineering Director on the AquaLogic side of BEA Sytems, Inc. Dr. Carey is currently the chief architect for BEA's AquaLogic Data Services Platform product. Prior to joining BEA in 2001, Dr. Carey spent a dozen years on the University of Wisconsin-Madison computer science faculty, five years as an IBM Almaden database researcher and research manager, and a year and a half working under various inflated titles at an e-commerce software startup, Propel Software. Dr. Carey is an ACM Fellow, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a past recipient of the ACM SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award and the ACM SIGMOD Contributions Award. He has co-authored over one hundred conference and journal articles on topics related to database management systems and
middleware.Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jason Dziegielewski
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Intel Corporation Information Session
Thu, Oct 11, 2007 @ 05:00 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 work opportunities.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 124
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
