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Events for October 15, 2007
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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...
Mon, Oct 15, 2007
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Personal Admission Interviews are available to freshmen applicants throughout the Fall practically every weekday until December 14, 2007. 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 2008
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Abbott Vascular Tour
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 @ 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Interested in seeing the different manufacturing lines of Abbott products? Viewing Abbott labs? Then this tour is for you! During the event, lunch will be provided and an opportunity to network with female employees, view current products, and learn about career and internship opportunities. They will also have a career panel of women at the event discussing their college experiences, job paths and career decisions, as well as, speech topics like "Interviewing tips," "Networking tips," and "Resume tips."RSVP to sweusc@usc.edu by October 3rd at 11:59pm. Spots go on a first come, first serve basis so RSVP ASAP. Please indicate if you can drive, and if so, how many. Note that the time listed is for the tour and does not include travel time. To learn more, visit www.abbott.com.
Location: Temecula (meet at RTH)
Audiences: Graduate/Undergrad
Contact: The Society of Women Engineers
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Meet USC (AM session)
Mon, Oct 15, 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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Challenges and Opportunities in Dynamic Distributed Systems
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
Human-designed systems have never before demonstrated the level of interconnection and coupling evident in modern distributed systems, such as communication networks, the power grid, air and road traffic, and financial markets. Modern civilization is critically dependent on the smooth, safe, and reliable operation of these systems, but their complexity and size poses obvious challenges to scientific study. To use a common engineering idiom, these systems are far too big to "fit inside any one person's head".
"Traditionally" (i.e. the last 20 years) these systems have been studied with domain-specific ad-hoc techniques; however, the maturity of modern computing, communication, control, and optimization research has made it increasingly plausible that these systems can be studied with extremely similar (though not strictly identical) tools.
In this seminar I will introduce a small portion of my research in this area, as well as why I think it has the potential to "organize" the way engineers think about such systems in the same way that "systems theory" allowed engineers of the WWII era to organize research across diverse device areas with a common mathematical framework.
BIO: Dr. Spanos is a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology, and works primarily at the intersection of control, dynamics, communication, and computing. He obtained a Ph.D. in Control and Dynamical Systems from Caltech, and prior to that obtained degrees in Engineering and Applied athematics from Rice University. In addition to his academic research, Dr. Spanos consults on scientific problems for several technology startup companies in Southern California.Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Shane Goodoff
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BME 533 Seminar Series: Julia Ljubimova,, Ph.D. (guest speaker)
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Guest speaker: Julia Ljubimova, Ph.D., Director of Molecular Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles:
“Novel Drug Delivery: Nanoconjugate Polycefin for Inhibition of Tumor Growth in Vivoâ€Â
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: students registered in BME 533
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Viterbi Museum Open
Mon, Oct 15, 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, Oct 15, 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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Engineering Design in the Presence of Errors
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 @ 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Abstract"Engineering Design in the Presence of Errors"Dr Omid NohadaniOperations Research, MIT and Harvard Medical School In principle, complex systems can be optimized to improve their performance with respect to their desired functionalities. There is numerous evidence showing that if possible errors are not taken into account during the design process, we might lose the actual phenomenon. With this in mind, the field of robust optimization started within the mathematical programming community. Most results, however, were confined to problems with convex objectives. But modern engineering problems have objectives and constraints that are not explicitly given, e.g. numerical simulations describing the problem. In this talk, I will describe the recent advancements in this field which allowed to bridge the gap and provided methods for generic robust design. I will discuss examples in ultrafast optics using chirped mirrors and in cancer treatments with intensity modulated radiation therapy. Surprisingly, the robust solutions in question come at a fairly low price indicating that the advantages are worth the negligible sub-optimality. Because of their generality, the presented methods can be applied to a wide range of engineering design problems. Monday, October 15, 2007, 4:15 PM, Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) 102Refreshments served at 3:45 PM
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Engineering Design in the Presence of Errors
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 @ 04:15 PM - 06:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Abstract"Engineering Design in the Presence of Errors"Dr Omid NohadaniOperations Research, MIT and Harvard Medical School In principle, complex systems can be optimized to improve their performance with respect to their desired functionalities. There is numerous evidence showing that if possible errors are not taken into account during the design process, we might lose the actual phenomenon. With this in mind, the field of robust optimization started within the mathematical programming community. Most results, however, were confined to problems with convex objectives. But modern engineering problems have objectives and constraints that are not explicitly given, e.g. numerical simulations describing the problem. In this talk, I will describe the recent advancements in this field which allowed to bridge the gap and provided methods for generic robust design. I will discuss examples in ultrafast optics using chirped mirrors and in cancer treatments with intensity modulated radiation therapy. Surprisingly, the robust solutions in question come at a fairly low price indicating that the advantages are worth the negligible sub-optimality. Because of their generality, the presented methods can be applied to a wide range of engineering design problems. Monday, October 15, 2007, 4:15 PM, SLH 102Refreshments served at 3:45 PM
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Information Session
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 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: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Pearl Harbor Naval Ship Yard
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 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) - 124
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Deloitte Consulting Resume Workshop
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
Deloitte Consulting is holding a Resume Workshop on Monday, Oct. 15, from 6-8pm, tailored to the Business Technology Analyst position as posted on ConnectSC. This is your opportunity to have one of our professional consultants and recruiters give you their opinion on your resume and interviewing skills. They will let you know where you can improve, provide suggestions, and steer you in the right direction. Come learn why Deloitte has been named BusinessWeek Magazine's #1 Place to Launch Your Career!To RSVP for the Resume Workshop, please send an email to Tom Uy, Campus Recruiter, at tuy@deloitte.com, with this subject line: RSVP for USC Resume Workshop. Please include your name, graduation month and year, major, and industry interest. Space is limited, priority will be given to graduating Seniors. Attire is business professional, and confirmations will be sent out starting on Monday, Oct. 8, which will include all logistics.Paul B. Choi, Vice-President of Membership, USC Information Systems Association
Location: TBD
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Vancouver - Admission Reception
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Hosted by the Admission Office, the reception will include a general discussion about the University. You will also be able to ask questions about your areas of academic interest, explore co-curricular options and learn more about life and opportunities at USC. Matthew O'Pray, Director of Admission, will be there on behalf of the Viterbi School of Engineering along with other representatives from the University.RSVP online at http://www.usc.edu/admevents
Location: St. George's School<br>4175 West 29th Avenue<br>Vancouver, BC, Canada V6S 1V6
Audiences: Prospective Undergraduate Students and Family Members
Contact: Viterbi Admission
