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CSCI 102 Supplemental Instruction SessionTue, Oct 16, 2012 @ 07:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Supplemental Instruction session for students enrolled in CSCI 102.
SI offers an informal atmosphere where you and your classmates can explore important concepts, review class notes, discuss assignments, work on practice problems, and go over relevant study skills.
SI is a great study option and we encourage all students to make SI part of their study habits! Come for 30 minutes or the whole 2 hours.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 140
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi Academic Resource Center
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Medical Imaging Seminar Series
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 @ 01:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Josh Trzasko, Mayo Clinic
Talk Title: "Sparsity and Beyond: Modern Strategies for MRI Reconstructionâ
Abstract: Following the Compressive Sensing (CS) revolution, sparse regression methods are an increasingly popular tool for magnetic resonance image (MRI reconstruction. In the first half of this talk, I will review the basics of MRI signal modeling and reconstruction, CS theory and the notion of âsparsityâ, discuss clinical challenges of using these methods, and highlight some applications of sparse methods to different problems in MRI. In the second half of this talk, I will focus on our own recent work at Mayo Clinic on generalizations of sparse regression for higher-dimensional MRI problems based on matrix and tensor factorizations, and demonstrate how these techniques can potentially be used for training-free dynamic and calibration-free parallel MRI.
Biography: Joshua Trzasko received a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Mayo Graduate School in 2009. In 2002, he was an intern in the MRI division at General Electricâs Global Research Center. Dr. Trzasko is currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Center for Advanced Imaging Research at Mayo Clinic, where his research focuses on correction, estimation, and reconstruction problems in MRI, low-dose CT methods, and other biomedical signal processing applications. He is a reviewer for 11 journals, has given several tutorials on sparsity in medical imaging, and is a Junior Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Host: Prof. Krishna Nayak
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
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CS Distinguished Lecture Series: Sanjeev Arora: Is Machine Learning Tractable? --- Three Vignettes
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sanjeev Arora, Princeton University
Talk Title: Is Machine Learning Tractable? --- Three Vignettes
Series: CS Distinguished Lectures
Abstract: Many tasks in machine learning (especially unsupervised learning) are provably intractable: NP-hard or worse. Nevertheless, researchers have developed heuristic algorithms to try to solve these tasks in practice. In most cases, these algorithms are heuristics with no provable guarantees on their running time or on the quality of solutions they return. Can we change this state of affairs?
This talk will suggest that the answer is yes, and describe three of our recent works as illustration. (a) A new algorithm for learning topic models. (It applies to Linear Dirichlet Allocations of Blei et al. and also to more general topic models. It provably works under some reasonable assumptions and in practice is up to 50 times faster than existing software like Mallet. It relies upon a new procedure for nonnegative matrix factorization.) (b) What classifiers are worth learning? (Can theory illuminate the contentious question of what binary classifier to learn: SVM, Decision tree, etc.?) (c) Provable ICA with unknown gaussian noise. (An algorithm to provably learn a "manifold" with small number of parameters but exponentially many "interesting regions.")
Biography: Sanjeev Arora is Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. His research area spans several areas of theoretical Computer Science. He has received the ACM-EATCS Godel Prize (in 2001 and 2010), Packard Fellowship (1997), the ACM Infosys Prize for midcareer scientists (in 2012), the Fulkerson Prize (2012), the Simons Investigator Award (2012).
He served as the founding director for the Center for Computational Intractability at Princeton.
Host: Shaddin Dughmi
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Internships and Co-Ops: Why Do I Need one and How Will I Get One?
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Learn about the benefits of both, how to prepare to obtain, the value employers place on internship/co-op experience & what that means for you as a student.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Southern California Edison: Interviewing 101
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
Fine-tune your interviewing skills with Edison. We are very lucky to have an Edison recruiter fill us in on how to do well in an interview, what impresses interviewers and what irks them.
All your questions can be answered here. You don't want to miss out!
Food will also be provided :)
INVITE YOUR ISE FRIENDS OR ANYONE ELSE WHO IS INTERESTED!Location: Von Kleinsmid Center For International & Public Affairs (VKC) - 261
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC Institute of Industrial Engineers
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Arup Information Session (Rescheduled for 11/15)
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
If you bring a head full of ideas and the willingness to keep exploring, anything is possible with Arup. Our graduate and internship programs offer you a large range of disciplines, fantastic support and outstanding opportunities. As part of our global multidisciplinary design and consultancy firm, you'll have the chance to engage in a fulfilling career, working with some of the most highly respected engineers and specialists in the world. Come to our information session to learn more about Arup and how you can help us shape a better world.
More Information: ARUP_flier.PDF
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: BS, MS, PhD
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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CSCI 101 Supplemental Instruction Session
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Supplemental Instruction session for students enrolled in CSCI 101.
SI offers an informal atmosphere where you and your classmates can explore important concepts, review class notes, discuss assignments, work on practice problems, and go over relevant study skills.
SI is a great study option and we encourage all students to make SI part of their study habits! Come for 30 minutes or the whole 2 hours.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 144
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi Academic Resource Center
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ASBME Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Interested in orthopedic and rehabilitation engineering? Come to ASBME's event where Dr. Christopher Powers, an Associate Professor in the USC Division of Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, will be speaking about how he got involved in this field, his research, and how undergraduate students can prepare themselves for this kind of career! Dessert will be provided for ASBME members.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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La Estanzuela (LE) Project Meeting
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come join EWB's La Estanzuela (LE) Project Meetings! In LE, we are currently in the midst of constructing a water wheel pump delivery system to provide drinkable water to many of the families in the community.Â
Question/Comments? Feel free to email EWB@usc.edu!
*Note: Location is listed as "KAP Lobby" and it just means to meet in the lobby and we'll find a room together! It's usually KAP 164 or the few rooms around it. See you there!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - Lobby
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
