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Events for October 19, 2010
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Palomar College Transfer Fair
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Becky Beiter from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the Palomar College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: Palomar Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. David Lomet, Microsoft Research
Talk Title: Multi-Version Concurrency via Timestamp Range Conflict Management
Abstract:
A database supporting multiple versions needs to distinguish these versions to determine which versions a transaction can read. By using timestamps as fine granularity, ordered and non-dense version identifiers, the effects of transaction access conflicts and the ordering the conflicts imposes on transactions can be captured in a transaction timestamp range. Using these ranges as constraints often permits concurrent access where conventional concurrency control would block. Blocking can also be an alternative where earlier multi-version techniques required an abort. Timestamp ranges together with the form of conflict can determine the response, concurrent access, blocking, or abort. Further, when blocking is possible, timestamp ranges can be used to conservatively find deadlocks without graph based cycle detection. Thus, multi-version support can enhance the performance of access to current time data via improved concurrency, while supporting transaction time functionality.
Biography:
David Lomet has been a principal researcher and manager of the Database Group at Microsoft Research, Redmond since 1995. Before that, he spent seven years at Digital Equipment Corporation, mainly at Cambridge Research Lab. Earlier, he was a research staff member at IBM Research in Yorktown and subsequently a Professor at Wang Institute. Dr. Lomet spent a sabbatical at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne working with Brian Randell. He has a Ph.D in Computer Science from Univ. of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Lomet has done research and product engineering in machine architecture, programming languages, and distributed systems. He is most known for his work in database systems and is one of the inventors of the transaction concept. His database work has focussed on access methods, concurrency control, and recovery. He has published over 100 papers and holds over 40 patents. He has twice been an author of SIGMOD "best papers".
Dr. Lomet has served on many program committees, including SIGMOD, VLDB, and ICDE. He has been FODO'93 PC chair, ICDE'2000 PC co-chair, VLDB'2006 Core Track Chair, and ICDE'2001 conference co-chair. Dr. Lomet has been editor-in-chief of the Data Engineering Bulletin since 1992, and was awarded the SIGMOD Contributions Award for this. He has been an editor of ACM Transactions on Database Systems, the VLDB Journal, and the Journal of Distributed and Parallel Databases. He is on the VLDB Endowment Board, the IEEE TCDE Executive Committee , and has served on the ICDE Steering Committee. Dr. Lomet is a Fellow of AAAS, ACM, and IEEE.
Host: Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 222
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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AIChE Socal Dinner Meeting @ Khoury's
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 03:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Receptions & Special Events
Ins & Outs and Ups & Downs: A Perspective on the Past 35 Years of Chemical Engineering, and the Next.
Roger Sowell will speak on a few of his career experiences during his 35 years in the chemical engineering arena, from process plant assistant process engineer to world-wide oil refining consultant and running his own consultancy. The chemical engineering discipline has undergone several ups and downs since 1975, and he will discuss a few keys to understanding what drives chemical engineering employment. He will also discuss the future in light of recent innovations in emerging areas such as bio-chemical engineering, nanotechnology, and sustainability. The importance of government regulations and policies will be discussed.
Included will be:
- The boom times of the late 1970s
- The bust of the mid-1980s
- Mid-life crises - over 40 and jobless, now what?
- Foreign competition for jobs, and manufacturing
- The future in light of current policies and innovations
Roger E. Sowell is an attorney with a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His law practice emphasizes the legal aspects of engineering, including professional liability, intellectual property, licensing, process safety and liability, products liability, environmental, construction and other contract issues. Prior to law school, he worked world-wide for 25 years in refining, petrochemicals, and industrial chemicals. His process experience also includes chlor-alkali and chlorinated hydrocarbons such as ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride, and PVC. In the petroleum industry, he worked in refining and ethylene plants. He worked for a software modeling and process control company with a focus on optimizing refineries. He then opened his own consulting firm where he performed feasibility studies for grass-roots refineries and ethylene plants, and developed optimization algorithms for cleaning schedules of heat exchangers in complex networks. He is a member of the California bar, and admitted to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
*We will be meeting in front of RTH at 3:45pm to carpool to the restaurant. See details here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126166614103606&index=1Location: Long Beach
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Interview Your Way To A Job
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Discover tips on how to prepare for both technical and behavioral interviews, as well as the proper steps for follow-up!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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SWE's Tea With Faculty
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Want to find out a research opportunity? Want to find out more about the life of a female engineer in academia or hear about new cutting edge research happening right here in Viterbi?
Come to our Tea with Faculty event to meet and mingle with USC female science and engineering faculty! Get instantly connected so you can ask questions about your career plans or get to know USC faculty better.
Refreshments, light snacks, and of course - tea - will be served.
Location: The Forum (RTCC)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Lockheed Martin Information Session
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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ASBME Recruiting Event: Amgen Information Session
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come join Amgen (http://www.amgen.com/), a leading human therapeutics company in the biotechnology industry, for free food & beverages! Dress is business casual if you are looking for a position.
Location: Gwynn Wilson Student Union (STU) - B-3
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Tau Beta Pi Info Session
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Interested in joining Tau Beta Pi next year? If you received an email saying that you're eligible and you'd like to hear more, come to our info session to learn about who we are, what we do, and how to become a member.
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tau Beta Pi
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Phoenix Admission Reception
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 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. A representative from our Admission and Student Affairs staff, 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: Embassy Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale<br> 4415 East Paradise Village Pkwy South<br> Phoenix, AZ 85032
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and their families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
