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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program Colloquium
Fri, Oct 21, 2016 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
Join us for a presentation by Colette Lohr, Mars Surface Uplink Systems Engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, titled "Operating Mars Rovers- This is How We Roll."
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Julie Phaneuf
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Biomedical Engineering Speakers
Fri, Oct 21, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Pak Kin Wong, PhD, Professor, Penn State, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Talk Title: A Systems Bioengineering Framework for Probing Collective Cell Migration
Series: Distinguished Speaker Series, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Abstract: Collective cell migration is a fundamental multicellular activity that plays essential roles in numerous physiological and pathological processes, such as tissue development, regeneration, and cancer metastasis. Proper coordination of cells, for instance, is required to repair damaged tissues in which cells crawl collectively atop exposed extracellular matrix following injury. The collective migration mechanisms responsible for tissue development are also utilized in the invasion and metastasis of malignant tumors. Despite its significance, the fundamental processes that drive collective cell migration, such as leader cell formation and multicellular cooperativity, remain poorly understood. To elucidate the molecular and cellular mechanisms governing collective cell migration, my laboratory is developing a single molecule biosensor for dynamic multigene analysis in complex tissue environments. By integrating the single molecule biosensor with microengineered 3D tissue models, single cell photothermal ablation, biomechanical analysis, and agent-based computational modeling, we establish a systems bioengineering framework for probing collective cell migration. Using the systems bioengineering framework, we reveal that the formation of leader cells during collective migration is dynamically regulated by Dll4 signaling through both Notch1 and intercellular tension. Our finding provides a molecular basis for the stochastic emergence of leader cells, which may enable novel approaches in regenerative medicine, wound healing and anti-metastasis therapy in the future.
Biography: Pak Kin Wong is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Surgery at the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to Penn State, Dr. Wong was an Associate Professor in the Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering and a member of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005. He is an editor of Scientific Reports, IEEE Transaction on Nanotechnology, IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine, and Journal of Laboratory Automation. He organizes numerous international conferences, including serving as the General Co-Chair of IEEE NEMS 2017 in Los Angeles CA. His current research interest focuses on collective cell migration and clinical diagnostics. He has published 90 peer-reviewed journal articles in the area of nanotechnology and biomedical engineering, and is an inventor of two patents. Among other honors, Dr. Wong was awarded the NIH Director's New Innovator Award in 2010, Arizona Engineering Faculty Fellow in 2011, AAFSAA outstanding Faculty Award in 2013, and JALA 10 -“ A Top 10 Breakthrough in Innovation in 2015.
Host: Keyue Shen, PhD
More Information: Pak Kin Wong - flyer (2).pdf
Location: Corwin D. Denney Research Center (DRB) - 146
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Ming Hsieh Institute Seminar Series on Integrated Systems
Fri, Oct 21, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Brian Ginsburg, RF Design Manager, Texas Instruments
Talk Title: Compact mm-Wave Imaging and Sensing
Host: Prof. Hossein Hashemi, Prof. Mike Chen, and Prof. Mahta Moghaddam
More Information: MHI Seminar Series IS - Brian_Ginsburg_Flyer.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jenny Lin
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NL Seminar
Fri, Oct 21, 2016 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Marjan Ghazvininejad, USC/ISI
Talk Title: EMNLP PRACTICE TALK. 1. GENERATING TOPICAL POETRY And 2. UNSUPERVISED NEURAL HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS
Series: Natural Language Seminar
Abstract: 1. In this talk I describe Hafez, a program that generates any number of distinct poems on a user-supplied topic. Poems obey rhythmic and rhyme constraints. I describe the poetry-generation algorithm, give experimental data concerning its parameters, and show its generality with respect to language and poetic form. 2. In this work, we present the first results for neuralizing an Unsupervised Hidden Markov Model. We evaluate our approach on tag induction. Our approach outperforms existing generative models and is competitive with the state-of-the-art though with a simpler model easily extended to include additional context.
Biography: Marjan Ghazvininejad is a PhD student at ISI working with Prof. Kevin Knight. Yonatan Bisk is a Postdoc at ISI working with Prof. Daniel Marcu.
Host: Xing Shi and Kevin Knight
More Info: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 6th Floor -CR # 689; ISI-Marina del Rey
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Peter Zamar
Event Link: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
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Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Seminar
Fri, Oct 21, 2016 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: JiachenZhang and Adam Keen , Astani CEE Ph.D. Candidates
Talk Title: Revisiting the climate impacts of cool roofs around the globe using an Earth system model, and Fragility of Floating Docks for Small Craft Marinas
Abstract: See attached
Revisiting the climate impacts of cool roofs around the globe using an Earth system model
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Fragility of Floating Docks for Small Craft Marinas
More Information: October 21 CEE-PhD Seminar.pdf
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Information Session in Wuhan, China
Fri, Oct 21, 2016 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Interested in graduate studies in engineering or computer science?
Candidates with a strong academic background and a Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, or physical science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend an information session to learn more about applying to graduate engineering programs at the University of Southern California.
These events will be hosted by Ray Xu, Director of the USC Viterbi Shanghai Office, and joined by Camillia Lee, Assistant Dean for Graduate Recruitment at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Topics to be covered:
- Master's & Ph.D. Programs in Engineering and Computer Science
- How to Apply
- Scholarships and Funding
- Student Life at USC and in Los Angeles
- Application Tips
There will also be sufficient time for questions during the information session.
For questions about these events, please contact us at viterbi.gradprograms@usc.edu.
REGISTER NOWLocation: Ramada Plaza Optics Valley Wuhan, Wuhan, China
Audiences: Prospective students with a background in engineering, math or hard science
Contact: Mary Kae/Graduate and Professional Programs
