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Events for October 22, 2010
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Computing with Words
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. LoftiZadeh, Professor and Director of the Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC)
Abstract: Computing with Words (CW or CWW) is a system of computation which offers an important capability that traditional systems of computation do not haveâa capability to compute with information described in a natural language. In the main, CW is concerned with solution of problems which are stated in a natural language. The importance of CW derives from the fact that much of human knowledge is perception-based and is described in a natural language.
CW has important applications to decision analysis, question-answering systems, system modeling, specification and optimization, and mechanization of natural language understanding. Basically, CW opens the door to a wide-ranging enlargement of the role of natural languages in scientific theories.
Biography: LOTFI A. ZADEH is an alumnus of the University of Tehran, MIT and Columbia University. His earlier work was concerned in the main with systems analysis, decision analysis and information systems. His current research is focused on fuzzy logic, computing with words and soft computing, which is a coalition of fuzzy logic, neurocomputing, evolutionary computing, probabilistic computing and parts of machine learning. Lotfi Zadeh is a Fellow of the IEEE, AAAS, ACM, AAAI, and IFSA. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences, the Polish Academy of Sciences, Korean Academy of Science & Technology, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the International Academy of Systems Studies, Moscow and the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. He is a recipient of many medals and awards as well as twenty âfive honorary doctorates. He has published extensively on a wide variety of subjects relating to the conception, design and analysis of information/intelligent systems, and is serving on the editorial boards of over seventy journals.
*Also, a link to a video clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ScTwFCcXGo&NR=1&feature=fvwp
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Host: The Center for Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies (CiSoft.usc.edu) and the Center for Geothermal Studies (CGS.usc.edu) jointly host
Location: Seeley Wintersmith Mudd Memorial Hall (of Philosophy) (MHP) - Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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USC PSOC Monthly Seminar Series
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Joel S. Brown, Ph.D.,, oel S. Brown, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
Talk Title: Game Theory and the Evolutionary Ecology of Cancer
Abstract: Cancer can be viewed as the evolution of a new life form. It is invasive, single-celled, and asexual. This new life formâs population grows, spreads, evolves, speciates and exhibits many of the characteristic of the history of life on our planet --- except for the devastating consequences for the patient. This life form has an ecology. Its habitats are organs and tissues. Cancer cells must forage for nutrients, avoid hazards. As ecological engineers they may shape and modify their environs. Cancer cells are subject to evolution by natural selection. They adapt to changing nutrient and habitat circumstances. They likely speciate into diverse forms and undergo adaptive radiations as they fill available ânichesâ. Finally, as we treat cancer, tumor cells evolve avoidance behaviors and resistance mechanisms, just like pest species.
I will discuss how game theory and the principles of population ecology may provide a useful framework for thinking about and modeling cancer. Life is a game. Cancer is no different. Evolutionary game theory may be the appropriate approach to understanding the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of cancer. A hallmark of game theory is the study of adaptations in the context of the heritable phenotypes of others, their population sizes, and habitat circumstances. The talk shall unfold with a little natural selection, discussion of cancer as an evolutionary game and then applications of this framework to models of cancer as an invasive species, and models of the evolution of treatment resistance.
Biography: Joel S. Brown, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
Host: Dr. Parag Mallick, Center for Applied Molecular Medicine
Location: May Ormerod Harris Hall, Quinn Wing & Fisher Gallery (HAR) - Harkness Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Yvonne Suarez
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Pi Tau Sigma AME Faculty Student Forum
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Abstract: This will be an event in which AME faculty discuss core and design electives that can be taken to satisfy a degree requirement. If you have ever had trouble trying to figure out which electives to take, come to this event! Professors will be explaining what their courses actually cover, which is something that the course guide or the course title don't always convey. Registration for classes next semester begins on October 27th, so this is the perfect opportunity for you to figure out which classes to take.
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Jason Walker
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ASBME Recruiting Event: "Accenture" Your Afternoon!
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come learn about Accenture (http://www.accenture.com/), a global management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company, and find out about possible internships or jobs! Bring your resume and dress business casual if you would like!
Location: TBD, email asbme@usc.edu for more info or visit our Facebook Events Page
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Engineering Honors Colloquium
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Portia Peters, Environments, Test and Assesment Department, The Aerospace Corporation
Talk Title: Assuring Space Mission Success: Acoustics, Vibration, and Shock Testing
Host: W.V.T Rusch Engineering Honors Program
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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Math Finance Colloquium
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Michael Magill, Department of Economics, University of Southern California
Talk Title: Reforming Capitalism
Abstract: Sounds radical in a sense it is: it argues from my earlier work on incomplete markets that applying the state of nature approach to describing uncertainty for corporations (the standard approach of finance) can be shown to be inappropriate, indeed largely meaningless. Instead we should adopt a more realistic statistical approach i.e. think of the outcome of production as a random variable described by its probability distribution over the possible outputs (at date 1) where the distribution is influenced by the investment made by the firm at date 0. This apparently innocent change has a major impact on what the firm should do, since its investment decision now has an external effect on its employees and consumers. The paper shows in the simplest setting how stochastic general equilibrium theory with production has to be altered when we replace the standard Arrow-Debreu approach by this probability approach. It shows that we are led to a major revision of the theory of corporate governance, the standard theory of operating a corporation in the best interest of its shareholder by maximizing its profit, is replaced by a stakeholder theory of the corporation in which the firm must also take into account the interests of its workers and consumers.
Host: Math Finance
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - Room 414
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Einstein's Cosmic Messengers
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Music and science coalesce in Einsteinâs Cosmic Messengers, a stunning multimedia concert created by composer Andrea Centazzo and NASA physicist Michele Vallisneri. Following this magnificent journey through the universe, science writer K.C. Cole will moderate a conversation with Centazzo, Vallisneri and USC cosmology professor Elena Pierpaoli.
Performed live by Centazzo, Einsteinâs Cosmic Messengers tells the story of gravitational wavesâthe ripples in the fabric of space and time produced by violent events in the distant universe. Albert Einstein predicted their existence in 1916; but only in the last two decades have we achieved the technology to detect them, enabling LIGO, the U.S. Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, and its siblings, to develop a global network of observatories. LIGOâs measurements will illuminate the fundamental nature of gravity and throw open an entirely new window onto the universe, offering views of previously inaccessible phenomena such as the coalescence of black holes and neutron stars. They will complement the great discoveries of ground- and space-based astronomy and the investigations of missions such as Planck, which observes the radiation originating from the Big Bang itself.
In a career spanning more than 30 years, composer, conductor, percussionist and video artist Andrea Centazzo has performed in more than 1,500 concerts in Europe and the United States. Over the past twenty years, Centazzo has been creating multimedia experiences that combine live music with video images, blending traditional instrumentation with the latest digital technology.
K.C. Cole is a science writer for the Los Angeles Times and a professor at USC Annenbergâs School of Journalism. Cole is interested in the natural connections between science, art and politics, and she hosts Categorically Not!, an âirregularâ series of events exploring these intersections at Santa Monica Art Studios.
Cosmologist Elena Pierpaoliâs life work is to understand the universe in which we live, including its overall structure, composition, origins and evolution. She has done extensive work on dark matter and galaxy clusters, and is part of the science team for the mission Planck.
A theoretical physicist at NASAâs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Michele Vallisneri received his PhD in physics from Caltech. He is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the deputy mission scientist for LISA, the planned space-based gravitational-wave observatory.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
