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Events for October 24, 2011
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
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. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...Mon, Oct 24, 2011
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 9, 2011. 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 2012
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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System Safety (SSC)
Mon, Oct 24, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
Instruction is given in both system safety engineering and management with emphasis on complex, high technology systems. Engineering methods are illustrated with practical, numerical examples.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Oct 24, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Cancelled,
Talk Title: Cancelled
Host: BME Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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ENH Seminar Series
Mon, Oct 24, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Samuel Sober, Assistant Professor/ Emory University
Talk Title: Vocal control and sensorimotor learning - neurons, muscles, and behavior
Abstract: Our lab uses the songbird vocal control system to investigate how the brain generates behavior and learns from experience. The neural circuits governing the learning and production of song are easily accessible to measurement and manipulation, providing a rich system in which to study the interplay between sensory feedback, motor control, and neural plasticity. However, although much is known about both song behavior and the functional anatomy of the songbird brain, we know very little about how the brain uses sensory feedback signals to rewire the neural circuits driving vocal behavior.
In my talk I will present studies that employ a range of behavioral and physiological techniques to investigate song learning and vocal control. First, by developing a system for manipulating auditory experience in the singing bird, we have demonstrated that adult birds maintain vocal performance by a process of error correction. Shifting the pitch (fundamental frequency) of auditory feedback leads to compensatory changes in the pitch of song. This result suggests that song is constantly evaluated relative to an auditory target and that the resulting error signals are used to correct vocal output, a process similar to that believed to maintain the accuracy of human speech. Second, neural recordings from nucleus RA (robust nucleus of the arcopallium) in the songbird brain have begun to reveal how premotor neurons contribute to the moment-by-moment control of vocal output. Third, preliminary studies using electromyographic (EMG) recordings from the muscles controlling song describe the precise patterns of muscle activation that accompany the production of different song elements. Future work will extend and combine these techniques to understand the relationship between vocal learning, the neural encoding of motor commands, and the transformation of neural activity into vocal behavior by the motor periphery."
Host: Jason Kutch
More Info: http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENHLocation: Center For Health Professions (CHP) - 147
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Adriana Cisneros
Event Link: http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENH
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Acquity Group Info Session
Mon, Oct 24, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
