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Events for October 24, 2013
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DEN@Viterbi Online Information Session
Thu, Oct 24, 2013
DEN@Viterbi, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering Distance Education Network (DEN@Viterbi) strives to meet the needs of engineering professionals, providing the opportunity to advance your education while maintaining your career and other commitments. By breaking down geographical and scheduling barriers, DEN allows you to take your classes anytime and anywhere.
Join this information session to learn more about the 40+ graduate level programs and continuing education offerings available completely online.
11:00AM Session - Click to RSVP!
6:00PM Session - Click to RSVP!Audiences: RSVP Required
Contact: USC Viterbi Corporate & Professional Programs
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CREATE Seminar w/ Shilpika Lahri
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 @ 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Shilpika Lahri, CREATE Research Assistant & Department of Homeland Security Intern
Talk Title: An Overview of my Recent Internship at the United States Department of Homeland Security
Series: CREATE Monthly Seminar Series
Abstract: How can we best prepare our nation for the next natural or man-made disaster? Can we justify proposed policy changes with hard data? What really is the next big threat?
This past year, I have had the unique opportunity to answer these questions during a recent internship. I was part of the first batch of National Center of Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) students (2 total) who interned with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The eight-month internship was housed in the Office of Policy / Office of Strategy, Planning, Analysis, and Risk and focused on developing the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, a report DHS formulates that reviews the organization internally, explores the future risk environment, and ultimately dictates homeland security strategy at the agency and the enterprise levels for the next four years. Through the use of risk and decision analysis tools, my colleagues and I identified high likelihood-high consequence threats that DHS should address as the homeland security authority. I worked with several groups, ranging from systems mapping professionals to risk analysis experts, one of whom essentially had a PhD in time travel. Together, we constructed a few different strategic approaches based on our risk findings and qualitative interviews. Ultimately, we used a decision tool we created this past summer to objectively apply pre-weighted criteria to determine a recommended strategy.
Biography: Shilpika Lahri is a second-year Master's in Public Policy candidate at the University of Southern California (USC) and a Research Assistant with the National Center of Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) since Fall 2012. Prior to joining USC, she worked at American Express, where she used web analytics to inform digital marketing strategy and negotiations with partners like eBay and Amazon. Shilpika graduated with honors from New York University, where she earned a BA in Politics (focus: game theory).
To ensure that I order your lunch, please RSVP no later than Tuesday, October 22nd. Please advise if you require a vegetarian option.
Hope to see you there!
Host: CREATE at USC
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 306
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Erin Calicchio
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Distinguished Lectures: Bio-enabled Materials through Biomimetics Molecular Design
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 @ 12:45 PM - 01:50 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Candan Tamerler, Mechanical Engineering & Bioengineering, University of Kansas
Talk Title: Bio-enabled Materials through Biomimetics Molecular Design
Series: Distinguished Lectures
Abstract: Nature has developed a wide range of ingenious solutions, which serve as valuable sources for inspiration when designing new materials and systems. Biological systems employ bio-molecular machinery tuned by evolutionary pathways to devise materials that bridges multiple length scales while providing diverse and outstanding properties. With a growing understanding of the molecular processes involved, biological principles are increasingly explored to develop novel bio-enabled approaches to materials science and engineering. The challenges in these strategies include controlling self-organization at a molecular level and thus provide control over the biological and inorganic interfaces under environmentally benign and biologically compatible conditions.
Proteins are key players in bio-molecular machinery by their ability to perform various tasks based on their functional specificity, their precise molecular recognition and their self-assembly capabilities. In addition to their role in biomineralization, proteins perform a wide spectrum of functions ranging from catalysis to self-regulation. Our inspiration has been to decode the foundations provided in biology`s highly organized and multifunctional structures and, thereby, to design advanced materials using biological principles. This results in a core of engineering well-defined peptide/protein based inorganic interfaces that serve useful functions (Fig. 1). In my talk, I will summarize the materials directed evolution of peptides by bridging combinatorial screening protocols to an engineered design for the targeted property. Building upon the modularity of protein domains, I will discuss the bio-enabled material and systems design approach, which deploy through single to multifunctional chimeric peptides or recombinant fusion proteins. With an extensive array of multifunctional molecular units, this approach promises to provide solutions to technological and medical areas that are built upon tunable interfacial interactions at the biomolecular-material interface. Specific examples will include i) bio-functionalization of surfaces, ii) developing multifunctional protein/peptide based hybrid nanoprobes for sensing and targeting, iii) addressable protein immobilization, and iv) bio-nano-fabrication routes for peptide enabled material synthesis and mineralization. Using biomineralization as an example, I will address: i) how combinatorial peptide design can be evolved over cycles of peptide generation towards translating mineralization formation capability to development of novel restorative and regenerative materials, ii) how material specific peptides can be explored in designing bacteria to mimic the material formation ability of cellular proteins through synthetic biology. The funding sources greatly appreciated are NIH-NIAMS, KU Internal & Endowment Funding Sources, LSDF, UW- CGF, NSF-BioMaterials, MRSEC at GEMSEC-UW and TUBITAK-International Office.
Host: Prof. Nutt
More Information: Candan Tamerler poster-2013.pdf
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ryan Choi
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Discover Viterbi: Astronautical Engineering
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Astronautical Engineering encompasses the dynamic and cutting-edge fields of advanced science and space technology. Space is increasingly important for our economy and national security as well as exploration. The United States depends on space assets more than any other nation on earth, and we lead the world in exploration and utilization of space. Space engineers design and build rockets and space launchers, communications and direct broadcasting satellites, space navigational systems, remote sensing satellites, manned space vehicles, and planetary probes. They operate complex earth-orbiting space systems and rovers on Mars from sophisticated ground control centers. There is no better academic major than Astronautical Engineering in which to obtain the education and to acquire the skills needed for space engineers.
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is a top 10 ranked graduate engineering program in the nation by U.S News and World Report. Join us for an online information session to learn about the exciting opportunities in Astronautical Engineering available. Professor Mike Gruntman will be joining the session to highlight important information about the program.
Register NowLocation: Online
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ray Fujioka/GAPP
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NL Seminar- Kuzman Ganchev:
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Kuzman Ganchev , (Google Research)
Series: Natural Language Seminar
Abstract: I will describe a framework for cross-lingual transfer of probabilistic models that uses posterior regularization. As a long aside, I will describe several methods for learning with side information: constraint driven learning, posterior regularization, generalized expectation, augmented loss as well as how they relate to each other and to Bayesian measurements. I will conclude with some applications from my work and from the literature, including sequence and tree models.
Biography: I was born in Sofia, Bulgaria where I lived until February 1989. My family moved to Zimbabwe and then in 1995 to New Zealand where I went to high school. I came to the US in 1999 to study at Swarthmore College. I spent the 2001-2002 academic year studying abroad in Paris. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science in 2003 I worked at StreamSage Inc. in Washington DC until starting at the University of Pennsylvania in Fall 2004. During the summer of 2007 I was an intern at TrialPay in Mountain View, CA and during the summer of 2008 I was an intern at Bank of America in New York. I graduated from UPenn in 2010 and have since been working at Google Inc. in New York.
Host: Yang Gao
More Info: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Location: 11th Flr Conf Rm # 1135, Marina Del Rey
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Peter Zamar
Event Link: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
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Halliburton Information Session
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Please join Halliburton for an information session to learn more about our company, the position you are interviewing for and meet the hiring managers.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Viterbi BS, MS
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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DPR Information Session
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 @ 06:30 PM - 08:20 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
Information sessions are an opportunity for students to get an idea of what a construction company does in the industry. Employees from DPR Construction will be coming to present and give you a better understanding of their company. These sessions give a chance for students of all majors to get an in depth understanding of the company. Students will also have a chance to meet and greet the company's recruiters throughout the evening.
Bring your resumes.Location: Von Kleinsmid Center For International & Public Affairs (VKC) - 260
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC CMAA
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ASBME GM #6: Sophomore Slump/Junior Jitters Panel
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Are you experiencing the infamous sophomore slump or even the junior jitters? Not sure of your major? Are you considering switching? Come discover what to switch majors to and ask a panel of unbiased upperclassmen from all engineering disciplines any questions you may have! Topics of discussion include internship/job preparation, desire to switch majors, favorite/least favorite part of each major, and difference between upper division level courses and lower division level courses, and much much more!
Location: Von Kleinsmid Center For International & Public Affairs (VKC) - 203
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
