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Events for October 27, 2011
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Washington DC Admission Reception
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
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.
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and their families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Game Theory and Human Behavior Seminar
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, Information Sciences Institute, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Aldo Rustichini, Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota
Talk Title: Why Blame?
Abstract: We provide evidence that subjects in an experimental setup blame others for outcomes for which the others cannot be considered responsible. We then provide an explanation of this apparently irrational behavior on the basis of a principal agent model. In the experiment a subject acting as agent chooses between a lottery and a safe asset, paying a fixed amount. The payment of the chosen asset goes to a player, who observes the choice of the agent and the outcome, and can then decide how much of a fixed amount to allocate between the agent and an involved third party, who is one of the subjects in the experiment participating as an agent in another pairing. Since no fraction of the amount could be retained by the principal, he has no other monetary incentive to favor one or the other; hence a shift in the allocation of rewards is a reliable measure of the valence of the affective response of the principal to the agentâs choice and the outcome. Since the agent is clearly not responsible for the outcome of the lottery, an allocation norm that obeys a merit principle (``rewards and penalties depend on responsibilityââ) prescribes that payments depend on the choice of the safe or risky asset, but not on the outcome.
Biography: Aldo Rustichini is Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota. He has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy (University of Florence, Italy) a Master in Economics (University of Manchester, UK) and a Ph.D in Mathematics (University of Minnesota). He is Fellow of the Econometric Society, and member of the Game Theory Council. He is associate Editor in several international Journals (Journal of Mathematical Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, PLOS One). He is coordinating and directing research groups in the USA, in UK (University of Cambridge) and Italy (Bocconi University). His research interests are in Game Theory, Decision Theory, Experimental Economics and Neuroeconomics.
Host: Milind Tambe
More Information: Why blame.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Eric Mankin
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Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 @ 12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Suresh Advani, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
Series: Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series
Abstract: This talk will focus on how the science base of materials processing, which integrates material parameters with transport phenomena at various scales during manufacturing, can be used to create multi-physics models and implemented in simulations to describe the effect of material, geometric and process parameters on the final quality of the part. The simulations can be further used as optimization and control tools to improve the yield of the process despite the variability in the incoming materials and the process parameters. Automation can be introduced with equipment designs that rely on sensors and simulations interfaced with actuators to address variability and disturbances in the process. Examples where this has been demonstrated on a laboratory scale will be presented for Liquid Molding processes such as Resin Transfer Molding, Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding and Compression Resin Transfer Molding.
Host: Steven Nutt
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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"A Design Thinking Approach to Transportation Research"
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mary Kathryn Thompson, KAIST Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Korea
Abstract: Please see attached.
Biography: Please see attached.
More Information: MKT-Design-Thinking-Future-Transportation.pdf
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - Room 103
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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METRANS Transportation Seminar
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Mary Kathryn Thompson, Associate Professor at KAIST Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in South Korea
Talk Title: A Design Thinking Approach to Transportation Research
Abstract: Transit In the Essential Tension, Thomas Kuhn argues that the âtransformation of the classical sciences during the Scientific Revolution is more accurately ascribed to new ways of looking at old phenomena than to a series of unanticipated experimental discoveries.â Modern design research can be described in much the same way. Design researchers employ a vast array of tools, theories, methodologies, and thought processes (sometimes referred to as âdesign thinkingâ) to better understand the artifacts that pervade the built environment and the processes by which successful artifacts are or could be created. New and improved ways of doing things are usually precipitated by new ways of thinking about them.
This talk will describe two examples of a design thinking approach to transportation research. First, a new method of interchange / intersection selection based on the potential impact of the coupling within the system will be presented. The second example makes use of the distinction between âfunctionalâ and âphysicalâ thinking to reexamine existing and future transportation paradigms such as taxis and personal rapid transit (PRT) systems.
Finally, an alternative concept for a smart-Â‐grid compatible robotic future transportation network will be presented that was developed with an emphasis on new functionality rather than on the development of new physical mechanisms.
Biography: Mary Kathryn Thompson, Ph.D. from MIT, is an Associate Professor at KAIST Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in South Korea. She is engaged in design research at the boundary, both within engineering and beyond, and is actively working on the development and application of formal design theories to civil, environmental, and urban engineering. She is also interested in non-Â‐traditional applications of the finite element method, especially for surface phenomena such as fluid sealing, thermal and electrical contact resistance, friction and wear. Kate is the Director of the KAIST Freshman Design Program, which earned her both the KAIST Grand Prize for Creative Teaching and the Republic of Korea Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Award for Innovation in Engineering Education in 2009. She also received the Grand Prize at the 2009 International Conference on Axiomatic Design Theory for her paper on the synthesis of formal design theories for traffic intersections.
RSVP: Lunch will be served to those who RSVP. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 26th at noon (12 pm) to Shawn Gong, TGong@usc.edu.
Host: METRANS (http://www.metrans.org/)
More Information: Flyer_METRANS Seminar_10272011_Thompson.pdf
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 103
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: METRANS
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AIAA general meeting
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
AIAA, the professional orgaization for the aero and space industry, is holding its next general meeting to discuss and present ways to get involved with AIAA and will present future events that being hosted by AIAA
More Information: Flyer_oct_19 (2).pdf
Location: SSL 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: -- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Google Info Session
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 @ 06:00 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.
More Information: Google @ USC.pdf
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Panasonic Info Session
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
When: Thursday, October 27th, at 6:00pm
Where: SAL 101
What: Panasonic Info Session
Panasonic will be coming to campus this date for an info session. Food and refreshments will be provided. More info on this event will be added as the date approaches.Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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The Mobile Voices of L.A.’s Immigrants
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Join us for a provocative evening of performance, media art and rebel phones. The event will highlight three extraordinary projects that support immigrant communities in Los Angeles through the use of mobile-phone devices. The controversial Transborder Immigrant Tool, a mobile-phone app by Ricardo Dominguez and the Electronic Disturbance Theater, helps sustain those crossing the border into the United States by assisting with directions to water and poetry. Voces Móviles/Mobile Voices (VozMob), a collaboration between USCâs Annenberg School and the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California, helps day laborers record and share their stories using cell phones. The LA Flood Project delivers a locative media narrative about crises in Los Angelesâboth historical and imagined. These stories, located across the Southern California landscape, are mapped via GPS. The evening will also include photographs by Maria de Lourdes González Reyes, a reading by Roberto Leni-Olivares and a discussion moderated by USC Annenberg professor Josh Kun.
Organized by Mark C. Marino (Writing Program) and Roberto Leni-Olivares (Anthropology). Co-sponsored by the Institute for Multimedia Literacy, the Center for Transformative Scholarship and the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration. Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latina/o Student Assembly.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
