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Events for November 12, 2015
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Canstruction
Thu, Nov 12, 2015
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Help out people in need by donating canned food!! Students and faculty come together for this annual event to collect cans and donate them to the LA Food Bank. On the last day of the drive, we bring all the cans together to make a Canstruction. Collection is from 10/14 - 11/20.
Collection Bin Locations:
ACCT 101 Office
Crocker Library (in HOH)
Popovich Hall Rm 200
Deans Office BRI 100
Advising Office BRI 104Location: Various Locations (look at description)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC NOBE
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Massive MIMO --- Tutorial and Research Highlights
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Erik G. Larsson, Linköping University
Talk Title: Massive MIMO --- Tutorial and Research Highlights
Abstract: The exponential growth rate in wireless traffic will continue and perhaps even accelerate, due to new applications such as augmented reality and internet-of-things. Massive MIMO is a key technology for providing orders of magnitude more data traffic. It works by equipping base stations with large numbers of antennas, simultaneously serving many tens of low-complexity terminals in the same time frequency resource via closed-loop spatial multiplexing (MIMO precoding). Channel estimates are formed on the uplink through operation in time-division duplexing (TDD) and relying on reciprocity of propagation, which makes the operation scalable with respect to the number of antennas and leaves the channel coherence as the only limiting factor. In this talk we will review the basic operation principles of Massive MIMO, and discuss some highlights from recent research.
Biography: Erik G. Larsson is Professor at Linköping University in Sweden. He has previously held positions at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, the University of Florida, the George Washington University (USA), and Ericsson Research (Stockholm). In the spring of 2015 he was a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, USA, for four months. His main professional interests are within the areas of wireless communications and signal processing. He has published some 100 journal papers on these topics, he is co-author of the textbook Space-Time Block Coding for Wireless Communications (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003) and he holds many patents on wireless technology. He has been Associate Editor for several IEEE journals, he serves as chair of the IEEE SPS SPCOM technical committee in 2015, as chair of the steering committee for the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters in 2014-“2015, and as General Chair of the Asilomar SSC Conference 2015. He received the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Column Award twice, in 2012 and 2014, and the IEEE ComSoc Stephen O. Rice Prize in Communications Theory in 2015.
Host: Urbashi Mitra, ubli@usc.edu, EEB 536, x04667
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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AI Seminar
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Edwin Kan, Cornell University
Talk Title: Indoor Radio Detection and Ranging: A Phase-Based Continuous Wave Approach
Abstract: Among all of the advances in electronic and information technology, radio frequency technology for indoor precision real time locating system still remains inaccessible for most applications, including 3D human machine interface , biomedical monitoring, prosthetic feedback control and indoor navigation. In addition, Internet of Things will be heavily constrained if the physical location of the thing remains unknown or inaccurately known. Many local area network and body area network breakthroughs can be enabled if an indoor radar like technology can be broadly deployed. The detection and ranging principle of indoor RTLS is similar to outdoor radar, but has many unresolved challenges such as unspecific reflection, path obstruction, and multi path interference.
The continuous wave phase based ranging method for high short range precision is simple and flexible, but vulnerable to phase offsets and interferences. I will present passive broadband harmonic nonlinear transmission line tags to fundamentally rectify previous CW problems. Because phase information is now contained within the second harmonic rather than the fundamental frequency, interferences and phase errors caused by direct reflections of the interrogating signal are greatly reduced. The tag is now the only radiation source in SH within the indoor ambient, which enables many radar techniques like channel coherence, beamforming and synthetic aperture to improve precision, evaluate measurement quality and reduce spectral cost. Multiple but sparse frequencies are employed to resolve the integer ambiguity and to achieve millimeter level precision under phase error tolerance towards total of 180o. Human movement causes distinctive magnitude and phase channel fading, and can be equalized for better tag reading. Furthermore, digital or dumb antenna beamforming can be used for multi path evaluation, while tag movement for synthetic aperture. With the help of known harmonic landmark tags, the tagless objects within the reading range can be further mapped out with redundant angular and frequency diversity, which enables many additional applications. I will show realistic indoor experiments to validate our models and algorithms.
Biography: Edwin C. Kan received the B.S. degree from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1984, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1988 and 1992, respectively, all in electrical engineering. In January 1992, he joined Dawn Technologies as a Principal CAD Engineer developing advanced electronic and optical device simulators and technology CAD framework. He was then with Stanford University, as a Research Associate from 1994 to 1997. From 1997, he was an Assistant Professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, where he is now a Professor. He has spent the summers of 2000 and 2001 at IBM Microelectronics, Yorktown Heights and Fishkill, NY, in the Faculty Partner Program. In 2004 and 2005, he has been a visiting researcher at Intel Research, Santa Clara, CA, and a visiting professor at Stanford University during his sabbatical leave. His main research areas include CMOS technologies, semiconductor device physics, flash memory, CMOS biosensors, ultra low power radio link, and numerical methods for PDE and ODE. Dr. Kan received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineer in October 2000 from the White House. He also received several teaching awards from Cornell Engineering College for his CMOS and MEMS courses.
Host: Weimin Shen
Webcast: http://webcasterms1.isi.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=b4ce1413f2664d01b4e8d26daa2b99e01dLocation: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 11th Floor conference room
WebCast Link: http://webcasterms1.isi.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=b4ce1413f2664d01b4e8d26daa2b99e01d
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kary LAU
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MFD - Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Distinguished Lecture: Jian Luo
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 @ 12:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jian Luo, Univ. of California San Diego
Talk Title: Understanding Interfacial Phase Behaviors to Help Decipher the Materials Genome
Series: MFD Distinguished Lecture
Abstract: A piece of ice melts at 0 C, but a nanometer-thick surface layer of the ice can melt at tens of degrees below zero. This phenomenon of stabilization of nanoscale liquid-like interfacial phases below the normal bulk melting temperatures, known as premelting, was first recognized by the physicist Michael Faraday in 1842. Since then, materials scientists have discovered that the surfaces and interfaces in engineered materials can exhibit more complex phase-like behaviors at high temperatures, which can affect the fabrication and properties of a broad range of metallic alloys and ceramic materials. Specifically, recent studies of 2-D grain-boundary interfacial phases also called complexions shed light on several outstanding scientific problems that have been puzzled the materials science community for decades, including the origins and atomic-level mechanisms of activated sintering, liquid metal embrittlement, and abnormal grain growth. Analogous surface phenomena have also been studied and utilized to improve the performance of batteries, supercapacitors, photocatalysts and oxygen-ion conductors. Since bulk phase diagrams are one of the most useful tools for materials design, it is conceived that interfacial phase diagrams can be developed as a useful materials science tool.
Biography: Jian Luo graduated from Tsinghua University in 1994 with dual Bachelor's degrees, one in Materials Science and Engineering and another in Electronics and Computer Technology. He received a M.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering in 1999, and a Ph.D. degree in Ceramics in 2001, both from M.I.T. Luo worked in the industry for more than two years with Lucent Technologies and OFS/Fitel from 2001 to 2003, before he joined the Clemson faculty, where he served as an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Materials Science and Engineering from 2003 to 2012. In January 2013, he joined UCSD as a Professor of NanoEngineering and Materials Science and Engineering. Luo received a National Science Foundation CAREER award (from the ceramics program) in 2005 and an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator award (from the metallic materials program) in 2007. He was named as a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow (NSSEFF) by the U.S. Department of Defense in 2014.
Host: Prof. Pin Wang
More Information: DLSLuoAb.pdf
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jason Ordonez
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Ferumoxytol-Enhanced MRI: A Single Center Experience in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease & Beyond
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 @ 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Peng Hu, Ph.D, Department of Radiological Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Talk Title: Ferumoxytol-Enhanced MRI: A Single Center Experience in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease & Beyond
Series: Medical Imaging Seminar Series
Abstract: Ferumoxytol is an iron oxide particle approved as an intravenous iron supplement for iron deficiency anemia in adult patients with chronic kidney disease. In this talk, I will discuss its off label use as an intravascular contrast agent and our institutional experiences of ferumoxytol enhanced high resolution 3D cine MRI for children with complex congenital heart disease. I will also discuss other potential applications of ferumoxytol enhanced MRI and the safety aspects of this agent.
Biography:
Host: Professor Krishna Nayak
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia White
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CS Colloquium: Barna Saha (UMass) - Randomization in Data and Design
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Barna Saha, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Talk Title: Randomization in Data and Design
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract:
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Computer Science Research Colloquium
Use of randomness is ubiquitous in modern computing, and promises to play a major role in today's Big Data era. There are three diverging viewpoints of how randomization impacts our ability to effectively understand and analyze data, (1) the underlying data itself may be stochastic, e.g. for the uncertainty in data acquisition; (2) randomization may appear by design to develop algorithms that are scalable; and (3) randomization can help answer why some simple heuristics are surprisingly effective on real data. In this talk, I will explain these phenomena through some basic tasks such as ranking, clustering and estimating distance or deviation of data from a formal (probabilistic) model.
Biography: Barna Saha is an Assistant Professor in the College of Information and Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland College Park, and then spent a couple of years at the AT&T Shannon Labs as a senior researcher before joining UMass Amherst in 2014. Her research interests are in algorithm design and analysis, and large scale data analytics. She particularly likes to work on problems that are tied to core applications but have the potentials to lead to beautiful theory. She is the recipient of Yahoo ACE Award (2015), Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowship (2015), NSF CRII Award (2015), Dean's Dissertation Fellowship (2011), and the best paper award and finalists for best papers at VLDB 2009 and IEEE ICDE 2012 respectively.
Host: David Kempe
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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IBM Information Session
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
IBM is a globally integrated technology and consulting company headquartered in Armonk, New York. With operations in more than 170 countries, IBM attracts and retains some of the world's most talented people to help solve problems and provide an edge for businesses, governments and non-profits.
Innovation is at the core of IBM's strategy. The company develops and sells software and systems hardware and a broad range of infrastructure, cloud and consulting services.
Today, IBM is focused on five growth initiatives - Cloud, Big Data and Analytics, Mobile, Social Business and Security. IBMers are working with customers around the world to apply the company's business consulting, technology and R&D expertise to enable systems of engagement that deliver dynamic insights for businesses and governments worldwideLocation: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Viterbi Spotlight Series: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Students will hear from alumni regarding their academic and professional experiences.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Viterbi Undergraduate Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Industrial &Systems Engineeering Alumni Spotlight
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Students will hear from alumni regarding their academic and professional experiences.
To register, click here https://myviterbi.usc.edu/vasa/?PostingID=1234567978.Location: 211
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Diane Yoon
Event Link: https://myviterbi.usc.edu/vasa/?PostingID=1234567978
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Information Session in Liverpool
Thu, Nov 12, 2015 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Interested in graduate studies in engineering or computer science?
You are cordially invited to meet Kelly Goulis, Senior Associate Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering, at one of our upcoming information sessions in the UK.
Students who have earned or are in the process of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to our graduate programs.
There will also be sufficient time for questions. Refreshments will be provided.
Please contact us at viterbi.gradprograms@usc.edu if you have any inquiries about the event.
For more information and to register, please visit UK Events PageLocation: Hope Street Hotel
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: William Schwerin
