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Events for November 13, 2015
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, and Engineering Talk
Fri, Nov 13, 2015
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. During the engineering session we will discuss the curriculum, research opportunities, hands-on projects, entrepreneurial support programs, and other aspects of the engineering 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 make sure to check availability and register online for the session you wish to attend. Also, remember 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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Canstruction
Fri, Nov 13, 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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On Dimension Reduction and Clustering by Random Projections
Fri, Nov 13, 2015 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Teemu Roos, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology
Talk Title: On Dimension Reduction and Clustering by Random Projections
Abstract: I will discuss some interesting problems and promising solutions related to dimension reduction and clustering by random projections. It is well known that in high dimensional settings, random projections onto lower dimensional subspaces tends to retain pair-wise distances faithfully. Random projections are significantly faster that alternative techniques such as principal component analysis while providing comparable results. In the talk, I will present recent and ongoing work related to speeding up random projection-based computations by parallelization, fast approximate nearest neighbor searches using random projection trees, and applications in dimensional reduction and clustering.
Biography: Teemu Roos is an Assistant Professor at the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT and the Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland. He received his MSc and PhD degrees in computer science from the same university in 2001 and 2007 respectively. Prof Roos's research interests include the theory and applications of probabilistic graphical models, information theory, and machine learning.
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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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program Colloquium
Fri, Nov 13, 2015 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
University Calendar
Join us for a presentation by Eric J. Roulo, President of Roulo Consulting, Inc., titled "Preparing Yourself to Become a Highly Compensated Technical Consultant."
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ramon Borunda/Academic Services
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Nov 13, 2015 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Ichiro Fujimori, IEEE Fellow, Broadcom Corporation
Talk Title: Evolution of Multi-Gigabit Wireline Transceivers in CMOS
Series: Integrated Systems Seminar
Abstract: The Internet Infrastructure is rapidly expanding to meet demands of increasing Internet traffic due to Cloud Computing/Storage. Wireline Transceivers are the data throughput bottleneck for SoCs used in Data Centers, as well as provide the communication backbone for Data Transport Networks. With the Moore's law slowing down, the necessary cost reduction and bandwidth extension with diversified link requirements cannot be achieved by simply taking advantage of a new technology node. As a result, architecture and circuit innovations have become more important than ever for multi-gigabit Wireline Transceivers. Designers will need to explore key questions such as: Analog vs. DSP-based Transceivers, NRZ vs PAM Coding, and Copper vs. Optical Interconnects to come up with the most competitive solution. This talk will provide further insights into these questions, as well as cover the latest advancements in such Wireline Transceivers and Wireline Communications applications.
Biography: Dr. Ichiro Fujimori received the B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Science University in Tokyo in 1985, and the PhD Degree from the University of Hiroshima in 2003.
In 1985 he joined Asahi-Kasei Microsystems (AKM), Japan, where he was engaged in the design and development of high-resolution Delta-Sigma data converters for Digital-Audio and Communications applications. In 2000, he joined Newport Communications (later acquired by Broadcom). As the Manager of Mixed-Signal Engineering, he led the team to the development of the first CMOS transceiver LSI's for SONET OC-192 applications. He is currently the Vice President of Central Engineering at Broadcom Corporation, responsible for the IP roadmap and development of multi-gigabit SerDes for Networking, transceivers for Optical Communications, Ethernet Copper PHYs, Automotive AFEs, PLLs, and embedded Power Management circuits. He holds 35 U.S. patents.
Dr. Fujimori is an IEEE Fellow, and the recipient of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Best Paper Award in 2000. He has published 35 technical articles, and has conducted various Seminars, Invited talks, and Panels in the field of Data Converters and Wireline Communications. He has served in the Technical Program Committee of VLSI Circuits Symposium from 2009 to 2014, and now in the Executive Committee. He currently serves in the Technical Program Committee of International Solid State Circuits Conference, and as the Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits.
Host: Hosted by Prof. Hossein Hashemi, Prof. Mike Chen, and Prof. Mahta Moghaddam. Organized and hosted by SungWon Chung.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elise Herrera-Green
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Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Seminar
Fri, Nov 13, 2015 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Kara Nelson, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Talk Title: Decentralized Approaches for Wastewater Management, Water Reuse, and
Abstract: See Attachment
Host: Dr. Amy Childress and Dr. Adam Smith
More Information: Nelson Announcement.pdf
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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NL SEMINAR
Fri, Nov 13, 2015 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Satish Kumar Thittamaranahalli , USC/ICT
Talk Title: Notes on the Constraint Composite Graph
Series: NL Seminar
Abstract: In this talk, I will present the idea of the constraint composite graph (CCG) associated with any combinatorial problem modeled as a weighted constraint satisfaction problem (WCSP). The CCG constitutes the first mathematical framework for simultaneously exploiting the numerical structure of the weighted constraints as well as the graphical structure of the variable-interactions in a WCSP. I will discuss a number of important applications of the CCG including its role in: (a) identification of tractable classes of WCSPs; (b) kernelization techniques for combinatorial problems; and (c) understanding the scope of incremental computation for hard combinatorial problems.
Biography: Dr. Satish Kumar Thittamaranahalli (T. K. Satish Kumar) is a Research Scientist at the University of Southern California. He has published extensively on numerous topics in Artificial Intelligence spanning such diverse areas as Constraint Reasoning, Planning and Scheduling, Probabilistic Reasoning, Combinatorial Optimization, Approximation and Randomization, Heuristic Search, Model-Based Reasoning, Knowledge Representation and Spatio-Temporal Reasoning. He has served on the Program Committees of many international conferences in Artificial Intelligence and is a co-winner of the Best Student Paper Award from the 2005 International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling. Dr. Kumar received his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University in March 2005. In the past, he has also been a Visiting Student at the NASA Ames Research Center, a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, a Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of West Florida, and a Senior Research and Development Scientist at Mission Critical Technologies.
Host: Nima Pourdamghani
Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 6th fl Large CR (689)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Alma Nava / Information Sciences Institute
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Information Session in Birmingham
Fri, Nov 13, 2015 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 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: Birmingham Marriott
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mary Kae
