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Events for November 16, 2011
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Astani CEE Department Seminar
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Salar Niku, Ph.D., P.E., Vice-President, Tetra Tech, Pasadena Division, Pasadena, CA
Talk Title: Innovative and economical measures in remediation of contaminated sites (example: A site in Downtown Los Angeles)
Abstract: The methods used to investigate and remediate several former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites will be discussed, focusing on one site located in Downtown Los Angeles. There are about 2,500 of MGP sites in United States. Several innovative measures that were applied during the investigation, in determination of cleanup goals, for risk assessment, during design and feasibility studies, and during remedial actions will be discussed, with some documentary photos. These measures were applied for technical as well as economic reasons. The major chemicals of concern for such contaminated sites are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Biography: Dr. Niku completed his graduate studies in the field of civil-environmental engineering at Stanford University and University of California, Davis. He has been an instructor of environmental as well as project management courses at the University of Southern California (USC), University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and University of California at San Diego (UCSD).
Host: Prof. Ronald Henry
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209 Conference Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Communications, Networks and Systems (CommNetS) Seminar: On source-channel separation over networks
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Suhas Diggavi, UCLA
Talk Title: On source-channel separation over networks
Series: Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Abstract: One of the important architectural insights from information theory is the Shannon source-channel separation theorem. For point-to-point channels, the separation theorem shows that one can compress a source separately and have a digital interface with the noisy channel coding; and that such an architecture is (asymptotically in block size) optimal. Therefore the importance of this is that one can 'layer' the architecture by separating the data compression into bits and the 'physical layer' of coding for noise. The optimality of this attractive architecture is known to break down in networks, for example for broadcast channels or multiple access channels. Nonetheless, this architecture is the basis for network layering in many of the current network architectures.
A natural question is to study the 'cost' of separation, that is, how much do we lose through separation, and cases where we can demonstrate that separation is indeed optimal. We show that the separation approach is optimal in two general network scenarios, and is approximately optimal in a third general scenario. We will also connect the approximate optimality of separation to work on multiple description data compression. We will also mention special situations where one can demonstrate explicit optimal (hybrid) source-channel coding strategies.
Parts of this work are joint with Chao Tian, Shlomo Shamai and Jun Chen.
Biography: Suhas N. Diggavi received a B. Tech. degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA. After completing his Ph.D., he was a Principal Member Technical Staff in the Information Sciences Center, AT&T Shannon Laboratories, Florham Park, NJ. After that he was on the faculty of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, EPFL, where he directed the Laboratory for Information and Communication Systems (LICOS). He joined UCLA as Professor of Electrical Engineering in 2010.
He is a recipient of the 2006 IEEE Donald Fink prize paper award, 2005 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference best paper award and the Okawa foundation research award. He was an associate editor for Communication Letters and was a guest editor for a special issue in the IEEE Journal on Special Topics in Signal Processing. He is currently an associate editor for the ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking and the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (Shannon theory). He has 8 issued patents.
Host: Prof. Rahul Jain
More Info: http://csi.usc.edu/~dimakis/CommNetS/doku.php?id=startLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Rahul Jain
Event Link: http://csi.usc.edu/~dimakis/CommNetS/doku.php?id=start
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AME Department Seminar
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Hagop Barsamian, Section Manager. Contamination Control Engineering. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. Space Systems Division. Redondo Beach, CA 90278.
Talk Title: Keeping the House CleanâThe Control of Spacecraft Contamination
Abstract: Contamination can degrade the performance of spacecraft systems. Accumulation of particulate and molecular contamination will cause undesired changes in optical, thermal control and guidance systems of spacecraft. These changes include increase in solar absorptance of thermal control surfaces, and the reduction in transmittance or scatter of light in optical systems. Identification of contamination sensitivities and quantification of the allowable contamination levels on these systems is a logical first step. Once identified, plans are implemented to mitigate the effects of contamination and maintain an acceptable level of hardware cleanliness. The controls that are put in place throughout the manufacture, assembly and testing of these spacecraft systems include selection of materials for the hardware design, use of cleanrooms to control the environment, and monitoring of contamination levels. These efforts will help minimize system performance degradation due to contamination and lead to mission success.
More Info: http://ae-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ae-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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Be Your Biggest Advocate: Advocating for Yourself in an Organization
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
Hear from Raytheonâs Delisha Stanley on successful ways to confidently communicate your needs in the workplace or
professional organization.
Delisha A. Stanley is an 11 year employee of Raytheon and is currently a senior chemist in the Analytical Chemistry group, part of the Mechanical and Optical Engineering Center.
Ms. Stanley is active in the community. She is a member of the National Association of University Women (NAUW) serving South Central Los Angeles communities. Her primary focus is exposing middle school girls to careers in Engineering and Science through presentations about the importance of math and science
education.
Dinner provided.
RSVP to viterbi.ced@usc.edu.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 306
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Traci Thomas Navarro
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ASBME: General Meeting 10
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Are projects and midterms straining your relationships with family and friends? Experienced attorney-mediator Diana Mercer will be sharing her expert advice with USC students about relationship building, conflict resolution and communication strategies. Her presentation will address common college issues such as e-board disputes, roommate disputes, student-professor disputes, student-parent disputes, and team project disputes. As founder of Peace Talks Mediation Services, Diana strives to provide her clients with constructive, sensible, cost-effective and forward-thinking solutions. For those who are interested in law, Diana will also share her experiences practicing law in Los Angeles. As always, dinner will be provided.
Location: TCC 227
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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An Evening with Amiri Baraka
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. to RSVP, click on the links below beginning Monday, October 24, at 9 a.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=189
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=189
Reception to follow.
In ways more forceful than its literary predecessors, the Black Arts Movement, as the aesthetic counterpart to the Black Power Movement, championed a Black Nationalist agenda, challenged Eurocentrism in U.S. literature, reminded us that âBlack Is Beautifulâ and uplifted the work of many writers who would illustrate the political potential of the arts. Join us as Black Arts Movement founder, poet and political activist Amiri Baraka, one of the most controversial and productive writers of the twentieth century, presents an evening of poetry, performance and conversation about his life and his lifeâs work. An extremely accomplished writer, Baraka is a professor emeritus at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has won numerous awards, including an Obie for Dutchman, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Langston Hughes Award from the City College of New York, the Rockefeller Foundation Award for Drama, the James Weldon Johnson Medal for contributions to the arts and the Before Columbus Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.
Organized by Javon Johnson (American Studies and Ethnicity).
Photo: Frank Stewart
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - Grand Ballroom
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Android App Development Workshop
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Prep for the Mobile Hackathon by learning Android with some of ACM's finest. No mobile experience necessary, just come with a development environment set up (details to come on the Facebook page) and weâll get you off the ground running with Android, no java experience necessary.
You will learn the Android Basics from Hello World to on-board orientation sensors!
You will learn:
- Use camera
- Use motion sensors
- handling GUIelements in Android's layout manager
- Graphic / Animations
and more!
Check out the event on Facebook for updates and details:
http://on.fb.me/uPS8N2Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 540
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Association for Computing Machinery
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SWE 2nd General Meeting-SPA Day
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
You do not want to miss this event! In our last corporate-sponsored blowout of the year, Intel is joining us for a workshop in beauty! We'll be painting nails and applying masks while getting to know SWE's corporate mentor from Intel and some of the opportunities there. Then we'll be bringing ingredients and recipes that you can mix up into your own homemade beauty products to take home!! We'll be serving fruit, cheese, and fruit infused water, so stop by and get a taste of the SWE SPA!
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 115
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
