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Events for November 17, 2011
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An Information-Theoretic Characterization for Sparse Signal Processing and Applications
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: George Atia, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Talk Title: An Information-Theoretic Characterization for Sparse Signal Processing and Applications
Abstract: We present an information-theoretic characterization for problems in sparse signal processing. First, we consider the group testing problem where the goal is to recover a small distinguished subset of items from a large population while efficiently reducing the total number of tests. Establishing its connection to Shannon-coding theory, we formulate the group testing problem as a channel coding/decoding problem and derive a unifying result that characterizes the sample complexity through computation of a mutual information expression. We show that this result is fairly general and applicable to many interesting scenarios in sparse signal processing, including Bayesian compressive sensing and relevant features' identification. We derive precise sample complexity bounds for these cases.
Biography: George Atia joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Fall 2009, where he is currently a postdoctoral research associate with the Coordinated Science Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Boston University, Massachusetts, in 2009. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees, both in Electrical Engineering, from Alexandria University, Egypt, in 2000 and 2003, respectively. He is the recipient of many awards including the outstanding graduate teaching fellow of the year award in 2003-2004, the 2006 College of Engineering Deans Award at the Science and Engineering Research Symposium, and the best paper award at the International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) in 2008. His main research interests are in wireless communications, statistical signal processing and information theory. His current research focus is on controlled sensing for inference and sparse signal processing.
Host: Prof. Urbashi Mitra, ubli@usc.edu, x04667
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Altera Information Session
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Targeted student audience:BS,MS,PhDLocation: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Windows Phone 7 App Development Workshop
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
For the best workshop youâve ever attended, weâve brought in Microsoftâs Sam Stokes, laden with prizes and free pizza as welll as the knowledge of a Windows Phone 7 and XNA games aficionado so that he can teach you from start to finish how you make your own Windows Phone 7 application in less than 3 hours. NO C# EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Just come with your development environment set up (details to come on the Facebook page) and weâll be off and running at 6 oâclock. If you come with your dev environment set up, we will automatically enter you in a raffle for cool prizes from Microsoft!
Check out the event on Facebook for updates and details:
http://on.fb.me/uzltRdLocation: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 160
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Association for Computing Machinery
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Viterbi Spotlight : Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Still not quite sure of which Viterbi major is right for you? Considering Civil or Environmental Engineering as possible options? Want to learn about the challenges, rewards and the future of these fields of engineering? Then, come to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Spotlight Program! Hear from our panel of alumni and/or industry representatives as they talk about their experiences and learn first-hand what it's like working in these fields. Then practice your networking skills by mingling with our panelists over pizza!
If you are attending, please RSVP by emailing viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu with "RSVP CE/ENE Spotlight" in the subject line.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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ASBME: Mentoring Program Olympics
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Link to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZIV1RaM254MV9Qclp0OVBWR25hVWc6MQ
Location: McCarthy Quad
Hey mentors and mentees! It's been awhile since I've planned anything fun for you guys, so in order to make up for that, I'm planning something SUPER DUPER FUN!
You will compete as teams in funtastic events which require no athletic skill whatsoever!
Teams who have done mentor activities will get bonus points coming into the event, but it's still anybody's game! The games will be surprises, the prizes will be MOVIE TICKETS! (for any movie you want)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
