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Events for December 04, 2013
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Dec 04, 2013
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. 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 visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure 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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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkWed, Dec 04, 2013
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. 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 visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure 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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Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement
Wed, Dec 04, 2013 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBA, Viterbi School of Engineering
Talk Title: Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement
Abstract: Learn how to integrate principles of business, statistics and engineering to achieve tangible results. Master the use of Six Sigma to quantify the critical quality issues in your company. Once the issues have been quantified, statistics can be applied to provide probabilities of success and failure. Six Sigma methods increase productivity and enhance quality. As a Six Sigma green belt, you will be equipped to support and champion a Six Sigma implementation in your organization. To earn the Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate, you will be required to pass the Institute of Industrial Engineer's green belt exam (administered on the final day of the course).
During this course you will have the opportunity to apply what you have learned to an actual issue you face in your organization. Prior seminar participants have reported significant savings from implementing their projects.
*A financial services organization saw $128,000 in cost savings per quarter when they reduced transaction processing rework
*A state agency reduced project cost over-runs by 28 percent
*A transportation company saved more than $875,000 per year in turnover costs by improving the employee communications process
*Reduced errors in a painting operation led to increased first pass acceptance and more than $197,000 in annual savings
*A Web developer increased annual profits by 10 percent by cutting cycle time
*A wave solder operation saw defects reduced by half and costs reduced by $60,000 per year
Host: Corporate and Professional Programs
More Info: http://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial%2526systems/six-sigma-green-belt-process-improvement
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Computer Science General Faculty Meeting
Wed, Dec 04, 2013 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Workshops & Infosessions
Computer Science General Faculty Meeting.
Details emailed to attendees.
RSVP link provided directly by email.Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Discover Viterbi - Engineering Management
Wed, Dec 04, 2013 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is a top 10 ranked graduate engineering program in the nation by U.S News and World Report. Join us for an online information session to learn about the exciting opportunities in Engineering Management available. Professor Geza Bottlik will be joining the session to highlight important information about the program.
REGISTER NOWLocation: Online
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ray Fujioka/GAPP
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Fundamental Limits and Optimal Algorithms for RNA Transcriptome Assembly
Wed, Dec 04, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sreeram Kannan, University of California, Berkeley
Talk Title: Fundamental Limits and Optimal Algorithms for RNA Transcriptome Assembly
Abstract: High throughput sequencing of RNA transcripts has emerged in the last few years as a powerful method that enables discovery of novel transcripts and alternatively spliced isoforms of genes, along with accurate estimates of gene expression. In this paper, we study the fundamental limits of de novo transcriptome assembly using RNA shotgun-sequencing, where short reads are obtained from the RNA transscripts. We propose a new polynomial-time algorithm for transcriptome assembly and derive sufficient conditions on the length of reads under which the algorithm will succeed. We then compare them with necessary conditions that we derive for reconstruction by any algorithm, and show that the proposed algorithm is near-optimal on a real data set. Along the way, we study a problem of deducing end-to-end network flows using link-level observations, and prove new results for this model. In particular, we show that while the problem is NP-hard in general, the instances we encounter from the biological problem can be solved in near-linear time.
Biography: Sreeram Kannan is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in mathematics from the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign. He is a co-recipient of the Van Valkenburg research award from UIUC, Qualcomm Roberto Padovani Scholarship, the first prize in Qualcomm Cognitive Radio Contest, the S.V.C. Aiya medal from the Indian Institute of Science, and Intel India Student Research Contest first prize. His research interests include applications of information theory and approximation algorithms to wireless networks and, more recently, to computational biology.
Host: Giuseppe Caire, caire@usc.edu EEB 540, x04683
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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ASBME GM #11: BME Senior Design Showcase
Wed, Dec 04, 2013 @ 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come check out what all your classes are leading up to - see the students from this semester's BME senior design class present their projects! Past projects have included a symptom tracker for Multiple Sclerosis, an advanced Lie Detector, a surgery simulator, and automated nurses! What has this year's class come up with? Come find out and be inspired!
Location: Corwin D. Denney Research Center (DRB) - 351
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
