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EiS Communications Hub - Tutoring for Engineering Ph.D. StudentsMon, Feb 03, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Ph.D. students are invited to drop by the Hub for instruction on their writing and speaking tasks! All tutoring is one-on-one and conducted by Viterbi faculty.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222A
Audiences: Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Contact: Helen Choi
Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home
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CS Colloquium: Justin Solomon (MIT) - Navigating, Restructuring and Reshaping Learned Latent Spaces
Mon, Feb 03, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Justin Solomon, MIT
Talk Title: Navigating, Restructuring and Reshaping Learned Latent Spaces
Abstract: Modern machine learning architectures often embed their inputs into a lower-dimensional latent space before generating a final output. A vast set of empirical results---and some emerging theory---predicts that these lower-dimensional codes often are highly structured, capturing lower-dimensional variation in the data. Based on this observation, in this talk I will describe efforts in my group to develop lightweight algorithms that navigate, restructure, and reshape learned latent spaces. Along the way, I will consider a variety of practical problems in machine learning, including low-rank adaptation of large models, regularization to promote local latent structure, and efficient training/evaluation of generative models. This talk will cover collaborative research with Rickard Gabrielsson, Kimia Nadjahi, Chris Scarvelis, Tal Shnitzer, Mikhail Yurochkin, Jiacheng Zhu, and others.
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium
Biography: Justin Solomon is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. He leads the Geometric Data Processing Group in the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), which studies problems at the intersection of geometry, large-scale optimization, and applications.
Host: Yue Wang
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: Everyone (USC) is invited
Contact: CS Faculty Affairs
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PhD Thesis Proposal - Tingting Tang
Mon, Feb 03, 2025 @ 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
Title: Optimizing Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning for Improved Privacy, Utility, and Efficiency Tradeoffs
Location: EEB 349
Date and Time: February 3, 2025, 12.30 PM-1.30 PM
Zoom Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/7995244109?pwd=OUp6RWhUZlFGclgyN3hkREh0Z21ldz09
Committee: Murali Annavaram (Chair), Salman Avestimehr, Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Harsha Madhyastha, Sai Praneeth Karimireddy
Abstract: Privacy-preserving machine learning (PPML) is essential for protecting sensitive data in machine-learning applications, requiring a careful balance between privacy, utility, and efficiency. However, the trade-offs and interdependencies among these dimensions present significant design challenges. This thesis proposal explores and optimizes their interplay through low-rank decomposition, focusing on two key PPML technologies: Differential Privacy (DP) and Secure Multiparty Computation (MPC). In the context of DP-based graph neural networks (GNNs), I propose a novel training framework leveraging low-rank singular value perturbation to protect sensitive graph edges while preserving the primary graph structure. This approach achieves a significantly improved privacy-utility trade-off and demonstrates resilience to edge inference attacks. For MPC-based secure model inference, I propose leveraging low-rank decomposition for the linear layers of ML models, reducing the number of MPC multiplications required during offline and online phases. Techniques such as truncation skipping and linear layer concatenation further reduce computational and communication overheads, enhancing overall efficiency in MPC ML workflows without compromising the robust security guarantees provided by MPC. By addressing the interactions between privacy, utility, and efficiency, my proposal lays the foundation for more practical and effective deployment of privacy-preserving machine learning solutions in real-world applications.Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 349
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tingting Tang
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Photonics Seminar - Alexander Szameit, Monday, February 3rd at 2pm in EEB 248
Mon, Feb 03, 2025 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Alexander Szameit, Professor, Chair for Experimental Solid-State Optics, University of Rostock
Talk Title: Topology in space, time, and space-time
Series: Photonics Seminar Series
Abstract: In recent years, topological phenomena in photonic systems have attracted much attention, with their striking features arising from robust states in the energy gaps of spatially periodic media. However, light waves are entities that extend in space as well as time, such that one may ask whether topological effects can also occur in the temporal domain, or even space-time. Intuitively, systems that are periodic in time may be gapped in momentum, leading to topological states localized at time interfaces. However, time - in contrast to space - exhibits a unique unidirectionality often referred to as the "arrow of time". Inspired by these features, I will present our most recent experiments on topological states residing at temporal interfaces. Moreover, I will discuss the formation of spacetime-topological events and demonstrate unique features such as their limited collapse under disorder and causality-suppressed coupling.
Biography: Alexander Szameit (*1979 in Halle, Germany) studied Physics at the Universities of Halle and Jena, Germany. He obtained his Diploma and PhD in 2004 and 2007, respectively. After spending time in Australia and Israel, he returned to Jena as an Assistant Professor in 2011. After receiving his habilitation in 2015, he was appointed as Full Professor at the University of Rostock in 2016, where he holds the chair for Experimental Solid-State Optics. His work deals with all aspects of complex light evolution in large-scale integrated photonic waveguide circuits, with a particular focus on topological photonics.
Host: Mercedeh Khajavikhan and Demetri Christodoulides
More Information: Alexander Szameit Flyer.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
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Computational Science Distinguished Seminar
Mon, Feb 03, 2025 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
USC School of Advanced Computing
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: George Haller, ETH Zürich
Talk Title: Nonlinear Spectral Model Reduction from Data
Abstract: Machine learning has been a major development in applied science and engineering, with impressive success stories in static learning environments like image, pattern, and speech recognition. Yet the modeling of dynamical phenomena—such as nonlinear vibrations of solids and transitions in fluids—remains a challenge for classic machine learning. Indeed, neural net models for nonlinear dynamics tend to be complex, uninterpretable and unreliable outside their training range.
In this talk, I discuss a dynamical systems alternative to neural networks in the data-driven reduced-order modeling of nonlinear phenomena. Specifically, I show that the recent concept of spectral submanifolds (SSMs) provides very low-dimensional attractors in a large family of mechanics problems ranging from wing oscillations to transitions in shear flows. A data-driven identification of the reduced dynamics on these SSMs gives a mathematically justified way to construct accurate and predictive reduced-order models for solids, fluids and controls without the use of governing equations. I illustrate this on physical problems including the accelerated finite-element simulations of large structures, prediction of transitions to turbulence, reduced-order modeling of fluid-structure interactions, extraction of reduced equations of motion from videos, and model-predictive control of soft robots.
Biography: George Haller is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zürich, where he holds the Chair in Nonlinear Dynamics and heads the Institute for Mechanical Systems. His prior appointments include tenured faculty positions at Brown, McGill and MIT. He also served as the inaugural director of Morgan Stanley’s fixed income modeling center. Professor Haller is a recipient of a Sloan Fellowship in mathematics, an ASME Thomas Hughes Young Investigator Award, a School of Engineering Distinguished Professorhip (McGill), and the Stanley Corrsin Award of the APS. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Science and an elected fellow of SIAM, APS and ASME. He currently serves as feature editor at Nonlinear Dynamics and senior editor at the Journal of Nonlinear Science. His research focuses on nonlinear dynamical systems with applications to mechanical vibrations, coherent structures in turbulence, and data- and equation-driven model reduction for physical systems. He has authored three monographs in these areas.
Host: School of Advanced Computing
More Info: https://sac.usc.edu/events/
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tessa Yao
Event Link: https://sac.usc.edu/events/
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Viterbi - Preparing for the Career/Internship Expo
Tue, Feb 04, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Please register through Handshake. This event is for Viterbi engineering students only. Non-Viterbi students will not be admitted.
Increase your understanding of this series of events to maximize your opportunities to engage with employers and prepare for the Career & Internship Expo. Obtain strategies to improve your elevator pitch and how to make a targeted employer list.
IMPORTANT: Event check-in is first come, first serve, and the event capacity is 50 people. If you are signing up for the event, you are expected to attend the event or cancel if you are no longer able to attend.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
Event Link: https://usc.joinhandshake.com/
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Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class
Tue, Feb 04, 2025 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Xiao Zang, Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management, at University of Minnesota
Talk Title: Engineering Better Health: From Industrial and Systems Engineering to Health Decision Modeling
Host: Dr. Shinyi Wu
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Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Casi Jones/ ISE
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EiS Communications Hub - Tutoring for Engineering Ph.D. Students
Wed, Feb 05, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Ph.D. students are invited to drop by the Hub for instruction on their writing and speaking tasks! All tutoring is one-on-one and conducted by Viterbi faculty.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222A
Audiences: Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Contact: Helen Choi
Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Viterbi - Networking for Engineering Students
Wed, Feb 05, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Please register through Handshake.
This event is for Viterbi engineering students only. Non-Viterbi students will not be admitted.
If the in-person RSVP is full, please join the waitlist. The waitlist does not guarantee entry, but you are welcome to stop by the event, and if there is room, you can attend.
Are you looking to expand your professional network? Join Viterbi Career Connections for "Networking for Engineering Students," an engaging workshop designed to help you learn how to build meaningful connections and leverage them for career success.
In this engaging workshop, you will:
Learn why networking is essential for engineering students and how it can help you land internships, job offers, and mentorship opportunities.
Discover strategies for connecting with professionals in the engineering field, both online and in-person.
Gain insights into using Viterbi Link, Linkedin, and other platforms to connect with industry experts, alumni, and potential employers.
Get tips on the elevator pitch, ask meaningful questions, and make a lasting impression at career fairs, employer-hosted events, and networking events.
Participate in an interactive exercise to help you practice your networking skills in a supportive environment.
Walk away with action items and resources to start building your professional network.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
Event Link: https://usc.joinhandshake.com/
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
DEN@Viterbi - Online Graduate Engineering Virtual Information Session
Wed, Feb 05, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Join USC Viterbi School of Engineering for a virtual information session via WebEx, providing an introduction to DEN@Viterbi, our top-ranked online delivery system. Discover the 40+ graduate engineering and computer science programs available entirely online. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect directly with USC Viterbi representatives during the session to discuss the admission process, program details, and the benefits of online delivery.
WebCast Link: https://uscviterbi.webex.com/weblink/register/r546b3774ff2d7b88794e773c100b3264
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Corporate & Professional Programs
Event Link: https://uscviterbi.webex.com/weblink/register/r546b3774ff2d7b88794e773c100b3264
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
PhD Dissertation Defense - Zihao He
Wed, Feb 05, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
Title: Aligning Large Language Models with Human Perspectives
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 5th - 12:00p - 2:00p
Location: RTH 306
Committee: Kristina Lerman (Chair, CS), Emilio Ferrara (CS), Marlon Twyman (Communication)
Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in real-world applications. However, their ability to accurately represent diverse human perspectives remains a critical challenge. This thesis investigates LLM alignment, which refers to how closely these models reflect the ideologies, values, and communication styles of specific communities. First, I develop methods for aligning LLMs to online communities and introduce Community-Cross-Instruct, a framework that generates structured instruction-answer pairs to enhance fidelity and scalability. Second, I propose comprehensive evaluation frameworks to assess alignment beyond positional stances, including affective alignment (how well LLMs capture emotional and moral tones) and multidimensional evaluations across authenticity, toxicity, and harm. Finally, I explore ethical risks in alignment, demonstrating how minimal biased data during instruction tuning can shift an LLM’s behavior, raising concerns about ideological manipulation. These findings highlight the technical, evaluation, and ethical complexities of LLM alignment, providing a foundation for ensuring that LLMs reflect diverse human perspectives and stay robust to ideological manipulation.
Zoom Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97020518118?pwd=mZeDv2WhswDGTouNvvWFI9NFqhO5KR.1Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 306
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Zihao He
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Viterbi - CIA STEM Career/Internship Information Session
Wed, Feb 05, 2025 @ 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Please register through Handshake. This event is for Viterbi engineering students only. Non-Viterbi students will not be admitted.
IMPORTANT: Event check-in is first come, first served until room capacity is reached. If you are signing up for the event, it is the expectation that you attend the event or cancel if you are no longer able to attend.
Let’s Reach New Heights Together!
The CIA has numerous full-time STEM-related positions as well as undergraduate and graduate internships and scholarships.
There are opportunities for foreign travel, language training, and overseas postings. CIA provides competitive salaries, relocation expenses, and student loan repayment programs.
All positions require US citizenship, relocation to the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and a top-secret security clearance.
CIA Information Session: CIA Representatives will provide information regarding the CIA and the variety of STEM-related career and paid internship opportunities available. The presentation will include details about application process and suggestions for making yourself competitive for employment, including tips for writing a resume and preparing for an interview with CIA. Undergraduates and Graduates from all academic disciplines are encouraged to attend.
Of particular interest are the following backgrounds:
STEAM – Aerospace, AI, Arts, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Electrical/Mechanical Engineer, Hardware-Software Development, Network/System Engineer, Mathematics, Physics…
Visit us on CIA.GOV/CAREERS, bring a hard copy resume to the Info Session, and sign up to meet with a CIA Recruiter.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
Event Link: https://usc.joinhandshake.com/
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
DEN@Viterbi - How To Apply - Online Graduate Engineering Virtual Information Session
Thu, Feb 06, 2025 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Join USC Viterbi School of Engineering for a virtual information session via WebEx, providing an introduction to DEN@Viterbi, our top-ranked online delivery system. Discover the 40+ graduate engineering and computer science programs available entirely online. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect directly with USC Viterbi representatives during the session to discuss the admission process, program details, and the benefits of online delivery.
WebCast Link: https://uscviterbi.webex.com/weblink/register/r7b6a646781df900d5fe8300bc7201bd1
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Corporate & Professional Programs
Event Link: https://uscviterbi.webex.com/weblink/register/r7b6a646781df900d5fe8300bc7201bd1
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Fred Grodins Distinguished Keynote Seminar
Fri, Feb 07, 2025 @ 03:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Shana O. Kelley, Professor of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Talk Title: Continuous monitoring of protein biomarkers using implantable sensors
Abstract: To put disease-related biomarkers to work for continuous monitoring of health and disease, new high-performance technologies are needed to enable rapid and sensitive analysis of proteins and other biomarkers. Electrochemical methods providing sensitive and direct biomarker readout have attracted a great deal of attention for this application. Recently we developed reagentless sensors that are powerful detectors for in vivo protein sensing (Nature Chemistry, 2021, J. am. Chem. Soc. 2023, Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. 2023) as well as implantable sensors for continuous monitoring (Science 2024, Nature Biomedical Engineering 2025). This talk will summarize the development of these sensors, their application to a variety of clinical problems, and the development of a range of implatable sensors for in vivo monitoring.
Biography: Dr. Shana Kelley is the President of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago and the Neena B. Schwartz Professor at Northwestern in the Departments of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics. The Kelley research group has pioneered new methods for tracking molecular and cellular analytes with unprecedented sensitivity. Dr. Kelley’s work has been recognized with the ACS Inorganic Nanoscience Award, the Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award, the Steacie Prize, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award, a NSF CAREER Award, a Dreyfus New Faculty Award, and she was also named a “Top 100 Innovator” by MIT’s Technology Review. Kelley is also a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors. Her work is extensively cited and she has over 80 papers cited more than 80 times. Kelley is an inventor on over 50 patents issued worldwide. She is a founder of four life sciences companies, GeneOhm Sciences (acquired by Becton Dickinson in 2005), Xagenic Inc. (acquired by General Atomics in 2017), CTRL Therapeutics (founded in 2019) and Arma Biosciences (founded in 2021).
Host: Maral Mousavi/ Peter Wang
Location: Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience (MCB) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Carla Stanard
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
EiS Communications Hub - Tutoring for Engineering Ph.D. Students
Fri, Feb 07, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Ph.D. students are invited to drop by the Hub for instruction on their writing and speaking tasks! All tutoring is one-on-one and conducted by Viterbi faculty.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222A
Audiences: Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Contact: Helen Choi
Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
CA DREAMS - Technical Seminar Series
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. M.C. Frank Chang, Wintek Chair in Electrical Engineering and Distinguished Professor, UCLA
Talk Title: Future System-on-Chip for Full Spectrum Utilization from RF to Optics
Abstract: The ever-increasing bandwidth requirement due to explosively growing 5/6G and AIoT data flows has compelled global commission authorities to release EM-spectra up to millimeter-wave (30-300GHz) and even (sub)-millimeter-wave frequency regimes (>300GHz) for massively expanded sensing and network applications. In this talk, we will exemplify novel CMOS-embedded technologies and methodologies developed at UCLA to enable System-on-Chip (SoC) realizations for multi-broadband radio, wideband radar, contactless/plastic interconnect, 3D-imaging and gas-phase rotational spectrometry at (sub)-mm-Wave frequencies. We will also address challenges encountered in both design and implementations that may hinder further development of such systems, especially the major shortcomings in silicon technologies with limited dynamic range and power handling capabilities. We therefore propose replacing CMOS n-FET’s drain with selectively grown wide bandgap cubic-phase GaN (c-GaN) for >10X improved breakdown voltages to secure desired sensing/communication range/coverage with cost-effectiveness. Additionally, we will elaborate on the possible growth of multi-wavelength light-emitting sources and detectors directly atop n-FinFET’s c-GaN Drain with various indium contents of InGaN/GaN super-lattice for RF-optical combined radio/radar/interconnect applications by creating unprecedented “Photonic System-on-Chip” with full EM-spectrum utilization from RF to optics.
Biography: Dr. M.C. Frank Chang is the Wintek Chair in Electrical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of UCLA. Throughout his career, he has focused on the research & development of high-speed semiconductor devices and integrated circuits for radio, radar, imager, spectrometer, and AIoT System-on-Chip applications. He is a Member of the US National Academy of Engineering, the European Academy of Science and Arts, and an academician of Academia Sinica, Taiwan. He also received the IEEE David Sarnoff Award (2006), IET JJ Thomson Medal for Electronics (2017), IEEE/RSE (Royal Society Edinburgh) James Clerk Maxwell Medal (2023), and AASF’s Asian American Pioneer Medal (2024) for his seminal contributions to heterojunction technology and realizations of (sub)-mm-Wave System-on-Chip with unprecedented bandwidth and re-configurability. He also took a leave of absence from UCLA during 2015-2019 to serve as the President of National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. He earned his B.S. in Physics from the National Taiwan University (1972), his M.S. in Material Science from the National Tsing Hua University (1974), and his Ph.D. in Electronics from the National Chiao Tung University (1979).
Host: Dr. Steve Crago
More Info: https://www.isi.edu/events/5417/future-system-on-chip-for-full-spectrum-utilization-from-rf-to-optics/
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addonWebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addon
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amy Kasmir
Event Link: https://www.isi.edu/events/5417/future-system-on-chip-for-full-spectrum-utilization-from-rf-to-optics/
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Alfred E.Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering - Seminar series
Fri, Feb 07, 2025 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Shana O. Kelley, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Talk Title: Continuous monitoring of protein biomarkers using implantable sensors
Abstract: To put disease-related biomarkers to work for continuous monitoring of health and disease, new high-performance technologies are needed to enable rapid and sensitive analysis of proteins and other biomarkers. Electrochemical methods providing sensitive and direct biomarker readout have attracted a great deal of attention for this application. Recently we developed reagentless sensors that are powerful detectors for in vivo protein sensing (Nature Chemistry, 2021, J. am. Chem. Soc. 2023, Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. 2023) as well as implantable sensors for continuous monitoring (Science 2024, Nature Biomedical Engineering 2025). This talk will summarize the development of these sensors, their application to a variety of clinical problems, and the development of a range of implatable sensors for in vivo monitoring.
Biography: Dr. Shana Kelley is the President of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago and the Neena B. Schwartz Professor at Northwestern in the Departments of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics. The Kelley research group has pioneered new methods for tracking molecular and cellular analytes with unprecedented sensitivity. Dr. Kelley’s work has been recognized with the ACS Inorganic Nanoscience Award, the Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award, the Steacie Prize, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award, a NSF CAREER Award, a Dreyfus New Faculty Award, and she was also named a “Top 100 Innovator” by MIT’s Technology Review. Kelley is also a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors. Her work is extensively cited and she has over 80 papers cited more than 80 times. Kelley is an inventor on over 50 patents issued worldwide. She is a founder of four life sciences companies, GeneOhm Sciences (acquired by Becton Dickinson in 2005), Xagenic Inc. (acquired by General Atomics in 2017), CTRL Therapeutics (founded in 2019) and Arma Biosciences (founded in 2021).
Host: Maral Mousavi/Peter Wang /WISE
Location: Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience (MCB) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Carla Stanard
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
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