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Events for February 06, 2009
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Meet USC
Fri, Feb 06, 2009
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
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 9:00 a.m. and again at 12:00 p.m. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/visit/meet_usc.html to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Theory and Practice of Lossy Joint Source-Channel Coding
Fri, Feb 06, 2009 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Maria Fresia
Princeton UniversityAbstract: With the communication revolution, the number of mobile, satellite and computer communication systems has grown exponentially with the consequence that the available bandwidth for each service is shrinking. The Shannon source-channel separation principle, a milestone on efficient data transmission, states that the optimal performance can be approached by independently designing the source and the channel codes. Driven by this principle, modern communication systems have been developed accordingly. However, the existing source coding schemes exhibit catastrophic behavior with respect to channel errors, thus inducing a significant sub-optimality in the overall transmission system. In this talk a practical lossy joint source-channel coding approach, aimed at avoiding this catastrophic behavior is presented. Applications of the proposed approach to point-to-point images transmission and to the broadcasting scenario, where several users have to receive data generated from common sources, are illustrated.Biography: Dr. Fresia received the laurea degree (eqv. M. Sc.) in Telecommunications Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the University of Genova, Italy in 2002 and 2006 respectively. From September 2006 to September 2007 she was postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Louvain la Neuve, Belgium (in collaboration with Prof. Luc Vandendorpe). She is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University (in collaboration with Professor H. V. Poor). Her research interests include coding theory and signal processing with particular interest to joint source-channel coding, distributed source coding and unequal error protection for embedded images transmission.Host: Giuseppe Caire, caire@usc.edu, EEB 528, x07326
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Best Practices for a Job Search
Fri, Feb 06, 2009 @ 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
EE Students 'Practical Guide' Seminar SeriesSeminar Leaders: Profs. Martin Gundersen and C.-C. Jay KuoDate: Friday, February 6, 11:30 am - 1 pmNew Location:
11:30am - East side of EEB (between SAL and EEB)
12:00pm - EEB 248Website: http://ee.usc.edu/news/practical-guide/* Pizza will be provided by the EE Department.*Abstract: When you are close to graduation, one main goal is to find a good job. There are quite a few things to learn when you are job hunting. Undergraduate activities including research can have a significant impact on the opportunities for graduating students who seek challenging and productive careers. We will present specific examples of undergraduate students who have found career opportunities that resulted from their undergraduate research experience. This seminar will cover several key issues such as the preparation of your resume and telephone and on-site interviews. In addition if you get multiple offers, you will need to make decision which offer to take and learn some negotiation skills. These considerations will also be addressed.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium: CARMA- Observing our Universe with Millimeter Wave Eyes
Fri, Feb 06, 2009 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Lecture Offered by Prof. Anneila I. Sargent, Benjamin M. Rosen Professor of Astronomy and Vice President for Student Affairs, California Institute of Technology.
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission & Student Affairs
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Impact of Surface Water Conditions on Preservative Leaching and Aquatic ...
Fri, Feb 06, 2009 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
...Toxicity from Treated Wood ProductsSpeaker:
Brajesh Dubey, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, University of AucklandAbstract:
As of January 2004, wood treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) was no longer manufactured for most residential uses in United States. This phase out was prompted by risk assessments which indicated an elevated human health risk from arsenic (As) which could be ingested during direct contact with the wood. The primary active ingredients in most of the As-free alternatives formulations include copper (Cu) and an organic co-biocide, among which alkaline copper quaternary (ACQ) and copper boron azole (CBA) are the most popular wood preservatives in current use for the residential market. These Cu-based alternatives have been reported to leach several times more Cu (greater concentrations as well as higher percent leaching) than CCA-treated wood and the aquatic toxicity measured was found to correlate with total Cu concentrations. Due to the higher levels of Cu in the new alternative wood preservatives, it is suspected that it can promote aquatic toxicity in natural water systems. Earlier work focused on evaluating toxicity using laboratory generated leaching solutions (e.g., de-ionized water). In this study, the impact on preservative leaching and aquatic toxicity from treated wood products was evaluated using natural surface waters including waters from two rivers, three lakes, two wetlands, and one seawater, in addition to synthetic moderate hard water and de-ionized water. Blocks of wood treated with Cu based alternatives such as alkaline copper quaternary (ACQ) and copper boron azole (CBA), along with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) treated wood, were leached under quiescent conditions and total Cu, labile Cu and heavy metal toxicity were measured. Results show that ACQ- and CBA-treated wood leach approximately ten and twenty times more total Cu relative to CCA-treated wood and that the presence of organic and inorganic ligands in natural waters lowered the labile fraction of Cu relative to that from laboratory generated leaching solutions. Aquatic toxicity was found to correlate with the labile Cu fraction and hence, the aquatic toxicity of the treated wood leachates was lower in natural waters in comparison to laboratory leaching solutions. The results of the present study suggest that studies designed to evaluate the impacts of treated wood should therefore consider the role of complexation in reducing the labile Cu fraction and its potential role in decreasing toxicity.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
