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Final Deadline for Transfer Admission - Part II Application
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
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February 2, 2009 is the deadline for admission and scholarship consideration for transfer students. Engineering applicants must submit the USC Part II Undergraduate Application for Admission on or before February 2nd. Visit http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/transfer/ to access the application.
Audiences: Prospective Undergraduate Transfer Students
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Final Deadline for Supplemental Transfer Application
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
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February 2, 2009 is the deadline to complete the Viterbi Supplemental Transfer Application. Transfer applicants are strongly encouraged to submit the Supplemental Application along with the USC Part II Undergraduate Application for Admission.Visit http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/transfer/ to access the Viterbi Supplemental Transfer Application and the USC Part II Undergraduate Application for Admission.
Audiences: Prospective Undergraduate Transfer Students
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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USC Information Systems Association (ISA) Industry Night
Tue, Feb 03, 2009 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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WHAT: USC Information Systems Association (ISA) Industry Night WHEN: Tuesday, February 3rd @ 6 PMWHERE: Radisson Hotel (Across the street from USC on Figueroa)WHO: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, KPMG, Accenture, Chevron, Hitachi Consulting, ProtivitiUSC ISA is an organization that helps students learn more details and career opportunities in the Information Systems, Information Technology, or Consulting industries. We invite big firms every week to our information session, which give students an opportunity learn more about the firm and network with professionals. If you are curious about these industries and companies, please feel free to drop by our weekly meetings. All our events are free have and have free catered food. Minimum dress is business casual for events. All students of any major are welcome, but these employers are particularly relevant for Marshall IOM, Epstein ISE, and Leventhal Accounting students. Invite as many friends as you would like!
Location: Radisson Hotel
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Inside the Port of Long Beach: Challenges and Opportunities
Wed, Feb 04, 2009 @ 12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Title: "Inside the Port of Long Beach: Challenges and Opportunities"Presenters: Michael Vanderbeek, Manager of Strategic Planning and Eric Shen, Director of Transportation PlanningABSTRACT: Port security, air quality, international trade policy and aging transportation infrastructure are key issues at the forefront of public policy debate around the United States and the world. Nowhere do these and other hot button issues related to goods movement and international trade converge more than at Southern California's Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex. On February 4 at 12 PM, senior staff from the Port of Long Beach will be on hand to share their insights into both the external and internal challenges and opportunities of managing the nation's second busiest seaport. Employment opportunities at the Port will also be discussed. For further information about the Port of Long Beach, please visit www.polb.com. Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 12:00 - 1:15 pm, RGL 308A light lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Patrick Boergers at boergers@usc.edu by Thursday, January 29th.
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 306
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Deloitte Information Session
Wed, Feb 04, 2009 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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WHAT: USC Information Systems Association (ISA) Deloitte Information SessionWHEN: Wednesday, February 4th @ 6PMWHERE: HOH 422 "Deloitte" is the brand under which 165,000 dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. These firms are members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ("DTT"), a Swiss Verein. Each member firm provides services in a particular geographic area and is subject to the laws and professional regulations of the particular country or countries in which it operates. In the United States, services are primarily provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte LLP, including:· Deloitte & Touche LLP · Deloitte Consulting LLP · Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP · Deloitte Tax LLPDeloitte's reputation for providing high quality services with integrity has earned the firm the trust of its clients, and its people. If you're ready for a career with a dynamic organization in an environment that fosters professional development and career advancement, you're ready for Deloitte. With 165,000 people in over 140 countries, Deloitte member firms serve more than 80 percent of the world's largest companies as well as large national enterprises, public institutions and successful fast-growing companies.USC ISA is an organization that helps students learn more details and career opportunities in the Information Systems, Information Technology, or Consulting industries. We invite big firms every week to our information session, which give students an opportunity learn more about the firm and network with professionals. If you are curious about these industries and companies, please feel free to drop by our weekly meetings. All our events are free have and have free catered food. Minimum dress is business casual for events. All students of any major are welcome, but these employers are particularly relevant for Marshall IOM, Epstein ISE, and Leventhal Accounting students. Invite as many friends as you would like!
Location: H. Leslie Hoffman Hall Of Business Administration (HOH) - 422
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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USC Innovation Driven Entrepreneurial Association New Speaker Series: Innovation Eve
Thu, Feb 05, 2009 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Join USC Innovation Driven Entrepreneurial Association in welcoming Ms. Judith Estrin to USC for the first in a new speaker series, Innovation Eve.The First in a New Speaker Series: Innovation EveWho: Judith L. EstrinWhen: February 5, 2009Where: USC Davidson Conference Center - Embassy RoomTime: 6:00pm (doors open, program at 6:30pm) **PLEASE RSVP TO uscideas@gmail.com**During this premier event, Ms. Estrin will speak to the USC student community about the importance of collaboration, innovation, her experiences and recently published book, "Closing the Innovation Gap". *A networking session with snacks and beverages will be hosted at the conclusion of her talk.*Ms. Estrin has been named three times to Fortune Magazine's list of the 50 most influential businesswomen. She is the CEO of JLabs LLC, serves on the Board of Directors of the Walt Disney Company and the FedEx Corporation, has co-founded seven companies and served as the CTO of Cisco Systems. Ms. Estrin collaborates with Stanford's School of Engineering and Bio-X interdisciplinary program--the intersection of Biotechnology, Genetics, Computer Science, Statistics, and Engineering.
She was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2002.To ensure priority seating for this event, please R.S.V.P. to uscideas@gmail.com by February 1, 2009.Sponsored by the USC Innovation Driven Entrepreneurial Association (IDEAs), the Viterbi Graduate Student Association, and the USC Health Care Business ClubLocation: Charlotte S. & Davre R. Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center (DCC) - Embassy Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Society of Women Engineers - Evening with Industry
Fri, Feb 13, 2009 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2008 Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Place: Radisson Hotel Ballroom Registration deadline: February 13th, 2008 SWE's 3rd annual Evening with Industry will be held in the Radisson Ballroom on February 18, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm. This year, SWE has a wide range of company representatives attending, all of who want to talk to students This is a unique opportunity to network with representatives and learn about companies the evening before the career fair--all over a three-course dinner. The special event is open to all engineers, female or male. Companies attending: Aera Energy, AMO, Amgen, ATK, BAE Systems, Cisco, Intel, Lockheed, Microsoft, Northrop, Qualcomm, Raytheon, Xerox, Parsons Brinckerhoff, and JPL. Seating is limited and on a first-come/first-serve basis, so please register as soon as possible. Find out more about this event at http://www-scf.usc.edu/~sweusc/ewi/students.html
Location: Radisson Hotel Ballroom
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Conversation with a Quant
Tue, Feb 17, 2009 @ 12:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Speaker: Ms. Yuhua Yu, Head, Quantitative Research, DWR Trading, ChicagoWhere: DRB 337 (Denney Research Building)When: February 17, 2009 (Tuesday), 12:00 - 2:30 PMABSTRACT: Based on the personal observation and experience as
a quantitative researcher at DRW Trading, a proprietary trading firm,
we will discuss the career options for people interested in quantitative
finance under the current market turmoil, as well as the preparation needed
as a graduate student in the field of Mathematical Finance/Financial
Engineering. Specific areas of discussion include (but certainly are not
limited to):* Different roles of quants* How to prepare as a student* Resume* Traps and tips in job hunting (from a hiring manager's perspective)***********Food and drinks will be available on a first come first served basis, so please come on time.Location: Corwin D. Denney Research Center (DRB) - 337
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Tools for Travel Corridor Management
Wed, Feb 18, 2009 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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SPEAKER: Alex Kurzhanskiy, Postdoctoral Researcher, EECS Department, University of California, BerkeleyDATE: Wednesday, February 18, 2009TIME: 12:00-1:30LOCATION: Lewis Hall (RGL) 103RSVP: Adam Gardner, amgardne@usc.edu**Lunch Will Be Served**ABSTRACT: The operational strategies designed to improve traffic conditions on congested travel corridors (freeways and surrounding arterials) are:• Demand management, which focuses on reducing excessive demand;• Incident management, which targets resources to alleviate accident hot spots;• Traveler information, which potentially reduces traveler buffer time;• Traffic control, which implements aggressive ramp metering at locations where significant reductions in congestion are likely to occur.Aurora Road Network Modeler is a tool set that provides quick quantitative assessment of operational strategies. It is based on the Aurora object-oriented framework, designed to model flows in networks. Its basic objects, nodes and links, allow the user to construct heterogeneous road networks. Various event classes make it possible to generate simulation scenarios. The monitor objects can keep track of the state at selected nodes and links, coordinate control actions at nodes, or generate events at nodes or links when the monitored states reach certain thresholds. Aurora RNM uses macroscopic Cell Transmission Model that represents traffic as a compressible fluid in terms of flow, density and speed. The talk will present Aurora RNM and show how it can be used in corridor management.Aurora RNM website: http://code.google.com/p/aurorarnmBIO: Alex Kurzhanskiy received his M.A. in Applied Mathematics from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, in 1998. From 1998 to 2003 he worked as an engineer and consultant for several Silicon Valley companies. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 2007. Currently he is postdoctoral researcher at the EECS Department of UC Berkeley. His research interests include dynamical systems estimation, reachability analysis and control, robust convex optimization, and their application to transportation systems.
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 103
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Deloitte Consulting - Case Workshop
Wed, Feb 18, 2009 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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USC Information Systems AssociationWHAT: Deloitte Consulting - Case WorkshopWHEN: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 6:00 PMWHERE: HOH 422 "Deloitte" is the brand under which 165,000 dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. These firms are members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ("DTT"), a Swiss Verein. In the United States, Deloitte LLP is the member firm of DTT. Client services are primarily provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte LLP, including:· Deloitte & Touche LLP · Deloitte Consulting LLP · Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP · Deloitte Tax LLPwww.deloitte.com/USC ISA is an organization that helps students learn more details about career opportunities in the Information Systems, Information Technology, or Consulting industries. The group invites large firms every week to our information sessions, which give students an opportunity to learn more about the firm and network with professionals. If you have are curious about these industries and companies, please feel free to drop by any weekly meeting. All our events are free and have free food. Minimum dress is business casual for events. All students of any major are welcome. Invite as many friends as you would like!
Location: H. Leslie Hoffman Hall Of Business Administration (HOH) - 422
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Evening with Industry
Wed, Feb 18, 2009 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Society of Women Engineers Presents "Evening with Industry"Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2008 Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Place: Radisson Hotel Registration deadline: February 13, 2008 SWE is now gearing up for its 3rd annual Evening with Industry, held at the Radisson Ballroom on February 18, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm. This year, we have a wide range of company representatives attending that want to talk to you! This is a unique opportunity to network with representatives and learn about companies the evening before the career fair--all over a three-course dinner. Companies attending: Aera Energy, AMO, Amgen, ATK, BAE Systems, Cisco, Intel, Lockheed, Microsoft, Northrop, Qualcomm, Raytheon, Xerox, Sun Microsystems, and JPL. This event is free for SWE members, and $15 for non-SWE members, so join now! Seating is limited and on a first-come/first-serve basis, so please register as soon as possible. Find out more about this event at http://www-scf.usc.edu/~sweusc/ewi/students.html
Location: Radisson Hotel
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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A Modeling Framework for Detecting HEU in Seaborne Containers
Thu, Feb 19, 2009 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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ISE 650 SEMINARTitle: "A Modeling Framework for Detecting HEU in Seaborne Containers"Speaker: Yu Ding, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M UniversityABSTRACT: Our research is part of a 5-year, multi-disciplinary research grant that encompasses Nuclear Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Social Sciences, and Systems Engineering. The overall goal of this effort is to develop new sensor systems and decision tools to detect illicit nuclear materials before they can be smuggled into the United States. The systems engineering focus is on (1) the design of a robust, re-configurable network of nuclear materials detectors across the US and allied countries, (2) dynamic screening of shipping containers based on chain-of-custody and geopolitical information, and (3) developing strategies for sequential screening of containers at the same or different interdiction points. This talk focuses on the inspection systems/policies at a single sea port. I will first examine the current practice of inspecting container traffic. Then, I will present a layered inspection system that utilizes the radiography information of containers and a new inspection measure called "hardness". Our research determines the inspection policies and decides the level of scrutiny to cargo containers by considering the tradeoff between detection probability and system throughput.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009, GERONTOLOGY BUILDING (GER) ROOM 309, 3:30 – 4:50 PMBiosketch: Dr. Yu Ding received a B.S. degree from the University of Science & Technology of China in 1993, an M.S. degree from Tsinghua University in 1996 and an M.S. degree from the Penn State University in 1998, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 2001. Dr. Ding is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research interests are in the general area of system informatics and quality/ reliability engineering. Dr. Ding currently serves as a department editor for IIE Transactions on Quality and Reliability Engineering and as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science & Engineering. Dr. Ding is a member of IIE, INFORMS, IEEE, and ASME.
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 309
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Teaching OR/MS with Spreadsheets: Monte Carlo Simulation, Evolutionary Algorithms, and ...
Thu, Feb 26, 2009 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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ISE 650 SEMINARTitle: "Teaching OR/MS with Spreadsheets: Monte Carlo Simulation, Evolutionary Algorithms, and Cool Excel 2007 Features"Speaker: Wayne Winston, Professor of Decision Sciences, Indiana UniversityABSTRACT: For 10 years my spreadsheet modeling electives have been the most popular courses in Indiana University's 15th ranked MBA program. Over 300 people a year take my basic spreadsheet modeling class. I will discuss my methods of teaching optimization and Monte Carlo modeling, including the use of evolutionary methods in optimization and simulation. Also I will give a quick overview of some of the exciting new features in Excel 2007.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009, GERONTOLOGY BUILDING (GER) ROOM 309, 3:30-4:50 PM
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 309
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
