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Meet USC (AM session)
Mon, Feb 13, 2006 @ 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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. Please call the USC Admission Center at (213) 740-6616 to check availability and to make an appointment. Be sure to tell them you are interested in Engineering!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshman and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Visual Plasticity - Seminar Series
Mon, Feb 13, 2006 @ 12:30 PM - 01:30 AM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Eunjin Lee, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, USC"Visual Plasticity"
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: Graduate
Contact: Darryl Hwang
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Meet USC (PM session)
Mon, Feb 13, 2006 @ 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
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. Please call the USC Admission Center at (213) 740-6616 to check availability and to make an appointment. Be sure to tell them you are interested in Engineering!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshman and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Neurobotics: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding and Assisting Humans
Mon, Feb 13, 2006 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Dr. Yoky Matsuoka,
Anna Loomis McCandless Assistant Professor,
Carnegie Mellon UniversityHost: Petros IoannouAbstract:
Neurobotics is a new field that lies at the intersection of Robotics and Neuroscience. Neurobotics is currently a small community but is growing rapidly in both engineering and science. In the Neurobotics Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University, robotic models and environments are used to understand the biomechanics and neuromuscular control of human limbs. In parallel, robotic systems are developed to augment, replace and rehabilitate damaged sensorimotor functions. In this talk, an overview of the Neurobotics Lab is presented and two example projects are addressed in more detail. First, the Anatomically Correct Testbed (ACT) Hand, a prototype of a seamlessly integrated prosthetic hand, is introduced. A description of how the ACT Hand is used to understand the neural control strategy of the high-degree-of-freedom redundant human hand will follow. As a second example, a robotic rehabilitation environment with distorted feedback is presented. To enrich this therapeutic environment, a patient's adaptation and other neuromuscular states are monitored using a dynamic system identification technique, and a safe whole-body interaction environment is constructed. Finally, there will be a brief description of the Neurobotics Lab outreach and educational programs for minority and disabled students.Biography:
Professor Yoky Matsuoka is an Anna Loomis McCandless Assistant Professor in the Robotics Institute, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her Ph.D. at MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Neuroscience in 1998. She received an M.S. from MIT in 1995 and a B.S. from UC Berkeley in 1993, both in EECS. Prior to joining CMU, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at MIT and in Mechanical Engineering at Harvard University. Her work at CMU earned a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2004, Anna Loomis McCandless Chair in 2004, and IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Academic Career Award in 2005.Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Alma Hernandez
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Viterbi Student Council General Meeting
Mon, Feb 13, 2006 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come to VSC's general council meeting. As E-week is fast upon us, we will be discussing and finalizing details for the upcoming National Engineers Week 2006.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 21
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi Student Council
