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Events for March 28, 2011
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ASBME E-Board Applications: Run for a position for 2011-2012!Mon, Mar 28, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
ASBME E-Board Applications: Run for a position for 2011-2012!
DEADLINE: April 2nd, 1PM
E-Board Applications are now out for the 2011-2012 school year!
We hope you have enjoyed being a part of ASBME this past year, and if you would like to help improve it even more next year, we highly encourage you to run for a position by filling out this application: https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/usc.edu/viewform?formkey=dHRrTnR0Z01xOC0zdnpuek5VUmZXR1E6MQ
The current E-board has put together a list of E-Board position responsibilities (on our website: http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/asbme/), so that you can determine which one(s) fit you best.
The application is due Saturday, April 2nd by 1pm. We greatly look forward to the opportunity to have you be a part of next year's ASBME E-Board team, and we will be sending out election logistics in one week after applications have closed.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Mar 28, 2011
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 http://usconnect.usc.edu/ 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: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Accident/Incident Response Preparedness (AIP)
Mon, Mar 28, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This course is designed for individuals who are involved in either preparing for an accident or responding to one as a representative of their organization. It is based on the premise that accidents are relatively rare events and organizations may have little experience in dealing with them.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Mathematics for System Safety Analysis (MATH)
Mon, Mar 28, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This course is focused on the mathematics used in system safety. The purpose of this course is to provide the trainees with a working understanding of the mathematical theories underlying system safety analysis.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Epstein ISE Administrative Seminar - ISE Chair Candidate
Mon, Mar 28, 2011 @ 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Yuan-Shin Lee, Ph.D., P.E., Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering/North Carolina State University/Raleigh, NC
Talk Title: "Why? and Why Not?"
Abstract: Any organizationâs two most important questions are âWhy?â and âWhy not?â - the trick is knowing which one to ask. In this talk, we will discuss the important trends and future direction for the industrial and system engineersâ new role in this evolving new world. Acquiring some understanding of why we, as a living and evolving organization, do and not do things is often a prerequisite to change. We will discuss the lessons and strategies that could possibly lead to the road to translation. This talk will be focused on exploring the possible opportunities and direction within the field the Epstein Department might be able to take advantage of.
Biography: Yuan-Shin Lee is Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University, U.S.A. He received his Ph.D. and MS degrees from Purdue University, USA, both in industrial engineering, and his BS degree from National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in mechanical engineering. His research interests include computational geometry for design and manufacturing, system automation, CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping, 5-axis sculptured surface manufacturing, computer-aided molecular design (CAMD), human-computer interface development, re-generative medicine manufacturing system, and micro-scale medical devices development. He is a registered professional engineer (PE) in mechanical engineering. He is also a certified
manufacturing engineer (CMfgE) in system integration and control. Dr. Lee is Fellow of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). He is also Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Dr. Lee received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. He also received the 1997 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the 1998 Norman Dudley Award from the Taylor & Francis Journals, London, U.K., the 1999 Anderson Outstanding Faculty Award and the 2000 Alumni Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award from North Carolina State University, the 2001 ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award, the 2006 IIE Technical Innovation Award for Industrial Engineering, the 2007 IIE Fellow Award from Institute of Industrial Engineers and the 2008 ASME Fellow Award from American Society of Mechanical Engineering.
Dr. Lee serves as the Department Editor of IIE Transactions. He also serves as an Associate Editor for several research journals, including the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, the International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the Journal of Manufacturing Systems, the Journal of Computer Aided Design and Applications, the International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, the Journal of Computer-Aided Drafting, Design and Manufacturing, and the Journal of Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers. He also serves as the Director of the Summer Research at NCSU Program at NCSU.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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CENG Seminar
Mon, Mar 28, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Peng Li, Texas A&M University
Talk Title: From Integrated Circuit Design to Brain Modeling: Coping with System Complexity by Leveraging Application-Specific Parallel Computing
Abstract: We are confronted with system complexity while dealing with large natural and engineered systems such as a multi-billion transistor microprocessor, or the 100 billion neuron human brain. In the meantime, the recent change in the computing landscape has rendered the use of parallel compute power critical for dealing with the complexity in a broader spectrum of engineering and healthcare applications.
The drive for higher performance has resulted in an explosion of IC design complexity. To push the envelope of design algorithms and tools, âgoing parallelâ is both a natural choice and a necessity. Nevertheless, one must rethink how compute-intensive algorithms shall be designed on disparate hardware platforms to make the best use of parallel compute power. I will present our work on highly parallel circuit simulation, where a rich set of application-specific intra- and inter-algorithm parallelisms are explored to help remove the simulation bottleneck from the IC design flow. I will describe how âsmartâ numerical algorithms can be designed to expose the âhiddenâ data parallelism to allow for efficient hybrid GPU-CPU based analysis of large power delivery networks, thereby facilitating the design of high-performance & low-power chips.
Computing also plays an increasingly vital in understanding mammalian brains. With a vast amount of data made available by neuron recording and imaging, one holy grail is to map out the circuitry of the human brain and unravel the mysteries of brain functions by computer simulation. If successful, this would have profound implications: it will enable the test of hypotheses of neurological disorders and the development of treatments; it will stimulate new bio-inspired computing and biomimetics. To examine some of the grand challenges and opportunities, I will describe a large-scale thalamocortical model that includes multicompartmental Hodgkin-Huxley neuron models capturing dynamics of ion channels and dendrites, detailed cortical microcircuitry, local/global connectivity, all modeled on a biophysical basis. While exploring the dynamic properties of the network, advanced numerical and parallel computing techniques have been developed to alleviate the significant simulation challenge. The biological realism of the model allows us to attribute network-level spike-and-wave oscillations, a characteristic of generalized absence epilepsy, to cell-level biophysical interactions and shed light on the therapeutic treatments of this brain disorder.
Biography: Peng Li received the Ph.D. degree in ECE from CMU in 2003. He is an associate professor of ECE at Texas A&M University, where he is also a member of the Faculty of Neuroscience. His research interests include integrated circuits and systems, CAD, parallel computing, biophysical modeling of nervous systems, computer-aided diagnosis and therapy of brain disorders. He has edited two books, published over 100 papers, and six book chapters. He is a recipient of two IEEE/ACM DAC Best Paper Awards and one DAC Best Paper Award nomination, four nominations for the IEEE/ACM William J. McCalla ICCAD Best Paper Award, an NSF CAREER Award, four Inventor Recognition Awards from SRC and MARCO, and an ECE Outstanding Professor Award from Texas A&M. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. on CAD and IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems II. He has served on the committees of DAC, ICCAD, ISQED, ISCAS, TAU and VLSI-DAT, the selection committees of ICCAD Best Paper Award and ACM Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award in EDA. He served as the program chair and general chair of the ACM TAU Workshop.
Host: Alice Parker
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Mar 28, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Tirrell, UC Berkeley
Series: Invited Chair Series
Host: Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Chlorinated phenol based biocides and the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Mon, Mar 28, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sudeshna Ghosh, University of Michigan
Talk Title: Chlorinated phenol based biocides and the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Abstract: Increasing resistance to antimicrobials among bacteria is a growing problem. While antimicrobials are used to treat infections, their use also selects for drug resistant bacteria that elude treatment. Understanding the ecology of antibiotic resistance has been an important part of my research. Recently, I started looking at this problem from a different angle. I am asking if certain biocides, in addition to selecting for resistant bacteria, have other roles, such as increasing the infectivity of pathogens.
My presentation concerns an opportunistic pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, that infects people with lower immunity. Infections caused by P. aeruginosa are particularly hard to treat due to its large arsenal of defense mechanisms against antimicrobials. Prominent among its antibiotic resistance mechanisms is antibiotic efflux by the MexAB-OprM efflux pump, which confers resistance to a wide spectrum of antibiotics. I have found that chlorinated phenols control the expression of the MexAB-OprM efflux pump by interacting with a protein regulator of the pump. This interaction renders P. aeruginosa more resistant to antibiotics. Additionally, it raises the possibility that chlorinated phenols may influence other microbial characteristics, including virulence. Chlorinated phenol based biocides such as triclosan and chloroxylenol are commonly used as disinfectants in household cleaners, in health-care facilities and on medical devices. Is it possible that our use of these chlorinated phenol based biocides is self-defeating? This is the question that I am addressing now.
Host: Sonny Astani Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Erin Sigman
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Privacy and Identity in the Age of Facebook
Mon, Mar 28, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Have we given up our privacy to maintain a public identity? How have the lines between our public and private lives blurred with the rise of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other social-networking sites that have made it so easy to inform the world of our every move, from daily banalities to emotional breakups? A panel discussion moderated by Johanna Blakley, deputy director of the Norman Lear Center at USCâs Annenberg School, will examine whether we can control our unique identities when the Internet makes it so easy for others to participate in how we communicate about ourselves to the world. The discussion will feature danah boyd, a
social-media researcher for Microsoft; Henry Jenkins, the provostâs professor of communications, journalism and cinematic arts at USC; and new-media artist Nathan Ruyle, an adjunct faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts.
Organized by the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Texas Instruments Info Session
Mon, Mar 28, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
