USC - Viterbi School of Engineering

Oct
27

Las Vegas - Freshmen Admission Interviews
Fri, Oct 27, 2006
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events

Paul Ledesma, Associate Director of Admission, will be in the area conducting Admission Interviews for those students interested.Freshman applicant interviews are not required as part of the admission process, however we would like to meet as many of our applicants as possible. All interview appointments are scheduled online.Learn more about Interviews:
http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/freshman/interviews/Schedule an Off-Campus Interview:
http://www.usc.edu/admissioninterviews
Location: Alexis Park Resort<br>375 E. Harmon Avenue<br>Las Vegas, NV 89109
Audiences: Freshmen Applicants for Fall 2007

Contact: Viterbi Admission
Oct
27

USC Transfer Day
Fri, Oct 27, 2006 @ 08:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions

The program includes a campus tour and special presentations for transfer students about admission, financial aid, transfer credit, and engineering programs. Reservations are required. To make the most of the visit, students are encouraged to bring copies of their college transcripts. Please call (213) 740-6616 for more information and to make a reservation.
Location: USC
Audiences: Prospective Transfer Students

Contact: Undergraduate Admission
Oct
27

Optimization Criteria in Dynamic Operations Models: Discounting and Risk Neutrality
Fri, Oct 27, 2006 @ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar

Presented by Matt SobelWilliam E. Umstattd Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve UniversityThere is overwhelming evidence that people are sensitive to risk, but stochastic optimization model for supply chain management usually presuppose a risk-neutral decision maker. This talk concerns the representation of preferences in dynamic stochastic models. How should joint preferences for risk and timing be represented? This talk explains(a) why the usual representation in economics and finance is logically inconsistent, and (b) how to do it right! The talk briefly indicates the effects of doing it right in the standard dynamic newsvendor models that coordinate operational and financial decisions. Matt Sobel is the William E. Umstattd Professor at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. His research interests include stochastic optimization models, coordination of operations with finance and marketing, supply chain management, choices made over time and under uncertainty, environmental management, and entrepreneurship. He is an INFORMS Fellow, and his numerous publications have appeared in all the INFORMS journals. He authored (with Daniel Heyman) the book Stochastic models in Operations Research.10/27/2006 Hoffman Hall 404, 10:30 - 12:00

Location: H. Leslie Hoffman Hall Of Business Administration (HOH) - 404
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum
Oct
27

Viterbi Museum Open Today 12:30-2:00
Fri, Oct 27, 2006 @ 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events

The Viterbi Museum is located on the 2nd Floor of RTH near the elevators. For more information please visit: http://viterbi.usc.edu/about/viterbimuseum/
Location: 2nd Floor RTH near the elevators
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Jason Dziegielewski
Oct
27

Got SSRP Citys 60 Mile-Program to Rehabilitate the Old Sewer Pipes
Fri, Oct 27, 2006 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars

Speaker:
Tahir Upshur
Civil EngineerCity of Los Angeles
Department of Public Works
Bureau of Engineering
Wastewater Conveyance Engineering DivisionAbstractThe Bureau of Engineering (BOE) and Sanitation (BOS) had embarked on an effort to systematically review and study the secondary sewer system throughout the City of Los Angeles, which is programmed to assess its physical and hydraulic conditions and predict the future needs of the wastewater capital improvement. This is so-called, "SSRP (Secondary Sewer Renewal Project) 60 Mile-Program." The secondary sewer system consists of approximately 220 separate sewer sheds with sewers less than 16 inches in diameter. The basic planning strategy is to evaluate the sewers in priority order using ranking and defect categories, maintenance history, pipe age, material, spill history, and other factors. Based on this data base including CCTV of sewer pipes, BOE engineers do the decision making process whether the sewer should be rehabilitated by way of lining or spot repair. The 60 miles of sewer lines would be renewed to correct the current situation where leaking and non-functioning pipes are prevalent.

Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 156
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Evangeline Reyes
Oct
27

Engineering Honors Colloquium Lecture
Fri, Oct 27, 2006 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars

Engineering Honors Colloquium lecture given by Mr. Rozi Roufoogaran, Engineers Without Borders representative.
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Faculty and Honors Program Students

Contact: Erika Chua
Oct
27

Invitation to Healthcare Finance Executive Presentations
Fri, Oct 27, 2006 @ 01:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar

The USC SPPD Health Management & Policy Program is pleased to invite all USC students and faculty to the following executive presentations, to be held in:Ralph & Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 100FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006Session A, 1:30-2:30 pm: Thomas Hennessy, President & CEO Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (SFO), "Report from the Frontlines: Hospital Leadership Today"Session B, 2:30-3:30 pm: Mark Gamble, Regional Vice President, Hospital Association of Southern CaliforniaSATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006Session C, 11:00 a.m.-Noon: LeAnne Trachok, Vice President, Revenue Services, Catholic Healthcare WestAs part of our course, HMGT 565: Managing the Organization's Financial Health, Prof. Patrick Lash has agreed to open these portions of his class to the SPPD and university community. Space is limited! Please RSVP to: shirose@sppd.usc.edu. Please indicate Session A, Session B, Session C or your preferred combination. Business/business casual attire requested. SPEAKER BIOS:Thomas Hennessy currently serves as president and CEO of Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco. He has spent more than 20 years in the investor-owned segment of hospital management, including as the head of the European Group for National Medical Enterprises (now known as Tenet Healthcare). He led a research team to Baku Azerbaijan, and led hospitals in Los Angeles, San Diego, Palm Beach and Boston.For the past eight years Mr. Hennessy has worked with Catholic Healthcare West and its 42 hospitals. A "systems" innovator, he was co-director of the CHW productivity project. His work has been instrumental in establishing more effective staffing models critical to CHW's financial viability. He currently acts in interim management roles, having served as president over seven CHW hospitals. Mr. Hennessy received his BS in biological sciences at the University of California at Santa Barbara. After receiving his commission in the US Army he went on to receive a joint degree in business and hospital administration from Cornell University.Mark Gamble, regional vice president of the Greater Los Angeles Area for the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) since September 2003, provides leadership in public policy and advocacy programs associated with health care for more than 120 constituent hospitals and health care systems in the greater Los Angeles area.Mr. Gamble has held a variety of positions within HASC since he joined the organization in 1995, allowing him to gain a broad level of experience in health care and association management. He is a member of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Healthcare Committee and Rotary International. He was a Big Brother with Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles for more than 11 years and currently serves on the board of directors for the Wellness Community–Foothills, a support group for cancer patients and their families.A native of Southern California, Mr. Gamble earned his MBA from Woodbury University and his bachelor's degree in business administration from California Lutheran University.Le Anne Trachok is vice president of revenue services for Catholic Healthcare West, the largest not-for-profit hospital chain on the west coast. Headquartered in San Francisco, Catholic Healthcare West has annual net revenues of $6 billion. Ms. Trachok provides strategy, guidance and oversight for the revenue cycle operations for CHW's 42 hospitals across three states. Ms. Trachok has more than 20 years of experience working with healthcare providers and payers to improve financial performance. Prior to joining Catholic Healthcare West in 2002, she was with Andersen Business Consulting, UCLA Medical Center and National Medical Enterprises (now Tenet Healthcare). Her experience includes not-for-profit, for-profit and teaching institutions and crosses hospitals, clinics and physician group practices. During her career she has worked with over 150 entities across the U.S. Ms. Trachok is a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA.

Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum
Oct
27

Global Capitalism: The Solution to World Oppression and Poverty
Fri, Oct 27, 2006 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar

Presented by Dr. Andrew Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy, Marist CollegeCapitalism is the system of individual rights. The enormous success of capitalism in Asia in the 20th century's second half, and the beginning of its positive impact in contemporary Latin America add to the evidence accumulated in Europe and North America over the past 200 years: capitalism is the system of both freedom and prosperity. Conversely, capitalism's antipode -- statism in any form -- those systems that deny the principle of individual rights, necessitates both political oppression and economic destitution. The purpose of this talk is to show this and why these claims are true. This talk shows that wherever the political/economic system of capitalism is instituted on any continent in any era men's freedom and prosperity are greatly increased. This was as true of 18th century Europe as it is of 21st century Asia. From its earliest days, capitalism raised the poor's living standards and, within a century, eradicated in the Western world the ages-old scourge of child labor. At the turn of the 21st century, the enormous benefits of capitalism are beginning to be reaped in the 3rd World, especially in Asia. As Ayn Rand stated, capitalism is the ideal social system and this talk, based on three years of research for 'The Capitalist Manifesto,' proves it.Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2006
Time: 6:30pm
Location: SALVATORI COMPUTER SCIENCE CENTER (SAL) 101
http://www.usc.edu/about/visit/upc/driving_directions/Contact Info: aynrand@usc.edu,
www.uscobjectivistclub.comBIO: Dr. Andrew Bernstein is a professor of philosophy at Marist College and also lectures at the State University of New York, where he was selected as Outstanding Teacher in 2004. He has given addresses at Harvard, Stanford, West Pont, Northwestern, Carnegie-Mellon, Columbia, the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago, USC, among others. He is a frequent contributor to several major newspapers as well as a frequent radio and TV commentator. He is also affiliated with the Ayn Rand Institute, where he is a Senior Writer and Speaker. He has published several books, including Heart of a Pagan, The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire, and Cliffs Notes for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and Anthem.
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum
Oct
27

SWE: Knotts Scary Farm
Fri, Oct 27, 2006 @ 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity

It's that time of year. Halloween is right around the corner, and what could be a better way to celebrate than with your SWE sisters? Get in the Halloween spirit at a place that's as scary as it is fun as Knott's Scary Farm! Members of both SWE National and the USC Chapter pay the discounted price of $20, and available drivers get free parking! Please make your deposit by our third general meeting on Tuesday, October 3rd. Space is limited, so be sure to sign up soon! This event will take place the Friday before Halloween Friday, October 27th. We will leave USC at 8:00 PM.
Location: TBD
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Society of Women Engineers