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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Personal Admission Interviews are available to freshmen applicants throughout the Fall practically every weekday until December 10, 2011. 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.http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/freshman/interviews/
Audiences: Freshmen Applicants for Fall 2011
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Sep 01, 2010 @ 01:00 AM - 01:00 AM
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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1st AGC General Meeting
Thu, Sep 02, 2010 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Associated General Contractors come to our first general meeting this THURSDAY September 2nd at 5:30pm in front of KAP Hall. We will be serving dinner, so fear not you will not have to pick between eating and coming to our meeting. Take this chance to meet our Executive Board, other members, older students, and make a new friend. Everyone is invited!
Just a quick reminder, AGC is the premier construction organization on campus. We are a professional club, whose primary goal to help our members gain knowledge of the contracting industry and build their network.
Annually we send 6 undergraduate and 2 graduate teams to Reno, NV to compete in the Associated Schools of Construction Student Competition. The competition aids the members to gain real life construction experience and demonstrate their talents and knowledge to representatives from the top companies.
For the past 16 years, AGC has hosted the Construction Management Symposium at USC. This will be the 17th year, and plan to hold the symposium in the new Ronald Tutor Campus Center. Symposium is a professional sit down dinner with a educational program. Members get to mingle with over 200+ company representatives at the reception, then have dinner with a company of their choice, while listening to a major Keynote Speaker talk about the year's topic.
We also host philanthropy and social events throughout the year, as well as job walks and information sessions with companies.
Please come out on Thursday and check out our website!
www.uscagc.com
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
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://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx 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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BIOMED Research Symposium: Medical Challenges, Engineering Solutions
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
BIOMED: Medical Challenges, Engineering Solutions, taking place on September 3rd from 11:20-1:30pm (check in at 11am) is a beginning-of-the-year luncheon meant to introduce incoming and current students of any background to medical issues that face our world today. This event is focused primarily on research and becoming familiar with the current range of work being pursued. If you are looking for a research position, this is the perfect way to interact with several professors all in one setting. We will have an introductory speaker from the Keck School of Medicine, Dr. Richard Roberts discuss the major issue of personalized medicine, and have follow up speakers from Viterbi and Keck who will discuss how such issues are being solved right here in the studentsâ âown backyardâ of USC. As such, this event should also prove to be especially useful to incoming students who have an interest in medicine or research but want to know more about what it means to be put into application. Continuing students will benefit as well, as we will be inviting numerous professors to the luncheon who are solving other issues of medicine and health so that students may interact and network with them for research positions, or simply social purposes in a relaxed environment over a sit-down lunch. Students will also have the opportunity to network with peers who share their same interest across varying disciplines.
So join in, get your feet wet, and kick off the year with BIOMED!
To sign up, please visit: http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/asbme/events/biomed.htm and click on "Register today" or email asbme@usc.edu.Location: Town & Gown (TGF) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Tie Dye with Alpha Omega Epsilon
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Interested in Alpha Omega Epsilon, the professional and social engineering sorority?Come join us for a fun night of Tie Dying! We'll provide shirts and food!
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - Lobby
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Elizabeth Clark
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AOE BBQ
Sun, Sep 05, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come get to know the Actives of Alpha Omega Epsilon! Enjoy an afternoon of fun games and good food!
Location: McCarthy Quad
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Alpha Omega Epsilon USC
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Sep 06, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Talk Title: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY--NO BME 533 SEMINAR
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Progressive Degree Program Info Session
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
The Progressive Degree Program (PDP) gives continuing USC undergraduates another path to earning a Masterâs degree from USC. The main advantages to a Progressive Degree are: 1) the option to start graduate-level classes during the senior year, and 2) a reduction in units required for the Masterâs Degree.
Juniors and transfer students are encouraged to attend this information session if they are interested in applying for the Progressive Degree.Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Joseph King
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Crafts with Alpha Omega Epsilon
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come spend time with the AOE actives for a fun, relaxing night of food and crafts!
Alpha Omega Epsilon is a professional engineering and sciences sorority founded in 1983 that strives to provide friendship, leadership, and professionalism to all members of our organization, community, and professions.
The Sisters of Alpha Omega Epsilon promote ideals and objectives that hope to further the advancement of female engineers, while at the same time developing bonds of lifelong friendships. Alpha Omega Epsilon strives for scholarship and academic achievement. The sisters create a friendly, warm atmosphere where integrity, character, and self-confidence can foster. The sorority hopes to enlighten female engineers to the opportunities available. Alpha Omega Epsilon encourages ties with other Greek Organizations, which leads to the discovery of additional extracurricular activities, and in pursuing contacts with engineers in industry.
The Sisters of Alpha Omega Epsilon are proud of the principles the organization stands for, and always welcomes young women who can share in the dreams and reap the benefits that Alpha Omega Epsilon has to offer.Alpha Omega Epsilon, as a young organization, allows each member to play a significant part in realizing the group's future goals.Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - Lobby
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Elizabeth Clark
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Sep 08, 2010
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://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx 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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AIChE 1st General Meeting
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 @ 07:30 AM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Comes join AIChE in our first general meeting of the year! Mingle with other Chem-Es and learn more about our upcoming events!
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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College of the Canyons Transfer Fair
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Becky Beiter from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the College of the Canyons Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: COC Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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East Los Angeles College Transfer Fair
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Christine Hsieh from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the East Los Angeles College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: ELAC Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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AME Seminar
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Claire Tomlin, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley
Talk Title: Verification and Control of Hybrid Systems with Application to Multiple Coordinating UAVs
Abstract: This talk will present reachability analysis as a tool for model checking and controller synthesis for hybrid systems. We consider the problem of guaranteeing reachability to a given desired subset of the state space, allowing for nonlinear dynamics in each discrete mode, and possibly non-convex state constraints. Techniques from hybrid system verification are presented and used to compute reachable sets, under bounded model disturbances that vary continuously, as well as under the effects of sampling and quantization. The resulting control policy is an explicit feedback law involving both a selection of continuous inputs and discrete switching commands at each time instant, based upon measurement of system state. We discuss real time implementations of this, and present several examples using our UAV testbeds as well as Boeing aircraft.
Host: Dr. G. Spedding
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/9-8-10-tomlin.shtmlLocation: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/9-8-10-tomlin.shtml
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FYE Meet Your Advisor
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Freshmen: Now that you have had a chance to settle in with classes, come reconnect with your freshmen FYE advisor. Refreshments will be provided! RSVP to viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu with the subject line "RSVP - Meet your Advisor on 9/8".
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Freshmen Only
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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Teach for America
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join us for an information session to learn how you can make an immediate difference in the lives of your students right out of college, and then go on to be key player in social change in law, policy, medicine, business, and every field you can imagine. Come to learn about our graduate school and employer partnerships, package of financial incentives, and the 39 regions in which you could make and impact on educational inequity. Hear from USC alums that have entered Teach For America themselves, and why you should consider this post-graduate option.
Everyone has a part to play in this fight to close the achievement gap⦠Whatâs your impact going to be?
Next application deadline: Friday, September 17. Take a look at the application!
Visit www.teachforamerica.org to find out more about our movement.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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ASCE 2nd GENERAL MEETING w/ AECOM
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Hey everyone!!
I hope you all had an awesome weekend, :)
American Society of Civil Engineers will be holding our second general meeting this week, Wednesday September 8 at 6:30 pm in KAP.
We will be hosting a Guest Speaker: Andrew Agopian from the Transportation Engineering Firm AECOM in Downtown LA.
⢠Andrew will be giving an interactive presentation about solar power and its role in sustainability.
⢠Food will be provided. Mmm!!
Membership
Also, in order to attend any of our events or meetings after this week you will need to be a USC ASCE member. The membership form will be available at the meeting or go to KAP 241 to pick one up and fill out the form and provide the membership dues and drop it off at KAP241 in the ASCE envelope
WAIVERS
Also, in order to attend any ASCE trips or work on any of the design projects, every member must fill out USCâs General Liability Waiver and Lab Safety Agreements. These are attached to this email and can be filled out and left in the envelope at KAP241 as well.
Please let us know if you have any questions!
USC American Society of Civil Engineers
www.uscasce.com
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - TBA
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: American Society of Civil Engineers
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Lyman Handy Colloquium
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 @ 12:45 AM - 01:50 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Mohamed E.H. El-Sayed, Professor
Talk Title: âSmartâ Degradable Particles for Targeted Gene Silencing
Abstract: Recent advances in drug design have led to the development of several classes of novel therapeutic macromolecules including peptides, proteins, monoclonal antibodies, immunotoxins, lysozymes, plasmid DNA, antisense oligodeoxynucleotides, and short interfering RNA. Despite the established potential of these macromolecules, their development into stable and clinically-active drugs with defined dosage regimens remains a significant challenge. To transform these promising drug candidates into actual therapeutic agents, we have to develop effective strategies to improve drug stability, control spatial and temporal drug release in the body, increase drug absorption across epithelial and endothelial barriers, allow selective drug accumulation in diseased tissues, and achieve drug targeting at cellular and sub-cellular levels. In this seminar, I will discuss our research efforts to develop âintelligentâ pH-sensitive, membrane-destabilizing, and degradable polymeric carriers that can effectively deliver therapeutic nucleic acids past the endosomal membrane and into the cytoplasm of cancer cells to successfully suppress the expression of targeted genes.
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Los Angeles City College Transfer Fair
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Becky Beiter from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the Los Angeles City College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: LACC Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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Polish the Bent
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come polish Tau Beta Pi's symbol the Bent (under the VHE breezeway), catch up with your fellow members and eat pizza! We'll be at the Bent from 12 - 2 pm so drop by any time to help us shine up the Bent, say hi, and grab some food.
Location: Vivian Hall of Engineering (VHE) -
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: USC Tau Beta Pi
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Distributed Interference Management and Scheduling in LTE-A Wireless Femto Networks
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ritesh Madan, Qualcomm, NJ
Talk Title: Distributed Interference Management and Scheduling in LTE-A Wireless Femto Networks
Abstract: Femto base stations deployed at homes and offices offer cell-splitting gains and better coverage, and can help improve the performance of mobile applications. However, Femto networks are unplanned; moreover, they may operate in closed subscriber group (CSG) mode where only a few specific mobiles are allowed to connect to a given Femto base station. Such a deployment can lead to high interference; thus distributed interference management techniques become essential. Moreover, since only a few (or just one) mobiles may be connected to a Femto base station, the aggregated load in each cell can vary quickly with time. Thus, the scheduling and resource allocation across cells needs to be at a fast time scale and coordinated. In addition, it is desirable to keep the control overhead and latency for this coordination to be low.
In this talk, we focus on the design of distributed scheduling and interference management algorithms with very low overhead. We describe a framework for distributed scheduling across multiple Femto cells where a limited amount of information is exchanged between interfering links. Specifically, each transmitter has a limited knowledge of the buffer and channel states in its neighborhood. In this framework, we design a scheduling heuristic to achieve rate fairness across cells for best effort applications (e.g., FTP), and at the same time obtain low latency for delay sensitive applications (e.g., voice, real time video). The heuristic is motivated by the maximum weight scheduling algorithm in wireless networks. We discuss the impact of coordination delay on the mechanism and algorithm design.
Biography: Ritesh Madan received a Ph.D. in 2006 and a M.S. in 2003 from Stanford University, and a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in 2001, all in Electrical Engineering. At Stanford, he was a recipient of the Sequoia Capital Stanford Graduate Fellowship. He is currently at Corporate R&D in Qualcomm, NJ. His research interests include methods for resource allocation in wireless networks, stochastic control, and optimization.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 539
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Dinner with Alpha Omega Epsilon Alum
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Want to meet some Women in Engineering and ask questions about life as a working, female engineer? Join us for a professional dinner and hear from some AOE alumnae. Professional/business casual dress required
The Sisters of Alpha Omega Epsilon promote ideals and objectives that hope to further the advancement of female engineers, while at the same time developing bonds of lifelong friendships. Alpha Omega Epsilon strives for scholarship and academic achievement. The sisters create a friendly, warm atmosphere where integrity, character, and self-confidence can foster. The sorority hopes to enlighten female engineers to the opportunities available. Alpha Omega Epsilon encourages ties with other Greek Organizations, which leads to the discovery of additional extracurricular activities, and in pursuing contacts with engineers in industry.
The Sisters of Alpha Omega Epsilon are proud of the principles the organization stands for, and always welcomes young women who can share in the dreams and reap the benefits that Alpha Omega Epsilon has to offer.Alpha Omega Epsilon, as a young organization, allows each member to play a significant part in realizing the group's future goals.Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - Lobby
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Elizabeth Clark
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Sep 10, 2010
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://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx 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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Distinguished Speaker Series
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Supratik Guha - Director of Physical Sciences, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Talk Title: Photovoltaics Research at IBM
Abstract: In this talk I will describe research in three different areas in photovoltaics that are ongoing at IBM Research--concentrator photovoltaics, solar cells from earth abundant materials, and nanowire based solar cells. Â Concentrator photovoltaics, which can have the highest power conversion efficiencies at the system level, has suffered from the lack of the benefits of economies of scale, which is rapidly allowing flat panel systems to lower costs. Yet, provided the manufacturing of these systems can be highly automated, CPV stands a very good chance for cost reduction--the challenge here is one of simplicity of construction, weight reduction and optical and thermal system design. Â Earth abundant thin films, that can support manufacturing rates of >10-20 GW/yr is an important (and increasingly fashionable) topic of research. Â I will describe results that we have in this area with the copper-zinc-tin-sulfide (CZTS) system. Â Finally, I will describe some results of our work on silicon nanowire photovoltaics, where the benefits are one of enhanced light trapping and, possibly, the ability to effectively have devices that are small enough so that generated carriers can be collected without relying upon minority carrier diffusion. Â However, a big drawback here has been the detrimental role of surfaces and interfaces that has prevented nanowire solar cells (and other nanostructured solar cells) from demonstrating high efficiencies.
Biography: Supratik Guha is the Director of the Physical Sciences Department at IBM Research and in this capacity is responsible for overseeing IBMâs worldwide research strategy in the physical sciences. His technical work, over the past dozen years, has been in the area of new materials for silicon microelectronics where he has been responsible for some of the key material advances that are now part of IBM's common platform high k metal gate technology, developed by IBM with its alliance partners, and representing major changes in the way that a silicon transistor is built.  More recently, his own research work has been on new materials for energy conversion devices.  As a manager, he has established many successful research programs at IBM including ones in silicon nanophotonics, thermal physics, photovoltaics, and nanowire based technologies.  Supratik  is also an adjunct professor of materials science at Columbia University.  Prior to joining IBM in 1995, he worked on semiconductor lasers at the 3M Corporate Research Labs from 1992-95  He received his Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Southern California in 1991, and a B. Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1985.  He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Host: Center for Energy Nanoscience and Technology
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
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Two Studies: Plasmon-Enhanced Absorption in Silicon Substrate and On the Universal Behavior of Electro-Optical Materials
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Uzi Efron , Professor/Ben-Gurion University, Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Talk Title: Two Studies: Plasmon-Enhanced Absorption in Silicon Substrate and On the Universal Behavior of Electro-Optical Materials
Abstract:
1. Computer simulation studies of absorption enhancement in a silicon substrate by nanoshell-related Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) based on a Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) analysis will be presented. The results of these studies show significant enhancement of over 4X in the near band gap spectral region of Si, using 30nm diameter, 2-Dimensional,cylindrical Ag nanoshell structure. The studies also indicate a clear advantage of the cylindrical nanoshell structure over that of a completely filled Ag-nano- cylinders. The enhancement was studied as a function of the metallic shell thickness. The results suggest that the main enhancement mechanism in this case of cylindrical nanoshells embedded in Si substrate, is that of field-enhanced absorption caused by the strongly LSPR-enhanced electric field, extending into the silicon substrate.
2. Electro-optical light modulators are key components for a number of optical systems including displays, optical interconnects, optical processing, optical beam steering and adaptive optics . The performance of these modulators can be characterized by three main physical parameters: The electro-optical coefficient, the RF frequency bandwidth and the optical spectral bandwidth. A recent study [1] has shown that the product of these three parameters, which we term âSusceptibility-Bandwidth Productâ (SBP), is remarkably constant within 1-2 orders of magnitude, across a wide range of different material systems, including Liquid Crystals (LC) , Solid State Electro-Optical Materials and Multiple Quantum Well structures. This, despite the fact that all three parameters vary over many orders of magnitude across this range of materials. The feasibility of the SBP constancy based on material stability considerations has already been proposed several years ago [2]. The main purpose of this study was to perform a detailed study of the SBP in Nematic Liquid Crystal (NLC) materials based on the electro-optics of the electrically controlled birefringence effect. The work includes the derivation of a theoretical expression for the SBP in NLC materials, as well as its comparison to experimental data. The results are found to be in good agreement with the theoretical prediction for this product.
References
1. U. Efron, in Handbook of Opto-Electronics, J.P. Dakin and R.G.W.Brown, Editors, Taylor and Francis, London, 2006, Vol. 2.
2. U. Efron âSpatial Light Modulators and Applications for Optical Information Processingâ, in âReal Time Signal Processing for Industrial Applicationsâ, Proc. SPIE, vol.960 (1988).
Biography: Uzi Efron (Mâ87) received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1967, 1970, and 1976, respectively, all in physics. He was a Principal Scientist at Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA, where he conducted research on photo-activated and charge-coupled device (CCD)-addressed liquid crystal light valves as well as multiple-quantum-well spatial light modulators and their applications in projection/head-mounted displays, optical data processing, and adaptive optics. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Electro-Optics Engineering Department, Ben-Gurion University, Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. He also heads the OPTO-ULSI Laboratory at Holon Academic Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel. He is currently conducting research on liquid crystal devices, plasmonics, CMOS-ultra-large-scale integration (ULSI) technology, and image processing for applications in smart goggle/head-mounted display devices, low-vision aids, face recognition techniques, and beam-steering devices. Dr. Efron is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America.
Host: Prof. B. Keith Jenkins
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
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SWEet Ice Cream Social
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
End your week with some delicious ice cream and great company at the SWEet Ice Cream Social this Friday at 4 PM on the RTH Patio (outside the cafe). Bring your friends, enjoy fun conversations and make new connections!
Open to everyone, members and non-members. Hope to see you there!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - Patio
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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The Glass Menagerie
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 11:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Student Activity
*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP by visiting the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873307 beginning Tuesday, August 24, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 5:45 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 6:30 p.m. and return to campus at 11:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.
âYouâll find something unexpected, namely the fiercely moving and seriously funny play Williams actually wrote, in a production thatâs lightning-lit from within by . . . Judith Ivey, giving what is surely the performance of her career.ââThe New York Times
More than 65 years after its premiere, Tennessee Williamsâs The Glass Menagerie is recognized as one of the greatest plays ever written. Two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey stars as the matriarch of a fragile family hanging its hopes on the arrival of a âgentleman caller.â Darkly humorous, and filled with bitterness and hope, this production of an American classic should not be missed.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Mark Taper Forum
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...
Sat, Sep 11, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Personal Admission Interviews are available to freshmen applicants throughout the Fall practically every weekday until December 10, 2011. 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.http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/freshman/interviews/
Audiences: Freshmen Applicants for Fall 2011
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Concrete Canoe Paddling
Sun, Sep 12, 2010 @ 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Hello 2010-2011 Concrete Canoe Team,
Congratulations again on deciding on a great theme, Venice, for 2010-2011 Concrete Canoe! The Salute to the LA River can wait one more year.
Just a friendly reminder that we will have our first paddling practice in 2010-2011 history this Sunday, September 12th in the beautiful Back Bay of Newport. We will meet at KAP at 9:30am to carpool down. On the way back, we will definitely stop at In and Out Burger for guilt-free post-paddling eating. This is a great way to have fun with your teammates, build your tan/arm muscles, as well as prepare for the races in April. RSVP by tomorrow via email and fill out the attached waiver and turn it in to KAP 241 by Thursday night. If you have any questions let us know. Also, if you can drive, let us know and how many you can fit in your car so we can arrange carpools.
The address for Newport Aquatic Center, in case you're driving or just want to know, is
1 Whitecliffs Dr.
Newport Beach, CA 92660
See you Sunday!
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - In front
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: American Society of Civil Engineers
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Frisbee Golf
Sun, Sep 12, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Tau Beta Pi will be playing frisbee golf this Sunday, so come out for an adventurous afternoon of throwing frisbees around campus. Game followed by a trip to the 2-9.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC Tau Beta Pi
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Sep 13, 2010
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://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx 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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Programming Materials to Self-Replicate and Assemble Into Adaptive Geometries
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Schulman,
Talk Title: Programming Materials to Self-Replicate and Assemble Into Adaptive Geometries
Abstract: It is a grand challenge to understand how to engineer molecular reaction systems whichhave the self-assembled, dynamic structure and directed information flow of even thesimplest biological cells. Synthetic DNA is a model material for this endeavor: DNAreaction rates and sequence-specific affinities are well-characterized, and we can predictand design the 2- and 3-dimensional structures of the products. I'll describe how we canuse synthetic DNA to design an autonomous, enzyme-free system for chemical sequencereplication in which the replicated information consists of stripes or arrays of different 14x3nanometers bricks within a 2D lattice. These replicatable lattice patterns are suitable forwaveguide or protein array templates. The cytoskeleton creates dynamic, adaptive structurein eukaryotic cells based on local rules. I'll also describe some work toward creating arationally engineered, cytoskeleton-like material made from DNA nanotube filaments. Onebasic construction primitive for this material is the assembly of filaments such that theybridge fixed start and destination points. I'll show how we can template the growth offilaments from a "start" chemical marker, how growing filaments can attach to a "finish"marker, and briefly discuss how we could use this system to create self-guiding wires.
Biography: Rebecca Schulman is a Miller Research Fellow in the physics department at the University ofCalifornia Berkeley. She received undergraduate degrees in computer science and mathematicsfrom MIT and a PhD in computation and neural systems at Caltech, where she studied underErik Winfree. Dr. Schulman applies ideas from chemical engineering, electrical engineering,material science and biophysics to the design of programmable soft materials.
Host: Sr. Assoc. Dean Timothy Pinkston
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jennifer Walters-Munoz
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: ANDREA ARMANI, BRENT LUI, BO HAN,
Talk Title: Faculty Research in Biomedical Engineering
Host: Department of Biomedical Engineering
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: BME graduate students, Faculty, contact department if interested (213-740-7237)
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Microsoft Alumni Panel & "Build It" Event
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 07:45 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Make sure you come and check out SWE's first corporate networking event of the year! Microsoft is kicking off the year with a fast-paced 2 part event featuring an esteemed Alumni Panel discussing crucial corporate topics and a hands-on "Build It" event where you will be called upon to apply your engineering skills for a chance to win some awesome Microsoft Prizes. Topics of discussion include opportunities through Microsoft, tricks of the trade in resume writing and interviewing, diversity support at Microsoft, exciting projects at Microsoft and more.
This event is for UNDERGRADUATES only, so come take advantage of this unique opportunity to network with one of the top software companies in America. FREE FOOD will be served as well, so come hungry and ready to make an impression!Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Environmental Team Meeting
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Hello 2010-2011 Environmental Team,
We will have our first Environmental Team meeting in 2010-2011 history this Tuesday, September 14th at KAP at 3:30pm.
This meeting will be a general information meeting about the project and the PSWRC competition.
See you Tuesday!
Please let us know if you have any questions!
USC American Society of Civil Engineers
email: uscasce@usc.edu
website: www.uscasce.comLocation: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - Lobby
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: American Society of Civil Engineers
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Golovin , Cal Tech
Talk Title: Adaptive Submodularity: A New Approach to Active Learning and Stochastic Optimization
Abstract: Solving stochastic optimization problems under partial observability, where one needs to adaptively make decisions with uncertain outcomes, is a fundamental but notoriously difficult challenge. In this talk, I will introduce a new concept called adaptive submodularity, which generalizes submodular set functions to adaptive policies. In many respects adaptive submodularity plays the same role for adaptive problems as submodularity plays for nonadaptive problems. Specifically, just as many nonadaptive problems with submodular objectives have efficient algorithms with good approximation guarantees, so too do adaptive problems with adaptive submodular objectives. We use this fact to recover and generalize several previous results in adaptive optimization, including results for active learning and adaptive variants of maximum coverage and set cover. Applications include machine diagnosis, observation selection and sensor placement problems, and an adaptive version of a viral marketing problem studied by Kempe et al. Joint work with Andreas Krause.
Biography: Daniel Golovin is a postdoctoral fellow in Caltech's Center for the Mathematics of Information. His current research mainly focuses on online and approximation algorithms for machine learning and optimization, with an eye towards creating principled solutions that work well in practice. Prior to joining Caltech, he obtained a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008, and spent an additional year there at the Center for Computational Thinking. He did his undergraduate work at Cornell University.
Host: Dr. David Kempe
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Microsoft Early Engagement Presentation
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
This presentation is geared for CS/CECS/EE Undergraduate Students
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Sep 15, 2010
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://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx 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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Festival de Flor y Canto: Yesterday, Today, TomorrowWed, Sep 15, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
In 1973, USC hosted the Flor y Canto literary festival, a three-day event that featured dozens of emerging Mexican American poets and writers in the nascent Chicano movement. One of the recurring themes was the contrast between great Mesoamerican civilizations of the past and the indignities suffered by those chasing the elusive âAmerican Dream.â This year, which marks the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of Mexican independence, the university will reprise the event, inviting prominent participants from the previous festivalâincluding Alurista, Juan Felipe Herrera, Rolando Hinojosa, José Montoya and Ron Ariasâto share the stage with a new generation of Chicano and Latino writers.
Organized by Tyson Gaskill (USC Libraries), Barbara Robinson (USC Libraries) and MarÃa-Elena MartÃnez (History and American Studies and Ethnicity). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latino Student Assembly.
Admission is free.
For festival schedule, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873308
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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METRANS SEMINAR SERIES
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Peter Gordon , Professor, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Talk Title: Peak â Load Pricing on L.A.âs Freeways: Modeling and Simulations
Abstract: Peak-load pricing has been seen as a way to internalize externalities and, at the same time, as a set of incentives to shift some peak-hour trips to off-peak periods. The policy has also been viewed as a mechanism to generate revenues. But it is an open question how travelers trade off time for money and respond to peak-off-peak pricing differentials. This generates some timely and related questions, including: 1) How can we model the activity location and traffic implications for multiple time-of-day periods in a major metropolitan area? 2) What are the network level-of-service and urban development effects of implementing peak-load pricing on selected routes? It is possible to conduct simulations on actual highway networks to treat these questions, but none of the many existing basic urban models are able to examine the issues of simultaneous route choice and time-of-day choice involving millions of travelers, thousands of traffic network zones, and hundreds of thousands of network links in an equilibrium system.
Lewis Hall(RGL) Room 209
12:00 Noon - Lunch / 12:20-1:30 PM - Seminar
Our research addresses these questions by extending the Southern California Planning Model (SCPM) so that it can be used to determine the time-of-day, trip distribution, and network traffic effects of various pricing plans for the greater L.A. (five-county) metropolitan area. The model estimates improvements in levels of services throughout the highway network for various toll charges. It examines how drivers trade off route-choice with time-of-day choice against the option of traveling less. Our approach estimates the implied revenues by local jurisdiction as well as possible land use effects in terms of altered development pressures throughout the region. The effects for two different toll scenarios are compared and policy implications are discussed.
RSVP* for lunch to Shawn Gong, TGong@usc.edu by Noon, Tues. Sept. 14
The seminar will start promptly at 12:20 pm.
Biography: Peter Gordon is a Professor in the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development. His research interests are in applied urban economics. Dr. Gordon and his colleagues have developed various economic impact models that they apply to study the effects of infrastructure investments, disruptions from natural events, or terrorist attacks.
In addition, he continues to be interested in urban structure and economic growth along with the associated policy implications. Peter Gordon has published in many of the major urban planning, urban transportation and regional science journals. His recent papers are available at www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgordon. He has consulted for local, state and federal agencies, the World Bank, the United Nations and many private groups. Gordon received the Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971.
Host: METRANS
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Load & Resistance Factor Design and its Application in Highway Bridges Foundation Design
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sharid Amiri, Ph.D. , P.E., California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) Irvine, CA
Talk Title: Load & Resistance Factor Design and its Application in Highway Bridge Foundation Design
Abstract: The design of highway bridge foundation has been evolving and has gone through major changes especially in the recent years. All new highway bridges in California are being designed using the Load & Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methodology. An overview of the methodology is presented where advantages and disadvantages are also discussed. The geotechnical and structural aspects of deep foundation design along with its seismic response using the LRFD approach are presented.
Biography: Dr. Amiri is a senior transportation engineer with expertise in highway bridge foundation design and analysis. He has received his PhD in Civil Engineering from University of Southern California. His area of research was in earthquake response of bridge pile foundations.
Dr. Amiri has over 20 years of experience in transportation engineering with emphasis in design of highway bridge foundations. He has been involved with mega projects throughout Southern California in design and construction of major highway projects.
Dr. Amiri is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a registered civil engineer with State of California. He is also a member of Caltrans Deep Foundation Committee, an affiliate of Caltrans General Earthquake Committee and Caltrans Post Earthquake Investigation Team. He is also active with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) committees on Bridge Seismic Design and Bridge Foundation.
Host: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Multi-Dimensional EXIT Analysis and Optimization for Multi-User Receivers
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Bathiya Senanayake, Australian National University, Australia
Talk Title: Multi-Dimensional EXIT Analysis and Optimization for Multi-User Receivers
Abstract: For the first time we develop a multi-dimensional extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) analysis for a power allocated multi-user detectora s a tool to better understand the convergence behavior of iterative decoding schemes. We derive a K dimensional EXIT chart in order to analyze a system with K power levels. We state a theorem that predicts the convergence point of the system. The presented analysis is used to perform power optimization. We show through simulation our analysis closely matches the simulation results. The multi-dimensional EXIT analysis discussed here provides new insight in to receiver performance analysis and can be used to design near capacity achieving multi-user systems.
Biography: Mr. Bathiya Senanayake was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering/IT degree from the Australian National University in 2006 (with honours 1), and a Masters of ICT from the ANU in 2007. Now he is a PhD student in the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, the Australian National University, Australia. His research interests are in the area of iterative receiver design, multiple-access communications, digital signal processing, DSP synthesis in hardware (HDL), with emphasis on CDMA/IDMA systems.
Host: Keith Chugg
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Hansel Phelps Information Meeting with AGC/CMAA
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
AGC & CMAA are hosting the first of many information sessions to be held throughout the school year. This first meeting is set to highlight the Hansel Phelps Construction Co.
Hansel Phelps Construction Co has been delivering great service to the construction industry since 1937. Hensel Phelps builds a diverse range of project types, including new construction and renovation of commercial office, airport, industrial, correctional, public assembly, health care, educational, residential, mixed use, retail, hospitality, mass transportation, research and development, and laboratory facilities.
In the year of 2009 Hansel Phelps was ranked by Engineering News Records as :
#19 - Top 400 Contractors
#9 - General Building
#1 - Government Offices
#14 - Education
#3 - Correctional
#6 - Hotels, Convention centers
#15 - Multi-Unit Residential
#24 - Healthcare
#5 - Airports
#3 - Top 100 Green Contractors
If you are interested in learning more about Hansel Phelps or are interested in a career come check them out. Please come with questions and bring your resume. The HP Representative will be collecting resumes for future reference. The room is TBD but an email will be sent out later.
Pizza will be provided!
For more information about Hansel Phelps visit http://www.henselphelps.com
and visit www.uscagc.com and www.usccmaa.com for more information about our clubs.
Thanks and Fight on!
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
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Presentation to ISE 508 Class
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 06:40 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Pete Delgado, Chief Executive, Los Angeles County LAC-USC Healthcare Network
Talk Title: Health Care Operations Improvement
Abstract: The Chief Executive, Los Angeles County LAC-USC Healthcare Network gives a presentation to the Epstein ISE 508 Class on Health Care Operations Improvement.
Date/Time/Place: Wednesday, 9/15/10, Studio C, Olin Hall (DEN) 6:40 PM
Biography: Pete Delgado, a health care administrator with a broad range of experience in running medical centers in Texas and California, was selected as the chief executive officer of the LAC+USC
Healthcare Network in 2003. Previously, Delgado operated his own independent healthcare consulting firm that worked on the
development of affordable healthcare products for small employers.
He has also served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Christus Santa Rosa Hospital System in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to that, Delgado was the CEO of the
Columbia Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas.
Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - Studio C
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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SWE General Meeting - Meet & Mingle with Cisco
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join SWE for our 2nd General Meeting of the year!
Enjoy free sandwiches, good company, and an exciting workshop with representatives from Cisco, one of SWE's corporate sponsors. They will be hosting a Getting Started workshop to give you an idea of how to start the year off right, talking about what you can do RIGHT NOW to ensure your success throughout the academic year!Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 252
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Festival de Flor y Canto: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
In 1973, USC hosted the Flor y Canto literary festival, a three-day event that featured dozens of emerging Mexican American poets and writers in the nascent Chicano movement. One of the recurring themes was the contrast between great Mesoamerican civilizations of the past and the indignities suffered by those chasing the elusive âAmerican Dream.â This year, which marks the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of Mexican independence, the university will reprise the event, inviting prominent participants from the previous festivalâincluding Alurista, Juan Felipe Herrera, Rolando Hinojosa, José Montoya and Ron Ariasâto share the stage with a new generation of Chicano and Latino writers.
Organized by Tyson Gaskill (USC Libraries), Barbara Robinson (USC Libraries) and MarÃa-Elena MartÃnez (History and American Studies and Ethnicity). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latino Student Assembly.
Admission is free.
For festival schedule, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873308
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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CS Colloquium
Thu, Sep 16, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Ashwin Ram, Georgia Tech
Talk Title: Real-Time Case-Based Reasoning for Interactive Digital Entertainment
Abstract: User-generated content is everywhere: photos, videos, news, blogs, art, music, and every other type of digital media on the Social Web. Games are no exception. From strategy games to immersive virtual worlds, game players are increasingly engaged in creating and sharing nearly all aspects of the gaming experience: maps, quests, artifacts, avatars, clothing, even games themselves. Yet, there is one aspect of computer games that is not created and shared by game players: the AI. Building sophisticated personalities, behaviors, and strategies requires expertise in both AI and programming, and remains outside the purview of the end user.
To understand why authoring Game AI is hard, we need to understand how Game AI works. AI can take digital entertainment beyond scripted interactions into the arena of truly interactive systems that are responsive, adaptive, and intelligent. I will discuss examples of AI techniques for character-level AI (in embedded NPCs, for example) and game-level AI (in the drama manager, for example). These types of AI enhance the player experience in different ways. The techniques are complicated and are usually implemented by expert game designers.
I propose an alternative approach to designing Game AI: Real-Time CBR (Case-Based Reasoning). This approach extends CBR to real-time systems that operate asynchronously during game play, planning, adapting, and learning in an online manner. Originally developed for robotic control, Real-Time CBR can be used for interactive games ranging from multiplayer strategy games to interactive believable avatars in virtual worlds.
As with any CBR technique, Real-Time CBR integrates problem solving with learning. This property can be used to address the authoring problem. I will show the first Web 2.0 application that allows average users to create AIs and challenge their friends to play them without programming. I conclude with some thoughts about the future of AI-based Interactive Digital Entertainment.
Biography: Dr. Ashwin Ram is an Associate Professor and Director of the Cognitive Computing Lab in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, and an Adjunct Professor in Psychology at Georgia Tech and in MathCS at Emory University. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1989, his MS from University of Illinois in 1984, and his BTech from IIT Delhi in 1982. He has published 2 books and over 100 scientific articles in international forums. He is a founder of Enkia Corporation which develops AI software for social media applications, and OpenStudy.com which is an online social learning network for students and faculty.
Host: Dr. Milind Tambe
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Festival de Flor y Canto: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
In 1973, USC hosted the Flor y Canto literary festival, a three-day event that featured dozens of emerging Mexican American poets and writers in the nascent Chicano movement. One of the recurring themes was the contrast between great Mesoamerican civilizations of the past and the indignities suffered by those chasing the elusive âAmerican Dream.â This year, which marks the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of Mexican independence, the university will reprise the event, inviting prominent participants from the previous festivalâincluding Alurista, Juan Felipe Herrera, Rolando Hinojosa, José Montoya and Ron Ariasâto share the stage with a new generation of Chicano and Latino writers.
Organized by Tyson Gaskill (USC Libraries), Barbara Robinson (USC Libraries) and MarÃa-Elena MartÃnez (History and American Studies and Ethnicity). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latino Student Assembly.
Admission is free.
For festival schedule, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873308
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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USC Transfer Day: Engineering & Admission Talk, Financial Aid Presentation, Tour and Advisement
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Transfer Day features a Viterbi School of Engineering workshop designed to answer all your questions about admission guidelines, our admission process and more. The program also includes a campus tour and special presentations for transfer students about admission, financial aid, and transfer credit. In addition, Viterbi transfer counselors will be available for individual coursework advisement on a first-come, first-serve basis in the afternoon following the program (transcripts required for advisement). Reservations required. Please call (213) 740-6616 for more information and to make a reservation.
Location: USC University Park Campus
Audiences: Prospective transfer students and families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Letter, Word, Text, Image A Lecture and Workshop with Rebeca Méndez
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 @ 10:30 AM - 04:00 AM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Schedule of Events:
10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.:
Presentation by Rebeca Méndez
Kerckhoff Hall Living Room
734 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles
12 to 1 p.m.:
Lunch
Institute for Multimedia Literacy Patio
746 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles
1 to 4 p.m.:
Workshop with Rebeca Méndez
Institute for Multimedia Literacy Blue Lab
746 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles
In an overwhelmingly visual culture, how is the role of text and typography evolving? Artist and designer Rebeca Méndez will engage her audience in a provocative examination of how words and images intersect, drawing on works created by twentieth-century artists and designers. After the lecture, Méndez will host a hands-on workshop focused on combining words and images, with the goal of choosing images and typefaces not just for their readability, but also for their broader visual correlations. Students will create posters and compile their work into a booklet using a simple bookbinding technique.
Born in Mexico, Rebeca Méndez received her MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, and is a professor at UCLA in the Department of Design | Media Arts. Recent gallery shows include the Beall Center for Art and Technology, Irvine, curated by Christiane Paul of the Whitney Museum; Minotti, Los Angeles; Haaz Gallery, Istanbul; AndLab Art, Los Angeles; Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Pasadena; and the Broad Art Center, Los Angeles. She has had solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Brandstater Gallery and the Laguna College of Art and Design.
Organized by Holly Willis (Cinematic Arts) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Kerckhoff Hall Living Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Low Cost – Highly Accurate Timer for Embedded and Networked Systems
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Young Cho, USC-Information Sciences Institute
Talk Title: Low Cost â Highly Accurate Timer for Embedded and Networked Systems
Abstract: Time synchronization is an important service for networked and embedded systems.  High quality timing information allows embedded network nodes to provide accurate time-stamps, fast localization, efficient duty cycling schedules, and other essential functions. In this presentation, I will present a new type of local clock source called Crystal Compensated Crystal based Timer (XCXT) and the novel algorithms that use the timer to (1) obtain highly stable concept of time, (2) retain low-power operation, and (3) automatically calibrate the nodes in a network.  The XCXT has timing stabilities similar to the timers based on temperature compensated crystal oscillators (TCXO) but has a lower implementation cost and requires less power. I will present the initial 8MHz prototype XCXT unit made with Tmote. Using the simplest algorithm, the XCXT achieves an effective frequency stability of ±1ppm and consumes only 1.27mW. On the other hand, commercially available TCXOs with similar stability can cost over 10 times as much and consume over 20mW. I will also describe an enhanced algorithm that improves the XCXT's power consumption up to 50% depending on the target application and environmental conditions. Then, I will describe an algorithm that will allow XCXT equipped network nodes to quickly, automatically, and adaptively calibrate the timer.  This algorithm not only ensures high timing accuracies for all the nodes, it provides resilience to other common problem seen in other types of oscillators, such as crystal aging.  Finally, I will discuss some of the recent work that seeks to apply the concept to CMOS based oscillators.  Successful transition may have significant impact on the way CMOS devices are clocked. Preliminary findings indicate promising results.
Biography: Young Cho is a research scientist at Division 7 of University of Southern California - Information Sciences Institute. Â He is also research assistant professor at CS department of USC. Â Given his academic and industrial experience in high performance computer architecture and networking, he is currently leading a number several research efforts that surrounding field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) applications and wireless sensor network; especially that of underwater sensing. Â He has three patents and over 30 conference and journal publications in computer network security, FPGA based applications, and wireless sensor networks. Prior to joining USC-ISI in September of 2008, he conducted research as a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis from 2005-2007 where he led a high performance data clustering project and as a post-doctoral scholar at UCLA where he led a research in high stability timers for wireless sensor network in 2007-2008. Â He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, MS in Computer Engineering from UT Austin, and BA in Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley. Â Between his BA and MS, he worked as an engineer for a start-up company, Myricom Inc., for three years to design high performance networking products as well as automatic target recognition system funded by Department of Defense.
Host: Dr. Alexander A. Sawchuk
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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USC PSOC Monthly Seminar Series
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 @ 11:30 AM - 01:15 AM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jonathan Widom, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, Northwestern Univ
Talk Title: Nucleosome positioning and chromosome structure from archaebacteria to man
Abstract: Eukaryotic genomes are packaged into nucleosome particles that occlude the DNA from interacting with most DNA binding proteins. We have discovered that genomes care where their nucleosomes are located on average, and that genomes manifest this care by encoding an additional layer of genetic information, superimposed on top of other kinds of regulatory and coding information that were previously recognized. The physical basis of the nucleosome DNA sequences preferences lies in the sequence-dependent mechanics of DNA itself. We have an increasingly good ability to read this nucleosome positioning information and predict the in vivo locations of nucleosomes. Our results suggest that genomes utilize this nucleosome positioning code to facilitate specific chromosome functions, including to define the next higher level of chromosome structure. Comparisons across diverse organisms suggests that basic aspects of this nucleosome positioning code may be conserved from archaebacteria to man. While we now have a good theoretical and experimental understanding of the approximate locations of nucleosomes in vivo, many aspects of chromosome structure and function hinge on knowing nucleosome locations to basepair resolution; but current experiments do not come close to this resolution. I will discuss a new experimental approach to obtaining nucleosome maps at high resolution.
Location: Aresty Auditorium, LG Level, Research Tower.
For additional information contact: 323-442-2596 or 323-442-3849.
Biography: Jonathan Widom, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology; and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University.
Host: Dr. Parag Mallick, Center for Applied Molecular Medicine
Speaker: Jonathan Widom, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, Northwestern Univ
Talk Title: Nucleosome positioning and chromosome structure from archaebacteria to man
Abstract: Eukaryotic genomes are packaged into nucleosome particles that occlude the DNA from interacting with most DNA binding proteins. We have discovered that genomes care where their nucleosomes are located on average, and that genomes manifest this care by encoding an additional layer of genetic information, superimposed on top of other kinds of regulatory and coding information that were previously recognized. The physical basis of the nucleosome DNA sequences preferences lies in the sequence-dependent mechanics of DNA itself. We have an increasingly good ability to read this nucleosome positioning information and predict the in vivo locations of nucleosomes. Our results suggest that genomes utilize this nucleosome positioning code to facilitate specific chromosome functions, including to define the next higher level of chromosome structure. Comparisons across diverse organisms suggests that basic aspects of this nucleosome positioning code may be conserved from archaebacteria to man. While we now have a good theoretical and experimental understanding of the approximate locations of nucleosomes in vivo, many aspects of chromosome structure and function hinge on knowing nucleosome locations to basepair resolution; but current experiments do not come close to this resolution. I will discuss a new experimental approach to obtaining nucleosome maps at high resolution.
Location: Aresty Auditorium, LG Level, Research Tower.
For additional information contact: 323-442-2596 or 323-442-3849.
Biography: Jonathan Widom, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology; and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University.
Location: Harlyne J. Norris Research Tower (NRT) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Yvonne Suarez
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Little Tokyo: A Culinary and Historical Tour
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 @ 09:30 AM - 04:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Student Activity
*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Due to limited space, tickets will be distributed on a lottery basis. To sign up for the lottery, visit the event website http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873310 on Thursday, August 26, anytime between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 8:45 a.m. on campus. The bus will depart at 9:30 a.m. and return to campus at 4 p.m. Lunch will be provided on the tour.
Los Angelesâs Little Tokyo neighborhood is one of only three official Japantowns in the United States. Founded at the beginning of the twentieth century, Little Tokyo is a National Historic Landmark District and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Join us for a walking tour of Little Tokyo and explore the neighborhoodâs fascinating history while stopping to sample local delicacies. The tour will end with a visit to the Japanese American National Museum.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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AGC Sparks Interview #1
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Are you interested in construction or the contracting industry?
Have you heard about the SPARKs Competition the Associated General Contractors(AGC) compete in every year?
Did you hear we won 1st place in 3 categories and 2nd in another last year?
Well check out www.uscagac.com and read more about the SPARKs competition and AGC. If you are interested please sign up for membership and for SPARKs!
Then sign up for an interview date at:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ah4NaqjJwld3dGxjSzZjdFEtRjU3dWplcHhackhVTFE&hl=en&authkey=CLefmvAH#gid=0
Interviews are taking place this Saturday and Sunday, 9/18 and 9/19 in a room TBD in KAP Hall. Interviews are needed for the Board to determine the teams.
Fight On!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
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AGC Sparks Interview
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Are you interested in construction or the contracting industry?
Have you heard about the SPARKs Competition the Associated General Contractors(AGC) compete in every year?
Did you hear we won 1st place in 3 categories and 2nd in another last year?
Well check out www.uscagac.com and read more about the SPARKs competition and AGC. If you are interested please sign up for membership and for SPARKs!
Then sign up for an interview date at:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ah4NaqjJwld3dGxjSzZjdFEtRjU3dWplcHhackhVTFE&hl=en&authkey=CLefmvAH#gid=0
Interviews are taking place this Saturday and Sunday, 9/18 and 9/19 in a room TBD in KAP Hall. Interviews are needed for the Board to determine the teams.
Fight On!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
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AGC Sparks Interview #2
Sun, Sep 19, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Are you interested in construction or the contracting industry?
Have you heard about the SPARKs Competition the Associated General Contractors(AGC) compete in every year?
Did you hear we won 1st place in 3 categories and 2nd in another last year?
Well check out www.uscagac.com and read more about the SPARKs competition and AGC. If you are interested please sign up for membership and for SPARKs!
Then sign up for an interview date at:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ah4NaqjJwld3dGxjSzZjdFEtRjU3dWplcHhackhVTFE&hl=en&authkey=CLefmvAH#gid=0
Interviews are taking place this Saturday and Sunday, 9/18 and 9/19 in a room TBD in KAP Hall. Interviews are needed for the Board to determine the teams.
Fight On!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
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://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx 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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Aviation Safety Management Systems (ASMS)
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This course is designed for the individual responsible for planning or directing aviation Safety Management System programs. Fundamentals in systems organization and structure provide the individual with the essential skills and methodology needed to plan and manage an effective program.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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CS Colloquium
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Norman Sadeh, Carnegie Mellon University
Talk Title: User-Controllable Security and Privacy: Lessons from the Design and Deployment of a Family of Location Sharing Applications
Abstract: Increasingly users are expected to configure a variety of security and privacy policies on their own, whether it is the firewall on their home computer, their privacy preferences on Facebook, or access control policies at work. In practice, research shows that users often have great difficulty specifying such policies. This in turn can result in significant vulnerabilities. This presentation will provide an overview of novel user-controllable security and privacy technologies and interfaces developed to empower users to more effectively and efficiently specify security and privacy policies. In particular, it will outline a new methodology to design expressive privacy and security policies that derives from new work in mechanism design and usability. Results from this research shed some light on why despite all the hoopla, most location sharing applications available in the market place today have failed to gain much traction.
Biography: Norman Sadeh is a Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. His broad research interests include Web Security,
Privacy and Commerce. He is co-Director of the School of Computer Science PhD Program in Computation, Organizations and Society and of the School's Mobile Commerce Lab. Norman has been on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon since 1991. In the late nineties, he also served as Chief Scientist of the European Union's $800M e-Work and e-Commerce program, which at the time included all European-level cyber security and online privacy research. He has authored over 160 scientific publications, including several books and has also co-founded two companies to commercialize his technologies: Wombat Security Technologies and Zipano Technologies. Among other awards and honors, Norman was a co-recipient of IBM's 2004 Best Academic Privacy Faculty award. Norman received his PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University, an MSc, also in computer science, from the University of Southern California, and a BS/MSc in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Brussels Free University.
Host: Dr. Milind Tambe
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: KWANG-JIN KIM, NOAH MALMSTADT, SHULIANG JIAO, JAMES WEILAND,
Talk Title: Faculty Research in Biomedical Engineering
Abstract:
Host: Department of Biomedical Engineering
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: BME graduate students, Faculty, contact department if interested (213-740-7237)
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Undergraduate Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 @ 01:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Student Activity
CEE sophomores, juniors and seniors are invited to our Fall 2010 Welcome Back Ice Cream Social.
RSVP required by 9/13/10.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Jennifer Gerson
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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Personal Admission Interviews are available to freshmen applicants throughout the Fall practically every weekday until December 10, 2011. 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.http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/freshman/interviews/
Audiences: Freshmen Applicants for Fall 2011
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Photography for Aircraft Accident Investigation (PHOTO)
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This specialized course in accident investigation is designed to assist the investigator to improve photographic documentation of an accident site.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Rio Hondo Transfer Fair
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Christine Hsieh from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the Rio Hondo Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: Rio Hondo Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Gert Lankriet, UCSD
Talk Title: Multimodal Music Search and Discovery
Abstract: The revolution in production and distribution of music, which has made millions of audio clips instantly available to millions of people, has created the need for novel music search and discovery technologies.
While successful technologies with great societal impact exist for text-based document search (e.g., Yahoo!, Google, etc.), a Google for Music has yet to stand up: there is no easy way to find a mellow Beatles song on a nostalgic night, scary Halloween music on October 31st, or address a sudden desire for romantic jazz with saxophone and deep male vocals without knowing an appropriate artist or song title.
The non-text-based, multimodal character of Internet-wide information about music (audio clips, lyrics, web documents, artist networks, band images, etc.) poses a new and difficult challenge to existing database technology, due to its dependence on unimodal, text-based data structures. Two fundamental research questions are at the core of addressing this challenge: 1) The automated indexing of non-text based music content and 2) the automated integration of the heterogeneous content of multimodal music databases, to retrieve the most relevant information, given a query.
In this talk, I will outline some of my recent research in machine learning, statistics and optimization, inspired and driven by the previous two research questions in the emerging field of computer audition and music information retrieval. This will cover a spectrum from sparse generalized eigenvalue problems to human computation games, and from clustering graphical models to multiple-kernel partial order embeddings.
Biography: Gert Lanckriet received a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, in 2000 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001 respectively 2005. In 2005, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, where he heads the Computer Audition Laboratory. He was awarded the SIAM Optimization Prize in 2008 and is the recipient of a Hellman Fellowship and an IBM Faculty Award. His research focuses on the interplay of convex optimization, machine learning and applied statistics, with applications in computer audition and music information retrieval.
Host: Prof. Fei Sha
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mary Francis
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Gert Lankriet , UCSD
Talk Title: Multimodal Music Search and Discovery
Abstract: The revolution in production and distribution of music, which has made millions of audio clips instantly available to millions of people, has created the need for novel music search and discovery technologies.
While successful technologies with great societal impact exist for text-based document search (e.g., Yahoo!, Google, etc.), a Google for Music has yet to stand up: there is no easy way to find a mellow Beatles song on a nostalgic night, scary Halloween music on October 31st, or address a sudden desire for romantic jazz with saxophone and deep male vocals without knowing an appropriate artist or song title.
The non-text-based, multimodal character of Internet-wide information about music (audio clips, lyrics, web documents, artist networks, band images, etc.) poses a new and difficult challenge to existing database technology, due to its dependence on unimodal, text-based data structures. Two fundamental research questions are at the core of addressing this challenge: 1) The automated indexing of non-text based music content and 2) the automated integration of the heterogeneous content of multimodal music databases, to retrieve the most relevant information, given a query.
In this talk, I will outline some of my recent research in machine learning, statistics and optimization, inspired and driven by the previous two research questions in the emerging field of computer audition and music information retrieval. This will cover a spectrum from sparse generalized eigenvalue problems to human computation games, and from clustering graphical models to multiple-kernel partial order embeddings.
Biography: Gert Lanckriet received a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, in 2000 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001 respectively 2005. In 2005, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, where he heads the Computer Audition Laboratory. He was awarded the SIAM Optimization Prize in 2008 and is the recipient of a Hellman Fellowship and an IBM Faculty Award. His research focuses on the interplay of convex optimization, machine learning and applied statistics, with applications in computer audition and music information retrieval.
Host: Prof. Fei Sha
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Boston Consulting Information Session
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 @ 06:00 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
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SWE Info Session with Hitachi Consulting
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Is your future within the exciting industry of engineering consulting?
Come hear about the projects and possibilities of Hitachi Consulting, one of the companies in partnership with the Viterbi School of Engineering. Are you unsure about what a consulting job entails or the other opportunities through this branch of industry? This session will give you more information about careers in that field. Also, Hitachi's representatives will give you an idea of the role of women and other diversities within the company and support available to them. If you are new to the job hunting process, come practice your networking skills. Also, juniors and seniors don't miss this great opportunity to present your skill set to a potential employer! Also enjoy FREE hors d'oeuvres and the company of your SWE peers.
Hope to see you there!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 156
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
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://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx 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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The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Seismic Response of Buildings
Wed, Sep 22, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Mohammad Ali Ghannad, Associate Professor, Dept. of Cvil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Talk Title: The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Seismic Response of Buildings
Abstract: Abstract:
It is well known that the flexibility of soil beneath the structure affects its seismic response due to SoilâStructure Interaction (SSI). SSI not only affects the elastic response of structures, but also their inelastic behavior during earthquakes. This subject has been studied by numerous researchers and a wealth of knowledge is currently available in the literature.
In this presentation, a brief summary of recent research done on the subject at Department of Civil Engineering of Sharif University of Technology is presented. The main focus is the parametric study on SSI effect on global inelastic response of structures. This is done by employing a rather simple model for the soil and structure to study the effect on structural strength and ductility demands. Some aspects of current US provisions for introducing SSI in practical design of structures are also discussed.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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AME Seminar
Wed, Sep 22, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Suneel Kodambaka, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles
Talk Title: In situ Microscopy and Spectroscopy Studies of Epitaxial Graphene on Metal Surfaces
Abstract:
The recent discovery of two-dimensional (2D) graphene crystals has generated a lot of attention owing to its potential for applications in high-performance, low-power, electronics and as transparent conductors. Recent efforts focused on, and succeeded in, the fabrication of large-area graphene on a variety of substrates, an encouraging step toward realization of graphene-based devices. Yet, relatively little is known concerning the mechanisms underlying the growth of graphene and the role of substrate-graphene interactions on its electronic properties. As a first step, we focused on the development of an atomic-scale understanding of the growth and electronic structure of graphene on model metals such as Pd and Ni.
Using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM and STS), in combination with density functional theory (DFT), we investigated the morphology and electronic structure of monolayer graphene grown on Pd(111) and on 3D facetted Ni islands. On Pd(111), we observe the formation of monolayer graphene islands, 200-2000 à in size, bounded by Pd surface steps. Surprisingly, we found that graphene islands, as large as 2000 à , are semiconducting with a bandgap of 0.3 eV. For graphene on Ni, we observed hexagonal and stripe moiré patterns with periodicities of 22 à and 12 à , respectively, on (111) and (110) facets of the islands. Graphene domains are also observed to grow, as single crystals, across adjacent facets and over facet boundaries. STS data indicate that the graphene layers are metallic on both Ni(111) and Ni(110). DFT calculations support all of our observations and indicate the presence of strong interactions between carbon and metal atoms. Our results suggest that electronic properties of epitaxial graphene can be tailored by the appropriate choice of substrate and the possibility of preparing large-area epitaxial graphene layers even on polycrystalline surfaces.
Host: Dr. A. Hodge
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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ASBME Recruiting Event: Dine In with ev3 Neurovascular-Meet & Mingle and Resume Workshop for Viterbi Career Conference
Wed, Sep 22, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
WHEN: 6-7pm
WHERE: TCC 320a
WHAT: Recruiting session so ev3 can meet you for INTERNSHIP AND JOB HIRING! The recruiter will also be holding a resume and interview etiquette workshop as well to prepare Viterbi students for the Viterbi Career Fair on Sept. 25th! Bring your RESUME and dress to impress if YOU want the JOB!
SPACES ARE LIMITED! Sign up here today: http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/asbme/get-involved/registration.htm
ABOUT ev3:
ev3 is a global leader and best-in-class technology provider for specialists treating a wide range of vascular diseases and disorders. ev3 is committed to the peripheral vascular and neurovascular markets offering a comprehensive portfolio of treatment options, including the primary interventional technologies used today - peripheral angioplasty balloons, stents, plaque excision systems, embolic protection devices, liquid embolics, embolization coils, flow diversion, thrombectomy catheters and occlusion balloons..
ev3 Neurovascular is located in Orange County, where the wide beaches, high cliffs and sandy coves surround 42 miles of beautiful coastline. We have 39,000 acres of urban and wilderness parks where you can ride or hike when you are not at the beach. Our offices have a fitness center and weâre 5 minutes from the Irvine Spectrum.
We are currently hiring for New Grad Engineering positions and will have more positions open next year. We also will be hiring for Engineer Interns for Summer 2011.
For more info on ev3, visit: www.ev3.netLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 320a
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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10x10: A New Paradigm for Computer Architecture (Meeting the Challenges of the New Technology Scaling Landscape)
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Andrew A. Chien, Adjunct Professor, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego
Talk Title: 10x10: A New Paradigm for Computer Architecture (Meeting the Challenges of the New Technology Scaling Landscape)
Abstract: Two decades of microprocessor architecture enabled by transistor scaling in density, speed, and energy delivered 1000-fold performance improvement, enabling computing as we know it today â tiny, powerful, inexpensive, and therefore ubiquitous. Recent semiconductor process generations and technology projections suggest future scaling in density, but only decreasing improvements in transistor speed and energy. In this era of energy-constrained performance, the industry has undertaken a shift to rapidly increasing parallelism (multicore). This shift is broad based, including essentially all computers â smart phones, laptops, cloud data centers, and supercomputers.
In the new technology scaling landscape, more narrowly specialized designs (heterogeneity) become more attractive and have attracted much study, but computer architects have lacked a paradigm to deal with it systematically. We believe it is time to move beyond the general purpose architecture paradigm and 90/10 optimization which has served us well for 25 years, and replace it with a new paradigm, â10x10â, which divides workloads into clusters, enabling systematic exploitation of specialization in the architecture, implementation, and software. We believe such 10x10 can enable 10x improvement in energy efficiency and performance compared to conventional approaches. We call this new paradigm â10x10â because it divides the workloads and optimizes for 10 different 10% cases, not a monolithic 90/10. We will outline the critical challenges to this approach and implications for future computing systems.
Biography: Dr. Andrew A. Chien is former Vice President of Research of Intel Corporation. He served as a Vice President of Intel Labs and Intel Research / Future Technologies Research where he led a âbold, edgyâ research agenda in disruptive technologies. Chien has launched imaginative new efforts in robotics, wireless power, sensing and perception, nucleic acid sequencing, networking, cloud, and ethnography. Working with external partners, Chien was instrumental in creation of the Universal Parallel Computing Research Centers (UPCRC) focused on parallel software and Open Cirrus Consortium focused on Cloud computing.
For more than 20 years, Chien has been a global leader in research and education. Chienâs previous positions include the Science Applications International Corporation Endowed Chair Professor in the department of computer science and engineering, and created the Center for Networked Systems at the University of California at San Diego. While at UCSD, he also founded Entropia, a widely-known Internet Grid computing startup. From 1990 to 1998, Chien was a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with joint appointments at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) where he was a research leader for parallel computing software and hardware, and developed the well-known Fast Messages, HPVM, and Windows NT Supercluster systems.
Dr. Chien is a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and has published over 130 technical papers. Chien currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Computing Research Association (CRA), Advisory Board of the National Science Foundationâs Computing and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate, and Editorial Board of the Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery (CACM). Chien received his Bachelor's in electrical engineering, Master's and Ph.D. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Host: Sr Assoc Dean Timothy Pinkston
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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Distinguished Lecture Series
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 @ 12:45 PM - 01:50 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Lynden A. Archer,
Talk Title: Nanoscale Organic Hybrid Materials (NOHMs)
Series: Distinguished Lectures Series
Host: Professor Tsotsis
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Oral Defense Dissertation
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Yuan-Hung "Paul" Tan, Ph.D. Candidate
Talk Title: Oscillations of Semi-Enclosed Water Body Induced by Hurricanes
Abstract:
A numerical study is conducted to simulate the oscillations (storm surges) of semi-enclosed water body induced by hurricanes. For application using the numerical model developed in the present study, Lake Pontchartrain (located in southeastern Louisiana) is chosen as the semi-enclosed water body and Hurricane Katrina (the costliest hurricane in the history of the United States) is chosen as the hurricane. There are three (3) reasons to choose Lake Pontcharrain and Hurricane Katrina: 1. Storm surge built up in Lake Pontchartrain during Hurricane Katrina, 2. Wind drove water into Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Katrina approached from the Gulf of Mexico, and 3. The extensive field data, gathered by the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET), is available to provide the needed comparison of numerical result and prototype data on the oscillations at Lake Pontchartrain induced by Hurricane Katrina.
The depth-average, non-linear shallow-water equations (NLSW) are use as the governing equations. The finite-volume method (FVM) is employed to solve the governing shallow-water equations. In order to validate the present model, the hydrographs due to Hurricane Katrina obtained from the present model are compared with the field data reported by IPET at eight (8) sites along the shores and the center of Lake Pontchartrain. These eight (8) sites are: the 17th street Canal, the Orleans Avenue Canal, the London Avenue Canal, the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC)-Lakefront Airport, Midlake, Bayou Labranch, Pass Manchac, and Little Irish Bayou.
The time at which the maximum water surface elevation (WSE) occurs as predicted by the present model is almost identical to the time at which the maximum water level is observed at the 17th Street Canal, the Orleans Avenue Canal, the London Avenue Canal, and the IHNC-Lakefront Airport sites. Furthermore, the present model accurately predicts the general trend of the water level when the hydrographs due to Hurricane Katrina are compared with the observed hydrographs at the 17th Street Canal, the Orleans Avenue Canal, the London Avenue Canal, the IHNC-Lakefront Airport, and the Midlake sites. However, the present model only reasonably predicts the general trend of the water level when the hydrographs due to Hurricane Katrina are compared with the observed hydrographs at the Bayou La Branche (named Bayou Labranch by IPET), the Pass Manchac, and the Little Irish Bayou sites.
The present model is further applied to investigate the oscillations at Lake Pontchartrain induced by four (4) synthetic hurricanes within the time-span of 00:00 UTC August 29, 2005 to 00:00 UTC August 30, 2005: Case 1. Hurricane Katrina tracks on its original route, Case 2. Hurricane Katrina tracks 36 km west of its original route, Case 3. Hurricane Katrina tracks 72 km west of its original route, and Case 4. Hurricane Katrina tracks on its original route with forward speeds reduced by 16% ~ 45% (or altered from 15 km/h ~ 36 km/h to 15 km/h ~ 22 km/h). These are done to assess the impact of hurricanes under different risk conditions. It is found that much more severe catastrophes in metro New Orleans and neighboring parishes can be expected under the scenarios of: Case 2. Hurricane Katrina passes through the east part of New Orleans, Louisiana and both the east and central parts of Lake Pontchartrain and Case 4. Hurricane Katrina passes through the regions nearby the east shore of Lake Pontchartrain with reduced forward speeds.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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ASCE General Meeting #2/ Learning to Create your own Engineering Company
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Hope you all are excited for the next general meeting!
Our speaker will be Jacqueline Patterson, the JL of JL Patterson, a recognized rail design authority which was recently recognized as one of the "Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For" by CE News Magazine.
Jackie will be talking about entrepreneurship in engineering, a subject she is well versed in since she started JL Patterson as a one-woman firm.
Put this meeting in your calendar!: Thursday September 23 at 5 pm. Room TBA. Food will be provided.
USC American Society of Civil Engineers
www.uscasce.com
Membership Form
Please fill out a membership form for the year 2010-2011, write a check for $30, made out to USC ASCE, and return ASAP to KAP 241. We will be accepting new members throughout the academic year. If you want to be a part of Concrete Canoe, Environmental or Steel Bridge or on any of the other teams at the regional conference this spring then you need to be a paid member. The membership form can be found on our website.
http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/asce/membership.htmLocation: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 158
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: American Society of Civil Engineers
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Fall Spotlight - Chemical Engineering
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
A panel discussion featuring industry representatives, alumni, faculty and current student discussing opportunities in Chemical Engineering. For more detailed information please visit the Spotlight website at - http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/fye/spotlight.htm
Dinner is provided. RSVP to viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu with subject line: "RSVP for Spotlight on 9/23".Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Viterbi Undergraduate Students
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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Funn Concrete Canoe Meeting!!
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
What's up my fellow Venetians!!
Congratulations for choosing Venice as our theme for this years concrete canoe!
Alright September 23 after the ASCE general meeting around 6pm in KAP, we will be having a FUNN MEETING to discuss the theme and the process of how we are going to make this years canoe!!
Hope to see you all there!!
Membership Form
Please fill out a membership form for the year 2010-2011, write a check for $30, made out to USC ASCE, and return ASAP to KAP 241. We will be accepting new members throughout the academic year. If you want to be a part of Concrete Canoe team at the regional conference this spring then you need to be a paid member. The membership form can be found on our website.
http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/asce/membership.htmLocation: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - TBA
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: American Society of Civil Engineers
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VSC Undergraduate Engineering BBQ
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Stop by the E-Quad between 11:00am and 1:00pm on Friday, September 24th for free BBQ provided by your Viterbi Student Council. Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian burgers will be served.
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: VSC E-Board
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ASBME + Match Venue = Your Chance to Win a 4 day Trip to PARIS and BOSTON!
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
ASBME had the incredible opportunity to be contacted by the CEO of MatchVenue.com, the first Students Only Video Chat Social Network. She has offered to come share her experience as an entrepreneur in the widely-expanding field of technology, specifically online networking, with USC students on Friday, September 24th from 12-1pm (room is pending).
She has also offered a very unique experience to attendees of the event who register for a MatchVenue account prior to the meeting: a 4 day trip to BOSTON and PARIS to spend a day with the management team in each city! MatchVenue is also currently offering a couple of INTERNSHIP spots for select applicants.
If you are interested in attending this event, please note that attendance will be limited, so if you would like to reserve your spot, register at: http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/asbme/get-involved/registration.htm and click on the link for the 9-24-10 Event to sign up. Students MUST SIGN UP to attend the event.
We look forward to seeing you there and sharing this experience with us!
If you have additional questions, please email asbme@usc.edu. Thanks!Location: TBA, register (below) for more info
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Engineering Honors Colloquium
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Sarah K. Yeomans, Professor of Archaeology, West Virginia University
Talk Title: Propulsion Laboratory 24 Medicine in Antiquity: What We Have Learned from Archaeology
Host: W.V.T Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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Three Fundamental Measures of Geometry and Their Role in Model Selection and Sparse Inverse Problems
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 @ 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Waheed Bajwa , Duke University
Talk Title: Three Fundamental Measures of Geometry and Their Role in Model Selection and Sparse Inverse Problems
Abstract: In this talk, I discuss three measures of matrix geometry, namely, worst-case coherence, average coherence, and spectral norm, in the context of model selection and sparse inverse problems. These geometric measures are a better alternative to related measures such as the oft-studied restricted isometry property, since they can be explicitly computed in polynomial time. In this talk, I introduce a simple algorithm, termed one-step thresholding (OST) algorithm, and utilize the introduced geometric measures to provide an in-depth analysis of OST for both model selection and recovery of sparse signals. In particular, I show that OST has the ability to perform near-optimally for a number of generic (random or deterministic) matrices. In addition, I also talk about explicitly designing matrices with small average coherence, which is the key to guaranteeing that algorithms such as OST succeed.
Biography: Waheed U. Bajwa received BE (with Honors) degree in electrical engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2001, and MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI in 2005 and 2009, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ from 2009 to 2010. He is currently a Research Scientist in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, Durham, NC. His research interests include high-dimensional inference and inverse problems, statistical signal processing, wireless communications, and applications in biological sciences, networked systems, and radar & image processing. Dr. Bajwa was affiliated with Communications Enabling Technologies, Islamabad, Pakistan - the research arm of Avaz Networks Inc., Irvine, CA (now Quartics LLC) - from 2000-2003, with the Center for Advanced Research in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan during 2003, and with the RF and Photonics Lab of GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY during the summer of 2006. He received the Best in Academics Gold Medal and President's Gold Medal in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in 2001, and the Morgridge Distinguished Graduate Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003. He was Junior NUST Student of the Year (2000), Wisconsin Union Poker Series Champion (Spring 2008), and President of the University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of Golden Key International Honor Society (2009). He currently serves as a Guest Associate Editor for Elsevier Physical Communication Journal and is a member of the IEEE, Pakistan Engineering Council, and Golden Key International Honor Society.
Host: Urbashi Mitra
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Viterbi Career Conference
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 @ 08:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Receptions & Special Events
The Viterbi Career Conference, designed specifically for Viterbi undergraduates, takes place once each fall. The conference provides an invaluable opportunity for all students, freshmen through seniors, to develop job search skills and to connect with company representatives and alumni.
To Register, stop by Viterbi Career Services in RTH 218
2010 Conference Workshops
Alumni Panel - Accenture, C.W. Driver, Rehrig Pacific
Building Information Modeling (BIM) - C.W. Driver
Getting into the Game: Resume Workshop - Electronic Arts
Getting Started: Tips for Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors - Cisco
How to Start an Internet Company - OpenX
Jobs in Consulting - Hitachi Consulting
Understanding Recruiters - Microsoft
Why You Should Consider Interning - Intel
2010 Conference Participants (a/o 8/4)
Alcon | Accenture | Bloomberg | Brocade | Central Intelligence Agency | Cisco | C.W. Driver | DIRECTV|Electronic Arts | Hewlett Packard | Hitachi Consulting | Intel | Microsoft | Northrop Grumman|Occidental Petroleum | OpenX | Raytheon | Rehrig Pacific | The Boeing Company
Location: Town & Gown
Audiences: Viterbi Undergraduate Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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USC Programming Contest
Sun, Sep 26, 2010 @ 01:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Receptions & Special Events
From the event page here: http://contest.usc.edu/
Have fun!
Extend your resume!
Show how smart you are!
Impress your friends!
Win cash and other prizes!
Represent USC at the ACM Programming Contest!
Do you like to solve problems like the following ones?
* To pay your friends a dollar, you can give them, for example, four quarters, or five dimes and ten nickels. Write a program that calculates how many different combinations of coins there are that make up a given amount of money (say, 20 dollars) from pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
* You are given the description of a lake as a polygon, as well as your own position in a boat somewhere on the lake. When you throw a rock in the water, the waves travel away from the impact point at a speed of 1 meter per second. Write a program to calculate the earliest time at which a wave will hit the shore.
* You are given the names of n people who are to be divided into k alphabetical segments, for instance, to stand in line for registration at USC. An "alphabetical segment" consists of all people whose last name starts with a letter between two given endpoints (for example, D-H). Write a program that finds a division into k alphabetical segments such that each person is in exactly one segment, and the number of people in the largest segment is minimized.
Participate in the USC Programming Contest!
The contest is open to all undergraduate and graduate USC students, regardless of major, as long as they were born in (current year - 23) or later.
We use the USC Programming Contests to pick students that we train for the ACM Regional Programming Contest. If you like all details of the USC Programming Contests and would like to keep updated about the contests, you can subscribe to the USC contest mailing list.
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The USC Programming Contests are organized by David Kempe, Liang Huang, Suya You, Alex Dimakis, the USC ACM student chapter, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon of the Computer Science Department of USC. Please contact David Kempe (dkempe(at)usc(dot)edu) with any questions.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 105/109/115
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Celebrity Autobiography
Sun, Sep 26, 2010 @ 08:30 PM - 11:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Student Activity
*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP by visiting the event website http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873311 beginning Wednesday, September 1, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 7:45 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 8:30 p.m. and return to campus at 11:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.
âA bracing tonic foranyone weary of our fame-addled culture.ââThe New York Times
Thereâs no better place than Los Angeles to explore the nature of fame, and thereâs probably no better form for deconstructing it than Celebrity Autobiography. An audience favorite in both L.A. and New York, the hilarious show features a rotating roster of comedians such as Kristen Wiig, Fred Willard and Ryan Reynolds who read excerpts from the memoirs of stars like Sylvester Stallone and Mr. T.
Photo credit: Dan Dion
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: The Broad Stage, Santa Monica
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 @ 01:00 AM - 01:00 AM
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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Pasadena City College Transfer Fair
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Christine Hsieh from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the Pasadena City College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: PCC Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: KIRK KOPING SHUNG, MICHAEL KHOO, ANDREW MACKAY, JEAN-MICHEL MAAREK,
Talk Title: Faculty Research in Biomedical Engineering
Host: Department of Biomedical Engineering
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: BME graduate students, Faculty, contact department if interested (213-740-7237)
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Mohja Kahf: A Reading of Poetry and Prose
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Trained in political science and comparative literature, bilingual in Arabic and English and well versed in Islamic studies, Mohja Kahf is a scholar and writer whose work broaches the chasm between prevailing Western understandings of Islam and the reality of Muslim lived experience. Drawing on the rhythms of hip hop, Kahf will give a humorous and exhilarating reading that addresses themes of Muslim womanhood in America, pleasure in men who wash dishes, death and dying, the U.S. military industrial complex, Ramadan and pilgrimage and, maybe, cats. Kahf is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf and is an associate professor of comparative literature at the University of Arkansas.
Admission is free.
Organized by Sarah Gualtieri (History and American Studies and Ethnicity).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: University Park Campus Ground Zero Performance Cafe
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Glendale Community College Transfer Fair
Tue, Sep 28, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Becky Beiter from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the Glendale Community College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: GCC Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Sep 28, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Irfan Essa, Georgia Tech/ School of Interactive Computing
Talk Title: Two Short Talks on Video Analysis (1) Segmentation of Video and (2) Prediction of Actions in Video
Abstract: My research group is focused on a variety of approaches for video analysis and synthesis. In this talk, I will concentrate on two of our recent efforts. One effort aimed at robust spatio-temporal segmentation of video and another on using motion and flow to predict actions from video.
In the first part of the talk, I will present an efficient and scalable technique for spatio-temporal segmentation of long video sequences using a hierarchical graph-based algorithm. In this work, we begin by over egmenting a volumetric video graph into space-time regions grouped by appearance. We then construct a "region graph" over the obtained segmentation and iteratively repeat this process over multiple levels to
create a tree of spatio-temporal segmentations. This hierarchical approach generates high quality segmentations, which are temporally coherent with stable region boundaries, and allows subsequent applications to choose from varying levels of granularity. We further improve segmentation quality by using dense optical flow to guide temporal connections in the initial graph. I will demonstrate a variety of examples of how this robust segmentation works, and will show additional examples of video-retargeting that use spatio-temporal saliency derived from this segmentation approach. (Matthias Grundmann, Vivek Kwatra, Mei Han, Irfan Essa, CVPR 2010, in collaboration with Google Research).
In the second part of this talk, I will show that constrained multi-agent events can be analyzed and even predicted from video. Such analysis requires estimating the global movements of all players in the scene at any time, and is needed for modeling and predicting how the multi-agent play evolves over time on the playing field. To this end, we propose a novel approach to detect the locations of where the play evolution will proceed, e.g. where interesting events will occur, by tracking player positions and movements over time. To achieve this, we extract the ground level sparse movement of players in each time-step, and then generate a dense motion field. Using this field we detect locations where the motion converges, implying positions towards which the play is evolving. I will show examples of how we have tested this approach for soccer, basketball and hockey. (Kihwan Kim, Matthias Grundmann, Ariel Shamir, Iain Matthews, Jessica Hodgins, Irfan Essa, CVPR 2010, in collaboration with Disney Research). Time permitting, I will show some more videos of our recent work on video analysis and synthesis. For more information, papers, and videos, see my website at http://prof.irfanessa.com/
Biography: Irfan Essa is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing(iC) of the College of Computing (CoC), and Adjunct Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology(GA Tech), in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Irfan Essa works in the areas of Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Computational Perception, Robotics and Computer Animation, with potential impact on Video Analysis and Production (e.g., Computational Photography & Video, Image-based Modeling and Rendering, etc.) Human Computer Interaction, and Artificial Intelligence research. Specifically, he is interested in the analysis, interpretation, authoring, and synthesis (of video), with the goals of building aware environments, recognizing, modeling human activities, and behaviors, and developing dynamic and generative representations of time-varying streams. He has published over a 150 scholarly articles in leading journals and conference venues on these topics and has awards for his research and teaching. He joined Georgia Tech Faculty in 1996 after his earning his MS (1990), Ph.D. (1994), and holding research faculty position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Media Lab) [1988-1996]. His Doctoral Research was in the area of Facial Recognition, Analysis, and Synthesis.
Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Occidental Petroleum Corporation Information Session
Tue, Sep 28, 2010 @ 06:00 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
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 01:00 AM - 01:00 AM
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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"Enemy Number One": Lion Feuchtwanger and the Literature of Exile
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The USC Libraries are home to the papers and library of historical novelist Lion Feuchtwanger, who escaped his native Germany after Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933. Because he was an outspoken critic of the Nazi Party, the Nazis ordered his books burned and declared him âEnemy Number One.â The libraries recently published a new edition of Feuchtwangerâs The Devil in France, a memoir of his internment and escape from Nazi-occupied France. He wrote movingly about the political situation in Europe and his experiences as an exiled writer. He later escaped to Los Angeles, where Theodor Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, Thomas Mann and other German émigré artists and intellectuals gathered during World War II. Feuchtwangerâs story illuminates the struggles faced by artists who speak truth to power and endure exile from their native countries.
In conjunction with this new publication and in honor of Banned Books Week, join us for a panel discussion on censorship, repression and writing in exile with Feuchtwanger Fellow Christopher Mlalazi, a Zimbabwean playwright and poet who was placed under government surveillance for writing critically about the Mugabe regime; Michelle Gordon, professor of English at USC; Wolf Gruner, professor of history at USC; and Cornelius Schnauber, director of USCâs Max Kade Institute. Following the panel, visit USCâs Feuchtwanger Memorial Library and see an exhibition of rare photos and other materials related to German exiles in Los Angeles.
Admission is free.
Refreshments will be served.
Related Event:
Tour and Performance at Villa Aurora
Tuesday, October 26, 12 to 5 p.m.
For more information, visit http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873329
Organized by Marje Schuetze-Coburn (USC Libraries) and Michaela Ullmann (USC Libraries).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Air Quality Issues and General Aviation Airports
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Rod Merl, Airport Administrator, Santa Monica Airport, CA
Talk Title: Air Qualilty Issues and General Aviation Airports
Abstract:
Aviation and Emissions:
Types of emissions and environmental concerns associated
with airports and adjacent community
Character of General Aviation Airports
Differences of general aviation airports from commercial
ones and the associated changes in the context of emissions
and environmental issues
Regulatory/Jurisdictional Environment
A description of how aviation and general airports in
particular are regulated regarding environmental matters.
What are the relationships of the various levels of
governmental from international to local? The key âplayersâ,
the essential legislation, court cases and how the system
operates. Including:
ICAO
FAA/EPA
State/Regional/Local
Clean Air Act
Conformity
ANCA
MASS. V. EPA
Local and Global Air Quality Aviation Concerns â impacts and concerns above and below the 3,000 ft mixing height
A discussion of two recent governmental studies at Santa Monica Airport
AQMD General Aviation Study
EPA Lead Study
Airport/Aviation Responses/Programs
Sustainability Plans
Air and Water Quality efforts
Noise Management
Alternative fuels
Airport layout plans, traffic mgmt,
Air Navigation (NEXTGEN)
Aircraft/engine design (NAASA)- Challenge of
tradeoffs bts noise, Nox and other pollutants,
Source Apportionment studies
Host: Dr. Ronald C. Henry
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Ice Cream Social
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Student Activity
Join us for our annual ice cream social!
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Courtyard
Audiences: Undergrad and grad students
Contact: EE Systems Student Services
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AIChE Students and Professors Ice Cream Social
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come out and enjoy FREE ice cream with professors from the MFD! Learn about the department and meet other chem-Es!
Location: E-Quad in front of HED
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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AME Seminar
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. David Cesario, Assoc. Prof. of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Keck School of Medicine, USC
Talk Title: Engineering in Cardiac Electrophysiology
Abstract: Cardiac electrophysiology is a field with tremendous interaction between engineering and medicine. On a daily basis we use tools such as implantable pacemakers to improve patient's lives by increasing their heart rates. We also place implantable cardioverter defibrillators that have the potential to rescue patients from life threatening arrhythmias. Additionally, we use tools to map abnormal heart rhythms to their exact location within the heart and then to ablate the abnormal cardiac arrhythmias, potentially curing these arrhythmias. The goal of this talk is to expose students to some of the engineering technology that is used in cardiac electrophysiology to better patients lives and improve their health.
Host: Dr. F. Browand
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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ASBME's 2nd BMEStart National Competition Meeting
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
**Meet in the GFS Lobby
The plan for this meeting is to brainstorm, discuss possible ideas for the competition, and narrow them down to about four. If you will be missing this meeting, be sure to e-mail bmestartusc@gmail.com with a short paragraph for each idea (for a potential medical device we can design) you may have for the competition and also, the days/times you are free during the week of October 11th-October 15th.Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - Lobby
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Boeing Information Session
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 05:30 PM - 07:30 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
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Boeing Information Session sponsored by IEEE
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
Looking for an internship or a full time position? Look no further, as Boeing is holding an information session, open to all students and majors on September 29th. Full time engineers and hiring managers will be attending as well as interns from USC. They are very excited to share their experiences with you in order to give you more information about the breadth of experiences that Boeing offers.
There will be a presentation combined with a question and answer session, and of course, FREE FOOD will be provided. Feel free to invite your friends from other majors. Come and mingle and remember to bring your resume!
A flyer can be found here -
http://www.boeing.com/events/marketing/college/USC/2010/Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Fall Spotlight - Biomedical Engineering
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
A panel discussion featuring industry representatives, alumni, faculty and current student discussing opportunities in Biomedical Engineering. For more detailed information please visit the Spotlight website at - http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/fye/spotlight.htm
Dinner is provided. RSVP to viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu with subject line: "RSVP for Spotlight on 9/29".Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Viterbi Undergraduate Students
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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ASBME General Meeting 4: Princeton Review & Kaplan MCAT Information Session, Joint with AED (Pre-Medical Honor Society)
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Interested in applying to medical school? This Wednesday, ASBME will be holding a joint event with AED where the Princeton Review and Kaplan will be providing information about the MCAT, the Medical College Admission Test, including the different categories in the test, types of questions asked, tips, discounts, and info about MCAT courses and practice tests. Also, find out when free MCAT tests will be proctored by ASBME on campus! If you are pre-med, you should definitely check out this meeting and take advantage of the opportunity to meet other pre-med students as well over a delicious dinner!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 227
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Tau Beta Pi General Meeting
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Meeting for all TBP members. Come out and tell us what kind of events you'd like to attend - whether they are social, philanthropic, etc. Also, we will be announcing upcoming events and opportunities that we have planned so far for this semester!We will also be taking a group picture at the meeting.
Chick-fil-A and drinks for all those who attend!Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 118
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tau Beta Pi
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Orange Coast College Transfer Fair
Thu, Sep 30, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Christine Hsieh from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the Orange Coast College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: OCC Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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Meet the ev3 VP: ev3 Invites ASBME to an On-Site Visit
Thu, Sep 30, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
As a follow-up to the recent Meet & Mingle and Resume Workshop last week, ev3 has offered to allow ASBME to visit their facilities. The President of ev3 will be giving a company overview and their engineers will discuss their products. Afterwards, there will be a lunch and meet-and-greet with the VP, Operations, Sr. Manager Manufacturing and other Engineering Managers. Finally, there will be a tour of the facility. The agenda for the event is emailed (by asbme@usc.edu) upon request.
**If you are interested in attending this event (remember that it is during the day on a Thursday), fill out this form by Monday (9/27): https://spreadsheets1.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHNZYWphVFhZZVk3bGtYYXR2TGtRVGc6MQ#gid=0Location: Long Beach, CA
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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CS Talk
Thu, Sep 30, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Xifeng Yan , UCSB
Talk Title: Graph Pattern Mining
Abstract: Graphs and networks are ubiquitous, encoding complex relationships ranging from chemical bonds to social interactions. Hidden in these networks are the answers to many important questions in biology, business, and sociology. We are developing a general graph information system to address the needs of searching and mining complex networks in these domains. In this talk, I will introduce the basic concept of graph pattern mining, its algorithms and applications including graph classification and graph search. I will also briefly discuss my recent work on business workflow analysis, malware detection, etc.
Biography: Xifeng Yan is an assistant professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and holds the Venkatesh Narayanamurti Chair in Computer Science. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006. He was a research staff member at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center between 2006 and 2008. He has been working on modeling, managing, and mining large-scale graphs in bioinformatics, social networks, the Web, and computer systems. His works were extensively referenced, with over 3,000 citations per Google Scholar. For more information, please visit www.cs.ucsb.edu/~xyan.
Host: Prof. Yan Liu
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Exxon Mobil Info Session
Thu, Sep 30, 2010 @ 06:00 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
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Yousuf Karsh: The Hero of a Thousand Faces through Words and Music
Thu, Sep 30, 2010 @ 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Join us for a festival of music and films presented in conjunction with the exhibit Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes, on display at the USC Fisher Museum of Art from August 19 through November 23. The exhibition celebrates the centenary of the birth of Yousuf Karsh, one of our greatest portrait photographers, whose portrait subjects include such political, social and literary figures as Nelson Mandela, Audrey Hepburn, Winston Churchill and Robert Frost.
Pianist Victoria Kirsch will be joined by fellow USC alumni soprano Shana Blake and bass-baritone Cedric Berry for a program of vocal and instrumental music inspired by the portrait subjects featured in the exhibition. Actor Jamieson K. Price will read excerpts from Karsh's reminiscences of his photography sessions, revealing fascinating and sometimes surprising details about the iconic figures he photographed.
Related Events:
The Afterglow: A Tribute to Robert Frost
Thursday, October 7, 6 p.m.
USC Fisher Museum of Art
For more info, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873319
Karsh Is History: Yousuf Karsh and Portrait Photography
Thursday, November 4, 12 p.m.
USC Fisher Museum of Art
For more info, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873333
Organized by the USC Fisher Museum of Art in conjunction with the USC Thornton School of Music. Co-sponsored by Grand Performances.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: May Ormerod Harris Hall, Quinn Wing & Fisher Gallery (HAR) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
