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A Tribute to Maurice Jarre
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
RSVP required. Please check the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873383 for event schedule and reservation information.
Highly prolific three-time Academy Awardâwinning French film composer Maurice Jarre composed the unforgettable scores to David Lean masterpieces such as Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and A Passage to India, as well as classics such as The Year of Living Dangerously, Ghost, Witness and Dead Poets Society. This celebration of Jarreâs work will include screenings of three of his films, a panel discussion about his legacy and an exhibition of his notes, compositions and workbooks.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkMon, Apr 04, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://usconnect.usc.edu/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Northrup Grumman Site Tour - Signups Due
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Signups for this event are due on Sunday night by 1159 PM.
US Citizens or Green Card only
Where: Northrop Grumman Space Park (Redondo Beach)
Date: Friday, 4/8/11
Time: 10am - midafternoon (back by about 3pm).
Lunch will be served. Meet outside RTH for carpool at 9am
Sign up online NOW at http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ieee/ngco/
LIMITED number of attendees on a first-come-first-served basis. Sign ups end on Sunday (4/3) at 11:59pm or when spots are filled -- don't miss out! You will get a confirmation e-mail to ensure that you have a spot for the event.
Northrop employees will talk about the company and showcase their products and facilities. There will be two tours, lunch, and an opportunity to talk to network with current Northrop Grumman employees, who are especially interested in those focusing or interested in communication systems!
Please indicate on the online form if you can drive; student drivers will be reimbursed.Location: Off Campus
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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System Safety (SSC)
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
Instruction is given in both system safety engineering and management with emphasis on complex, high technology systems. Engineering methods are illustrated with practical, numerical examples.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Multi-Disciplinary Technology Applications in the Energy Industry
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Fred Aminzadeh, Research Professor, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Talk Title: Multi-Disciplinary Technology Applications in the Energy Industry
Abstract: What are the significant technology advances in the energy industry in the past decade? What are current trends? What advanced computing technologies are continuing to have an impact on oil and gas exploration? How best we can use new signal processing and pattern recognition techniques to get the most out of the seismic data? Where do we want to be within the next ten years? What do we need to do to address challenges associated with declining oil fields and how the EE discipline can help? These questions will be addressed in conjunction with our most challenging exploration and field development problems. The need for cross disciplinary research and true integration will be discussed.
Some of the answers to the above questions may have a direct impact on the direction of the Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) being launched at USC. The RMC, with input from faulty from many departments, will look at the whole value chain in reservoir monitoring. It will focus on the data integration and data mining (eg 4D seismic, production data, passive seismic data), visualization and updating of reservoir model and real time reservoir management. It will also look into new techniques in soft computing signal and image processing to analyze and interpret the time lapse seismic and passive seismic data. Some of such applications will be demonstrated by a few recent real life examples, including a recently funded $2 million dollars DOE project for geothermal applications.
Biography: Fred Aminzadeh is a research professor at the Petroleum Engineering program at USC. Upon receiving his PhD in Control Theory in 1979 from USC, he went to Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. Subsequently he joined Unocal with both technical and management responsibilities. He also was an adjunct professor of Geosciences department at Rice University and held many position with different National Laboratories including LBNL, LANL, ORNL and LLNL. He has served as a member of DOEâs Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee. He has three US patents and an extensive list of publications in diverse areas including 12 books such as those on Reservoir Characterization, Petroleum Geology of South Caspian Basin, 3-D Seismic Modeling Advances in Seismic Data Processing, Geophysics for Engineers, and Petroleum Industry Applications of Pattern Recognition and Soft Computing. Many of his books have been translated into Chinese. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and served as president of Society of Exploration Geophysicists in 2007-2008. Currently, he is serving as the Lead Guest Editor for the special issue of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine on Geophysical Signal Processing.
Host: Dr. Alexander A. Sawchuk
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/calendar.htmLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/calendar.htm
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Robert Shannon, House Ear Institute
Host: Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Fifth Annual Eberhardt Rechtin Keynote Lecture
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Denis Cortese, Foundation Professor, W.P. Carey School of Business, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering / Director, Health Care Delivery and Policy Program, Arizona State University and Emeritus President and Chief Executive Officer, Mayo Clinic
Talk Title: "A System of Healthcare for the USA" **
Abstract: Dr. Cortese describes a view of health care in terms of three mega-domains: the knowledge domain â the world of medical research, where new ideas inventions and medical approaches are developed, such the concept of individualized medicine based on our unique genetic blueprint; the care delivery domain - the world of physicians and hospitals, where patients are treated; and the payer domain â the world of insurance, governments and others that pay for the delivery of health care. Each of these domains is huge in its own right, their flawed interactions with each other is one of the main reasons why our health care system is so dysfunctional.
** 3:00 - 4:00 PM - Meet Dr. Cortese / Refreshments will be served in the Andrus Gerontology Courtyard
Biography: Dr. Denis Cortese assumed academic positions as a Foundation Professor in January 2010 at Arizona State University (ASU) in the W.P. Carey School of Business and the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering. He is also the director of ASU's Health Care Delivery and Policy Program. He currently serves on the board for Pinnacle West, RAND Health, and the National Coalition for Healthcare Information (NCHI). In addition he is chair of IOM Roundtable on Value and Science Driven Healthcare and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering's Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
Dr. Cortese is Emeritus President and Chief Executive Officer of Mayo Clinic. His memberships include: The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (US) and chair of the Roundtable on Evidence Based Medicine; Healthcare Leadership Council, chair for 2007-2009; Harvard/Kennedy Healthcare Policy Group; Academia Nacional de Medicina (Mexico); and Division on Engineering and Physical Science (DEPS), National Research Council.
Some of Dr. Cortese's honors and awards include, National Healthcare Leadership Award - National Center for Healthcare (2009); Leo Black Award for Excellence in Healthcare Information Technology - Mayo Clinic (2009); Commencement address - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (2009); Commencement address - Luther College (2009); Honorary Doctor of Science Degree - Luther College (2009); Medal of Merit - American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2008); Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2007); Top 50 Physician Executives in Healthcare (2006_2008); and Honorary Fellow - Royal College of Physicians (2005).
Host: Viterbi School of Engineering, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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ENH Seminar Series
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Samantha Butler, Assistant Professor/ University of Southern California
Talk Title: Regulated axon outgrowth as a mechanism for axon guidance
Abstract: Commissural spinal axons extend away from the roof plate (RP) in response to a chemorepellent mediated by the Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs). Previous studies have focused on the ability of commissural axons to translate a spatial gradient of BMPs into directional information in vitro. However, a notable feature of this system in vivo is that the gradient of BMPs acts from behind the commissural cell bodies, making it possible for the BMPs to have a continued effect on commissural axons as they grow away from the RP. We have demonstrated that BMPs activate the cofilin regulator Limk1 to control the rate of commissural axon extension in the dorsal spinal cord. By modulating Limk1 activity in both rodent and chicken commissural neurons, the rate of axon growth can either be stalled or accelerated. Altering the activation state of Limk1 also influences subsequent guidance decisions: accelerated axons make rostrocaudal projection errors while navigating their intermediate target, the floor plate. These results suggest that a preceding guidance cue can specify information about the rate of growth, to ensure that axons reach subsequent signals either at particular times or speeds during development.
Host: Carolee Winstein
More Info: http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENH-Schedule_1011.phpLocation: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Adriana Cisneros
Event Link: http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENH-Schedule_1011.php
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Be a VSA :: Deadline to Apply for Viterbi Student Ambassadors
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
Please visit http://viterbi.usc.edu/vsa/join.htm for more information and the online application.
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Paul Ledesma
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Safety Management Systems for Managers (SMS MGR)
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This course is designed to explain the fundamentals of the SMS process to managers and supervisors. It focuses on the particular functions and responsibilities that managers have within a SMS. The specific benefits of an SMS are detailed. Additionally, potential issues which may cause friction as a result of an SMS are discussed.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Epstein ISE Research Seminar
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Edwin Romeijn, Professor/Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering University of Michigan. Ann Arbor
Abstract: Traditionally, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) treatment planning has been performed in two phases: a first phase, called fluence map optimization, in which optimal beamlet intensities are determined, followed by a second, leaf sequencing, phase in which these fluence maps are decomposed into deliverable apertures and corresponding intensities. We instead consider an integrated modeling framework that is exact in the case where convex criteria are used to evaluate the quality of a treatment plan. This framework can be used to incorporate many aspects of the treatment plan that are typically dealt with in an approximate way or in a postprocessing phase. In particular, this approach lends itself very well to incorporating issues that cannot be incorporated directly in a beamlet-based fluence map optimization approach â such as transmission, the tongue-and-groove effect, and other approximations or uncertainties in the traditional dose model. In addition, beam-on-time can be incorporated as an explicit criterion or constraint. We will also discuss its promise for extensions to new treatment delivery modalities, such as Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) and Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT). We discuss potential clinical applications and benefits of this modeling approach.
Biography: Edwin Romeijn received his M.S. in econometrics and Ph.D. in operations research from Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Netherlands. He joined the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan in 2008 after being a faculty member at the Department of Decision and Information Sciences at the Rotterdam School of Management of Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida. He has taught courses in operations research, stochastic processes, applied probability and statistics, supply chain management, and decision support systems. His research focuses on optimization theory and applications, in particular in the areas of supply chain optimization and optimization in health care. He is the author of over eighty-five peer reviewed journal publications.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Models, Optimization and Control of Collective Phenomena in Power Grids
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 @ 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Michael Chertkov, Los Alamos National Lab
Talk Title: Models, Optimization and Control of Collective Phenomena in Power Grids
Series: CEI Distinguished Lecture Series in Energy Informatics
Abstract: We are asking modern power grids to serve under conditions it was not originally designed for. We also expect the grids to be smart, in how they function, how they withstand contingencies, respond to fluctuations in generation and load, and how the grids are controlled. To meet these ever increasing expectations requires extending power grid models beyond the scope of the traditional power engineering.
In this talk Dr. Chertkov will first review basics of power flows, and then outline a number of new problems in modeling, optimization and control theory for smart grids. In particular, the talk will describe new approaches to control of voltage and reactive flow in distribution networks, algorithms to study distance to failure, and statistical analysis of cascading blackouts in transmission networks.
Biography: : Dr. Chertkov's areas of interest include applied and theoretical problems in power systems, hydrodynamics, statistical and mathematical physics, information theory and computer science. Dr. Chertkov received his Ph.D. in physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1996, and his M.Sc. in physics from Novosibirsk State University in 1990. After his Ph.D., Dr. Chertkov spent three years at Princeton University as a R.H. Dicke Fellow in the Department of Physics. He joined Los Alamos National Lab in 1999, initially as a J.R. Oppenheimer Fellow in the Theoretical Division. He is now a technical staff member in the same division. Dr. Chertkov has published more than 100 papers in these research areas and is currently leading "Physics of Algorithms"
and "Optimization and Control Theory for Smart (Power) Grids" projects at LANL.
Host: Prof. Giuseppe Caire and Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna
More Info: http://cei.usc.edu/news/lecturesLocation: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Yogesh Simmhan
Event Link: http://cei.usc.edu/news/lectures
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Minlan Yu, Princeton University
Talk Title: Scalable Management of Enterprise and Data Center Networks
Abstract: The networks in campuses, companies, and data centers are growing larger and becoming more complicated to manage. Today, network operators devote tremendous time and effort to various management tasks such as customized routing, access control, and troubleshooting. Rather than trying to make today's brittle networks easier to manage, we focus on new network designs that are inherently easier to manage and scale to many hosts, switches, and applications. We design and develop systems that scale routing, access control, and performance diagnosis, through a combination of new data structures and algorithms that make effective use of limited memory in switches and end-host based monitoring to reduce the overhead at switches. Our systems can be easily implemented with small modifications in today's switches and end hosts, as demonstrated by our prototypes built using the OpenFlow switches and Microsoft Windows servers, and our evaluation using data from AT&T networks and a deployment in a production data center.
Biography: Minlan Yu is a 5th year Ph.D. student in Princeton University. She received her B.A. in computer science and mathematics from Peking University in 2006 and her M.A. in computer science from Princeton University in 2008.
She has actively collaborated with companies such as AT&T, Microsoft, and Bell Labs. Her research interest is in solving real-world networking and distributed systems problems using efficient algorithms and data structures. Her thesis research focuses on enterprise and data center networks, by leveraging emerging techniques such as network virtualization and software-defined networking.
Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Building Your Personal Brand- Presented by Acquity Group
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join Acquity Group representatives as they go through an informal discussion on what personal branding is and how to successfully build a personal brand in conjunction with a job search.
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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Viterbi Awards
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering invite you to attend the
33rd Annual Viterbi Awards
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
California Club
Los Angeles
Reception 6:00pm
Dinner and Program 7:00pm
This year we are proud to honor:
Mark A. Stevens Distinguished Alumni Award
Dr. Orna Berry (PhD CSCI â86)
Daniel J. Epstein Engineering Management Award
Ronald Tutor (BSBUAD â63)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Tutor Perini Corporation
Global Leadership in Engineering
Chengyu Fu(MSPTE â86)
Chairman of the Board, CNOOC
To RSVP, please visit www.usc.edu/esvp and enter code ViterbiAwards.
Location: California Club
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kathleen Concialdi
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SWE Summer Savvy: Avoiding Career Calamity
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Have you ever wondered how to dress, eat and act appropriately at work? Whether you have a summer internship coming up or want to brush up on the Do's and Don'ts in the workplace, you won't want to miss this exciting and informative session! Join SWE's Consulting Team composed of corporate representatives from Cisco, Yahoo, Hensel Phelphs, Northrop Grumman, and Acquity and current students with professional experience as they candidly talk about mistakes, fashion flubs, qualities and attitudes that make an intern "stick out", dining faux pas, and tons of "I wish I knew..." moments! Learn valuable lessons from the speakers' experiences to help you have a smooth transition at your next corporate affair.
There will be free Thai food!! Can't wait 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, Apr 06, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://usconnect.usc.edu/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Ninth Annual USC Vision Symposium
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 08:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Bartlett Mel, Bosco Tjan, and Norberto Grzywacz would like to invite you to attend the Ninth Annual USC Vision Symposium. The Symposium will take place in the morning of Wednesday, 4/6, at UPC (in OHE 122). Because of a variety of constraints, we have decided to hold a smaller Symposium this year as compared to previous years. This time, we will have only talks and only USC speakers. This way, we will be able to hold the entire event in a morning. We prefer to hold a Symposium in such a smaller format than not to hold it at all. By holding the symposium, we will continue to facilitate the communication and interactions across vision-research labs at USC. But this symposium is not only open to vision researchers: all interested parties in the USC community may attend.
The talks this year will cover ocular imaging, fMRI, psychophysics, cortical modeling, and retinal, thalamic, and cortical physiology. The titles of the talks and more details of the symposium will be forthcoming. For now, please mark your calendars.
The schedule of the symposium will be as follows:
Wednesday, April 6
OHE 122
8:15-8:45 am Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 am Introduction to the Symposium
9-9:30 am Talk: A. (Sam) Sampath
9:30-10 am Talk: Shuliang Jiao
10-10:30 am Talk: Huizhong (Whit) Tao
10:30-1045 Coffee break
10:45-11:15 am Talk: Bosco Tjan
11:15-11:45 am Talk: Bartlett Mel
11:45-12:15 pm Talk: Zhong-Lin Lu
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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The Struggle for Human Rights in Contemporary Mexico: A Lecture by Lydia Cacho
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Lydia Cacho is a Mexican journalist, feminist and human-rights activist who has fought extensively against child abuse, violence against women and political corruption and impunity. Among her journalistic achievements are a series of articles and books exposing Mexican rings of child pornography and prostitution, and, more recently, writings on the unsolved murders of women in Ciudad Juárez that condemn the failure of the Mexican government and society in general to stop the killings. She has received several awards for her courage and social and political efforts, including the International Womenâs Media Foundationâs Courage Award, the Amnesty International Ginetta Sagan Award for Womenâs and Childrenâs Rights and the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
Cacho will talk about her experience of being a journalist in Mexico and her struggle for freedom of expression in a country where the media is tightly controlled by political parties and where human rights, freedom and democracy continue to be fragile.
Organized by MarÃa-Elena MartÃnez (History and American Studies and Ethnicity) and Carol Wise (International Relations).
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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AME Department Seminar
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Veronica Eliasson, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Talk Title: Shock Wave Adventures
Abstract: A shock wave is a useful tool to generate very high pressures and temperatures. In particular, the energy from a shock wave can be focused and then generate even more extreme conditions. Applications on shock wave focusing range from medical treatment of kidney stones to supernovae collapse, and in this talk I will present some of the projects my group is working on. In particular we are interested in impact events where a strong fluid-structure coupling is present and has to be taken into account. In particular, we are interested in shock focusing in water and material effects with applications to marine structures, understanding the cause and how to prevent traumatic brain injury caused by blast waves, and effects of cavitation due to pulses propagating through fluid-filled cracks.
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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Electrical Engineering Distinguished Lecturer Series
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Kathy Yelick, University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Talk Title: Exascale Computing: More and Moore?
Abstract: With petascale systems becoming broadly available in high end computing, attention is now focused on the challenges associated with the next major performance milestone: exascale computing. Demand for computational capability grows unabated, with areas of national and commercial interest including global climate change, alternative energy sources, defense and medicine, as well as basic science. Past growth in the high end has relied on a combination of faster clock speeds and larger systems, but the clock speed benefits of Mooreâs Law have ended, and 200-cabinet petascale machines are near a practical limit. Future system designs will instead be constrained by power density and total system power demand, resulting in radically different architectures. The challenges associated with exascale computing will require broad research activities across computer science, including the development of new algorithms, programming models, system software and computer architecture. While these problems are most evident at the high end, they limit the growth in computing performance across scales, from hand-held client devices to personal clusters and computational clouds.
In future computing systems, performance and energy optimization will be the combined responsibility of hardware and software developers. Since data movement dominates energy use in a computing system, minimizing the movement of data throughout the memory and communication fabric are essential. In this talk I will describe some of the open problems in programming models and algorithms design and promising approaches used so far. These will build on the ideas of Partitioned Global Address Space languages and Communication Avoiding algorithms, but extended to more complex memory hierarchies. In addition to these universal problems, fault resilience is a problem at the high end that will require novel system support, possibly propagating up the software stack to user level software and algorithms. Overall, the trends in hardware demand that the community undertake a broad set of research activities to sustain the growth in computing performance that users have come to expect.
Biography: Kathy Yelick is the Associate Laboratory Director for Computing Sciences and the Director of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). She is also a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author or co-author of two books and more than 100 refereed technical papers on parallel languages, compilers, algorithms, libraries, architecture, and storage. She co-invented the UPC and Titanium languages and she co-developed techniques for self-tuning numerical libraries, including the first self-tuned library for sparse matrix kernels. Her work includes performance analysis and modeling as well as optimization techniques for memory hierarchies, multicore processors, communication libraries, and processor accelerators. She earned her Ph.D. in EECS from MIT and has been a professor at UC Berkeley since 1991 with a joint appointment at LBNL since 1996
Host: Viktor Prasanna
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/dls/Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 123
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/dls/
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Viterbi Internship Panel - Dinner Included
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Are you interested in obtaining an internship? Attend this popular panel event and hear from fellow Viterbi students on how they found their internships. Learn the benefits of the program and how you can begin your quest for engineering industry experience.
Companies represented by students:
Quanco
Halliburton/ConocoPhillips
Arden Realty, GE Capital
Space is limited; RSVP is required!
Dinner will be provided
Please RSVP by Monday April 4th
https://uscviterbi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5bwVQOfkgfHWClmLocation: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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ASBME General Meeting 5: Half Way Between Med School and Engineering
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
eneral Meeting 5: Half Way Between Med School and Engineering
Wednesday, April 6th, 6-7PM
TCC 450
Join ASBME on Wednesday, April 6th, to listen to special guest speaker Anton Barnett! Originally a biomedical engineering in undergrad, his focus was on the design of artificial lungs, hearts and kidneys. With the initial intent to go to med school, he diverted from his plan to explore engineering applications in the medical operating room. Attend this event on Apr. 6th to him with talk about his journey, life decisions, and career advice that helped him find his current passion. As a perfusionist, he is able to work in the OR during cardiac surgery. He regularly employs his engineering knowledge to stop the heart during the procedure so the surgeon can preform the procedure. He has found it to be a rewarding solution for working in between engineering and medicine.
For anyone on the fence about medicine, on the fence about engineering, or you just want the best of both worlds, this is a fantastic opportunity for you to figure out what other options are available!
If you are interested in attending this discussion, please fill out this form: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDRCQngteEhrV2dRNHpQalgxWDNpQmc6MQLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 450
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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A Conversation with Eran Egozy
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Integrated Media Systems Center, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Eran Egozy, CTO Harmonix Music Systems
Talk Title: A Conversation with Eran Egozy
Series: Music Computation and Cognition Laboratory
Biography: Eran Egozy, is the co-founder and chief technical officer of Harmonix Music Systems, one of the pre-eminent game development studios in the world, having developed more than a dozen critically acclaimed music-based video games. Harmonix was founded in 1995 on the principle that non-musicians should be able to experience the sheer joy of music creation â normally something only afforded to accomplished musicians. Beginning in 2005, Harmonix developed Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero 2, fueling the explosive growth of the music games category to over $1 billion in sales. In 2006, Harmonix was acquired by MTV/Viacom, and shortly after, Harmonix launched the innovative, award-winning franchise titles Rock Band and Rock Band 2. In 2009, Harmonix followed with the critically acclaimed The Beatles: Rock Band, and this year, the studio is releasing Rock Band 3, which introduces a keyboard and the ability to learn real instruments, and Dance Central, the first fully immersive, no-controller dance game. Eran and Alex Rigopulos were named in Time Magazineâs 2008 list of The 100 Most Influential People in the World, Fortune Magazineâs 2009 Top 40 Under 40 and given a 2010 USA Networkâs Character Award.
Eran brings extensive technical and musical expertise to the Harmonixâs management team. He manages the company's engineering staff, directs intellectual property development, contributes to game design and helps drive corporate strategy. Prior to co-founding Harmonix, Eran conducted research on combining music and technology at the MIT Media Lab. He performed frequently in MIT's Balinese Gamelan, Chamber Music Society, and Symphony Orchestra. He currently spends most of his spare time playing clarinet in Boston's Radius Ensemble. Eran earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Host: Prof. Elaine Chew
More Info: http://mucoaco.blogspot.comLocation: Parkside Residential Building (PRB) - Parkside Performance Cafe
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elaine Chew
Event Link: http://mucoaco.blogspot.com
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Petroleum Engineer Seminar
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 @ 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Behnam Jafarpour, Texas A & M University
Talk Title: Feature Based Reservoir Descriptions for Improved Dynamic Data Integration
Abstract: Subsurface systems pose some of the most challenging characterization and modeling problems in science and engineering with significant hydrological, environmental, and energy security implications. The main uncertainties in characterizing these systems arise from the lack of convenient access to deep geologic formations, the multiscale heterogeneity in rock physical properties, and the complex interactions between fluids and porous rocks over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Consequently, significant uncertainty is introduced into modeling and prediction of the related flow and transport processes, complicating the development of subsurface energy and natural resources. Calibration of prior reservoir models through integration of dynamic flow data is an important mechanism for reducing flow modeling and prediction uncertainties. In this talk, I will discuss the advantages of posing the dynamic flow data integration as a geologic feature estimation problem. The fundamental premise of the proposed methodology is that subsurface property distributions often form connected patterns (features) that exhibit strong spatial correlations. The most salient features in the description of these correlated flow properties are amenable to sparse (or compact) representations in properly designed geologic domains (i.e., geologic dictionaries), which motivates the need for a feature estimation problem formulation. In addition, flow data often have low-resolution content and do not allow for reliable reconstruction of high resolution models. A geologic feature estimation framework is also useful for reconciling model and data resolutions during data integration. By combining advanced computational and mathematical tools with physical insight from the intrinsic properties of geologic formations and fluid flow data, integration of flow data into reservoir models can be more consistently posed as a feature estimation problem. Using several numerical experiments, I will demonstrate how the proposed geologically-inspired feature estimation framework leads to a more robust (against prior uncertainty) and geologically consistent method for solving large-scale subsurface characterization inverse problems.
Host: Mork Family Dept. , Petroleum Eng. Program
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 324
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Takimoto Idania
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CS Colloquium
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Satyen Kale, Yahoo! Research
Talk Title: Efficient Online Decision-Making and Applications to Semidefinite Programming
Abstract: Decision-making in the face of uncertainty over future outcomes is a fundamental algorithmic task, with roots in statistics and information theory, and applications in machine learning, signal processing, network routing and finance. The framework of regret minimization captures the notion of competitive online decision-making algorithms. Such algorithms are very effective for optimizing in settings where the environment is changing or just too large-scale for traditional optimization methods.
Semidefinite programming (SDP) is a widely used convex optimization technique today in operations research and computer science. The running time of SDP solvers can be quite high however. In this talk I will describe a new algorithm for online decision-making over the space of positive-semidefinite matrices. This algorithm, dubbed Matrix Multiplicative Weights, yields a general, combinatorial, primal-dual method for designing efficient algorithms for SDP. This method yields algorithms with the best known running time bounds for several graph partitioning and constraint satisfaction problems. The Matrix Multiplicative Weights algorithm also has numerous other applications in machine learning, derandomization and quantum computing which I will mention briefly.
This is joint work with Sanjeev Arora.
Biography: Satyen Kale is a postdoctoral scientist at Yahoo! Research working on algorithms for fundamental problems in Machine Learning and Optimization. His main research interests are decision making under uncertainty, statistical learning theory, combinatorial optimization, convex optimization, and more recently, algorithmic game theory. Previously, he was a postdoc at Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA. In 2007, he completed his Ph.D. in the department of Computer Science at Princeton University, under the supervision of Prof. Sanjeev Arora. He completed his B.Tech in Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2002.
Host: Prof. Yan Liu
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Tau Beta Pi Brinner at Jacks n Joe
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Old and New Tau Bates will have breakfast during dinner at Jacks n Joe to mingle and learn more about each other. Meet at the Finger Fountain. This is a social event and is worth 1 point.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tau Beta Pi
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Student Voices: Shaping the Conversation about Genocide and Human Rights
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
USC students will help shape the conversation about genocide and human rights by creating short films using video testimony from the USC Shoah Foundation Instituteâs Visual History Archive. In the fall semester, students will participate in a competition (see details below) to make films exploring such issues as discrimination and violence, responses to genocide and the role of videotaped eyewitness accounts. This event will showcase the student works and include an announcement of the competition winners. Following the screening, students will participate in a discussion about the use of eyewitness testimony in raising awareness about genocide and human rights with Holocaust survivor and Academy Awardâwinning producer Branko Lustig (Schindlerâs List, Gladiator) and faculty from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Multimedia Literacy, the School of Cinematic Arts and the Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: The Ray Stark Family Theatre, School of Cinematic Arts 108
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Apr 08, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://usconnect.usc.edu/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Building an Organization to Bend Metal, Not Push Paper
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Christopher Roth, Avionics Engineer, SpaceX
Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Building an Organization to Bend Metal, Not Push Paper
Abstract: Christopher Roth, Avionics Engineer (and Spring 2008 Honors Program Moderator), of SpaceX will present "Building an Organization to Bend Metal, Not Push Paper" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amanda Atkinson
Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Bertan Bakkaloglu, Arizona State Univ.
Talk Title: A 16 Channel, 91dB Dynamic Range, 500uV Offset CMOS Electrochemical Sensor AFE for Environmental Applications
Host: Prof. Hossein Hashemi and Firooz Aflatouni
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Hossein Hashemi
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MESA Day
Sat, Apr 09, 2011 @ 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering K-12 STEM Center
Student Activity
Regional finals competition in math, science, and engineering for Los Angeles area MESA students
Audiences: MESA High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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ASBME Explore LA: Biking by the Beach
Sat, Apr 09, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Explore LA: Biking by the Beach
Saturday, April 9th, 10AM-12:30PM (including travel time)
Santa Monica, Venice Beach, and the Pier
Join ASBME on the morning of Saturday, April 9th, for some peaceful and scenic biking by the beach! We will be passing by some beautiful locations including Santa Monica, Venice Beach, and the Pier. If you are interested, please fill out this form: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG0ySGRaMXRrbXBWZzRxZkdKWUtNeEE6MQ
NOTE: You do NOT need to bring a bike to this event! ASBME will be renting bikes for you, so no need to worry about that!Location: Santa Monica
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
