Select a calendar:
Filter April Events by Event Type:
Events for the 4th week of April
-
Polls close today: Vote for you 2011-2012 ASBME EBoard!
Sun, Apr 17, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Polls close today.
Cast your vote here:
http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/asbme/e-board/Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
-
IEEE Soccer Tournament
Sun, Apr 17, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join us on Sunday for a day of fun and friendly competition as teams battle it out for prizes.
$20 Amazon gift cards will be awarded to each member of the first place team and there will be free IEEE swag for all.
You may either sign up as a team captain and sign up your other team members, or you can sign up as an individual and we will place you on a team the day of the soccer tournament. Teams can be between 5-7 people.
Please sign-up no later than Thursday, April 14:
Team Signup
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFVFeEpmNS14Y2NyWVUtcWlzZnYtd2c6MQ#gid=0
Individual Signup
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dExvdXl2Y0ZiTnNxUV95SjZ2am0xZEE6MQ#gid=0
Questions? Contact us at ieee@usc.edu.Location: Cromwell Field
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
-
Due Today: HOPE Funding Board Applications
Mon, Apr 18, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
USC Hope is an organization that puts theory into action by implementing select Writing 340 projects of sophomores, juniors, and seniors in Viterbi by helping to supply the necessary funding and man power in order to make their community service engineering designs into realities.
To help implement engineering realities, please visit our website to apply for a board position today:
https://sites.google.com/site/uschope11/Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
-
Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Apr 18, 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
-
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Apply for the VSC E-Board
Mon, Apr 18, 2011 @ 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
If you are interested in being on Viterbi Student Council's Executive Board for 2011-12, please submit your application via email to vsc@usc.edu. More information and the application can be found at: http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/vsc/elections/. Questions? Email vsc@usc.edu.
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: VSC
-
Software Safety (SFT)
Mon, Apr 18, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
Software requires special attention in system planning, architecture, design and test. This course presents philosophies and methods of developing and analyzing software and highlights managing a software safety program. Software design principles will be taught to create programs that are fault tolerant and acceptable safe.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
-
Fortinet Info Session
Mon, Apr 18, 2011 @ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
-
BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Apr 18, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Adam Seiver, VP and Chief Medical Officer, Philips, Inc.
Talk Title: Computer-based Decision Systems for Mechanical Ventilation
Host: Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
-
ENH Seminar Series
Mon, Apr 18, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Mitra Hartmann, Associate Professor/Northwestern University
Talk Title: Vibrissal Dynamics and the Tactile Exploratory Behavior of the Rat
Abstract: It is easy for you to reach into your pocket or purse and â without looking â identify your keys, a coin, or a paperclip. Somehow, your brain transforms the patterns of mechanical input on your fingertips into the robust perception of an object. How is this tactile feat accomplished? The first step towards answering this question is to quantify the patterns of mechanical input that your brain must interpret. Our laboratory uses the rat vibrissal (whisker) system as a model to understand how the sense of touch is integrated with movement to enable tactile perception. Rats rhythmically brush and tap their whiskers against objects to tactually extract features such as shape and texture. In this talk I will describe our laboratoryâs recent advances in quantifying the complete mechanosensory input to the rat vibrissal array during natural exploratory behaviors and discuss implications of these results for neural processing. I will specifically focus on our laboratoryâs efforts to develop a simulation environment that permits full dynamical simulations of vibrissal-object contact. We aim to integrate realistic vibrissal dynamics with behaviorally-measured head and vibrissal kinematics to model the rat's sampling strategies for various objects in the environment. Ultimately, the simulation system will be used to predict contact patterns in terms of the mechanics at each vibrissa base for a given exploratory sequence, and thus predict the input to the brain. Supported by NSF awards IOS-0818414, IOS-08090000.
Host: Dr. Valero-Cuevas
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
-
CREATE Lecture by Marc Sageman
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Marc Sageman, Guest Speaker
Talk Title: Recent Trends in Global Neo-Jihadi Terrorism in the West
Series: CREATE Distinguished Speaker Series
Abstract: The lecture will touch on three topics:
⢠A survey of all the global neo-jihadi plots in the West since 9/11/01 in order to detect the emerging trends
⢠A summary of new insights in the process of turning to political violence coming from recent empirical research
⢠A summary of how the Internet is affected the evolution of the global neo-Jihadi threat in the West
The talk will conclude with the implication of the new developments in the Middle East on the global neo-Jihadi threat in the West.
PLEASE RSVP BY APRIL 12 TO:
www.usc.edu/esvp
Use code: CREATE
Biography: Marc Sageman is an independent researcher on terrorism and the founder of Sageman Consulting, LLC. He is now the special advisor to the U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence on the âinsider threat.â He was the New York Police Departmentâs first âscholar in residenceâ and adjunct associate professor at the School for International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is director of research at ARTIS.
After graduating from Harvard, he obtained an M.D. and a Ph.D. in sociology from New York University. After a tour as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy, he joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1984. He spent a year on the Afghan Task Force then went to Islamabad from 1987 to 1989, where he ran U.S. unilateral programs with the Afghan Mujahedin. In 1991, he returned to medicine and completed a residency in psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1994, he has been in the private practice of forensic and clinical psychiatry, and taught law and psychiatry, the social psychology of terrorism, and mass murderers at the University of Pennsylvania.
After 9/11/01, he started building a terrorist database to test the validity of the conventional wisdom on terrorism. This research has been published as Understanding Terror Networks (University of Pennsylvania Press 2004). He continued this research, and showed how the global neo-jihadi terrorist threat to the West evolved over time. His book Leaderless Jihad describes how the process of radicalization in a hostile environment and enabled by the Internet is evolving into a disconnected network, a Leaderless Jihad. Since then, he has focused on the process of radicalization among young Western Muslims that lead them to political violence using transcripts of terrorism trials and personal interviews.
Sageman may be the only individual to have testified before both the 9/11 Commission in the U.S. and the Beslan Commission in Russia. He has extensively consulted with most national security agencies in the U.S., including the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, the National Laboratories, the Department of Homeland Security, various agencies in the U.S. Intelligence Community, the U.S. Secret Service, and various other law enforcement agencies.
He has lectured at many U.S. universities, including Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, MIT, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, the University of California at Berkeley, the Johns Hopkins University⦠and many universities abroad.
Host: CREATE
More Info: www.usc.edu/createLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 352
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kelly Buccola
Event Link: www.usc.edu/create
-
Epstein Institute Seminar Series / ISE 650 Seminar
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. John W. Fowler, Avnet Professor of Supply Networks/Professor of Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University
Talk Title: "Healthcare Systems Engineering"
Abstract: Modern industrial engineering, systems engineering, operations management, and operations research methods hold significant promise for health care systems and quality of care research. Among the most promising methods are optimization, queuing theory, and process simulation. This presentation will utilize some recent research efforts to demonstrate the application of industrial engineering and operations management principles and tools to improve health care systems.
Biography: JOHN W. FOWLER is the Avnet Professor of Supply Networks and a Professor of Industrial Engineering in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). He currently serves as the Program Chair of Industrial Engineering. Professor Fowlerâs research interests include modeling, analysis, and control of manufacturing and service systems. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Semiconductor Research Corp., International SEMATECH, Advanced Micro Devices, Amkor, Asyst, IBM, Intel, Infineon Technologies, Motorola, National Semiconductor, ST Microelectronics, and the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Fowler is an author/co-author of over 75 journal publications, 100 conference papers, and 10 book chapters. He is the founding editor of the new journal IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering. He is also an Area Editor for SIMULATION: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Simulation. He was a co-Program Chair for the 2002 and 2008 Industrial Engineering Research Conferences and the Program Chair for the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference. Professor Fowler is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, a former INFORMS Vice President for Chapters/Fora, and is on the Winter Simulation Conference Board of Directors.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
-
Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Apr 20, 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
-
EE-Electrophysics Seminar
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Liangbing Hu, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Talk Title: Nanostructured Energy Devices: Manipulating Electrons, Photons and Ions
Abstract: Lowering the cost and improving the performance of devices are essential for making renewable energy feasible for everyday applications. In this talk, I will focus on discussing how abundant materials such as paper, silicon and copper can be engineered to create one dimensional nanomaterial networks (Nano-Nets) which allow us to manipulate fundamental particles in these energy devices to ultimately obtain remarkable performance. Conductive Nano-Nets using carbon nanotubes, silver nanowires and copper nanofibers for transparent electrodes in solar cells, silicon Nano-Nets for high performance Li-ion battery anodes, and conductive paper and textiles for ultracapacitors and microbial fuel cells will be discussed in detail.
Biography: Liangbing Hu received his B.S. in applied physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2002. He did his Ph.D. in experimental physics under Prof. George Gruner at UCLA, focusing on carbon nanotube based nanoelectronics. He studied extensively the charge transport in carbon nanotube thin films with randomly distributed energy barriers and its dependence on geometry (nanotube length, density et al.) and energy (frequency, temperature and field). He also explored the device applications of such random networks in field effect transistors, sensors and optoelectronic devices. In 2006, he joined Unidym as a co-founding scientist. At Unidym, Liangbingâs role was the development of roll-to-roll printed carbon nanotube transparent electrodes and device integrations into touch screens, LCDs, flexible OLEDs and solar cells. Currently, Liangbing is a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University in Prof. Yi Cuiâs lab where he is working on various energy devices based on nanomaterials and nanostructures including Li-ion batteries, ultracapacitors and microbial fuel cells. He has ~ 50 journal publications in nanomaterials, nanoelectronics, printed electronics and energy devices.
Host: EE-Electrophysics
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/eepLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/eep
-
AME Department Seminar
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sandro Gomez , Professor, Yale University
Talk Title: Highly Turbulent Strained Premixed Flames in the Distributed Reaction Regime
Abstract: Turbulent lean-to-stoichiometric premixed flames were experimentally studied in a counterflow configuration at turbulent Reynolds numbers on the order of one thousand. The primary objective is to examine conditions of departure from the flamelet regime and analyze the turbulent premixed flame structure under conditions in which disrupted and locally-extinguished flame fronts are expected.
A turbulent stream of fresh premixed reactants was opposed to a second stream of hot products of combustion. By varying temperature and composition of the combustion product stream, the ârealitiesâ of practical flames, such as heat losses and composition stratification, could be studied systematically in a well-defined system. These effects are not accounted for by the commonly used Borghi diagram of regimes of turbulent premixed combustion. Diagnostic techniques included PIV and simultaneous CO/OH-LIF to probe the structure of the oxidation layer.
It was found that the boundary between the flamelet regime and the distributed reaction zone was lowered significantly to turbulent Karlovitz numbers, Kat, of unity order. The oxidation layer was found to be sensitive to the turbulence intensity and the hot product composition. In fact, the quenching of the oxidation layer, that is not currently accounted for in turbulent combustion models, appeared to be a critical element of departure from the flamelet regime.
The interpretation of the experimental results was aided by ancillary numerical calculations of strained laminar premixed flames that showed two distinct extinction modes, an abrupt one and a smooth one, the latter being favored by an excess of oxidizing species in the combustion product stream.
The highly turbulent opposed jet system is shown to offer several advantages by comparison with the more common jet flames and is proposed as a benchmark for turbulent combustion studies.
Host: Prof. P. Ronney
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
-
EE-Electrophysics Seminar
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Wei Wu, Senior Scientist, HP Labs, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Talk Title: Nano-Crossbar Circuits, Optical Meta-Materials and SERS Sensors
Abstract: Semiconductor industry has enjoyed great successes by following the âMooreâs lawâ for more than four decades. With the end of the roadmap looming in the horizon, great efforts have been made to look for the alternatives for âpost-Siâ electronics. I will present our work on crossbar circuits, especially crossbar memory circuits based on transition metal oxide (i.e. memristor). Memristor is a type of resistive RAM device. It stores the information by ion movements inside the switching material, instead of charge trapping as in other conventional memory devices. We have demonstrated several generations of crossbar memory circuits with record-high densities, and have also integrated memristor and Si CMOS circuits successfully. The technologies developed for nano-electronics were applied to several other areas. One example I would like to share is optical negative meta-materials (NIMs) at near-IR range. That includes NIMs with negative reflective index (both negative permittivity and permeability) at 1.55 m range, fast modulation of NIMs and non-linear effects of NIMs. Another example is highly sensitive surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensors fabricated using the 3-D nano-patterning technology we developed. The end of roadmap may be getting closer, but it is just the start of a new era, where we can leverage on what we have been developing in the past and make great impacts on the whole society.
Biography: Wei Wu graduated from Peking University with a BS in Physics in 1996, and received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2003. He joined HP labs in 2003, and he is a senior scientist at nano-electronics research group (formerly known as quantum science research). His work on nanoimprint lithography has enabled nano-electronic and nano-photonic applications at HP labs for the last seven years. His work includes crossbar memory (i.e. memristor) and logic circuits with the record high densities, the first nanoimprint-fabricated optical negative index meta-material at 1.55m range, the first optical modulation using negative index meta-material at near-IR, the first third harmonic generation using meta-material, highly sensitive surface enhanced Raman sensors fabricated using 3-D nanoimprint, the first room-temperature working single electron memory and the first large area bit-patterned magnetic media fabricated using nanoimprint. The nanoimprint machine he invented has been commercialized via IP licensing. He coauthored 65 peer reviewed journal papers and more than 60 conference presentations, including 10 keynote and invited presentations. He has 49 granted US patents and 77 pending applications. He is serving as HPâs representative at SEMATECH lithography program advisory group. He is a senior member of IEEE and serving in the executive committee of IEEE SFBA nanotechnology council.
Host: EE-Electrophysics
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/eepLocation: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 212
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/eep
-
Epstein ISE Research Seminar
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Sanjay Mehrotra, Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
Talk Title: "Multi-Objective Multi-Expert Optimization Using Weight Robustness and Stochastic Dominance"
Abstract: Multivariate multi-objective decision problems arise in a large number of decision situations in areas such as healthcare, security, energy, logistics, sustainability, finance, and manufacturing. The decisions involve input from multiple experts weighing in on the decision objectives. The parameters of the functions modeling objectives and constraints are uncertain, and decisions are often made in reference to a random benchmark that is to be exceeded.
This presentation will cover mathematical optimization techniques for formulating and solving such problems based on my current research. In particular, the presentation will (i) introduce the concept of Robust Pareto optimality using a multi-criteria robust optimization with weights modeling framework (McRow); (ii) present some properties of the McRow models; (iii) introduce various concepts to model problems with multiple random benchmarks using stochastic dominance (McSwd); (iv) present analytical properties and optimization algorithms for the McSwd models; (v) discuss a stylized budget allocation application in healthcare, and one in homeland security to illustrate potential uses and computational properties of McRow and McSwd models.
Biography: Professor Mehrotra received his Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee), his MS in Industrial Engineering and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Columbia University. He has made significant research contributions to major subareas, such as linear, convex, mixed integer, and stochastic programming, within the field of mathematical optimization. He is widely known for his predictor-corrector method. Professor Mehrotra has published in journals such as Mathematical Programming, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Mathematics of Operations Research, Operations Research, Optimization Methods and Software, IIE-Transactions, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Journal of Global Optimization, SIAM Journal on Computing, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Analyst, Bioinformatics, and BMC BioInformatics. He is a department editor for Optimization for the Institute of Industrial Engineers society journal IIE Transactions. He is on the editorial board of Operations Research, Asia Pacific Journal of Operations Research, and the International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector. He has also served on the editorial boards of Mathematical Programming, and the International Journal on Modelling. He has been a vice-chair of the INFORMS optimization section on computational optimization and software, and a co-director of the Optimization Technology Center between Northwestern University and Argonne National Research Lab. He has also served as a vice-president of chapter/fora and a member of Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences Board of Directors.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
-
Contrast Enhanced MR Angiography, Recent Improvements in Resolution, Application, and Coverage
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Stephen J. Riederer, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Talk Title: Contrast Enhanced MR Angiography, Recent Improvements in Resolution, Application, and Coverage
Abstract: Although MR Angiography (MRA) has been under study for well over two decades, the field still continues to advance. The technical innovations of parallel data acquisition, specific k-space data sampling methods, and high-count receiver coil arrays can be integrated to allow marked reductions in the acquisition times necessary to form high quality 3D MR angiograms with comparable or even improved spatial resolution compared to a decade ago. If implemented with appropriately designed receiver coil arrays, the loss of SNR can be carefully controlled. Advanced k-space sampling methods reduce the sensitivity of the reconstructed images to temporal blurring and allow time-resolved results which can readily distinguish arterial from venous phases in problematic cases. Further extensions permit high quality, multi-station imaging of the peripheral vasculature. In this presentation these methods will be described, and in vivo results from multiple vascular territories will be presented.
Host: Hosted by Professor H. Harry Hu
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia Veal
-
Distinguished Lecture Series
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 @ 12:50 PM - 02:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Francis J. Doyle III, Chemical Engineering Dept University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
Talk Title: The Role of Process Systems Engineering in the Quest for the Artificial Pancreas
Series: Distinguished Lectures Series
Abstract: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting approximately 3 million individuals in the US, with associated annual healthcare costs estimated to be $15 billion. Current treatment requires either multiple daily insulin injections or continuous subcutaneous (SC) insulin infusion (CSII) delivered via an insulin infusion pump. Both treatment modes necessitate frequent blood glucose measurements to determine the daily insulin requirements for maintaining near-normal blood glucose levels. More than 30 years ago, the idea of an artificial endocrine pancreas for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) was envisioned. The closed-loop concept consisted of an insulin syringe, a blood glucose analyzer, and a transmitter. In the ensuing years, a number of theoretical research studies were performed with numerical simulations to demonstrate the relevance of advanced control design to the artificial pancreas, with delivery algorithms ranging from simple PID, to H-infinity, to model predictive control. With the advent of continuous glucose sensing, which reports interstitial glucose concentrations approximately every minute, and the development of hardware and algorithms to communicate with and control insulin pumps, the vision of closed-loop control of blood glucose is approaching a reality. In the last 8 years, our research group has been working with medical doctors on clinical investigations of control algorithms for the artificial pancreas. In this talk, I will outline the difficulties inherent in controlling physiological variables, the challenges with regulatory approval of such devices, and will describe a number of algorithms we have tested in clinical experiments for feedback control of the artificial pancreas, based on model predictive control.
Host: Professor Qin
More Info: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/d-04-21-11.htmLocation: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
Event Link: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/d-04-21-11.htm
-
CS Colloquium
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Subhash Suri, UCSB
Talk Title: Paths, Trees and Polygons
Abstract: The growing scope of combinatorial algorithms often forces us to compute structures when the data are incomplete, uncertain, or time-varying. In this talk, we revisit three classical problems (Shortest Paths, Minimum Spanning Trees, and Polygon Guarding) under such informational and sensing models, and derive new complexity bounds or impossibility results.
In particular, we show that
(1) if the travel times for the edges of a graph are a (polynomial) functions of time, there can be super-polynomial number of shortest paths between two nodes,
(2) if each of the $n$ points in the plane is present only probabilistically, computing the expected length of their minimum spanning tree is intractable, and
(3) many basic geometric problems such as the Art Gallery coverage of a polygon can be solved in a "binary combinatorial sensing model" that does not require knowledge of coordinates.
Biography: Subhash Suri received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University in 1987 and B.S. in Electronics Engineering from University Of Roorkee, India in 1981. His research interests are in Algorithms, Wireless Sensor Networks, Data Streams, Computational Geometry, and Game Theory. For more information, see http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~suri/
Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
-
USC AGC Construction Management Symposium
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 @ 05:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
The USC Construction Management Symposium is an annual event organized the the USC Associated General Contractors (AGC) Student Chapter. The Symposium is a single evening that includes a reception, dinner, and a series of speakers. Hosted this year in the vibrant JW Marriott , the Symposium attracts a multitude of individuals from the AEC industry as well as developers, lawyers, government officials, and many more.
The 17th Annual Associated General Contractors of America/University of Southern California Construction Management Symposium is focusing on the importance of Sustainability in Transportation. Since construction, architecture and engineering professionals are on the forefront of creating green and sustainable projects, the 2011 AGC USC Sustainability in Transportation Symposium is a unique opportunity to connect with those who influence and produce those green projects. High speed rail, TODâs, subway and light-rail construction are among the projects that will be explored.
Visit www.uscgreensymposium.com for more information.
contact symposium@uscagc.com with questionsLocation: JW Marriott
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
-
Theatre for a New Audience: The Merchant of Venice
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 11:00 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. RSVP at the link http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=105 beginning Monday, March 28, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 5:15 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 6 p.m. and return to campus at 11 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.
A mysteriously melancholy rich man, a dashing young lover in desperate need of cash, a moneylender with good reason to seek revenge and a witty young woman with a knack for disguise: these are the characters of The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeareâs sparkling and troubling tragicomedy. Set in the magical city of Venice, where all nations meet and the clash of cultures can lead to startling violence, the story of Antonio, Shylock and Portia has been arousing controversiesâsocial as well as literaryâfor four centuries with its astonishing mixture of elements: comedy that is both raucous and gentle, steely-eyed satire, intense compassion, tender love poetry and the perpetual struggle between Mercy and Justice.
Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham attacks the role of Shylock in this riveting update of the Bardâs darkest of comedies, where religion, race and sexuality collide with love, family and justice. The currency of society and humanity has never been so changeable in this Royal Shakespeare Companyâcommissioned production, the first production by an American company to be invited to the RSCâs Complete Works Festival.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: The Broad Stage, Santa Monica
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
-
The 17th Annual USC AGC Construction Management Symposium gathers the architecture, construction and engineering communities to explore timely topics and opportunities facing sustainability in transportation in California.
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The USC/CMAA Construction Management Symposium is gathering the best and the brightest from a variety of industries and disciplines to collaborate with state and federal infrastructure projects to maximize opportunities and create jobs for California's construction community.
Venue: JW marriott at LA Live, Los Angeles, CA
Speakers:
1. Norman Y. Mineta, Vice Chairman, Hill & Knowlton
Former Secretary of Transportation
US Department of Transportation
2. Cindy McKim
Director, California Department of Transportation
3. Arthur Leahy
CEO Metro Los Angeles
4. Gina Marie Lindsay
Executive Director, Los Angeles World Airports
5. Roelof Van Ark
Executive Director, California High Speed Rail Authority
http://cee.usc.edu/news/announcement-archive/announcement_20110204291616.htm
Audiences: By Invitation
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
-
Game Theory and Human Behavior Retreat
Fri, Apr 22, 2011
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, Information Sciences Institute, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
Speakers:
⢠Gerd Gigerenzer
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
⢠Mark Turner
Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve University
⢠Dan Simon
Law and Psychology, University of Southern California
⢠Tom Siegfried
Editor in Chief: Science News
Recent Book: A Beautiful Math
For updates to this information, visit:
http://gthb.usc.edu/Events/
The USC Research Collaboration Fund from the office of Randolph Hall, USC vice president for research, made this conference possible. It is the second in a series, following an event September 7, 2010 at the Institute for Creative Technologies that attracted some 55 participants.Location: Charlotte S. & Davre R. Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center (DCC) -
Audiences: Open: please email tambe [at] usc.edu to reserve a seat
Contact: Eric Mankin
-
Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Apr 22, 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
-
EE-Electrophysics Seminar
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Nidhi, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCSB
Talk Title: Self-Aligned N-Polar GaN HEMTs: Towards Next-Generation Nitride Electronics
Abstract: III-Nitrides have emerged as a versatile new material family with unique material properties such as large piezoelectric polarization, high saturation velocity, high breakdown electric field and bandgap ranging from near IR (0.7 eV for InN) to deep UV (6.4 eV for AlN). This wide range of band-gap allows them to be extensively used in opto-electronics in a large range of wavelength, optical storage and high efficiency photovoltaics using InGaN alloys. Recently, AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) have also been widely used as power amplifiers for wireless communication applications and as power switches for rectification.
In this talk, I will emphasize on the N-polar orientation of GaN and its application towards high frequency electronics. N-polar GaN-based HEMTs offer several advantages over the more established Ga-polar technology such as the potential of ultra low ohmic contact resistance (20 Ω-µm demonstrated) and a natural back-barrier for charge confinement. The development of N-polar GaN electronics started late due to materials and processing challenges, but has been eventful with several significant achievements in the recent past. I will talk about the self-aligned MIS-HEMT technology we developed at UCSB and its development towards becoming a competitor to the established Ga-polar technology. Finally, I will discuss future directions for III-Nitride electronics and other exciting possibilities employing the novel materials.
Biography: Nidhi is a Ph.D candidate under Prof. Umesh Mishra in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCSB (University of California Santa Barbara). Her graduate work involved design and fabrication of N-polar GaN-based self-aligned MIS-HEMTs for very high frequency applications, like mm-wave power and possibly digital applications due to gate-first self-aligned design. She received the M. S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UCSB in 2008. She graduated second in her class of Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India with a Bachelor of Technology degree in 2006. Her research interests include deep submicron devices for high frequency applications, nanoscale semiconductor devices, power electronic devices and novel device structures on new materials for faster and energy-efficient electronics with expanded functionality.
Host: EE-Electrophysics
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/eepLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/eep
-
W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Imagineering: Engineering the Story
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Molly Rinke, Ride Controls Engineer, Walt Disney Imagineering
Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Imagineering: Engineering the Story
Abstract: Molly Rinke, Ride Controls Engineer at Walt Disney Imagineering, will present "Imagineering: Engineering the Story" 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/
-
Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Boris Murmann, Stanford University
Talk Title: The next wave of mixed-signal interface electronics
Host: Prof. Hossein Hashemi and Firooz Aflatouni
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Hossein Hashemi
-
Graduate Seminar
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Yvonne Chen, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
Talk Title: Genetic Control of T-Cell Proliferation with Synthetic RNA Regulatory Systems
Series: Graduate Seminar
Abstract: Adoptive T-cell therapy seeks to harness the precision and efficacy of the immune system against diseases that escape the bodyâs natural surveillance. Clinical trials have demonstrated the use of cytolytic T cells (CTLs) genetically engineered to express disease-specific antigen receptors as a promising treatment option for opportunistic diseases, virus-associated malignancies, and cancers. However, the safety and efficacy of T-cell therapies depend, in part, on the ability to regulate the fate and function of CTLs with stringency and flexibility. The emerging field of synthetic biology provides powerful conceptual and technological tools for the construction of regulatory systems that can interface with and reprogram complex biological processes such as cell growth. Here, we present the development of synthetic RNA-based regulatory systems and their applications in advancing cellular therapies. Rationally designed, drug-responsive ribozyme switches are linked to the proliferative cytokines IL-2 and IL-15 to construct cis-acting regulatory systems capable of T-cell proliferation control in both mouse and primary human T cells. We further demonstrate the ability of our synthetic controllers to effectively modulate T-cell growth rates in response to drug input in animal models. In addition, we report the development of rationally designed, miRNA-based regulatory devices capable of drug-responsive control over the expression of endogenous cytokine receptor chains. The RNA-based regulatory systems exhibit unique properties critical for translation to therapeutic applications, including adaptability to diverse ligand inputs and regulatory targets, tunable regulatory stringency, and rapid response to input availability. By providing tight gene expression control with customizable ligand inputs, RNA-based regulatory systems can greatly improve cellular therapies and advance broad applications in health and medicine.
More Info: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/g-04-22-11.htmLocation: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
Event Link: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/g-04-22-11.htm
-
Rhythms and Visions--Expanded and Live
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 11:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex will be transformed for a spectacular live-cinema event merging music, animation and video. Exciting and innovative UK audiovisual collective D-Fuse and Los Angeles artist Scott Pagano will perform live. Their cutting-edge performance will span experimental documentary, social commentary and abstract visual music. Additionally, giant 3-D stereoscopic animations will be projected onto the building facade, interacting with the audience and the architecture. 3-D glasses will be provided.
The evening will conclude with an engaging panel discussion exploring the way visual media is embedded in our daily lives through architecture, music, design and communication.
Organized by Mike Patterson (Animation), Candace Reckinger (Animation), Eric Hanson (Animation), Brian King (Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television) and Perry Hoberman (Cinematic Arts).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: School of Cinematic Arts Complex
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
-
Tau Beta Pi Broomball with AIChE
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 @ 10:15 PM - 01:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
End your week on a high note and come play broomball with TBP and AIChE. Meet in the UV Parking Lot near Denny's to carpool. This is a 1 point event.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tau Beta Pi
-
SWE's Girl Scout Badge Day!
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Your last chance this SWE year to give back! It takes JUST ONE FUN HOUR of your day to make a difference. Inspire 3rd-6th grade Junior Girl Scouts to see how cool science and engineering can be with hands-on workshops! Workshops include Tallest Tower, Computer Design, Egg Drop and more! No experience required to have a blast!
Location: Waite Phillips Hall Of Education (WPH) - Lobby
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers