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Events for the 3rd week of September
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Concrete Canoe Paddling
Sun, Sep 12, 2010 @ 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Hello 2010-2011 Concrete Canoe Team,
Congratulations again on deciding on a great theme, Venice, for 2010-2011 Concrete Canoe! The Salute to the LA River can wait one more year.
Just a friendly reminder that we will have our first paddling practice in 2010-2011 history this Sunday, September 12th in the beautiful Back Bay of Newport. We will meet at KAP at 9:30am to carpool down. On the way back, we will definitely stop at In and Out Burger for guilt-free post-paddling eating. This is a great way to have fun with your teammates, build your tan/arm muscles, as well as prepare for the races in April. RSVP by tomorrow via email and fill out the attached waiver and turn it in to KAP 241 by Thursday night. If you have any questions let us know. Also, if you can drive, let us know and how many you can fit in your car so we can arrange carpools.
The address for Newport Aquatic Center, in case you're driving or just want to know, is
1 Whitecliffs Dr.
Newport Beach, CA 92660
See you Sunday!
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - In front
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: American Society of Civil Engineers
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Frisbee Golf
Sun, Sep 12, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Tau Beta Pi will be playing frisbee golf this Sunday, so come out for an adventurous afternoon of throwing frisbees around campus. Game followed by a trip to the 2-9.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC Tau Beta Pi
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Sep 13, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Programming Materials to Self-Replicate and Assemble Into Adaptive Geometries
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Schulman,
Talk Title: Programming Materials to Self-Replicate and Assemble Into Adaptive Geometries
Abstract: It is a grand challenge to understand how to engineer molecular reaction systems whichhave the self-assembled, dynamic structure and directed information flow of even thesimplest biological cells. Synthetic DNA is a model material for this endeavor: DNAreaction rates and sequence-specific affinities are well-characterized, and we can predictand design the 2- and 3-dimensional structures of the products. I'll describe how we canuse synthetic DNA to design an autonomous, enzyme-free system for chemical sequencereplication in which the replicated information consists of stripes or arrays of different 14x3nanometers bricks within a 2D lattice. These replicatable lattice patterns are suitable forwaveguide or protein array templates. The cytoskeleton creates dynamic, adaptive structurein eukaryotic cells based on local rules. I'll also describe some work toward creating arationally engineered, cytoskeleton-like material made from DNA nanotube filaments. Onebasic construction primitive for this material is the assembly of filaments such that theybridge fixed start and destination points. I'll show how we can template the growth offilaments from a "start" chemical marker, how growing filaments can attach to a "finish"marker, and briefly discuss how we could use this system to create self-guiding wires.
Biography: Rebecca Schulman is a Miller Research Fellow in the physics department at the University ofCalifornia Berkeley. She received undergraduate degrees in computer science and mathematicsfrom MIT and a PhD in computation and neural systems at Caltech, where she studied underErik Winfree. Dr. Schulman applies ideas from chemical engineering, electrical engineering,material science and biophysics to the design of programmable soft materials.
Host: Sr. Assoc. Dean Timothy Pinkston
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jennifer Walters-Munoz
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: ANDREA ARMANI, BRENT LUI, BO HAN,
Talk Title: Faculty Research in Biomedical Engineering
Host: Department of Biomedical Engineering
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: BME graduate students, Faculty, contact department if interested (213-740-7237)
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Microsoft Alumni Panel & "Build It" Event
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 07:45 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Make sure you come and check out SWE's first corporate networking event of the year! Microsoft is kicking off the year with a fast-paced 2 part event featuring an esteemed Alumni Panel discussing crucial corporate topics and a hands-on "Build It" event where you will be called upon to apply your engineering skills for a chance to win some awesome Microsoft Prizes. Topics of discussion include opportunities through Microsoft, tricks of the trade in resume writing and interviewing, diversity support at Microsoft, exciting projects at Microsoft and more.
This event is for UNDERGRADUATES only, so come take advantage of this unique opportunity to network with one of the top software companies in America. FREE FOOD will be served as well, so come hungry and ready to make an impression!Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Environmental Team Meeting
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Hello 2010-2011 Environmental Team,
We will have our first Environmental Team meeting in 2010-2011 history this Tuesday, September 14th at KAP at 3:30pm.
This meeting will be a general information meeting about the project and the PSWRC competition.
See you Tuesday!
Please let us know if you have any questions!
USC American Society of Civil Engineers
email: uscasce@usc.edu
website: www.uscasce.comLocation: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - Lobby
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: American Society of Civil Engineers
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Golovin , Cal Tech
Talk Title: Adaptive Submodularity: A New Approach to Active Learning and Stochastic Optimization
Abstract: Solving stochastic optimization problems under partial observability, where one needs to adaptively make decisions with uncertain outcomes, is a fundamental but notoriously difficult challenge. In this talk, I will introduce a new concept called adaptive submodularity, which generalizes submodular set functions to adaptive policies. In many respects adaptive submodularity plays the same role for adaptive problems as submodularity plays for nonadaptive problems. Specifically, just as many nonadaptive problems with submodular objectives have efficient algorithms with good approximation guarantees, so too do adaptive problems with adaptive submodular objectives. We use this fact to recover and generalize several previous results in adaptive optimization, including results for active learning and adaptive variants of maximum coverage and set cover. Applications include machine diagnosis, observation selection and sensor placement problems, and an adaptive version of a viral marketing problem studied by Kempe et al. Joint work with Andreas Krause.
Biography: Daniel Golovin is a postdoctoral fellow in Caltech's Center for the Mathematics of Information. His current research mainly focuses on online and approximation algorithms for machine learning and optimization, with an eye towards creating principled solutions that work well in practice. Prior to joining Caltech, he obtained a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008, and spent an additional year there at the Center for Computational Thinking. He did his undergraduate work at Cornell University.
Host: Dr. David Kempe
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Microsoft Early Engagement Presentation
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
This presentation is geared for CS/CECS/EE Undergraduate Students
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Sep 15, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and Family Members - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Festival de Flor y Canto: Yesterday, Today, TomorrowWed, Sep 15, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
In 1973, USC hosted the Flor y Canto literary festival, a three-day event that featured dozens of emerging Mexican American poets and writers in the nascent Chicano movement. One of the recurring themes was the contrast between great Mesoamerican civilizations of the past and the indignities suffered by those chasing the elusive âAmerican Dream.â This year, which marks the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of Mexican independence, the university will reprise the event, inviting prominent participants from the previous festivalâincluding Alurista, Juan Felipe Herrera, Rolando Hinojosa, José Montoya and Ron Ariasâto share the stage with a new generation of Chicano and Latino writers.
Organized by Tyson Gaskill (USC Libraries), Barbara Robinson (USC Libraries) and MarÃa-Elena MartÃnez (History and American Studies and Ethnicity). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latino Student Assembly.
Admission is free.
For festival schedule, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873308
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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METRANS SEMINAR SERIES
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Peter Gordon , Professor, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Talk Title: Peak â Load Pricing on L.A.âs Freeways: Modeling and Simulations
Abstract: Peak-load pricing has been seen as a way to internalize externalities and, at the same time, as a set of incentives to shift some peak-hour trips to off-peak periods. The policy has also been viewed as a mechanism to generate revenues. But it is an open question how travelers trade off time for money and respond to peak-off-peak pricing differentials. This generates some timely and related questions, including: 1) How can we model the activity location and traffic implications for multiple time-of-day periods in a major metropolitan area? 2) What are the network level-of-service and urban development effects of implementing peak-load pricing on selected routes? It is possible to conduct simulations on actual highway networks to treat these questions, but none of the many existing basic urban models are able to examine the issues of simultaneous route choice and time-of-day choice involving millions of travelers, thousands of traffic network zones, and hundreds of thousands of network links in an equilibrium system.
Lewis Hall(RGL) Room 209
12:00 Noon - Lunch / 12:20-1:30 PM - Seminar
Our research addresses these questions by extending the Southern California Planning Model (SCPM) so that it can be used to determine the time-of-day, trip distribution, and network traffic effects of various pricing plans for the greater L.A. (five-county) metropolitan area. The model estimates improvements in levels of services throughout the highway network for various toll charges. It examines how drivers trade off route-choice with time-of-day choice against the option of traveling less. Our approach estimates the implied revenues by local jurisdiction as well as possible land use effects in terms of altered development pressures throughout the region. The effects for two different toll scenarios are compared and policy implications are discussed.
RSVP* for lunch to Shawn Gong, TGong@usc.edu by Noon, Tues. Sept. 14
The seminar will start promptly at 12:20 pm.
Biography: Peter Gordon is a Professor in the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development. His research interests are in applied urban economics. Dr. Gordon and his colleagues have developed various economic impact models that they apply to study the effects of infrastructure investments, disruptions from natural events, or terrorist attacks.
In addition, he continues to be interested in urban structure and economic growth along with the associated policy implications. Peter Gordon has published in many of the major urban planning, urban transportation and regional science journals. His recent papers are available at www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgordon. He has consulted for local, state and federal agencies, the World Bank, the United Nations and many private groups. Gordon received the Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971.
Host: METRANS
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Load & Resistance Factor Design and its Application in Highway Bridges Foundation Design
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sharid Amiri, Ph.D. , P.E., California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) Irvine, CA
Talk Title: Load & Resistance Factor Design and its Application in Highway Bridge Foundation Design
Abstract: The design of highway bridge foundation has been evolving and has gone through major changes especially in the recent years. All new highway bridges in California are being designed using the Load & Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methodology. An overview of the methodology is presented where advantages and disadvantages are also discussed. The geotechnical and structural aspects of deep foundation design along with its seismic response using the LRFD approach are presented.
Biography: Dr. Amiri is a senior transportation engineer with expertise in highway bridge foundation design and analysis. He has received his PhD in Civil Engineering from University of Southern California. His area of research was in earthquake response of bridge pile foundations.
Dr. Amiri has over 20 years of experience in transportation engineering with emphasis in design of highway bridge foundations. He has been involved with mega projects throughout Southern California in design and construction of major highway projects.
Dr. Amiri is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a registered civil engineer with State of California. He is also a member of Caltrans Deep Foundation Committee, an affiliate of Caltrans General Earthquake Committee and Caltrans Post Earthquake Investigation Team. He is also active with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) committees on Bridge Seismic Design and Bridge Foundation.
Host: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Multi-Dimensional EXIT Analysis and Optimization for Multi-User Receivers
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Bathiya Senanayake, Australian National University, Australia
Talk Title: Multi-Dimensional EXIT Analysis and Optimization for Multi-User Receivers
Abstract: For the first time we develop a multi-dimensional extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) analysis for a power allocated multi-user detectora s a tool to better understand the convergence behavior of iterative decoding schemes. We derive a K dimensional EXIT chart in order to analyze a system with K power levels. We state a theorem that predicts the convergence point of the system. The presented analysis is used to perform power optimization. We show through simulation our analysis closely matches the simulation results. The multi-dimensional EXIT analysis discussed here provides new insight in to receiver performance analysis and can be used to design near capacity achieving multi-user systems.
Biography: Mr. Bathiya Senanayake was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering/IT degree from the Australian National University in 2006 (with honours 1), and a Masters of ICT from the ANU in 2007. Now he is a PhD student in the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, the Australian National University, Australia. His research interests are in the area of iterative receiver design, multiple-access communications, digital signal processing, DSP synthesis in hardware (HDL), with emphasis on CDMA/IDMA systems.
Host: Keith Chugg
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Hansel Phelps Information Meeting with AGC/CMAA
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
AGC & CMAA are hosting the first of many information sessions to be held throughout the school year. This first meeting is set to highlight the Hansel Phelps Construction Co.
Hansel Phelps Construction Co has been delivering great service to the construction industry since 1937. Hensel Phelps builds a diverse range of project types, including new construction and renovation of commercial office, airport, industrial, correctional, public assembly, health care, educational, residential, mixed use, retail, hospitality, mass transportation, research and development, and laboratory facilities.
In the year of 2009 Hansel Phelps was ranked by Engineering News Records as :
#19 - Top 400 Contractors
#9 - General Building
#1 - Government Offices
#14 - Education
#3 - Correctional
#6 - Hotels, Convention centers
#15 - Multi-Unit Residential
#24 - Healthcare
#5 - Airports
#3 - Top 100 Green Contractors
If you are interested in learning more about Hansel Phelps or are interested in a career come check them out. Please come with questions and bring your resume. The HP Representative will be collecting resumes for future reference. The room is TBD but an email will be sent out later.
Pizza will be provided!
For more information about Hansel Phelps visit http://www.henselphelps.com
and visit www.uscagc.com and www.usccmaa.com for more information about our clubs.
Thanks and Fight on!
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
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Presentation to ISE 508 Class
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 06:40 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Pete Delgado, Chief Executive, Los Angeles County LAC-USC Healthcare Network
Talk Title: Health Care Operations Improvement
Abstract: The Chief Executive, Los Angeles County LAC-USC Healthcare Network gives a presentation to the Epstein ISE 508 Class on Health Care Operations Improvement.
Date/Time/Place: Wednesday, 9/15/10, Studio C, Olin Hall (DEN) 6:40 PM
Biography: Pete Delgado, a health care administrator with a broad range of experience in running medical centers in Texas and California, was selected as the chief executive officer of the LAC+USC
Healthcare Network in 2003. Previously, Delgado operated his own independent healthcare consulting firm that worked on the
development of affordable healthcare products for small employers.
He has also served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Christus Santa Rosa Hospital System in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to that, Delgado was the CEO of the
Columbia Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas.
Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - Studio C
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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SWE General Meeting - Meet & Mingle with Cisco
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join SWE for our 2nd General Meeting of the year!
Enjoy free sandwiches, good company, and an exciting workshop with representatives from Cisco, one of SWE's corporate sponsors. They will be hosting a Getting Started workshop to give you an idea of how to start the year off right, talking about what you can do RIGHT NOW to ensure your success throughout the academic year!Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 252
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Festival de Flor y Canto: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
In 1973, USC hosted the Flor y Canto literary festival, a three-day event that featured dozens of emerging Mexican American poets and writers in the nascent Chicano movement. One of the recurring themes was the contrast between great Mesoamerican civilizations of the past and the indignities suffered by those chasing the elusive âAmerican Dream.â This year, which marks the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of Mexican independence, the university will reprise the event, inviting prominent participants from the previous festivalâincluding Alurista, Juan Felipe Herrera, Rolando Hinojosa, José Montoya and Ron Ariasâto share the stage with a new generation of Chicano and Latino writers.
Organized by Tyson Gaskill (USC Libraries), Barbara Robinson (USC Libraries) and MarÃa-Elena MartÃnez (History and American Studies and Ethnicity). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latino Student Assembly.
Admission is free.
For festival schedule, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873308
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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CS Colloquium
Thu, Sep 16, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Ashwin Ram, Georgia Tech
Talk Title: Real-Time Case-Based Reasoning for Interactive Digital Entertainment
Abstract: User-generated content is everywhere: photos, videos, news, blogs, art, music, and every other type of digital media on the Social Web. Games are no exception. From strategy games to immersive virtual worlds, game players are increasingly engaged in creating and sharing nearly all aspects of the gaming experience: maps, quests, artifacts, avatars, clothing, even games themselves. Yet, there is one aspect of computer games that is not created and shared by game players: the AI. Building sophisticated personalities, behaviors, and strategies requires expertise in both AI and programming, and remains outside the purview of the end user.
To understand why authoring Game AI is hard, we need to understand how Game AI works. AI can take digital entertainment beyond scripted interactions into the arena of truly interactive systems that are responsive, adaptive, and intelligent. I will discuss examples of AI techniques for character-level AI (in embedded NPCs, for example) and game-level AI (in the drama manager, for example). These types of AI enhance the player experience in different ways. The techniques are complicated and are usually implemented by expert game designers.
I propose an alternative approach to designing Game AI: Real-Time CBR (Case-Based Reasoning). This approach extends CBR to real-time systems that operate asynchronously during game play, planning, adapting, and learning in an online manner. Originally developed for robotic control, Real-Time CBR can be used for interactive games ranging from multiplayer strategy games to interactive believable avatars in virtual worlds.
As with any CBR technique, Real-Time CBR integrates problem solving with learning. This property can be used to address the authoring problem. I will show the first Web 2.0 application that allows average users to create AIs and challenge their friends to play them without programming. I conclude with some thoughts about the future of AI-based Interactive Digital Entertainment.
Biography: Dr. Ashwin Ram is an Associate Professor and Director of the Cognitive Computing Lab in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, and an Adjunct Professor in Psychology at Georgia Tech and in MathCS at Emory University. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1989, his MS from University of Illinois in 1984, and his BTech from IIT Delhi in 1982. He has published 2 books and over 100 scientific articles in international forums. He is a founder of Enkia Corporation which develops AI software for social media applications, and OpenStudy.com which is an online social learning network for students and faculty.
Host: Dr. Milind Tambe
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Festival de Flor y Canto: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
In 1973, USC hosted the Flor y Canto literary festival, a three-day event that featured dozens of emerging Mexican American poets and writers in the nascent Chicano movement. One of the recurring themes was the contrast between great Mesoamerican civilizations of the past and the indignities suffered by those chasing the elusive âAmerican Dream.â This year, which marks the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of Mexican independence, the university will reprise the event, inviting prominent participants from the previous festivalâincluding Alurista, Juan Felipe Herrera, Rolando Hinojosa, José Montoya and Ron Ariasâto share the stage with a new generation of Chicano and Latino writers.
Organized by Tyson Gaskill (USC Libraries), Barbara Robinson (USC Libraries) and MarÃa-Elena MartÃnez (History and American Studies and Ethnicity). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latino Student Assembly.
Admission is free.
For festival schedule, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873308
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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USC Transfer Day: Engineering & Admission Talk, Financial Aid Presentation, Tour and Advisement
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Transfer Day features a Viterbi School of Engineering workshop designed to answer all your questions about admission guidelines, our admission process and more. The program also includes a campus tour and special presentations for transfer students about admission, financial aid, and transfer credit. In addition, Viterbi transfer counselors will be available for individual coursework advisement on a first-come, first-serve basis in the afternoon following the program (transcripts required for advisement). Reservations required. Please call (213) 740-6616 for more information and to make a reservation.
Location: USC University Park Campus
Audiences: Prospective transfer students and families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Letter, Word, Text, Image A Lecture and Workshop with Rebeca Méndez
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 @ 10:30 AM - 04:00 AM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Schedule of Events:
10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.:
Presentation by Rebeca Méndez
Kerckhoff Hall Living Room
734 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles
12 to 1 p.m.:
Lunch
Institute for Multimedia Literacy Patio
746 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles
1 to 4 p.m.:
Workshop with Rebeca Méndez
Institute for Multimedia Literacy Blue Lab
746 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles
In an overwhelmingly visual culture, how is the role of text and typography evolving? Artist and designer Rebeca Méndez will engage her audience in a provocative examination of how words and images intersect, drawing on works created by twentieth-century artists and designers. After the lecture, Méndez will host a hands-on workshop focused on combining words and images, with the goal of choosing images and typefaces not just for their readability, but also for their broader visual correlations. Students will create posters and compile their work into a booklet using a simple bookbinding technique.
Born in Mexico, Rebeca Méndez received her MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, and is a professor at UCLA in the Department of Design | Media Arts. Recent gallery shows include the Beall Center for Art and Technology, Irvine, curated by Christiane Paul of the Whitney Museum; Minotti, Los Angeles; Haaz Gallery, Istanbul; AndLab Art, Los Angeles; Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Pasadena; and the Broad Art Center, Los Angeles. She has had solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Brandstater Gallery and the Laguna College of Art and Design.
Organized by Holly Willis (Cinematic Arts) and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Kerckhoff Hall Living Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Low Cost – Highly Accurate Timer for Embedded and Networked Systems
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Young Cho, USC-Information Sciences Institute
Talk Title: Low Cost â Highly Accurate Timer for Embedded and Networked Systems
Abstract: Time synchronization is an important service for networked and embedded systems.  High quality timing information allows embedded network nodes to provide accurate time-stamps, fast localization, efficient duty cycling schedules, and other essential functions. In this presentation, I will present a new type of local clock source called Crystal Compensated Crystal based Timer (XCXT) and the novel algorithms that use the timer to (1) obtain highly stable concept of time, (2) retain low-power operation, and (3) automatically calibrate the nodes in a network.  The XCXT has timing stabilities similar to the timers based on temperature compensated crystal oscillators (TCXO) but has a lower implementation cost and requires less power. I will present the initial 8MHz prototype XCXT unit made with Tmote. Using the simplest algorithm, the XCXT achieves an effective frequency stability of ±1ppm and consumes only 1.27mW. On the other hand, commercially available TCXOs with similar stability can cost over 10 times as much and consume over 20mW. I will also describe an enhanced algorithm that improves the XCXT's power consumption up to 50% depending on the target application and environmental conditions. Then, I will describe an algorithm that will allow XCXT equipped network nodes to quickly, automatically, and adaptively calibrate the timer.  This algorithm not only ensures high timing accuracies for all the nodes, it provides resilience to other common problem seen in other types of oscillators, such as crystal aging.  Finally, I will discuss some of the recent work that seeks to apply the concept to CMOS based oscillators.  Successful transition may have significant impact on the way CMOS devices are clocked. Preliminary findings indicate promising results.
Biography: Young Cho is a research scientist at Division 7 of University of Southern California - Information Sciences Institute. Â He is also research assistant professor at CS department of USC. Â Given his academic and industrial experience in high performance computer architecture and networking, he is currently leading a number several research efforts that surrounding field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) applications and wireless sensor network; especially that of underwater sensing. Â He has three patents and over 30 conference and journal publications in computer network security, FPGA based applications, and wireless sensor networks. Prior to joining USC-ISI in September of 2008, he conducted research as a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis from 2005-2007 where he led a high performance data clustering project and as a post-doctoral scholar at UCLA where he led a research in high stability timers for wireless sensor network in 2007-2008. Â He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, MS in Computer Engineering from UT Austin, and BA in Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley. Â Between his BA and MS, he worked as an engineer for a start-up company, Myricom Inc., for three years to design high performance networking products as well as automatic target recognition system funded by Department of Defense.
Host: Dr. Alexander A. Sawchuk
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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USC PSOC Monthly Seminar Series
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 @ 11:30 AM - 01:15 AM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jonathan Widom, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, Northwestern Univ
Talk Title: Nucleosome positioning and chromosome structure from archaebacteria to man
Abstract: Eukaryotic genomes are packaged into nucleosome particles that occlude the DNA from interacting with most DNA binding proteins. We have discovered that genomes care where their nucleosomes are located on average, and that genomes manifest this care by encoding an additional layer of genetic information, superimposed on top of other kinds of regulatory and coding information that were previously recognized. The physical basis of the nucleosome DNA sequences preferences lies in the sequence-dependent mechanics of DNA itself. We have an increasingly good ability to read this nucleosome positioning information and predict the in vivo locations of nucleosomes. Our results suggest that genomes utilize this nucleosome positioning code to facilitate specific chromosome functions, including to define the next higher level of chromosome structure. Comparisons across diverse organisms suggests that basic aspects of this nucleosome positioning code may be conserved from archaebacteria to man. While we now have a good theoretical and experimental understanding of the approximate locations of nucleosomes in vivo, many aspects of chromosome structure and function hinge on knowing nucleosome locations to basepair resolution; but current experiments do not come close to this resolution. I will discuss a new experimental approach to obtaining nucleosome maps at high resolution.
Location: Aresty Auditorium, LG Level, Research Tower.
For additional information contact: 323-442-2596 or 323-442-3849.
Biography: Jonathan Widom, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology; and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University.
Host: Dr. Parag Mallick, Center for Applied Molecular Medicine
Speaker: Jonathan Widom, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, Northwestern Univ
Talk Title: Nucleosome positioning and chromosome structure from archaebacteria to man
Abstract: Eukaryotic genomes are packaged into nucleosome particles that occlude the DNA from interacting with most DNA binding proteins. We have discovered that genomes care where their nucleosomes are located on average, and that genomes manifest this care by encoding an additional layer of genetic information, superimposed on top of other kinds of regulatory and coding information that were previously recognized. The physical basis of the nucleosome DNA sequences preferences lies in the sequence-dependent mechanics of DNA itself. We have an increasingly good ability to read this nucleosome positioning information and predict the in vivo locations of nucleosomes. Our results suggest that genomes utilize this nucleosome positioning code to facilitate specific chromosome functions, including to define the next higher level of chromosome structure. Comparisons across diverse organisms suggests that basic aspects of this nucleosome positioning code may be conserved from archaebacteria to man. While we now have a good theoretical and experimental understanding of the approximate locations of nucleosomes in vivo, many aspects of chromosome structure and function hinge on knowing nucleosome locations to basepair resolution; but current experiments do not come close to this resolution. I will discuss a new experimental approach to obtaining nucleosome maps at high resolution.
Location: Aresty Auditorium, LG Level, Research Tower.
For additional information contact: 323-442-2596 or 323-442-3849.
Biography: Jonathan Widom, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology; and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University.
Location: Harlyne J. Norris Research Tower (NRT) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Yvonne Suarez
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Little Tokyo: A Culinary and Historical Tour
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 @ 09:30 AM - 04:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Student Activity
*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Due to limited space, tickets will be distributed on a lottery basis. To sign up for the lottery, visit the event website http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873310 on Thursday, August 26, anytime between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 8:45 a.m. on campus. The bus will depart at 9:30 a.m. and return to campus at 4 p.m. Lunch will be provided on the tour.
Los Angelesâs Little Tokyo neighborhood is one of only three official Japantowns in the United States. Founded at the beginning of the twentieth century, Little Tokyo is a National Historic Landmark District and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Join us for a walking tour of Little Tokyo and explore the neighborhoodâs fascinating history while stopping to sample local delicacies. The tour will end with a visit to the Japanese American National Museum.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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AGC Sparks Interview #1
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Are you interested in construction or the contracting industry?
Have you heard about the SPARKs Competition the Associated General Contractors(AGC) compete in every year?
Did you hear we won 1st place in 3 categories and 2nd in another last year?
Well check out www.uscagac.com and read more about the SPARKs competition and AGC. If you are interested please sign up for membership and for SPARKs!
Then sign up for an interview date at:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ah4NaqjJwld3dGxjSzZjdFEtRjU3dWplcHhackhVTFE&hl=en&authkey=CLefmvAH#gid=0
Interviews are taking place this Saturday and Sunday, 9/18 and 9/19 in a room TBD in KAP Hall. Interviews are needed for the Board to determine the teams.
Fight On!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
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AGC Sparks Interview
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Are you interested in construction or the contracting industry?
Have you heard about the SPARKs Competition the Associated General Contractors(AGC) compete in every year?
Did you hear we won 1st place in 3 categories and 2nd in another last year?
Well check out www.uscagac.com and read more about the SPARKs competition and AGC. If you are interested please sign up for membership and for SPARKs!
Then sign up for an interview date at:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ah4NaqjJwld3dGxjSzZjdFEtRjU3dWplcHhackhVTFE&hl=en&authkey=CLefmvAH#gid=0
Interviews are taking place this Saturday and Sunday, 9/18 and 9/19 in a room TBD in KAP Hall. Interviews are needed for the Board to determine the teams.
Fight On!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
