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L.A. Philharmonic: Dudamel Conducts Messiaen's Turangalîla
Sun, Oct 17, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 04:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
*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 page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873324 on Wednesday, September 22, between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 11:45 a.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 12:30 p.m. and return to campus at 4:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided at check-in.
Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonicâs phenomenal conductor, will conduct Olivier Messiaenâs Turangalîla-Symphonie. Dudamelâs first season as music director was a universal success, due in large part to his unique ability to connect with both orchestra and audience. French composer Olivier Messiaen was one of the most important figures of twentieth-century music. His sprawling Turangalîla traverses themes of romantic love and death, and remains as vital today as it was at its premiere over 60 years ago.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Honolulu Admission Reception
Sun, Oct 17, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Hosted by the Admission Office, the reception will include a general discussion about the University. You will also be able to ask questions about your areas of academic interest, explore co-curricular options and learn more about life and opportunities at USC. A representative from our Admission and Student Affairs staff, will be there on behalf of the Viterbi School of Engineering along with other representatives from the University.RSVP online at http://www.usc.edu/admevents
Location: Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa<br> 2552 Kalakaua Avenue<br> Honolulu, HI 96815
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and their families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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HOPE Funding Board Application Due Friday 10/22!
Mon, Oct 18, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join the HOPE Funding Board!
Are you looking for a way to implement engineering service projects in the USC, L.A., and international communities? Would you like to apply your engineering, leadership, business, marketing, design, or writing skills to pressing issues? Do you want to find out what it really takes to fund, select, and execute a feasible project, and do you want to take on a leadership role in your community that will actually make a difference?
If you share any of these passions, you are exactly the type of person we need for the HOPE Funding Board: Helping Overcome Project Expenses. It is our goal to help provide the guidance, funding, and manpower to engineering projects conceived in WRIT340 classes at USC, which would otherwise be lost to the writing archives. Because this is a newly founded board directly supported by the Engineering writing program, we are currently looking for motivated students for several leadership positions. If you are interested in bringing HOPE to the USC community, please fill out the application (please email usc.hope@gmail.com for a copy) on pages 3 and 4 and email it to usc.hope@gmail.com or print it out and deliver it to OHE 106.
*The due date for submission is Friday, October 22nd, 2010. There will be a rolling selection process. Once a strong candidate applies for a position, we will close the position to other applicants, so apply today!*Location: OHE 106 or online
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: HOPE
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Writing about Patients: Truth and Consequences A Lecture by Jay Baruch, MD
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 @ 12:00 AM - 02:00 AM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
A reception will be held at 3 p.m. in Hoyt Gallery.
The recent era has seen a rise in writing about illness, including physician and patient memoirs, blogs about illness and the practice of medicine and fiction based on the experiences of patients. Such writing can be illuminating and healing and can foster important conversations about health and the nature of suffering. But at a time when information can be shared with a keystroke, issues of privacy and confidentiality demand our careful consideration and thoughtful reflection. Jay Baruch, MD, will discuss the moral and ethical implications of this kind of writing.
Dr. Baruch is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. His collection of short fiction, Fourteen Stories: Doctors, Patients, and Other Strangers received an honorable mention in the short-story category in ForeWord magazineâs 2007 Book of the Year Awards. His fiction has also appeared in numerous print and online literary journals. In addition to his emergency-medicine practice, he serves as director of the medical-ethics curriculum and of the medical-ethics scholarly concentration at Brownâs medical school.
Organized by Pamela Schaff (Pediatrics and Keck Educational Affairs), Erin Quinn (Family Medicine and Keck Admissions) and Lyn M. Boyd-Judson (Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics). Co-sponsored by the Keck School of Medicineâs Program in Medical Humanities, Arts and Ethics; the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics; and the Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Health Sciences Campus, Mayer Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 @ 01:00 AM - 01:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://usconnect.usc.edu/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Accident/Incident Response Preparedness (AIP)
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This course is designed for individuals who are involved in either preparing for an accident or responding to one as a representative of their organization. It is based on the premise that accidents are relatively rare events and organizations may have little experience in dealing with them.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Aviation Security Program Management (AVSEC)
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This course is designed for individuals responsible for managing and implementing aviation security measures at medium to small size aircraft operators, all airports and Indirect Air Carriers (IAC's). This course demonstrates how to apply the SMS principles in the aviation security environment.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Andrew Mackay, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC
Talk Title: Drug delivery using environmentally responsive polypeptides
Host: Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC
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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CS Colloquium
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Vince Conitzer, Duke University
Talk Title: Computational Methods for Acting Strategically
Abstract: Abstract:
Game theory concerns settings where multiple self-interested agents (e.g., people or software agents) interact in the same environment. It attempts to describe the actions that rational strategic agents will take. Many successful real-world applications of game theory are in the context of designing a system or mechanism, for example, the design of the auctions used by major search engines to allocate advertisement slots. Game theory can be used to optimize the design, taking the strategic behavior of the agents (bidders) into account.
However, a different type of application of game theory is to design a decision support tool for one of the agents in the game. For example, we may wish to help a security force to allocate its resources strategically to defend against an attacker. Because the details of the strategic setting will vary across time and across users, computational considerations are paramount: we need algorithms that can take arbitrary games as input. Moreover, due to the ambiguities of game theory, it is not clear that we can restrict attention to a single computational problem. For example, an algorithm for computing a single Nash equilibrium may not be satisfactory if there is a better equilibrium that we might reach, or if there is concern that the other agent will not play the same equilibrium.
In this talk, I present algorithms and complexity results for a variety of computational problems in game theory, and discuss them in the context of how they can help an agent act (more) strategically.
Biography: Vincent Conitzer is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Economics at Duke University. He received Ph.D. (2006) and M.S. (2003) degrees in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and an A.B. (2001) degree in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University. His research focuses on computational aspects of microeconomics, in particular game theory, mechanism design, voting/social choice, and auctions. This work uses techniques from, and includes applications to, artificial intelligence and multiagent systems. Conitzer has received a CAREER award, a Sloan fellowship, the inaugural Victor Lesser dissertation award, an honorable mention for the ACM dissertation award, and several awards for papers and service at the AAAI and AAMAS conferences.
Host: Prof. Milind Tambe
Location: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - Audi
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Bloomberg Information Session
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Denver Admission Reception
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Hosted by the Admission Office, the reception will include a general discussion about the University. You will also be able to ask questions about your areas of academic interest, explore co-curricular options and learn more about life and opportunities at USC. A representative from our Admission and Student Affairs staff, will be there on behalf of the Viterbi School of Engineering along with other representatives from the University.RSVP online at http://www.usc.edu/admevents
Location: Westin Tabor Center Denver<br> 1672 Lawrence Street<br> Denver, CO 80202
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and their families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Palomar College Transfer Fair
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Becky Beiter from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the Palomar College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: Palomar Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. David Lomet, Microsoft Research
Talk Title: Multi-Version Concurrency via Timestamp Range Conflict Management
Abstract:
A database supporting multiple versions needs to distinguish these versions to determine which versions a transaction can read. By using timestamps as fine granularity, ordered and non-dense version identifiers, the effects of transaction access conflicts and the ordering the conflicts imposes on transactions can be captured in a transaction timestamp range. Using these ranges as constraints often permits concurrent access where conventional concurrency control would block. Blocking can also be an alternative where earlier multi-version techniques required an abort. Timestamp ranges together with the form of conflict can determine the response, concurrent access, blocking, or abort. Further, when blocking is possible, timestamp ranges can be used to conservatively find deadlocks without graph based cycle detection. Thus, multi-version support can enhance the performance of access to current time data via improved concurrency, while supporting transaction time functionality.
Biography:
David Lomet has been a principal researcher and manager of the Database Group at Microsoft Research, Redmond since 1995. Before that, he spent seven years at Digital Equipment Corporation, mainly at Cambridge Research Lab. Earlier, he was a research staff member at IBM Research in Yorktown and subsequently a Professor at Wang Institute. Dr. Lomet spent a sabbatical at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne working with Brian Randell. He has a Ph.D in Computer Science from Univ. of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Lomet has done research and product engineering in machine architecture, programming languages, and distributed systems. He is most known for his work in database systems and is one of the inventors of the transaction concept. His database work has focussed on access methods, concurrency control, and recovery. He has published over 100 papers and holds over 40 patents. He has twice been an author of SIGMOD "best papers".
Dr. Lomet has served on many program committees, including SIGMOD, VLDB, and ICDE. He has been FODO'93 PC chair, ICDE'2000 PC co-chair, VLDB'2006 Core Track Chair, and ICDE'2001 conference co-chair. Dr. Lomet has been editor-in-chief of the Data Engineering Bulletin since 1992, and was awarded the SIGMOD Contributions Award for this. He has been an editor of ACM Transactions on Database Systems, the VLDB Journal, and the Journal of Distributed and Parallel Databases. He is on the VLDB Endowment Board, the IEEE TCDE Executive Committee , and has served on the ICDE Steering Committee. Dr. Lomet is a Fellow of AAAS, ACM, and IEEE.
Host: Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 222
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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AIChE Socal Dinner Meeting @ Khoury's
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 03:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Receptions & Special Events
Ins & Outs and Ups & Downs: A Perspective on the Past 35 Years of Chemical Engineering, and the Next.
Roger Sowell will speak on a few of his career experiences during his 35 years in the chemical engineering arena, from process plant assistant process engineer to world-wide oil refining consultant and running his own consultancy. The chemical engineering discipline has undergone several ups and downs since 1975, and he will discuss a few keys to understanding what drives chemical engineering employment. He will also discuss the future in light of recent innovations in emerging areas such as bio-chemical engineering, nanotechnology, and sustainability. The importance of government regulations and policies will be discussed.
Included will be:
- The boom times of the late 1970s
- The bust of the mid-1980s
- Mid-life crises - over 40 and jobless, now what?
- Foreign competition for jobs, and manufacturing
- The future in light of current policies and innovations
Roger E. Sowell is an attorney with a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His law practice emphasizes the legal aspects of engineering, including professional liability, intellectual property, licensing, process safety and liability, products liability, environmental, construction and other contract issues. Prior to law school, he worked world-wide for 25 years in refining, petrochemicals, and industrial chemicals. His process experience also includes chlor-alkali and chlorinated hydrocarbons such as ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride, and PVC. In the petroleum industry, he worked in refining and ethylene plants. He worked for a software modeling and process control company with a focus on optimizing refineries. He then opened his own consulting firm where he performed feasibility studies for grass-roots refineries and ethylene plants, and developed optimization algorithms for cleaning schedules of heat exchangers in complex networks. He is a member of the California bar, and admitted to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
*We will be meeting in front of RTH at 3:45pm to carpool to the restaurant. See details here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126166614103606&index=1Location: Long Beach
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Interview Your Way To A Job
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Discover tips on how to prepare for both technical and behavioral interviews, as well as the proper steps for follow-up!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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SWE's Tea With Faculty
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Want to find out a research opportunity? Want to find out more about the life of a female engineer in academia or hear about new cutting edge research happening right here in Viterbi?
Come to our Tea with Faculty event to meet and mingle with USC female science and engineering faculty! Get instantly connected so you can ask questions about your career plans or get to know USC faculty better.
Refreshments, light snacks, and of course - tea - will be served.
Location: The Forum (RTCC)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Lockheed Martin Information Session
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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ASBME Recruiting Event: Amgen Information Session
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come join Amgen (http://www.amgen.com/), a leading human therapeutics company in the biotechnology industry, for free food & beverages! Dress is business casual if you are looking for a position.
Location: Gwynn Wilson Student Union (STU) - B-3
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Tau Beta Pi Info Session
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Interested in joining Tau Beta Pi next year? If you received an email saying that you're eligible and you'd like to hear more, come to our info session to learn about who we are, what we do, and how to become a member.
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tau Beta Pi
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Phoenix Admission Reception
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Hosted by the Admission Office, the reception will include a general discussion about the University. You will also be able to ask questions about your areas of academic interest, explore co-curricular options and learn more about life and opportunities at USC. A representative from our Admission and Student Affairs staff, will be there on behalf of the Viterbi School of Engineering along with other representatives from the University.RSVP online at http://www.usc.edu/admevents
Location: Embassy Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale<br> 4415 East Paradise Village Pkwy South<br> Phoenix, AZ 85032
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and their families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 01:00 AM - 01:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://usconnect.usc.edu/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Expand Your Brand (Networking)- Presented by Lockheed Martin
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 01:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Networking 101 for College Students
Wondering how to get noticed by a potential employer? Have you always wondered what to say in order to stand out from a crowd?
This session will help you learn how to network and conduct yourself in front of employers. Spend real time with an industry recruiter and ask every question youâve always wanted to know. Get real insider tips to land your next opportunity!
Food and Door Prizes!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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San Diego Miramar College Transfer Fair
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Becky Beiter from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the San Diego Miramar College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: Miramar Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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A new solution for an old-age problem: biosolids as a renewable energy resource
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Homayoun Moghaddam, Division Manager and Director, Regulatory Affairs of the City of Los Angeles. Dept. of Public Works
Talk Title: A new solution for an old-age problem: biosolids as a renewable energy resource
Abstract: Terminal Island Renewable Energy (T.I.R.E.) Project
The Terminal Island Renewable Energy project (T.I.R.E.) Project is the nation's first and only full scale application of deep well injection technology to convert wastewater residual solids, biosolids into green power while simultaneously sequestering greenhouse gases. The earth's high temperature biodegrades the organic compounds to generate methane for producing renewable energy.
The City of Los Angeles and it partners, GeoEnvironment Technologies, and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) has embarked on a new innovative technology to convert a valuable organic resource biosolids into clean energy by deep well injection and geothermal biodegradation. The T.I.R.E uses depleted subsurface oil and gas formations where the earthâs high temperature would biodegrade the organic compounds to generate methane gas that can ultimately be used to produce a safe renewable energy. The TIRE project is a five-year demonstration project and has been in operation for over 2 years. So far, large quantities of gallons of bio-slurry which includes wastewater by-products such as brine, treated effluent, digested sludge, and biosolids have been successfully injected. A monitoring system provides real-time data on the subsurface activities, including seismic, to a Technical Advisory Committee for evaluation.
There are the environmental benefits that come from the local subsurface anaerobic treatment and sterilization of biosolids in a confined environment. The biodegradation of the injected biosolids and brine as a slurry ultimately produces methane that is captured to generate green energy, and carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, that is sequestered. Also other air contaminants (NOX and CO) are reduced and potentially the discharge of concentrated brine to the Los Angeles harbor is eliminated.
The T.I.R.E. project provides an innovative solution to an environmental challenge, while simultaneously providing economic and environmental benefits. The project outcomes are a diversified biosolids management program that saves money while producing positive environmental results. The project improves air quality, protects water quality, and reduces the greenhouse gases. The most important achievement of TIRE project is introducing an innovative way to utilize wastewater treatment byproducts as a renewable resource in an environmentally safe manner.
Biography: Homayoun R. Moghaddam, Ph.D.
â¢30 years of experience in the areas of power, refinery, gas plants, water & wastewater, biomass, biogas, renewable energy technologies, climate change and Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) issue, air quality and biosolids management, and regulatory and legislative affairs.
â¢27 years with the City of Los Angeles. Started his City career with the Department of Building & Safety. Promoted to Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power, and has been with the Department
Currently: Division Manager and Director of Regulatory Affairs of the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Computation Over Networks
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Nikhil Karamchandani, University of California at San Diego
Talk Title: Computation Over Networks
Abstract: The general problem of computation over networks can be used to model many different scenarios, ranging from environmental monitoring to intrusion detection. The goal in such problems is to design efficient schemes for computing different target functions over various network topologies.
In the first part of the talk, we will model the problem as a generalization of ânetwork codingâ and attempt to characterize the maximum ârate of computationâ. A cut-based upper bound is proposed and we study the tightness of this bound for different target functions and network topologies.
The second part of the talk will focus on a model more suitable for real dynamic networks. In such networks, it is infeasible to continuously adapt the operations at all nodes according to the changing network topology or demand function. Hence, we will restrict most nodes in the network to always perform the same operation (in particular, randomized linear network coding) and only some nodes will change operations depending on the the current target function/topology. We will study efficient computation schemes for different functions in this model.
Biography: Nikhil Karamchandani received the B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2005, the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego in 2007, and is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at San Diego. His research interests are in communication theory and include network coding, information theory, and random graphs. He received the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT2) fellowship in 2005.
Host: Alex Dimakis
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 222
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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AME Seminar
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Harry Dankowicz , Associate Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Talk Title: Friction-Induced Reverse Chatter in Rigid-Body Mechanisms with Impacts
Abstract: This talk reviews recent work on the possibility of formulating a consistent and unambiguous forward-simulation model of rigid-body mechanical systems with isolated points of intermittent or sustained frictional contact. The analysis considers paradoxical ambiguities associated with the coexistence of sustained contact and one or several alternative forward trajectories that include phases of free-flight motion. The presentation documents the original discovery of an apparently irresolvable, infinitely degenerate ambiguity known as reverse chatterâa transition to free flight through an infinite sequence of impacts with impact times accumulating from the right on a limit point and with impact velocities diverging exponentially away from the limit point, even where the contact-independent normal acceleration supports sustained contact. The conclusions of the theoretical analysis are illustrated through everyday examples of chattering contact.
Biography: Harry Dankowicz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has held faculty positions in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and in the Department of Mechanics at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. He received his M.S. degree (1991) in Engineering Physics from KTH; and his Ph.D. degree (1995) in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics with minors in Mathematics and Astronomy from Cornell University. Prof. Dankowicz is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including a Junior Individual Grant from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from NSF. As director of the Applied Dynamics Laboratory at UIUC, he conducts dynamical systems research at the intersection of engineering, math and physics. This work involves studying a wide range of complex systems that are governed by differential equations and learning the behavior of those systems through theory and experiments. His research efforts further seek to make original and substantial contributions to the development and design of existing or novel devices that capitalize on system nonlinearities for improved system performance.
Host: Dr. E. Kanso
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - , Room 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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BMEStart Meeting 3: Team Updates and Guidance
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
This will be the fourth general meeting. Now that we have formed separate competition groups, we will come together and discuss progress and problems with their own projects and offer suggestions for others.
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 320A
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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CANCELLED- Yahoo Information Session
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
This Information Session Has been CANCELLED!
Please stay tuned, Yahoo will be back on campus later this semester.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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ASBME Yearbook Photo--We Want YOU! (Tentative)
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come help represent ASBME in the 2011 Rodeo Yearbook! Location and time are pending but we will let you know on Monday. The time will likely be from 6-6:15pm or 6:15-6:30pm on Wednesday, 10/20. We would like to have all of you come out, so please try to come if you are available! It should only take about 15 minutes. And wear your ASBME shirt if you have one, or come to get one!! :)
Location: TBA
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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AIChE: US Navy Info Session
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
Come out to learn about how chemical engineers can contribute to the US Navy! The Navy is currently searching for Chem-Es, so come out to network with representatives and to just mingle with other students. Find out more at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159340217428474
Location: Waite Phillips Hall Of Education (WPH) - B27
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Personal Admission Interviews are available to freshmen applicants throughout the Fall practically every weekday until December 10, 2011. Freshman applicant interviews are not required as part of the admission process, however we would like to meet as many of our applicants as possible. All interview appointments are scheduled online.http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/freshman/interviews/
Audiences: Freshmen Applicants for Fall 2011
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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CS Colloquium
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 03:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Eric Wohlstadter , University of British Columbia
Talk Title: Object-Oriented Middleware for Offline Web Applications
Abstract: Recent advances in Web browser technology have led to interest for development of offline Web applications. Offline Web applications make use of persistent data stored on a clientùs local machine to allow for disconnected operation. Disconnected operation has been studied previously in the context of network file systems, object-oriented databases, and distributed object systems. However, previous work does not always apply to the unique software architecture of the browser programming environment. For this reason we have investigated object persistence middleware which meets the design challenges of this environment. In this talk, two specific technical challenges will be described: first, the event-driven architecture of the browser runtime and second, handling the dynamic nature of the JavaScript programming language.
First, traditional systems for disconnected operation rely heavily on lazy object loading (similarly, page faulting). However, the synchronous RPC mechanisms required by lazy loading are well known to be impractical in a Web browser (giving rise to the well known Ajax model). In this talk, I will describe the design of a persistent object-oriented programming model suited for the asynchronous browser environment.
Second, dynamic languages such as JavaScript are schema-less which complicates the mapping of objects to physical storage. Furthermore, such languages allow the runtime binding of first-class function instances as object methods. This complicates object persistence since function instance closures become part of the state of an object. In this talk, I will describe a JavaScript program source transformation we have developed that enables full support for the semantics of the JavaScript data model in our middleware.
Biography: Eric Wohlstadter is an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. He received a PhD from the University of California, Davis (2005). His research interests include middleware systems, software architecture, dynamic program analysis, and aspect-oriented programming.
Host: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Photography for Aircraft Accident Investigation (PHOTO)
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This specialized course in accident investigation is designed to assist the investigator to improve photographic documentation of an accident site.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Symposium in Memory of Professor Teh Fu
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: International and Domestic Guests,
Talk Title: International Symposium on Advances in Sustainable Environment in Memory of Professor Teh Fu Yen
Host: Viterbi School of Engineering and Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: By Invitation
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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San Diego City College Transfer Fair
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Viterbi Transfer Admission Counselor, Becky Beiter from the USC Viterbi Office of Admission, will be attending the San Diego City College Transfer Fair. Please stop by the USC Viterbi table to learn how you can get started on your engineering courses at your current institution and more about the admission process.
Location: SDCC Campus
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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AIChE Grill Out
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come out and enjoy some hot food! AIChE will be hosting a BBQ in front of HEDCO, facing the fountain between 11am-1pm on Thursday, Oct. 21st. Find more details at the following link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163016900389359&index=1
Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - Outside HEDCO
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Eta Kappa Nu Professor Pumpkin Costume Contest
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
It's here again! The moment that you have been waiting an entire year for has once again arrived! I think you know what I'm talking about. This is the day when you make YOUR PROFESSOR wear a PUMPKIN COSTUME to class all day!
Members of Eta Kappa Nu (the EE and CECS Honor Society) will be stationed in the E-Quad today as well as Monday and Tuesday of next week. We will have jars labeled with professors' names, in which you will be able to make donations according to who you would like to see in the pumpkin costume. The professor with the most money donated in his name at the end of Tuesday will be the "winner", and will have the honor of wearing the costume to his classes on Thursday, the 28th.
This year, the competitors are:
Professor Redekopp (defending champion)
Professor Nazarian
Professor Hashemi
Professor Burke
Professor Bickers
All proceeds benefit MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement), an organization dedicated to increasing the interest and enrollment in Engineering classes among K-12 age students. You can learn more about USC MESA at http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/ced/precollege/mesa/
Hope to see everybody there!
Location: E-QUAD
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Eta Kappa Nu
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Halliburton Information Session
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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IEEE Academic Spotlight - The Origin of CDMA Communications with Dr. Scholtz
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
The history of CDMA communications is intimately connected with many interesting characters: a science fiction writer, a movie star, a congressional chaplain, and a composer of music for massed player pianos, not to mention USC faculty and alumnae. Find out about documents undiscovered for over a quarter century, patents under secrecy order, a telephone directory that facilitated the development of an early spread-spectrum communication system, an eighty ton secure communication system used during World War II, and more, time permitting. This talk is about the BIG picture and peoplesâ imaginations -- NO EQUATIONS!
If you want to learn more about Dr. Scholtz's work before the Academic spotlight, feel free to read his biography here, As a co-author of multiple books and the recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Scholtz is one of the most esteemed faculty members at USC. Don't miss this great opportunity! (And did we mention that there is FREE FOOD???)
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Why Me?: Special Screening of the Pioneering Documentary on Breast Cancer
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations requested. To RSVP, go to annenberg.usc.edu/rsvp.
In 1974, Annenberg journalism professor Joe Saltzman produced Why Me?, a landmark documentary acknowledged to be the first television documentary on breast cancer. This groundbreaking documentary addressed a subject previously unseen on television. The program was viewed by one out of every three women in the Western world, and has been credited with saving thousands of lives. It is hard to imagine a time when women would not speak publicly about breast cancer, but in 1974, it was an act of courage for a woman to appear on television to talk about what was considered a deadly disease. In addition to a screening of the program, a panel of communication experts, moderated by Judy Muller, an Emmy Awardâwinning television correspondent and associate professor of journalism, will discuss the making of the award-winning documentary and how it paved the way for contemporary approaches to documentary making. The panel will also look at current television dramas and their portrayal of breast-cancer awareness and treatment.
Organized by the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Annenberg School For Communication (ASC) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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ASBME, SWE, IEEE Mandatory Iridescent Training Session
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Mandatory training: Thursday, October 21st, 7-9PM in SGM 601
Normal Family Science Night Sessions (where you will be teaching the workshops): Thursdays, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18 from 5:15-8:15PM (including travel time) at Palms Elementary School.
For those of you interested in Iridescent volunteering, please fill out the following form to sign up:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/usc.edu/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGtjOENsRkx0cHBZamhjVzBDMEpIUEE6MQ.Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 601
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Computing with Words
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. LoftiZadeh, Professor and Director of the Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC)
Abstract: Computing with Words (CW or CWW) is a system of computation which offers an important capability that traditional systems of computation do not haveâa capability to compute with information described in a natural language. In the main, CW is concerned with solution of problems which are stated in a natural language. The importance of CW derives from the fact that much of human knowledge is perception-based and is described in a natural language.
CW has important applications to decision analysis, question-answering systems, system modeling, specification and optimization, and mechanization of natural language understanding. Basically, CW opens the door to a wide-ranging enlargement of the role of natural languages in scientific theories.
Biography: LOTFI A. ZADEH is an alumnus of the University of Tehran, MIT and Columbia University. His earlier work was concerned in the main with systems analysis, decision analysis and information systems. His current research is focused on fuzzy logic, computing with words and soft computing, which is a coalition of fuzzy logic, neurocomputing, evolutionary computing, probabilistic computing and parts of machine learning. Lotfi Zadeh is a Fellow of the IEEE, AAAS, ACM, AAAI, and IFSA. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences, the Polish Academy of Sciences, Korean Academy of Science & Technology, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the International Academy of Systems Studies, Moscow and the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. He is a recipient of many medals and awards as well as twenty âfive honorary doctorates. He has published extensively on a wide variety of subjects relating to the conception, design and analysis of information/intelligent systems, and is serving on the editorial boards of over seventy journals.
*Also, a link to a video clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ScTwFCcXGo&NR=1&feature=fvwp
*Kindly confirm your attendance as refreshments will be provided: cisoft@vsoe.usc.edu
Host: The Center for Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies (CiSoft.usc.edu) and the Center for Geothermal Studies (CGS.usc.edu) jointly host
Location: Seeley Wintersmith Mudd Memorial Hall (of Philosophy) (MHP) - Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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USC PSOC Monthly Seminar Series
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Joel S. Brown, Ph.D.,, oel S. Brown, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
Talk Title: Game Theory and the Evolutionary Ecology of Cancer
Abstract: Cancer can be viewed as the evolution of a new life form. It is invasive, single-celled, and asexual. This new life formâs population grows, spreads, evolves, speciates and exhibits many of the characteristic of the history of life on our planet --- except for the devastating consequences for the patient. This life form has an ecology. Its habitats are organs and tissues. Cancer cells must forage for nutrients, avoid hazards. As ecological engineers they may shape and modify their environs. Cancer cells are subject to evolution by natural selection. They adapt to changing nutrient and habitat circumstances. They likely speciate into diverse forms and undergo adaptive radiations as they fill available ânichesâ. Finally, as we treat cancer, tumor cells evolve avoidance behaviors and resistance mechanisms, just like pest species.
I will discuss how game theory and the principles of population ecology may provide a useful framework for thinking about and modeling cancer. Life is a game. Cancer is no different. Evolutionary game theory may be the appropriate approach to understanding the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of cancer. A hallmark of game theory is the study of adaptations in the context of the heritable phenotypes of others, their population sizes, and habitat circumstances. The talk shall unfold with a little natural selection, discussion of cancer as an evolutionary game and then applications of this framework to models of cancer as an invasive species, and models of the evolution of treatment resistance.
Biography: Joel S. Brown, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
Host: Dr. Parag Mallick, Center for Applied Molecular Medicine
Location: May Ormerod Harris Hall, Quinn Wing & Fisher Gallery (HAR) - Harkness Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Yvonne Suarez
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Pi Tau Sigma AME Faculty Student Forum
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Abstract: This will be an event in which AME faculty discuss core and design electives that can be taken to satisfy a degree requirement. If you have ever had trouble trying to figure out which electives to take, come to this event! Professors will be explaining what their courses actually cover, which is something that the course guide or the course title don't always convey. Registration for classes next semester begins on October 27th, so this is the perfect opportunity for you to figure out which classes to take.
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Jason Walker
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ASBME Recruiting Event: "Accenture" Your Afternoon!
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come learn about Accenture (http://www.accenture.com/), a global management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company, and find out about possible internships or jobs! Bring your resume and dress business casual if you would like!
Location: TBD, email asbme@usc.edu for more info or visit our Facebook Events Page
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Engineering Honors Colloquium
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Portia Peters, Environments, Test and Assesment Department, The Aerospace Corporation
Talk Title: Assuring Space Mission Success: Acoustics, Vibration, and Shock Testing
Host: W.V.T Rusch Engineering Honors Program
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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Math Finance Colloquium
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Michael Magill, Department of Economics, University of Southern California
Talk Title: Reforming Capitalism
Abstract: Sounds radical in a sense it is: it argues from my earlier work on incomplete markets that applying the state of nature approach to describing uncertainty for corporations (the standard approach of finance) can be shown to be inappropriate, indeed largely meaningless. Instead we should adopt a more realistic statistical approach i.e. think of the outcome of production as a random variable described by its probability distribution over the possible outputs (at date 1) where the distribution is influenced by the investment made by the firm at date 0. This apparently innocent change has a major impact on what the firm should do, since its investment decision now has an external effect on its employees and consumers. The paper shows in the simplest setting how stochastic general equilibrium theory with production has to be altered when we replace the standard Arrow-Debreu approach by this probability approach. It shows that we are led to a major revision of the theory of corporate governance, the standard theory of operating a corporation in the best interest of its shareholder by maximizing its profit, is replaced by a stakeholder theory of the corporation in which the firm must also take into account the interests of its workers and consumers.
Host: Math Finance
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - Room 414
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Einstein's Cosmic Messengers
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Music and science coalesce in Einsteinâs Cosmic Messengers, a stunning multimedia concert created by composer Andrea Centazzo and NASA physicist Michele Vallisneri. Following this magnificent journey through the universe, science writer K.C. Cole will moderate a conversation with Centazzo, Vallisneri and USC cosmology professor Elena Pierpaoli.
Performed live by Centazzo, Einsteinâs Cosmic Messengers tells the story of gravitational wavesâthe ripples in the fabric of space and time produced by violent events in the distant universe. Albert Einstein predicted their existence in 1916; but only in the last two decades have we achieved the technology to detect them, enabling LIGO, the U.S. Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, and its siblings, to develop a global network of observatories. LIGOâs measurements will illuminate the fundamental nature of gravity and throw open an entirely new window onto the universe, offering views of previously inaccessible phenomena such as the coalescence of black holes and neutron stars. They will complement the great discoveries of ground- and space-based astronomy and the investigations of missions such as Planck, which observes the radiation originating from the Big Bang itself.
In a career spanning more than 30 years, composer, conductor, percussionist and video artist Andrea Centazzo has performed in more than 1,500 concerts in Europe and the United States. Over the past twenty years, Centazzo has been creating multimedia experiences that combine live music with video images, blending traditional instrumentation with the latest digital technology.
K.C. Cole is a science writer for the Los Angeles Times and a professor at USC Annenbergâs School of Journalism. Cole is interested in the natural connections between science, art and politics, and she hosts Categorically Not!, an âirregularâ series of events exploring these intersections at Santa Monica Art Studios.
Cosmologist Elena Pierpaoliâs life work is to understand the universe in which we live, including its overall structure, composition, origins and evolution. She has done extensive work on dark matter and galaxy clusters, and is part of the science team for the mission Planck.
A theoretical physicist at NASAâs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Michele Vallisneri received his PhD in physics from Caltech. He is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the deputy mission scientist for LISA, the planned space-based gravitational-wave observatory.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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ASBME Outreach at the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank
Sat, Oct 23, 2010 @ 08:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come on out to help sort food with your friends and fellow ASBME members at the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank thisSaturday, October 23, 2010 from 8:15am-12pm! It will be a fun-filled morning as we get to know each other while fighting hunger in our community. If you would like to sign up, fill out this form: http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/usc.edu/viewform?formkey=dDk0UU5iZG10cmdPdlBFZTczSFlvZEE6MQ. For more information, check out http://www.lafoodbank.org/ and see what you can do!
Location: Meet at Gate 5 (subject to change)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Atlanta Admission Reception
Sat, Oct 23, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Hosted by the Admission Office, the reception will include a general discussion about the University. You will also be able to ask questions about your areas of academic interest, explore co-curricular options and learn more about life and opportunities at USC. A representative from our Admission and Student Affairs staff, will be there on behalf of the Viterbi School of Engineering along with other representatives from the University.RSVP online at http://www.usc.edu/admevents
Location: Grand Hyatt Atlanta<br> 3300 Peachtree Road, NE<br> Atlanta, GA 30305
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and their families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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New York Admission Reception
Sat, Oct 23, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Hosted by the Admission Office, the reception will include a general discussion about the University. You will also be able to ask questions about your areas of academic interest, explore co-curricular options and learn more about life and opportunities at USC. A representative from our Admission and Student Affairs staff, will be there on behalf of the Viterbi School of Engineering along with other representatives from the University.RSVP online at http://www.usc.edu/admevents
Location: Marriott New York Marquis Times Square<br> 1535 Broadway<br> New York, NY 10036
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and their families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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America Tropical
Sat, Oct 23, 2010 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
In 1932, Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros came to Los Angeles and painted the mural known as La América Tropical. Its subject matter was so controversial that its central image of a crucified Indian was painted out, effectively silenced. Join us for a performance of America Tropical, an opera by playwright Oliver Mayer and composer David Conte that was inspired by Siqueirosâs story. Exploring themes of economic and political inequality, the opera follows Siqueiros as he paints and tells the tumultuous tale of the history of Los Angeles, from its founding in 1781 to the 1992 insurrection. His creation also comes to life with its own voice, opinions and hopesâjust as the image in the actual mural has begun to ghost through, refusing to be silenced.
The opera will be directed by Nathan Singh and performed by USC students, with music by the Definiens Project.
Organized by Oliver Mayer (Theatre). Co-sponsored by the Chamber Opera of USC and Residential Education.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Parkside Restaurant
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
