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Chicago Admission Reception
Sun, Nov 07, 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: Hyatt Rosemont<br>6350 North River Road<br> Rosemont, IL 60018
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and their families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Nov 08, 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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Helicopter Accident Investigation
Mon, Nov 08, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This course examines helicopter rotor systems, controls, performance variables, flight hazards and material characteristics involved in helicopter operations and accidents.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Advanced System Safety Analysis (ADVSS)
Mon, Nov 08, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This course is a continuation of the System Safety Course (SSC), focused on engineering aspects of the course. The objective is to address advanced issues in system safety analysis and broaden the trainees' perspective on system safety issues.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Nov 08, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Gerald Loeb, Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC
Talk Title: Biomimetic Tactile Sensing for Prosthetic and Robotic Hands
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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The acoustics and acoustical design of Walt Disney Concert Hall
Mon, Nov 08, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Yasuhisa Toyota, Chief Acoustician and President of Nagata Acoustics, USA
Talk Title: A lecture/presentation on the acoustics and acoustical design of Walt Disney Concert Hall followed by a Q&A with Mr. Toyota
Abstract: One of the worldâs foremost acousticians, Yasuhisa Toyota has served as project chief and chief acoustician on major concert hall projects across the globe, engineering some of the most acoustically esteemed spaces built in the last half of the twentieth century. His high-profile projects, among them Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Japan, have received high international praise.
Host: Thornton School of Music, co-host Elaine Chew, Viterbi School
Location: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Eric Mankin
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Southern California Edison Info Session
Mon, Nov 08, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Minneapolis Admission Reception
Mon, Nov 08, 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: Minneapolis Airport Marriott Bloomington<br>2020 American Boulevard East<br> Bloomington, MN 55425
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen and their families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Nov 09, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Shaddin Dughmi, Stanford University
Talk Title: How to Compute in a Selfish Society: Randomness May be the Key
Abstract: Algorithmic Mechanism Design is concerned with solving computational problems in situations where essential problem data is being held privately by selfish agents. Techniques from economics have long existed for aligning the incentives of the agents with the social good, yet they often require solving a hard optimization problem exactly. On the other hand, computer scientists have coped with intractability by designing approximation algorithms. Unfortunately, recent results have demonstrated that these two approaches are fundamentally at odds for deterministic mechanisms: combining truthfulness and polynomial-time computation results in an inevitable deterioration of the approximation ratio for many important problems.
Fortunately, there is hope: randomized mechanisms are emerging that reconcile computational and economic constraints, yielding optimal approximate mechanisms for problems where deterministic mechanisms provably fail. In this talk, I will advocate randomized mechanism design by taking a tour through a sequence of our recent results. I will illustrate the power of randomized mechanisms by: (1) Overviewing recent positive results for paradigmatic problems such as multi-unit auctions and variants of combinatorial auctions, and (2) Showing how a black-box reduction can transforms any FPTAS for a social-welfare maximization problem into a truthful FPTAS , and (3) Arguing that, in the future, there is hope for more powerful black box reductions that would yield sweeping positive results for welfare-maximization problems in general.
Biography: Shaddin Dughmi is a PhD student in the computer science theory group at Stanford University, advised by Professor Tim Roughgarden. His interests include algorithms, game theory, and combinatorial optimization. Recently, Shaddin has focused on the following meta-question in algorithmic mechanism
design: When and how can we efficiently compute a desirable solution to a resource allocation problem despite the presence of selfish behavior? Shaddin graduated from Cornell University in 2004 with a B.S. in computer science and a minor in applied mathematics. From 2004 to 2006, he was an Information Security Engineer at the MITRE Corporation, where he worked on cryptographic protocol analysis. He enrolled in the Stanford computer science PhD program in the Fall of 2006, with an expected graduation date of June 2011.
Host: Dr. David Kempe
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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McCarthy Building Companies Info Session
Tue, Nov 09, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
USC AGC presents McCarthy Building Companies Info Session
For nearly 150 years, McCarthy has provided clients and partners with exceptional commercial construction results. Staying true to our foundation as a builder; yet, leading the way with new tools and delivery options when these add value. Always with a focus on delivering the best result, every time.
Tuesday, November 9, 3:30 pm in KAP 209
Members can pick up their AGC T-shirtsLocation: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
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Undergraduate Co-op/Intern Panel
Tue, Nov 09, 2010 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Are you looking for an internship this summer? Have you ever wondered what a Co-Op is? Come to the Viterbi Engineering Intern and Co-Op panel to learn more. Current undergraduate and graduate Viterbi students will share how they received their positions and answer your questions about how to succeed as an intern.
Companies being represented a/o 11/3 include:
Intel, NASA Johnson Space Center, KPMG Philippines, and AXA Advisors
Dinner will be served.
There is limited space for this event; RSVP is required
Please RSVP to Viterbi.careers@usc.edu by Friday, November 5th. In the subject line, please write, RSVP- Co-op Intern Panel.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Undergraduate Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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CANCELLED- Ericsson Information Session
Tue, Nov 09, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
THIS INFORMATION SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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USC NSBE Fall Regional Conference Planning Meeting
Tue, Nov 09, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 144
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: NSBE National Society of Black Engineers
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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...
Wed, Nov 10, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Personal Admission Interviews are available to freshmen applicants throughout the Fall practically every weekday until December 10, 2011. Freshman applicant interviews are not required as part of the admission process, however we would like to meet as many of our applicants as possible. All interview appointments are scheduled online.http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/freshman/interviews/
Audiences: Freshmen Applicants for Fall 2011
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Nov 10, 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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Munushian Visiting Seminar Series 2010 - 2011 - Keynote Lecture
Wed, Nov 10, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. John L Hall, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology
Talk Title: The Optical Frequency Comb - a new tool with remarkable applications in Science, Metrology, and Medical Diagnostics
Abstract: We easily accept the remarkable capabilities available in the Radio Frequency domain: cellphones, HiDef TV, wireless computer connections, bluetooth earphones, etc. Optical frequency waves represent the same physics as their RF siblings, but oscillate at some million-fold faster rates. So there is correspondingly more bandwidth for signals and interesting new processing ideas but, until recently, there were no optical tools with precision capabilities that even remotely approached a similar level. The avalanche of progress began in 1999 when a group at Lucent Labs demonstrated that a special type of optical fiber could give a highly nonlinear response, converting input laser wavelengths into rainbow light across the visible spectrum, and in a coherent manner. Within a few months two separate laboratories had seen the connections of three independent streams of research, and merged these âobviously unrelatedâ fields to create a new tool, the Optical Frequency Comb, a new kind of laser light with remarkable properties. Only six years later the Nobel Prize was awarded for these advances. One dramatic application is the precision testing of some fundamental & basic assumptions about physical reality: spatial symmetry and uniformity, constancy of the speed of light, and stability of the physical "constants" in our equations. Second is an exciting Medical Diagnostic application which analyzes exhaled human breath for marker molecules associated with diseases such as diabetes, asthma, cancer, and renal failure. It is important that the sensitivity is so great that sub-clinical molecular concentrations can be measured in apparently healthy subjects. For example, Carbon Monoxide was measurable only in the breath of one student -- a former smoker who had quit almost one year previously!
Biography: Hallâs credits include a number of major innovations and developments in laser frequency stabilization, high resolution and ultrasensitive laser spectroscopy, laser length and frequency standards, laser/atom cooling, quantum optics and high-precision laser-based measurements. Author of more than 230 articles in refereed journals, he also holds 11 U. S. patents, the most recent on âAirport Sniffing.â He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and of the French Légion dâhonneur, Senior Fellow Emeritus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Fellow of the Optical Society of America and the American Physical Society. He was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Prof. Hänsch of Munich and Prof. Glauber of Harvard.
Host: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
More Info: : http://geromedia.usc.edu/Mediasite/Viewer/?peid=88bce44e9f604630b940c6d58066267eLocation: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 124
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
Event Link: : http://geromedia.usc.edu/Mediasite/Viewer/?peid=88bce44e9f604630b940c6d58066267e
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AME Department Seminar
Wed, Nov 10, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Marty Bradley, Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company
Talk Title: A Taste of SUGAR (Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research) Results of the Boeing Study for NASA for Future Commercial Aircraft Concepts & Technologies
Abstract: This seminar summarizes the work accomplished by the Boeing Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research (SUGAR) team in a NASA study looking at future concepts and technologies for commercial aircraft in the 2030-2035 timeframe.
The team developed a comprehensive future scenario for world-wide commercial aviation, selected baseline and advanced configurations for detailed study, generated technology suites for each configuration, conducted detailed performance analysis, calculated noise and emissions, assessed technology risks and payoffs, and developed technology roadmaps for key technologies.
Advanced aircraft configurations evaluated in the study included high span strut-braced wings and blended wing bodies (BWB's). A wide portfolio of technologies was identified and evaluated to address the NASA goals. High payoff technologies included hybrid-electric gas turbine battery propulsion, low-NOx combustors, biofuels, advanced air traffic management, noise treatments, laminar flow, and materials.
Compared to today's aircraft, fuel burn reductions of up to 55% were achieved. The additional of hybrid electric propulsion may allow reductions of up to 90%. Significant reductions in emissions, noise, and runway length were also achieved and will be discussed.
Host: Dr. R. Blackwelder
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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Alcon Information Session
Wed, Nov 10, 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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SWE 5th General Meeting - Meet & Mingle with Intel
Wed, Nov 10, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come to SWE's last corporate event of the year!
Representatives from Intel will be giving a workshop about viewing the hiring process from the recruiter's side. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to learn and understand the perspective of the people on the other side of the interview.
There will also be a chocolate fountain and will have an array of delectable foods to dip and enjoy. Take a little break from studying for an hour of great fun and the last chance to build your professional skills and relationships before Christmas!
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 109
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Lyman Handy Colloquium
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 @ 12:45 PM - 01:50 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor David Kisailus, University of California - Riverside
Talk Title: Structure and Composition Analysis of an Ultra-hard Magnetic Biomineral in Chiton Radular Teeth
Abstract: Through the course of evolution, nature has evolved efficient strategies to synthesize inorganic materials that demonstrate desirable mechanical properties. These biological systems demonstrate the ability to control nano- and microstructural features that significantly improve mechanical properties of otherwise brittle materials. The fully-mineralized radular teeth of chitons is one of such example of a superior biomineral consisting of a brittle, magnetic iron oxide crystal. Chitons are a group of herbivorous marine mollusks that have evolved ultra-hard and damage-tolerant teeth to graze upon algae growing on and within rocky substrates. Our results from nano-indentation analyses of the teeth of chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri), indicated that it retained largest hardness and stiffness properties of any biomineral. In order to understand the relationship between composition, structure and mechanical properties of the fully mineralized radular teeth, we further conducted detailed structural and compositional analyses of this magnetic biomineral using various microscopy and spectroscopy techniques. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses revealed the rod-like orientation of the magnetite crystallites in the teeth. Furthermore, chitin, a polysaccharide found in the exocuticles of many insects, was detected from the teeth by infrared and raman spectroscopic analyses. We believe that the combination of this organic matrix and hard mineral, constructed in a unique microstructure, yields a damage-tolerant, ultra-hard, magnetic biomineral.
Host: Professor Nutt
More Info: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/colloquia.htmLocation: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
Event Link: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/colloquia.htm
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Ming Hsieh Dept of Electrical Engineering-Systems Distinguished Lecturer Series
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi, Presidential Chair Professor- USC, President- Viterbi Group LLC, Professor Emeritus- UCSD
Abstract: A.A. Markov proposed and developed a statistical concept which suggests that future action should depend only on the current state of the system or process. Exploitation of the statistical properties of Markov processes has produced important results in optimum linear (Wiener) filtering, with principal applications to navigation, tracking, orbit determination and even economics; and in finite-state sequence determination, with applications to information (Shannon) theory, digital communication, voice and optical character recognition, data recording, search engines, and DNA sequence analysis. Both areas will be discussed and compared, as well as the merits of any societal implications of the Markov concept.
Biography: Andrew J. Viterbi received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from USC, and is co-founder, retired vice chairman and chief technical officer of Qualcomm Incorporated. He also co-founded Linkabit Corporation, and served as professor in the Schools of Engineering at UCLA and UCSD. He is currently president of the Viterbi Group, a technical advisory and investment company, and is also Presidential Chair Professor at USC. He and his wife Erna are the naming donors of the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC.
His principal research contribution, the Viterbi Algorithm, is used in most digital cellular phones and digital satellite receivers, and in diverse fields such as magnetic recording, voice recognition and DNA sequence analysis. More recently, he has concentrated on establishing code-division-multiple-access (CDMA) as the multiple access technology of choice for cellular telephony and wireless data communications.
Viterbi has received numerous honors, including honorary doctorates from the Technion and Universities of Waterloo, Rome, and Notre Dame, as well as memberships in the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2008 he received the National Medal of Science, and was a Millennium Technology Laureate. He has also received the Marconi International Fellowship Award, the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell and Claude Shannon Awards, the NEC C&C Award, the Eduard Rhein Foundation Award and the Christopher Columbus Medal. He recently received the 2010 Medal of Honor from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the highest award of that professional society.
Host: Dr. Alexander A. Sawchuk
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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Alumni Panel
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join us for a panel of Viterbi Alumni and hear about their job search strategies and their on the job advice.
Companies being represented a/o 11/3 include:
Parsons, Northrop Grumman, Xerox and Turner Construction
Dinner will be served.
There is limited space for this event; RSVP is required
To RSVP e-mail vcareers@usc.edu by Monday, November 8th.
-In the subject write RSVP- Alumni Panel
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Chinatown with Robert Towne and Kevin Starr
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Screenwriter and director Robert Towne mined the bitter conflicts over land and water rights that raged in Southern California during the early twentieth century to fashion Chinatown, an American cinema classic for which he won the 1974 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film will be screened as part of a two-part series entitled "Itâs All True?," which will explore how filmmakers have translated true stories into feature films and how those films have impacted our sense of history, events and politics. Following the screening, Towne and USC university professor Kevin Starr, the preeminent historian of California, will join cinematic-arts professors Mark J. Harris and Ted Braun to discuss the interplay between fact and fiction and Chinatownâs complex relationship to our sense of Los Angeles as a place.
In addition to Chinatown, Towne has written numerous film scripts, including Chinatownâs sequel, The Two Jakes; the Oscar-nominated screenplays The Last Detail and Shampoo; and the first two Mission: Impossible films. Towne also wrote and directed Personal Best, Without Limits and Tequila Sunrise, starring Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Organized by Ted Braun and Mark J. Harris (Cinematic Arts).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: School of Cinematic Arts 108
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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1st HOPE GM: Join us on 11/11 to help bring HOPE to the L.A. Community!
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 @ 08:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join us on 11/11 to help bring HOPE to the L.A. Community!
The HOPE Funding Board, dedicated to supplying student Writing 340 projects with manpower and funding, has selected their target project for the 2010 Fall Semester, and we would like YOUR help in implementing it in the community! We will be focusing on a small non-profit after school care program whose goal is to get students interested in math, science, the arts, technology, and literature. We are looking for students who are willing to participate for a couple of hours on one or two days to help re-invent the after-school care center. Come out to HOPEâs 1âst General Meeting from 8:30 to 9:30pm on Thursday, November 11th to find out more information and grab DINNER!
Location TBA, but if you are interested in attending, please fill out the following form: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHBJT21oa1JNdWRxaGZCQ1NDeTdjUWc6MQ
Location: TBA (fill out the survey to find out more info)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: HOPE
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Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles, 1945-1980Fri, Nov 12, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Reservations required. Please check the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873336 for festival schedule and reservation information.
Los Angeles has nourished a dazzling array of experimental cinemas: avant-garde and art films; films by people of color, women and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community; psychedelic and structural films; and many other radical alternatives to the commercial feature-film industry. Including filmmakers, scholars and programmers, this avant-garde extravaganza will explore the vibrant history of alternatives to mainstream Hollywood with screenings of important and amazing filmsâmany of which have been newly preservedâas well as a conference and exhibits.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: School of Cinematic Arts and Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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AIChE Annual Korean BBQ Outing
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 @ 05:30 AM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
O-Dae San
2889 Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Join AIChE in one of our annual traditions! Eat your heart out in this all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ feast with your fellow chem-es for only $10!!
We will meet in front of RTH to carpool at 5.30pm!Location: O-Dae San
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Preview Day: USC Graduate Engineering
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 @ 08:30 AM - 02:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Students interested in pursing their Master's degree at one of the top ranked graduate engineering schools in the nation are invited to attend. For more information and to register for Preview Day visit: http://viterbi.usc.edu/mspreview
Location: University of Southern California - Los Angeles, California (University Park Campus)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Graduate Engineering
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USC Transfer Day: Engineering & Admission Talk, Financial Aid Presentation, Tour and Advisement
Fri, Nov 12, 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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USC NSBE at Region Six 2010 Fall Regional Conference
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
http://r6frc2010.wordpress.com/
Location: San Mateo, California
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: NSBE National Society of Black Engineers
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Signal and Image Processing seminar
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Maurizio Omologo, Fondazione Bruno Kessler-irst, Trento, Italy
Talk Title: A Prototype of a Distant-talking Interface for Control of Interactive TV
Abstract: This talk aims to describe the goals, challenges, and main achievements of the DICIT EC project, which was coordinated by FBK-irst during the last four years.
The project addressed the development of a multi-modal user-friendly interface for control of SetTopBox, TV, and related services. The interface includes a microphone array to support distant-talking voice input with multiple active speakers. The front-end processing component feeds a chain including speech recognition, natural language understanding, and spoken dialogue management components. The resulting prototype was replicated at several sites and evaluated by 170 users. The results of this campaign showed the effectiveness of the adopted solution as well as potential for future development of real smart-space applications.
During the talk, a brief overview will also be given on the other research activities being conducted under the SHINE group of FBK-irst.
Biography: Maurizio Omologo is the head of the SHINE (Speech-acoustic scene analysis and interpretation) research unit of Fondazione Bruno Kessler-irst, Trento, Italy. He has also been teaching "Audio Signal Processing" at the University of Trento since 2001. His current research interests include Audio and Speech Processing, Acoustic Scene Analysis, and Automatic Speech Recognition, in particular for distant-talking scenarios. Between 2006 and 2009, he acted as Project Manager of the DICIT (Distant-talking Interfaces for Control of Interactive TV) European Project.
Host: Professor Shrikanth Narayanan
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 320
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mary Francis
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Quantifying and Achieving the Capacity of Wireless 1-Hop Network Coding — A Code-Alignment-Based Approach
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Chih-Chun Wang, Purdue University
Talk Title: Quantifying and Achieving the Capacity of Wireless 1-Hop Network Coding â A Code-Alignment-Based Approach
Abstract: One-hop wireless network coding mixes packets of multiple unicast sessions, which has drawn significant attentions in the system-level wireless networking community due to its inherent low complexity of operating within a local neighborhood. One such representative scheme is the ``XOR in the airâ scheme for the wireless cross topologies.
In this talk, we show that despite of the notorious difficulty of characterizing the capacity region of intersession network coding for general wireline networks, the problem becomes more tractable in a 1-hop wireless environment. In particular, we quantify the Shannon capacities of the ``XOR in the airâ scheme by deriving new outer and inner bounds that meet in almost all practical scenarios. The new capacity-achieving schemes are based on the concept of ``code alignment,â a new interference alignment technique in the finite field. The capacity results enable direct and comprehensive comparison of the throughput benefits of network coding and those of other competing techniques, such as cross-layer optimization and opportunistic routing. The capacity results can also be used as a benchmark for evaluating the efficiency of practical protocols.
This is a joint work with Wei-Cheng Kuo, Abdallah Khreishah (Temple University), and Ness Shroff (The OSU).
Biography: Chih-Chun Wang is currently an Assistant Professor of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Purdue University. He received the B.E. degree in E.E. from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan in 1999, the M.S. degree in E.E., the Ph.D. degree in E.E. from Princeton University in 2002 and 2005, respectively. He worked in Comtrend Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan, as a design engineer in 2000 and spent the summer of 2004 with Flarion Technologies, New Jersey. In 2005, he held a post-doctoral researcher position in the Electrical Engineering Department of Princeton University. He joined Purdue University as an Assistant Professor in 2006. His current research interests are in the graph-theoretic and algorithmic analysis of iterative decoding and of network coding. Other research interests of his fall in the general areas of networking, optimal control, information theory, detection theory, and coding theory.
Dr. Wang received the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in 2009.
Host: Alex Dimakis, dimakis [at] usc
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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W.V.T. Rusch Undergraduate Engineering Honors Program Colloquium
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis, Professor, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Talk Title: Rapid Automated Fabrication of Mega-Scale Structures
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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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Azita Emami, CALTECH
Talk Title: Low Power Data Communication Circuits for Advanced Integrated Systems
Host: Prof. Hashemi
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Hossein Hashemi
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Towards High Performance III-V Semiconductor Nanowire and Tube Based Devices
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 @ 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Xiuling Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Talk Title: Towards High Performance III-V Semiconductor Nanowire and Tube Based Devices
Abstract: This talk focuses on two types of III-V compound semiconductor nanotechnology building blocks and their applications in nanoelectronics and nanophotonics: nanowires and self-rolled-up tubes.
Interest in semiconductor nanowires have increased exponentially over the past decade because of their unique optical and electrical properties. Integration of semiconductor nanowire based devices has been challenging for vertical nanowire devices since ex-situ assembly techniques are required to align planar nanowire devices. I will present our discovery of a type of nanowires that is planar, self-aligned, twin-defect free, high carrier mobility, and transfer-printable. The planar nanowire growth and doping mechanism by MOCVD, as well as the device characteristics of a long channel MESFET and HEMT using such GaAs nanowire as the channel material will be analyzed.
Self-rolled-up tubes on the other hand is a relatively new platform that possesses the potential to provide a wide range of functionalities. It is formed by a combination of top-down and bottom-up approach through the self-rolling of strained thin films. This allows feasible large area assembly and integration with existing semiconductor technology, while maintaining the control of the tube size and heterojunction formation in the tube wall. I will discuss the formation process, large area assembly, and optical characterization of InxGa1-xAs/GaAs micro and nanotubes with active light emitting media incorporated in the tube wall. Device prospects of SNTs for nanophotonics will be explored.
Biography: Xiuling Li received her Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. She joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 2007, after working at a startup company for six years. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her current research interests are in the area of nanostructured semiconductor materials and devices. She has won the NSF CAREER award (2008) and DARPA Young Faculty Award (2009). Her groupâs work on the planar nanowires has won one of the best student paper awards at the 2008 IEEE LEOS annual meeting. The micro and nanotube work has been identified as an outstanding symposium paper presented at the 2008 MRS meeting.
Host: P. Daniel Dapkus
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Eliza Aceves
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Tau Beta Pi Griffith Park Observatory Trip
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
TBP is going to Griffith Park for some star-gazing and a trip to the planetarium. Admission is on TBP!
We will be looking for drivers, so please let us know if you are available. You will be reimbursed for gas. Email tbp@usc.edu for more information.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tau Beta Pi
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Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles, 1945-1980
Sat, Nov 13, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Reservations required. Please check the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873336 for festival schedule and reservation information.
Los Angeles has nourished a dazzling array of experimental cinemas: avant-garde and art films; films by people of color, women and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community; psychedelic and structural films; and many other radical alternatives to the commercial feature-film industry. Including filmmakers, scholars and programmers, this avant-garde extravaganza will explore the vibrant history of alternatives to mainstream Hollywood with screenings of important and amazing filmsâmany of which have been newly preservedâas well as a conference and exhibits.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: School of Cinematic Arts and Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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New York - Freshmen Admission Interviews
Sat, Nov 13, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Matthew O'Pray, Director of Admission, will be in the area conducting Admission Interviews for those students interested. 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. Learn more about Interviews: http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/freshman/interviews/ an Off-Campus Interview: http://www.usc.edu/admissioninterviews If you are having trouble registering online please call 213-740-1111.
Audiences: Freshmen Applicants for Fall 2011
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Washington D.C. - Freshmen Admission Interviews
Sat, Nov 13, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Brian Lin, Associate Director of Admission, will be in the area conducting Admission Interviews for those students interested. 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. Learn more about Interviews: http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/freshman/interviews/ an Off-Campus Interview: http://www.usc.edu/admissioninterviews If you are having trouble registering online please call 213-740-1111.
Audiences: Freshmen Applicants for Fall 2011
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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USC NSBE at Region Six 2010 Fall Regional Conference
Sat, Nov 13, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
http://r6frc2010.wordpress.com/
Location: San Mateo, California
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: NSBE National Society of Black Engineers
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MESA College Day
Sat, Nov 13, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Student Activity
College and Financial Aid information workshops and a College Fair for MESA high school students.
Location: VKC
Audiences: MESA High School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
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USC Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni Dinner
Sat, Nov 13, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
Trident Hotel, Nariman Point
Mumbai
November 13, 2010
7.00 p.m.
For more information, contact Sudha Kumar at india@mapp.usc.edu
Location: Mumbai, India
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kathleen Concialdi
