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Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles, 1945-1980Sun, Nov 14, 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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Chicago - Freshmen Admission Interviews
Sun, Nov 14, 2010
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
Louise Yates, Associate Dean 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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New York - Freshmen Admission Interviews
Sun, Nov 14, 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
Sun, Nov 14, 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
Sun, Nov 14, 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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Pianist Daniel Pollack in Concert
Sun, Nov 14, 2010 @ 02:30 PM - 06:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Pre-concert lecture at 2:30 p.m.
Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, visit our event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873337 beginning Monday, October 18, at 9 a.m.
Internationally renowned pianist and USC Thornton faculty Daniel Pollack, a child prodigy who performed with the New York Philharmonic at the age of nine, has performed for audiences worldwide. In 1958, at the height of the Cold War, Pollack traveled to Moscow for a new-music competition named after Tchaikovsky, one of Russiaâs most famous composers. It was there that Pollack, in the words of the New York Times, âforged a kind of soulful bond with Russia during one of the most momentous cultural events of the Cold War.â
Pollack mesmerizes concertgoers and critics, who have praised âhis astonishing pianismâ (Washington Post) and âhis dramatic tension, poignant lyricismâ (Diapason magazine, Paris). Pollack will celebrate the births of two composers, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Barber and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frédéric Chopin. The concert will also feature works by Ferruccio Busoni and Claude Debussy. Tim Page, professor in the USC Thornton and Annenberg schools, will present a pre-concert lecture.
Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.
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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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Nov 15, 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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Gas Turbine Engine Accident Investigation
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This 4.5 day course examines specific turbine engine investigation methods and provides technical information in the related area of material factors. This is a fundamental accident investigation course with the assumption that the attendees have basic understandings of jet engines.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Human Error Analysis for System Safety (HEASS)
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
System safety analysis of engineered systems must often deal with the possibility of human error leading to adverse conditions. Hence human error probability evaluation is an important part of system safety. This course presents a summary of the methods and underlying theory for estimating human error probabilities.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Six Sigma Black Belt
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you've learned. This course is presented in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period and in 10 weeks online.Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE's Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma, including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.
Location: USC campus or Online
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Gas Turbine Engine Accident Investigation
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This 4.5 day course examines specific turbine engine investigation methods and provides technical information in the related area of material factors. This is a fundamental accident investigation course with the assumption that the attendees have basic understandings of jet engines.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Hossein Jadvar, Department of Radiology, USC Keck School of Medicine,
Talk Title: Promise of Molecular Imaging
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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Math Finance Colloquium
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 @ 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Olaf Menkens , University of Dublin, Ireland
Talk Title: "Optimising Proportional Reinsurance Using a Worst Case Scenario Approach"
Abstract: This presentation considers the problem of an insurance company to optimize its reserve process by proportional reinsurance. Usually, the reinsurance level will be determined by a ruin probability constraint or by minimizing the ruin probability (see e.g. Hipp and Vogt (2003), Schmidli (2001, 2002, and 2004), or Eisenberg and Schmidli (2008)). Instead of conditioning on the ruin probability, this presentation will maximize the controlled reserve process by a worst--case scenario approach.
The worst--case scenario approach has been introduced in the context of portfolio optimization by Korn and Wilmott (2002). This approach has been extended so far in various ways (e.g. considering different utility function (Korn and Menkens (2005)), optimizing investment portfolio of an insurance company (Korn (2005)), in a stochastic differential game context (Korn and Steffensen (2007)).
We start by making the so--called small claims assumption, that is the claims will be modeled as a Brownian motion with drift. Second, the claims will be modeled as the sum of a Brownian motion with drift and a Poisson process and third, claims will be modeled as a Poisson process. Results will be computed, analyzed, and compared with the results of minimizing the ruin probability.
This is work in progress and joint research with Ralf Korn (TU Kaiserslautern) and Mogens Steffensen (U of Copenhagen).
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - Room 414
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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CS Colloquium
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Katerina Argyraki, EPFL
Talk Title: Verifiable Network-Performance Measurements
Abstract: In the current Internet, there is no clean way to troubleshoot poor forwarding performance: when an Internet service provider (ISP) does not forward traffic as agreed/expected, its customers and peers resort to ad-hoc probing to localize and assess the problem. Research proposals advocate end-to-end measurements from different vantage points (e.g., PlanetLab nodes) as a way to forcefully extract information on an ISP's performance without any involvement from the ISP itself. I will argue that it is time to consider a different approach, where ISPs willingly contribute information on their performance, albeit in a way that forces them to tell the truth.
I will present Network Confessional, a system and protocol that enables ISPs to disclose accurate information on their forwarding performance. This information is verifiable -- ISPs cannot manipulate it to significantly exaggerate their performance -- and independently tunable -- each ISP is free to choose its own trade-off between the accuracy of its performance estimates and the resources it devotes to this purpose.
Network Confessional requires deploying modest functionality at participating domains' border routers; I will show that required resources are well within the capabilities of modern networks and can be implemented using today's hardware.
Biography: Katerina Argyraki is a network researcher at EPFL, Switzerland, where she works on programmable networks and techniques for network troubleshooting. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2007. Her graduate-student years were divided between Stanford's Distributed Systems Group, where she worked on defenses against denial-of-service attacks, and various startups -- Kealia (now part of Sun), BlueArc, and Arista Networks.
Host: Profs. Konstantinos Psounis and Ramesh Govindan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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USC ISI- Are You Interested in A Career in Intelligence
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Do you want to Learn more about a Career in Intelligence?
Attend USC ISIâs Co-op Opportunity event on Monday, November 15th to find out more.
RSVP Deadline is November 11th
Come in to Viterbi Career Services, RTH 218, to RSVP
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Viterbi EE, ME, ASTE, AE, CS, CECS, and ISE Majors
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Steps to a Successful Startup
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Eta Kappa Nu (The EE and CECS honor society) is hosting a speaking engagement featuring Jon Vincent, a previous Project Manager at Microsoft for 6 years and CEO of a one year old startup Kikini, a social matchmaking service for college students. The talk will cover the differences between corporate and startup lifestyles as well as the importance of startup companies in the tech industry. Jon will also discuss some of the basics on how to successfully launch and finance a startup company. This event is open to all majors and is not targeted at any one major or organization. So, if you are considering your own startup or are just curious as to the steps necessary for startup success, come and enjoy some free Chick-Fil-A at the same time.
Also, did we mention that there will be FREE CHICK FIL A ?!?Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Eta Kappa Nu
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AIChE 3rd Socal Meeting
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 @ 04:15 AM - 10:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
"Process Optimization - Perceptions, Dreams, and Reality"
Process Optimization is a complex subject, one often misunderstood. Mr. Nick's talk will detail his experiences with "optimization" projects ranging from Corporate Operations Research planning models, to process revamp studies. Grass-root designs, and on-line operations. Similarities and differences in the methodology and approach to each type of project will be covered. Hopefully listeners will come away with a better perspective of what is possible in this area and maybe what is not.
Speaker's Bio
Pete Nick is a registered PE in the state of California. His 35 year career has spanned the range of process support work with EPCM companies (Fluor & WorleyParsons - 14+ yrs comb.), to corporate operations and local advanced control & optimization(Unocal 13 yrs), IS/IT/Software Dev (Simsci/IBM/Siemens 6+ yrs) Mr. Nick has a BS from University of Arizona and an ME from Cal Poly Pomona, both in Chemical Engineering. He has lived in California for 34 of his 35 years, or 29 of his 35 years if you count travel time. He is a founding member of and past president (1987) of the Orange county section.
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Ben Lascelles, President CSULB AIChE, will give a 10-15 minute beer project presentation.
Cost: FREE for members!, $5 for other students WITH RSVP
We will meet to carpool at 4.15pm in front of RTH.
If you would like to RSVP to this event, please send an email to aiche.usc@gmail.com with your first and last name, student ID number, and indicate if you will be able to drive.
THE DEADLINE TO RSVP FOR THIS EVENT IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, AT 5PMLocation: CSU Long Beach Campus
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Six Sigma Black Belt
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you've learned. This course is presented in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period and in 10 weeks online.Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE's Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma, including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.
Location: USC campus or Online
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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GTHB Seminar
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Tim Roughgarden, Stanford University
Talk Title: Intrinsic Robustness of the Price of Anarchy
Abstract: The price of anarchy is a measure of the inefficiency of selfish behavior that has been successfully analyzed in many applications, including network routing, resource allocation, network formation, and even models of basketball. It is defined as the worst-case ratio between the welfare of a Nash equilibrium and that of an optimal (first-best) solution. Seemingly, a bound on the price of anarchy is meaningful only if players successfully reach some Nash equilibrium. Our main result is that for many of the classes of games in which the price of anarchy has been studied, results are "intrinsically robust" in the following sense: a bound on the worst-case price of anarchy for pure Nash equilibria *necessarily* implies the exact same worst-case bound for a much larger sets of outcomes, including mixed Nash equilibria, correlated equilibria, and sequences of outcomes generated by natural experimentation strategies (such as successive best responses or simultaneous regret-minimization).
Biography: Tim Roughgarden received his PhD from Cornell University in 2002 and joined the Stanford CS faculty in 2004. His research interests lie in theoretical computer science, especially its interfaces with game theory and networks. He wrote the book "Selfish Routing and the Price of Anarchy" (MIT Press, 2005) and co-edited the book "Algorithmic Game Theory", with Nisan, Tardos, and Vazirani (Cambridge, 2007). His significant awards include the 2002 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award (Honorable Mention), the 2003 Tucker Prize, the 2003 INFORMS Optimization Prize for Young Researchers, speaking at the 2006 International Congress of Mathematicians, a 2007 PECASE Award, the 2008 Shapley Lectureship of the Game Theory Society, and the 2009 ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award.
Host: GTHB
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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College Commons Panel Discussion
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sharon Swartz (Evolutionary Biology, Brown University), Akira Lippit (Cinema USC), and Michael Arbib (Computer Science and Neuroscience, USC) , Brown University & USC
Talk Title: Thinking With/As Animals
Abstract: When bees dance, when birds and whales sing and when bats echolocate, how close do these communicative methods come to what we call âlanguageâ? Furthermore, within evolutionary processes, how do manual gestures among humans become speech and how does a leg, in the case of the bat, become a wing? What essential changes to the nature of the human or the animal are signified by speech and flight? And how do we represent the relations between humans and animals in terms of choreographies of the gaze? Why and when do animals look at humans? What do they see when they do look? And how are human and animal gazes the same or different?
In a wide-ranging and dynamic panel discussion between Sharon Swartz (Evolutionary Biology, Brown University), Akira Lippit (Cinema USC), and Michael Arbib (Computer Science and Neuroscience, USC) we will engage these questions and more about the differences and similarities between animals and humans.
To secure your spot please RSVP to: tcc@college.usc.edu
Part IV of a Series of V: THE HUMAN-ANIMAL DIVIDE
Host: College Commons
Location: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Fall Spotlight - Aerospace, Mechanical, and Astronautical Engineering
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
A panel discussion featuring industry representatives, alumni, faculty and current student discussing opportunities in Aerospace, Mechanical, and Astronautical Engineering. For more detailed information please visit the Spotlight website at - http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/fye/spotlight.htm
Dinner is provided. RSVP to viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu with subject line: "RSVP for Spotlight on 11/16".Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Viterbi Undergraduate Students
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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Robot Babies: A Presentation by Star Trek Writer Melinda Snodgrass
Wed, Nov 17, 2010 @ 02:00 AM - 03:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
This talk is designed to raise several questions.
The first is to examine the purpose of the robot in fiction both in prose and on film. Ro-bots are used to fill this niche because the allow for an analysis of human problems and concerns through the eyes of The Other. Aliens can also fill this role. Ultimately we use the robot as a way to explore issues that confront humans. What does it mean to be human? What is morality? Do we have souls or just intellect?
In fiction we often treat the robot as a blank slate or even as a child learning the ways of the world. Which leads to the second question -- Why build an AI? Is this driven by our human need to create? A night of unprotected sex can accomplish that. Why build a machine? I would like to involve the audience in this part of the discussion.
If we do achieve true sentience with a machine what will be the relationship between us and our creation? Will we love them or fear them? They will be a life form that canât experience the world through the senses. Will human problems and concerns be of any interest to these AIs? Will they police themselves or will we have to build in constraints a la Asimovâs Three Laws?
Finally I will look at how I create dramatic stories regarding robots/AIâs, and also how the stories have changed as our world has become ever more wired. You notice there arenât very many stories about power hungry computers taking over the world any longer because weâve all faced the Blue Screen of Death. We live and work with computers every day, and we know they are fundamentally stupid.
So, if we build an AI do we make it smart enough and give it enough free will to be venal?
Melinda Snodgrass has written numerous science fiction novels, and helps edit and writes for the WILD CARD anthologies. In 1988 she accepted a job on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and began her Hollywood career. Her most recent Hollywood position was as Consulting Producer on the N.B.C. show PROFILER. She is presently at work on the second book of an Urban Fantasy series -- BOX OFFICE POISON about a blood sucking vampire law firm. The first in the series THIS CASE IS GONNA KILL ME will be out from Tor books in July. She has two movie scripts and two television pilots currently under consideration.Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 100
Audiences: Open, but please email tambe@usc.edu to reserve seat
Contact: Eric Mankin
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Damage Assessment for System Safety (DASS)
Wed, Nov 17, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
Sophisticated mathematical models and methods have been developed to estimate the level of impact of a hazardous condition. This course is intended to provide an overall understanding of these methods to help managers and system safety analysis reviewers understand the analysis conducted and results obtained by the experts in the field.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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Six Sigma Black Belt
Wed, Nov 17, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you've learned. This course is presented in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period and in 10 weeks online.Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE's Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma, including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.
Location: USC campus or Online
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Air Quality: What can be done with all that Ambient Data?
Wed, Nov 17, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Talk Title: Air Quality: What can be done witth all that Ambient Data?
Abstract: A fundamental element of air quality management is the ambient measurement of air quality. With the advent of contemporary instrumentation and the capability for fast electronic recording and archiving, a very large, long term data base now exists for much of the United States. These data can be used for a variety of purposes to inform decision makers. Perhaps the simplest application is the documentation of air quality trends. Much more insightful is the use of the data to extend knowledge about source-receptor relationships, and for using observationally-based models to interpret physical and chemical processes that can advance management practices. Some examples of âinnovativeâ analyses using ambient data show the potential for new information about air pollution and its usefulness in creating pollution reduction schemes.
Host: Dr. Ronald Henry
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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AME Department Seminar
Wed, Nov 17, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jean-Marc Chomaz, Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique
Talk Title: The Convective Modoki: The Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics of Real Flows
Abstract: Novel and versatile numerical tolls are used to compute the stability of complex real flows as recirculation bubble, impinging jets, 2D or 3D wakes. Receptivity to perturbation, to blowing and suction, to base flow modification and nonlinear coupling between modes may be accessed by formulating the adjoint problem. Computation of the adjoint global mode show that both the lift-up mechanism associated to the transport of the base flow by the perturbation and the convective nonnormality associated to the transport of the perturbation by the base flow explain the properties of the flow. In particular, a compact wave maker region may be rigorously defined where control will be efficient and nonlinear interaction take place. Application to the nonlinear dynamics of the wake of a disk and of vortex induced vibration will be discussed.
More Info: Dr. G. SpeddingLocation: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: Dr. G. Spedding
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EWH and TBP ESU Tester Build
Wed, Nov 17, 2010 @ 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Engineering World Health (EWH) is having the second build session of the semester next week! We will be partnering with Tau Beta Pi to build more ESU testers for hospitals in the developing world.
There will be FREE FOOD and music! See you there!Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristen Sharer
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ASBME Research Series: Dr. Alice Parker, Engineering the Brain
Wed, Nov 17, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
This Wednesday, Dr. Alice Parker, a dynamic Professor of Electrical Engineering will be speaking about the use of electrical engineering to applications in the brain. In her lab, she is currently designing CMOS and carbon nanotube neural nanocircuits, and investigating the timetable for a possible synthetic cortex. Dr. Parker has performed high-level synthesis research since 1975, and was one of the earliest such researchers in her field.
If you would like to attend and hear what professors do outside the classroom, please fill out the following form: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGxjVE5fTldnSnAtNlJiMXFUU1NMNXc6MQ
This event is open to all students, and as usual, dinner will be served! See you there for an engaging night!Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - 227
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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AIChE Speaker Series: Rob Cobas
Wed, Nov 17, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
ome join us at 6pm in GFS 101 to find out how you can become a part of the planning team for the CHE Holiday Party, AIChE's upcoming outreach programs, an AIChE IM soccer team, Spring's Senior Banquet, and much more. You can then stay for the speaker series below:
Ron Cobas is currently a Project Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) managing the company's Chemical Products Efficiency Program and the Refinery Energy Efficiency Program. Come out to hear him talk about the various ways SCE is helping promote energy efficiency across both industrial and residential areas.
PIZZA AND DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED!Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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ASCE Fred Flintstone Bowling Night
Wed, Nov 17, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Yabba dabba doo!!
ASCE will be hosting a bowling night Nov 17 at Shatto 39 Lanes!!
We will be carpooling to the lanes from KAP at 7pm. And the first 12 people to come to the event will receive a free shoe rental and one game of bowling from ASCE!!
To RSVP for bowling, shoot an email to us at: uscasce@usc.edu
Also if you are willing to drive people to this event please say so in the email.
Thanks,
And I hope to see you all there.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - Infront
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: American Society of Civil Engineers
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Six Sigma Black Belt
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you've learned. This course is presented in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period and in 10 weeks online.Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE's Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma, including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.
Location: USC campus or Online
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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CRA-W/CDC Distinguished Lecture Series
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Mondira (Mandy) Pant, Intel
Talk Title: Microprocessor Power Challenges
Abstract: The relentless pursuit of microprocessor performance over the last decade has been challenged by power consumption. The talk will provide an overview of the microprocessor power trends, reviewing historical efforts to control power such as thermal throttling. Also covered will be a review of power states and how they are used to reduce power in processors. Specific techniques used in today's generation of processors to reduce power like power gating; independent voltage and frequency domains; dynamic power and frequency scaling in response to processor loading and operating system state requests; making use of wide dynamic range, will be mentioned. Further the talk will include some discussions on power delivery challenges associated with these power reduction efforts.
Biography: Dr. Mondira (Mandy) Deb Pant received her B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from I.I.T Kharagpur, India in 1995. She picked up a MS in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA in 1997 and 2000 respectively. She joined Intel in Aug 2001 as part of the Alpha team acquisition from Compaq Computer Corporation where she worked since graduating in Aug 2000. The first couple of years she worked as the Sequential design lead on a next generation ItaniumTM microprocessor. Over the past couple of years, as a lead technologist in the area of power delivery and power management, she has been investigating and driving several issues in the power space, particularly on-chip power delivery issues, power management and power reduction on the next generation XeonTM server and ItaniumTM microprocessors at Intel. She has given several invited talks at various conferences and universities, most recently as a Keynote speaker at the GLVSI conference and is regarded as an expert in her field. In 2009, Mandy was been recognized by Mass High Tech as one of the top ten upcoming Women to Watch. To know more about her you can visit her website: www.mondirapant.com
Host: Prof. Timothy Pinkston
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 324
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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CENG, CS & CED/WIE Panel Discussion
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Mondira (Mandy) Pant, Intel, and Dr. Charles Lee Isbell, Jr., Georgia Tech
Talk Title: Why Pursue Graduate School?
Abstract: This panel encourages students to pursue graduate degree(s) in computing and engineering fields at Masterâs and Ph.D. levels. It aims to inspire and prepare students to be successful in graduate school pursuits. Questions addressed by the panel include the following: Why attend grad school, and why in a computing/engineering field as opposed to some other professional field? How does a graduate degree in a computing/engineering field impact oneâs career opportunities and earning potential? 3) What is the difference between a Masters and PhD, how long do each take, and how do the possible career paths differ between the two degrees? What is exciting about doing research, and how can one find out if research is interesting to him/her? How does one get accepted into graduate school, which schools, and how to pay for it? How can one best prepare him/herself to succeed in grad school? What are the biggest challenges?
Host: Prof. Timothy Pinkston, Senior Associate Dean of Engineering
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 324
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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Photonics Seminar Series
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 @ 12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Peter B. Catrysse, Stanford University
Talk Title: Metal optics at the nano-scale: from basic physics to integrated optoelectronic applications
Abstract: The manipulation of light is essential in many optoelectronic applications as well as in fundamental research. One of the emerging opportunities in light manipulation is the use of nanostructures. In information technology, for example, it can lead to smaller, faster information processing systems via monolithic integration of optics and electronics. In physics research, it can open up new regimes of light-matter interaction by greatly enhancing weak optical processes through highly-confined optical fields. In this talk, I present my work on the use of metallic nanostructures to control of light at deep-subwavelength scales. First, I describe my theoretical contributions to the basic physics of metal optics at the nano-scale. I demonstrate a conceptual approach for designing novel materials based on the existence of deep-subwavelength modes in metallic systems. Next, I describe my experimental contributions to the creation of ultra-compact photonic devices in optoelectronic systems. With the examples presented in this talk, I illustrate the rich set of opportunities for nano-scale metal optics research at the interface between fundamental physics and large-scale optoelectronic systems.
Biography: Dr. Peter B. Catrysse is an Engineering Research Associate in the E. L. Ginzton Laboratory at Stanford University. He holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He pioneered the integration of subwavelength metal optics in standard deep-submicron CMOS technology. His current work focuses on nanophotonics at the interface between basic physics and optoelectronic systems. He has authored more than 75 refereed publications and holds several US patents. Dr. Catrysse is a Brussels Hoover Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation, a Fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and the recipient of a 2008 Hewlett-Packard Labs Innovation Research Award.
Host: Michelle Povinelli
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/photonics/Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jing Ma
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/seminars/photonics/
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CS Colloquium: CRA-W/CDC Distinguished Lecture Series
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Charles Lee Isbell, Jr., Georgia Tech
Talk Title: Adaptive Drama Management: Bringing Machine Learning to Interactive Entertainment
Abstract: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in constructing rich interactive entertainment and training experiences. As these experiences have grown in complexity, there has been a corresponding growing need for the development of robust technologies to shape and modify those experiences in reaction to the actions of human participants.
When thinking about how machine learning and artificial intelligence could help, one notes that the traditional goal of AI games---to win the game---is not particularly useful; rather, the goal is to make the human player's play experience better while being consistent with the goals of the author.
In this talk, I will present our technical efforts to achieve this goal by using machine learning as a way to allow designers to specify problems in broad strokes while allowing a machine do further fine-tuning. In particular, I discuss (1) Targeted Trajectory Distribution Markov Decision Processes (TTD-MDPs), an extension of MDPs that provide variety of experience during repeated execution and (2) computational influence, an automated way of operationalizing theories of influence and persuasion from social psychology to help guide players without decreasing their feelings of autonomy. I also describe our evaluation of these techniques with both simulations and an interactive storytelling system with human subjects.
Biography: Dr. Charles Lee Isbell, Jr., received his BS in computer science in 1990 from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his PhD in 1998 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After four years at AT&T Labs, he returned to Georgia Tech as faculty at the College of Computing. Charles' research interests are varied, but recently he has been building autonomous agents that engage in life-long learning in the presence of thousands of other intelligent agents, including humans. His work has been featured in the popular media, including The New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as in technical collections, where he has won two best paper awards in this area. Charles also pursues reform in CS education. He was a developer of Threads, Georgia Tech's new structuring principle for computing curricula. Recently, he has become the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the College of Computing.
Host: Dr. Timothy Pinkston, Senior Associate Dean of Engineering
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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CENG Seminar: CRA-W/CDC Distinguished Lecture Series
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Charles Lee Isbell, Jr., Georgia Tech
Talk Title: Adaptive Drama Management: Bringing Machine Learning to Interactive Entertainment
Abstract: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in constructing rich interactive entertainment and training experiences. As these experiences have grown in complexity, there has been a corresponding growing need for the development of robust technologies to shape and modify those experiences in reaction to the actions of human participants.
When thinking about how machine learning and artificial intelligence could help, one notes that the traditional goal of AI games---to win the game---is not particularly useful; rather, the goal is to make the human player's play experience better while being consistent with the goals of the author.
In this talk, I will present our technical efforts to achieve this goal by using machine learning as a way to allow designers to specify problems in broad strokes while allowing a machine do further fine-tuning. In particular, I discuss (1) Targeted Trajectory Distribution Markov Decision Processes (TTD-MDPs), an extension of MDPs that provide variety of experience during repeated execution and (2) computational influence, an automated way of operationalizing theories of influence and persuasion from social psychology to help guide players without decreasing their feelings of autonomy. I also describe our evaluation of these techniques with both simulations and an interactive storytelling system with human subjects.
Biography: Dr. Charles Lee Isbell, Jr., received his BS in computer science in 1990 from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his PhD in 1998 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After four years at AT&T Labs, he returned to Georgia Tech as faculty at the College of Computing. Charles' research interests are varied, but recently he has been building autonomous agents that engage in life-long learning in the presence of thousands of other intelligent agents, including humans. His work has been featured in the popular media, including The New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as in technical collections, where he has won two best paper awards in this area. Charles also pursues reform in CS education. He was a developer of Threads, Georgia Tech's new structuring principle for computing curricula. Recently, he has become the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the College of Computing.
Host: Prof. Timothy Pinkston
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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Engineering Empowering Society: An Evening with Dean Yannis C. Yortsos
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, Salon A & B
10950 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
Join fellow Trojans and friends for an evening with Yannis C. Yortsos , dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Dean Yortsos will lead a thought-provoking discussion about world-changing discoveries in the areas of information science, biomedicine, energy and national security.
6:00 p.m. Reception and check in.
6:30 p.m. Discussion with Dean Yortsos
Self Parking is hosted. Valet parking is $11.
There is a $20/person suggested donation. Proceeds support USC Alumni Club of San Diego scholarships for engineering students. To register visit https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/SCA/events/event_order.cgi?tmpl=events&event=2307253Location: La Jolla, CA
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kathleen Concialdi
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Capture the Flag!
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come join your fellow engineers for a night of fun playing a game of Capture the Flag! Cookies and water provided! Bring a white and a cardinal shirt for your team color.
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: VSC
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Nov 19, 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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Discover Engineering Day
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 08:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
SHPE will be hosting Discover Engineering Day on Friday, November 19. We need volunteers to serve as mentors for high school students. We want to motivate students to pursue higher education, math, science and engineering. Volunteers will help by guiding them through interactive hands on activities that will introduce them to the different disciplines in engineering.
Find us on facebook (type in "Discover Engineering Day") or email shpe@usc.edu.Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
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Six Sigma Black Belt
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
This course teaches you the advanced problem-solving skills you'll need in order to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. Project assignments between sessions require you to apply what you've learned. This course is presented in the classroom in three five-day sessions over a three-month period and in 10 weeks online.Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices and techniques of Six Sigma to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn IIE's Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate.This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma, including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.NOTE: Participants must bring a laptop computer running Microsoft Office® to the seminar.
Location: USC campus or Online
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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AME Department Seminar
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ãlisabeth Guazzelli , Associate Professor, IUSTI - CNRS, Polytech'Marseille
Talk Title: Falling Clouds of Particles
Abstract: The time evolution of clouds of particles settling under the action of gravity in an otherwise pure liquid is investigated both experimentally and numerically. It is found that an initially spherical cloud containing enough particles is unstable even in the complete absence of inertia. The cloud slowly evolves into a torus which breaks up into secondary droplets which deform into tori themselves in a repeating cascade. The discrete nature of the particles is fundamental in the understanding of these instabilities. Faster breakup is observed for clouds of anisotropic particles such as fibers due to the self motion of the anisotropic particles. When inertia is finite, the cloud also deforms into a flat torus that eventually destabilizes and breaks up into a number of secondary droplets. While this behavior bears some similarity with that observed at zero-inertia, the underlying physical mechanisms differ. Moreover, the evolution of the cloud deformation is accelerated as inertia is increased. Two inertial regimes where macro-scale inertia and micro-scale inertia become successively dominant are clearly identified.
Host: Dr. E. Kanso
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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Computing with Stochastic Processors: Embracing Errors in Architecture and Design of Processors and Applications
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Rakesh Kumar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Talk Title: Computing with Stochastic Processors: Embracing Errors in Architecture and Design of Processors and Applications
Abstract: All of computing today relies on an abstraction where software expects the hardware to behave flawlessly for all inputs under all conditions. While the abstraction worked historically due to the relatively small magnitude of variations in hardware and environment, computing will increasingly be done with devices and circuits which are inherently stochastic or whose behavior is stochastic due to manufacturing and environmental uncertainties. For such emerging circuits/devices, the cost of maintaining the abstraction of flawless hardware will be prohibitive and we will need to fundamentally rethink the correctness contract between hardware and software. In our group, we are exploring a vision of computing systems where a) hardware and environmental variations are fully exposed to the highest layers of software in form errors, and b) hardware and software is optimized to maximize power savings afforded by relaxed correctness. We call the under-designed processors that produce stochastically correct results even under nominal conditions, stochastic processors. We call the applications that have been implemented to be adaptively error-tolerant, stochastic applications. In this talk, I will describe our recent approaches to architect and design stochastic processors and stochastic applications.
Biography: Rakesh Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He received a B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur in 2001 and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in September 2006. Prior to moving to Champaign in 2007, he was a visiting researcher with Microsoft Research at Redmond. His research interests are in computer architectures and programming models for emerging workloads, and computing in face of large scale errors. His research has been recognized by an Arnold O Beckman Research Award - 2009, FAA Creative Research Award - 2008, Intel Research Council Award - 2007-2009, UCSD CSE Best Dissertation Award - 2007, and an IBM PhD Fellowship 2005.
Host: Melvin A. Breuer
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 222
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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USC PSOC Monthly Seminar Series - Dr. Timothy Newman
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Timothy Newman, Professor of Physics, Physical Sciences, Director of Center for Biological Physics, Arizona State University
Talk Title: Modeling Active Processes in Cancer Progression and Embryogenesis
Abstract: Our group focuses on the study of multicellular dynamics, mainly through the use of large-scale computation. Our work is split evenly between two profoundly challenging yet distinct problems: embryo development and cancer. The Subcellular Element Model (ScEM ) we have developed allows for the simulations of large numbers of deformable three-dimensional cells in a grid-free setting. Briefly, each cell is described by a few hundred "subcellular elements" which represent the nodes of a coarse-grained cytoskeleton. Elements are visco-elastically coupled with short-range interactions. Neighboring cells interact through short-ranged interactions between peripheral elements on each cell. This algorithm allows a computationally efficient means to simulate three-dimensional cell shape and deformations. Despite the simplicity of its underlying framework, the ScEM has been shown to reproduce the basic rheological properties of cells on times scales greater than ~ 0.1s (Sandersius and Newman 2008). We are developing new modules for ScEM, building on the basic biomechanical foundation of the model. In particular, we are modeling active cell dynamics (e.g. polarization, cytoskeletal rearrangement) in order to capture important features of cell movement within tissue. I will discuss our recent work on adding layers of active cell behavior to the underlying model of cell mechanics, and how this has enabled us to describe gross cell deformations under applied stress, as well as fluid-like motions which are commonly seen in embryonic epithelia. I will also address the challenges in applying this methodology to modeling multicellular systems relevant to cancer progression.
Hosted by Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. For additional information, contact: glenda.redfield@med.usc.edu or 323-442-3849. Pizza and beverages will be provided at 11:45 a.m.
Host: Center for Applied Molecular Medicine
Location: May Ormerod Harris Hall, Quinn Wing & Fisher Gallery (HAR) - -kness Auditorium IGM
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Glenda Redfield
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W.V.T. Rusch Undergraduate Engineering Honors Program Colloquium
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sean Carroll, Senior Research Associate in Physics, Caltech
Talk Title: The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time
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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AIChE IGM Field Trip
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
The USC Institute for Genetic Medicine (IGM) houses a group of clinicians, scientists and engineers from multiple academic departments with a common interest in the use of genetic, molecular, and computational approaches for the study and treatment of human diseases. It it also home to an art gallery in which AIChE will be going to see as a group on Friday, November 19, 2010.
Come experience the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Project, a multi-discipline, multi-venue project first introduced in Japan and the U.S. in 1995 during reflection on the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. Then, the wounds of war and the complexities of empathy and loyalties tarnished celebration of the warâs end on the American side, while the spotlight lingered on the pain of those who paid the price for its definitive act: the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There will be a discussion about the exhibit, The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Project, with its focus on wise use of nuclear energy and the New START treaty discussions that will then be on the senate floor.
Find out more at http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/research/institutes/igm/index.html and check out AIChE-USC on Facebook for more updates on this exciting event!
PLEASE RSVP by emailling aiche.usc@gmail.com with your name and USC ID.Location: Health Sciences Campus
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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USC NSBE Pre-College Initiative Event
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 02:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join our NSBE Chapter as we lead a group of fourth and fifth-graders in an engineering project at Hillcrest Elementary School in Los Angeles.
Location: Hillcrest Drive Elementary School
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: NSBE National Society of Black Engineers
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof Elad Alon, Berkeley
Talk Title: Energy-Efficient Design: From Multi-Gb/s Wireless Communications to Nano-Electro-Mechanical Relays
Host: Prof. Hashemi
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Hossein Hashemi
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CS Colloquium
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Victor Lesser, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Talk Title: Reflections on being an AI System Architect
Abstract: I will share with you the intellectual intuitions and serendipities that have shaped my research career. I first discuss my early research that includes my PhD thesis work at Stanford on a reconfigurable multiprocessor and my post-doc work as the system architect for the Hearsay-II system at CMU (the first fully instantiated blackboard system) that have strongly influenced my later research. These ideas will include distribution of control, meta-level and self-aware control, managing inconsistency rather than eliminating it, the importance of learning as an integral part of a system's architecture, and recognizing that experimentation is more than gathering statistics. In discussing these ideas, I will present a number of systems that I have developed with my students that embody these ideas. I will conclude the lecture by discussing some of my recent work on organizational control that brings many of these ideas together. The basis of this lecture comes out of two papers on my web site: ftp://mas.cs.umass.edu/pub/lesser/system_architect_webdoc.pdf and ftp://mas.cs.umass.edu/pub/LabHistory_Web-Article.pdf
Biography: Victor R. Lesser received his B.A. in Mathematics from Cornell University in 1966, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1973. He then was a post-doc/research scientist at Carnegie-Mellon University, working on the Hearsay-II speech understanding system. He has been a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since 1977, and was named Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in 2009. His major research focus is on the control and organization of complex AI systems. He is considered a leading researcher in the areas of blackboard systems, multi-agent/ distributed AI, and real-time AI. He has also made contributions in the areas of computer architecture, signal understanding, diagnostics, plan recognition, and computer-supported cooperative work. He has worked in application areas such as sensor networks for vehicle tracking and weather monitoring, speech and sound understanding, information gathering on the internet, peer-to-peer information retrieval, intelligent user interfaces, distributed task allocation and scheduling, and virtual agent enterprises.
Professor Lesser is a Founding Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and an IEEE Fellow. He was General Chair of the first international conference on Multi-Agent Systems (ICMAS) in 1995, and Founding President of the International Foundation of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (IFAAMAS) in 1998. To honor his contributions to the field of multi-agent systems, IFAAMAS established the "Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award." He received the UMass Amherst College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) Outstanding Teaching Award (2004) and Outstanding Research Award (2008), and the Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity (2008). Professor Lesser was also the recipient of the IJCAI-09 Award for Research Excellence.
Host: Prof. Milind Tambe
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 124
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...
Sat, Nov 20, 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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Eyes on the Middle East
Sat, Nov 20, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
See the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873338 for event schedule.
The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is complex and controversial. Filmmakers on both sides are using cinematic media to express a variety of perspectives about struggles in the Middle East and the quest for peace. This two-day event will feature screenings of dramas and documentaries that offer diverse insights and alternatives to violence. Filmmakers from Israel, Palestine and the United States, including Hany Abu-Assad, Adi Arbel, Ronit Avni, Joseph Cedar, Barak Heymann, Ibtisam Maraâana, Eran Riklis and Ari Sandel, will discuss their work, the issues that they are engaging and the powerful role cinema can play in increasing international awareness and understanding.
Organized by Jeremy Kagan (Cinematic Arts), John Odell (International Relations), Dave OâBrien (Cinematic Arts) and the USC Change Making Media Lab.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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MESA Madness
Sat, Nov 20, 2010 @ 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering K-12 STEM Center
Student Activity
Science and engineering 'hands-on' activities for MESA Middle School students.
Audiences: MESA Middle School Students
Contact: Larry Lim
