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Corral de Piedras (CDP) Project Meeting
Sun, Nov 13, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come join EWB's Corral de Piedras (CDP) Project Meetings! In CDP, we are building a rainwater catchment system on a schoolhouse for the kids to drink water during school, with plans on expanding the system further.
Questions/Comments? Feel free to email us at EWB@usc.edu!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 164
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
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La Estanzuela (LE) Project Meeting
Sun, Nov 13, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Come join EWB's La Estanzuela (LE) Project Meetings! In LE, we are currently in the midst of constructing a water wheel pump delivery system to provide drinkable water to many of the families in the community.
Question/Comments? Feel free to email EWB@usc.edu!
*Note: Location is listed as "KAP" and it just means to meet in the lobby and we'll find a room together! It's usually KAP 164 or the few rooms around it. See you there!Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid. Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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On Campus Freshmen Admission Interviews continue...
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
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 9, 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 2012
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Helicopter Accident Investigation
Mon, Nov 14, 2011 @ 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 14, 2011 @ 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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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Nov 14, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Abraham Lee, Ph.D., William J. Link Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, UC Irvine
Talk Title: Microfluidic Delivery of Medicine at the Biological Scale
Abstract: Microfluidic Delivery of Medicine at the Biological Scale
Abraham P. Lee
1*Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at Irvine
2Micro/nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus (MF3) Center
E-mail: aplee@uci.edu
ABSTRACT
Life at the fundamental level is an intricate network of compartmentalized volumes of molecules with specialized functions and energy fields that drive them. This compartmentalization enables precise reactions that allow complex operations such as the immune response, regulation and adaptation, repaire and maintenance, parallel processing, and hierarchical self-assembly. The same compartmentalization also inspired âdigital biologyâ where molecules and purified reagents are co-located in âdigital reactorsâ and manipulated by microfluidic operations. Microfluidic technologies enable the processing and manipulation of volumes that are equivalent to the fundamental units in biology (cells â 10s picoliters, organelles â femtoliters, viruses, biomolecules - < attoliters). In this talk I will focus on these digital microfluidic processors that are developed in my lab. These devices are capable of detection and manipulation at the cellular and molecular level with high throughput for large-scale molecular and cellular analyses. In this talk, I plan on introducing three projects in my lab: (1) a 1-million droplet array platform for DNA studies and genetic analyses. In this platform, we take advantage of droplet microfluidics to develop bioreactors at the cellular scale that confine the reagents for single molecular amplification and large-scale detection. We developed the microfluidic techniques that enable the self-assembly of tunable 3D droplets for ultra-high-density digital micro-reactor arrays. This project has implications in personalized medicine. (2) A microfluidic platform to produce lipid vesicles as artificial cells that can mimic cellular machinery in a controlled and high throughput manner. The same platform is also used to produce acoustically-activated artificial cells with the potential for theranostic (therapeutic and diagnostic) applications. (3) Lateral cavity acoustic transducers (LCATs) towards sample-to-answer point-of-care applications. These LCATs are versatile microfluidic platforms capable of pumping, mixing, sorting, and separation.
Biography: 1*Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at Irvine
2Micro/nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus (MF3) Center
E-mail: aplee@uci.edu
Host: BME Department
More Information: Abstract USC.doc
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Mon, Nov 14, 2011 @ 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Kazior, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
Talk Title: Advanced Microelectronics Technology: Heterogeneous Integration of III-V Devices and Si CMOS on a Silicon Substrate
Host: Hossein Hashemi
More Information: Seminar_Speaker_Kazior_2011_11_14.pdf
Location: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Hossein Hashemi
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Electrical Engineering Alumni Networking Reception
Mon, Nov 14, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University Calendar
Donât miss the 1st Bay Area EE Alumni Networking Reception. Join us to learn about ground breaking research being conducted in Electrical Engineering at USC, how MHI plans to engage alumni through innovative and important projects and events and of course to see old friends and network with other local EE alumni. Our goal is to stay connected with you so we can recognize your achievements and provide future opportunities for all Electrical Engineering students and graduates.
Tickets
$25 in advance (checks and credit cards accepted)
$35 at the door (cash and checks only)
Ticket includes reception style food, passed/stationary hors dâ oeuvres & non-alcoholic beverages. Cash bar
tickets are limited
To RSVP and pay by credit card please visit the below link: http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/specialevents/esvp/ (type in code: EE_ALUMNI_RECEPTION)
For any questions or to RSVP and pay by check please contact Danielle Hamra at hamra@usc.edu or 213-740-2694More Information: EE Alumni Reception invite.pdf
Location: Fairmont San Jose, 170 South Market Street San Jose, CA 95113
Audiences: EE Bay Area Alumni
Contact: Danielle Hamra
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Speaker Series with MuckerLab
Mon, Nov 14, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
William Hsu is going to talk to us about his recently launched accelerator that is based here in LA.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC NOBE
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AME Department Seminar
Tue, Nov 15, 2011 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Tony Maxworthy, Smith International Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Professor. Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. University of Southern California.
Talk Title: A Fascination with Fluids: Vortices and Vortex Breakdown
Abstract: The problem of the dynamics of long slender vortices, e.g., tornadoes, dust devils,
waterspouts, fire whirls, internal flow in rotating machinery, leading edge and trailing
vortices on lifting surfaces, etc, has been a fascination for me for close to 50 years. A
sequence of experimental studies will be presented, together with reasoned physical
explanations and related theoretical arguments, that attempt to bring some order to the
sometimes-controversial discussion that has swirled about the subject during that time.
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: Robert Glen Rapp Engineering Research Building (RRB) - 208
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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Joint Seminar of USC Center on Public Diplomacy & Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tue, Nov 15, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Massoud Pirbazari, USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Talk Title: Safe Water for All Nations & Engineering Public Diplomacy CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
Abstract: The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to host Professor Massoud (Mike) Pirbazari and the student research team from his project, âSafe Water for All Nations (S.W.A.N.)â to discuss how environmental engineering and public diplomacy intersect at the most basic human needâwater. This talk will be led by Naomi Leight, CPDâs Assistant Director for Research and Publications.
Water, essential to humankindâs existence, is increasingly unavailable because of pollution, failure to develop conservation programs, and mismanagement of water resources. During the near future, water shortages could lead to conflict in many parts of the world. Water-related problems are global in scope, and although international bodies actively support initiatives to conserve and fairly allocate water, not enough is being done to address this critical topic.
With this conversation, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy launches its Water Diplomacy Initiative which will result in a number of academic publications on Water Diplomacy, a major conference on the topic in spring of 2012, a briefing in Washington, D.C., and continuing research activities addressing this critical issue.
During the conversation, Dr. Pirbazari and his team will present their research projects and how the S.W.A.N. project has addressed some of the most pressing water issues. S.W.A.N is an initiative that focuses on the improvement of drinking water quality for citizens of developing countries. S.W.A.N.'s goal is to provide comprehensive and visually based information so that people, at the household level, can treat their water, and in turn, improve their health and well-being.
For more information on the initiative, please click here.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public, however you must R.S.V.P. below.
Parking is available on the USC campus for $8. Please enter through USC Gate 3 at Figueroa St. and McCarthy Way and purchase parking for Parking Structure X.
Tags: water diplomacy ⢠public diplomacy
RSVP
Please note that you must RSVP separately for each day of a multi-day event.
Host: USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Location: Social Sciences Building (SOS) - 250
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Summer Research Internships in Engineering
Tue, Nov 15, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
This workshop will be interactive and will provide information and advice on the following topics:
⢠How to prepare for graduate school
⢠Overview of summer research internships
⢠Application Process
Sharnnia Artis, Ph.D., is the Director of Education and Outreach for the Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science at University of California, Berkeley. In this position, she is responsible for managing pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate educational and outreach programs, including recruitment and retention of undergraduate and graduate students in engineering. Dr. Artis holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech.
Lunch provided.
RSVP to viterbi.ced@usc.eduLocation: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Traci Thomas Navarro
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iPhone and iPad App Development Workshop
Tue, Nov 15, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Prep for the Mobile Hackathon by learning iOS with some of USC's faculty and staff. Learn how to utilize the new iPhone 4S to make some amazing. No mobile experience necessary, just come with a development environment set up (details to come on the Facebook page)and weâll get you off the ground running with iOS, no Objective-C experience necessary!
NOTE: iOS SDK is FREE for developers, and requires $99 ONLY when developers wish to release an app in the appStore or for a few other features. That's just to clear up some confusion.
Check out the event on Facebook for updates and details:
http://on.fb.me/tHIfKOLocation: TBD
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Association for Computing Machinery
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Corral de Piedras (CDP) Travel Application Due
Tue, Nov 15, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Corral de Piedras (CDP) Travel Application due by Tuesday, November 15, 5PM to Kristen, the project manager for CDP, at ewb.usc.projectmanager1@gmail.com. The travel application is attached to this event. Get those travel applications in!
Email EWB@usc.edu or ewb.usc.projectmanager1@gmail.com if you have any questions!More Information: CDP - Travel Application.doc
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
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Intel Information Session
Tue, Nov 15, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
What: Intel Info Session
Where: SAL 101
Date: 11/15, TBD
Join us for an Information Session where you will learn what it is like to be an Engineer at Intel. You can ask current employees questions and have the opportunity to network with them. Free food will be served and we look forward to seeing you there. More info will be added as the event date approaches.Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Communications, Networks and Systems (CommNetS) Seminar: On source-channel separation over networks
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Suhas Diggavi, UCLA
Talk Title: On source-channel separation over networks
Series: Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Abstract: One of the important architectural insights from information theory is the Shannon source-channel separation theorem. For point-to-point channels, the separation theorem shows that one can compress a source separately and have a digital interface with the noisy channel coding; and that such an architecture is (asymptotically in block size) optimal. Therefore the importance of this is that one can 'layer' the architecture by separating the data compression into bits and the 'physical layer' of coding for noise. The optimality of this attractive architecture is known to break down in networks, for example for broadcast channels or multiple access channels. Nonetheless, this architecture is the basis for network layering in many of the current network architectures.
A natural question is to study the 'cost' of separation, that is, how much do we lose through separation, and cases where we can demonstrate that separation is indeed optimal. We show that the separation approach is optimal in two general network scenarios, and is approximately optimal in a third general scenario. We will also connect the approximate optimality of separation to work on multiple description data compression. We will also mention special situations where one can demonstrate explicit optimal (hybrid) source-channel coding strategies.
Parts of this work are joint with Chao Tian, Shlomo Shamai and Jun Chen.
Biography: Suhas N. Diggavi received a B. Tech. degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA. After completing his Ph.D., he was a Principal Member Technical Staff in the Information Sciences Center, AT&T Shannon Laboratories, Florham Park, NJ. After that he was on the faculty of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, EPFL, where he directed the Laboratory for Information and Communication Systems (LICOS). He joined UCLA as Professor of Electrical Engineering in 2010.
He is a recipient of the 2006 IEEE Donald Fink prize paper award, 2005 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference best paper award and the Okawa foundation research award. He was an associate editor for Communication Letters and was a guest editor for a special issue in the IEEE Journal on Special Topics in Signal Processing. He is currently an associate editor for the ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking and the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (Shannon theory). He has 8 issued patents.
Host: Prof. Rahul Jain
More Info: http://csi.usc.edu/~dimakis/CommNetS/doku.php?id=startLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Rahul Jain
Event Link: http://csi.usc.edu/~dimakis/CommNetS/doku.php?id=start
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Astani CEE Department Seminar
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Salar Niku, Ph.D., P.E., Vice-President, Tetra Tech, Pasadena Division, Pasadena, CA
Talk Title: Innovative and economical measures in remediation of contaminated sites (example: A site in Downtown Los Angeles)
Abstract: The methods used to investigate and remediate several former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites will be discussed, focusing on one site located in Downtown Los Angeles. There are about 2,500 of MGP sites in United States. Several innovative measures that were applied during the investigation, in determination of cleanup goals, for risk assessment, during design and feasibility studies, and during remedial actions will be discussed, with some documentary photos. These measures were applied for technical as well as economic reasons. The major chemicals of concern for such contaminated sites are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Biography: Dr. Niku completed his graduate studies in the field of civil-environmental engineering at Stanford University and University of California, Davis. He has been an instructor of environmental as well as project management courses at the University of Southern California (USC), University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and University of California at San Diego (UCSD).
Host: Prof. Ronald Henry
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209 Conference Room
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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AME Department Seminar
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Hagop Barsamian, Section Manager. Contamination Control Engineering. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. Space Systems Division. Redondo Beach, CA 90278.
Talk Title: Keeping the House CleanâThe Control of Spacecraft Contamination
Abstract: Contamination can degrade the performance of spacecraft systems. Accumulation of particulate and molecular contamination will cause undesired changes in optical, thermal control and guidance systems of spacecraft. These changes include increase in solar absorptance of thermal control surfaces, and the reduction in transmittance or scatter of light in optical systems. Identification of contamination sensitivities and quantification of the allowable contamination levels on these systems is a logical first step. Once identified, plans are implemented to mitigate the effects of contamination and maintain an acceptable level of hardware cleanliness. The controls that are put in place throughout the manufacture, assembly and testing of these spacecraft systems include selection of materials for the hardware design, use of cleanrooms to control the environment, and monitoring of contamination levels. These efforts will help minimize system performance degradation due to contamination and lead to mission success.
More Info: http://ae-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ae-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
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Be Your Biggest Advocate: Advocating for Yourself in an Organization
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
Hear from Raytheonâs Delisha Stanley on successful ways to confidently communicate your needs in the workplace or
professional organization.
Delisha A. Stanley is an 11 year employee of Raytheon and is currently a senior chemist in the Analytical Chemistry group, part of the Mechanical and Optical Engineering Center.
Ms. Stanley is active in the community. She is a member of the National Association of University Women (NAUW) serving South Central Los Angeles communities. Her primary focus is exposing middle school girls to careers in Engineering and Science through presentations about the importance of math and science
education.
Dinner provided.
RSVP to viterbi.ced@usc.edu.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 306
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Traci Thomas Navarro
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ASBME: General Meeting 10
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Are projects and midterms straining your relationships with family and friends? Experienced attorney-mediator Diana Mercer will be sharing her expert advice with USC students about relationship building, conflict resolution and communication strategies. Her presentation will address common college issues such as e-board disputes, roommate disputes, student-professor disputes, student-parent disputes, and team project disputes. As founder of Peace Talks Mediation Services, Diana strives to provide her clients with constructive, sensible, cost-effective and forward-thinking solutions. For those who are interested in law, Diana will also share her experiences practicing law in Los Angeles. As always, dinner will be provided.
Location: TCC 227
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
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An Evening with Amiri Baraka
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. to RSVP, click on the links below beginning Monday, October 24, at 9 a.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=189
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=189
Reception to follow.
In ways more forceful than its literary predecessors, the Black Arts Movement, as the aesthetic counterpart to the Black Power Movement, championed a Black Nationalist agenda, challenged Eurocentrism in U.S. literature, reminded us that âBlack Is Beautifulâ and uplifted the work of many writers who would illustrate the political potential of the arts. Join us as Black Arts Movement founder, poet and political activist Amiri Baraka, one of the most controversial and productive writers of the twentieth century, presents an evening of poetry, performance and conversation about his life and his lifeâs work. An extremely accomplished writer, Baraka is a professor emeritus at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has won numerous awards, including an Obie for Dutchman, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Langston Hughes Award from the City College of New York, the Rockefeller Foundation Award for Drama, the James Weldon Johnson Medal for contributions to the arts and the Before Columbus Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.
Organized by Javon Johnson (American Studies and Ethnicity).
Photo: Frank Stewart
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - Grand Ballroom
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Android App Development Workshop
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Prep for the Mobile Hackathon by learning Android with some of ACM's finest. No mobile experience necessary, just come with a development environment set up (details to come on the Facebook page) and weâll get you off the ground running with Android, no java experience necessary.
You will learn the Android Basics from Hello World to on-board orientation sensors!
You will learn:
- Use camera
- Use motion sensors
- handling GUIelements in Android's layout manager
- Graphic / Animations
and more!
Check out the event on Facebook for updates and details:
http://on.fb.me/uPS8N2Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 540
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Association for Computing Machinery
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SWE 2nd General Meeting-SPA Day
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
You do not want to miss this event! In our last corporate-sponsored blowout of the year, Intel is joining us for a workshop in beauty! We'll be painting nails and applying masks while getting to know SWE's corporate mentor from Intel and some of the opportunities there. Then we'll be bringing ingredients and recipes that you can mix up into your own homemade beauty products to take home!! We'll be serving fruit, cheese, and fruit infused water, so stop by and get a taste of the SWE SPA!
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 115
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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An Information-Theoretic Characterization for Sparse Signal Processing and Applications
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: George Atia, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Talk Title: An Information-Theoretic Characterization for Sparse Signal Processing and Applications
Abstract: We present an information-theoretic characterization for problems in sparse signal processing. First, we consider the group testing problem where the goal is to recover a small distinguished subset of items from a large population while efficiently reducing the total number of tests. Establishing its connection to Shannon-coding theory, we formulate the group testing problem as a channel coding/decoding problem and derive a unifying result that characterizes the sample complexity through computation of a mutual information expression. We show that this result is fairly general and applicable to many interesting scenarios in sparse signal processing, including Bayesian compressive sensing and relevant features' identification. We derive precise sample complexity bounds for these cases.
Biography: George Atia joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Fall 2009, where he is currently a postdoctoral research associate with the Coordinated Science Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Boston University, Massachusetts, in 2009. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees, both in Electrical Engineering, from Alexandria University, Egypt, in 2000 and 2003, respectively. He is the recipient of many awards including the outstanding graduate teaching fellow of the year award in 2003-2004, the 2006 College of Engineering Deans Award at the Science and Engineering Research Symposium, and the best paper award at the International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) in 2008. His main research interests are in wireless communications, statistical signal processing and information theory. His current research focus is on controlled sensing for inference and sparse signal processing.
Host: Prof. Urbashi Mitra, ubli@usc.edu, x04667
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Altera Information Session
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Targeted student audience:BS,MS,PhDLocation: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Windows Phone 7 App Development Workshop
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
For the best workshop youâve ever attended, weâve brought in Microsoftâs Sam Stokes, laden with prizes and free pizza as welll as the knowledge of a Windows Phone 7 and XNA games aficionado so that he can teach you from start to finish how you make your own Windows Phone 7 application in less than 3 hours. NO C# EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Just come with your development environment set up (details to come on the Facebook page) and weâll be off and running at 6 oâclock. If you come with your dev environment set up, we will automatically enter you in a raffle for cool prizes from Microsoft!
Check out the event on Facebook for updates and details:
http://on.fb.me/uzltRdLocation: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 160
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Association for Computing Machinery
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Viterbi Spotlight : Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Still not quite sure of which Viterbi major is right for you? Considering Civil or Environmental Engineering as possible options? Want to learn about the challenges, rewards and the future of these fields of engineering? Then, come to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Spotlight Program! Hear from our panel of alumni and/or industry representatives as they talk about their experiences and learn first-hand what it's like working in these fields. Then practice your networking skills by mingling with our panelists over pizza!
If you are attending, please RSVP by emailing viterbi.studentservices@usc.edu with "RSVP CE/ENE Spotlight" in the subject line.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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ASBME: Mentoring Program Olympics
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Link to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZIV1RaM254MV9Qclp0OVBWR25hVWc6MQ
Location: McCarthy Quad
Hey mentors and mentees! It's been awhile since I've planned anything fun for you guys, so in order to make up for that, I'm planning something SUPER DUPER FUN!
You will compete as teams in funtastic events which require no athletic skill whatsoever!
Teams who have done mentor activities will get bonus points coming into the event, but it's still anybody's game! The games will be surprises, the prizes will be MOVIE TICKETS! (for any movie you want)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
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Comedy@SCA Festival
Fri, Nov 18, 2011
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. Reservations will be accepted beginning Friday, October 28, at 9 a.m. at http://cinema.usc.edu.
A three-day festival hosted by USC School of Cinematic Arts professors Jack Epps, Jr., David Isaacs and Barnet Kellman will celebrate comedy in film, television and new media. The festival will be presented in conjunction with the launch of the Comedy@SCA Initiative, a new multidisciplinary track at the School of Cinematic Arts. The festival will open with a sneak-preview screening of an unreleased comedy feature followed by an interview with principal artists involved. Discussions with prominent comedy writers, directors, producers and performers will be presented throughout the weekend on topics including classic television comedy, comedy and animation, film and new media, comedy and new media and current television comedies.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
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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The USC Power Research Workshop
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 @ 08:30 AM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
This Power Research Workshop is aimed at developing an understanding of future possible research directions and opportunities. The aim is to explore the possibilities in a broad sense and identify areas where USC might meaningfully contribute.
The presentations will be video recorded. Slides presented will also be made available and incorporated into a workshop proceedings document.
Agenda:
8:30am Coffee
8:55am Welcome
9:00am DoD perspective, James Short, OSD ATL
9:30am Smart grid research, Viktor Prasanna
10:00am Power electronics, Slobodan Cuk
10:30am Coffee break
11:00am Home of the future, Gordon Roesler / Behrokh Khoshnevis
11:30am Solar voltaic research, Dan Dapkus
12:00pm Batteries and fuel cell research, Sri Narayan / Surya Prakash
12:30pm Lunch (sandwiches and salads provided)
1:15pm The USC Energy Institute, Don Paul
1:30pm SCE perspective, Syed Ahmed
2:00pm Batteries, Chongwu Zhou
2:30pm Discussion and recommendations, led by Tony Levi
3:15pm Coffee break
3:30pm Close
Further information and assistance, Marilyn Poplawski, eepadmin@usc.edu, (213) 740-7874More Information: The USC Power Research Workshop Announcement with Bios.pdf
Location: Ahmanson Center (ACB) - 238
Audiences: All Engineering Faculty
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
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USC Transfer Day: Engineering & Admission Talk, Financial Aid Presentation, Tour and Advisement
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 @ 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. You can RSVP online at www.usc.edu/visitusc. Please call (213) 740-6616 for more information.
Location: USC University Park Campus
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Day at the Museum
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 @ 09:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Day at the museum is an event where SHPE invites 100 middle school students to the California Science Center. There we provide a tour of the Science Center and the students get a chance to engage in hands-on activities. We then host a lunch right outside of the Science Center for students and volunteers so we can have a more personal environment to answer any questions about college, engineering, math or science. We culminate our event by giving the students a tour of the USC campus and answering any remaining questions.
Volunteer to get a chance to explore the Science Center while making a difference in the community! Free lunch for volunteers!
If you are interested in volunteering please follow the link and fill out the form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHh6OU9Td21YN0lUNml0ZFR1cmYyOFE6MA
Contact Rosa Delgado at rosadelg@usc.edu or (818)371-0135 for more informationLocation: California Science Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
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USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Monthly Seminar Series
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 @ 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Jorge Nieva, Clinical Hematologist and Oncologist, Department of Oncology, Billings Clinic
Talk Title: Cancer Metastasis and the Fluid Biopsy
Abstract: Prognostic serum markers in cancer therapy have existed for decades primarily as protein based tumor markers. While providing information on prognosis they have failed to inform treating physicians on the evolution of cancer. The advent of technology that permits the re-capture and analysis of tumor cells allows the study of cancer cell phenotypic and genotypic changes over the natural history of the disease. We have developed a platform for the capture and analysis of epithelial cancer cells from the circulation that provides a significant advance over existing technological platforms. This seminar will review the history of protein based cancer biomarkers, describe the existing and future technology platforms for analysis of epithelial cells in circulation and describe the future uses of this technology both in drug development and clinical cancer care.
Biography: USC was selected to establish a $16 million cancer research center as part of a new strategy against the disease by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and its National Cancer Institute. The new center is one of 12 in the nation to receive the designation. During the five-year initiative, the Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers will take new, nontraditional approaches to cancer research by studying the physical laws and principles of cancer; evolution and the evolutionary theory of cancer; information coding, decoding, transfer and translation in cancer; and ways to de-convolute cancerâs complexity. As part of the outreach component of this grant, the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine is hosting a monthly seminar series.
Host: Center for Applied Molecular Medicine
Location: Clinical Science Center (CSC) - #250 Harkness Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Yvonne Suarez
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Computer animation production - a software perspective
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Saty Raghavachary, Head of Digital Training for DreamWorks Feature Animation
Talk Title: Computer animation production - a software perspective
Abstract: Dr. Saty Raghavachary, Senior Training with Digital Training for DreamWorks Feature Animation, will present "Computer animation production - a software perspective" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amanda Atkinson
Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/
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Integrated Systems Seminar Series
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Michael Flynn, University of Michigan
Talk Title: Techniques for Efficient Data Conversion and Flexible Wireless Transceivers in Nanometer CMOS
Host: Hossein Hashemi
More Information: Seminar_Speaker_Flynn_2011_11_18.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Hossein Hashemi
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EWB - La Estuanzuela Travel Application Due
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
La Estuanzuela (LE) Travel Application due by Friday, November 18, 5PM to Augusto, the project manager for LE, at ewb.usc.projectmanager2@gmail.com. The travel application is attached to this event. Get those travel applications in!
Email EWB@usc.edu or ewb.usc.projectmanager2@gmail.com if you have any questions!More Information: LE - Travel Application.doc
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
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ACM's Mobile Hackathon
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
The time has come yet again for ACMâs largest programming competition yet: The Mobile Hackathon where we give you 48 hours to program the app idea that youâve been dreaming of in secret all year. Start forming your teams now, or pitch your great idea at the kick-off and see who wants to join you. Either way, get ready to make something amazing in a single weekend!
The competition will run from our Kickoff Meeting at 6:00pm until our closing ceremonies/presentations during dinner on Sunday at 8:00pm. Rooms will be available in THH, including our âbreak roomâ where we will provide meals throughout the weekend.
Youâre all going to have an amazing time, but we do play for keeps: hundreds of dollars of prizes will be waiting for top-placing teams. Cool, funny, and amazing apps will be made in less time than you ever thought possible and we plan to reward you!
Check out the event on Facebook for updates and details:
http://on.fb.me/unSLySLocation: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 202
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Association for Computing Machinery
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Viterbi Ball
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 01:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
The Viterbi Graduate Student Association (VGSA) presents:
Viterbi Ball
Friday, November 18th
7:00 pm - 1:00am
The Radisson Hotel, USC Ballroom
Light dinner will be served.
Dress to impress!!!
We hope to see you there!!!Location: The Radisson Hotel - USC Ballroom
Audiences: Graduate
Contact: VGSA
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Comedy@SCA Festival
Sat, Nov 19, 2011
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. Reservations will be accepted beginning Friday, October 28, at 9 a.m. at http://cinema.usc.edu.
A three-day festival hosted by USC School of Cinematic Arts professors Jack Epps, Jr., David Isaacs and Barnet Kellman will celebrate comedy in film, television and new media. The festival will be presented in conjunction with the launch of the Comedy@SCA Initiative, a new multidisciplinary track at the School of Cinematic Arts. The festival will open with a sneak-preview screening of an unreleased comedy feature followed by an interview with principal artists involved. Discussions with prominent comedy writers, directors, producers and performers will be presented throughout the weekend on topics including classic television comedy, comedy and animation, film and new media, comedy and new media and current television comedies.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
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 19, 2011
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
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ASBME: Thanksgiving Dinner
Sat, Nov 19, 2011 @ 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Link to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/a/usc.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5FMUdENjFYaVl2R05BOWxkOEJhdWc6MQ
We will be enjoying an ASBME Thanksgiving dinner and a viewing of the Oregon vs USC game. This will be a chance to bond with fellow members and ASBME E-Board!Location: Parkside Cafe
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited