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SWE Starts With Me!
Sun, Nov 30, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
SWE would like to cordially invite you to participate in our first annual SWE Starts With Me this November!
THE CONTEST
1. Bring a friend to a SWE event!
2. Invite your friend to be a SWE member!
3. Once they become a member, complete this form.
4. Both you and your friend are entered into our Grand SWE Raffle!
5. The more friends you convert, the more times your name is entered into the Grand SWE Raffle!
THE RAFFLE
The Grand Prize of the Growing the Community Contest will be a FREE trip to SWE's Regional Conference next Spring - including access to an exclusive Career Fair and career development workshops. Other raffle prizes include: Gift Cards, SWE swag and Company Swag!
Any member that successfully grows the Community by 10 members will AUTOMATICALLY receive a FREE trip to the Regional Conference
Become a member of SWE!
Want to become a National member of SWE? If you are a member, you will be able to attend all of our chapter's huge networking events (Professional Development Night, Fall Evening with Industry), our Membership Appreciation Days and Members Retreat in addition to getting the National benefits (applying for scholarships, and attending Regional and National Conference.) If you are interested, please sign up for the SWE National Membership (USC Chapter) online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership and then send a copy of your membership receipt to Maisie Gwynne at mgwynne@usc.edu.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Dec 01, 2014
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://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/meetusc_sw.html 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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SWE 2014 Holiday Goldie Blox Project
Mon, Dec 01, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
During this winter season, opt to participate in SWE's exciting new project to get in the Holiday spirit by giving back to the local community!
This year, SWE will be distributing 100 Goldie Blox sets to young girls at local schools and the Orthopedic Institute.
We will be tabling at RTH from Monday December 1st to Thursday December 4th, where we will be accepting donations of any size - $10 alone is enough to fund one whole Goldie Blox set! Anyone can donate (yes, guys you too!)
We will also be hosting the first annual SWE Holiday Wrapping Party - Join us on Thursday December 4th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm to wrap the Goldie Blox and celebrate the season with treats, festive music, good time together before finals!
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE :)
* Goldie Blox toys were designed by a female engineer who believed strongly that it is extremely important for girls to gain experience in engineering from an early age with fun toys that encourage their problem solving, puzzle, and creativity skills. Help SWE make this a reality for local girls by investing in the local community.
For more information visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/334907983368229/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcomingLocation: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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SWE 2014 Holiday Goldie Blox Project
Mon, Dec 01, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
During this winter season, opt to participate in SWE's exciting new project to get in the Holiday spirit by giving back to the local community!
This year, SWE will be distributing 100 Goldie Blox sets to young girls at local schools and the Orthopedic Institute.
We will be tabling at RTH from Monday December 1st to Thursday December 4th, where we will be accepting donations of any size - $10 alone is enough to fund one whole Goldie Blox set! Anyone can donate (yes, guys you too!)
We will also be hosting the first annual SWE Holiday Wrapping Party - Join us on Thursday December 4th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm to wrap the Goldie Blox and celebrate the season with treats, festive music, good time together before finals!
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE :)
* Goldie Blox toys were designed by a female engineer who believed strongly that it is extremely important for girls to gain experience in engineering from an early age with fun toys that encourage their problem solving, puzzle, and creativity skills. Help SWE make this a reality for local girls by investing in the local community.
For more information visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/334907983368229/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcomingLocation: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Dec 01, 2014 @ 12:30 AM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Richard H. Casaburi, M.D., M.Eng, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine Associate Chief of Research, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology & Medicine Professor, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology & Medicine Academic Advancement Program
Talk Title: TBA
Biography: http://people.healthsciences.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=47332
Host: Stanley Yamashiro
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Lost in Fathoms: A conversation on art and science collaborations at dawn of the Anthropocene
Mon, Dec 01, 2014 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Anaïs Tondeur & Jean-Marc Chomaz, Visual Artist & Director of Research at CNRS in Paris, France
Talk Title: Lost in Fathoms: A conversation on art and science collaborations at dawn of the Anthropocene
Abstract: Anais Tondeur and Jean-Marc Chomaz will discuss their practice art and science and reflect on a year of collaboration which led to the project LOST IN FATHOMS, an art and science investigation around the disappearance of an island. This series of installation is exhibited at GV Art Gallery from October 16th to November 19th, 2014.
In 2012, at the very point where two continents collided, the island of Nuuk disappeared without a trace. At the same time, the 34th International Geological Congress advanced a new era - the Anthropocene: an age where mankind has become a global telluric force. Was the disappearance of Nuuk Island a one-off or a direct consequence of the emergence of the Anthropocene? In one year of research involving the oceanographic fluids laboratories of Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Normale Superieure (FR), and Cambridge University (UK), this project set out to investigate the causes that led Nuuk Island to disappear from the horizon line.
They will discuss how this project challenges our perception of oceanic and geologic time scales and human's impact on the environment and ways this research explores the narrative and profoundly human nature of science through the looking glass of the fiction.
Biography: Anaïs Tondeur is a visual artist who works and lives in Paris. She has been commissioned as an artist in residence at the Hydrodynamics laboratory (LadHyx, CNRS, Polytechnique School) (2014-2013, FR), Les 26 Couleurs in their Centre for New Media Arts (2013, FR), Audax Textiel Museum (2011, NL), the Cité Internationale de la dentelle (2011, FR). Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions in Paris and London and group exhibitions shown nationally and internationally. She graduated from the MA Mixed Media at Royal College of Art in 2010, after completing a BA (Hons) in Textiles at Central Saint Martins in 2008. Anaïs Tondeur is represented exclusively by GV Art gallery, London.
Jean-Marc Chomaz is Director of Research at the CNRS, Professor at Ãcole Polytechnique, Chair of the LaSIPS department of University Paris-Saclay and associate editor of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. He is Fellow of the American Physical Society (2001), Churchill College (2008) and received the silver medal of CNRS (2005) and the Ampère price of the French Science Academy (2012). His works on soap films, global instability of real flows, vortex breakdown, zigzag instability and turbulence cascade in stratified flow are largely referenced. In 1992, he co-founded the Laboratoire dâHydrodynamique and initiated art and science collaborations that has led to more than twenty installations realized in collaboration with ten different artists which have been shown in France and abroad.
Host:
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Valerie Childress
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Society of Women Engineers: General Meeting
Mon, Dec 01, 2014 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Check out our Facebook page SWE-USC for more details!
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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SWE 2014 Holiday Goldie Blox Project
Tue, Dec 02, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
During this winter season, opt to participate in SWE's exciting new project to get in the Holiday spirit by giving back to the local community!
This year, SWE will be distributing 100 Goldie Blox sets to young girls at local schools and the Orthopedic Institute.
We will be tabling at RTH from Monday December 1st to Thursday December 4th, where we will be accepting donations of any size - $10 alone is enough to fund one whole Goldie Blox set! Anyone can donate (yes, guys you too!)
We will also be hosting the first annual SWE Holiday Wrapping Party - Join us on Thursday December 4th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm to wrap the Goldie Blox and celebrate the season with treats, festive music, good time together before finals!
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE :)
* Goldie Blox toys were designed by a female engineer who believed strongly that it is extremely important for girls to gain experience in engineering from an early age with fun toys that encourage their problem solving, puzzle, and creativity skills. Help SWE make this a reality for local girls by investing in the local community.
For more information visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/334907983368229/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcomingLocation: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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USC Graduate Engineering Information Session
Tue, Dec 02, 2014 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, a top ranked graduate engineering program by U.S News and World Report, is located Los Angeles and offers Master's and Doctoral programs in a variety of engineering disciplines. Join us for an information session and Q&A to learn about the academic programs available, application criteria, and scholarships.
Register to attendLocation: ONLINE EVENT
Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: Laura Hartman
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ASBME GM#6: Making the Most out of LinkedIn
Tue, Dec 02, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
LinkedIn is a key component to starting and improving your professional online presence. Networking, finding and applying for positions, and much more is available through this site. Sarah Yoo from the Career Center is here to teach you everything you need to know about making the most of your LinkedIn profile in addition to teaching you networking etiquette and strategy. Bring your computer and any questions you may have regarding LinkedIn and online networking!
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 252
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Dec 03, 2014
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://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/meetusc_sw.html 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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SWE 2014 Holiday Goldie Blox Project
Wed, Dec 03, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
During this winter season, opt to participate in SWE's exciting new project to get in the Holiday spirit by giving back to the local community!
This year, SWE will be distributing 100 Goldie Blox sets to young girls at local schools and the Orthopedic Institute.
We will be tabling at RTH from Monday December 1st to Thursday December 4th, where we will be accepting donations of any size - $10 alone is enough to fund one whole Goldie Blox set! Anyone can donate (yes, guys you too!)
We will also be hosting the first annual SWE Holiday Wrapping Party - Join us on Thursday December 4th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm to wrap the Goldie Blox and celebrate the season with treats, festive music, good time together before finals!
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE :)
* Goldie Blox toys were designed by a female engineer who believed strongly that it is extremely important for girls to gain experience in engineering from an early age with fun toys that encourage their problem solving, puzzle, and creativity skills. Help SWE make this a reality for local girls by investing in the local community.
For more information visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/334907983368229/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcomingLocation: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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Computer Science Faculty Meeting - RTH 217
Wed, Dec 03, 2014 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Workshops & Infosessions
Event details will be emailed to invited attendees.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 217
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Big Data and Human Behavior Speaker Series: Tom M. Mitchell (E. Fredkin University Professor) Carnegie Mellon University
Wed, Dec 03, 2014 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Workshops & Infosessions
How does the human brain use neural activity to create and represent meanings of words, sentences and stories?One way to study this question is to have people read text while scanning their brain, then develop machine learning methods to discover the mapping between language features and observed neural activity. We have been doing such experiments with fMRI (1 mm spatial resolution) and MEG (1 msec time resolution) brain imaging, for over a decade. As a result, we have learned answers to questions such as "Are the neural encodings of word meaning the same in your brain and mine?", "Are neural encodings of word meaning built out of recognizable subcomponents, or are they randomly different for each word?," and "What sequence of neurally encoded information flows through the brain during the half-second in which the brain comprehends a single word, or when it comprehends a multi-word sentence?" This talk will summarize some of what we have learned, newer questions we are currently working on, and will describe the central role that machine learning algorithms play in this research.
Location: Cammilleri Hall, BCI
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Wed, Dec 03, 2014 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Steven Low, Caltech
Talk Title: Semidefinite Relaxation of Optimal Power Flow
Series: CommNetS
Abstract: The optimal power flow (OPF) problem seeks to optimize a certain objective, such as power loss, generation cost or user utility, subject to Kirchhoffâs laws, power balance as well as capacity, stability and contingency constraints on the voltages and power flows. It is a fundamental problem that underlies many power system operations and planning. It is nonconvex and many algorithms have been proposed to solve it approximately. A new approach via semidefinite relaxation of OPF has been developed in the last few years.
In this tutorial, we present a bus injection model and a branch flow model, formulate OPF within each model, and prove their equivalence. The complexity of OPF formulated here lies in the nonconvex quadratic constraints on the feasible set of OPF. We characterize these feasible sets that lead to three different convex relaxations based on semidefinite programming (SDP), chordal extension, and second-order cone programming (SOCP). When a convex relaxation is exact, an optimal solution of the original nonconvex OPF can be recovered from every optimal solution of the relaxation. We summarize three types of sufficient conditions that guarantee the exactness of these relaxations.
Biography: Steven H. Low is a Professor of the Department of Computing & Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Electrical Engineering at Caltech. Before that, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, and the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is a Senior Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems and the IEEE Transactions on Network Science & Engineering, is on the editorial boards of NOW Foundations and Trends in Networking, and in Electric Energy Systems, as well as Journal on Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks. He is an IEEE Fellow and received his B.S. from Cornell and PhD from Berkeley, both in EE.
Host: Prof. Ashutosh Nayyar and the Ming Hsieh Institute
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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SWE 2014 Holiday Goldie Blox Project
Thu, Dec 04, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
During this winter season, opt to participate in SWE's exciting new project to get in the Holiday spirit by giving back to the local community!
This year, SWE will be distributing 100 Goldie Blox sets to young girls at local schools and the Orthopedic Institute.
We will be tabling at RTH from Monday December 1st to Thursday December 4th, where we will be accepting donations of any size - $10 alone is enough to fund one whole Goldie Blox set! Anyone can donate (yes, guys you too!)
We will also be hosting the first annual SWE Holiday Wrapping Party - Join us on Thursday December 4th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm to wrap the Goldie Blox and celebrate the season with treats, festive music, good time together before finals!
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE :)
* Goldie Blox toys were designed by a female engineer who believed strongly that it is extremely important for girls to gain experience in engineering from an early age with fun toys that encourage their problem solving, puzzle, and creativity skills. Help SWE make this a reality for local girls by investing in the local community.
For more information visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/334907983368229/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcomingLocation: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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USC Graduate Engineering Information Session
Thu, Dec 04, 2014 @ 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, a top ranked graduate engineering program by U.S News and World Report, is located Los Angeles and offers Master's and Doctoral programs in a variety of engineering disciplines. Join us for an information session and Q&A to learn about the academic programs available, application criteria, and scholarships.
Register to attendLocation: ONLINE EVENT
Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: Laura Hartman
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Zhisheng Niu Seminar
Thu, Dec 04, 2014 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Zhisheng Niu, Tsinghua University
Talk Title: 5G: A Paradigm Shift of Cellular Networks
Abstract: Abstract: Cellular concept was invented to improve the spectrum efficiency by spectrum reuse and has contributed a lot for the explosive deployment of todayâs mobile communication industry. As mobile data and video traffic is fast growing, the next-generation mobile communication (5G) networks are expected to further provide 10-fold more capacity than 4G mobile networks with the limited spectrum as well as energy resources. To deal with this challenge, the traditional physical- and MAC-layer capacity-enhancement approaches are no more sufficient and efficient. A system- or network-level approach is needed, including rethinking about the existing cellular structure. On the other hand, cellular networks are transforming from just a mobile communication platform to a smart information infrastructure on which more and more always-online type of traffic (e.g., short but frequent signaling packets of various social networks, sensing information of smart earth and smart community, control packets in cooperative heterogeneous wireless networks) need to be handled in an energy-efficient way. As a result, the existing cellular framework should be revisited.
Biography: Zhisheng Niu graduated from Northern Jiaotong University (currently Beijing Jiaotong University), Beijing, China, in 1985, and got his M.E. and D.E. degrees from Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan, in 1989 and 1992, respectively. After spending two years at Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, he joined with Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1994, where he is now a professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering, deputy dean of the School of Information Science and Technology, and director of Tsinghua-Hitachi Joint Lab on Environmental Harmonious ICT. He is also a guest chair professor of Shandong University. His major research interests include queueing theory, traffic engineering, mobile Internet, radio resource management of wireless networks, and green communication and networks.
Dr. Niu has been an active volunteer for various academic societies, including Director for Conference Publications (2010-11) and Director for Asia-Pacific Board (2008-09) of IEEE Communication Society, Membership Development Coordinator (2009-10) of IEEE Region 10, Councilor of IEICE-Japan (2009-11), and council member of Chinese Institute of Electronics (2006-11). He is now a distinguished lecturer (2012-13) of IEEE Communication Society, editor of IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, associate editor-in-chief of IEEE/CIC joint publication âChina Communicationsâ, standing committee member of both Communication Science and Technology Committee under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China and Chinese Institute of Communications (CIC), and vice chair of the Information and Communication Network Committee of CIC.
Dr. Niu received the Outstanding Young Researcher Award from Natural Science Foundation of China in 2009 and the Best Paper Awards (with his students) from the 13th, 15th and 19th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communication (APCC) in 2007, 2009, and 2013, respectively. He is now the Chief Scientist of the National Basic Research Program (so called â973 Projectâ) of China on "Fundamental Research on the Energy and Resource Optimized Hyper-Cellular Mobile Communication System" (2012-2016), which is the first national project on green communications in China. He is now a fellow of both IEEE and IEICE.
Host: Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Andreas Molisch
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/about/news/2014/12/01/distinguished-visiting-fellow-zhisheng-niu/
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elise Herrera-Green
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/about/news/2014/12/01/distinguished-visiting-fellow-zhisheng-niu/
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CS Distinguished Lecture: Frans Kaashoek (MIT) - The Multicore Evolution and Operating Systems
Thu, Dec 04, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Frans Kaashoek, MIT
Talk Title: The Multicore Evolution and Operating Systems
Series: CS Distinguished Lectures
Abstract: Multicore chips with hundreds of cores will likely be available soon. Although many applications have significant inherent parallelism (e.g., mail servers), their scalability on many cores can be limited by the underlying operating system. We have built or modified several kernels (Corey, Linux, and sv6) to explore OS designs that scale with increasing number of cores. This talk will summarize our experiences by introducing the commutativity rule, a
design method for developing perfectly scalable software.
Joint work with: S. Boyd-Wickizer, A. Clements, Y. Mao, A. Pesterev, R. Morris, and N. Zeldovich
This lecture will be available to stream HERE starting promptly at 3:30 PM.
Biography: Frans Kaashoek is the Charles Piper Professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory since January 1993. Before joining MIT, he was a student at the department of Computer Science (afdeling Informatica) at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He received a Ph.D degree ('92) from the Vrije Universiteit for his thesis Group communication in distributed computer systems, under the guidance of Andy Tanenbaum.
In 1998 Frans cofounded Sightpath Inc, which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2000. He also helped found Mazu Networks Inc and served on its board until Riverbed Technology Inc acquired Mazu in 2009.
Host: Wyatt Lloyd
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Dec 05, 2014
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://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/meetusc_sw.html 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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Graduate Engineering Open House 2014
Fri, Dec 05, 2014 @ 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Graduate Engineering Open House 2014 is a Viterbi School event for students interested in pursuing their Master's degree at one of the top ranked graduate engineering institutions in the nation. We request that attendees have earned or are candidates to earn at least a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or hard science (such as physics, chemistry or biology).
Breakfast and lunch will be provided and there is no charge to attend the event. However, registration is required.
More information and register to attendLocation: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: Laura Hartman
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AI SEMINAR - Towards a computational framework for how we represent other people
Fri, Dec 05, 2014 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Damian Stanley, Caltech
Talk Title: Towards a computational framework for how we represent other people
Abstract: Predicting other peoplesâ beliefs, desires, and intentions is a primary function of human cognition and is essential to thrive in our complex social world. To do this efficiently and successfully, we must form lasting representations of individuals and social groups based on information we receive through personal and vicarious experience. My research is focused on developing a computational account of the neurocognitive mechanisms through which we learn about other people, make social predictions, and are influenced by social biases. To achieve this, I employ a multidisciplinary approach, integrating a wide range of techniques from cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, neuroeconomics, computational modeling of learning and decision-making, and clinical psychology. My theoretical model of social learning and decision-making treats social group biases as a set of initial guesses (akin to Bayesian priors) that inform our social decision-making when we lack specific information about a person with whom we are interacting. Using these priors as a starting point, we form and update our mental representation of a person (as well as their social group) on the basis of observed behavior. I will present behavioral and neural data on the influence of race bias on trust estimations, as well as the computational processes through which we learn about individualsâ traits and intentions (i.e., theory of mind), and how these processes might be disrupted in individuals with social impairments (e.g. Autism Spectrum Disorder). These results suggest that while many common processes support learning about social and non-social entities, there may also exist neural computations unique to social learning.
Biography: Damian Stanley completed his Ph.D. in Neural Science at New York University in 2005, studying mid-level visual processing. In his postdoctoral work, he turned his focus toward developing a computational account of the neurocognitive processesthrough which we learn about and represent other people. In his first postdoctoral position with Elizabeth Phelps at New York University he investigated how implicit race biases influence social trust. In his current postdoctoral position, with Drs. Ralph Adolphs and John OâDoherty at Caltech, he uses computational models and model-based fMRI to characterize typical and atypical (e.g. autism spectrum disorder) social learning. This line of research is funded by an NIMH career development award (K01-MH099343).
Host: Greg Ver Steeg
Webcast: http://webcasterms1.isi.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=8d563808c16942bda353a815b33370d01dLocation: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 11th floor conference room
WebCast Link: http://webcasterms1.isi.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=8d563808c16942bda353a815b33370d01d
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kary LAU
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Motion Correction and Pharmacokinetic Analysis in Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography
Fri, Dec 05, 2014 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Hassan Mohy-ud-Din, Departments of ECE, AMS, and Radiology Johns Hopkins University, MD
Talk Title: Motion Correction and Pharmacokinetic Analysis in Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography
Abstract: My talk will focus on two important aspects of Positron Emission Tomography (PET):
(i) Motion-compensation , and (ii) Pharmacokinetic analysis of dynamic PET images.
Motion-compensation in Dynamic PET Images: Dynamic PET images are degraded by inter-frame and intra-frame motion artifacts that can affect the quantitative and qualitative analysis of acquired PET data. I will present a Generalized Inter-frame and Intra-frame Motion Correction (GIIMC) algorithm that unifies in one framework the inter-frame motion correction capability of Multiple Acquisition Frames and the intra-frame motion correction feature of (MLEM)-type deconvolution methods. GIIMC employs a fairly simple but new approach of using time-weighted average of attenuation sinograms to reconstruct dynamic frames. Extensive validation studies show that GIIMC algorithm outperforms conventional techniques producing images with superior quality and quantitative accuracy.
Parametric Myocardial Perfusion PET Imaging using Physiological Clustering: We propose a novel framework of robust kinetic parameter estimation applied to absolute flow quantification in dynamic PET imaging. Kinetic parameter estimation is formulated as nonlinear least squares with spatial constraints problem where the spatial constraints are computed from a physiologically driven clustering of dynamic images, and used to reduce noise contamination. The proposed framework is shown to improve the quantitative accuracy of Myocardial Perfusion (MP) PET imaging, and in turn, has the long-term potential to enhance capabilities of MP PET in the detection, staging and management of coronary artery disease.
Biography: Hassan Mohy-ud-Din is a final year PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA. He is also pursuing an MA (thesis) in Applied Mathematics and Statistics. He completed his BS in Electronics Engineering from GIK Institute of Engineering and Technology in Pakistan. His research lies at the intersection of Applied Mathematics and Medical Imaging. His work on dynamic cardiac PET imaging won the 2014 Bradley-Alavi fellowship from SNMMI and 2014 SIAM Student Travel (Hong Kong). He has presented his work at various conferences and universities and carries a teaching experience of over 9 years.
Host: Professor Richard Leahy
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia White
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NL Seminar- Multisensory integration in a neural framework for concepts
Fri, Dec 05, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Kingson Man , USC/BCI
Talk Title: Multisensory integration in a neural framework for concepts
Series: Natural Language Seminar
Abstract: How are concepts represented in the brain? When we hear the ringing of a bell, or watch a bell swinging back and forth, is there a shared "BELL" pattern of neural activity in our brains? Philosophers have debated the nature of concepts for centuries, but recent technical advances have allowed neuroscientists to make contributions to this topic. The combination of functional neuroimaging and machine learning has allowed us to examine distributed patterns of activity in the human brain to decode what they represent about the world, and to what level of abstraction. I describe our recent findings that revealed a hierarchical organization of multisensory information integration, leading to representations that generalize across different sensory modalities. I will also discuss our work on the social function of concepts, which enables the communication of similar thoughts and associations between individuals.
Biography: I am a research associate at the Brain and Creativity Institute of the University of Southern California. I earned my Ph.D. at USC, mentored by Antonio Damasio. I am interested in the general problem of consciousness, and in particular how different sensations are bound together by the brain into a unified experience of the world.
Host: Aliya Deri and Kevin Knight
More Info: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Webcast: http://webcasterms1.isi.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=56056025433c402fa77a297e7b2e24381dLocation: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 6th Flr Conf Rm # 689, Marina Del Rey
WebCast Link: http://webcasterms1.isi.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=56056025433c402fa77a297e7b2e24381d
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Peter Zamar
Event Link: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/