IEEE Academic Spotlight (11/9): "Riding the Next Wave of Computing" with Dr. Pinkston

As device technology continues to scale into the nanometer regime enabling an exponential growth in the number of transistors integrated on a chip, the ability of computer systems to exploit potential processing parallelism hinges on sound interconnection network design. Interconnection networks provide connectivity between multiple computer system components to support communication of growing amounts of data reliably in minimal time, energy, and cost. Advancements in this aspect of computer system architecture and design is critically important for continued progress to be made in multicore computing-the new wave of parallel processing. In this talk, recent trends and developments in this area will be discussed against the backdrop of how computing is pervading our lives.

Learn more about this academic spotlight and its location by visiting the EVENTS page!

"Raising Funds" from USC IDEAs Start-Up Series (11/10)

A note from the Vice-President of USC IDEAs (USC Innovation Driven Entrepreneurial Association):

We would like to invite you and the members of your student organization to join us for our upcoming event Tuesday, November 10th, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm in Taper Hall, Room 101. Here, USC IDEAs will be hosting "Raising Funds," our second event of the "Start-Up Series." Jason Nazar, co-founder and CEO of DocStoc.com will be speaking of his experience of starting his company and raising money from Venture Capital Funds and Angel Investors. If someone is to start an organization, whether private or public, he/she will need funds to do so. You can contact us at USCIDEAs@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Michael Manis

ArcGIS Training: Refresher and Advanced Classes

Ready to take the next step in GIS and Community Analysis? New Urban Research's New ArcGIS: Refresher/Advanced Workshops are designed to expand your skills in ArcGIS through exercises conducted from the comfort of your own home or office.

Refresher and Advanced Class Schedule

Refresher: Creating a Basic Reference Map
Dates Offered: 11/10/09, 12/8/09 (10am PST, 1pm EST)

Downloading Free 2008 Shapefiles from the Census
Dates Offered: 11/10/09, 12/8/09 (12pm PST, 3pm EST)

Advanced Class: Geocoding
Dates Offered: 11/11/09, 12/9/09 (10am PST, 1pm EST)

Downloading Census Data and Joining to a Shapefile
Dates Offered: 11/11/09, 12/9/09 (12pm PST, 3pm EST)

Refresher: Spatial Queries
Dates Offered: 11/12/09, 12/7/09 (10am PST, 1pm EST)

Advanced Class: Projecting Shapefiles
Dates Offered: 11/12/09, 12/7/09 (12pm PST, 3pm EST)

Advanced Class: Working with Attribute Tables in ArcGIS 9.3.1
Dates Offered: 11/17/09, 12/15/09 (10am PST, 1pm EST)

Advanced Class: Publishing Maps to Google Earth
Dates Offered: 11/17/09, 12/15/09 (12pm PST, 3pm EST)

Refresher: Thematic and Categorical Mapping
Dates Offered: 11/18/09, 12/16/09 (10am PST, 1pm EST)

Advanced Class: Digitizing Paper Maps
Dates Offered: 11/18/09, 12/16/09 (12pm PST, 3pm EST)

For more information on each workshop and to register visit http://www.nur-online.com/

Participants should have knowledge of ArcGIS or completed our Mapping Your Community: Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis Workshop.

Technical Requirements: A PC with Windows Operating System and ArcGIS 9.x or higher. High speed internet connection. An unzipping program such as WinZip.

Times: 10:00am PST and 12:00pm PST depending on the workshop. These are one-hour workshops.

Registration Fee: $125/workshop or $1050/series*

*Series includes all 10 workshops.

Note: These are Tele-Classes. Written exercises and files are emailed to participants one-week before workshop date. You can work through the exercise before class, or just follow along during the tele-class. Students are provided a tele-conference number with which to dial in.

New Urban Research, Inc. is a national social research organization specializing in quantitative and spatial community analysis. New Urban Research, Inc. 2301 NW Thurman St, Suite S. Portland, Oregon 97210 | 877.241.6576 | www.nur-online.com

Upcoming Microsoft Event at USC (11/14)

A note from Microsoft recruiter...

Good afternoon!

I am one of the Microsoft Staffing Associates who works alongside Jaime Dodds to connect with the bright minds at the University of Southern California. We are very excited to have the opportunity to visit your campus NEXT WEEK, and wanted to give you a heads-up about the various events we will be hosting/attending in the next few weeks/months. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Upcoming Events...
College Puzzle Challenge
When? Saturday, Nov 14th 9am-9pm

Assemble a team of four crack puzzlers and prepare for 12 hours of intense puzzle solving!
To register your team and learn more about the challenge, visit our exclusive website at http://www.collegepuzzlechallenge.com

Want to stay up to date with MS Happenings? Follow us on Twitter: @Microsoft_U

Questions? E-mail Microsoft's USC Recruiter Jaime at Jdodds@microsoft.com