USC Global Conversation 2014

USC New York Global Conversation “Defining Future Reality” • New York • 2014

WELCOME

Welcome to the 2014 USC Global Conversation. We have brought together a unique group of technology innovators to present a glimpse into our institution’s digital future and to highlight USC’s continued leadership in the digital age.

From breakthroughs in medicine to storytelling in virtual environments, society is quickly transforming through the ways we collect, analyze and translate massive amounts of data.

New York is ideal for holding this conversation. Like Los Angeles, the city is a center of scholarship, art, business and innovation – a vibrant, global city that serves as an incubator for collaboration

and entrepreneurial endeavors. It is also home to more than 5,000 members of our Trojan alumni network.

Today, leading research universities must have a deep connection to the digital realm to create consequential research and scholarship. USC has long been on the forefront of this technology and its application across the disciplines. Our academic community looks to you to participate in a dialogue that advances solutions to problems in an increasingly digital and interconnected world.

I am pleased that you have joined our conversation.

Sincerely, Elizabeth Garrett USC Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

“This USC community calls to mind the strivings of the original Renaissance humanists, who saw little need to make a distinction between their explorations of the empirical world and their explorations of the creative world.

This gave them an unparalleled ability to see new pathways that were invisible to others.�

C. L. Max Nikias USC President

SCHEDULE

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Networking Breakfast 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

by Master of Ceremonies James G. Ellis, dean of the USC Marshall School of Business 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks

by Elizabeth Garrett, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

The Future of Medicine and Health Care (Part 1) introductions by Carmen A. Puliafito, M.D., dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and featuring speakers: • Scott Fraser, Ph.D., provost professor of biological sciences and biomedical engineering, on imaging • Leslie Saxon, M.D., chief of cardiovascular medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, on body computing

12:45 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.

Keynote Address A Conversation with Media Innovator Jimmy Iovine moderated by Erica Muhl, dean of the USC Roski School of Art and Design; executive director of the USC Iovine Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. Conversation followed

by Q&A. 1:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Networking Break 2:00 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.

The Future of Experiencing Reality (Part 1) introduction by Elizabeth M. Daley, Ph.D., dean of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and featuring speaker: • Alex McDowell, visiting associate professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, on world building 2:25 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

The Future of Experiencing Reality (Part 2) introduction by Yannis C. Yortsos, Ph.D., dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and featuring speaker:

10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

Networking Break

• Hao Li, Ph.D., professor of computer science, on bridging physical and digital worlds

11:10 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

The Future of Medicine and Health Care (Part 2) introductions by Dean Puliafito, and featuring speakers:

2:50 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

The Future of Experiencing Reality (Part 3) a panel discussion and Q&A moderated by Dean Daley and Dean Yortsos

• Arthur W. Toga, Ph.D., provost professor of ophthalmology, neurology, psychiatry and the behavioral sciences, radiology and engineering, on brain informatics • Julie Zissimopoulos, Ph.D., associate director of the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, on access to health care 11:50 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

The Future of Medicine and Health Care (Part 3) a panel discussion and Q&A moderated by Dean Puliafito

3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Institute for Creative Technologies Presentation introductions by Michael Quick, Ph.D., executive vice provost, with Albert “Skip” Rizzo, ICT director for medical virtual reality Closing Remarks

by Provost Elizabeth Garrett 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Digital Innovation Showcase and Closing Reception

12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Buffet Luncheon

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTING MEMBERS Wallis Annenberg Chairman, President and CEO Annenberg Foundation

Christopher Cox President Bingham Consulting, LLC, and Partner, Bingham McCutchen, LLP

Wanda M. Austin President and CEO The Aerospace Corporation

Frank H. Cruz President Cruz & Associates

Lisa Barkett Attorney and Community Leader

David H. Dornsife Chairman of the Board The Herrick Corporation

Thomas J. Barrack Jr. Founder, Chairman and CEO Colony Capital, LLC

Michelle Dedeaux Engemann Community Leader

Marc Benioff CEO and Chairman salesforce.com Joseph M. Boskovich Sr. Chairman and CIO Old West Investment Management, LLC Robert A. Bradway Chairman and CEO Amgen Inc. Gregory P. Brakovich Managing Partner Crossroads Capital Group, LLC Ramona Cappello President and CEO Sun Harvest Salt, LLC Rick J. Caruso President and CEO Caruso Affiliated Alan I. Casden Chairman and CEO Casden Property Company LLC

* Ronnie C. Chan “USC has a strong international representation on our Board of Trustees, and this has opened many doors for our students, faculty and alumni.”

C. L. Max Nikias

Chairman Hang Lung Group Limited Hang Lung Properties Limited Yang Ho Cho Chairman and CEO Korean Air

Daniel J. Epstein Chairman and Founder ConAm Management Frank J. Fertitta III Chairman and CEO Station Casinos and Fertitta Entertainment Carol Campbell Fox Education Consultant Chengyu Fu Chairman Sinopec Corporation Stanley P. Gold Chairman Shamrock Holdings, Inc. Tamara Hughes Gustavson Partner American Commercial Equities Jane Harman Director, President and CEO Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Ming Hsieh Former Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman Cogent, Inc. Ray R. Irani Chairman and CEO Ray Investments, LLC Former Chairman and CEO Occidental Petroleum Corporation

USC President

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Suzanne Nora Johnson Former Vice Chairman The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Lydia H. Kennard Chairman KDG Development & Construction Consulting Kenneth R. Klein Chairman and CEO Tintri, Inc. John Kusmiersky President The Brickstone Companies Daniel D. Lane Chairman Lane/Kuhn Pacific, Inc. Mitchell W. Lew CEO Prospect Medical Group M贸nica C. Lozano Chairperson of the Board U.S. Hispanic Media Inc. John C. Martin Chairman and CEO Gilead Sciences, Inc. Kathleen L. McCarthy Chairperson Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation John Mork (Chairman) CEO Energy Corporation of America Jerry W. Neely Chairman and CEO (Retired) Smith International, Inc. C. L. Max Nikias President University of Southern California Robert Padgett Emergency Physician (Retired) Jane Hoffman Popovich Chairman Hoffman Properties

Blake Quinn Chairman, President and CEO Quinn Group, Inc.

Andrew J. Viterbi President Viterbi Group, LLC

Joan A. Payden President and CEO Payden & Rygel

Lorna Y. Reed Community Leader

Willis B. Wood Jr. Chairman and CEO (Retired) Pacific Enterprises

Frank Price Chairman and CEO Price Entertainment, Inc.

LIFE TRUSTEES

Bruce M. Ramer Partner Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown

Leonard D. Schaeffer Founding Chairman and CEO (Retired) Wellpoint

Malcolm R. Currie Chairman of the Board and CEO (Retired) Hughes Aircraft Company

Steven B. Sample President Emeritus University of Southern California

William J. Schoen Chairman The Schoen Foundation

Gavin S. Herbert Chairman Emeritus Allergan Inc.

Richard J. Stegemeier Chairman Emeritus Unocal Corporation

William E. B. Siart Chairman ExED

B. Wayne Hughes Sr. Chairman Public Storage, Inc.

Peter V. Ueberroth Contrarian Group, Inc.

Robert H. Smith Robert H. Smith Investments and Consulting

Glorya Kaufman Founder The Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation

Edward P. Roski Jr. Chairman and CEO Majestic Realty Company

Jeffrey H. Smulyan Chairman of the Board Emmis Communications Steven Spielberg Principal Partner DreamWorks SKG Mark A. Stevens Managing Partner S-Cubed Capital Special Limited Partner and Former Managing Partner Sequoia Capital Ronald D. Sugar Chairman Emeritus Northrop Grumman Corporation Ratan N. Tata Chairman Emeritus Tata Sons, Tata Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Tata Chemicals Daniel M. Tsai Chairman Fubon Financial Ronald N. Tutor Chairman and CEO Tutor Perini Corporation

John F. King President and CEO (Retired) The Weingart Center

Gin D. Wong Chairman and CEO Gin Wong Associates

HONORARY TRUSTEES Verna B. Dauterive Helene Galen

William Lyon Chairman and CEO William Lyon Homes Alfred E. Mann Chairman and Co-CEO Advanced Bionics Corporation Gordon S. Marshall Chairman of the Board (Retired) Marshall Industries Harlyne Norris Trustee Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation Toshiaki Ogasawara Chairman and Publisher The Japan Times J. Douglas Pardee Chairman of the Board Emeritus Pardee Construction Company

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SENIOR ADMINISTRATION

Elizabeth Garrett

University of Southern California Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Elizabeth Garrett is USC provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.

As the university’s second-ranking officer, she oversees the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences as well as the Keck School of Medicine of USC and 18 other professional schools, in addition to the divisions of student affairs, libraries, information technology services, research, student religious life and enrollment services. She serves on the faculty as the Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor of Law, Political Science, Finance and Business Economics, and Public Policy.

As provost, Garrett has directed substantial new efforts to hire transformative faculty, including initiatives to recruit faculty in neuroscience, the humanities, and the social sciences, with the goal of catalyzing targeted fields of scholarship and invigorating USC’s research environment. Under her guidance, the USC Strategic Vision: Matching Deeds to Ambitions was developed over two years and adopted by the USC Board of Trustees in December 2011.

In 2005 President George W. Bush appointed Garrett to serve on the ninemember bipartisan Tax Reform Panel.

She serves on the board of directors of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at USC, and the Internet2 board, which aims to accelerate research, advance education, and improve the delivery of public services through innovative technologies. From 2009-2013 she served as one of five commissioners on the California Fair Political Practices Commission, the state’s independent political oversight agency.

Garret’s primary scholarly interests are legislative process, direct democracy, the federal budget process, democratic institutions, statutory interpretation, administrative law and tax policy. She is a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a Harold Lasswell Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and a member of the Council of the American Law Institute, having been elected to membership in 2008.

The Dornsife Neuroscience Pavilion, which houses the Dornsife Neuroimaging Center, allows scientists and artists to image the human mind in action.

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ACADEMIC DEANS Pinchas Cohen

USC Davis School of Gerontology

Michael Quick, Ph.D.

University of Southern California Executive Vice Provost and Professor of Biological Sciences

* Robert A. Cutietta USC Thornton School of Music * Elizabeth M. Daley USC School of Cinematic Arts * James G. Ellis USC Marshall School of Business * Marilyn L. Flynn USC School of Social Work

Michael Quick, Ph.D, is executive vice provost and professor of biological sciences in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

Reporting to Quick is the Office of Undergraduate Programs, USC Graduate School, and the Office of Continuing Education and Summer Programs.

As executive vice provost, Quick is the second-ranking administrator in the Office of the Provost. He is responsible for advancing excellence and innovation in the undergraduate curriculum, enhancing the vibrancy of the undergraduate experience, accelerating USC’s progress toward greater distinction in Ph.D. and professional graduate programs, and increasing the stature of USC’s post-doctoral programs.

Quick previously served as director of the USC Neuroscience Graduate Program, and vice dean for research and executive vice dean of USC Dornsife.

He works closely with the provost, the deans, and the faculty to recruit additional transformational faculty and to ensure that USC’s academic community fosters an environment that allows scholars to engage in cutting-edge research, pursue meaningful creative endeavors, and provide effective pedagogy to all students.

Quick also represents the provost in the university’s academic program review process, provides leadership to the Provost’s Ph.D. Fellowships, and plays a key role in university strategic planning and accreditation.

Quick received his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Emory University and studied as a post-doctoral research fellow at the California Institute of Technology. Before coming to USC in 2002 he was an associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Quick’s scholarship focuses on how drugs of abuse such as cocaine and nicotine, and therapeutic drugs such as antidepressants and anti-epileptic medications, alter the signaling properties of nerve cells.

* Karen Symms Gallagher USC Rossier School of Education William W. Holder USC Leventhal School of Accounting

* Steve A. Kay

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

* Jack H. Knott USC Price School of Public Policy Qingyun Ma USC School of Architecture * Erica Muhl USC Roski School of Art and Design * Carmen A. Puliafito Keck School of Medicine of USC * Madeline Puzo USC School of Dramatic Arts Catherine Quinlan USC Libraries

Robert K. Rasmussen USC Gould School of Law * Avishai Sadan Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC R. Pete Vanderveen USC School of Pharmacy * Ernest J. Wilson III USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism * Yannis C. Yortsos USC Viterbi School of Engineering * DENOTES THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

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MASTER OF CEREMONIES

James G. Ellis

University of Southern California Dean, USC Marshall School of Business

James G. Ellis was appointed dean of the USC Marshall School of Business and holder of the Robert R. Dockson Dean’s Chair in Business Administration in April 2007. He also has held a fulltime appointment as a professor in the Department of Marketing since 1997, and continues to teach the school’s freshman leadership colloquium class.

Prior to being appointed dean, Ellis was USC’s vice provost for globalization, responsible for building the USC name worldwide. At USC Marshall, he previously served as vice dean for external relations and as associate dean for undergraduate programs. From 1998 to 2003, he directed the USC Family Business Program, running seminars for families in business.

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Ellis worked in the corporate world from 1970 to 1997. He was president and CEO of Porsche Design from 1985 to 1990.

From 1990 to 1997, he was chairman and CEO of Port O’Call Pasadena, an upscale home accessory retailer, as well as an owner/partner in six other companies.

Ellis was a member of the Young Presidents Organization for 14 years, during which time he served two terms as chairman of the San Gabriel Valley Chapter and one term as regional vice president, and for six years was a member of the international board of directors. He is also a past chairman of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce.

Ellis sits on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards and has addressed

organizations around the world on business topics.

At USC in 2003, Ellis was honored with both the Teaching Has No Boundaries Award, co-sponsored by the university’s Center for Excellence in Teaching, and the Golden Apple Award, given by USC Marshall School students.

In 2004, he received the USC Parents’ Association’s Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award.

Ellis holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a B.B.A. from the University of New Mexico.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Jimmy Iovine Music industry innovator, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Universal Music Group’s Interscope Geffen A&M Records unit and co-founder of Beats Electronics, is one of the music industry’s most accomplished and respected leaders.

Iovine began his four-decade career as a recording engineer working with the likes of John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen.

As a record producer, he was instrumental in the career breakthroughs of artists such as Patti Smith, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, Stevie Nicks, Dire Straits and The Pretenders.

Iovine co-founded Interscope Records in 1990, widely regarded as the home of music’s greatest artists, including Dr. Dre, Nine Inch Nails, U2, Mary J. Blige, No Doubt, Marilyn Manson, The Black

Eyed Peas, Eminem, 50 Cent and Lady Gaga. In 2006, Iovine and hip-hop pioneer/producer Dr. Dre co-founded Beats Electronics, a high-performance headphone and sound transmission company intent on recapturing the fidelity of the studio. With its expansion into smart phones and car audio systems, today Beats by Dr. Dre has captured 40-percent market share of the entire billion-dollar headphones industry. Since 2011, Iovine has shared his insight and expertise with contestants on Fox’s ratings blockbuster American Idol.

Innovation, a unique interdisciplinary undergraduate program especially geared to educate future entrepreneurs/ technology innovators.

In 2013 Iovine and business partner Dr. Dre (Andre Young) established the USC Iovine Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of

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MODERATORS

Elizabeth M. Daley, Ph.D.

University of Southern California Dean, USC School of Cinematic Arts

Elizabeth M. Daley, Ph.D., was appointed dean of the USC School of Cinematic Arts in May 1991. She is the inaugural holder of the Steven J. Ross/Time Warner Dean’s Chair. Daley was also the founding executive director of the USC Annenberg Center for Communication (1994-2005) and serves as the executive director of the USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy.

She joined the school in 1989 as chair of the Division of Film & Television Production. Before coming to USC, Daley served as director of the film and television subsidiary of the Mark Taper Forum, and prior to that was a producer for MGM/Television.

She has also been an independent producer and media consultant, and serves on the boards of AVID Technologies, the Benton Foundation, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Media, Entertainment and Information.

Daley has been honored by American Women in Radio and Television and was twice nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award. She has received a Cine Golden Eagle and the Barbara Jordan Award, as well as the California Governor’s Award for her work with programming about the handicapped.

Daley earned a Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin and M.A. and B.A. degrees from Tulane University and Newcomb College.

Erica Muhl

University of Southern California Dean, USC Roski School of Art and Design Executive Director, USC Iovine and Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation

Erica Muhl is dean of the USC Roski School of Art and Design and founding executive director of the USC Iovine and Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, which will welcome its first freshman class in fall 2014. After 23 years as tenured faculty in the USC Thornton School of Music, she now holds a dual appointment as professor of fine arts and composition.

As a composer, Muhl’s works have been commissioned, performed, and broadcast by leading organizations such as Minnesota Opera, New World Symphony, Italy’s Orchestra della RAI, Venezuela’s National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Arditti Quartet, National Public Radio, Mexican National Television and Radio-Televisione Italiana. Her music has been featured at national and international festivals and competitions, including the Aspen Festival, the International Festival of New Music in Caracas, the International Forum of New Music in Mexico City, the Festivale Nuovi Spazi in Rome and the International Percussion Competition in Luxembourg. She has received grants and awards from such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the National Endowment for the Arts and Opera America. She has been awarded residencies and fellowships from – among others – Italy’s Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Charles Ives Center for American Music, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, the American Academy in Rome, the Cultural Ministry of Venezuela, the Richard-Wagner-Stätten in Dresden and the State of Saxony, Germany.

A noted speaker on classical and contemporary classical music, Muhl has been regularly invited to present talks for such organizations as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, and the New York Philharmonic, as well as colleges, universities, and concert series throughout the U.S. She is also currently featured as an on-camera expert for A&E Network’s online version of their celebrated biography series, Biography.com.

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Carmen A. Puliafito, M.D.

University of Southern California Dean, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Carmen A. Puliafito, M.D., was appointed dean and holder of the May S. and John Hooval Dean’s Chair at the Keck School of Medicine of USC on November 1, 2007. He also serves as a professor of ophthalmology and health management, and as the primary academic officer of the Los Angeles County+University of Southern California Medical Center.

A renowned ophthalmologist, Puliafito is widely recognized for his innovative advances in treatment, including his co-invention of optical coherence tomography (OCT), a technology that has revolutionized the study of the human macula in health and disease. For his work on OCT, he was awarded (along with James Fujimoto and Eric Swanson) the 2002 Rank Prize – the world’s most prestigious award in optoelectronics.

Before joining USC, Puliafito chaired the Department of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine from 2001 to 2007. Prior to his work at Bascom Palmer, he served as founding director of the New England Eye Center and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Tufts University from 1991 to 2001.

Puliafito started his career at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School, where he was the founder of the Laser Research Laboratory and served as associate professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School until 1991.

A cum laude graduate of Harvard College, Puliafito earned his M.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency and fellowships in ophthalmic pathology and vitreoretinal diseases and surgery at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He also holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Yannis C. Yortsos, Ph.D.

University of Southern California Dean, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Yannis C. Yortsos, Ph.D., was appointed dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering in 2005. He is the Chester F. Dolley Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and also holds the Zohrab A. Kaprielian Dean’s Chair in Engineering.

Yortsos is well known for his work on fluid flow, transport and reaction processes in porous and fractured media, with applications to the recovery of subsurface fluids and soil remediation. He also has been actively involved in the peer review of the Yucca Mountain Project for the disposal of high – level radioactive waste.

Yortsos joined the USC faculty in 1978 and chaired the department of chemical engineering from 1991 to 1997. He has been part of the senior leadership team at USC Viterbi since July 1, 2001, and served as interim dean for a year before his permanent appointment to the position.

An invited scholar at several institutions in the United States and abroad, Yortsos has received many honors for research, teaching and service. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and serves as the liaison of Section 11 to the National Research Council. He also serves on the executive committee of the Engineering Deans Council as well as the executive committee of the Global Engineering Deans Council.

Yortsos received his B.Sc. from the National Technical University, Athens, Greece, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, all in chemical engineering.

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PANEL SPEAKERS: Future of Medicine and Health Care

Scott Fraser, Ph.D.

University of Southern California Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering

Scott Fraser, Ph.D., has a long-standing commitment to quantitative biology, applying the tools of chemistry, engineering and physics to problems in biology and medicine. His personal research centers on imaging and molecular analysis of intact biological systems, with an emphasis on early development, organogenesis and medical diagnostics.

After training in physics (B.S., Harvey Mudd College, 1976) and biophysics (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1979), he joined the faculty at UC Irvine and rose through the ranks to become chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics.

In 1990 he moved to the California Institute of Technology to serve as the Anna L. Rosen Professor of Biology and the director of the Biological Imaging Center. He is deeply committed to interdisciplinary training and translational research, having helped found the Caltech Brain Imaging Center and the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, as well as serving as the director of the Rosen Center for Biological Engineering.

In fall 2012, he moved to USC to take a Provost Professorship in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine and the Viterbi School of Engineering. He remains active in interdisciplinary research and serves as the director of science initiatives for the USC campuses.

Leslie Saxon, M.D.

University of Southern California Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Leslie Saxon, M.D., is the chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Keck School of Medicine of USC. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and preventing sudden cardiac death. She has had a storied research career at UCLA, UCSF, and for the last nine years at USC. Saxon has completed more than 100 publications in various medical journals and is an active member of a multitude of organizations, including the American Heart Association,and the Heart Failure Society of America. She is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society.

Besides running USC’s division of cardiology, Saxon is the executive director of the USC Center for Body Computing (CBC), a digital health innovation and research center. At the CBC she brings together various USC schools, including Cinematic Arts and USC Athletics, to help create the future of digital medicine. The CBC also works with leading brands, including Samsung and BMW, to develop digital health solutions. The CBC has been recognized internationally, and Saxon is often quoted in the popular press (Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the BBC) about her work in digital health.

She has spoken about her work in various forums, including as a speaker at TEDMED. Saxon was recently profiled on Sanjay Gupta’s CNN program The Next List, which profiles the world’s leading innovators.

At USC’s Brain and Creativity Institute, recent advances in brain imaging provide fresh insights into the functioning of the human brain at the level of systems, cells and molecules.

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PANEL SPEAKERS: Future of Medicine and Health Care

Arthur W. Toga, Ph.D.

University of Southern California Provost Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Radiology, and Engineering

Arthur W. Toga, Ph.D., is the director of the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, and the director of the Institute of Neuroimaging and Informatics. He is also provost professor of the departments of ophthalmology, neurology, psychiatry and the behavioral sciences, radiology and engineering at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. His research is focused on neuroimaging, informatics, mapping brain structure and function, and brain atlasing.

He has developed multimodal imaging and data aggregation strategies and applied them in a variety of neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders.

His work in informatics includes the development and implementation of

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some of the largest and most widely used databases and data mining tools linking disparate data from genetics, imaging, clinical and behavior, supporting global efforts in Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases. He was trained in neuroscience and computer science and has written more than 1,000 papers, chapters and abstracts, including eight books.

Recruited to UCLA in 1987, he formed and directed the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging. This 110-member laboratory includes graduate students from computer science, biostatistics and neuroscience. It is funded with grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as well as industry partners. He has received

numerous awards and honors in computer science, graphics and neuroscience. At UCLA, he was a Distinguished Professor Neurology, held the Geffen Chair of Informatics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, associate director of the UCLA Brain Mapping Division within the Neuropsychiatric Institute, and associate dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the journal NeuroImage and holds the chairmanship of numerous committees within NIH and a variety of international task forces. In the fall of 2013, he and the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging were recruited to USC.

Julie Zissimopoulos, Ph.D.

University of Southern California Associate Director of the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics

Julie Zissimopoulos, Ph.D., is associate professor in the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy. She is associate director of the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, one of the nation’s premier health policy research institutions.

She co-directs an NIA-funded Resource Center for Minority Aging Research and is a network associate of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society. She is also an adjunct senior economist at RAND, and professor of economics at the Pardee RAND Graduate School.

Zissimopoulos’s areas of special interest are economics of aging and the family.

Among her recent projects are studies of medical expenditures at older ages, earnings and savings over the lifecycle, labor supply and retirement, and transfers of resources between family members of different generations, and well being at older ages. Her research sponsors include the National Institute on Aging and the Social Security Administration.

In addition, she is a regular member of review panels for the National Institute on Aging. Zissimopoulos received her Ph.D. in economics from UCLA, M.A. from Columbia University and her B.A. from Boston College.

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PANEL SPEAKERS: Future of Experiencing Reality

Hao Li, Ph.D.

University of Southern California Professor of Computer Science, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Hao Li, Ph.D., professor of computer science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, was a research lead at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) where he developed the next-generation realtime performance capture technology for Star Wars: Episode VII. Prior to joining “the force,” he was a postdoc at Columbia and Princeton universities.

He worked on geometric capture of human performances with Eitan Grinspun and Szymon Rusinkiewicz, bridging the gap between data capture and physical simulation. His algorithms on dynamic shape reconstruction and non-rigid registration are widely deployed in leading visual effects studios, defense projects and the manufacture of state-

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of-the-art radiation therapy systems. In 2013, he was named one of the world’s top 35 innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review and recognized as NextGen 10: Innovators under 40 by C-Suite Quarterly in 2014. His research is featured in the March 2014 issue of Wired magazine.

Hao Li was awarded the SNF fellowship for prospective researchers in 2011 and Best Paper Award at SCA 2009.

In collaboration with Artec Group, he developed Shapify.me, a free software that allows anyone to create their own 3-D miniature from home. He is also the creator of the dynamic geometry processing tool, BeNTO3D, and the original co-author of the Kinect-based

facial performance capture software, faceshift. He is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, ACM SIGGRAPH and Eurographics Association.

Li holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich, and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany.

Alex McDowell

University of Southern California Visiting Associate Professor, USC Cinematic Arts divisions of Interactive Media and Games, Production and Media Arts and Practice

Alex McDowell is one of the most innovative and influential designers working in narrative media. With the impact of his ideas extending far beyond his background in cinema, he advocates an immersive design process that acknowledges the key role of world building in storytelling.

With more than 30 years as a narrative designer, he has worked in commercials and cinema with renowned directors Alex Proyas, David Fincher, Steven Spielberg, Terry Gilliam, Andrew Niccol, Tim Burton and Zack Snyder, among others.

He has designed for consumer, corporate, live performance and interactive immersive user spaces.

While working with Steven Spielberg to develop a world for the film, Minority Report, he developed a process that changed the nature of his film design from analog to digital, and affected all digital production, pushing a radical shift toward a non-linear workflow.

He recently designed Man Of Steel, Zack Snyder and Chris Nolan’s retelling of the Superman origin story, using worldbuilding practice and process to create the holistic world of Krypton, its history and its integration with our present-day world.

As visiting artist at MIT’s Media Lab from 2006-2011, he designed the robot opera Death and the Powers for composer

Tod Machover. He is a Getty Research Institute scholar, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) SciTech Council, and on the executive board of the AMPAS Design Branch. In 2006, he was named Royal Designer for Industry by the UK’s Royal Society of Arts, and in 2013 he received the D&AD President’s Award.

Alex McDowell is visiting associate professor in the USC Cinematic Arts divisions of Interactive Media and Games, Production and Media Arts + Practice, where he is also creative director of the USC World Building Media Lab and the thought leadership network, 5D Institute. He is founder and creative director at 5D | GlobalStudio, a cellular and interdisciplinary design studio.

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DIGITAL INNOVATION AT USC

An international leader in fields from artificial intelligence to game design, with the largest computer science research program among American universities, USC is advancing technologies that improve the way we live and work.

USC scholars have become industry leaders in the development of virtual and augmented realities; the simulation and modeling of earthquakes and other complex systems; brain mapping; archiving, indexing and analysis of visual material; visual storytelling and data visualization; and in creating advanced online platforms for distance education and professional development.

The USC Institute for Creative Technologies, whose immersive technology informed the early design of Oculus Rift, has long been a leader in virtual and emerging technologies. Its 3-D scan technology (as shown on previous page) is used to scan Hollywood actors in films such as Avatar, and the Smithsonian called on USC to help create the first presidential portrait created from 3-D scan data.

USC is so committed to digital scholarship that it is investing $1 billion to help USC students across all disciplines – in science and engineering, as well as the humanities – take the technological advances in their fields even further. Virtual reality technology is being explored throughout campus to create immersive journalism and cinematic experiences, treat post-traumatic stress disorder and enhance the benefits of physical therapy.

The newly formed USC Games – a collaboration between the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering – is recognized by The Princeton Review as the No. 1 game design program in North America.

USC scholars throughout campus are also joining forces to better our society

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Top, right: Scientific imaging allows researchers to study organisms’ development and other complex biological events in real time to better understand key interactions and the cellular changes involved in disease.

Top, left: The Leviathan Project, a research-based, experiential storytelling platform, explores new possibilities in entertainment, connecting physical and virtual worlds through the combination of creativity and emergent technology.

Middle, left: Cameras with depth sensors coupled with breakthrough software analyze digital data to discern how facial shapes morph between one frame and the next, a technique which has improved the authenticity of digital performances while speeding up production.

Bottom: USC students and faculty work together in spaces throughout the Interactive Media Building to explore the potential of media.

and create sustainable public health solutions. An interdisciplinary team at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the Information Sciences Institute of USC Viterbi is researching ways in which facial recognition technology can be used to combat youth sex traffickers and to help find and free victims.

Keck Medicine of USC has established the USC Neurorestoration Center, a multi-institution collaboration of neural engineering, neuroscience and neurorehabilitation. There, USC students and researchers are engineering new technology that restores neurological

function while keeping the brain intact.

The USC Digital Repository – a collaboration among USC Libraries, USC Information Technology Services and the USC Shoah Foundation-The Institute for Visual History and Education – is hailed as the best long-term home for digital collections of research, cultural and business value. It’s also the first of its kind in the country to provide such catalogued and searchable digital archives to commercial and educational users.

USC has developed several world-class information research systems to support research, creative work and pedagogy in informatics and digital media, including brain and body imaging centers, and the experimental USC Lockheed Martin Quantum Computation Center. A number of institutes also support the quantitative social sciences and serve as physical and virtual hubs for interdisciplinary research on health care economics, improving patient-centered care, education policy, and genomics and Internet analytics.

Through its investment and digital infrastructure, USC is solidifying its leadership role in gathering, interpreting, and applying digital data on a massive scale.

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