Events for April 04, 2023
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ECE-Controls Faculty Candidate Seminar - Dr Steve Alpern
Tue, Apr 04, 2023 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr Steve Alpern, Professor, University of Warwick
Talk Title: The Faulty GPS Problem: Optimal Search for Home Node on a Network, with Unreliable Directions
Abstract: Searcher wants to find the Home node on a given Network, but his directions are unreliable. At every branch node of a network Q, a Satnav (GPS) points to the arc leading to the destination, or home node, H - but only with a high known probability p. The pointer is fixed in time, so does not change when a node is revisited. Always trusting the Satnav's suggestion may lead to an infinite cycle. If one wishes to reach H in least expected time, with what probability q=q(Q,p) should one trust the pointer (if not, one chooses randomly among the other arcs)? We call this the Faulty Satnav (GPS) Problem. We also consider versions where the trust probability q can depend on the degree of the current node and a `treasure hunt' where two searchers try to reach H first. The agent searching for H need not be a car, that is just a familiar example -- it could equally be a UAV receiving unreliable GPS information.
This problem has its origin not in driver frustration but in the work of Fonio et al (2017) on ant navigation, where the pointers correspond to pheromone markers pointing to the nest.
Biography: Steve did his AB in Mathematics at Princeton, supervised by Oskar Morgenstern, and his PhD in Ergodic Theory at Courant Institute -“ NYU, under Peter Lax. He moved from ergodic theory to game theory and search theory mid career. After many years at the London School of Economics, he moved to the University of Warwick, where he is Professor of Operational Research.
Host: Dr Petros Ioannou, ioannou@usc.edu | Dr George Papavissilopoulos, yorgos@netmode.ece.ntua.gr
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96085498483?pwd=aXJ4U244VHhQOCtIUURDM29mb216UT09More Information: ECE-Controls_Seminar_Announcement.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 132
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96085498483?pwd=aXJ4U244VHhQOCtIUURDM29mb216UT09
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: John Diaz
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Photonics Seminar - Antonio Rigol, Tuesday, April 4th at 3pm in EEB 248
Tue, Apr 04, 2023 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Marcos Antonio Rigol, Physics, Penn State
Talk Title: Typical eigenstate entanglement entropy as a diagnostic of quantum chaos and integrability
Series: Photonics Seminar Series
Abstract: The typical entanglement entropy of subsystems of random pure states is known to be (nearly) maximal, while the typical entanglement entropy of random Gaussian pure states has been recently shown to exhibit a qualitatively different behavior, with a coefficient of the volume law that depends on the fraction of the system that is traced out. We review evidence that the typical entanglement entropy of eigenstates of quantum-chaotic Hamiltonians mirrors the behavior in random pure states, while that of integrable Hamiltonians mirrors the behavior in random Gaussian pure states. Based on these results, we conjecture that the typical entanglement entropy of Hamiltonian eigenstates can be used as a diagnostic of quantum chaos and integrability. We discuss subtleties that emerge as a consequence of conservation laws, such as particle number conservation, as well as of lattice translational invariance.
Biography: Dr. Rigol is a Professor of Physics at Penn State. Before joining Penn State, he was an Associate Professor of Physics at Georgetown University. Dr. Rigol completed his undergraduate (Summa Cum Laude) and M.Sc. studies at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Technology in Havana. He received his Ph.D.
in Physics (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Stuttgart, and did postdocs at the University of California Davis, the University of Southern California, and the University of California Santa Cruz.
Dr. Rigol research interest is in many-body quantum systems in and out of equilibrium, with a focus on the effect of strong correlations. His research is at the interface between condensed matter physics, ultracold atoms, and statistical mechanics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Host: Mercedeh Khajavikhan, Michelle Povinelli, Constantine Sideris; Hossein Hashemi; Wade Hsu; Mengjie Yu; Wei Wu; Tony Levi; Alan E. Willner; Andrea Martin Armani
More Information: Marcos Antonio Rigol Flyer.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
