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Events for February 15, 2011
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CS Colloquium
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Roxana Geambasu, University of Washington
Talk Title: Regaining Control Over Mobile and Cloud Data
Abstract: Emerging technologies, such as cloud and mobile computing, offer previously unimaginable global access to data; however, they also threaten our ability to control the use of our data, its lifetime, accessibility, privacy, management properties, etc. My research focuses on restoring to users control they've ceded to the cloud and mobile devices. In this talk I will describe two examples of this work. First, I'll present Keypad, an auditing file system for theft- and loss-prone mobile devices that permits users to track and control accesses on their mobile data, even after a device has been stolen.
Second, I'll describe Vanish, a global-scale distributed-trust system that allows users to cause all copies of desired Web data objects, online or offline, to simultaneously self destruct at a specified time. A common thread of these efforts is the integration of systems and crypto techniques to solve new problems in data management brought on by technological change.
Biography: Roxana Geambasu is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. Her interests span broad areas of systems research, including cloud and mobile computing, operating systems, file systems, and databases, with a focus on security and privacy. She received her B.S. in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in 2005 and was the recipient of the first Google Fellowship in Cloud Computing in 2009.
Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan, USC
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Join us for the first human vs. computer Jeopardy contest!
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, Information Sciences Institute, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Student Activity
IBM's Watson computer will be challenging the all-time human greatest Jeopardy champions on Feb. 14, 15, and 16th at 7PM on KABC.
IBM will be hosting a watch party Tuesday, Feb 15th, 6:30 - 8PM, and inviting USC students, including the Schools of Cinematic Arts, Annenberg, Business and Engineering and residents of University Gateway Apartments to attend.
Steve Canepa, IBM's General Manager, Global Media & Entertainment Industry, will host the event live.
When: Tuesday, February 15th, 6:30 - 8:00PM (Jeopardy! starts at 7pm)
Where: The new University Gateway Apartments, 3335 South Figueroa St.
Enter through the main entrance on Figueroa, midway between Jefferson and 32nd Street.
The party will be at the 25-monitor video wall behind the security desk and in the adjacent lounge.
Check out the background on this unique happening:
http://www.jeopardy.com/news/watson1x7ap4.php
Free Pizza! Win a Watson T-Shirt (if you're lucky)! See you there!
Location: University Gateway Apartments, 3335 South Figueroa St
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Eric Mankin
