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Events for February 02, 2015
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkMon, Feb 02, 2015
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. During the engineering session we will discuss the curriculum, research opportunities, hands-on projects, entrepreneurial support programs, and other aspects of the engineering 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 make sure to check availability and register online for the session you wish to attend. Also, remember to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Prospective Undergrads and Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Feb 02, 2015 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Maryam Shanechi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, USC
Talk Title: BME department
Host: Stanley Yamashiro
Location: OHE 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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PhD Defense - Eric Shieh
Mon, Feb 02, 2015 @ 01:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
Dissertation Title
Not a Lone Ranger: Unleashing Defender Teamwork in Security Games
PhD Candidate
Eric Shieh
Committee
Milind Tambe (chair), Morteza Dehghani, Cyrus Shahabi, Andrea Armani, Rahul Jain
Time and Place
Monday, 2 Feb, 1:30pm
EEB 248 Conference Room
Abstract
Given the global concerns about security, intelligent allocation of limited security resources has become a major challenge. Game theory offers a promising solution; in particular, Stackelberg Security Games (SSGs) have been used in modeling these types of problems via a defender and an attacker(s), and applications based on SSGs have been widely deployed in the United States and tested in countries around the world. Despite recent successful real-world deployments of SSGs, scale-up to handle defender teamwork remains a fundamental challenge in this field. The latest techniques do not scale-up to domains where multiple defenders must coordinate time-dependent joint activities; the number of pure strategies becomes too large for the game to be even represented in memory. To address this challenge, my thesis presents algorithms for solving defender teamwork in SSGs in two phases. As a first step, I focus on domains without execution uncertainty, in modeling and solving SSGs that incorporate teamwork using incremental strategy generation, where defender pure strategies are generated one at a time. To efficiently generate strategies incrementally, I provide several novel techniques including: (i) an approach that uses an ordered network of nodes (determined by solving the traveling salesman problem) to generate individual defender strategies; (ii) exploitation of iterative reward shaping of multiple coordinating defender units to generate coordinated strategies.
In the second stage of my thesis, I address execution uncertainty among defender resources that arises from the real world by integrating the powerful teamwork mechanisms offered by decentralized Markov Decision Problems (Dec-MDPs) into security games. My thesis offers the following novel contributions: (i) New models of security games where a defender team's pure strategy is defined as a Dec-MDP policy for addressing coordination under uncertainty; (ii) New algorithms and heuristics that solve this new model and help scale up in the number of targets and agents to handle real-world scenarios; (iii) Exploration of the robustness of randomized pure strategies. Different mechanisms, from both solving situations with and without execution uncertainty, may be used depending on the features of the domain. This thesis opens the door to a powerful combination of previous work in multiagent systems on teamwork and security games.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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Munushian Seminar Michael Roukes
Mon, Feb 02, 2015 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Michael Roukes, California Institute of Technology
Talk Title: Integrated Neurophotonics: Toward Massively-Parallel Mapping of Brain Activity
Abstract: In 2011, six U.S. scientists from different disciplines banded together, outlined a vision [1], and managed to convince the Obama administration of the unprecedented opportunity that now exists to launch a coordinated, large-scale effort to map brain activity. This culminated in the U.S. BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies), which was launched in 2013. Our vision was predicated on the current level of maturity of diverse fields of nanotechnology that, for the first time, can now be coalesced to realize powerful new tools for neuroscience. I will outline the assertions we made, and focus upon our own collaborative efforts toward these goals - at Caltech and beyond - to realize this exciting potential.
[1] Alivisatos A.P., Chun M., Church G.M., Greenspan R.J., Roukes M.L., Yuste R., The Brain Activity Map project and the challenge of functional connectomics. Neuron 74, 970-4 (2012).
Biography: Michael Roukes is the Robert M. Abbey Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology . His scientific interests range from quantum measurement to applied biotechnology - with a unifying theme of the development, very-large-scale integration and application of complex nanostructures. Roukes was the founding Director of Caltech's Kavli Nanoscience Institute (KNI) from 2003-2006. In 2007, he co-founded the Alliance for Nanosystems VLSI (very-large-scale integration) with scientists and engineers at CEA/LETI in Grenoble, which maintains a $B-scale microelectronics research foundry. He then continued as co-director of Caltech's KNI from 2008-2013, when he stepped down to pursue full-time efforts in nanoscience and neuroscience. Concurrent with his Caltech appointment, he has held a Chaire d'Excellence in nanoscience in Grenoble, France since 2008. Among his honors, Roukes is a recipient of the NIH Director's Pioneer Award and has been awarded Chevalier (Knight) dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the Republic of France.
Host: EE-Electrophysics
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
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AT&T Info Session
Mon, Feb 02, 2015 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Discover and explore Full-Time and Internship opportunities with AT&T. Speak directly with recruiters about career opportunities, and learn how to jump-start your career with one of the top Technology companies in the industry.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Birmingham Graduate Information Session
Mon, Feb 02, 2015 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
You are cordially invited to meet Kelly Goulis, Senior Associate Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering, at our information session in London.
Students who have earned or are in the progress of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to our graduate programs.
The information session will include a presentation on: Master's & Ph.D. programs available at USC, how to apply, scholarships, student life, and more. Students will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information about the event and to register, please visit the event page .Audiences: Students with a background in engineering, math or science are welcome to attend.
Contact: William Schwerin
