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  • Repeating EventHuman Factors in Aviation Safety HFH 24-3

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM

    Aviation Safety and Security Program

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    Humans design, build, operate, and maintain the aviation system. It is no wonder that the majority of aviation accidents and incidents have roots in human factors. With this realization comes the conclusion that quality human factors training is effective in improving safety. This course presents information on human factors in a manner that can be readily understood and applied by aviation practitioners. Emphasis is placed on identifying the causes of human error, predicting how human error can affect performance, and applying countermeasures to reduce or eliminate its effects. The course content follows the subjects recommended in FAA Advisory Circular 120-51E. The course also addresses topics recommended in the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Human Factors Digest No. 3: Training Operational Personnel in Human Factors. The emphasis is from the pilot’s perspective but applies to all phases of aviation operations. The course relies heavily on participation, case studies, demonstrations, self-assessment, and practical exercises.

    Location: Century Boulevard Building (CBB) - 960

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Daniel Scalese

    Event Link: https://avsafe.usc.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=24AHFH3

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  • Repeating EventAdvanced System Safety Analysis ADVSS 24-1

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM

    Aviation Safety and Security Program

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    This course is a continuation of the <a href="https://aviationsafety.usc.edu/courses/system-safety/">System Safety</a> course focused on engineering aspects of the course. The objective is to address advanced issues in system safety analysis and broaden the trainees’ perspective on system safety issues. Engineering methods addressed in the System Safety course are reviewed, and special advanced topics are addressed. Additional methods for system safety analysis are addressed, focusing on the application of these methods.

    Location: Century Boulevard Building (CBB) - 960

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Daniel Scalese

    Event Link: https://avsafe.usc.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=24AADVSS1

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  • CS Colloquium: Sherry Yang - Decision Making with Internet-Scale Knowledge

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    Speaker: Sherry Yang, UC Berkeley

    Talk Title: Decision Making with Internet-Scale Knowledge

    Abstract: Machine learning models pretrained on internet data have acquired broad knowledge about the world but struggle to solve complex tasks that require extended reasoning and planning. Sequential decision making, on the other hand, has empowered AlphaGo’s superhuman performance, but lacks visual, language, and physical knowledge about the world. In this talk, I will present my research towards enabling decision making with internet-scale knowledge. First, I will illustrate how language models and video generation are unified interfaces that can integrate internet knowledge and represent diverse tasks, enabling the creation of a generative simulator to support real-world decision-making. Second, I will discuss my work on designing decision making algorithms that can take advantage of generative language and video models as agents and environments. Combining pretrained models with decision making algorithms can effectively enable a wide range of applications such as developing chatbots, learning robot policies, and discovering novel materials.   This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium

    Biography: Sherry is a final year PhD student at UC Berkeley advised by Pieter Abbeel and a senior research scientist at Google DeepMind. Her research aims to develop machine learning models with internet-scale knowledge to make better-than-human decisions. To this end, she has developed techniques for generative modeling and representation learning from large-scale vision, language, and structured data, coupled with developing algorithms for sequential decision making such as imitation learning, planning, and reinforcement learning. Sherry initiated and led the Foundation Models for Decision Making workshop at NeurIPS 2022 and 2023, bringing together research communities in vision, language, planning, and reinforcement learning to solve complex decision making tasks at scale.  Before her current role, Sherry received her Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree from MIT advised by Patrick Winston and Julian Shun.

    Host: Dani Yogatama

    Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 136

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: CS Faculty Affairs

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  • Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering

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    Speaker: Wilson Wong, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering an Allen Distinguished Investigator

    Talk Title: Engineering Vaccines, Cell and GeneTherapies using Synthetic Biology

    Abstract: In this seminar, I will share with you some of the work that my trainees and colleagues have done on using synthetic biology in various areas, such as foundational circuit engineering, cellular immunotherapy, and vaccines.  I will discuss our work on improving the specificity and safety of CAR T cell therapy against cancer using synthetic biology and biomaterials.  I will also share our recent discovery on engineering self-amplifying RNA with reduced innate immune response and improved protein expression, leading to a highly potent COVID-19 vaccine as demonstrated in a lethal live virus challenge in mice.

    Biography: Dr. Wilson Wong is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and an Allen Distinguished Investigator at Boston University.  He is an expert in immune cell engineering and synthetic biology for therapeutic applications. Dr. Wong’s research has been published in numerous high-impact journals, including Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Cell, and PNAS. Dr. Wong has been recognized with multiple academic career awards, including the NIH New Innovator Award, the ACS Synthetic Biology Young Investigator Award, the NSF CAREER Award, and the Allen Distinguished Investigator Award.  He has co-founded three companies, with one in the clinical stage. Dr. Wong has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Wong completed his postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Professor Wendell Lim at the University of California, San Francisco.

    Host: Peter Wang

    Location: Corwin D. Denney Research Center (DRB) - 145

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Carla Stanard

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  • PhD Thesis Proposal - Yuzhong Huang

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    Committee Members: Fred Morstatter (Chair), Yue Wang, Aiichiro Nakano, & Antonio Ortega
     
    Date & Time: Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (PST) - PHE 325   
     
    Title: Explicit Control in the Understanding and Generation of 3D world
     
    Abstract: Understanding and recreating our living environment has been a key topic in scientific research, ranging from virtual reality, autonomous driving, and generative AI tools. Recent advancements have significantly improved machine model’s capability to recognize and generate visually similar 3D objects. However, existing approaches often lack explicit control mechanisms, limiting their adaptability and interpretability. This thesis proposal addresses this gap by focusing on three crucial aspects: (1) Explicit control in understanding 3D worlds, achieved through the imposition of planar priors and plane-splatting volume rendering method. (2) Explicit control in generating 3D worlds, enabled by an orientation-conditioned diffusion model. (3) Explicit control in modifying 3D objects, enabled by projecting text-guided 2D segmentation map onto 3D models. These advancements pave the way for more intuitive and precise manipulation of 3D environments.
     
    Zoom Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/99330288526

    Location: Charles Lee Powell Hall (PHE) - 325

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/99330288526

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/99330288526

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  • PhD Thesis Proposal- Yuzhong Huang

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    PhD Thesis Proposal- Yuzhong Huang

    Title: Explicit Control in the Understanding and Generation of 3D world
    Committee Members: Fred Morstatter (Chair), Yue Wang, Aiichiro Nakano, Antonio Ortega
     


    Abstract: 


    Understanding and recreating our living environment has been a key topic in scientific research, ranging from virtual reality, autonomous driving, and generative AI tools. Recent advancements have significantly improved machine model’s capability to recognize and generate visually similar 3D objects.


    However, existing approaches often lack explicit control mechanisms, limiting their adaptability and interpretability. This thesis proposal addresses this gap by focusing on three crucial aspects: (1) Explicit control in understanding 3D worlds, achieved through the imposition of planar priors and plane-splatting volume rendering method. (2) Explicit control in generating 3D worlds, enabled by an orientation-conditioned diffusion model. (3) Explicit control in modifying 3D objects, enabled by projecting text-guided 2D segmentation map onto 3D models.


    These advancements pave the way for more intuitive and precise manipulation of 3D environments.

    Location: Charles Lee Powell Hall (PHE) - 325

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Yuzhong Huang

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/99330288526

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  • DEN@Viterbi: How to Apply Virtual Info Session

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

    DEN@Viterbi, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission

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    Join USC Viterbi representatives for a step-by-step guide and tips for how to apply for formal admission into a Master's degree or Graduate Certificate program. The session is intended for individuals who wish to pursue a graduate degree program completely online via USC Viterbi's flexible online DEN@Viterbi delivery method. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect directly with USC Viterbi representatives and ask questions about the admission process throughout the session. 

    WebCast Link: https://uscviterbi.webex.com/weblink/register/r7a895a38201c8efe49db7ed6e881f7f2

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Corporate & Professional Programs

    Event Link: https://uscviterbi.webex.com/weblink/register/r7a895a38201c8efe49db7ed6e881f7f2

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  • ECE-S Seminar - Dr. Peipei Zhou

    ECE-S Seminar - Dr. Peipei Zhou

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Peipei Zhou, Assistant Professor | Department of Electrical Computer Engineering | University of Pittsburgh

    Talk Title: Efficient Programming on Heterogeneous Accelerators for Sustainable Computing

    Abstract: There is a growing call for increasingly agile computational power for edge and cloud infrastructure to serve the computationally complex needs of ubiquitous computing devices. One important challenge is addressing the holistic environmental impacts of these computing systems. A life-cycle view of sustainability for computing systems is necessary to reduce environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas emissions from these computing systems in different phases:  manufacturing, operational, and disposal/recycling. My research investigates how to efficiently program and map widely used workloads on heterogeneous accelerators and seamlessly integrate them with existing computing systems towards sustainable computing.
     
    In this talk, I will first discuss how new mapping solutions, i.e., composing heterogeneous accelerators within system-on-chip with both FPGAs and AI tensor cores, achieve orders of magnitude energy efficiency gains when compared to monolithic accelerator mapping designs for various applications, including deep learning, security, and others. Then, I will apply such novel mapping solutions to show how design space explorations are performed when composing heterogeneous accelerators in latency-through tradeoff analysis. I will further discuss how such mapping and scheduling can be applied to other computing systems, such as GPUs, to improve energy efficiency and, therefore, reduce the operational carbon cost. Finally, I will introduce the REFRESH FPGA chiplets, explain why REFRESH chiplets help reduce the embodied carbon cost, and discuss the challenges and opportunities.

    Biography: Peipei Zhou is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science (2019) and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2014) from UCLA, and her B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2012) from Southeast University. Her research investigates architecture, programming abstraction, and design automation tools for reconfigurable computing and heterogeneous computing. She has published 30 papers in IEEE/ACM computer system and design automation conferences and journals including FPGA, FCCM, DAC, ICCAD, ISPASS, TCAD, TODAES, TECS, IEEE Micro, etc. Her work has won the 2019 IEEE TCAD Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award. Other awards include the 2023 ACM/IEEE IGSC Best Viewpoint Paper Finalist, the 2018 IEEE ISPASS Best Paper Nominee, and the 2018 IEEE/ACM ICCAD Best Paper Nominee.

    Host: Dr. Peter Beerel, pabeerel@usc.edu

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92387554175?pwd=ZmFRL0NnZE1sLy82dzBiSXYzbUFVdz09

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92387554175?pwd=ZmFRL0NnZE1sLy82dzBiSXYzbUFVdz09

    More Information: 2024.03.19 ECE-S Seminar - Peipei Zhou.pdf

    Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 132

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92387554175?pwd=ZmFRL0NnZE1sLy82dzBiSXYzbUFVdz09

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Miki Arlen

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92387554175?pwd=ZmFRL0NnZE1sLy82dzBiSXYzbUFVdz09

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  • ECE-EP Seminar - Yue (Joyce) Jiang, Tuesday, March 19th at 2pm in EEB 248

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Speaker: Yue (Joyce) Jiang, JILA, University of Colorado Boulder

    Talk Title: Exploring Quantum Harmony between Superconducting Circuits & Cold Atoms

    Series: ECE-EP Seminar

    Abstract: Join me in this talk as I share my research journey in quantum information science, transitioning from cold atoms to superconducting circuits and exploring their harmonious collaboration in advancing quantum science and technology. In the first part, I will discuss the demonstration of a quantum-enhanced sensing technique at microwave frequencies using superconducting circuits to accelerate the search for weak signals arising from physics beyond the Standard Model, with a specific focus on axion dark matter searches. Shifting gears in the second part, we will delve into quantum optics experiments that utilize the nonlinear interaction between the cold atomic ensemble and optical photons, unveiling the fascinating realm of non- Hermitian quantum optics. Wrapping up, we will explore the exciting science that leverages the strengths of both systems, utilizing superconducting-atomic hybrid systems to bridge the gap between quantum information science in microwave and optical frequencies.

    Biography: Yue (Joyce) Jiang is a postdoctoral research associate at JILA. She earned her Ph.D. in Physics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology under the guidance of Prof. Shengwang Du in 2020, focusing on studying the nonlinear interaction between photons and laser-cooled atomic ensembles. Currently at JILA, she works with Prof. Konrad Lehnert on developing quantum-enhanced sensing techniques for weak signal detection using superconducting circuits.

    Host: ECE-EP

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/93212540080?pwd=ODI5cXJ2N0RQQW9CNE9MQW5Ea3A0dz09

    More Information: Yue (Joyce) Jiang Seminar Announcement.pdf

    Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/93212540080?pwd=ODI5cXJ2N0RQQW9CNE9MQW5Ea3A0dz09

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Marilyn Poplawski

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  • Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Gokce Dayanikli, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Talk Title: Finding Optimal Policies for Large Populations: An Application to Epidemic Control

    Host: Dr. Renyuan Xu

    More Information: March 19, 2024.pdf

    Location: Social Sciences Building (SOS) - SOS Building, B2

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Grace Owh

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  • Clune Construction Trojan Talk

    Tue, Mar 19, 2024 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

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    Come meet us and learn how to build your career in construction! 
    Clune Construction is a national, employee-owned general contractor, with more than 700 talented professionals located in seven offices across the U.S.  We employ some of the most talented people in the construction industry to meet our clients expectations of the highest level of service. It is Clune's mission to provide exceptional construction services to our clients and business partners and deliver results which always exceed expectations.
    Tuesday, March 19th 
    5-6 pm 
    Ronald Tutor Hall (RTH) Room 211 
     
    Please click on the links below to learn more about our company and careers in construction. 
    What We Build
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    Target majors: Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Information Technology, Construction

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections

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