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EiS Communications Hub - Tutoring for Engineering Ph.D. StudentsMon, Mar 24, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Ph.D. students are invited to drop by the Hub for instruction on their writing and speaking tasks! All tutoring is one-on-one and conducted by Viterbi faculty.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222A
Audiences: Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Contact: Helen Choi
Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home
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. -
CS Colloquium: Yingying (Samara) Ren (ISTA) - Computational Homogenization for Inverse Design of Surface-based Inflatables
Mon, Mar 24, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Yingying (Samara) Ren, ISTA
Talk Title: Computational Homogenization for Inverse Design of Surface-based Inflatables
Abstract: Surface-based inflatables consist of two nearly inextensible sheets joined along carefully chosen fusing curves, restricting expansion and inducing in-plane contraction and metric frustration. When inflated, these structures settle into a 3D equilibrium that balances elastic and pressure potential energy. In this talk, I will present our computational framework for analyzing and designing such inflatables to approximate a wide range of freeform surfaces while maintaining structural stability. Using numerical homogenization, we characterize periodic inflatable patches with arbitrary fusing patterns and seamlessly combine them through custom nonlinear surface parametrization methods. I will also discuss exciting future research directions in this space.
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium
Biography: Yingying Ren (Samara) is an Assitant Professor at ISTA and leads the Geometric Computing and Digital Fabrication group. Her group focuses on research in physics-based simulation, digital fabrication, and computational inverse design. By developing geometric abstractions and efficient numerical methods, her group aims to create new structures and materials with applications in medical devices, architecture, soft robotics, and more.
Host: Oded Stein
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: Everyone (USC) is invited
Contact: CS Faculty Affairs
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. -
"Keys to Life" series at USC ORSL
Mon, Mar 24, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
"Keys to Life" with Prof. Weiss is a motivational discussion series designed to promote student success and well-being. This series is for students who want to develop their "keys" in a small group setting and a peaceful, reflective environment. Finding purpose is essential to living a meaningful life and key to personal fulfillment. This series will help students identify and articulate their purpose and provide group motivation to work towards it. A unique feature of the series will be its peripatetic "Purpose Walks" through campus.
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Location: University Religious Center (URC) - courtyard
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elisabeth Arnold Weiss
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. -
ECE Seminar: Speech-Based Biomarkers for Human Health
Mon, Mar 24, 2025 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Sudarsana Reddy Kadiri, Research Scientist, Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab (SAIL), Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California
Talk Title: Speech-Based Biomarkers for Human Health
Abstract: Speech is the most natural form of communication between humans, and it carries a wealth of information, including the message, language, speaker's age, gender, emotion, and health status. This talk focuses on the intersection of machine learning and signal processing applied to the field of speech-based biomarkers for human health. Biomarking of human health is a relatively new and promising approach for screening, diagnosis, and monitoring. Speech-based health analytics can provide valuable insights into an individual's health, allowing for early detection of various conditions such as respiratory disorders, voice disorders, cardiovascular disorders, neurological disorders, and mental health disorders. This technology is also convenient, as it enables remote monitoring of health that can be conducted continuously over time, and it requires no physical intervention. In this talk, I will present my recent research on interpretable speech-based biomarkers for laryngeal disorders, Parkinson's disease and heart failure.
Biography: Sudarsana Reddy Kadiri is a Research Scientist at the Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab (SAIL), University of Southern California, hosted by Prof. Shrikanth Narayanan. Previously, he was a Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher in the Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering at Aalto University, Finland. He earned his Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) from IIIT-Hyderabad, India, in 2018, and his B.Tech. in ECE from JNTU-Hyderabad in 2011. He has been actively involved in teaching and supervision, serving as a Teaching Assistant at IIIT-Hyderabad and a co-teacher at Aalto University. He has co-supervised one Ph.D. student and four master’s thesis students, and is currently co-supervising two Ph.D. students at Aalto University. His research interests include signal processing for biomedical signals, speech science, computational paralinguistics, speech- and multimodal-based health biomarkers, machine/deep learning, and auditory neuroscience. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed research papers and serves as a reviewer for leading journals and conferences, including IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Frontiers, and PLOS. He was awarded the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Fellowship for his Ph.D. His achievements also include winning two sub-challenges (Vocalizations and Stuttering) in the ACM-MM ComParE Challenge 2022.
Host: Dr. Richard Leahy, leahy@usc.edu
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96359120124?pwd=u5k7bHTJoWgp4lt1pLiXdbO0437Uyy.1Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96359120124?pwd=u5k7bHTJoWgp4lt1pLiXdbO0437Uyy.1
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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.
