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USC Viterbi Robotics Open House
Tue, Apr 07, 2015
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering K-12 STEM Center
Receptions & Special Events
The USC Viterbi Robotics Open House is a free event held every year during the National Robotics Week. Free, but reservations are required because this is such a popular event, with all the labs of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Center group giving demos and tours. The morning is focused on students from K-12 schools, and the afternoon is open to the public as well as USC students, alumni, staff, faculty.
Audiences: free event, pre-registration required!
Contact: Katie Mills
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CS Colloquium: Matt Fredrikson (University of Wisconsin-Madison) - Inference Attacks: Understanding Privacy in the Era of
Tue, Apr 07, 2015 @ 09:45 AM - 10:50 AM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Matt Fredrikson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Talk Title: Inference Attacks: Understanding Privacy in the Era of
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: As data from far-reaching sources is collected, aggregated, and re-packaged to enable new and smarter applications, confidentiality and data security are at greater risk than ever before. Some of the most surprising and invasive threats to materialize in recent years are brought about by so-called inference attacks: successful attempts to learn sensitive information by leveraging public data such as social network updates, published research articles, and web APIs.
In this talk, I will focus on two of my research efforts to better understand and defend against these attacks. First I will discuss work that examines the privacy risks that arise when machine learning models are used in a popular medical application, and illustrate the consequences of applying differential privacy as a defense. This work uncovered a new type of inference attack on machine learning models, and shows via an in-depth case study how to understand privacy "in situ" by balancing the attacker's chance of success against the likelihood of harmful medical outcomes. The second part of the talk will detail work that helps developers correctly write privacy-aware applications using verification tools. I will illustrate how a wide range of confidentiality guarantees can be framed in terms of a new logical primitive called Satisfiability Modulo Counting, and describe a tool that I have developed around this primitive that automatically finds privacy bugs in software (or proves that the software is bug-free). Through a better understanding of how proposed defenses impact real applications, and by providing tools that help developers implement the correct defense for their task, we can begin to proactively identify potential threats to privacy and take steps to ensure that they will not surface in practice.
The lecture will be available to stream HERE.
Biography: Matt Fredrikson is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests lie at the intersection of security, privacy, and formal methods, covering topics in software security, privacy issues associated with machine learning models, and applied cryptography. His work has been profiled by Reuters, Technology Review, and New Scientist, and received the best paper award at USENIX Security 2014. He is a recipient of the Microsoft Research Graduate Fellowship Award.
Website:
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~mfredrik
Host: Computer Science Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Electrical Engineering Seminar
Tue, Apr 07, 2015 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Yanzhi Wang, University of Southern California
Talk Title: Energy Efficiency Enhancement Techniques in Energy Generation, Storage, and Consumption Systems
Abstract: Abstract: Power and energy consumption pose serious economic, societal, and environmental concerns in various scales of information processing applications and cyber-physical systems, ranging from battery-powered embedded systems, handheld smartphones, desktop computers and household appliances, to data centers. A joint optimization framework is necessary for energy efficiency enhancement in all the sides of energy generation, energy storage, and energy consumption.
In this presentation, I will first present my work on energy efficiency enhancement in photovoltaic (PV) energy generation and hybrid electrical energy storage systems, including (i) modeling, optimal control, and reconfiguration for combating partial shading and PV cell faults in a PV system, (ii) optimal design and control of hybrid electrical energy storage systems which can exploit the benefits of its constituent energy storage elements, and (iii) joint optimization and control.
Next I will present our work on near-threshold computing for emerging devices, which will be highly useful for future embedded and heterogeneous computing. We have proposed a device-circuit-architecture cross-layer optimization framework. At the device level we design and optimize deeply-scaled FinFET devices using accurate device simulators. At the circuit level we develop robust logic cells and SRAM cells based on these devices. At the architecture level we optimize datapath structure and cache memories to achieve low power and high robustness.
Biography: Biography: Yanzhi Wang graduated with Ph.D. degree from Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering at University of Southern California in Aug. 2014, under the supervision of Prof. Massoud Pedram. He graduated with B.S. degree with distinction from Tsinghua University in July 2009. Now he is a postdoctoral research associate and part-time lecturer at USC. His research interests include control and optimization of energy generation and energy storage systems, green and sustainable computing, and extremely low-power near-threshold computing and emerging technologies. He has published ~130 papers in major conferences and journals, including three best paper or top paper awards on top-tier conferences (ISLPED 2014, ISVLSI 2014, IEEE Cloud 2014), multiple best paper nominations and two IEEE Trans. on CAD popular papers.
Host: Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna
More Info: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kathy Kassar
Event Link: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
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Autonomous Driving in Urban Environments and Related Research Activities in SNU
Tue, Apr 07, 2015 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Seung-Woo Seo, Seoul National University - Seoul Korea
Talk Title: Autonomous Driving in Urban Environments and Related Research Activities in SNU
Abstract: In SNU, researchers have been investigating technologies vital to realize autonomous driving in urban environments. A critical component of autonomous driving in the urban environment is the ability to simultaneously seek multiple objectives such as avoiding obstacles and/or deciding optimal action policy. Furthermore, the autonomous vehicle should be robust to uncertainties including but not limited to sensors noise or unpredictable movement of moving objects. This talk will discuss several key issues for future autonomous driving in urban environments and briefly introduce approaches taken in SNU. Additionally, selected research activities in the Intelligent Vehicle IT (IVIT) Research Center in SNU for the development of autonomous vehicle technologies will be introduced.
Biography: Seung-Woo Seo is the professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, and the Director of Intelligent Vehicle IT (IVIT) Research Center funded by Korean Government and Automotive Industries. He received his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA, and B.S. & M.S. degrees from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, all in Electrical Engineering. He was with the Faculty of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, and served as a Member of the Research Staff in the Department of Electrical Engineering in Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. In 1996, he joined the Faculty of Seoul National University. He has served as Chair or a Committee Member in various international conferences and workshops including INFOCOM, GLOBECOM, PIMRC, VTC, MobiSec, Vitae, ICEIC, etc. He is the general co-chair of IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium in 2015. He also served for five years as a Director of the Information Security Center in Seoul National University. !His research areas include automated driving, vehicular communication & network security, and system optimization.
Host: Petros Ioannou
More Information: Seo Seminar Announcement.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 110
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Shane Goodoff
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Epstein Institute / ISE 651 Seminar Series
Tue, Apr 07, 2015 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Rajan Batta, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo (State University of New York)
Talk Title: Peacetime Convoy Movement Problem: A Civilian Perspective
Abstract:
We study the peacetime convoy movement problem from a civilian perspective by seeking to minimize civilian traffic disruptions. We develop an exact hybrid algorithm that combines the k-shortest path algorithm along with finding a minimum weighted k-clique in a k-partite graph. Through this coupling scheme, we are able to exactly solve large instances of the peacetime convoy movement problem without relaxing many of its complicating constraints. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the solution method. An experimental study is performed based on pseudo transportation networks to illustrate the computational viability of the method as well as policy implications.
Biography:
Rajan Batta is a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo (State University of New York). He has a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Delhi, India, and a PhD in Operations Research from MIT. His current research interests are in transportation and logistics, with applications in three principle domains--military, humanitarian relief, and hazardous material shipments. A fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, he is the recipient of numerous awards, the most significant being the David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers; the Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers; the SUNY Research Foundation Award for Research and Scholarship; and the SUNY Chancellorâs Award for Excellence in Teaching. His research has also won best paper awards from IIE Transactions and Military Operations Research.
Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
More Information: Seminar-Bhatta.docx
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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USC Alumni Reception in Delhi
Tue, Apr 07, 2015 @ 07:30 PM - 10:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
USC Viterbi is hosting an alumni reception in Delhi, India at Le Meridien Hotel, No. 8, Windsor Place, Janpath Road . All USC Alumni are welcome.
To confirm your attendance, please contact Sudha Kumar, india@gapp.usc.edu.Location: Le Meridien
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: James Morse
