Select a calendar:
Filter April Events by Event Type:
SUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISAT
Events for April 11, 2024
-
Aviation Safety Management Systems ASMS 24-4Thu, Apr 11, 2024 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
A Safety Management System (SMS) is now required for international commercial aircraft operators, airports, and air traffic services. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) established the standards and implementing procedures for SMS. All 191 countries that are members of ICAO have established or are establishing regulatory requirements for the implementation of SMS. This course teaches how organizations can establish an SMS within the context of their current safety system that meets the basic international standards of ICAO. The SMS Framework serves as a central foundation for this course.
SMS is a safety system by which an organization takes a more active role in identifying, analyzing, and mitigating safety issues that occur in the normal operation of their organization. SMS requires that organizational management take responsibility for the company’s safety program. The SMS approach requires the safety/quality team to be educated in their duties and responsibilities. This course will give you the essential skills to manage an organizational Safety Management System (SMS). The attendee will be able to manage a Safety Management System that includes risk management, audits, data collection, analysis, and incident investigations.
This course is designed for the individual planning or directing an aviation Safety Management System program. Fundamentals in systems organization and structure provide the individual with the skills and methodology to plan and manage an effective program. Emphasis is placed on understanding the principles of risk management, identifying program development strategies, audits, and applying the knowledge toward effective management systems and interoperability with Quality Assurance.Location: Online
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daniel Scalese
Event Link: https://avsafe.usc.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=24AASMS4
-
Artificial Intelligence System Safety AISYS 24-2
Thu, Apr 11, 2024 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and autonomous systems have become pervasive in software applications. However, the implications for AI safety have created new concerns and risk factors, especially for autonomous vehicles. This course thoroughly surveys AI, machine learning, optimization, and autonomous vehicle techniques, followed by safety and hazard analysis methods. Along the way, we will bring clarity to definitions, actual capabilities of AI systems, and the current state of data science. Case studies and real-world incidents will also provide learnings and insights to advance the goal of AI safety.
Location: Century Boulevard Building (CBB) - 920
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daniel Scalese
Event Link: https://avsafe.usc.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=24AAISYS2
-
CS Colloquium: Z. Morley Mao - Staying Ahead of the Arms Race in Cybersecurity: Realizing Effective Attack Prevention, Detection, and Mitigation for Legacy and Future Networked Systems.
Thu, Apr 11, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Z. Morley Mao, University of Michigan
Talk Title: Staying Ahead of the Arms Race in Cybersecurity: Realizing Effective Attack Prevention, Detection, and Mitigation for Legacy and Future Networked Systems.
Abstract: The landscape of cybersecurity is a dynamic arena, characterized by an ongoing arms race between malicious actors exploiting vulnerabilities and defenders striving to safeguard systems against potential devastation. With the increasing integration of cyberphysical systems like autonomous vehicles and AI/ML technologies into our daily lives, the reactive nature of our security measures poses significant risks. In this talk, I will articulate a forward-looking vision for cybersecurity research. Drawing upon the collective efforts of my team, I will delve into innovative approaches aimed at addressingsecurity challenges across diverse fronts. From enhancing the resilience of the time-honored DNS system to fortifying the security of ubiquitous mobile platforms, and extending to safeguarding ML-based systems within the burgeoning realms of IoT and autonomous vehicles, our focus is proactive. Our strategy entails the construction of inherently secure systems designed to systematically eliminate vulnerabilities. We advocate for the integration of formalisms derived from disciplines such as programming languages, coupled with the provision of robust security guarantees within the very fabric of the platform architecture. Through this proactive paradigm shift, we endeavor to usher in a new era of cybersecurity resilience and reliability. This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium
Biography: Z. Morley Mao is a Professor at the University of Michigan, having completed her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley on robust Internet routing protocol design and effective network measurement techniques to uncover network properties with security and performance implications. She is an ACM and IEEE Fellow, a recipient of the Sloan Fellowship, the NSF CAREER Award, the ARMY YIP Award, and an IBM Faculty Award. Her other honors include the Morris Wellman Faculty Development Professor, EECS Achievement Award, College of Engineering George J. Huebner Research Excellence Award at University of Michigan. Her recent research focus encompasses adversarial machine learning, AV security, and next generation wireless networks.
Host: Harsha V. Madhyastha
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 136
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: CS Faculty Affairs
-
ECE-S Seminar - Dr. Raghavendra Pothukuchi
Thu, Apr 11, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Raghavendra Pothukuchi, Associate Research Scientist, Department of Computer Science, Yale University
Talk Title: Building the Infinite Brain
Abstract: Interfacing brains and computers helps advance our understanding of the brain and mind, treat their disorders, and when combined with artificial cognitive frameworks, can push the frontier of human ability. Realizing this goal requires new computer architectures—both close to the brain to process and stimulate neural activity, and far from the brain, to run more complex cognitive frameworks, working together. In this talk, I will present my research on the first distributed brain-computer interfacing architecture, SCALO, which processes neural activity from multiple regions of the brain in real time, while being safe for implantation. SCALO is a template for distributed multi-accelerator systems that must meet extreme design constraints. I will also describe the research into accelerating computationally hard models of human cognition, how this might require leveraging novel accelerators like quantum computers, and outline an end-to-end design connecting these with brain interfaces. Meeting the challenging constraints of brain interfacing and complex cognitive modeling required novel system design, leading to fundamental contributions to computer architecture, and sparking a virtuous cycle of innovation between computer architecture and the brain sciences.
Biography: Raghavendra (Raghav) Pothukuchi is an Associate Research Scientist at Yale University. He is an NSF/CRA Computing Innovation Fellow with Profs. Abhishek Bhattacharjee and Jonathan D. Cohen (Princeton, neuroscience). He received his Ph. D. in Computer Science (CS) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) with Prof. Josep Torrellas. His research is on brain-computer interfaces, quantum and classical frameworks to accelerate cognitive models, and biologically inspired computer architectures. He also has interdisciplinary work on building intelligent and secure computer systems using control theory and machine learning. Raghav has been selected as a young researcher at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, rising star in computer architecture, and his work has been recognized with a best paper award at ISCA, two IEEE Micro Top Picks selection, a best paper nomination at PACT, and other honors.
Host: Dr. Massoud Pedram
More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98497384750?pwd=TE5kS1JBWklIcFIwYjdkeThUYkcrQT09
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98497384750?pwd=TE5kS1JBWklIcFIwYjdkeThUYkcrQT09More Information: 2024.04.11 ECE Seminar - Raghavendra Pothukuchi.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 248
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98497384750?pwd=TE5kS1JBWklIcFIwYjdkeThUYkcrQT09
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Miki Arlen
Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98497384750?pwd=TE5kS1JBWklIcFIwYjdkeThUYkcrQT09
-
Robotics as an Eco-Effective Contingency for Weakened Ecosystems?
Thu, Apr 11, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Thomas Schmickl , Professor - Institute of Biology at the University of Graz, Austria
Talk Title: Robotics as an Eco-Effective Contingency for Weakened Ecosystems?
Abstract: Our planet is on the brink of the 6th mass extinction, as our ecosystems are rapidly losing both diversity and biomass. As intra- and inter-specific interaction networks weaken, ecosystems become increasingly unstable, setting off on a downward trajectory along a deadly spiral. In my keynote, I will explore how robotic systems can play a crucial role in supporting ecosystems and communities. I will show three levels of agency how a „tech for good“ approach might be helpful to fight ecosystem decay: Monitoring, intervention and restoration. By mitigating ecosystem decay, robots may buy us precious time to address the root causes of environmental crises. I will show innovative systems that we’ve developed over recent years — the initial strides toward going beyond mere animal-interaction systems by establishing eco-effective robotics.
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.
Biography: Thomas Schmickl (https://www.thomasschmickl.eu) is full professor at the Institute of Biology at the University of Graz, Austria. There he also supervises the Artificial Life Lab (https://alife.uni-graz.at), which he founded in 2007 after returning from a HHMI visiting professorship in the USA. In 2012, he was appointed the Basler Chair of Excellence at the East Tennessee State University (ETSU). His research focuses on the biology of social insects and on ecological modeling, as well as on bio-inspired engineering including swarm-, modular-, hormone-, and evolutionary- robotics. He was/is a partner in the EU-funded projects I- Swarm, Symbrion, Replicator, FloraRobotica, RoboRoyale and serves as the leading scientist and consortium coordinator of the EU grants CoCoRo, ASSISIbf, subCULTron, Atempgrad and Hiveopolis. His research seeks to improve the current state-of-the-art in robotics to allow robotic agents to be more like animals or plants, by being more adaptive, resilient, and flexible. Living organisms are parts of his targeted bio-hybrid robotic systems, with the goal to form sustainable organism-technology symbioses. In 2018, he founded the Field of Excellence COLIBRI (Complexity of Life in Basic Research & Innovation, https://colibri.uni-graz.at) at University of Graz, a network of full professors researching complexity with a focus on living systems, joining forces across various disciplines.
Host: Prof. Wei-Min Shen, Associate Professor of Computer Science Practice
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 126
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
-
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Thu, Apr 11, 2024 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Michel Sadelain, MD, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Cell Engineering at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Talk Title: CD 19 CAR T cells: A paradigm for the living Drug Concept
Abstract: Natural immune responses fall short of eradicating tumors in most cancer patients. The genetic engineering of T cells offers a means to repurpose immune cells to remedy these limitations. The first successful embodiment of engineered immunity is chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy targeting CD19. CARs are synthetic receptors that redirect and reprogram T cells to engage and eliminate cancer cells. CARs that target CD19, a cell surface molecule found in most leukemias and lymphomas, have produced remarkable responses in patients with refractory B cell malignancies. Four CD19 CAR therapies are currently approved by the US FDA. Over 1000 CAR therapy trials are currently listed on the clinicaltrials.gov website. Despite high complete remission rates obtained following a single CAR T cell infusion in patients with relapsed hematological malignancies, a number of patients will eventually relapse, pointing to the need to further improve CAR design and T cell engineering strategies to increase the antigen sensitivity and functional persistence of CAR T cells. Recent studies on the antigen sensitivity of CAR T cells have yielded valuable insights into the antigen density requirements and the role of scFv affinity and costimulatory structures incorporated into CARs to enhance tumor recognition and limit antigen escape. A novel family of CARs, termed HIT receptors, provides greater sensitivity, allowing to target tumors that escape conventional CARs. Logic-gated CAR T cells offer the prospect of more selective tumor targeting, exemplified by IF-BETTER gating. Novel CAR designs, such as 1XX, aim to reconcile the effector potency of CD28-based CARs with the greater T cell persistence afforded by 4-1BB based CARs. Genome editing is emerging as a valuable tool to transcriptionally control CAR expression, remodel the T cell receptor (TCR) and enable epigenetic programming to extend the functional persistence of immune effector cells. CAR T cells thus embody a novel paradigm for immunotherapy, providing “living drugs” for patients who fail to generate effective tumor immunity through active immunization or checkpoint blockade. The success of CD19 CAR therapy in cancer further provides a foundation for evaluating CAR T cells in other pathologies such as senescence-associated disorders and autoimmunity.
Biography: Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Cell Engineering and the incumbent of the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Sadelain’s research focuses on human cell engineering and cell therapy to treat cancer and hereditary blood disorders. His laboratory has made several seminal contributions to the field of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), from design to clinical translation. His group was the first to publish dramatic molecular remissions in patients with chemorefractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia following treatment with CD19 CAR T cells.
Host: Peter Wang, Dr. Lerman, Dr. C. Meltzer
More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/91924460032
Location: Harlyne J. Norris Research Tower (NRT) - Aresty Auditprium HSC
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Carla Stanard
Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/91924460032
-
VLP LeetCode Jam Night
.png)
Thu, Apr 11, 2024 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
University Calendar
Jam with the Viterbi Learning Program! Join us for a company-specific (MAANG) problems session where we code and discuss. Pizza will be provided! Space is limited! RSVP Today: https://engage.usc.edu/VLP/rsvp_boot?id=396569
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 206
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Alex Bronz
Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/VLP/rsvp_boot?id=396569
-
DEN@Viterbi: How to Apply Virtual Info Session
Thu, Apr 11, 2024 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
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/r233919315bf012a65be59dd7e2ed928d
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Corporate & Professional Programs
Event Link: https://uscviterbi.webex.com/weblink/register/r233919315bf012a65be59dd7e2ed928d
.png)