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Final Drop Deadline
Fri, Apr 06, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
University Calendar
Last day to drop a class with mark of "W" for Spring 2018.
https://arr.usc.edu/calendar/Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Sheryl Koutsis
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, and Engineering Talk
Fri, Apr 06, 2018 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen (HS juniors and younger) 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!
RSVPLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen (HS Juniors and Younger) & Family Members
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Denver, CO - Admitted Student Program
Sat, Apr 07, 2018 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Denver Downtown, 1420 Stout Street
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Bay Area (San Mateo, CA) - Admitted Student Program
Sun, Apr 08, 2018 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Marriott San Mateo San Francisco Airport, 1770 South Amphlett Blvd
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Honolulu, HI - Admitted Student Program
Sun, Apr 08, 2018 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, 2552 Kalakaua Avenue
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Phoenix, AZ - Admitted Student Program
Sun, Apr 08, 2018 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Phoenix-Scottsdale, 4415 East Paradise Village Parkway South
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Spring Explore USC
Mon, Apr 09, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Spring Explore is a full-day program running from 8:30am-5pm. The day includes a presentation from the Office of Admission, a USC Campus Tour, and visit with us in the Viterbi School of Engineering. During your time with us you will learn what your life will be like as an engineering student at USC, meet some of our current engineering students, see facilities and labs, and get your questions answered about the enrollment process, housing, and your "next steps".
RSVP
Location: USC Admission Office
Audiences: Spring Admits and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Explore USC – Admitted Student Day
Tue, Apr 10, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Explore USC is the most comprehensive campus visit program for admitted students. It is a full-day program that allows you to interact with dozens of our current students, tour the campus, learn more about financial aid, gives you opportunities to sit in on classes, and start the morning with the Viterbi School of Engineering.
Your time with us in the Viterbi School will take you through an informative session on our academic programs. We will arrange a meeting with faculty from the major you are interested in as well as engineering facility tours of that same area. For lunch we will have you hanging out with some of our engineering students for a few hours, eating in the dinning facilities, seeing the residence halls, but most importantly experiencing the full USC atmosphere.
RSVP
Location: USC Admission Office
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Preview USC - Admitted Student Half-Day
Wed, Apr 11, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Preview USC is a half-day program covering topics related to housing, financial aid, and transitioning from high school to college. It also offers the opportunity for admitted students to sit in on classes, be part of a session in the Viterbi School of Engineering, and interact with a number of current students in a shorter period of time.
RSVPLocation: USC Admission Office
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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USC VAST Annual Robotics Open House
Wed, Apr 11, 2018 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering K-12 STEM Center
University Calendar
This is a fun day with all the robotics research labs providing demonstrations every half hour for groups of 15 people, plus some hands-on fun and games. The labs are spread out in four buildings, so there is a lot to walk around and see. Visitors can move at their own pace to attend as many lab demonstrations as they want and take a break any time to explore campus, find something to eat (bring your own lunch or use a campus dining facility), and enjoy the day. The most crowded time is when the schools visit between 9 am and 2 pm, and the more leisurely afternoon pace is perfect for after school groups, clubs, families, and robotics industry executives.
USC Viterbi School of Engineering Robotics Open HouseLocation: Check in at RTH-EEB Courtyard
WebCast Link: https://viterbipk12.usc.edu/research/robotics-openhouse/
Audiences: free event, pre-registration required!
Contact: Katie Mills
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PhD Defense - Rui Miao
Wed, Apr 11, 2018 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
PhD Candidate: Rui Miao
Committee: Minlan Yu (Chair), Ramesh Govindan, Konstantinos Psounis
Title: Scaling-out Traffic Management in the Cloud
Abstract:
Managing cloud traffic is challenging due to its large and constantly growing traffic in scale and traffic anomalies. Network infrastructure and traffic management need to scale their capacity to such traffic growth and anomalies, or the application performance will suffer. Existing traffic management functions have so far focused on proprietary hardware appliances and software servers. However, with limited capacity and/or fixed functionality, those solutions incur a high cost, low performance, and high management complexity.
In this thesis, we argue that we should scale-out traffic management functions for the full throughput of datacenter networks. The key idea of this thesis is to leverage the hardware switches with line-rate packet processing and the emerging programmability to directly build advanced functionaries. We have scaled-out three major traffic management functions: load balancing, attack mitigation, and congestion control. Our evaluation shows a high performance and cost-efficiency from our solutions.
Location: Charles Lee Powell Hall (PHE) - 631
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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Philadelphia, PA - Admitted Student Program
Wed, Apr 11, 2018 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue, 4200 City Avenue
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Explore USC – Admitted Student Day
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Explore USC is the most comprehensive campus visit program for admitted students. It is a full-day program that allows you to interact with dozens of our current students, tour the campus, learn more about financial aid, gives you opportunities to sit in on classes, and start the morning with the Viterbi School of Engineering.
Your time with us in the Viterbi School will take you through an informative session on our academic programs. We will arrange a meeting with faculty from the major you are interested in as well as engineering facility tours of that same area. For lunch we will have you hanging out with some of our engineering students for a few hours, eating in the dinning facilities, seeing the residence halls, but most importantly experiencing the full USC atmosphere.
RSVP
Location: USC Admission Office
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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PhD Defense - Amulya Yavdav
Thu, Apr 12, 2018 @ 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
PhD Candidate: Amulya Yadav
Committee: Milind Tambe (Chair), Kristina Lerman, Aram Galstyan, Eric Rice, Dana Goldman
Title: Artificial Intelligence for Low Resource Communities: Influence Maximization in an Uncertain World
Time: April 12 (Thursday) 1:00-3:00 PM
Location: KAP 209
Abstract:
The potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tackle challenging problems that afflict society is enormous, particularly in the areas of healthcare, conservation and public safety and security. Many problems in these domains involve harnessing social networks of under-served communities to enable positive change, e.g., using social networks of homeless youth to raise awareness about Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other STDs. Unfortunately, most of these real-world problems are characterized by uncertainties about social network structure and influence models, and previous research in AI fails to sufficiently address these uncertainties, as they make several unrealistic simplifying assumptions for these domains.
This thesis addresses these shortcomings by advancing the state-of-the-art to a new generation of algorithms for interventions in social networks. In particular, this thesis describes the design and development of new influence maximization algorithms which can handle various uncertainties that commonly exist in real-world social networks (e.g., uncertainty in social network structure, evolving network state, and availability of nodes to get influenced). These algorithms utilize techniques from sequential planning problems and social network theory to develop new kinds of AI algorithms. Further, this thesis also demonstrates the real-world impact of these algorithms by describing their deployment in three pilot studies to spread awareness about HIV among actual homeless youth in Los Angeles. This represents one of the first-ever deployments of computer science based influence maximization algorithms in this domain. Our results show that our AI algorithms improved upon the state-of-the-art by 160% in the real-world. We discuss research and implementation challenges faced in deploying these algorithms, and lessons that can be gleaned for future deployment of such algorithms. The positive results from these deployments illustrate the enormous potential of AI in addressing societally relevant problems.
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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Washington D.C. - Admitted Student Program
Thu, Apr 12, 2018 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 Lee Highway
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, and Engineering Talk
Fri, Apr 13, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen (HS juniors and younger) 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!
RSVPLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen (HS Juniors and Younger) & Family Members
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Chicago - HS Junior Program
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Join the Viterbi Admission Team - along with the USC Admission & Financial Aid staff - at the Discover USC Program.
Discover USC is a 2-hour info session that will cover: the USC Application Process, Financial Aid, Life on Campus, Plus, an Engineering Session!
RSVP
Location: Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen (HS Juniors) & Family Members
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Boston - HS Junior Program
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Join the Viterbi Admission Team - along with the USC Admission & Financial Aid staff - at the Discover USC Program.
Discover USC is a 2-hour info session that will cover: the USC Application Process, Financial Aid, Life on Campus, Plus, an Engineering Session!
RSVP
Location: Weston Copley Place, Boston
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen (HS Juniors) & Family Members
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Atlanta, GA - Admitted Student Program
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Grand Hyatt Atlanta - Buckhead, 3300 Peachtree Road, NE
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Boston, MA - Admitted Student Program
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Weston Copley Place - Boston, 10 Hungtinton Avenue
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Chicago, IL - Admitted Student Program
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, 1 West Upper Wacker Drive
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Miami, FL - Admitted Student Program
Sun, Apr 15, 2018 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Hollywood Beach Marriott Resort,2501 North Ocean Drive
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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New York, NY - Admitted Student Program
Sun, Apr 15, 2018 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams Street
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Spring Explore USC
Mon, Apr 16, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Spring Explore is a full-day program running from 8:30am-5pm. The day includes a presentation from the Office of Admission, a USC Campus Tour, and visit with us in the Viterbi School of Engineering. During your time with us you will learn what your life will be like as an engineering student at USC, meet some of our current engineering students, see facilities and labs, and get your questions answered about the enrollment process, housing, and your "next steps".
RSVPLocation: USC Admission Office
Audiences: Spring Admits and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Explore USC – Admitted Student Day
Tue, Apr 17, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Explore USC is the most comprehensive campus visit program for admitted students. It is a full-day program that allows you to interact with dozens of our current students, tour the campus, learn more about financial aid, gives you opportunities to sit in on classes, and start the morning with the Viterbi School of Engineering.
Your time with us in the Viterbi School will take you through an informative session on our academic programs. We will arrange a meeting with faculty from the major you are interested in as well as engineering facility tours of that same area. For lunch we will have you hanging out with some of our engineering students for a few hours, eating in the dinning facilities, seeing the residence halls, but most importantly experiencing the full USC atmosphere.
RSVP
Location: USC Admission Office
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Undergraduate Fall Registration Ends
Wed, Apr 18, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
University Calendar
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Sheryl Koutsis
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Preview USC - Admitted Student Half-Day
Wed, Apr 18, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Preview USC is a half-day program covering topics related to housing, financial aid, and transitioning from high school to college. It also offers the opportunity for admitted students to sit in on classes, be part of a session in the Viterbi School of Engineering, and interact with a number of current students in a shorter period of time.
RSVPLocation: USC Admission Office
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Explore USC – Admitted Student Day
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: USC Admission Office
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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PhD Defense - Sonal Mahajan
Thu, Apr 19, 2018 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
PhD Candidate: Sonal Mahajan
Time: April 19, 2018 (Thursday) 9.30am - 12pm
Location: VHE 217
Committee: William G. J. Halfond (chair), Nenad Medvidovic, Sandeep Gupta, Chao Wang, Jyotirmoy Vinay Deshmukh
Title: Automated Repair of Presentation Failures in Web Applications Using Search-based Techniques
Abstract:
The appearance of a web application's User Interface (UI) plays an important part in its success. Issues degrading the UI can negatively affect the usability of a website and impact an end user's perception of the website and the quality of the services that it delivers. Such UI related issues, called presentation failures, occur frequently in modern web applications. Despite their importance, there exist no automated techniques for repairing presentation failures. Instead repair is typically a manual process were developers must painstakingly analyze the UI of a website, identify the faulty UI elements (i.e., HTML elements and CSS properties), and carry out repairs. This is labor intensive and requires significant expertise of the developers.
My dissertation addresses these challenges and limitations by automating the process of repairing presentation failures in web applications. My key insight underlying this research is that search-based techniques can be used to find repairs for the observed presentation failures by intelligently and efficiently exploring large solution spaces defined by the HTML elements and CSS properties. Based on this insight, I designed a novel general-purpose search-based framework for the automated repair of presentation failures in web applications. To evaluate the effectiveness of my framework, I designed and developed instantiations for repairing different types of presentation failures in web applications. The first instantiation focuses on the repair of Cross Browser Issues (XBIs), i.e., inconsistencies in the appearance of a website when rendered in different web browsers. The second instantiation addresses the Mobile Friendly Problems (MFPs) in websites, i.e., improves the readability and usability of a website when accessed from a mobile device. The third instantiation repairs problems related to internationalization in web application UIs. Lastly, the fourth instantiation addresses issues arising from mockup-driven development and regression debugging. In the empirical evaluations, all of the four instantiations were highly effective in repairing presentation failures, while in the conducted user studies, participants overwhelmingly preferred the visual appeal of the repaired versions of the websites compared to their original (faulty) versions. Overall, these are positive results and indicate that the framework can help developers repair presentation failures in web applications, while maintaining their aesthetic quality.
Location: Vivian Hall of Engineering (VHE) - 217
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, and Engineering Talk
Fri, Apr 20, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen (HS juniors and younger) 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!
RSVPLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen (HS Juniors and Younger) & Family Members
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Seattle - HS Junior Program
Sat, Apr 21, 2018 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Join the Viterbi Admission Team - along with the USC Admission & Financial Aid staff - at the Discover USC Program.
Discover USC is a 2-hour info session that will cover: the USC Application Process, Financial Aid, Life on Campus, Plus, an Engineering Session!
RSVP
Location: Grand Hyatt Seattle
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen (HS Juniors) & Family Members
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Houston - HS Junior Program
Sat, Apr 21, 2018 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Join the Viterbi Admission Team - along with the USC Admission & Financial Aid staff - at the Discover USC Program.
Discover USC is a 2-hour info session that will cover: the USC Application Process, Financial Aid, Life on Campus, Plus, an Engineering Session!
RSVP
Location: Houston Marriott West Loop by the Galleria
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen (HS Juniors) & Family Members
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Houston, TX - Admitted Student Program
Sat, Apr 21, 2018 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Houston Marriott West Loop by the Galleria, 1750 West Loop South
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Seattle, WA - Admitted Student Program
Sat, Apr 21, 2018 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Grand Hyatt Seattle, 721 Pine Street
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Dallas - HS Junior Program
Sun, Apr 22, 2018 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
Join the Viterbi Admission Team - along with the USC Admission & Financial Aid staff - at the Discover USC Program.
Discover USC is a 2-hour info session that will cover: the USC Application Process, Financial Aid, Life on Campus, Plus, an Engineering Session!
RSVP
Location: Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen (HS Juniors) & Family Members
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Portland, OR - Admitted Student Program
Sun, Apr 22, 2018 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
RSVP
Location: Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center, 550 SW Oak Street
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Dallas, TX - Admitted Student Program
Sun, Apr 22, 2018 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
University Calendar
These Admitted Student Programs, hosted by the Undergraduate Admission Office, provide admitted students and their families an opportunity to meet admission counselors, representatives from academic departments, alumni, and you will have the opportunity to meet other admitted students from your local area. Viterbi and University Admission counselors will be there to answer any questions you might have, tell you more about campus life and your specific academic program, and welcome you to the Trojan Family. The program will last approximately two hours.
We love seeing our newly admitted students in person! if you live in or near a city we will be visiting, we encourage you to join us!
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Location: Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria, 14901 Dallas Parkway
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Spring Explore USC
Mon, Apr 23, 2018
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Spring Explore is a full-day program running from 8:30am-5pm. The day includes a presentation from the Office of Admission, a USC Campus Tour, and visit with us in the Viterbi School of Engineering. During your time with us you will learn what your life will be like as an engineering student at USC, meet some of our current engineering students, see facilities and labs, and get your questions answered about the enrollment process, housing, and your "next steps".
RSVPLocation: USC Admission Office
Audiences: Spring Admits and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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PhD Defense - Siddharth Jain
Mon, Apr 23, 2018 @ 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
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PhD Candidate: Siddharth Jain
Committee: Ron Artstein (Chair), Paul Rosenbloom, Morteza Dehghani, Kallirroi Georgila, Elsi Kaiser
Title: Identifying Social Roles in Online Contentious Discussions
Time: Mon, April 23, 2018 @ 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM.
Room: SOS B45.
Abstract:
The main goal of this dissertation is to identify social roles of participants in online contentious discussions, define these roles in terms of behavioral characteristics
participants show in such discussions, and develop methods to identify these participant roles automatically. As social life becomes increasingly embedded in online systems, the concept of social role becomes increasingly valuable as a tool for
simplifying patterns of action, recognizing distinct participant types, and cultivating and managing communities. In contentious discussions, the roles may exert a major influence on the course and/or outcome of the discussions. The existing work on social roles mostly focuses on either empirical studies or network based analysis. Whereas this dissertation presents a model of social roles by analyzing the content of the participants' contribution. In the first portion of this dissertation, I present the corpus of participant roles in online discussions from Wikipedia: Articles for Deletion and 4forums.com discussion forums.
A rich set of annotations of behavioral characteristics such as stubbornness, sensibleness, influence, and ignored-ness, which I believe all contribute in the identification of roles played by participants, is created to analyze the contribution of the participants. Using these behavioral characteristics, Participant roles such as leader,
follower, rebel, voice in wilderness, idiot etc. are defined which reflect these behavioral
characteristics. In the second part of this dissertation I present the methods used to identify these participant roles in online discussions automatically using the
contribution of the participants in the discussion. First, I develop two models to identify leaders in online discussions that quantify the basic leadership qualities of participants. Then, I present the system for analyzing the argumentation structure of comments in discussions. This analysis is divided in three parts: claim detection, claim delimitation, and claim-link detection. Then, the dissertation presents the social roles model to identify the participant roles in discussions. I create classification models and neural network structures for each behavioral characteristic using a set of features based on participants' contribution to the discussion to determine the behavior values for participants. Using these behavioral characteristic values the roles of participants
are determined based on the rules determined from the annotation scheme. I show that for both, the classification models and neural networks, the rule based methods perform
better than the model that identifies the participant roles directly. This signifies that the framework of breaking down the problem of identifying social roles to determining
values of specific behavioral characteristics make it more intuitive in terms of what we expect from participants who assume these roles. Although the neural network methods
perform worse than their traditional classification method counterparts, when provided with additional training data, neural network structures improve at a much higher rate.
In the last part of the dissertation, I use the social roles model as a tool to analyze participants' behavior in large corpus. Social roles are automatically tagged in
Wikipedia corpus containing -26000 discussions. This allows determining participants' roles over time in order to identify whether they assume different roles in different discussions, and what factors may affect an individual's role in such discussions. I investigate three factors: topic of the discussion, amount of contention in the discussion, and other participants in the discussion. The results show that participants behave similarly in most situations. However, the social roles model is able to identify instances where participants' behavior patterns are different than their own typical behavior. In doing so, the model provides useful context regarding the reason behind these behavioral patterns by identifying specific behaviors affected by the situation.Location: Social Sciences Building (SOS) - B45
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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Explore USC – Admitted Student Day
Tue, Apr 24, 2018
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Explore USC is the most comprehensive campus visit program for admitted students. It is a full-day program that allows you to interact with dozens of our current students, tour the campus, learn more about financial aid, gives you opportunities to sit in on classes, and start the morning with the Viterbi School of Engineering.
Your time with us in the Viterbi School will take you through an informative session on our academic programs. We will arrange a meeting with faculty from the major you are interested in as well as engineering facility tours of that same area. For lunch we will have you hanging out with some of our engineering students for a few hours, eating in the dinning facilities, seeing the residence halls, but most importantly experiencing the full USC atmosphere.
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Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Preview USC - Admitted Student Half-Day
Wed, Apr 25, 2018
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Preview USC is a half-day program covering topics related to housing, financial aid, and transitioning from high school to college. It also offers the opportunity for admitted students to sit in on classes, be part of a session in the Viterbi School of Engineering, and interact with a number of current students in a shorter period of time.
RSVPLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Spring 2018 Classes End
Fri, Apr 27, 2018
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Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Sheryl Koutsis
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, and Engineering Talk
Fri, Apr 27, 2018
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This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen (HS juniors and younger) 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!
RSVPLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Prospective Freshmen (HS Juniors and Younger) & Family Members
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Study Day
Sat, Apr 28, 2018
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Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Sheryl Koutsis
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Admitted Students Day
Sat, Apr 28, 2018
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The On Campus Admitted Student Reception is a full day program (10:00am -4:00pm) that takes place on USC's campus on Saturday, April 28. This full day program will provide you and your family with an opportunity to meet staff from Undergraduate Admission, Financial Aid and the Viterbi School of Engineering, tour residence halls, tour the surrounding neighborhood, and meet current Viterbi students and faculty.
During the program the Viterbi School will host an Engineering Open House - just for admitted students. This large program will cover practically everything you want to know about USC and the Viterbi School. The day includes a Viterbi School Information session and our open house featuring engineering faculty and current engineering students on hand to meet you and help you better understand your chosen academic discipline. Representatives from our student organizations will show you some of the problems they are working to solve as well as some students showing off what they have been working on in their current classes.
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Location: USC Admission Office
Audiences: Admitted Students and Their Families
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Study Day
Sun, Apr 29, 2018
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Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Sheryl Koutsis
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Study Day
Mon, Apr 30, 2018
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
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Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Sheryl Koutsis
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PhD Defense - Stephanie Kemna
Mon, Apr 30, 2018 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
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PhD Candidate: Stephanie Kemna
Committee: Gaurav Sukhatme (chair), Nora Ayanian, David Caron
Title: Multi-Robot Strategies for Adaptive Sampling with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Time & place: Monday April 30th, 2pm, RTH406
Abstract:
Biologists and oceanographers are sampling lakes and oceans worldwide, to obtain data on the natural phenomena they are interested in. For example, measuring algae abundance to understand and explain potentially harmful algal blooms. Typical methods of sampling are (a) taking physical water samples and sensor measurements from boats, (b) deploying sensor packages off of buoys, docks or other static man-made structures, and more recently (c) running pre-programmed missions with aquatic robots. The use of robot teams could significantly improve cost- and time-efficiency of lake and ocean sampling, allowing persistent and efficient mapping of the water column in finer resolution. Additionally, these systems may be able to intelligently gather data without needing a lot of prior information. We envision a scenario where one or two groups of biologists or oceanographers come together for monitoring a lake, bringing their autonomous vehicles with biological sensors.
Our focus is on improving sampling efficiency, and environmental modeling performance, through the addition of (decentralized) coordination approaches for multi-robot sampling systems. In this presentation, I will discuss adaptive informative sampling techniques for single- and multi-robot deployments. Adaptive informative sampling means that the robots adapt their trajectory online, based on sampled data, while incorporating information-theoretic metrics to seek out the most informative sampling locations. Through simulation studies we have shown the benefits that can be obtained from employing adaptive informative sampling approaches. We include field results to show the feasibility of running adaptive informative sampling on board an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
For the multi-robot case, we show the benefits that can be obtained from adding data sharing between vehicles, and we explore the trade-off of surface based (Wi-Fi) communications versus underwater (acoustic) communications. In terms of coordinating multiple vehicles, I will first discuss an explicit coordination approach, based on dynamic estimation of Voronoi partitions, which shows potential for improving modeling performance in the early stages of model creation. I then discuss a method we developed for how to best start adaptive sampling runs when no prior data is available. Finally, I will discuss the use of implicit coordination through asynchronous surfacing with a surface-based data hub. We showed that performance across surfacing strategies was similar, though some turned out to be less consistent in performance, and some methods showed potential for greatly reducing the number of surfacing events needed.
Overall, I have developed several methods for adaptive informative sampling with AUVs, focusing on multi-robot coordination and field constraints. The results of my studies show the benefits and potential of incorporating data sharing and coordination strategies into adaptive sampling routines for multi-robot systems.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 406
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
