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  • Repeating EventAircraft Accident Investigation AAI 24-4

    Tue, Apr 30, 2024 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM

    Aviation Safety and Security Program

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    The course is designed for individuals who have limited investigation experience. All aspects of the investigation process are addressed, starting with preparation for the investigation through writing the final report. It covers National Transportation Safety Board and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) procedures. Investigative techniques are examined with an emphasis on fixed-wing investigation. Data collection, wreckage reconstruction, and cause analysis are discussed in the classroom and applied in the lab.
    The USC Aircraft Accident Investigation lab serves as the location for practical exercises. Thirteen aircraft wreckages form the basis of these investigative exercises. The crash laboratory gives the student an opportunity to learn the observation and documentation skills required of accident investigators. The wreckage is examined and reviewed with investigators who have extensive actual real-world investigation experience. Examination techniques and methods are demonstrated along with participative group discussions of actual wreckage examination, reviews of witness interview information, and investigation group personal dynamics discussions.

    Location: WESTMINSTER AVENUE BUILDING (WAB) - Unit E

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Daniel Scalese

    Event Link: https://avsafe.usc.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=24AAAI4

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  • Repeating EventSafety Management for Aviation Maintenance MAINT 24-2

    Tue, Apr 30, 2024 @ 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM

    Aviation Safety and Security Program

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    This course provides supervisors with aviation safety principles and practices needed to manage the problems associated with aircraft maintenance operations. In addition, it prepares attendees to assume safety responsibilities in their areas of operation. It does not teach aircraft maintenance and assumes the attendee has a maintenance background.

    Location: Century Boulevard Building (CBB) - 920

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Daniel Scalese

    Event Link: https://avsafe.usc.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=24AMAINT2

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  • 3rd Annual Symposium USC-Amazon Center on Trustworthy AI

    3rd Annual Symposium USC-Amazon Center on Trustworthy AI

    Tue, Apr 30, 2024 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Join us in conversation with distinguished keynote speakers, technical presentations from the USC-Amazon Center’s innovative research projects, and talks by Amazon ML Ph.D. fellows. 

    Location: Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience (MCB) - 101

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Ariana Perez

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  • PhD Dissertation Defense - Alan Romano

    Tue, Apr 30, 2024 @ 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    Title: Static Program Analyses for WebAssembly
     
    Committee Members: Weihang Wang (Chair), Chao Wang, and Pierluigi Nuzzo
     
    Date/Time: Tuesday, April 30th, 9:30am - 11:30am
     
    Abstract: WebAssembly is a recent standard for the web that aims to enable high-performance web applications that can run at near-native speeds. The standard has gained attention in both academia and industry for its ability to speed up existing user-facing web applications. Due to its well-defined and sound design, many static program analysis techniques have been developed to accomplish various purposes of WebAssembly analysis. However, we identify gaps in the static program analysis tools of the current WebAssembly ecosystem. We find that current program optimizations applied on WebAssembly modules may lead to diminished performance. We also identify a lack of tools that help developers understand WebAssembly modules through robust binary decompilation. Finally, we find a gap in the ability to analyze cross-language WebAssembly applications across the two languages they are typically implemented in, i.e., WebAssembly and JavaScript.
     
    In this thesis, we present a novel WebAssembly Analysis Framework, or WAF . WAF is a static program analysis framework for WebAssembly modules that consists of multiple intermediate representations. Inspired by frameworks made for Java, the core of our framework lies in our three intermediate representations that each model the WebAssembly module at a different semantic level. This structure enables WAF to serve in multiple use cases, including program optimizations, binary decompilation, cross-language program analysis, and malware detection. We aim to show that our framework can improve static program analysis in the areas that the WebAssembly ecosystem is lacking.

    Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 322

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Alan Romano

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  • PhD Thesis Proposal - Tian Ye

    Tue, Apr 30, 2024 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    Title: Enhancing Adversarial Training in Low-Label Regimes  
     
     
    Committee Members: Viktor Prasanna (Chair), Paul Bogdan, Jyotirmoy Deshmukh, Rajgopal Kannan, Cauligi Raghavendra  
     
     
    Data & Time: April 30, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM   Location: EEB 219  
     
     
    Abstract: As machine learning models are increasingly deployed in critical real-world applications, ensuring their robustness against adversarial attacks is essential to prevent potentially severe consequences. Adversarial training, which involves teaching models to recognize and resist adversarial perturbations, is a key strategy for building such robustness. This thesis explores the enhancement of adversarial robustness in scenarios characterized by low-label regimes, where extensive labeled training data are not accessible, by addressing several challenges in existing semi-supervised adversarial training methods. Specifically, the proposed research focuses on: (1) optimizing the generation of adversarial samples to reduce the risk of overfitting, (2) enhancing the reliability of pseudo-labels to mitigate confirmation bias, and (3) simplifying the optimization of training processes to enhance accessibility and efficiency. These improvements will contribute to strengthening the security and functionality of machine learning applications against adversarial threats in a broader range of applications.

    Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 219

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Ellecia Williams

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  • PhD Thesis Proposal - Nan Xu

    Tue, Apr 30, 2024 @ 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    Committee Members: Xuezhe Ma (chair), Muhao Chen, Jonathan May, Ram Nevatia, Daniel O’Leary    
     
     
    Title: Decoding Recipes for Coherent and Factual Text Generation   
     
     
    Abstract: While Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated increasing power in generating texts, they have also called upon studies on their degeneration problems such as repetition, incoherence, hallucination, etc. My PhD thesis outlines my research aiming to tackle these challenges from the perspective of decoding, which is train-free and driven by models' own understanding of seen and generated texts. Specifically, I focus on 1) reducing undesired repetitions and off-topic generations by analyzing probability distribution of decoding steps for open-ended text generation and 2) mitigating hallucinations by studying models' uncertainty against user prompts for false-premise question answering.    Motivated by the emergent ability of Large Vision Language Models (LVLMs) to perceive and understand visual signals, I will also introduce my proposal to mitigate hallucinations with effective decoding strategies given multimodal inputs.     
     
     
    Venue: RTH 306 and Zoom https://usc.zoom.us/j/97468606369?pwd=a2ovTlYweE1neGpTMHFtUlNrcVVnQT09    
     
     
    Date: 04/30/2024, 4:30-6:30PM

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 306

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Ellecia Williams

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