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  • ECE-EP Seminar - Alex Abramson, Thursday, April 1st @ 2:30pm via Zoom

    Thu, Apr 01, 2021 @ 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Speaker: Alex Abramson, Chemical Engineering Department, Stanford University

    Talk Title: Tissue Interfacing Robotic Therapeutics

    Abstract: Medical devices that conform to and interact with the body hold profound implications in medicine, supporting a new generation of personalized and automated therapies with higher patient compliance and faster diagnostic feedback. In this talk, we will explore a series of ingestible and wearable technologies that physically interact with targeted tissues through programmable geometric and material transformations to enable previously unachievable therapeutic and sensing capabilities. Specifically, we will review the development of novel technologies enabling the oral delivery of macromolecule drugs such as insulin, as well as technologies enabling the rapid assessment of cancer therapeutics through real-time tumor monitoring.

    Biography: Dr. Alex Abramson is an NIH F32 Postdoctoral fellow in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University working with Profs. Zhenan Bao, Joseph Desimone, and the late Sanjiv Sam Gambhir. He received his B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT under the direction of Profs. Robert Langer and Giovanni Traverso. His research, which focuses on oral biologic drug delivery and bioelectronic therapeutics, has been featured in news outlets such as The New York Times, NPR, and Wired, and he has worked closely with Novo Nordisk to develop clinical translation strategies for some of his inventions. Dr. Abramson is also involved in the public health sector and has performed research on quantifying the quality-of-life impact that novel biomedical technologies have on patients worldwide. In his spare time, Dr. Abramson volunteers as a STEM tutor at a local middle school, mentors start-up ventures in the biotechnology space, plays golf, and hikes. For more information about Dr. Abramson, please visit his website: www.agabramson.com.

    Host: ECE-Electrophysics

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/93176796114?pwd=MmVNdlRLQUs3bS9VSVNWOU5qUEhwQT09

    More Information: Alex Abramson Flyer.pdf

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Marilyn Poplawski

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/93176796114?pwd=MmVNdlRLQUs3bS9VSVNWOU5qUEhwQT09

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  • Advanced Manufacturing Seminar

    Fri, Apr 02, 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Placid M. Ferreira, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Talk Title: Solid Ionics-Based Nanomanufacturing

    Abstract: Mechanics and transport at the micro- and nanoscale offer a rich set of controllable phenomena that can be exploited for the development of manufacturing processes, compatible with these scales. Here, we exploit ionic transport in solids as the basis of highly controllable, efficient, high-resolution, high throughput nanomanufacturing processes for producing metallic (specifically silver and copper) nanostructures. This talk will focus on the exploitation of the high room-temperature ionic conductivity of silver and copper-based superionic glasses as the basis of subtractive and additive nano-manufacturing processes such as superionic imprinting/stamping, roll patterning and direct writing. Taking a traditional manufacturing perspective, the talk will discuss tooling and tool materials; process characterization and rates; and tool wear with such processes. Applications and future directions for solid ionics-based nanomanufacturing processes will also be discussed.



    Biography: Dr. Placid M. Ferreira is the Tungchao Julia Lu Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois. From 2003 to 2009, he was the director of the Center for Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS), an NSF-sponsored Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center after which he served as the Head of the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois until August 2015. He graduated with a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University in 1987, M.Tech (Mechanical) from IIT Bombay, 1982 and B.E. (Mechanical) for University of Bombay in 1980. He has been on the mechanical engineering faculty at Illinois since 1987, serving as the associate head for graduate programs and research from 1999 to 2002. Professor Ferreira's research and teaching interests are in precision manufacturing and includes computer-controlled machines, nano-manufacturing and metrology. Professor Ferreira received NSF's Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1990, SME's Outstanding Young Investigator Award in 1991, University of Illinois' University Scholar Award in 1994, the ASME Ennor Award for Manufacturing Technology in 2014. He is also a Fellow of ASME, SME and AAAS. He has served on the editorial board of a number of manufacturing-related journals.

    Host: Center for Advanced Manufacturing

    More Info: Please register for this webinar at: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T8lmZM0nQhC8VeooLUjTaA

    Webcast: Please register for this webinar at: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T8lmZM0nQhC8VeooLUjTaA

    More Information: Adv Mfg Seminar S21_Placid Ferreira.pdf

    WebCast Link: Please register for this webinar at: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T8lmZM0nQhC8VeooLUjTaA

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Tessa Yao

    Event Link: Please register for this webinar at: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T8lmZM0nQhC8VeooLUjTaA

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  • ECE-EP Seminar - Yasser Khan, Monday, April 5th at 9am via Zoom

    Mon, Apr 05, 2021 @ 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Speaker: Yasser Khan, Stanford University

    Talk Title: Skin-like, scalable, and accessible wearables for mental health

    Abstract: Worldwide, 615 million people suffer from the common mental disorders of depression and anxiety. Yet, there is no existing technology that accurately and objectively monitors mental health. The obstacles towards mental health care are complex and multi-faceted: social stigma, high cost, and limited or no access to local care - all hinder patients suffering from mental health conditions to seek out and receive help. To address this chronic need, using recent advances in electronic-skin and wearable technologies, we designed a wearable that continuously measures physiological parameters linked to chronic stress and other mental health and wellness conditions, namely, heart rate variability, skin conductance, sweat rate, and the stress hormone, cortisol. We used additive manufacturing and flexible hybrid electronics to make the device scalable and low-cost. Utilizing the sensor data and analytics, we can characterize mental states quantitatively, allowing the capability to prevent and treat mental illness irrespective of the local environment. In this talk, I will demonstrate the first-of-its-kind wearable for mental health and present a multi-part study that combines both user-centered design and engineering-centered data collection to inform future design efforts for mental health wearables. Such wearable devices, in conjunction with mobile technologies, enable the possibility of remote care, which can allow discrete monitoring, potentially circumventing the stigma often associated with mental health treatment. Overall, in this talk, I will discuss engineering innovations in medical devices to address one of the most pressing global health burdens.

    Biography: Yasser Khan is a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, advised by Professor Zhenan Bao in Chemical Engineering and Professor Boris Murmann in Electrical Engineering. Yasser completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, in Professor Ana Claudia Arias' Group. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, respectively. Yasser's research focuses on additive manufacturing and hardware AI to produce skin-like wearables, implantables, and ingestibles. These medical devices are being used for precision health and psychiatry.

    Yasser received the EECS departmental fellowship at UC Berkeley, discovery scholarship and graduate fellowship at KAUST, and academic excellence scholarship at UT Dallas. Yasser published over 40 research publications in the most reputed platforms in the field, which were highlighted by BBC News, Wall Street Journal, NSF News, and attracted over $2 million in research funding.

    Host: ECE-Electrophysics

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98606934279?pwd=RU5JczEvM0NnUW1kQnZ2ckJ1N29jUT09

    More Information: Yasser Khan Flyer.pdf

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Marilyn Poplawski

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98606934279?pwd=RU5JczEvM0NnUW1kQnZ2ckJ1N29jUT09

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  • Sanmi (Oluwasanmi) Koyejo (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) - The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Trustworthy ML

    Mon, Apr 05, 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    Speaker: Sanmi (Oluwasanmi) Koyejo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Talk Title: The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Trustworthy ML

    Abstract: Across healthcare, science, and engineering, we increasingly employ machine learning (ML) to automate decision-making that, in turn, affects our lives in profound ways. However, ML can fail, with significant and long-lasting consequences. Reliably measuring such failures is the first step towards building robust and trustworthy learning machines. Consider algorithmic fairness, where widely-deployed fairness metrics can exacerbate group disparities and result in discriminatory outcomes. Moreover, existing metrics are often incompatible. Hence, selecting fairness metrics is an open problem. Measurement is also crucial for robustness, particularly in federated learning with error-prone devices. Here, once again, models constructed using well-accepted robustness metrics can fail. Across ML applications, the dire consequences of mismeasurement are a recurring theme. This talk will outline emerging strategies for addressing the measurement gap in ML and how this impacts trustworthiness.

    Biography: Sanmi (Oluwasanmi) Koyejo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Koyejo's research interests are in developing the principles and practice of trustworthy machine learning. Additionally, Koyejo focuses on applications to neuroscience and healthcare. Koyejo completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, advised by Joydeep Ghosh, and completed postdoctoral research at Stanford University. His postdoctoral research was primarily with Russell A. Poldrack and Pradeep Ravikumar. Koyejo has been the recipient of several awards, including a best paper award from the conference on uncertainty in artificial intelligence (UAI), a Sloan Fellowship, a Kavli Fellowship, an IJCAI early career spotlight, and a trainee award from the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM). Koyejo serves on the board of the Black in AI organization.

    Host: Fei Sha

    Audiences: By invitation only.

    Contact: Assistant to CS chair

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  • Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar

    Tue, Apr 06, 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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    Speaker: Hae Young Noh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

    Talk Title: Structures as Sensors: Indirectly Monitoring Humans and Surroundings with Ambient Structural Responses

    Abstract: See Attachment

    Host: Dr. Roger Ghanem

    More Information: Hae Young Noh_ Abstract-Bio.pdf

    Location: Zoom: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97228056404; Meeting ID: 972 2805 6404: Passcode: 864779

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Evangeline Reyes

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  • Emerging Nanophotonic Platforms for Infectious Disease Diagnostics: Re-imagining the Conventional Microbiology Toolkit

    Tue, Apr 06, 2021 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Speaker: Prof. Jennifer Dionne, Stanford University

    Talk Title: Emerging Nanophotonic Platforms for Infectious Disease Diagnostics: Re-imagining the Conventional Microbiology Toolkit

    Series: Photonics Seminar

    Host: Electrical and Computer Engineering: Wade Hsu, Mercedeh Khajavikhan, Michelle Povinelli, Constantine Sideris, and Wei Wu

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcuuprD4oE9ZVf6lwC_KIX9-3i55nMAMV

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    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jennifer Ramos/Electrophysics

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcuuprD4oE9ZVf6lwC_KIX9-3i55nMAMV

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  • ISE 651 - Epstein Seminar

    Tue, Apr 06, 2021 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Andres Gomez, Assistant Professor, Epstein Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering, USC

    Talk Title: Convexification of Constrained Nonlinear Optimization Problems With Indicator Variables

    Host: Prof. Jong-Shi Pang

    More Information: April 6, 2021.pdf

    Location: Online/Zoom

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Grace Owh

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  • Mork Family Department Spring Virtual Seminars - Matthew Neurock

    Tue, Apr 06, 2021 @ 04:00 PM - 05:20 PM

    Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

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    Speaker: Matthew Neurock, University of Minnesota

    Talk Title: TBA

    Abstract: ZOOM MEETING INFO:
    https://usc.zoom.us/j/98225952695?pwd=d0NMenhCNkliR1ZIR1lBamRpZHh1UT09
    Meeting ID: 982 2595 2695 • Passcode: 322435

    Host: Shaama Sharada

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98225952695?pwd=d0NMenhCNkliR1ZIR1lBamRpZHh1UT09

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Greta Harrison

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98225952695?pwd=d0NMenhCNkliR1ZIR1lBamRpZHh1UT09

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  • ECE-EP Seminar - Karan Mehta, Wednesday, April 7th, 9am via Zoom

    Wed, Apr 07, 2021 @ 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Speaker: Karan Mehta, ETH Zurich

    Talk Title: Integrated photonic and atomic quantum systems

    Abstract: Practical and useful quantum information processing requires significant advances over current systems in error rates and robustness of basic operations, and at the same time in scale. The high coherence and precise control possible with trapped atomic ion qubits are promising for long-term systems, but the optics required pose a major challenge in scaling.
    Interfacing low-noise atomic qubits with scalable integrated photonics [1] is a promising route forward, enabling practical extensibility while simultaneously lending robustness to noise.
    Foundry-fabricated ion trap devices with integrated waveguide optical delivery have recently allowed us to realize multi-ion entangling quantum logic with fidelities competitive with the highest achieved across qubit platforms [2]. Aside from the stability and scalability afforded by these techniques, I will discuss how they allow generation of optical field profiles enabling new physical operations, new photonics motivated by atomic systems broadly, and additional possibilities for such techniques to advance future experiments in areas including sensing and precision metrology.

    [1] K.K. Mehta, C.D. Bruzewicz, R. McConnell, R.J. Ram, J.M. Sage, and J. Chiaverini. "Integrated optical addressing of an ion qubit." Nature Nanotechnology 11, 1066-1070 (2016). [2] K.K. Mehta, C. Zhang, M. Malinowski, T.-L. Nguyen, M. Stadler, and J.P. Home. "Integrated optical multi-ion quantum logic." Nature 586, 533-537 (2020).

    Biography: Karan Mehta received BS. Degrees from UCLA in Physics and Electrical Engineering in 2010, and completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT in 2017. Since 2017 he has been an ETH postdoctoral fellow and subsequently senior scientist in the Physics department at ETH Zurich since 2017. His current research interests include trapped- ion techniques, optics and integrated photonics, and quantum information.

    Host: ECE-Electrophysics

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97126068362?pwd=OGdjUGF3WExjd1NRTTNQT0NqMkU3Zz09

    More Information: Karan Mehta Flyer.pdf

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Marilyn Poplawski

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97126068362?pwd=OGdjUGF3WExjd1NRTTNQT0NqMkU3Zz09

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  • CS Colloquium: Heni Ben Amor (Arizona State University) - Human-Robot Interactive Collaboration and Communication

    Thu, Apr 08, 2021 @ 04:00 PM - 05:20 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    Speaker: Heni Ben Amor, Arizona State University

    Talk Title: Human-Robot Interactive Collaboration and Communication

    Series: Computer Science Colloquium

    Abstract: Autonomous and anthropomorphic robots are poised to play a critical role in manufacturing, healthcare and the services industry in the near future. However, for this vision to become a reality, robots need to efficiently communicate and physically interact with their human partners. Rather than traditional remote controls and programming languages, adaptive and transparent techniques for human-robot collaboration are needed. In particular, robots may need to interpret implicit behavioral cues or explicit instructions and, in turn, generate appropriate responses. In this talk, I will present ongoing work which leverages machine learning (ML), natural language processing and virtual reality to create different modalities for humans and machines to engage in effortless and natural interactions. To this end, I will describe Bayesian Interaction Primitives - an approach for motor skill learning and spatio-temporal modelling in physical human-robot collaboration tasks. Further, I will discuss our recent work on language-conditioned imitation learning and self-supervised learning in interactive tasks. The talk will also cover techniques that enable robots to communicate information back to the human partner via mixed reality projections. To demonstrate these techniques, I will present applications in prosthetics, social robotics, and collaborative assembly.

    Register in advance for this webinar at:

    https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0-U51YE7Rx-z99qO4Kj33w

    After registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

    This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.


    Biography: Heni Ben Amor is an Assistant Professor for robotics at Arizona State University. He is the director of the ASU Interactive Robotics Laboratory. Ben Amor received the NSF CAREER Award, the Fulton Outstanding Assistant Professor Award in 2018, as well as the Daimler-and-Benz Fellowship in 2012. Prior to joining ASU, he was a research scientist at Georgia Tech, a postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University Darmstadt (Germany), and a visiting research scientist in the Intelligent Robotics Lab at the University of Osaka (Japan). His primary research interests lie in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and human-robot interaction. Ben Amor received a Ph.D. in computer science from the Technical University Freiberg, focusing on artificial intelligence and machine learning. More information can be found at: http://henibenamor.weebly.com/


    Host: Heather Culbertson

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0-U51YE7Rx-z99qO4Kj33w

    Location: Online Zoom Webinar

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0-U51YE7Rx-z99qO4Kj33w

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Computer Science Department

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  • Advanced Manufacturing Seminar

    Fri, Apr 09, 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Sheng Xu, Assistant Professor, Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego

    Talk Title: Advanced Manufacturing and Material Design for Soft Electronics: From the Skin to Below the Skin

    Abstract: Soft electronic devices that can noninvasively and continuously acquire vital signs from the human body represent an important trend for healthcare. Combined strategies of advanced manufacturing and materials design allow the integration of a variety of components and devices on a soft platform, resulting in functional systems with minimal constraints on the human body. In this presentation, I will demonstrate a wearable multichannel patch that can sense a collection of signals from the human skin in a wireless mode. Additionally, integrating high-performance ultrasonic transducers on the stretchable substrate adds a new third dimension to the detection range of conventional soft electronics. Ultrasound waves can penetrate the skin and noninvasively capture dynamic events in deep tissues, such as blood pressure and blood flow waveforms in central arteries and veins. This soft platform holds profound implications for a wide range of applications in consumer electronics, sports medicine, defense, and clinical practices.

    Biography: Dr. Sheng Xu is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Nanoengineering at the University of California San Diego. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, followed by postdoctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His group is interested in developing new materials and fabrication strategies for soft electronics. His research has been presented to the Congressmen and Congresswomen as a testimony of NIH extramural research during a Congressional Hearing. He has been recognized by many awards, including NIH MIRA, NIH Trailblazer Award, Sloan Fellowship, Wellcome Trust Innovator Award, MIT TR35, and MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award. He is an NAS Kavli Fellow and an NAE Frontier of Engineering. He serves Nano Research as a Young Star Editor.

    Host: Center for Advanced Manufacturing

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kMleLeQQSca4oToi6Xj8Nw

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kMleLeQQSca4oToi6Xj8Nw

    More Information: Adv Mfg Seminar S21_Sheng Xu.pdf

    Location: Online event

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kMleLeQQSca4oToi6Xj8Nw

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Tessa Yao

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kMleLeQQSca4oToi6Xj8Nw

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  • ECE-EP Seminar - Mengjie Yu, Monday, April 12, 9am via Zoom

    Mon, Apr 12, 2021 @ 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Speaker: Mengjie Yu, Harvard University

    Talk Title: Integrated Nonlinear and Quantum Photonic Devices

    Abstract: Recent advances in nanofabrication technology have allowed for the realization of ultra-low loss nanophotonic waveguides and is opening up exciting opportunities for next-generation nonlinear photonic circuits with higher integration density, advanced functionalities, and ultralow energy consumption. Those features are critical for advancing photonic technologies in both classical and quantum domains.
    In this talk, I will discuss silicon-based and thin-film lithium niobate (LN)-based photonic devices, which leverage the combination of Kerr and second-order nonlinearities, along with electro-optic (EO) and piezoelectric effects to achieve highly efficient and controllable light-matter interactions at extremely compact footprints. I will talk about the first mode-locked Kerr frequency combs in the mid-infrared regime and dual-comb spectroscopy technique for ultrafast molecular sensing, based on silicon microresonators. Furthermore, I will discuss a novel class of silicon-nitride-based optical parametric oscillators and its experimental realization for building a true quantum random number generator and a spatially multiplexed nanophotonic spin glasses system for coherent photonic computing. Thirdly, I will talk about the emerging LN optoelectronic platform and show the developments of several novel EO devices and circuits for femtosecond pulse lasers, frequency shifters, and electro-optic frequency combs. Lastly, I will discuss the potential of nonlinear photonic platform for scaling up and accelerating classical and quantum technologies in molecular sensing, photonic computing, information processing and communication networks.

    Biography: Mengjie Yu is a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Marko Loncar's group in the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2018 from Cornell University in Professor Alexander L. Gaeta's group. Her research focuses on integrated photonics across various platforms of silicon, silicon nitride, and lithium niobate, and her research areas include nonlinear physics, integrated optical frequency comb, mid-infrared molecular spectroscopy, nonlinear frequency conversion and coherent computing based on artificial photonic Ising spins.

    Mengjie Yu is the 2020 the Optical Society (OSA) Ambassador. She was the winner of the 2016 Maiman Student Paper Competition and the 2016 Emil Wolf Student Paper Competition, and a finalist of the 2020 Tingye Li Innovation Prize. She was the Caltech 2019 Young Investigator Lecturer. She has published 33 peer-reviewed journal papers and 45 conference papers and is a referee for 15 peer-reviewed journals. Currently, she serves as chair of the OSA Integrated Photonics Technical Group.

    Host: ECE-Electrophysics

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92646609585?pwd=Tk9YdXpBVVB0NDI4Mm1zckxvMXJ0UT09

    More Information: Mengjie Yu Flyer.pdf

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Marilyn Poplawski

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92646609585?pwd=Tk9YdXpBVVB0NDI4Mm1zckxvMXJ0UT09

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  • Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar

    Tue, Apr 13, 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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    Speaker: Josephine Carstensen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Talk Title: Freeform Structural Topology-Optimized Design for Advanced Manufacturing

    Abstract: Recent years have seen a rapid development within manufacturing technologies across length scales, easing the fabrication of increasingly complex material architectures, components and structures. As a consequence, there is now a need for novel engineering design methods that match the new manufacturing paradigm. Topology optimization offers a means to leverage the advanced manufacturing possibilities. It is a free-form design approach in which a formal optimization problem is posed and solved using mathematical programming. Although manufacturing has been revolutionized, there are still fabrication limitations. This talk focuses on the need for identifying the relevant material behaviors and manufacturing constraints and incorporating them within the design process.

    Recently, a large research focus has been on embedding the characteristics of 3D printing into topology optimization algorithms. This talk presents the first algorithm that incorporates the discrete nozzle size restrictions associated with material extrusion 3D printing processes such as fused Fused Filament Fabrication FFF and concrete 3D printing. The extrusion printing process consists of a nozzle that moves across the build plate and deposits the extruded material on a 2D slice of the design. If the nozzle has a discrete size, the thickness of any member must consist of a discrete number of nozzle passes. This work uses a density-based topology optimization approach in which the manufacturing constraint is implicitly embedded in the filtering operation. Design solutions are shown to fulfill the nozzle restriction constraint on several benchmark examples.

    Despite the advances in construction technologies, there has been little research focused on developments and application of topology optimization to civil structures. This talk will introduce and discuss design frameworks for structural systems and components made of both timber-steel and reinforced concrete. A framework to design timber-steel trusses with minimized embodied carbon will be presented. Additionally, designs for plain and reinforced concrete beams are obtained, constructed and experimentally tested in efforts to show how topology-optimized designs can achieve performance improvements without requiring a high structural complexity.


    Biography: Josephine Carstensen is an Assistant Professor in the Department Civil and Environment Engineering at MIT. She leads the top-ad research group and her research revolve around the engineering question of how we design the structures of the future? Her work spans from development of computational design frameworks for various structural types and design scenarios over experimental investigations that are used to inform necessary algorithmic considerations.

    Dr. Carstensen is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award 2021. She received her PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 2017 and holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. from the Technical University of Denmark.


    Host: Dr. Roger Ghanem

    Location: Zoom: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97228056404; Meeting ID: 972 2805 6404: Passcode: 864779

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Evangeline Reyes

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  • Mixing Light and Sound in Integration Photonics

    Tue, Apr 13, 2021 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Speaker: Prof. Peter Rakich, Yale University

    Talk Title: Mixing Light and Sound in Integration Photonics

    Host: Electrical and Computer Engineering: Wade Hsu, Mercedeh Khajavikhan, Michelle Povinelli, Constantine Sideris, and Wei Wu

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcuuprD4oE9ZVf6lwC_KIX9-3i55nMAMV

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    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jennifer Ramos/Electrophysics

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcuuprD4oE9ZVf6lwC_KIX9-3i55nMAMV

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  • ISE 651 - Epstein Seminar

    Tue, Apr 13, 2021 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Enrique Mallada, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

    Talk Title: Incentive Analysis and Coordination Design for Multi-Timescale Electricity Markets

    Host: Prof. Suvrajeet Sen

    More Information: April 13, 2021.pdf

    Location: Online/Zoom

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Grace Owh

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  • CS Distinguished Lecture: Tuomas Sandholm (Carnegie Mellon University, Strategy Robot, Inc., Optimized Markets, Inc., Strategic Machine, Inc.) - What Can and Should Humans Contribute to Superhuman AIs?

    Tue, Apr 13, 2021 @ 04:00 PM - 05:20 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    Speaker: Tuomas Sandholm, Carnegie Mellon University, Strategy Robot, Inc., Optimized Markets, Inc., Strategic Machine, Inc.

    Talk Title: What Can and Should Humans Contribute to Superhuman AIs?

    Series: Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series

    Abstract: I will discuss what humans can and should contribute to superhuman AIs-”not general ones intended to be like humans, but ones for specific applications that make the world a better place. I will discuss how the application should drive research. I will present extensive experiences from having fielded superhuman AIs for combinatorial markets, organ exchanges, and imperfect-information game settings. I will discuss inventing and scoping novel AI applications. I will discuss how humans should supply the value framework while leaving policy optimization and combinatorics for AI. I will cover a framework that separates those ends and means, and conducts future-aware optimization in very-large-scale dynamic problems in a scalable way. I will wonder about the future of science when theorems (not just proofs) and empirical theories need to be so long that they are beyond human comprehension. I will discuss human overconfidence in humans over AI. I will discuss what explainability could be and why in many AI applications it should not be required. Finally, I will suggest flipping ethics around from an ex post discussion activity to a system-design discipline that I coin pre-design ethics.

    Register in advance for this webinar at:

    https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xhADAX7FRt-eiAg2fCI5bQ

    After registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


    Biography: Tuomas Sandholm is Angel Jordan University Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and a serial entrepreneur. His research focuses on the convergence of artificial intelligence, economics, and operations research. He is Co-Director of CMU AI. He is Founder and Director of the Electronic Marketplaces Laboratory.

    In parallel with his academic career, he was Founder, Chairman, first CEO, and CTO/Chief Scientist of CombineNet, Inc. from 1997 until its acquisition in 2010. During this period the company commercialized over 800 of the world's largest-scale generalized combinatorial multi-attribute auctions, with over $60 billion in total spend and over $6 billion in generated savings. He is Founder and CEO of Optimized Markets, Inc., which is bringing a new optimization-powered paradigm to advertising campaign sales, scheduling, and pricing in linear and nonlinear TV, display, streaming, and cross-media advertising.

    Since 2010, his algorithms have been running the national kidney exchange for UNOS, where they make the kidney exchange transplant plan for 80% of U.S. transplant centers together each week. He also co-invented never-ending altruist-donor-initiated chains, which have become the main modality of kidney exchange worldwide and have led to around 10,000 life-saving transplants. He invented liver lobe and multi-organ exchanges, and the first liver-kidney swap took place in 2019.

    He has developed the leading algorithms and pipelines for several general game classes. The team he leads is the multi-time world champion in AI-vs-AI heads-up no-limit Texas hold'em, the main benchmark and decades-open challenge problem for application-independent algorithms for imperfect-information games. Their AI Libratus became the first and only AI to beat top humans at that game. Then their AI Pluribus became the first and only AI to beat top humans at the multi-player game. That is the first superhuman milestone in any game beyond two-player zero-sum games. He is Founder and CEO of Strategic Machine, Inc., which provides solutions for strategic reasoning in business and gaming applications. He is Founder and CEO of Strategy Robot, Inc., which focuses on defense, intelligence, and other government applications.

    Among his honors are the Minsky Medal, Engelmore Award, Computers and Thought Award, inaugural ACM Autonomous Agents Research Award, CMU's Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence, Sloan Fellowship, NSF Career Award, Carnegie Science Center Award for Excellence, Edelman Laureateship, and Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs. He is Fellow of the ACM, AAAI, and INFORMS. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich.


    Host: Bistra Dilkina, USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS)

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xhADAX7FRt-eiAg2fCI5bQ

    Location: Online Zoom Webinar

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xhADAX7FRt-eiAg2fCI5bQ

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Computer Science Department

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  • Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things and Ming Hsieh Institute Seminar

    Wed, Apr 14, 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Kuldeep Meel, Department of Computer Science, School of Computing at National University of Singapore

    Talk Title: Scalable Functional Synthesis: The Child of Perfect Marriage between Machine Learning and Formal Methods

    Series: Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things

    Abstract: Don't we all dream of the perfect assistant whom we can just tell what to do, and the assistant can figure out how to accomplish the tasks? Formally, given a specification F(X, Y) over the set of input variables X and output variables Y, we want the assistant, aka functional synthesis engine, to design a function G such that (X, Y=G(X)) satisfies F. Functional synthesis has been studied for over 150 years, dating back to Boole in 1850s and yet scalability remains a core challenge. Motivated by progress in machine learning, we design a new algorithmic framework, Manthan, which views functional synthesis as a classification problem, relying on advances in constrained sampling for data generation, and advances in automated reasoning for a novel proof-guided refinement and provable verification. On an extensive and rigorous evaluation over 609 benchmarks, we demonstrate that Manthan significantly improves upon the current state of the art. The significant performance improvements, along with our detailed analysis, highlights several interesting avenues of future work at the intersection of machine learning, constrained sampling, and automated reasoning.

    Biography: Kuldeep Meel is the Sung Kah Kay Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department of the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore where he also holds the President's Young Professorship. His research interests lie at the intersection of Formal Methods and Artificial Intelligence. He is a recipient of the 2019 NRF Fellowship for AI and was named AI's 10 to Watch by IEEE Intelligent Systems in 2020. His work received the 2018 Ralph Budd Award for Best PhD Thesis in Engineering, 2014 Outstanding Masters Thesis Award from Vienna Center of Logic and Algorithms and Best Student Paper Award at CP 2015. He received his Ph.D. (2017) and M.S. (2014) degree from Rice University, and B. Tech. (with Honors) degree (2012) in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

    Host: pierluigi Nuzzo, nuzzo@usc.edu

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qk4-7AthThudso7LXs2OiA

    Location: Online

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qk4-7AthThudso7LXs2OiA

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Talyia White

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  • AME Seminar

    Wed, Apr 14, 2021 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Nina Balke , Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Talk Title: A Nanoscale View on Electromechanical Phenomena

    Abstract: The ability to transform electrical energy into mechanical energy and vice versa is the foundation to many technologies in the area of information and energy, such as sensors, piezotronics, energy harvesting, piezoelectric, electrochemical, and polymer actuators, and artificial muscles. Despite the importance of electromechanical phenomena and numerous applications, fundamental interdisciplinary studies needed to understand, and control electromechanical phenomena on the nanoscale are lacking. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is well suited to measure local volume changes in the picometer range and has a lateral resolution of 10s of nanometer which makes this an ideal technique to address electromechanical phenomena on the nanoscale. Despite the technical advances and the development of new SPM-based characterization techniques, the quantification of functional material parameters based on electromechanical phenomena is still elusive. The lack of quantitative and accurate measurement can also lead to the misinterpretation of relevant material physics. Only if quantitative material parameters can be extracted, can a correlation of nanoscale structure-function relationships be derived, and AFM can be integrated with techniques probing smaller or larger length and time scales as well as theoretical efforts for a full information integration across different disciplines. I will give an overview over which electromechanical phenomena can be probed quantitatively including electro-chemo-mechanical coupling to understand local electrochemical reactions and processes in electrochemical capacitors. Then I will talk in depth about AFM and ferroelectric materials and how the quantitative measurement of piezoelectric material properties led to the discovery of layered 2D van der Waals ferroelectrics with highly unusual material properties and functionalities based on the presence of four polar phases and high ion conductivity. These materials demonstrate, for the first time, how physical order parameter can be controlled by ionic degrees of freedom which will open new concepts for functional heterostructures and electronic devices.

    Biography: Nina Balke received her Ph.D in Materials Sciences from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, in 2006. After being a Feodor-Lynen fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation at the University of California in Berkeley she became a research staff at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2010. She is specialized in nanoscale characterization of electromechanical effects and electro-chemo-mechanical coupling using atomic force microscopy in oxides and vdW layered materials. Her scientific focus includes ferroelectrics, dielectrics, and energy storage materials as well as in-situ characterization of solid-liquid interfaces.



    Host: AME Department

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92982374143

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92982374143

    Location: Online event

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92982374143

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Tessa Yao

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92982374143

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  • NL SEMINAR-Universal linguistic inductive biases via meta learning

    Thu, Apr 15, 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Information Sciences Institute

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: R. Thomas McCoy, JHU

    Talk Title: Universal linguistic inductive biases via meta learning

    Series: NL Seminar

    Abstract: Despite their impressive scores on NLP leaderboards, current neural models fall short of humans in two major ways. They require massive amounts of training data, and they generalize poorly to novel types of examples. To address these problems, we propose an approach for giving targeted linguistic inductive biases to a model, where inductive biases are factors that affect how a learner generalizes. Our approach imparts inductive biases using meta learning, a procedure through which the model discovers how to acquire new languages more quickly via exposure to many possible languages. By controlling the properties of the languages used during meta learning, we can control the inductive biases that meta learning imparts. Using a case study from phonology, we show how this approach enables faster learning and more robust generalization.

    Biography: Tom McCoy is a PhD student in the Johns Hopkins Cognitive Science department, advised by Tal Linzen and Paul Smolensky. He studies the linguistic abilities of neural networks, focusing on inductive biases the topic of this talk as well as compositional structure: How can neural networks use their continuous vector representations to encode phrases and sentences?

    Host: Jon May and Mozhdeh Gheini

    More Info: https://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/

    Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teu6Tr7e7Ns

    Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - Virtual Only

    WebCast Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teu6Tr7e7Ns

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Petet Zamar

    Event Link: https://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/

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  • Creativity in the Time of COVID

    Thu, Apr 15, 2021 @ 12:30 PM - 01:20 PM

    Information Technology Program (ITP)

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Professors Dashiell-Sparks and Elefano, and Dr. Miller, Professor

    Talk Title: Creativity in the Time of COVID

    Host: Dr. Quade French

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/94398598467

    More Information: Creativity Panel Flyer.pdf

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/94398598467

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Cory Nelson

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  • Demetrios Christodoulides, Thursday, April 15th at 2:30pm via Zoom

    Thu, Apr 15, 2021 @ 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Demetrios Christodoulides, CREOL-The College of Optics & Photonics University of Central Florida

    Talk Title: Symmetries, quantum analogies and thermodynamics in optics and photonics

    Abstract: The prospect of judiciously using symmetries and quantum analogies has been actively pursued in recent years as a means to control the flow of light. In this talk, we will show that by harnessing notions from quantum field theories like parity-time symmetry and supersymmetry, it is possible to synthesize novel structures and devices with counter-intuitive properties and functionalities. Quantum inspired accelerating optical wavepackets like Airy beams with applications in microscopy, extreme nonlinear optics, and biology will be discussed. Finally, a thermodynamic theory of highly multimoded nonlinear optical systems will be presented.

    Biography: Demetrios Christodoulides is the Cobb Family Endowed Chair and Pegasus Professor of Optics at CREOL-the College of Optics and Photonics of the University of Central Florida. He received his Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1986 and he subsequently joined Bellcore as a post-doctoral fellow. Between 1988 and 2002 he was with the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Lehigh University. His research interests include linear and nonlinear optical beam interactions, synthetic optical materials, optical solitons, and quantum electronics. He has authored and co-authored more than 430 papers. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and the American Physical Society. He is the recipient of the 2011 Wood Prize and 2018 Max Born Award of OSA.

    Host: ECE-Electrophysics

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96751416096?pwd=NHVrbi9KeUF5NitHSlJ3eWphQW0zQT09

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Marilyn Poplawski

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96751416096?pwd=NHVrbi9KeUF5NitHSlJ3eWphQW0zQT09

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  • Advanced Manufacturing Seminar

    Fri, Apr 16, 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Denis Cormier, Earl W. Brinkman Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

    Talk Title: Metal Additive Manufacturing Via Jetting of Molten Metal Droplets

    Abstract: This seminar will introduce attendees to an emerging metal additive manufacturing process that produces parts via on-demand jetting of molten metal droplets. Unlike traditional metal additive manufacturing processes such as powder bed fusion or binder jetting, the droplet jetting process uses wire, rather than powder, as the feedstock material. This greatly reduces cost and safety concerns. The absence of a powder bed also reduces feedstock carrying costs and eliminates complicated lot tracing procedures associated with blending of new and used powders. Process parameters such as drop size, jetting temperature, drop spacing, and jetting frequency all influence the dimensional accuracy, density, and mechanical properties of fabricated parts. An open architecture droplet jetting machine from Xerox (formerly Vader Systems) is used to demonstrate the influence of both process parameters and toolpath generation strategies on geometric accuracy, density, and microstructure of aluminum alloys.

    Biography: Dr. Denis Cormier is the Earl W. Brinkman Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology where he directs the New York State funded AMPrint Center for Advanced Technology. Dr. Cormier has worked in the area of 3D printing and additive manufacturing for 25 years. Since joining RIT in 2009, his research has focused on technologies such as multi-material inkjet deposition, direct-write processes including aerosol printing and microdispensing, and pulsed photonic sintering. Most recently, he has focused on development of a liquid metal droplet jetting additive manufacturing process. Prior to joining RIT, he was a professor at North Carolina State University from 1994 to 2009.

    Host: Center for Advanced Manufacturing

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3zuU3UdYSSKvT5CvyZuxow

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3zuU3UdYSSKvT5CvyZuxow

    More Information: Adv Mfg Seminar S21_Denis Cormier.pdf

    Location: Online event

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3zuU3UdYSSKvT5CvyZuxow

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Tessa Yao

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3zuU3UdYSSKvT5CvyZuxow

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  • Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar

    Fri, Apr 16, 2021 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

    Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Dr. Joe F. Bozeman III, University of Illinois at Chicago

    Talk Title: Strengthening Social-Inclusivity in Civil and Environmental Systems: Cases for Food-Energy-Water Equity and Applications to the Built Environment

    Abstract:
    Matters of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic equity have not always been a central feature of food-energy-water studies. I have begun to address this gap in research by developing and employing innovative methodology in collaboration with cross-disciplinary scientists. The associated studies show that land, greenhouse gas, and water food consumption impacts vary in statistically significant ways across U.S. Black, Latinx, and White populations. Furthermore, these study methods and findings have tangible application to future studies around the world as well as global environmental degradation implications. Join me to learn more about the details and how my future research directions can be applied to the built environment.

    Biography:
    Dr. Joe F. Bozeman III originally hails from Dayton, Ohio. His Ph.D. is from the University of Illinois at Chicago UIC in Civil Engineering. His work has been featured in major outlets and won several awards such as the 2020 Publication Excellence in Environmental Engineering Science award, 2018-2019 Top Downloaded Paper honors, with media features in Popular Science, the Geographical Magazine, and NPR among others. Dr. Bozeman has spent more than a decade working in the private and public sectors on energy and environmental sustainability matters and serves as a postdoctoral Research Associate for UIC's Institute for Environmental Science and Policy.



    Host: Dr. Adam Smith

    Location: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98942460306 Meeting ID: 989 4246 0306 Passcode: 999999

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Evangeline Reyes

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  • 2021 PhD Best Dissertation Virtual Symposium

    Mon, Apr 19, 2021 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Masters Programs

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: N/A, N/A

    Talk Title: 2021 Viterbi Best Dissertation Symposium

    Host: Viterbi

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_377vVqQJSaOjWARB5a8MGQ

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_377vVqQJSaOjWARB5a8MGQ

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_377vVqQJSaOjWARB5a8MGQ

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Juli Legat

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_377vVqQJSaOjWARB5a8MGQ

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  • Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar

    Tue, Apr 20, 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Bridget Ulrich, Ph.D., Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth

    Talk Title: Unravelling Removal Processes for Polar Organic Contaminants in Aquatic Systems

    Abstract: See Attached Abstract.

    Host: Dr. Daniel McCurry

    More Information: B. Ulrich_Abstract-Bio.pdf

    Location: Zoom: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97228056404; Meeting ID: 972 2805 6404: Passcode: 864779

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Evangeline Reyes

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  • ISE 651 - Epstein Seminar

    Tue, Apr 20, 2021 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Dr. Urbashi (Ubli) Mitra, Gordon S. Marshall Professor in Engineering, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science, USC

    Talk Title: Active Hypothesis Testing For Fast Decision Making With Applications To SARS-CoV-2 Testing

    Host: Prof. Jong-Shi Pang

    More Information: April 20, 2021.pdf

    Location: Online/Zoom

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Grace Owh

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  • Mork Family Department Distinguished Lecture Series - Jiefei Zhang

    Tue, Apr 20, 2021 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

    Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Jiefei Zhang, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

    Talk Title: A New Paradigm for On-Chip Scalable Quantum Photonics

    Host: Jiefei Zhang

    More Info: \https://usc.zoom.us/j/98225952695?pwd=d0NMenhCNkliR1ZIR1lBamRpZHh1UT09

    More Information: ZhangAb.pdf

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Greta Harrison

    Event Link: \https://usc.zoom.us/j/98225952695?pwd=d0NMenhCNkliR1ZIR1lBamRpZHh1UT09

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  • Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning System Safety Seminar

    Wed, Apr 21, 2021 @ 07:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Aviation Safety and Security Program

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Archibald McKinlay, Thomas Nield, Jessie Mooberry, William Voss, USC Aviation Safety and Security Program

    Talk Title: Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning System Safety Seminar

    Abstract: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning is with us today. It is increasing exponentially throughout the systems that serve our national interests and infrastructure. We need to ensure that these AI systems operate within the bounds for which they are designed.

    This one day seminar pre-course presents the processes and standards by which engineers and program managers and senior leadership can ensure that Artificial Intelligence will operate as designed and intended. It introduces the full 4.5 day USC AI/ML course that will be presented in the Fall of 2021. The seminar directly addresses two of the objectives of the DoD AI Educational Strategy of 2020: to "Prioritize AI awareness for senior leaders" and to "Create a cadre of Integrated Product Teams (IPT's)."

    Aerospace and advanced weapon systems are certified for acceptance in accordance with Military Standard 882 (System Safety). This seminar utilizes Mil Std 882 as the basis for the concepts, processes and certification standards that should be used to ensure the safety and integrity of AI/ML systems. The course presents the five levels of autonomy and their corresponding levels of human interface.

    There is no fee. It is a complimentary seminar.

    A full 4.5 day course will be presented in the Fall of 2021. Date not yet specified.

    Contact: scalese@usc.edu

    Seminar presenters will include:
    Archibald McKinlay VI, USC Software Safety
    Thomas Nield, the Nield Consulting Group
    Jesse Mooberry, previous Airbus automated air traffic systems
    William Voss, ICAO, Flight Safety Foundation, FAA

    Host: USC Aviation Safety and Security Program

    More Info: https://viterbi.webex.com/viterbi/onstage/g.php?MTID=eb9b25329063978611eb316a1ce0a4ca8

    Webcast: https://viterbi.webex.com/viterbi/onstage/g.php?MTID=eb9b25329063978611eb316a1ce0a4ca8

    Location: Webex

    WebCast Link: https://viterbi.webex.com/viterbi/onstage/g.php?MTID=eb9b25329063978611eb316a1ce0a4ca8

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Daniel Scalese

    Event Link: https://viterbi.webex.com/viterbi/onstage/g.php?MTID=eb9b25329063978611eb316a1ce0a4ca8

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  • Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar - Yingxiao (Peter) Wang, University of California, San Diego

    Wed, Apr 21, 2021 @ 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

    Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Yingxiao (Peter) Wang, University of California, San Diego

    Talk Title: Molecular Engineering for Live Cell Imaging and Controllable Genetics in Cancer Immunotherapy

    Host: Kirk Shung

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97723851679?pwd=M2F2WHB3Zzc1TjRFblFyVlB5SU1qZz09

    More Information: Dr. Yingxiao (Peter) Wang's Flier as of April 14.pdf

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Greta Harrison

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97723851679?pwd=M2F2WHB3Zzc1TjRFblFyVlB5SU1qZz09

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  • Spring 2021 Academic Career Mentoring Panel

    Wed, Apr 21, 2021 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Doctoral Programs

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Drs. Assad Oberai, Ellis Meng, Lucio Soibelman, and Richard Leahy, USC Viterbi

    Talk Title: Academic Jobs During and Post COVID-19

    Abstract: Join our panel of faculty experts to learn effective strategies for searching for an academic position and how the academic landscape is likely to change as the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Host: Viterbi VASE Office of Doctoral Programs

    More Info: https://viterbigrad.usc.edu/instructional-support/events-workshops/phd-academic-career-mentoring-panel-series/

    Audiences: Ph.D. and Postdoctoral

    Contact: Tracy Charles

    Event Link: https://viterbigrad.usc.edu/instructional-support/events-workshops/phd-academic-career-mentoring-panel-series/

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  • CAIS Seminar: Karen Smilowitz (Northwestern University) - Achieving More Equitable Access to Learning

    Wed, Apr 21, 2021 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Karen Smilowitz, Northwestern University

    Talk Title: Achieving More Equitable Access to Learning

    Series: USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS) Seminar Series

    Abstract: Dr. Smilowitz will discuss connections between evolving issues in public education and advances in optimization, computing and geographic information systems, beginning with early work motivated by Supreme Court decisions to desegregate schools. The talk will end with a reflection on current issues facing public school districts, including school busing and return-to-school plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ways in which operations research can be part of these discussions.

    Register in advance for this webinar at:

    https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ApjNTpveTnOIHvwqbduuAw

    After registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

    This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.


    Biography: Dr. Karen Smilowitz is the James N. and Margie M. Krebs Professor in Industrial Engineering and Management Science at Northwestern University, with a joint appointment in the Operations group at the Kellogg School of Management. Dr. Smilowitz is an expert in modeling and solution approaches for logistics and transportation systems in both commercial and non-profit applications, working with transportation providers, logistics specialists and a range of non-profit organizations. Dr. Smilowitz is the founder of the Northwestern Initiative on Humanitarian and Non-Profit Logistics. She has been instrumental in promoting the use of operations research within the humanitarian and nonprofit sectors through the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Academy of Engineering, as well as various media outlets. Dr. Smilowitz is Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Science. Dr. Smilowitz received the Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MS from INFORMS and led the winning team in the INFORMS Innovative Applications of Analytics Award.


    Host: USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS)

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ApjNTpveTnOIHvwqbduuAw

    Location: Online Zoom Webinar

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ApjNTpveTnOIHvwqbduuAw

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Computer Science Department

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  • Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things and Ming Hsieh Institute Seminar

    Wed, Apr 21, 2021 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Huei Peng , Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    Talk Title: Automated Vehicles -- Current Status and Remaining Challenges

    Series: Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things

    Abstract: Automated vehicles are being actively developed and are beginning to appear on production vehicles at a fast pace. In the meantime, self-driving or autonomous vehicles are being introduced in pilot programs in many cities in the US.

    In this talk, the current status of automated vehicles and their remaining challenges will be introduced. We will also introduce some of the research and development work at the University of Michigan.

    Biography: Huei Peng received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992. He is now a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He currently serves as the Director of Mcity, which studies connected and autonomous vehicle technologies and promotes their deployment. His research interests include adaptive control and optimal control, with emphasis on their applications to vehicular and transportation systems. His current research focuses include design and control of electrified vehicles, and connected/automated vehicles.

    In the last 10 years, he was involved in the design of several military and civilian concept vehicles, including FTTS, FMTV, Eaton/Fedex, and Super-HUMMWV--for both electric and hydraulic hybrid concepts. He served as the US Director of the DOE sponsored Clean Energy Research Center--Clean Vehicle Consortium, which supports more than 30 research projects related to the development of clean vehicles. He has more than 300 technical publications, including 150 in referred journals and transactions and four books. Huei Peng has been an active member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is both an SAE fellow and an ASME Fellow.


    Host: Pierluigi Nuzzo, nuzzo@usc.edu

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qk4-7AthThudso7LXs2OiA

    Location: Online

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qk4-7AthThudso7LXs2OiA

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Talyia White

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  • AME Seminar

    Wed, Apr 21, 2021 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Ashley Bucsek, University of Michigan

    Talk Title: Probing Phase Transformations and Twinning Across Length Scales Using 3D X-Ray Microscopy

    Abstract: Advanced materials are broadly defined as innovative materials that have atypical sizes, microstructures, and responses. These atypical characteristics enable major, previously impossible technological breakthroughs, yet many advanced materials owe their desirable properties to complex underlying micromechanics including twinning, detwinning, and martensitic phase transformations. Establishing the relationships between these local micromechanics and macroscopic material behavior is critical to accelerating the implementation of advanced materials. Toward these goals, we utilize modern 3D X-ray diffraction techniques that offer the capability to measure the deformation and microstructure evolution inside bulk materials, in situ, and across nine orders of magnitude in length scales (nm to mm). Measured quantities include the 3D microstructure map and spatially-resolved crystallographic orientation, elastic strain tensor, and phase fraction. These techniques can be used to simultaneously measure local microstructure events and the consequent macroscopic response, resulting in a tool uniquely suited for linking local micromechanics to material behavior. These capabilities will be illustrated using a number of research examples involving twinning and phase-transforming materials, using nickel-titanium shape memory alloys as a model material system. Ongoing and future work will also be discussed, including the development of a first-of-its kind laboratory-scale instrument to conduct 3D X-ray diffraction experiments in-house.

    Biography: Ashley Bucsek is an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Previously, she was a President's Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota and a visiting scientist on beamline ID06 at the ESRF. She holds an MS and PhD from Colorado School of Mines and a BSE from the University of Wyoming. Bucsek's research combines 3D X-ray diffraction microscopy with micromechanical theory to study deformation and microstructure evolution in structural and functional materials. She is a regular user at the APS, CHESS, and the ESRF and is currently developing a laboratory-scale high energy diffraction microscopy microscope. Bucsek is also a board member on the ASM International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies, an editorial advisory board member of the Shape Memory and Superelasticity journal, an APS Imaging/Microbeam proposal review panel member, and a member of the DOE-funded PRISMS Center,

    Host: AME Department

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/95540575323

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/95540575323

    Location: Online event

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/95540575323

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Tessa Yao

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/95540575323

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  • ITP Guest Lecture: Finance in Technology Companies

    Wed, Apr 21, 2021 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

    Information Technology Program (ITP)

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    Speaker: Steven Edwards, Former EY Partner, and current partner @ RSM US LLP

    Talk Title: Technology Company Finance, What does it mean to you?

    Abstract: Steven Edwards, a former EY Partner, and current partner @ RSM US LLP, is giving us a guest lecture about Finance in Technology Companies.
    Steve will provide a general overview and role-specific angle of view looking at technology company finances. This will benefit students in all types of roles stepping into the industry.

    You MUST use your USC Login to attend this guest lecture. The lecture session might be recorded; The Q&A section will NOT be recorded to protect students' questions and privacy.

    Host: USC Information Technology Program

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/99936569112?pwd=QWNTWnZQTnhyQVhDVi9pQzN3MFZ5UT09

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/99936569112?pwd=QWNTWnZQTnhyQVhDVi9pQzN3MFZ5UT09

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Bo Wang

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  • CS Colloquium: Alice Xiang (Sony AI) - Algorithmic Fairness and the Law

    Fri, Apr 23, 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    Speaker: Alice Xiang, Sony AI

    Talk Title: Algorithmic Fairness and the Law

    Series: Computer Science Colloquium

    Abstract: What does it mean for an algorithm or decision-making process to be fair? When making decisions using data, how do we account for historical biases or systemic inequalities? While the algorithmic fairness literature is comparatively nascent, these are questions the law has long grappled with. This talk will provide an overview of the algorithmic fairness literature and connections with anti-discrimination jurisprudence. In particular, this talk will discuss the tension between the use of protected class attributes to mitigate algorithmic bias and the law's preference for efforts to address discrimination that are blind or neutral to protected class attributes. Divergences like this between legal compatibility and technical feasibility are challenges that will need to be addressed in order to deploy algorithmic fairness methods in practice.

    This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.


    Biography: Alice Xiang is a Senior Research Scientist at Sony AI, where she leads research on responsible AI. Alice previously worked as the Head of Fairness, Transparency, and Accountability Research at the Partnership on AI, where she led a team of interdisciplinary researchers and a portfolio of multi-stakeholder research initiatives. She also served as a Visiting Scholar at Tsinghua University's Yau Mathematical Sciences Center. She was recognized as one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics, and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, MIT Tech Review, Fortune, and others, for her work on algorithmic bias and transparency, criminal justice risk assessment tools, and AI ethics. Alice holds a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, a Master's in Development Economics from Oxford, a Master's in Statistics from Harvard, and a Bachelor's in Economics from Harvard.


    Host: Sirisha Rambhatla (sirishar@usc.edu)

    Webcast: https://viterbi.webex.com/viterbi/j.php?MTID=m5f18c96c4db845b65c22fa7c17d9516c

    Location: Online Webex

    WebCast Link: https://viterbi.webex.com/viterbi/j.php?MTID=m5f18c96c4db845b65c22fa7c17d9516c

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Computer Science Department

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  • Advanced Manufacturing Seminar

    Fri, Apr 23, 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Nathan Crane, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Brigham Young University

    Talk Title: From Promise to Production: Unleashing the Potential of Additive Manufacturing

    Abstract: Additive Manufacturing (AM) burst onto the scene in the 1990s to great excitement about the new approach to product development and revolutionary products it would enable. While the opportunities for rapid prototyping have been largely realized, the ability to additively manufacture production parts has grown much more slowly. This talk will highlight key issues in process knowledge, production speed/quality, quality control, and functionality that hold the keys to broader implementation of AM in production and give examples of recent efforts to address some of these limitations touching on applications in polymers, metals, and printed electronics and compare the current status to biological fabrication methods.

    Biography: Dr. Nathan Crane joined the faculty of the BYU as professor of mechanical engineering in 2018 after 12 years at the University of South Florida. Dr. Crane completed a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Materials Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT in 1998 and 1999 respectively. He has worked in industry (Caldera Engineering and Pratt and Whitney Aircraft) government (Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratories), and academia. He is also associate editor of the Elsevier Additive Manufacturing journal. His interests lay in the areas of design, materials and advanced manufacturing with a particular interest in additive manufacturing (AM) and digital microfluidics. His work focuses on applying material science, mechanical design, and processing science to enable novel manufacturing processes.

    Host: Center for Advanced Manufacturing

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y5Tl4puUT36axYDkjQaMxw

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y5Tl4puUT36axYDkjQaMxw

    More Information: Adv Mfg Seminar S21_Nathan Crane.pdf

    Location: Online event

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y5Tl4puUT36axYDkjQaMxw

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Tessa Yao

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y5Tl4puUT36axYDkjQaMxw

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  • Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar

    Tue, Apr 27, 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Nathanael Fast, Associate Professor, USC Marshall School of Business

    Talk Title: The Psychology of Algorithms at Work: Implications for Built Environments

    Abstract: Please see attached abstract.

    Host: Dr. Burcin Becerik-Gerber

    Location: Zoom: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97228056404; Meeting ID: 972 2805 6404: Passcode: 864779

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Evangeline Reyes

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  • Symmetry Driven Photonics for New Active Functionality On-Chip

    Tue, Apr 27, 2021 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Speaker: Prof. Liang Feng, University of Pennsylvania

    Talk Title: Symmetry Driven Photonics for New Active Functionality On-Chip

    Series: Photonics Seminar

    Host: Electrical and Computer Engineering: Wade Hsu, Mercedeh Khajavikhan, Michelle Povinelli, Constantine Sideris, and Wei Wu

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcuuprD4oE9ZVf6lwC_KIX9-3i55nMAMV

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jennifer Ramos/Electrophysics

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcuuprD4oE9ZVf6lwC_KIX9-3i55nMAMV

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  • ISE 651 - Epstein Seminar

    Tue, Apr 27, 2021 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Pavlo A. Krokhmal, Professor, Dept. of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona

    Talk Title: On Risk Optimization in Networks and Discrete Systems

    Host: Prof. Suvrajeet Sen

    More Information: April 27, 2021.pdf

    Location: Online/Zoom

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Grace Owh

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  • AME Seminar

    Wed, Apr 28, 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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    Speaker: Jing Liu, Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering USC

    Talk Title: Wearable Opto-mechanical System for Cardiovascular Monitoring: From Methodological Design to Device Development

    Abstract: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. There are about 47% of sudden cardiac deaths occurring outside a hospital, which reveals the demand for wearable medical devices that can monitor the cardiovascular risk factors of individuals frequently, accurately, and unobtrusively in their daily life. At the same time, the use of wearable medical devices allows healthcare givers to assess patient health conditions and provide medical guidance in a timely and non-contact way.

    The photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor composed of light-emitting diode and photodetector has been widely adopted by various wearable fitness trackers owing to its low cost, compact size and ease of use. However, so far, the applications of PPG are mainly limited to heart rate and blood oxygen saturation measurement. By utilizing the wavelength dependence of the light penetration depth into the skin, we have developed a multi-wavelength PPG (MWPPG) sensing approach which allows for probing blood pulsations in different types of skin blood vessels.

    In this talk, two MWPPG applications for cardiovascular monitoring will be presented: 1) cuffless arterial blood pressure measurement with a single MWPPG sensor; and 2) an opto-mechanical device equipped with an MWPPG sensor to enable arterial and capillary blood pressure measurement.

    Biography: Jing Liu is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California. She received her Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2018 and her B.S. degree in Computer Science from Wuhan University in 2014. Her main achievements include the inventions of multi-wavelength photoplethysmography for wearable blood pressure monitoring, which is under commercialization in the Hong Kong Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities Programme. Her current research interests are cardiac modeling, physiological signal processing, and machine learning for cardiovascular health informatics.

    Host: AME Department

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97098541679

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97098541679

    Location: Online event

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97098541679

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Tessa Yao

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97098541679

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  • Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar - Paul Sajda, Columbia University

    Thu, Apr 29, 2021 @ 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

    Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering

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    Speaker: Paul Sajda , Columbia University

    Talk Title: Simultaneous EEG-fMRI for Inferring Brain Dynamics

    Host: Kirk Shung

    More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/j/99241721666?pwd=TER6L3hJb3hnK2VScFdSbm45NWRQUT09

    More Information: Dr. Paul Sajda Flier.pdf

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Michele Medina

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/99241721666?pwd=TER6L3hJb3hnK2VScFdSbm45NWRQUT09

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  • Ph.D. Dissertation

    Fri, Apr 30, 2021 @ 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM

    Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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    Speaker: Angineh Zohrabian, Ph.D. Candidate, Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Talk Title: Evaluating the Role of the Water Energy Nexus in California Decarbonizing Power Sector

    Abstract: In recent years, climate change mitigation and adaptation policies have been pursued by local and regional governments in efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and make infrastructure systems more resilient to extreme climactic events. The dependencies between water and energy systems create both challenges and opportunities for the successful implementation of these policies, as mitigation strategies tend to target energy systems, while adaptation strategies are often tied to water resource management. This dissertation addresses the energy water nexus in California, which provides an interesting case study since the state has ambitious electricity grid decarbonization goals, one of the most energy intensive water supplies in the world, and large vulnerabilities to climatic stresses such as drought and extreme heat. This collection of studies highlight how the water energy nexus itself is changing as a result of environmental policy actions and how strategically leveraging the nexus can accelerate progress on broader sustainability outcomes. The findings emphasize that while climate change and environmental policies can improve or exacerbate existing tensions across critical infrastructure systems, carefully coordinating energy and water management through holistic planning can help minimize the potential conflicts and maximize the potential benefits of energy water nexus relationships.

    Location: https://usc.zoom.us/j/99600044746, Meeting ID: 996 0004 4746, Passcode: USCS3

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Evangeline Reyes

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