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CS Colloquium: Wei Cheng (UCLA) - Integrating Multiple Networks for Big Data Analysis
Tue, May 05, 2015 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Wei Cheng, UCLA
Talk Title: Integrating Multiple Networks for Big Data Analysis
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: In many big data applications, data with complex structures can usually be modeled as network data. Usually, for one data mining problem, we have multiple networks. For one thing, data about the same object can be obtained from various. For another, the different objects may have complex structures and can be interrelated in a complex way. Integration of different network data is valuable for reaching a more accurate decision and discovering novel patterns. The task is challenging because of the inherent characteristics of the networks: 1) variety (e.g., complex structures, heterogeneous types and data sources); and 2) poor quality; 3) massive volume. In this talk, I will present our research efforts to use big data technologies to integrate multiple networks for both supervised and unsupervised data mining problems. First, I will begin by presenting the work of integrative analyzing multi-domain heterogeneous data for graph clustering. Next, I will present the work on robust sparse regression algorithm that integrates multi-source heterogeneous networks.
Biography: Wei Cheng is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been visiting Department of Computer Science of UCLA since 2013. He received a Master's and Bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University and Nanjing University, in 2010 and 2006, respectively. His research interests include big data, data mining, bioinformatics, computational biology, and machine learning. He is especially interested in scalable data analysis problems for data science with an emphasis on biological applications Previously, he also conducted research at Microsoft Research and IBM Research as an intern.
Host: Yan Liu
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 213
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Computer Science Faculty Meeting
Tue, May 05, 2015 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Workshops & Infosessions
Event details will be emailed to invited attendees.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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EE Pioneer Series - Jerry M. Mendel
Tue, May 05, 2015 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jerry Mendel, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Talk Title: Ode to Joy of Research
Series: Pioneer Series
Abstract: To me Research is synonymous with Exploration, traveling into the great unknown and hopefully discovering something that no one else has seen before. Just as Explorers must ask critical questions, many of which are open-ended, in what we call âResearchâ itâs important, arguably crucially important, to focus on asking the right questions. In this short talk Iâm going to focus on some of the questions that Iâve asked or that my students have asked so you get a very good sense of what I mean, beginning with my days as a graduate student, continuing with my years in industry and concluding with my more than 40 years at USC. I have been very fortunate to have experienced the joy of research for more than 50 years, and will also highlight especially joyous moments.
Biography: Jerry M. Mendel received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Currently he is Professor of Electrical Engineering at USC, where he has been since 1974. He has published over 550 technical papers and is author and/or co-author of 12 books. His present research interests include: type-2 fuzzy logic systems and their applications to a wide range of problems, including smart oil field technology, computing with words, and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, a Distinguished Member of the IEEE Control Systems Society, and a Fellow of the International Fuzzy Systems Association. He was President of the IEEE Control Systems Society in 1986. He was a member of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society for nine years, and was Chairman of its Fuzzy Systems Technical Committee and the Computing With Words Task Force of that TC. Among his awards are the 1983 Best Transactions Paper Award of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the 1992 Signal Processing Society Paper Award, the 2002 and 2014 Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Awards, a 1984 IEEE Centennial Medal, an IEEE Third Millenium Medal, and a Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award (2008) from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.
Host: Ming Hsieh Institute
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/about/news/2015/04/20/ee-pioneer-series-jerry-m-mendel/
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elise Herrera-Green
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/about/news/2015/04/20/ee-pioneer-series-jerry-m-mendel/
