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Events for May 19, 2025
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AAI-CCI-MHI Seminar on CPS
Mon, May 19, 2025 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Stephen Lee, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Talk Title: Green by Design: Rethinking Computing for Sustainability
Abstract: In response to climate change, there is an urgent need to rethink how we design and operate computing systems to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy. While prior work has primarily focused on improving energy efficiency, in this talk, I will argue that reducing the carbon footprint of computing is equally important. By incorporating carbon-aware design as a first-class principle, we can not only minimize energy consumption but also significantly reduce emissions. This talk will highlight both the operational and embodied emissions of computing. I will begin by discussing how we can redesign serverless computing to be carbon-aware and optimize for emissions. I will also present strategies for integrating renewable energy into the design of computing systems. Furthermore, I will discuss the challenges associated with accounting for embodied emissions and propose potential solutions. The talk will conclude with opportunities to enhance carbon-aware systems beyond computing, into areas such as built environments.
Biography: Stephen Lee is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. His research area spans several areas of computer systems, including distributed systems and cyber-physical systems, with an emphasis on domains such as smart grids and buildings. He focuses on designing computing systems and developing learning-based methods for system design and optimization, in the context of sustainability and privacy. He has received numerous awards including Best Paper award at IEEE TPS 2024 and Best Runner-Up paper awards at IEEE TPS, ACM/IEEE ICCPS (2023), ACM Buildsys (2021), ACM e-Energy (2020). He has served on the technical program committee of ACM eEnergy, INFOCOM, PerCom, and IoTDI. Stephen received his Ph.D. from UMass Amherst, M.S. from Chennai Mathematical Institute, and B.S. from St. Stephen’s College Delhi.
Host: Bhaskar Krishnamachari
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ariana Perez
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Quantum/Physics Joint seminar - Ruslan Shaydulin, Monday, May 19th at 2pm in EEB 132 and Zoom
Mon, May 19, 2025 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ruslan Shaydulin, JPMorgan Chase
Talk Title: Certified randomness using a trapped-ion quantum processor
Series: Quantum/Physics Joint Seminar Series
Abstract: Although quantum computers can perform a wide range of practically important tasks beyond the abilities of classical computers, realizing this potential remains a challenge. An example is to use an untrusted remote device to generate random bits that can be certified to contain a certain amount of entropy. Certified randomness has many applications but is impossible to achieve solely by classical computation. Here we demonstrate the generation of certifiably random bits using the 56-qubit Quantinuum H2-1 trapped-icon quantum computer accessed over the internet. Our protocol leverages the classical hardness of recent random circuit sampling demonstrations: a client generates quantum ‘challenge’ circuits using a small randomness seed, sends them to an untrusted quantum server to execute and verifies the results of the server. We analyze the security of our protocol against a restricted class of realistic near-term adversaries. Using classical verification with measured combined sustained performance of 1.1 x 1018 floating-point operations per second across multiple supercomputers, we certify 71,313 bits of entropy under this restricted adversary and additional assumptions. Our results demonstrate a step towards the practical applicability of present-day quantum computers. See paper for more details: [Nature 640, 343-348 (2025)]
Biography: Ruslan Shaydulin is Head of Quantum Engineering Research at the Global Technology Applied Research center at JPMorgan Chase, where he and his team focus on practical aspects of evaluating quantum algorithmic speedups and realizing them on hardware. Areas of responsibility of Ruslan’s team include numerical benchmarking of quantum algorithms, compilation and execution on quantum hardware, compilation to fault-tolerant architectures and error correction. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Ruslan was a Maria Goeppert Mayer fellow at Argonne National Laboratory.
Host: Quntao Zhuang, Eli Levenson-Falk, Jonathan Habif, Daniel Lidar, Kelly Luo,k Todd Brun, Tony Levi, Stephan Haas
More Info: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://usc.zoom.us/j/94114871670?pwd=aUuQQBPCNwcVa6n4PVaKPPFbmjB6Vv.1__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!ukAXqVyGtAvUZVcXHe6nyHgbHKMDXHKFeICjv9Z-WkhGLtgec-ZSi4LhNLVq5_JpgBhdkPVexaNt_yCSLFrcu2_1sw$
More Information: Ruslan Shaydulin Flyer.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
