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SAP TERP 10 Student Certification AcademyWed, May 21, 2014
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBD,
Talk Title: SAP TERP 10 Student Certification Academy
Abstract: Course Number & Dates: Session 1 (SAP 0514-05):
Monday, May 19th - Saturday May 24th, 2014
Tuesday, May 27th - Thursday, May 29th, 2014
Certification Exam on Friday, May 30th, 2014(10 day course includes one Saturday class on May 24th)
The University of Southern California, being an active member of SAPââ¬â¢s Global University Alliances program since its inception in 1996, has been chosen to offer the TERP10 Academy to its students in early Summer 2014. The TERP10 Academy, and its certification, is a direct response to the global forecast of needed SAP skills in the market, estimated between 30,000 and 40,000, in the next several years. Students completing the TERP10 Academy and passing SAPââ¬â¢s certification exam will have the advantage of being equipped with a good understanding of business processes adopted by companies around the world. They will also get insights into best business practices and how SAP can be used to optimize business processes. Students will find that the TERP10 Certification will open internship opportunities as well as full time jobs with consulting firms such as Deloitte, Ernst and Young, KPMG, Hitachi, and other SAP partner companies.
Host: Professional Programs
More Info: http://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/terp10#overview
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
Event Link: http://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/terp10#overview
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CS Colloquium: Paul Elmore (Stennis Space Center) - Possiblistic & Probabilistic Approaches for Uncertainty Combinations and Measures
Wed, May 21, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Paul Elmore, Stennis Space Center
Talk Title: Possiblistic & Probabilistic Approaches for Uncertainty Combinations and Measures
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: We present research on use of probabilistic and possiblistic sources of information for use in decision-making. We seek approaches to assist this process by providing information theory based quantitative evaluations to guide decisions. In particular, we examine aspects of the possiblistic conditioning of probability and analyze cases of completely certain and uncertain probability with four possibility distributions. To consider whether the conditioned probability is more informative for decision-making, three measures, Shannon entropy, Gini index and Renyi entropy are used to compare the original probability distributions and the conditioned distribution for the cases described. We found compatible results for comparing the informativeness of the original versus the conditioned probability. The three measures have increasing values with increasing uncertainty, meaning the conditioned probability will be more informative for decision making if its measure value is less than that measure for the original probability and vice-versa. Additionally, we use the Zadeh consistency measure to assess these cases and found it correlates with the evaluation results. We are investigating ways for application to actual decision-making to assess if outcomes that are more desirable result when the evaluation measures have indicated that the conditioned probability is more informative.
Biography: Dr. Paul Elmore research interests are in geospatial models and uncertainty estimation methods for geophysical information. He earned a Ph.D. in physics from University of Mississippi in 1996, where his research focus was in nonlinear acoustics. He has been a Research Physicist in the Geospatial Sciences and Technology Branch of the Naval Research Laboratory at the Stennis Space Center since 2001 and principal investigator of research and development in bathymetric data fusion and uncertainty estimation since 2007.
Host: Teamcore
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
