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PhD Social
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 @ 12:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
We welcome you to join us for our first PhD social lunch this semester, this Friday 09/13 from 12-1:00 in SSL 150. Please RSVP by 5pm this Wednesday 09/11.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xKPLKY2JhQv6qtbMfDQC1wBRBw1k0nYNkWvoIldZg48/viewform
This will be great chance to meet and welcome our new PhD students! Also we - the PhD Committee - will introduces ourselves, talk about what we have achieved last year and what our plans are for the coming academic year. So please join us this Friday!
Best,
The PhD Student Committee
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: CS Phd students, Faculty and Staff
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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Transfer Day
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 @ 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Transfer Day is a half-day comprehensive program designed to give prospective transfer students the answers to questions about the transfer process. Transfer Day includes an hour-long Engineering Admission presentation, led by Viterbi's Transfer Admission Advisors, that will go over the admission process,recommended courses for engineers, transfer credit policy, etc.
To RSVP for transfer day visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/TransDay.aspx
Audiences: Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
Contact: Viterbi Undergraduate Admission
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AI SEMINAR - Miel Vander Sande
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Miel Vander Sande, Ghent University-iMinds, Belgium
Talk Title: The story behind Everything is Connected: Multimedia narration of automatically discovered paths in Linked Data
Abstract: Everything is Connected (http://everythingisconnected.be) is a Linked Data application for automatically generating a story between two concepts in the Web of Data, based on formally described links. A path between two concepts is obtained by browsing linked open datasets; the path is then enriched with multimedia presentation material for each node in order to obtain a full multimedia presentation of the found path. An efficient technique combining pre-processing and indexing of RDF datasets is used, which is able to find paths in a couple of seconds.
Biography: Miel Vander Sande is a researcher in computer science and engineering at the Multimedia Lab of Ghent University-iMinds, Belgium. In 2010, he graduated as M.Sc. in Industrial Science (specialisation on ICT) from University College of Ghent, Belgium. As from 2011, he was involved in several research projects involving Semantic Web technologies and Open Data. Miel Vander Sande's main interest and expertise are (linked open) data publishing (a.o. in the context of Open Knowledge Foundation), technological support for open data legislation, ontology mapping and data transformation. He is also member of the W3C Linked Data Platform working group. Together with his team, Miel developed the Everything is Connected (http://www.everythingisconnected.be) demo. This demo makes Linked Data tangible by finding paths between concepts using the DBPedia dataset. This resulted in a novel high performance approach for performing graph algorithms on generic datasets. Miel's demo paper was accepted at the International Semantic Web Conference 2012 in Boston, where it won the Best Demo Award. Currently, Miel is active in multiple Flemish government projects for creating read/write Open Data ecosystems. Additionally, he participates in a Flemish innovation project for the digitalization of book publishers and eBooks: Publishers of the future.
Host: Craig Knoblock, USC/ISI
Webcast: http://webcasterms1.isi.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=45b27e6ddec34405a638789183ac85421dLocation: Information Science Institute (ISI) -
WebCast Link: http://webcasterms1.isi.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=45b27e6ddec34405a638789183ac85421d
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Alma Nava / Information Sciences Institute
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Mork Family Department Master's Welcome Lunch
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University Calendar
Come out and meet the department chair, faculty, and staff!
Flyer attached (pdf).More Information: flyer.pdf
Location: Viterbi Engineering Quad (E-quad)
Audiences: Graduate
Contact: Ryan Choi
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The W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Marc E. Brown, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Talk Title: Intellectual Property Law - What Every Engineer Should Know
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Christine Viterbi Admission & Student Affairs
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NL Seminar- Kevin Knight: "Some Potential NLP Thesis Topics & Other Fun Research Projects"
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Kevin Knight, USC/ISI
Talk Title: "Some Potential NLP Thesis Topics & Other Fun Research Projects"
Series: Natural Language Seminar
Abstract: I'll present a dozen interesting, potentially high-impact NLP research projects. I'd like to make this a very interactive session.
Biography: Home Page:http://www.isi.edu/~knight/
Host: Yang Gao
More Info: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 11th Flr Conf Rm # 1135, Marina Del Rey
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Peter Zamar
Event Link: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
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CEE Ph.D. Seminar
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Shentong Lu , CE Ph.D. Candidates
Talk Title: Investigation of Harbor Oscillation Induced by Long Wave with Numerical Model
Abstract:
In this study, we would introduce and validate one Boussinesq model (Mike 21), which was developed by Danish Hydraulic Institute based on the earlier work of Madsen and Sorensen. Six cases of experiment would be used to investigate the reliability and accuracy of the present model. After the verification, we would apply this model into four real harbors and inspect the response caused by an idealized incident wave train (white noise analysis). By comparing the first resonance mode with earlier work and observation, we noticed that the effect of nonlinearity and dispersion did not appear to be significant in harbor oscillation. In addition, the impact of various tidal levels was also studied to determine the reason that caused the increased number of resonance mode in some tsunami scenarios.
This presentation is back-to-back with Ali Bolourchi
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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CEE Ph.D. Seminar
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ali Bolourchi, Ph.D. Candidate, Astani Civil and Environmental Engnieering
Talk Title: Studies into computational intelligence approaches for the identification of complex nonlinear systems
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This paper builds on advancements in the field of Computational Intelligence to develop a robust approach that combines stochastic optimization methods utilizing Genetic Programming, together with nonlinear evolutionary optimization methods for optimizing the parameters, and Computer Algebra techniques that involve symbolic manipulation of expressions during the course of evolution, to “discover” a parsimonious differential operator that represents an optimum match to the governing differential equation of the target complex nonlinear system, and subsequently discloses the correct nature of the investigated system. The proposed scheme requires input and output data only, without postulating any model-class in advance. This technique can also discover an accurate single-expression, with direct
physical interpretation, that represents the governing multiregion (response domain) equations of systems that incorporate certain classes of nonlinear phenomena (such as yielding). Yet, unlike many conventional non-parametric techniques whose approximations result in undesirable oscillations around unsmooth points, automatic incorporation of discontinuous basis functions in this approach eliminates the need of such approximations and their concomitant errors. A variety of highly nonlinear and hysteretic phenomena are considered to assess the capabilities and the generalization extent of the suggested approach. It is shown that the method of this paper provides a robust methodology for developing reduced-order, reduced-complexity, computational models (in the form of governing differential equations) that can be used for obtaining high-fidelity models that reflect the correct
“physics” of the underlying phenomena.
Presentation is back-to-back with Shentong Lu
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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USC Graduate Engineering Information Session in China(Shanghai)
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
You are cordially invited to meet William Schwerin, Assistant Director of Graduate Recruitment, and Ray Xu, Director of the USC China office for the Viterbi School of Engineering, at our upcoming information session in Shanghai, China.
Students who have earned or are in the progress of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to our graduate programs.
The information session will include a presentation on: Master's & Ph.D. programs available at USC, how to apply, scholarships, student life, and more. Students will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC. Light refreshments will be served.
To register, visit our info sessions page.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Graduate & Professional Programs
