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CS Colloquium: Julian McAuley (UCSD) - Structured Output Models of Recommendations, Activities, and Behavior
Tue, Sep 19, 2017 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Julian McAuley, University of California, San Diego
Talk Title: Structured Output Models of Recommendations, Activities, and Behavior
Series: Visa Research Machine Learning Seminar Series hosted by USC Machine Learning Center
Abstract: This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Computer Science Research Colloquium.
Predictive models of human behavior--and in particular recommender systems--learn patterns from large volumes of historical activity data, in order to make personalized predictions that adapt to the needs, nuances, and preferences of individuals. Models may take incredibly complex data as *input*, ranging from text, images, social networks, or sequence data. However, the *outputs* they are trained to predict--clicks, purchases, transactions, etc.--are typically simple, numerical quantities, in order for the problem to be cast in terms of traditional supervised learning frameworks.
In this talk, we discuss possible extensions to such personalized, predictive models of human behavior so that they are capable of predicting complex structured *outputs*. For example, rather than training a model to predict what content a user might interact with, we could predict how they would react to unseen content, in the form of text they might write. Or, rather than predicting whether a user would purchase an existing product, we could predict the characteristics or attributes of the types of products that *should* be created.
Biography: Julian McAuley has been an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, San Diego since 2014. Previously he was a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University after receiving his PhD from the Australian National University in 2011. His research is concerned with developing predictive models of human behavior using large volumes of online activity data.
Host: Yan Liu
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Computer Science Department
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Epstein Institute Seminar, ISE 651
Tue, Sep 19, 2017 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Tuo Zhao, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Talk Title: Compute Faster and Learn Better: Machine Learning via Nonconvex Model-based Optimization
Host: Prof. Meisam Razaviyayn
More Information: September 19, 2017.pdf
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - GER 206
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Grace Owh
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Honeywell Aerospace Info Session
Tue, Sep 19, 2017 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Honeywell Information Session
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Deloitte Cyber Tech Talk presented by USC CybOrg
Tue, Sep 19, 2017 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
Come network with professionals from Deloitte's Cyber and Forensics practices. Networking to follow after the presentation. Deloitte is recruiting both for full-time and internship positions.
This event is open to members who have PAID THEIR DUES. Dues can be paid while you sign in for each respective event.
Venmo Handle: @USC-Cyborg
$15/semester or $25/year
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Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
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Contact: USC CybOrg
