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Virtual Viterbi Industry Networking Event: M.S. Students
Mon, Oct 05, 2020 @ 07:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Receptions & Special Events
The Virtual Viterbi Industry Networking Events connect students with Viterbi Alumni and industry professionals from across the world in an online networking event.
https://viterbicareers.usc.edu/vine/Location: Virtual
Audiences: Viterbi MS students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Ph.D. Defense - Eli Pincus
Mon, Oct 05, 2020 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
Ph.D. Defense - Eli Pincus 10/05 2:00 pm "An Investigation of Fully Interactive Multi-Role Dialogue Agents"
Ph.D. Candidate: Eli Pincus
Date: Monday, October 5, 2020
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Committee: David Traum (chair), Maja Mataric, Peter Kim
Title: An Investigation of Fully Interactive Multi-Role Dialogue Agents
Abstract:
In the course of their lives human perform multiple roles such as work and social roles. However, current research in human-computer dialogue has focused on dialogue agents that perform only one role of an interaction. For example, Apple's Siri acts mainly as an assistant. In this thesis we helps fill the gap in multi-role dialogue agent research.
We describe an architecture that endows a test-bed agent with core dialogue management capabilities for both roles of a word-guessing game but can be adapted for different embodiments including virtual human, robot, and a non-embodied web-platform that enables use of the test-bed agent in "in the wild" experiments. We incrementally evaluate design decisions for the test-bed agent that decrease the chance that our later experiments, that more directly evaluate the agent's multi-role capabilities, failed to find effects due to confounds stemming from poor design decisions. We establish that multi-role agents, when compared to single-role versions of the same agent, are able to elicit enjoyment from users without negatively impacting user's perceptions. We also use an "in the wild" experiment to prove that a multi-role content sourcing strategy can be superior to other scalable content sourcing strategies.
Meeting Links:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://usc.zoom.us/j/92791499440?pwd=djNKQzMxalJXZTVUR3dTQUp6Ykw2dz09
Meeting ID: 927 9149 9440
Passcode: 281112WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92791499440?pwd=djNKQzMxalJXZTVUR3dTQUp6Ykw2dz09
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar
Mon, Oct 05, 2020 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Ange-Therese Akono, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
Talk Title: Inorganic-Organic Nanomaterial Composites for Advanced Civil, Energy, and Biomedical Application
Abstract: See attached.
Host: Dr. Qiming Wang
More Information: Ange-Therese Akono Abstract-Bio_10520.pdf
Location: Zoom Meeting
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
