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Canstruction
Tue, Oct 20, 2015
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Help out people in need by donating canned food!! Students and faculty come together for this annual event to collect cans and donate them to the LA Food Bank. On the last day of the drive, we bring all the cans together to make a Canstruction. Collection is from 10/14 - 11/20.
Collection Bin Locations:
ACCT 101 Office
Crocker Library (in HOH)
Popovich Hall Rm 200
Deans Office BRI 100
Advising Office BRI 104Location: Various Locations (look at description)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC NOBE
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Epstein Institute Seminar - ISE 651
Tue, Oct 20, 2015 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Yanfeng Ouyang, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Talk Title: Enhancing Service Facility Reliability against the Threat of Disruptions
Series: Epstein Institute Seminar
Host: Professor John Carlsson
More Information: October 20, 2015_Yanfeng Ouyang.pdf
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tina Rothstein
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CS Student Colloquium: Benjamin Ford (USC) - Beware the Soothsayer: From Attack Prediction Accuracy to Predictive Reliability in Security Games
Tue, Oct 20, 2015 @ 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Benjamin Ford , USC
Talk Title: Beware the Soothsayer: From Attack Prediction Accuracy to Predictive Reliability in Security Games
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Computer Science Research Colloquium
Interdicting the flow of illegal goods (such as drugs and ivory) is a major security concern for many countries. The massive scale of these networks, however, forces defenders to make judicious use of their limited resources. While existing solutions model this problem as a Network Security Game (NSG), they do not consider humans' bounded rationality. Previous human behavior modeling works in Security Games, however, make use of large training datasets that are unrealistic in real-world situations; the ability to effectively test many models is constrained by the time-consuming and complex nature of field deployments. In addition, there is an implicit assumption in these works that a model's prediction accuracy strongly correlates with the performance of its corresponding defender strategy (referred to as predictive reliability). If the assumption of predictive reliability does not hold, then this could lead to substantial losses for the defender. In the following paper, we (1) first demonstrate that predictive reliability is indeed strong for previous Stackelberg Security Game experiments. We also run our own set of human subject experiments in such a way that models are restricted to learning on dataset sizes representative of real world constraints. In the analysis on that data, we demonstrate that (2) predictive reliability is extremely weak for NSGs. Following that discovery, however, we identify (3) key factors that influence predictive reliability results: the training set's exposed attack surface and graph structure.
This lecture will be available to stream HERE.
Biography: Ben is a third year PhD student of Computer Science at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering. He joined Teamcore in August 2013 and is advised by Professor Milind Tambe. Previously, he completed his B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2008 and 2010, respectively. After graduation and prior to joining Teamcore, he worked at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI as a Software Engineer. His primary research interests are in the application of concepts from the social sciences of Psychology, Criminology, Sociology, and Anthropology to improve the algorithms and solutions of Computer Science. Specifically, he is interested in applying human behavioral models to multi-agent systems with a large focus on human decision making. Since joining Teamcore, he has developed an interest in applying Behavioral Game Theory to the Wildlife Conservation domain to prevent wildlife poaching and smuggling.
Host: Computer Science Department
Webcast: https://bluejeans.com/846279055Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
WebCast Link: https://bluejeans.com/846279055
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Information Session in Tokyo
Tue, Oct 20, 2015 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
You are cordially invited to meet Camillia Lee, Assistant Dean of Graduate and International Recruitment for the Viterbi School of Engineering, at one of our upcoming information sessions in Tokyo.
Students who have earned or are in the process 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.
Attendees will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC.
Location:
Hilton Tokyo
6-6-2 Nishi-Shinjuku
Shinjuku-Ku
Tokyo, 160-0023
Japan
REGISTER NOWAudiences: Students with an undergraduate background in engineering, math or science
Contact: William Schwerin
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USC WIC: Symantec Corporation tech talk
Tue, Oct 20, 2015 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join USC WIC for a tech talk with Symantec Corporation. Engineer Rami Al-Ghanmi will be speaking on computer networks. This will be a great chance to learn about the technology Symantec deals with every day on a high level, as well as Symantec's many internship and full time opportunities for undergraduate students.
Symantec’s mission is to make the world a safer place by delivering unmatched visibility and insights to customers and partners, and by adopting a holistic security approach to security.
There will be a chance to speak with recruiters after the event. Undergraduate students will receive priority admission to the tech talk.
Please RSVP here
More InfoLocation: Von Kleinsmid Center For International & Public Affairs (VKC) - 101
Audiences: Department Only
Contact: Sanskriti
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USC Graduate Engineering Info Session: Wuhan
Tue, Oct 20, 2015 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The information session will include a presentation on: Master's & Ph.D. programs available at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, 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.
Learn More and Register to Attend
Location: Ramada Plaza Optics Valley, Wuhan, China
Audiences: Students with an undergraduate background in engineering, math or science
Contact: Laura Hartman
