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Events for November 11, 2014
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SWE Starts With Me!Tue, Nov 11, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
SWE would like to cordially invite you to participate in our first annual SWE Starts With Me this November!
THE CONTEST
1. Bring a friend to a SWE event!
2. Invite your friend to be a SWE member!
3. Once they become a member, complete this form.
4. Both you and your friend are entered into our Grand SWE Raffle!
5. The more friends you convert, the more times your name is entered into the Grand SWE Raffle!
THE RAFFLE
The Grand Prize of the Growing the Community Contest will be a FREE trip to SWE's Regional Conference next Spring - including access to an exclusive Career Fair and career development workshops. Other raffle prizes include: Gift Cards, SWE swag and Company Swag!
Any member that successfully grows the Community by 10 members will AUTOMATICALLY receive a FREE trip to the Regional Conference
Become a member of SWE!
Want to become a National member of SWE? If you are a member, you will be able to attend all of our chapter's huge networking events (Professional Development Night, Fall Evening with Industry), our Membership Appreciation Days and Members Retreat in addition to getting the National benefits (applying for scholarships, and attending Regional and National Conference.) If you are interested, please sign up for the SWE National Membership (USC Chapter) online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership and then send a copy of your membership receipt to Maisie Gwynne at mgwynne@usc.edu.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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CS Colloquium: Sachin Patil (UC Berkeley) -Coping with Uncertainty in Robotic Navigation, Exploration, and Grasping
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sachin Patil , UC Berkeley
Talk Title: Coping with Uncertainty in Robotic Navigation, Exploration, and Grasping
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: A key challenge in robotics is to robustly complete navigation, exploration, and manipulation tasks when the state of the world is uncertain. This is a fundamental problem in several application areas such as logistics, personal robotics, and healthcare where robots with imprecise actuation and sensing are being deployed in unstructured environments. In such a setting, it is necessary to reason about the acquisition of perceptual knowledge and to perform information gathering actions as necessary. In this talk, I will present an approach to motion planning under motion and sensing uncertainty called "belief space" planning where the objective is to trade off exploration (gathering information) and exploitation (performing actions) in the context of performing a task. In particular, I will present how we can use trajectory optimization to compute locally-optimal solutions to a determinized version of this problem in Gaussian belief spaces. I will show that it is possible to obtain significant computational speedups without explicitly optimizing over the covariances by considering a partial collocation approach. I will also address the problem of computing such trajectories, given that measurements may not be obtained during execution due to factors such as limited field of view of sensors and occlusions. I will demonstrate this approach in the context of robotic grasping in unknown environments where the robot has to simultaneously explore the environment and grasp occluded objects whose geometry and positions are initially unknown.
Biography: Sachin Patil is a postdoctoral researcher working with Prof. Pieter Abbeel and Prof. Ken Goldberg at the University of California at Berkeley. He previously completed his PhD with Prof. Ron Alterovitz at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research focuses on developing rigorous motion planning algorithms to enable new, minimally invasive medical procedures and to facilitate reliable operation of robots in unstructured environments.
Host: Gaurav Sukhatme
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Evening with Faculty
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Enjoy an evening with student members of NSBE, SHPE, SWE, QuEST and CED as we network with faculty and key affiliates of the Viterbi School of Engineering. The dress is BUSINESS CASUAL.
Our goal for this event is to give students an opportunity to mingle with esteemed USC faculty in an informal setting. The Viterbi Organizations of Diversity hope to encourage personal relationships between our professors and our membership by hosting this friendly mixer. Heavy h'ordeuvres will be served.
If you would like to nominate a faculty member for invitation, please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GgZ23toujBoLy2tpzUgfSZMi-2ONMrQfO9CnxngO5Us/viewform?edit_requested=true
We hope to see you there!Location: RTH 526
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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DEN@Viterbi Information Session: San Francisco, CA
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering will be hosting a DEN@Viterbi Information Session in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, November 11th.
Why Attend?
- Discover the 40+ graduate programs offered completely online through USC Viterbi’s Distance Education Network [DEN@Viterbi]
- Learn about non-degree continuing education opportunities offered on-campus, online and on-site, including short courses and custom programs
- Find out how you can start classes as early as this spring
REGISTER NOW
For questions on this event or DEN@Viterbi, please contact DEN@Viterbi.usc.edu.Location: USC San Francisco Office
Audiences: RSVP Required
Contact: Viterbi Corporate & Professional Programs
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Viterbi Spotlight Series- Industrial and Systems Engineering
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Spotlight Series is your opportunity to connect with USC alumni and industry professionals that have been in your shoes and will share their experiences on how they got to where they are in their career.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Baxter Networking Event
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Join ASBME and SWE for an exclusive Baxter Lifesciences Networking Event to discuss the Baxter Operations Development Program. Focused in Baxter's BioScience division, this rotational program allows aspiring engineering and science professionals to explore a range of cross-functional experiences and grow their leadership potential-- and they're looking for students just like you! Baxter representatives will be present to answer all questions you might have, and more information about the program can be found here: http://www.careers.baxter.com/us/development_programs/bioscience_operations.html. Food will be provided, and we can't wait to see you there!
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 301
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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Baxter Networking Session
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Join SWE and ASBME for a Baxter Networking Event and Health Sciences spotlight, along with an exclusive info session on the Baxter Operations Development Program. Check out the Facebook page for more details! https://www.facebook.com/events/875611325784609/
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 301
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
