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Events for November 20, 2014
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SWE Starts With Me!Thu, Nov 20, 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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Read a Lot, Talk as Fast as You Can
Thu, Nov 20, 2014 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Peter C. Gordon, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Talk Title: Read a Lot, Talk as Fast as You Can
Abstract: Substantial effort has been devoted to understanding how variability in component cognitive abilities contributes to individual differences in reading skill. As skilled readers rapidly move their eyes through sequences of words, deeper comprehension of earlier words continues while encoding occurs for the word that is currently fixated. Therefore, skilled reading depends on robust, easily accessible word knowledge as well as the ability to efficiently process multiple linguistic units in parallel. The current project investigates how individual differences in each of these skills affect reading ability by examining eye-movement patterns during reading in relation to two very different measures of individual differences: the Author Recognition Task, which primarily taps word knowledge, and Rapid Automatized Naming, which requires rapid responses to a series of items. Results show that word recognition and the ability to coordinate multiple processes in parallel are independent skills, and shed new light on the nature of the cognitive mechanisms underlying reading ability.
Biography: Dr. Peter C. Gordon received his B.S. in Psychology from Georgetown University in 1975 and his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1984. He was Assistant and Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at Harvard University from 1984 through 1993, and subsequently joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he is Professor of Psychology and Faculty Fellow at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and a superannuated member of the Psychological Round Table; his awards include appointment as John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor at Harvard University and a W.N. Reynolds Leave from the University of North Carolina. He has served as a reviewer for multiple NSF programs (Cognition & Perception, Information & Intelligent Systems and Linguistics) and as a member of the Language and Communication panel at NIH. He served a four-year term as Associate Editor at Psychological Science, has been on the editorial boards of major journals (Cognitive Psychology, JEP:LMC) and in January 2015 will begin a term as Consulting Editor at Psychological Review. Dr. Gordonâs program of research focuses on uncovering the psychological basis of language comprehension and production, with a particular focus on the nature of discourse coherence and on the interaction of discourse-level processing and lower-level processes such as word recognition. His research on the processing of written and spoken language has been highly interdisciplinary, including long-term collaborations with researchers trained in computer science, linguistics and neuroscience, as well as researchers with clinical specializations. His recent research has involved coordinated use of behavioral and neural methods for studying how language processing is coordinated with perception, attention, memory and motor control, and has additionally involved development of eye-tracking and computational-linguistic methods for studying cognitive and interpersonal processes in normal and impaired populations.
Host: Prof. Shrikanth Narayanan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tanya Acevedo-Lam
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DEN@Viterbi Online Information Session
Thu, Nov 20, 2014 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education
Workshops & Infosessions
USC Viterbi School of Engineering DEN@Viterbi (Distance Education Network) strives to meet the needs of engineering professionals, providing the opportunity to advance your education while maintaining your career and other commitments. By breaking down geographical and scheduling barriers, DEN allows you to take your classes anytime and anywhere.
Join this information session to learn more about the 40+ graduate level programs and continuing education offerings available completely online.
RSVP NOWAudiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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Free LinkedIn Headshots for USC Viterbi Students
Thu, Nov 20, 2014 @ 12:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Receptions & Special Events
You are invited to attend our event that is completely free for Viterbi students! Pictures will be taken on a first come, first serve basis during the time of the event. Suggested Attire: Professional attire.
***Please bring USC ID card to sign in.
More Information: LinkedIn Flyer.jpg
Location: Viterbi E-Quad Fountain
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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MFD - Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Distinguished Lecture: Paul Debevec (U. Illinois)
Thu, Nov 20, 2014 @ 12:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Paul Debevec, Professor Emeritus, U. Illinois Dept. of Physics
Talk Title: Understanding the Energy Challenge: Science, Technology, Economics and Policy
Series: Distinguished Lectures
Abstract: TBA
Host: Prof. Fred Aminzadeh
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ryan Choi
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It Takes Time to Prime: Semantic Priming in Ocular Response Tasks
Thu, Nov 20, 2014 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Renske S. Hoedemaker, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Talk Title: It Takes Time to Prime: Semantic Priming in Ocular Response Tasks
Abstract: Semantic priming - the facilitation in processing a word when it is preceded by a semantically related word - is very robust in tasks where words are recognized in isolation but is quite limited during text reading. We evaluate the contributions of response mode and task goals to semantic priming by replacing the manual response mode typically used in isolated word recognition tasks with an eye-movement response through a sequence of words. These ocular response tasks combine the explicit control of subjectsâ goals found in isolated word-recognition asks with the fast, well-practiced ocular response mode used in reading text. Across both lexical decision and recognition memory tasks, ocular response times are much shorter than manual responses for the same words in comparable tasks, yet show a strong relationship with word frequency as well as a robust effect of semantic priming. Ongoing work on this project uses Ex-Gaussian distribution fits to investigate how task goals may interact with semantic priming effects on eye movements during visual word recognition.
Biography: Renske S. Hoedemaker received her BA in Psychology from Lawrence University in 2010 and her MA in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012. She is currently a PhD candidate working with Dr. Peter C. Gordon in the cognitive psychology program at UNC Chapel Hill, expecting to graduate in May 2015. Her research focuses on the way skilled readers coordinate different stages of lexico-semantic and other cognitive processes in a goal-driven manner to achieve fast and efficient performance on word recognition and other sequential tasks. Her dissertation explores the nature of semantic priming using ocular response tasks.
Host: Prof. Shrikanth Narayanan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tanya Acevedo-Lam
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NL Seminar- Technologies for every language: how machine learning can reach everyone in the world
Thu, Nov 20, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Robert Munro, Idibon
Talk Title: Technologies for every language: how machine learning can reach everyone in the world
Series: Natural Language Seminar
Abstract: Speakers of more than 5,000 languages have access to internet and communication technologies. The majority of phones, tablets and computers now ship with language-enabled capabilities like speech-recognition and intelligent auto-correction, and people increasingly interact with data-intensive cloud-based language technologies like search-engines and spam-filters. For both personal and large-scale technologies, the service quality drops or disappears entirely outside of a handful of languages. Speakers of low-resource languages correlate with lower access to healthcare, education and higher vulnerability to disasters. Serving the broadest possible range of languages is crucial to ensuring equitable participation in the global information economy. I will present examples of how natural language processing and distributed human computing are improving the lives of speakers of all the world's languages, in areas including education, disaster-response, health and access to employment. When applying natural language processing to the full diversity of the world's communications, we need to go beyond simple keyword analysis and implement complex technologies that require human-in-the-loop processing to ensure usable accuracy. I will share results that show how for-profit technologies are improving people's lives by providing sustainable economic growth opportunities when they support more languages, aligning business objectives with global diversity.
Biography: Robert Munro is the CEO of Idibon, a company with the objective of providing language technologies for all the world's languages. In past work he has served as Chief Information Officer for the largest solar energy company in Sierra Leone; was the Chief Technology Officer for the largest use of big data technologies to track disease outbreaks globally; worked for the UN High Commission for Refugees in Liberia; lead the crowdsourced response to the 2010 earthquake Haiti; and has helped information processing in disaster response and election monitoring in more than a dozen countries. In current work, Idibon helps everyone from Fortune 500s to disaster response organizations process language data at scale. Outside of work, he has learned about the world's diversity by cycling more than 20,000 kilometers across 20 countries. Robert has a PhD from Stanford University.
Host: Aliya Deri and Kevin Knight
More Info: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 6th Flr Conf Rm # 689, Marina Del Rey
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Peter Zamar
Event Link: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
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CS Colloquium: Rajiv Gandhi (Rutgers University-Camden) - From Potential to Promise - Developing Scholars, one Eureka moment at a time
Thu, Nov 20, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Rajiv Gandhi , Rutgers University-Camden
Talk Title: From Potential to Promise - Developing Scholars, one Eureka moment at a time
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: In this talk, I will tell the story of our work with some truly remarkable undergraduate students at Rutgers-Camden, who despite many odds have achieved success that is unprecedented for the Camden campus. I will discuss the various challenges that we faced and some ideas that have worked very well (and some that have not) for us. We have been applying some of these ideas in our work with high school students and students at other institutions. Additional information can be found at the website for the Program in Theoretical CS: http://rajivgandhics.wordpress.com (website constructed and maintained by high school students)
Biography: Dr. Rajiv Gandhi is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Rutgers University-Camden. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2003. His research interests lie in the broad area of theoretical computer science. Specifically, he is interested in approximation and randomized algorithms, distributed algorithms, and graph theory. He has published papers in these areas in leading journals and conferences. He has been the recipient of several teaching excellence awards -- at Rutgers and at other universities. He was also the recipient of the Chancellor's award for Civic Engagement at Rutgers-Camden in 2013. He was a Fulbright Fellow from Jan-June 2011, during which he worked with students in Mumbai. Since 2009, he has also been working with high school students as part of the Program in Algorithmic and Combinatorial Thinking.
Host: Leana Golubchik
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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DEN@Viterbi Online Information Session
Thu, Nov 20, 2014 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education
Workshops & Infosessions
USC Viterbi School of Engineering DEN@Viterbi (Distance Education Network) strives to meet the needs of engineering professionals, providing the opportunity to advance your education while maintaining your career and other commitments. By breaking down geographical and scheduling barriers, DEN allows you to take your classes anytime and anywhere.
Join this information session to learn more about the 40+ graduate level programs and continuing education offerings available completely online.
RSVP NOWAudiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
