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Events for November 11, 2021

  • iPodia Open Classroom

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 08:00 AM - 10:00 PM

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

    Receptions & Special Events


    Faculty are cordially invited to the USC Viterbi iPodia Program's Open Classroom event on Thursday, November 11, 2021. You can join our "learners-without-borders" platform, which enables USC students to study directly from campus with global classmates at 10 top global universities across four continents.

    Our "learning-through-diversity" pedagogy strategically guides learners to engage in productive collaboration with diverse peers. The course includes a cross-cultural exercise, global community building activities, and an innovative technology team project. We would like you to experience the iPodia program first-hand and to consider offering your USC course on this global classroom platform.

    You are welcome to join us virtually or in-person in RTH 217.

    Click here to RSVP

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 217

    Audiences: faculty

    Contact: Jenny iPodia Program

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  • Prospective Graduate Student Webinar: Chat with a USC Rep

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission

    Workshops & Infosessions


    Online webinars are held throughout the year via Zoom and hosted by Viterbi School representatives. All that is needed to participate is a computer with internet access. Webinars are designed for prospective students to learn more about:

    Master's & Ph.D. Programs
    Application Requirements
    Tuition & Funding
    There will also be ample time for questions.

    Register

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XBk-xA9iSA-glKV5Fr9vZA

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: USC Viterbi Graduate Admission

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  • Career & Internship Boot Camp

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 10:00 AM - 02:30 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

    Workshops & Infosessions


    Fall 2021 Career & Internship Bootcamp will be Hybrid. Bootcamp is a series of workshops hosted by Viterbi Career Connections. If you have missed these topics throughout the semester, or simply want to refresh your skills and learn practical tools to achieve your career goals, Bootcamp is an event for all Viterbi majors and degree levels.

    Each topic will be hosted both On-Campus and on Zoom for all students to join in a way that works for you! The best part: You do NOT have to attend all 5 sessions to participate.

    Schedule of Sessions:

    10-10:30 a.m. - Resume & Cover Letter
    11-11:30 a.m. - Job & Internship Search
    12-12:30 p.m. - Networking
    1-1:30 p.m. - Interviewing
    2-2:30 p.m. - Negotiating Offers

    Register on Gateway > Workshops

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211 (also on Zoom)

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections

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  • Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Honorable Robert L Sumwalt, Former Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board

    Talk Title: From Design to Disaster

    Abstract: Please see attached abstract, bio and a photo.

    Host: Dr. Najmedin Meshkati

    Webcast: Zoom: https://usc.zoom.us/j/996-8004-9945 Meeting ID:99680049945 Passcode: 905716

    More Information: Hon R. Sumwalt_abstract-bio-photo.pdf

    Location: Zoom Meeting

    WebCast Link: Zoom: https://usc.zoom.us/j/996-8004-9945 Meeting ID:99680049945 Passcode: 905716

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Evangeline Reyes

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  • Repeating EventCS Undergraduate Live Chat Drop-in Advisement

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

    Student Activity


    CS Advisors will be available on Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays this fall from 1:30pm to 2:30pm to assist undergraduates in our four majors (CSCI, CSBA, CSGA, and CECS) via Live Chat. Access the live chat through our website at https://cs.usc.edu/chat

    Location: Online - Live Chat

    Audiences: Undergrad

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    Contact: USC Computer Sciecne

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  • DEI Committee Meeting

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

    Receptions & Special Events


    Bi-Weekly DEI Committee meeting for invited full-time Computer Science faculty only. Event details emailed directly to attendees.

    Audiences: Invited Faculty Only

    Contact: Assistant to CS chair

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  • Center of Autonomy and AI, Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things, and Ming Hsieh Institute Seminar Series

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Inigo Incer, University of California, Berkeley

    Talk Title: The Algebra of Contracts

    Series: Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things

    Abstract: Contract-based design has been proposed as a formal design methodology to support compositional design in industry. Assume-guarantee (AG) contracts are formal specifications consisting of two trace properties: (i) assumptions made on the environment and (ii) responsibilities imposed on the object under specification when the environment behaves according to the contract's assumptions. In this talk, we will first discuss all algebraic operations known on AG contracts, and the applications of these operations in engineering design. As there are many formal design attributes, such as secure information flow, that cannot be expressed with trace properties or AG contracts, we will then discuss the theory of hypercontracts, which enables us to carry out assume-guarantee reasoning in complex systems using arbitrary hyperproperties.

    Biography: Inigo Incer is a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley advised by Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. He is interested in all aspects of cyber-physical systems, emphasizing AI and formal methods that support their compositional design and analysis. Before pursuing a PhD, Inigo was an IC designer in Austin. His work has been supported by a UC Berkeley Chancellor's Fellowship and by NSF and DARPA grants.

    Host: Pierluigi Nuzzo

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p5OEJlPxQlakO4hqovuGEQ

    Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p5OEJlPxQlakO4hqovuGEQ

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Talyia White

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  • CS Colloquium: Jerry Mendel (USC) - Explainable Ai (XAI) for Rule-Based Fuzzy Systems

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Jerry Mendel, Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California

    Talk Title: Explainable Ai (XAI) for Rule-Based Fuzzy Systems

    Series: Computer Science Colloquium

    Abstract: There is a sentiment in the fuzzy community that fuzzy rules would be of great value in XAI because such rules use words (which are modeled as fuzzy sets) and so they lend themselves naturally to XAI. This talk challenges that sentiment, in a constructive way. It explains why it is not valid to explain the output of Mamdani or TSK fuzzy systems using IF-THEN rules, but that it is valid to explain the output of such fuzzy systems as an association of the antecedents of a small subset of the original larger set of rules, using a phrase such as "These linguistic antecedents are symptomatic of this output". It also describes a novel multi-step approach to obtain such a small subset of rules for fuzzy systems, how Linguistic Approximation can be used to express the antecedent membership functions (the symptoms) linguistically, and a method for estimating the quality of linguistic explanations.

    Register in advance for this webinar at:
    https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IgXrJer8SMOaS5VdwMdRFQ

    After registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

    This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.


    Biography: Jerry Mendel received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Currently, he is (since Jan. 2018) Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He has published close to 600 technical papers and is author and/or co-author of 12 books. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, a Distinguished Member of the IEEE Control Systems Society, and a Fellow of the International Fuzzy Systems Association. He was President of the IEEE Control Systems Society in 1986, a member of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society for nine years, and Chairman of its Fuzzy Systems Technical Committee and the Computing With Words Task Force of that Technical Committee. Among his awards are four IEEE Transactions best paper awards, a 1984 IEEE Centennial Medal, an IEEE Third Millenium Medal, and a Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. According to Google Scholar (as of Sept. 9, 2021) he has 58,428 citations, an h-index of 97 and an i10-index of 310. His present research interests include: type-2 fuzzy logic systems and XAI for rule-based systems.


    Host: Mukund Raghothaman

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IgXrJer8SMOaS5VdwMdRFQ

    Location: Online Zoom Webinar

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IgXrJer8SMOaS5VdwMdRFQ

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Computer Science Department

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  • Repeating EventVirtual First-Year Admission Information Session

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission

    Workshops & Infosessions


    Our virtual information session is a live presentation from a USC Viterbi admission counselor designed for high school students and their family members to learn more about the USC Viterbi undergraduate experience. Our session will cover an overview of our undergraduate engineering programs, the application process, and more on student life. Guests will be able to ask questions and engage in further discussion toward the end of the session.

    Register here!

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Viterbi Admission

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  • Drop-In Q&A for Prospective Graduate Students

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission

    Workshops & Infosessions


    This webinar is designed for those that have specific questions they want answered. Questions will be submitted using the Q&A function and will be answered verbally by a USC Viterbi representative.

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MYe4mGEpQGWUDZnivSKgNw

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: William Schwerin

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  • iPodia Open Classroom

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

    Receptions & Special Events


    Faculty are cordially invited to the USC Viterbi iPodia Program's Open Classroom event on Thursday, November 11, 2021. You can join our "learners-without-borders" platform, which enables USC students to study directly from campus with global classmates at 10 top global universities across four continents.

    Our "learning-through-diversity" pedagogy strategically guides learners to engage in productive collaboration with diverse peers. The course includes a cross-cultural exercise, global community building activities, and an innovative technology team project. We would like you to experience the iPodia program first-hand and to consider offering your USC course on this global classroom platform.

    You are welcome to join us virtually or in-person in RTH 217.

    Click here to RSVP

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 217

    Audiences: faculty

    Contact: Jenny iPodia Program

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  • CONNECTED: How Tech is Transforming Humanitarian Response

    Thu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni

    Receptions & Special Events


    CONNECTED: How Tech is Transforming Humanitarian Response with special guest and Founder of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team, Roya Mahboob, Time's Magazine 100 Most Influential People In The World.

    When: Nov 11 at 7 PM
    Where: USC Michelson Hall for Convergent Bioscience

    *Free and Open to the Public
    *Please RSVP

    Please Click Here to Register

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Kristy Ly

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