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Code Dojo: K-12 Schools & Families Connect with USC for
Tue, Dec 08, 2015 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering K-12 STEM Center
University Calendar
In conjunction with CS Education Week & the global Hour of Code movement, Code Dojo supports K-12 teachers and families learning to code. Meet on Google Hangouts (ViterbiOutreach) or schedule a session in the USC Community Computing Center. http://www.viterbi.usc.edu/k-12/coding/code-dojo.htm
VAST: Viterbi Adopt-a-Student, Adopt-a-Teacher.More Information: Code Dojo Poster.pdf
Location: USC Community Computing Center
Audiences: Students, Schools, and Families
Contact: Katie Mills
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Six Sigma Green Belt for Process ImprovementTue, Dec 08, 2015 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Abstract: Learn how to integrate principles of business, statistics and engineering to achieve tangible results. Master the use of Six Sigma to quantify the critical quality issues in your company. Once the issues have been quantified, statistics can be applied to provide probabilities of success and failure. Six Sigma methods increase productivity and enhance quality. As a Six Sigma green belt, you will be equipped to support and champion a Six Sigma implementation in your organization. To earn the Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate, you will be required to pass the Institute of Industrial Engineer's green belt exam (administered on the final day of the course).
This course is available on campus or online.
More Info: https://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial-systems/six-sigma-green-belt-process-improvement
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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CANCELLED: Irina Conboy, University of California, Berkeley, QB3, and The Berkeley Stem Cell Center
Tue, Dec 08, 2015 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Irina Conboy, Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Investigator/University of California, Berkeley, QB3, and The Berkeley Stem Cell Center
Talk Title: This seminar will be rescheduled for 2016.
Series: Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Distinguished Speakers Series
Host: Rong Lu
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell
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Iteratively Learning Data Transformation Programs from Examples
Tue, Dec 08, 2015 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Bo Wu, USC/ISI
Talk Title: Iteratively Learning Data Transformation Programs from Examples
Series: AI Seminar
Abstract: Data transformation is an essential preprocessing step in most data analysis applications. It often requires users to write many trivial and task-dependent programs. Recently, programming-by-example (PBE) approaches enable users to generate data transformation programs without coding. To correctly transform these datasets, existing PBE approaches typically require users to provide multiple examples to generate the correct transformation programs. These approaches time complexity grows exponentially with the number of examples and in a high polynomial degree with the length of the examples. Users have to wait a long time to see any response from the systems when they work on moderately complicated datasets. Moreover, existing PBE approaches also lack the support for users to verify the correctness of the transformed results.
To address the challenges, we propose an approach that generates programs iteratively, which exploits the fact that users often provide multiple examples iteratively to refine programs learned from previous iterations. We evaluated IPBE, the implementation of our iterative programming-by-example approach, against several state-of-the-art alternatives on various transformation scenarios. The results show that users of our approach used less time and achieved higher correctnesses compared to other alternative approaches.
Biography: Bo Wu is a newly graduated PhD from University of Southern California. He worked at Information Integration group at Information Science Institute. His research focuses on automatically generating data transformation programs. He received his B.S. in software engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology and his M.S. in computer science from Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Host: Craig Knoblock
Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 1135 - 11th fl Large CR
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Alma Nava / Information Sciences Institute
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Study Days
Tue, Dec 08, 2015 @ 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Student Activity
Get a jump-start on studying for finals with review sessions for select engineering classes and open study time. Come with your books, your friends, and your questions!
Stop by the sign-in table in the RTH to get your breakfast burrito.
To register, click here https://myviterbi.usc.edu/vasa/?PostingID=1234567982.Location: 110
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Christine Franks
Event Link: https://myviterbi.usc.edu/vasa/?PostingID=1234567982
