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Events for December 02, 2022

  • PhD Thesis Proposal - Zunchen Huang

    Fri, Dec 02, 2022 @ 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    PhD Candidate: Zunchen Huang

    Title: Constraint Based Analysis for Persistent Memory Programs
    Time: Friday, December 2, 9:00 AM-11:00 AM PST

    Committee: Chao Wang (chair), William GJ Halfond, Mukund Raghothaman, Srivatsan Ravi, and Pierluigi Nuzzo.

    Abstract: Emerging persistent memory (PM) technologies are beginning to bridge the gap between volatile memory and non-volatile storage in computer systems, by allowing high-speed memory access, byte-addressability, and persistency at the same time. However, PM programming remains a challenging and error-prone task due to reliance on ordinary developers to write correct and efficient PM software code. In this presentation, I propose a framework to detect and repair PM bugs in software code automatically using a set of new symbolic analysis techniques. Unlike existing methods, which rely on patterns and heuristics to detect and repair a small subset of PM bugs, the proposed symbolic analysis framework is able to handle a wide range of PM bugs uniformly. This is achieved by first encoding the program semantics, correctness properties, and PM requirements as a set of logical constraints, and then solving these constraints using off-the-shelf solvers. By reasoning about these logical constraints symbolically, our method can detect, diagnose, and repair PM bugs both efficiently and automatically. It can also infer PM requirements automatically. Finally, I will discuss potential extensions of the framework to programs that rely on both PM and multi-threading to reason about persistency and concurrency simultaneously.

    Zoom link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/4326990557

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/4326990557

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Lizsl De Leon

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  • Career & Internship Bootcamp: What Recruiters Look for in Your Resume

    Fri, Dec 02, 2022 @ 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

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    THIS EVENT WILL BE HOSTED HYBRID: IN-PERSON & ONLINE SIMULTANEOUSLY

    Want to secure an internship or job? Participate in Career & Internship Bootcamp to learn how to increase your chances of getting contacted for an interview, how to excel at interviews, and how to negotiate a higher salary. Review strategies to showcase your experiences and highlight your skills on your resume to impress recruiters and land interviews.

    To access the ZOOM link and for more information on this workshop, log into Viterbi Career Gateway>> Events>>Workshops: https://shibboleth-viterbi-usc-csm.symplicity.com/sso/

    For In-Person: Attendance is limited to room capacity

    Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections

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  • Career & Internship Bootcamp: Find Your Dream Job or Internship

    Fri, Dec 02, 2022 @ 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

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    THIS EVENT WILL BE HOSTED HYBRID: IN-PERSON & ONLINE SIMULTANEOUSLY

    Focus your job search to find the right opportunities for you.

    To access the ZOOM link and for more information on this workshop, log into Viterbi Career Gateway>> Events>>Workshops: https://shibboleth-viterbi-usc-csm.symplicity.com/sso/

    For In-Person: Attendance is limited to room capacity

    Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections

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  • PhD Thesis Proposal - Ehsan Qasemi

    Fri, Dec 02, 2022 @ 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    Ph.D. Candidate: Ehsan Qasemi
    Title: Multi-Modal Preconditioned Commonsense Inference
    Committee:
    Muhao Chen, Aiichiro Nakano, Daniel O'Leary, Fred Morstatter, Luis Garcia

    Humans can seamlessly reason with circumstantial preconditions of commonsense knowledge. We understand that "a glass is used for drinking water", unless "the glass is broken" or "the water is toxic". Despite state-of-the-art (SOTA) models' impressive performance in inferring commonsense knowledge, it is unclear whether they understand the circumstantial preconditions.
    In this dissertation, I initially propose a novel challenge of reasoning with preconditions attributed to commonsense knowledge, design three tasks based on the challenge in text-only setup, and show there is a significant gap between SOTA language models' performance and human's on our tasks. I then use weak supervision in a combination of targeted fine-tuning strategies to improve the language model's performance on the preconditioned inference task. Finally, I go beyond the text-only setup and investigate the problem of preconditioned inference in a multi-modal setup when the model is challenged to infer the preconditions from an image.

    Zoom link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92119832136 Date: Friday Dec 2nd, 11AM-12 PM

    WebCast Link: Ph.D. Candidate: Ehsan Qasemi Title: Multi-Modal Preconditioned Commonsense Inference Committee: Muhao Chen, Aiichiro Nakano, Daniel O'Leary, Fred Morstatter, Luis Garcia Humans can seamlessly reason with circumstantial preconditions of commonsense knowle

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Lizsl De Leon

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  • Career & Internship Bootcamp: Career Connections Lunch & Learn (with Pizza!)

    Fri, Dec 02, 2022 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

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    Enjoy free pizza and drinks while sharing what you want to see from Viterbi Career Connections.

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211 (BC & LB)

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections

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  • Career & Internship Bootcamp: Get Connected - Tapping into the Hidden Job Market

    Fri, Dec 02, 2022 @ 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

    Workshops & Infosessions


    THIS EVENT WILL BE HOSTED HYBRID: IN-PERSON & ONLINE SIMULTANEOUSLY

    Want to secure an internship or job? Participate in Career & Internship Bootcamp to learn how to increase your chances of getting contacted for an interview, how to excel at interviews, and how to negotiate a higher salary. Learn how to build a professional network that increases your access to employment opportunities.

    To access the ZOOM link and for more information on this workshop, log into Viterbi Career Gateway>> Events>>Workshops: https://shibboleth-viterbi-usc-csm.symplicity.com/sso/

    For In-Person: Attendance is limited to room capacity

    Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections

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  • Career & Internship Bootcamp: Interview Tips to Help you Secure a Job Offer

    Fri, Dec 02, 2022 @ 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

    Workshops & Infosessions


    THIS EVENT WILL BE HOSTED HYBRID: IN-PERSON & ONLINE SIMULTANEOUSLY

    Want to secure an internship or job? Participate in Career & Internship Bootcamp to learn how to increase your chances of getting contacted for an interview, how to excel at interviews, and how to negotiate a higher salary. Your resume will get you an interview, but your interview will land you the job.

    To access the ZOOM link and for more information on this workshop, log into Viterbi Career Gateway>> Events>>Workshops: https://shibboleth-viterbi-usc-csm.symplicity.com/sso/

    For In-Person: Attendance is limited to room capacity

    Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections

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  • Career & Internship Bootcamp: Increase Your Salary: Negotiating Your Job Offer

    Fri, Dec 02, 2022 @ 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

    Workshops & Infosessions


    THIS EVENT WILL BE HOSTED HYBRID: IN-PERSON & ONLINE SIMULTANEOUSLY

    Want to secure an internship or job? Participate in Career & Internship Bootcamp to learn how to increase your chances of getting contacted for an interview, how to excel at interviews, and how to negotiate a higher salary. Learn the ins and outs of an offer, what is up for negotiation, and how to get the most out of your offer.

    To access the ZOOM link and for more information on this workshop, log into Viterbi Career Gateway>> Events>>Workshops: https://shibboleth-viterbi-usc-csm.symplicity.com/sso/

    For In-Person: Attendance is limited to room capacity

    Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections

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  • Viterbi Impact Program | End of Semester Celebration

    Fri, Dec 02, 2022 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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    Join us to celebrate the end of the semester with fellow volunteers and Viterbi staff. Dinner and refreshments will be provided.

    Location: Private Location (register to display)

    Audiences:

    Contact: Noe Mora

    Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/viterbi/rsvp?id=387693

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