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Meaning and Memory Retrieval: Evidence from Semantic Priming and Sentence Memory
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Peter Gordon, University of Northern Carolina, Chapel Hill
Talk Title: Meaning and Memory Retrieval: Evidence from Semantic Priming and Sentence Memory
Abstract: Semantic priming, where the processing of a word is facilitated when it is preceded by a related word, has generally been taken as evidence of spreading activation, the idea that accessing the meaning of the prime word facilitates recognition of the target word by pre-activating its meaning before it is presented. The idea that pre-activation of meaning by a prime word (or other stimulus) increases the accessibility of words (or other psychological constructs) has spread from cognitive psychology to many other areas including cognitive neuroscience, social influence, psychopathology and the effects of aging. This idea is challenged by a series of studies in my lab that analyzed response-time distributions from newly-developed ocular-response tasks that are performed more quickly than tasks with manual or vocal responses and for that reason give a more direct view of lexical processing; the results show that the semantic relation between the prime and target influences processing only after the target has been seen. The findings are inconsistent with spreading-activation models and instead support alternative models in which the process of retrieving lexical information from the target word is facilitated by the consistent contextual information provided by the prime word. Additional studies on how meaning influences sentence reading and recall demonstrate that explanations based on memory retrieval play a necessary role in explanations of human language processing and that they eliminate the need for expectation-based explanations.
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. 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 is a Consulting Editor at Psychological Review. His awards include appointment as John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor at Harvard University, a W.N. Reynolds Leave from the University of North Carolina and a James McKeen Cattell Fund Sabbatical Award that is supporting his visit to USC this semester.
Dr. Gordon's 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: Shrikanth Narayanan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tanya Acevedo-Lam/EE-Systems
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Security and Privacy of Non-Volatile Memories- Vunerabilities, Attack Models and Preventions
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Swaroop Ghosh, Professor, University of South Florida
Talk Title: Security and Privacy of Non-Volatile Memories- Vulnerabilities, Attack Models and Preventions
Abstract: Non-volatile memories (NVM) such as Spin-Transfer Torque RAM (STTRAM), Resistive RAM and Domain Wall Memory have drawn significant attention due to complete elimination of bitcell leakage. In addition to plethora of benefits such as density, non-volatility, low-power and high-speed, majority of NVMs are also compatible with CMOS technology enabling easy integration. NVMs are particularly interesting for a class of Internet-of-Things (IoT) that are normally OFF but require instant ON experience. Although promising, I will show that NVMs bring new security and privacy challenges that were absent in their conventional volatile memory counterparts. Assuring data integrity and privacy against malicious attacks is particularly critical on deployed systems that are hard to maintain and enforce physical security. I will present two aspects to NVM security in Last Level Cache (LLC) using STTRAM as test case:
(i) Data integrity which pertains to data corruption by malicious attack with the intention to launch denial-of-service. Such attacks exploit the fact that NVMs are fundamentally susceptible to ambient parameters such as magnetic field and temperature. I will describe these vulnerabilities and attack models, and, propose two micro-architectural techniques to assure data integrity under attack namely, cache bypassing and checkpointing. These techniques allow seamless computation in presence of attack at minimal design overhead.
(ii) Data privacy which pertains to sensitive data such as keys and passwords being compromised. Storage such as Hard Disk Drive (HDD) has been the non-volatile part of memory system traditionally protected by encryption. Although effective, the latency associated with encryption makes it non-trivial for application in higher levels of memory stack such as LLC. I will present the vulnerabilities and attack models, and, propose two low-overhead techniques to maintain data privacy namely, Semi Non-Volatile Memory which is similar to NVM but with very low retention time so that the data vanishes after power is turned OFF, and, irreversible erasure of data at power down using residual charge from power rail.
Biography: Swaroop Ghosh (S'04, SM'13) received his B.E. (Hons.) from IIT, Roorkee (2000), M.S. from University of Cincinnati (2004) and Ph.D. from Purdue University (2008). He joined USF in Fall 2012. Dr. Ghosh was senior research and development engineer in Advanced Design, Intel Corp from 2008 to 2012 where pioneered 32nm and 22nm SRAM and eDRAM designs. His research interests lie at the intersection of circuits, micro-architecture and hardware security. He is a senior member of IEEE.
Dr. Ghosh is serving as Associate Editor of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS-I and Senior Editorial Board member of IEEE JOURNAL ON EMERGING AND SELECTED TOPICS IN CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS. He has served in the technical program committees of DAC, DATE, ICCAD, ISLPED, HOST, Nanoarch, VLSI Design, ISQED, ASQED, and VLSI-SOC. He is a recipient of DARPA Young Faculty Award (2015), ACM SIGDA Outstanding New Faculty Award (2016), USF Outstanding Research Achievement Award (2015) and USF College of Engineering Outstanding Research Achievement Award (2015).
Host: Professor Murali Annavaram
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Suzanne Wong
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 @ 12:30 PM - 01:49 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Peter Wang, PhD., Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Talk Title: Molecular Engineering for cellular imaging and reprogramming
Biography: Dr. Yingxiao (Peter) Wang obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics from Peking University, Beijing, P.R. China, in 1992 and 1996, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering in 2002 and continued his postdoctoral work at UC San Diego working under Bioengineering Professor Shu Chien and Professor Roger Y. Tsien in the Department of Pharmacology. Before joining the UC San Diego faculty in 2012, he was an associate professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Department of Bioengineering and a full-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois. He was also affiliated with the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Neuroscience Program, the Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, and Institute of Genomic Biology at UIUC. Dr. Wang is the recipient of the Wallace H. Coulter Early Career Award (both Phase I and Phase II), the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and National Institutes of Health Independent Scientist Award. His research is supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and private foundations. Dr. Wang teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on molecular engineering, live cell imaging, and mechanobiology.
Host: K. Kirk Shung, PhD
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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EE 598 Cyber-Physical Systems Seminar Series
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Sudhakar Yalamanchili, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Talk Title: New Rules: Sustaining Performance Scaling in a Physical World
Abstract: As industry moves to increasingly small feature sizes, performance scaling will become increasingly dominated by the physics of the computing environment. Sustaining performance scaling will require understanding, characterizing, and collaboratively managing the multi-physics and multi-scale (nanoseconds to milliseconds) transient interactions between the delivery, dissipation, and removal (cooling) of power and their impact on system level performance. There are fundamental trade-offs to be made in processor design at the microarchitectural level between performance, energy/power, reliability, and packaging. In particular, these tradeoffs become increasingly pronounced with heterogeneity and diversity of application workloads. This talk will describe how interacting physical phenomena, e.g., thermal coupling, i) limits performance scaling, ii) drives application-driven microarchitecture-level tradeoffs, and iii) leads to operational principles for energy-efficient heterogeneous many core architectures. In particular, the talk will cover some exemplar implementations on modern integrated CPU-GPU architectures.
Biography: Sudhakar Yalamanchili earned his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Upon graduation, he joined Honeywell's Systems and Research Center in Minneapolis working on embedded multiprocessor architectures. He joined the ECE faculty at Georgia Tech in 1989 where he is now a Regents Professor and Joseph M. Pettit Professor of Computer Engineering. He is the author of two texts on VHDL-based simulation modeling and synthesis, and co-author with J. Duato and L. Ni, of Interconnection Networks: An Engineering Approach, Morgan Kaufman, 2003. His current research foci lie in addressing the software challenges of heterogeneous architectures and solutions to power and thermal issues in many core architectures and systems. Since 2003 he has been a Co-Director of the NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center on Experimental Computer Systems at Georgia Tech. Dr. Yalamanchili regularly contributes professionally on editorial boards and program committees in high performance computing and computer architecture. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Host: Paul Bogdan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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PhD Defense - Chao Zhang
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
Title: Opportunistic Crime Security Games: Assisting Police to Control Urban Crime Using Real World Data
Location: THH 119
Time: 2 p.m. April 11th, 2016
PhD Student: Chao Zhang
Committee members:
Prof. Milind Tambe (Chair)
Prof. Cyrus Shahabi
Prof. Kevin Knight
Prof. Najmedin Meshkati
Abstract:
Crime in urban areas plagues every city in all countries. A notable characteristic of urban crime, distinct from organized terrorist attacks, is that most urban crimes are opportunistic in nature, i.e., criminals do not plan their attacks in detail, rather they seek opportunities for committing crime and are agile in their execution of the crime. In order to deter such crimes, police officers conduct patrols with the aim of preventing crime. However, by observing on the spot the actual presence of patrol units, the criminals can adapt their strategy by seeking crime opportunity in less effectively patrolled location. The problem of where and how much to patrol is therefore important.
My thesis focuses on addressing such opportunistic crime by introducing a new game-theoretic framework and algorithms. I first introduce the Opportunistic Security Game (OSG), a computational framework to recommend deployment strategies for defenders to control opportunistic crimes. I propose a new exact algorithm EOSG to optimize defender strategies given our opportunistic adversaries. Then I develop a fast heuristic algorithm to solve large-scale OSG problems, exploiting a compact representation. The next contribution in my thesis is a Dynamic Bayesian Network (DBN) to learn the OSG model from real-world criminal activity. Standard Algorithm such as EM can be applied to learn the parameters. Also, I propose a sequence of modifications that allows for a compact representation of the model resulting in better learning accuracy and increased speed of learning of the EM algorithm. Finally, I propose a game abstraction framework that can handle opportunistic crimes in large-scale urban areas. I propose a planning algorithm that recommends a mixed strategy against opportunistic criminals in this abstraction framework. As part of our collaboration with local police departments, we apply our model in two large scale urban problems: USC campus and the city of Nashville. Our approach provides high prediction accuracy in the real datasets; furthermore, we project significant crime rate reduction using our planning strategy compared to current police strategy.
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 119
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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Analytic Reconstructions for MEG and EEG (Lecture I)
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 @ 04:30 PM - 05:50 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Thanasis Fokas, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge & Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
Talk Title: Analytic Reconstructions for MEG and EEG (Lecture I)
Series: Three Part Lecture Series
Abstract: Analytical reconstructions as well as appropriate mnumerical implementations for the important imaging techniques of Magneto-encephalography (MEG) and Electro-ecephalography (EEG) will be reviewed. The numerical implementations of MEG and EEG are based on state of the art codes for the numerical evaluation of certain auxiliary functions appearing in the relevant analytical formulae. The effectiveness of reconstructions of the neuronal current using either real EEG or real MEG data will be demonstrated.
Biography: Thanasis Fokas, Chair of Nonlinear mathematical science at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering here at USC, will give a series of lectures on Magneto-Electro-Encephalography, which will be introduced by Professor Richard Leahy. The work of Thanasis FOKAS and collaborators has resolved completely the following important question in this area that was open since the fundamental work of Helmohltz: which part of the neuronal current can be computed from the knowledge of either MEG or EEG data?
Next scheduled lectures in this series:
-Lecture II: Wed., April 13, 2016, 4:00 - 5:20PM, EEB 132
-Lecture III: Mon., April 18, 2016, 4:00 - 5:20PM, EEB 132
Host: Prof. Richard Leahy
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia White
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ANNUAL SPRING BANQUET
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 @ 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering presents: The Annual Spring Banquet
Monday, April 11, 2016 at 5:00-8:00pm
Davidson Conference Center - Vineyard Room
Honorary Guest Speaker: Dr. Neil Siegel
5:00-5:45pm: Check-in and Reception (Cash Bar)
6:00-8:00pm: Dinner, Guest Speaker, Recognition and Awards
Admission is $20. RSVP by Tues, April 5th to Angela in GER 240
Payment is due at RSVP and indicate your meal option: Chicken, Beef or Vegetarian during payment.
(NOTE: Only Graduating Seniors and IIE Board members $20 payment will be refunded on April 12th. See Angela in GER 240 for refund)
More Information: ISE Annual Banquet Faculty (Responses).xlsx
Location: DCC Vineyard Room
Audiences: ISE Undergraduates, Masters, Ph.D, Faculty & Staff
Contact: Angela Reneau
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CS Colloquium: Kobbi Nissim (Harvard University) - Privacy: From Theory to Practice
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Kobbi Nissim, Dept. of Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University and Center for Research on Computation and Society, Harvard University
Talk Title: Privacy: From Theory to Practice
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Computer Science Research Colloquium
The treatment of privacy in data analysis has taken a dramatic shift a little more than a decade ago - as failures of traditional privacy preserving techniques were beginning to accumulate, a theoretical, foundational approach to privacy emerged. A central concept in this theoretical treatment is "differential privacy", a definition of privacy in the context of data analysis that has concrete provable privacy consequences. Differential privacy became to be a rich, fast evolving framework for developing privacy preserving algorithms and for studying some of the fundamental properties of privacy. Moreover, differential privacy proved to interact fruitfully with many other research areas, and even to influence applications that are (seemingly) not related to privacy. With a mature theoretical basis, differential privacy is now at prime time for inclusion in real-world systems.
We will look into the intuition behind differential privacy, review some of is theory, and some of the challenges towards using differential privacy in practice. In particular, we will focus on a new legal-technological methodology for making rigorous claims that differential privacy satisfies existing legal privacy regulations.
The talk would be self-contained and no prior background on privacy would be assumed.
Host: CS Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 136
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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USC Stem Cell Seminar: Henry Kronenberg, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Henry Kronenberg, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard
Talk Title: Growth-associated skeletal stem cells
Series: Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Distinguished Speakers Series
Abstract: Early cells of the osteoblast lineage in post-natal live express genes that are also expressed in mesenchymal condensations during
development. We used collagen II-creERt and SOX9-creERt to mark these cells. Over time, they become osteoblasts, osteocytes, adipocytes, chondrocytes and marrow stromal cells. The fates of these precursors can be influenced by, for example, administration of parathyroid hormone.
Host: Francesca Mariani
More Info: https://calendar.usc.edu/event/speaker_henry_kronenberg_massachusetts_general_hospitalharvard?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=USC+Event+Calendar%3A+Beta#.VvGSYXDFl04
Webcast: http://keckmedia.usc.edu/stem-cell-seminarWebCast Link: http://keckmedia.usc.edu/stem-cell-seminar
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell
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Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 @ 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Radhakishan Baheti, National Science Foundation
Talk Title: NSF Programs in Energy, Power, Robotics, and Cyber-Physical Systems
Series: CommNetS
Abstract: The goal of the presentation is to provide an update on National Science Foundation (NSF) funding opportunities in the area of Energy, Power, Control and Networked Systems research and education. Research projects in power systems with renewable energy integration, power electronics, and open-access testbeds will be presented. The presentation will include NSF programs in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), and National Robotics Initiative. The CPS program brings together researchers from computations, communications, and control disciplines to address important engineering problems.
Biography: Dr. Radhakishan Baheti is a Program Director for Energy, Power, Control and Networks Program in the Division of Electrical, Communications, and Cyber Systems at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Baheti received the B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering in India from VRCE Nagpur, and from BITS Pilani, respectively. In 1970, he came to USA and received M.S. in Information and Computer Science from University of Oklahoma and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University. In 1976, Dr. Baheti joined the Control Engineering Laboratory of GE Corporate Research and Development Center in Schenectady, NY. His work focused on advanced multivariable control for jet engines, computer- aided control system design, vision-based robots for precision welding, and Kalman filtering. Dr. Baheti and his colleagues received IR-100 award for robotic welding vision system. He has organized a series of educational workshops for GE engineers that resulted in innovative product developments and contributed to enhance university collaborations with GE business divisions. In 1989, Dr. Baheti joined NSF as a Program Director in the Division of Electrical and Communications Systems. His contributions include the development of NSF initiatives on "Combined Research and Curriculum Development", "Semiconductor Manufacturing", and NSF/EPRI Program on "Intelligent Control". In addition, he started the NSF Program "Research Experience for Teachers (RET)" to involve middle and high school teachers in engineering research that can be transferred to pre-college classrooms. Recently, he is involved in cyber-physical systems, science of learning, robotics, and open/remote access engineering test-beds for integration of research and education. He has served as associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, member of the Control Systems Board of Governors, chair for Public Information Committee, and awards chair for the American Automatic Control Council (AACC). He received "Distinguished Member Award" from the IEEE Control Systems Society. In 2013, he received "Outstanding Leadership and Service Award" from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Head Association. He was elected a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of AAAS.
Host: Prof. Ketan Savla
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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Epstein Institute Seminar - ISE 651
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Schaefer, Rice University
Talk Title: How to Value a Prearranged Paired Kidney Exchange?
Host: Dr. Suvrajeet Sen
More Information: April 12, 2016.pdf
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Michele ISE
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CS Colloquium: Qixing Huang (Toyata Technical Institute Chicago) - Visual Computing Using Big 3D Data
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Qixing Huang, Toyata Technical Institute Chicago
Talk Title: Visual Computing Using Big 3D Data
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Computer Science Research Colloquium
Over the past decade, the quantity of accessible visual data has undergone unprecedented expansion. This data is not only vast but also exists within numerous modalities such as images, videos, and 3D models. While researchers have aptly exploited the inflation of these first two areas, the significant growth in 3D data has been predominantly overlooked. In this talk, I will present algorithms that utilize big 3D data to accomplish many previously hard or even impossible tasks in visual computing. These include reconstructing complete 3D models from single images, identifying meaningful correspondences between drastically different objects (e.g., between an elephant and a cat) as well as extracting semantic parts of an object without supervision. The guiding principle is to establish high-quality maps for aggregating and propagating information. I will discuss fundamental map computation tools for large-scale datasets.
Biography: Qixing 'Peter' Huang is currently a research assistant professor at the Toyata Technical Institute in Chicago. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University and his MS and BS in Computer Science from Tsinghua University. He has also worked at Adobe Research and Google Research, where he developed some of the key technologies for Google Street View. Dr. Huang's research spans the fields of computer vision, computer graphics, and machine learning. In particular, he is interested in designing new algorithms that process and analyze big geometric data (e.g., 3D shapes/scenes). He is also interested in statistical data analysis, compressive sensing, low-rank matrix recovery, and large-scale optimization, which provides theoretical foundation for his research. Qixing has published extensively at SIGGRAPH, CVPR and ICCV, and has received grants from NSF and various industry gifts. He also received the best paper award at the Symposium on Geometry Processing 2013.
Host: CS Department
More Info: https://bluejeans.com/345837634
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
Event Link: https://bluejeans.com/345837634
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The Fundamental Limits of Data and Metadata Privacy
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Peter Kairouz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Talk Title: The Fundamental Limits of Data and Metadata Privacy
Abstract: With the ability to surf the web efficiently comes the danger of being monitored. There is an increasing tension between the need to share data and the need to preserve the privacy of Internet users. The need for privacy appears in two main contexts: the data privacy context, as in when individuals want to share their personal data with a potentially malicious service provider or when a trusted service provider wants to release sensitive information about individuals, and the metadata privacy context, as in when individuals want to broadcast information on a social network without the fear of being judged by friends, the public or authorities.
In the metadata privacy context, anonymity is achieved by controlling the way information spreads over a network. In the first half of my talk, I will introduce a novel anonymous messaging protocol (called adaptive diffusion) and show that it spreads a message quickly over a network while "perfectly" hiding authorship information from a powerful adversary with global access to metadata.
In the data privacy context, privacy is achieved by randomizing the data before releasing it. This leads to a fundamental trade-off between privacy and utility. In the second half of my talk, I will present a new class of privacy mechanisms (called staircase mechanisms) and show that they achieve the optimal privacy-utility trade-off under various settings of interest.
Biography: Peter Kairouz is a PHD student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For his masters, he was mainly interested in signal processing and digital communications. He interned twice at Qualcomm (in 2012 and 2013), and was awarded The 2012 Roberto Padovani Scholarship from Qualcomm's Research Center. For his PhD, he chose to work on data and metadata privacy, winning the Best Paper Award at ACM SIGMETRICS 2015. He recently interned at Google, where he designed privacy-aware machine learning algorithms. His primary research interests include privacy enhancing technologies, machine learning, and wireless communications.
Host: Professor Rahul Jain
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Suzanne Wong
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Algorithms for Parameter Estimation in Quantitative MRI
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Marcus Björk, PhD, Division of Systems & Control, Uppsala University
Talk Title: Algorithms for Parameter Estimation in Quantitative MRI
Series: Medical Imaging Seminar Series
Abstract: Through advanced signal processing, MRI can provide quantitative measures of tissue-specific physical properties. The optimization problems solved in quantitative MRI are typically nonlinear, and require intelligent and application-specific algorithms to avoid suboptimal local minima. In this presentation, several methods for efficiently solving different parameter estimation problems in MRI, such as multi-component T2 relaxometry, and minimizing banding artifacts in bSSFP MRI due to field inhomogeneity, are presented. Finally, I will present some interesting problems for the future. The corresponding PhD thesis is available at:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-246537
Biography: Dr. Marcus Bjork is a Researcher in the division of Systems and Control at Uppsala University, in Professor Peter Stoica's group. He defended his PhD thesis last year. His main field of research is signal processing, with application to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). By modeling the MR signal and estimating the model parameters from data, measures of tissue-specific physical properties can be obtained. The optimization problems solved are typically nonlinear, and require intelligent and application-specific algorithms to avoid suboptimal local minima. Designing such algorithms is a challenging research problem.
Host: Professor Krishna Nayak
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia White
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Computer Science General Faculty Meeting
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Receptions & Special Events
Bi-Weekly regular faculty meeting for invited full-time Computer Science faculty only. Event details emailed directly to attendees.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Programming with MATLAB
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 @ 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
MATLAB is a high-level language that includes mathematical functions for solving engineering and scientific problems. You can produce immediate results by interactively executing commands one at a time. MATLAB also provides features of traditional programming languages, including flow control, error handling, and object-oriented programming (OOP). Attend this session to learn more about programming capabilities in MATLAB and to learn how to be more productive working with MATLAB.
View the complete session description and register at: https://mathworks.com/USC/April2016
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 105
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Michael Goay
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Analytic Reconstructions for MEG and EEG (Lecture II)
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 @ 04:00 PM - 05:20 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Thanasis Fokas, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge & Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
Talk Title: Analytic Reconstructions for MEG and EEG (Lecture II)
Series: Three Part Lecture Series
Abstract: Analytical reconstructions as well as appropriate mnumerical implementations for the important imaging techniques of Magneto-encephalography (MEG) and Electro-ecephalography (EEG) will be reviewed. The numerical implementations of MEG and EEG are based on state of the art codes for the numerical evaluation of certain auxiliary functions appearing in the relevant analytical formulae. The effectiveness of reconstructions of the neuronal current using either real EEG or real MEG data will be demonstrated.
Biography: Thanasis Fokas, Chair of Nonlinear mathematical science at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering here at USC, will give a series of lectures on Magneto-Electro-Encephalography, which will be introduced by Professor Richard Leahy. The work of Thanasis FOKAS and collaborators has resolved completely the following important question in this area that was open since the fundamental work of Helmohltz: which part of the neuronal current can be computed from the knowledge of either MEG or EEG data?
Next and last scheduled lecture in this series:
-Lecture III: Mon., April 18, 2016, 4:00 - 5:20PM, EEB 132
Host: Richard Leahy
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia White
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Northrop Grumman Corporation Info Session
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide.
More Information: Northrop Grumman Flyer.pdf
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - SGM 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Remote Sensing with Multiple Satellite Sensors for Interdisciplinary Science Investigation of Artic Sea Ice and Halogen Chemical Processes Dr. Son V. Nghiem, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 @ 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Son V. Nghiem, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr.
Talk Title: Remote Sensing with Multiple Satellite Sensors for Interdisciplinary Science Investigation of Artic Sea Ice and Halogen Chemical Processes
Abstract: Interested in geosciences and/or remote sensing? The local section of the IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society Chapter invites you to our first meeting of the year at 5:30pm on Wed 13-Apr-2016 on the Caltech campus in Pasadena. In this distinguished lecture event, Dr Son Nghiem of JPL will talk about remote sensing with multiple satellite sensors for interdisciplinary science investigation of Arctic sea ice and halogen chemical processes. The event is also an opportunity to get to know engineers from JPL, local industry, and other local universities. For details please see http://sites.ieee.org/metrola-grss
Host: IEEE METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES SECTION GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SOCIETY (GRSS) CHAPTER
More Information: 2016-GRSS-4-13-16-AGENDA_v2.pdf
Location: Sharp Lecture Hall, 155 Arms Laboratory Caltech Campus Pasadena, California
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Remote Sensing with Multiple Satellite Sensors for Interdisciplinary Science Investigation of Arctic Sea Ice and Halogen Chemical Processes
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 @ 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Interested in geosciences and/or remote sensing? The local section of the IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society Chapter invites you to our first meeting of the year at 5:30pm on Wed 13-Apr-2016 on the Caltech campus in Pasadena. In this distinguished lecture event, Dr Son Nghiem of JPL will talk about remote sensing with multiple satellite sensors for interdisciplinary science investigation of Arctic sea ice and halogen chemical processes. The event is also an opportunity to get to know engineers from JPL, local industry, and other local universities. For details please see .
More Information: 2016-GRSS-4-13-16-AGENDA_v2.pdf
Location: Sharp Lecture Hall Caltech Campus Pasadena, California
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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ASBME GM 10: The Biomedical Cowgirl
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
With hair dyed blue and pink, stand-out clothes, and an eccentric personality, Samantha Huynh is not your typical biomedical engineer. She's done everything from racing cars in the desert, working at Tesla, and SpaceX, and now researching on ways to build better exoskeletons for those who can't walk. Don't miss out on this opportunity to come to ASBME's GM 10 to listen to her fascinating story, her research, and maybe absorb some of her swagger by simply being in her presence. As always, free food will be provided in the form of delicious Chik-Fil-A entrees!
Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 156
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering
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USC Viterbi Robotics Open House
Thu, Apr 14, 2016
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering K-12 STEM Center
University Calendar
USC Viterbi's annual Robotics Open House invites everyone to visit the labs where demonstrations of the robotics research will be given. More info here: http://www.viterbi.usc.edu/k-12/robotics-open-house.htm Free but reservations required for groups > 10.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - Outside in patio facing McClintock Ave.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Katie Mills
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Exponent Information Session
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
At Exponent, we work on many of the most challenging and prominent engineering problems in the world. If you are a Ph.D. candidate with strong communication skills and are motivated to apply your education in unexpected and innovative ways, Exponent has an exciting opportunity for you. Exponent invites you to learn more about how you can make a difference in the exciting world of engineering and scientific consulting. As exponents of our chosen profession, we want to share our enthusiasm and passion for Exponent and engineering and scientific consulting with you. We will review some interesting projects we have worked on and challenges we have solved. Some of our projects include:
-Determining why critical care medical devices failed (by analyzing the hardware/software interface)
-Reverse engineering hardware and software to determine how "stuff" works
-Building prototype unmanned robot vehicles to seek out and disarm explosives
-Determining the root cause for catastrophic Li-ion battery failure -Determining the root cause of printed circuit board failure in smart phones and laptops
-Conducting a scientifically rigorous analysis of electrocution or fires caused by high-power electrical lines and fixtures -Determining the root cause of electrical system failure in major aircraft disasters
-Developing innovative and cost effective image processing and classification techniques for identifying counterfeit ICs And lots more.
We invite you to attend our presentation and talk with us over dinner and drinks. Each of us has interesting stories that are sure to pique your interest in Exponent.
If you would like to apply, please email Jenny Irwin with CV at jirwin@exponent.com.Location: Waite Phillips Hall Of Education (WPH) - WPH Basement
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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MFD - Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Lyman L. Handy Series: Steven Ringel
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 @ 12:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Steven Ringel, Univ. of Colorado
Talk Title: To Be Announced
Series: MFD Lyman L. Handy
Host: Prof. Jongseung Yoon
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jason Ordonez
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Materials Science for III-V/Si Multijunction Solar Cells
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 @ 12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Steven A. Ringel, The Ohio State University
Talk Title: Materials Science for III-V/Si Multijunction Solar Cells
Series: Lyman Handy Colloquia
Abstract: Creating a cost-effective, implementable photovoltaic (solar cell) technology is a great and challenging problem for electronic materials research. The premium on utilizing the solar spectrum efficiently is met in importance by the need to do so at low cost and in a manufacturing-friendly, large-scale format. For many years, these often conflicting goals have motivated the desire to integrate high efficiency, III-V compound semiconductor photovoltaics, with their proven high solar energy conversion efficiencies (concentrator multijunction efficiencies exceed 45%), with Si and its existing, low-cost manufacturing industry. There has been tremendous progress toward the creation of Si-based multijunction solar cells in recent years, attributable largely to solving defect issues related to the epitaxial integration of III-V semiconductors (GaAs, GaAsP, GaP)
with group IV substrates (Si, SiGe, Ge). By achieving a defect-controlled III-V/IV heterovalent interface, one can subsequently grow high quality III-V solar cells on top of
the substrate and depending on choice of material, one can also make use of the Si growth substrate itself as a sub-cell within a true III-V/Si multijunction design. This
presentation will focus on our efforts to develop Si-based tandem and triple junction solar cells in which the Si substrate serves a dual use -“ as a low cost growth substrate
and as a high efficiency bottom junction for these unique multijunctions. Indeed this Si-based design also captures the ideal set of bandgaps for maximum efficiency and
therefore has the potential to solve the long-standing conundrum of performance and cost goals for photovoltaics.
Host: Professor Jongseung Yoon
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Martin Olekszyk
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PhD Defense - Yundi Qian
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
Title: Handling Attacker's Preference in Security Domains: Robust and Learning Approaches
PhD Candidate: Yundi Qian
Location: VKC 252
Time: 2pm, April 14th, Thursday
Committee members:
Milind Tambe
Aram Galstyan
Jonathan Gratch
Maged Dessouky (Outside Member)
Yilmaz Kocer (Outside Member)
Abstract:
Stackelberg security games (SSGs) are now established as a powerful tool in security domains. In order to compute the optimal strategy for the defender in SSG model, the defender needs to know the attacker's preferences over targets so that she can predict how the attacker would react under a certain defender strategy. Uncertainty over attacker preferences may cause the defender to suffer significant losses. Motivated by that, my thesis focuses on addressing uncertainty in attacker preferences using robust and learning approaches.
In security domains with one-shot attack, e.g., counter-terrorism domains, the defender is interested in robust approaches that can provide performance guarantee in the worst case. The first part of my thesis focuses on handling attacker's preference uncertainty with robust approaches in these domains. My work considers a new dimension of preference uncertainty that has not been taken into account in previous literatures: the risk preference uncertainty of the attacker, and propose an algorithm to efficiently compute defender's robust strategy against uncertain risk-aware attackers.
In security domains with repeated attacks, e.g., green security domain of protecting natural resources, the attacker ``attacks'' (illegally extracts natural resources) frequently, so it is possible for the defender to learn attacker's preference from their previous actions and then to use this information to better plan her strategy. The second part of my thesis focuses on learning attacker's preferences in these domains. My thesis models the preferences from two different perspectives: (i) the preference is modeled as payoff and the defender learns the payoffs from attackers' previous actions; (ii) the preference is modeled as a markovian process and the defender learns the markovian process from attackers' previous actions.
Location: Von Kleinsmid Center For International & Public Affairs (VKC) - 252
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Lizsl De Leon
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2016 Viterbi Lecture
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Norman Abramson, Professor Emeritus / University of Hawaii
Talk Title: ALOHA to the Web
Series: Viterbi Lecture
Abstract: Wireless access to the Internet today is provided predominantly by random access ALOHA channels connecting a wide variety of user devices. ALOHA channels were first analyzed, implemented and demonstrated in the ALOHA network at the University of Hawaii in June, 1971. Information Theory has provided a constant guide for the design of more efficient channels and network architectures for ALOHA access to the web.
In this talk we examine the architecture of networks using ALOHA channels and the statistics of traffic within these channels. That traffic is composed of user and app oriented information augmented by protocol information inserted for the benefit of network operation. A simple application of basic Information Theory can provide a surprising guide to the amount of protocol information required for typical web applications.
We contrast this theoretical guide of the amount of protocol information required with measurements of protocol generated information taken on real network traffic. Wireless access to the web is not as efficient as you might guess.
Biography: Norman Abramson received an A.B. in physics from Harvard College in 1953, an M.A. in physics from UCLA in 1955, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford in 1958.
He was an assistant professor and associate professor of electrical engineering at Stanford from 1958 to 1965. From 1967 to 1995 he was Professor of Electrical Engineering, Professor of Information and Computer Science, Chairman of the Department of Information and Computer Science, and Director of the ALOHA System at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. He is now Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at the University of Hawaii. He has held visiting appointments at Berkeley (1965), Harvard (1966) and MIT (1980).
Abramson is the recipient of several major awards for his work on random access channels and the ALOHA Network, the first wireless data network. The ALOHA Network went into operation in Hawaii in June, 1971. Among these awards are the Eduard Rhein Foundation Technology Award (Munich, 2000), the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (Philadelphia, 2007) and the NEC C&C Foundation Award (Tokyo, 2011).
Host: Professor Sandeep Gupta
More Info: https://bluejeans.com/662702745
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Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
Event Link: https://bluejeans.com/662702745
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program Colloquium
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 @ 01:00 AM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
University Calendar
Join us for a presentation by Dr. Steve A. Kay, from the Scripps Research Institute, titled "The Rise of the Machines: How High Throughput Biology Enables Translation of Basic Biomedical Research."
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 123
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ramon Borunda/Academic Services
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Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Lauren Stadler, Rice University
Talk Title: Elucidating the Impact of Dissolved Oxygen Wastewater Treatment on Pharmaceutical Fate
Abstract: See Attachment
Host: Dr. Adam Smith
More Information: Stadler Announcement.pdf
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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NL Seminar- Decoding Neuro-Semantic Representation of Stories across Languages
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Morteza Dehghani (USC), USC/ISI
Talk Title: Decoding Neuro-Semantic Representation of Stories across Languages
Series: Natural Language Seminar
Abstract: Understanding how conceptual knowledge is represented and organized in the human brain is one of the core problems of cognitive science, and many studies have aimed at exploring and understanding the similarities of neuro-semantic representations of concepts. A general approach that has been particularly fruitful in this domain is the investigation of the relationship between various corpus statistics of words and neural activity during exposure to those words. In this work, we examine the neuro-semantic representations of stories across three different languages. We demonstrate that using new advances in vector-based representation of text and paragraphs, fMRI signals can be reliably mapped to story representations. We also show that such representations can capture common neuro-semantic representation of stories across different languages. Finally, performing search-light analysis using over a billion regressions, we show that activation patterns in the default mode network of the brain are the most reliable features for decoding stories.
Biography: Morteza is an Assistant Professor of psychology, computer science and the Brain and Creativity Institute at University of Southern California. His research spans the boundary between psychology and artificial intelligence, as does his education. His work investigates properties of cognition by using documents of the social discourse, such as narratives, social media, transcriptions of speeches and news articles, in conjunction to behavioral studies.
Host: Xing Shi and Kevin Knight
More Info: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 11th Flr Conf Rm # 1135, Marina Del Rey
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Peter Zamar
Event Link: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
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Department of Astronautical Engineering: Presentation on Lessons from Columbia by Matthew MelisFri, Apr 15, 2016 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Astronautical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Matthew Melis, NASA Glenn Research Center
Talk Title: Lessons from Columbia A Decade Later
Abstract: Matt Melis provides a detailed look into the inner workings of the Space Shuttle and a behind the scenes perspective on the impact analysis and testing done for the Columbia Accident Investigation and NASA's Return to Flight programs. His presentation is full of rich, still and motion picture imagery, and, although technical, is easily understood by all audiences. In addition, highlights from recent Shuttle missions are presented demonstrating how NASA conducted its operations differently and more safely, post Columbia, through better imagery, better analysis, and enhanced best practices.
Biography: Matt received both a BS in Civil Engineering and an MS in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State University and has worked at the NASA Glenn Research Center for thirty two years. His primary area of focus is in advanced finite element modeling and analysis methods including nonlinear and dynamic impact loading. Trained in engineering mechanics, he has been recognized for expertise in actively cooled structures, stress analysis, ballistic impact research, and multi physics analysis during his tenure at the Research Center. He has worked on numerous aeronautics and space programs for the agency including the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle, and NASA's Exploration Program. In the four and one half years that followed the Columbia accident, Matt was assigned full time to working the Columbia Accident Investigation and the Shuttle Return to Flight Program as technical lead of the NASA Glenn Ballistic Impact team. Most recent Matt has worked on landing impact testing of various design concepts for the Orion crew module and is currently a program sub-element lead for a cryogenic fluid management program at NASA Glenn.
In addition to his technical commitments, Matt also devotes significant effort to public outreach and teaching for NASA at all levels of education as well as conferences pertaining to Ballistic Impact Research, The Columbia Accident Investigation, NASA's Return to Flight and the Space Shuttle Program. Organizations he has spoken to include: The National Transportation and Safety Board, The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dartmouth College, The Canadian Royal Astronomical Society, Ontario Science Center, Ivey Business School in Canada, The University of Reykjavik, Iceland, The American Society for Metals, Skywalker Sound, Industrial Light and Magic, and the London Science Festival.
Host: Department of Astronautical Engineering, Ad Astra Student Society, VGSA
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Norma Perry
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Department of Astronautical Engineering: Presentation on Lessons from Columbia by Matthew Melis
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Astronautical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Matthew Melis, NASA Glenn Research Center
Talk Title: Lessons from Columbia A Decade Later
Abstract: Matt Melis provides a detailed look into the inner workings of the Space Shuttle and a behind the scenes perspective on the impact analysis and testing done for the Columbia Accident Investigation and NASA's Return to Flight programs. His presentation is full of rich, still and motion picture imagery, and, although technical, is easily understood by all audiences. In addition, highlights from recent Shuttle missions are presented demonstrating how NASA conducted its operations differently and more safely, post Columbia, through better imagery, better analysis, and enhanced best practices.
Biography: Matt received both a BS in Civil Engineering and an MS in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State University and has worked at the NASA Glenn Research Center for thirty two years. His primary area of focus is in advanced finite element modeling and analysis methods including nonlinear and dynamic impact loading. Trained in engineering mechanics, he has been recognized for expertise in actively cooled structures, stress analysis, ballistic impact research, and multi physics analysis during his tenure at the Research Center. He has worked on numerous aeronautics and space programs for the agency including the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle, and NASA's Exploration Program. In the four and one half years that followed the Columbia accident, Matt was assigned full time to working the Columbia Accident Investigation and the Shuttle Return to Flight Program as technical lead of the NASA Glenn Ballistic Impact team. Most recent Matt has worked on landing impact testing of various design concepts for the Orion crew module and is currently a program sub-element lead for a cryogenic fluid management program at NASA Glenn.
In addition to his technical commitments, Matt also devotes significant effort to public outreach and teaching for NASA at all levels of education as well as conferences pertaining to Ballistic Impact Research, The Columbia Accident Investigation, NASA's Return to Flight and the Space Shuttle Program. Organizations he has spoken to include: The National Transportation and Safety Board, The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dartmouth College, The Canadian Royal Astronomical Society, Ontario Science Center, Ivey Business School in Canada, The University of Reykjavik, Iceland, The American Society for Metals, Skywalker Sound, Industrial Light and Magic, and the London Science Festival.
Host: Department of Astronautical Engineering, Ad Astra Student Society, VGSA
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Norma Perry
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Munich, Germany - Graduate Engineering Information Session
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 @ 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Doctoral Programs, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Students who have earned or are in the process of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend our information sessions in Germany to learn more about applying to our graduate programs.
The sessions will include information on the following topics:
Master's & Ph.D. programs in engineering and computer science
How to apply
Scholarships and funding
Student life at USC and in Los Angeles
There will also be sufficient time for questions. Refreshments will be provided.
Please contact us at viterbi.gradprograms@usc.edu if you have any inquiries about the event.
For more info and to register, visit the event pageLocation: The Charles Hotel, Munich, Germany
Audiences: Prospective students with a background in engineering, math or hard science
Contact: Mary Kae/Graduate and Professional Programs
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