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Virtualization Security: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Mon, Oct 31, 2016 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Haibo Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Talk Title: Virtualization Security: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Series: EE 598 Computer Engineering Seminar Series
Abstract: The resurgence of virtualization has stimulated its wide adoption in desktop, cloud and mobile environments. With virtualization being a new systems software foundation, virtual machine monitors (or hypervisors) are now treated as the security foundation of the system software stack, due to the promise of being small and providing strict security isolation. In this talk, I will first question whether such a promise still holds in commodity hypervisors by reviewing the historical evolution of virtualization. Based on a negative answer, I will discuss a series of efforts to enhancing the security isolation while minimizing the trusted computing based of the virtualization stack, including leveraging a commodity hypervisor to isolate a group of process, using a nested hypervisor to transparently isolate virtual machines and completely offloading isolation functionalities into on-chip CPU. Finally, I will also describe a set of new security innovation enabled by virtualization, such as live updating, security introspection and fine-grained compartmentalization.
Biography: Haibo Chen is a Professor at the School of Software, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he founded and currently leads the Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems (IPADS) (http://ipads.se.sjtu.edu.cn). Haibo's main research interests are building scalable and dependable systems software, by leveraging cross-layering approaches spanning computer hardware system virtualization and operating systems. He received best paper awards from ICPP, APSys and EuroSys, a bestpaper nominee from HPCA and published intensively on top conferences like SOSP/OSDI/EuroSys/Usenix ATC/ISCA/MICRO/HPCA/FAST/Usenix Security/CCS. He also received the Young Computer Scientist Award from China Computer Federation, the distinguished Ph.D thesis award from China Ministry of Education and National Youth Top-notch Talent Support Program of China, as well as fault research awards/fellowships from NetApp, Google, IBM and MSRA.He is currently the steering committee co-chair of ACM APSys, the general co-chair of SOSP 2017,serves on program committees of ASPLOS 2017, Oakland 2017, EuroSys 2017 and FAST 2017, and is also on the editorial board of ACM Transactions on Storage.
Host: Xuehai Qian, x04459, xuehai.qian@usc.edu
Location: 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gerrielyn Ramos
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Oct 31, 2016 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Yaakov Levine,
Talk Title: TBA
Host: Stanley Yamashiro
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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BYOR Tech Talk: Deep Learning and Resume Improvement
Mon, Oct 31, 2016 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC National Organization for Business and Engineering in partnership with USC Business Technology Networking Group Present to you a Tech Talk with BYOR featuring the really smart co-founders of BYOR and FREE PIZZA!
In Short:
Who?: BYOR (Build Your Own Resume)
Why?: Because you want to improve your resume and these really smart co-founders of BYOR have worked at some of the top technology firms and know how resumes are looked at.
When?: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Monday, October 31st
Where?: THH 116
Bring?: A laptop with a PDF of your resume and if you can a job description pasted on a word document of a position you are most looking forward to applying to.
BYOR (Build Your Own Resume) is an AI-powered resume helper based on hiring managers' feedback specifically targeted towards individuals interested in Software, Data and Analyst related roles. When you upload a resume, our AI engine parses it and returns suggestions on what to improve upon.
They recently made waves across the internet when they were featured on ProductHunt: https://www.producthunt.com/tech/byor
Come join us for a fun, informative session with the co-founders of BYOR, Aerin Kim and Rohit Pandey.
Aerin graduated from Yonsei University with a Bachelors in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering and then went on to get her Masters in Operations Research at Columbia University in the City of New York. Prior to co-founding BYOR, Aerin was with Standard Chartered Bank as a Senior Manager and then Data Scientist at Boxfish.
Rohit Pandey graduate from IIT Delhi with a Bachelors in Mechanical, Production and Industrial Technology and then went on to complete his Masters in Operations Research at Columbia University in the City of New York. His work experience includes Indus Valley Partners, The Nielsen Company, Zaloni, Microsoft and LinkedIn.
Topic:
Given the increasing interest of deep learning (word2vec) and machine learning from students, this will be a real "tech" talk. In this session we'll teach students about the basic real-world neural networks and the word2vec concept.
Structure of the Talk:
First 30 minutes: Introductory session for Deep Learning and word2vec.
Second 30 minutes: Tech Resume Dos and Donts
Last 30 minutes: Q&A and live resume fix from BYOR.
We will be sending out a form to apply to have a live resume fix with Aerin or Rohit soon. We already have a huge demand for this given Aerin and Rohit's unique experience at many desirable tech companies so if you really want to get a 5 minute session with them, we encourage you to put some effort into the form.
The National Organization for Business and Engineering (NOBE), is a national society uniting business, management and engineering organizations from universities coast to coast. NOBE strives to produce and refine leadership internally and develop professional skills in our members that can be translated into success in the business world.
Business Technology Networking Group (BTNG), formally known as Information Systems Association, is a student professional organization dedicated to providing members with recruiting and networking opportunities in consulting and technology.More Information: BYOR Tech Talk.png
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC NOBE
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Biomedical Engineering Speakers
Tue, Nov 01, 2016 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Melissa L. Knothe Tate, Ph.D, Paul Trainor Chair of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales
Talk Title: Novel Biotech Approaches to Engineer Cell Mediated Tissue Genesis and Next Generation Materials
Abstract: Cells, tissues and organs show remarkable smart properties including the capacity not only to sense but also to adapt to environmental stimuli by changing their own structure1-4. For instance, the periosteum is a pre-stressed but also hyperelastic, soft sleeve bounding all nonarticular bony surfaces2. The periosteum confers "super strength" to bones under impact loads2,5. It also serves as a quiescent niche for stem cells that appears to trigger stem cell egression via mechanical cues intrinsic to its structure6. Smart material properties, inherent to biological materials such as periosteal tissue, emerge from the manufacture of raw materials and the building of complex architectures by cells4. Recent advances in coupled multimodel imaging, computational modeling and experimental mechanics are unraveling the multiscale mechanobiology underpinning such emergent functional behavior. Here we discuss three examples, including stem cell mechanomics (the mechanics equivalent of the genome)7 and weaving of novel functional textiles inspired by the architecture and scaled up patterns of the natural structural protein fibers of the periosteum8.
Biography: Professor Knothe Tate was recruited in July 2013 to become the inaugural Paul Trainor Chair of Biomedical Engineering at UNSW. Paul Trainor was the founder of the med tech industry in Australia, and the Trainor Chair was endowed to follow that legacy and to stimulate innovation and commercialisation in Australia's biomedical technology sector. Professor Knothe Tate has led a number of international biotech initiatives, integrating next generation implants with stem cell, orthopaedics and systems biology initiatives, through the U.S. National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the National Academy of Engineering's Consortium with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. She has a track record of leadership in strategic planning, innovation, R&D translation and educational program quality assessment for federal agencies (Australian Research Council's Excellence for Research in Australia), medical associations (American Association of Orthopaedic Surgery), private foundations (AO and Coulter Foundations), clinics (Cleveland Clinic), universities (Trinity College Dublin Innovation and Next Generation Medical Devices Theme), and industry (e.g. Harvard Apparatus, Leica Microsystems, Zeiss Microscopy). She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineering (AIMBE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), and Engineers Australia, all fellow-elected roles denoting the top tier of the profession.
Professor Knothe Tate has been awarded a number of prizes and honors related to the clinical translation and innovation including the Walter H. Coulter Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a novel composition and method for inducing bone growth and healing (Semifinalist). She also earned the Cleveland Clinic Innovator Award for an R&D technology that she invented and later commercialized in partnership with Harvard Apparatus. In addition, she was awarded the AO Foundation Research Fund Prize Award for her studies of periosteum and engineering of novel surgical implants, as well as the Christopher Columbus Foundation -“ U.S. Chamber of Commerce Life Sciences Award (2011) for commercialisation of the same, disruptive technology for which a U.S. patent was issued and international patents are pending. She has been awarded 3 international utility patents and has 2 patents pending, all for disruptive technologies and has published more than 75 peer reviewed journal articles, 7 book chapters as well as over 200 peer reviewed conference proceedings. She has given over 150 invited talks worldwide, including 18 keynote and plenary talks at leading technology and R&D conferences.
Host: Ellis Meng, PhD
Location: 217
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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USC Stem Cell Seminar: Daniel Lim, University of California, San Francisco
Tue, Nov 01, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Daniel Lim, University of California, San Francisco
Talk Title: TBD
Series: Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Distinguished Speakers Series
Host: USC Stem Cell
More Info: http://stemcell.usc.edu/events
Webcast: http://keckmedia.usc.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/StemCellSeminarWebCast Link: http://keckmedia.usc.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/StemCellSeminar
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell
Event Link: http://stemcell.usc.edu/events
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MIT Sloan Masters Program Information Session
Tue, Nov 01, 2016 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Are you interested in doing a deep dive in finance or business analytics?? Join an MIT Sloan admissions representative over lunch and learn about our two specialized masters programs. Hear how innovation, collaboration, and global impact are at the heart of the MIT Sloan mission. Learn about MIT Sloan, program components, and the application process.
Location: Charles Lee Powell Hall (PHE) - 223
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Freshmen Welcome Event
Tue, Nov 01, 2016 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Receptions & Special Events
The event consists of an introduction of the department, our faculty members and the research, as well as a roundtable discussion from a panelist of faculty and current students. Food and refreshments will be provided.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Aleessa Atienza
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CS Colloquium: Klaus Havelund (NASA) - A Notation and System for Inferring Event Stream Abstractions
Tue, Nov 01, 2016 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Klaus Havelund, NASA
Talk Title: A Notation and System for Inferring Event Stream Abstractions
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Computer Science Research Colloquium.
We propose a notation for specifying event stream abstractions for use in spacecraft telemetry processing. Our work is motivated by the need to quickly process streams with millions of events generated by the Curiosity rover on Mars. The approach builds a hierarchy of event abstractions for telemetry visualization and querying to aid human comprehension. Such abstractions can also be used as input to other runtime verification tools. Our notation is inspired by Allen's Temporal Logic, and provides a rule-based declarative way to express event abstractions. The system is written in Scala, with the specification language implemented as an internal DSL. It is based on parallel executing actors communicating via a publish-subscribe model. We illustrate the solution with several examples.
Biography: Klaus Havelund is a Senior Research Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California. He has worked in the domain of software correctness for over three decades, and has worked at NASA for nearly two decades. He was affiliated with NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley for eight years, before moving to JPL in Los Angeles. He has published over 120 papers and is an active member of the software verification research community. He special interests include techniques for monitoring actual systems behaviors, matching against expected behaviors, and more generally techniques for detecting errors in software programs.
Host: Chao Wang
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Schlumberger Info Session
Tue, Nov 01, 2016 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Ming Hsieh Institute Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Wed, Nov 02, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Nanpeng Yu, UC Riverside
Talk Title: Enabling Smart Energy Communities with Proactive Demand Participation and Distribution System Operator Market
Series: CommNetS
Abstract: This talk focuses on proactive demand participation and distribution system market design. An innovative customer interaction scheme called proactive demand participation is developed. Under the proactive demand participation framework, an intelligent energy scheduling agent take initiative to convert control models for flexible loads and customer preferences into price sensitive demand bids. This new scheme allows customers to actively express and communicate their electricity consumption preferences to the distribution system/market operators and participate in the wholesale market dispatch and price formation process. A distribution system market design, a three-phase iterative direct current optimal power flow algorithm with fictitious nodal demand and three-phase LMP decomposition method will be presented.
Biography: Dr. Yu received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2006. Dr. Yu also received his M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics and Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University in 2010. Before joining University of California, Riverside, Dr. Yu was a senior power system planner and project manager at Southern California Edison from Jan, 2011 to July 2014. Currently, he is a tenure track assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Riverside, CA.
Host: Dr. Insoon Yang
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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MATT Construction Information Session
Wed, Nov 02, 2016 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Presentation introducing MATT Construction and describing full-time and summer internship opportunities to potential candidates. Opportunity for students to network with employees before interviews.
Food and Drinks will be provided.Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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IISE's UPS Information Session
Wed, Nov 02, 2016 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
USC's Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers will be hosting a panel of UPS executives to speak about their careers at UPS and how ISE has been an integral part of their company operations. This is a great opportunity to learn more about all UPS has to offer and get all your questions answered. We hope to see you there!
Location: Von Kleinsmid Center For International & Public Affairs (VKC) - 158
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC Institute of Industrial Engineers
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Biotechnology Lecture SeriesThu, Nov 03, 2016 @ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Various, Amgen
Talk Title: R&D Insights from Lab Bench to Patient Bedside
Abstract: USC researchers have the opportunity to gain research and development insights with a new biotechnology lecture series sponsored by Amgen and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC.
The weekly lecture series, "R&D Insights from Lab Bench to Patient Bedside" takes place Thursdays at 10:30AM-12:00PM at USC's Health Sciences Campus from September 1, 2016 through November 10, 2016.
The talks will feature Amgen scientists speaking about:
Identifying a possible therapeutic target and its role in disease
Increasing therapeutic efficacy and safety
Process development, devices and manufacturing
Case studies from bench to clinic
Lectures will take place at the BCC First Floor Seminar Room or ZNI Herklotz Seminar Room.
RSVP at http://www.usc.edu/esvp (use code: amgenlecture). Space is limited. Preference will be given to SCRM master's students, PhDs, and postdocs, and attending all lectures is mandatory.
Please contact qliumich@usc.edu or karenw03@amgen.com for further details.
Host: USC Stem Cell/Amgen
More Info: https://calendar.usc.edu/event/biotechnology_lecture_series_rd_insights_from_lab_bench_to_patient_bedside?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=USC+Event+Calendar#.V8dKNLX8vW4
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting Workshop
Thu, Nov 03, 2016 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join PricewaterhouseCoopers for a Consulting 101 Workshop.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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SAGE Corps Intern Abroad Info Session
Thu, Nov 03, 2016 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
The USC National Organization for Business and Engineering presents to you an Information Session with SAGE corps featuring FREE PIZZA!
In Short:
Who?: Sage Corps
Why?: Because you want to Study or Intern Abroad during the Summer/Winter/Semester
When?: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm, Thursday, November 3rd
Where?: THH 215
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Sage Corps is a global entrepreneurship program that sends top college students ("Fellows") to study abroad and/or intern abroad with startups. The program arms Fellows with immersive and impactful global experience. During the summer/winter term (co-op or full-time internship), students intern full-time with our partner startups.
During a semester, students may direct-enroll at our partner universities and work part-time with our startups. Past Fellows made incredible contributions to their companies, whether it was developing a web/mobile product or a market entry strategy.
In addition to the academic and work experience, Fellows also attend tech conferences, networking events, investor pitches, and a speaker series held at larger companies. Finally, Fellows connect with the Sage Network -- business leaders and program alums who provide career mentorship and job opportunities.
Our community of 200 alums go on to top entry level positions at consulting firms, fortune 500 corporations, tech companies, and of course startups. Once there, they connect with our current fellows and help with recruiting and job opportunities.
Here is a link to their website:
http://sagecorps.com/#studyandinternabroad
USC alumni of the program will be at hand to answer questions.
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The National Organization for Business and Engineering (NOBE), is a national society uniting business, management and engineering organizations from universities coast to coast. NOBE strives to produce and refine leadership internally and develop professional skills in our members that can be translated into success in the business world.More Information: SAGE Corps Cover Photo.png
Location: Mark Taper Hall Of Humanities (THH) - 215
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC NOBE
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Women in Science & Engineering Preview Day for Prospective PhD students
Fri, Nov 04, 2016 @ 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Receptions & Special Events
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Preview Day is the Viterbi School's open house event for students interested in pursuing their doctoral degree at one of the top ranked graduate engineering institutions in the nation.
For registration and additional info: WISE-Preview Day
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Aleessa Atienza
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AI Seminar-The Crisis in Statistics and the Reliability of Published Results
Fri, Nov 04, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Alan Garfinkel, UCLA
Talk Title: The Crisis in Statistics and the Reliability of Published Results
Series: Artificial Intelligence Seminar
Abstract: Medicine and biology are currently in a crisis. Many if not most published studies contain false or irreproducible information, and articles have appeared in major journals with titles like, Why Most Published Research Findings Are False.
A major contributor to this crisis is Bad Statistics. A large fraction of published papers use statistical methods that are simply wrong. The most frequent error is the use of formula-based statistical tests, like t-tests, regression, ANOVA etc. to give p values on data for which they cannot be used, because the data is either markedly non-Gaussian or too small to tell. These p-value calculation errors are currently being addressed by major journals, which have recently greatly tightened their statistical reviewing, and are insisting upon appropriate statistical methods, such as resampling-based test for non-Gaussian data.
But a much deeper criticism focuses on the very idea of p-values, however calculated. Many respected sources are calling for an end to p-values as the test for publishability. Phenomena like p-hacking are common, and advanced thinking now holds that the very idea of p-values is the problem. Several journals are now refusing to accept p-values as evidence of the existence of a phenomenon, and even the American Statistical Association has issued warnings about p-values.
We will review the situation, assess the extent of the damage, and discuss proposed fixes for this serious problem.
Biography: Dr. Garfinkel graduated from Cornell and received his PhD from Harvard in philosophy and mathematics. He is particularly interested in nonlinear dynamics and its applications to medicine.
Host: Gully Burns
Webcast: http://webcastermshd.isi.edu/Mediasite/Play/00f1e452277f416186bf9b6743e650131dLocation: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 11th Flr Conf Rm # 1135, Marina Del Rey
WebCast Link: http://webcastermshd.isi.edu/Mediasite/Play/00f1e452277f416186bf9b6743e650131d
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Peter Zamar
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program Colloquium
Fri, Nov 04, 2016 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
Join us for a presentation by Alexander Schaerli, Associate Director - Marketing Sciences at Mindshare, titled "Data Science in Media."
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Julie Phaneuf
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Biomedical Engineering Speakers
Fri, Nov 04, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Neda Jahanshad, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, USC Keck School of Medicine
Talk Title: The Genetics of Human Structural Brain Connectivity
Abstract: Approximately half the variability in the gross structure of the human brain is influenced by genetics. Yet, the brain operates as a network, with adjacent and distal regions of the brain being physically connected to varying degrees. These connections, or perhaps misconnections in the brain, not only have the potential to cause miscommunication of information in the brain and put the brain at risk for diseases, they are too partially driven by common genetic differences. Discovery of genes that help influence brain structure may help target treatments and therapies. Using structural MRI as well as diffusion weighted imaging scans and analyses methods, we are able to model these connections and make inferences on the connectivity profile itself and topological aspects of the network. However, in order to identify and discover specific loci within our genomes that may explain less than one percent of the population variance in the degree of the brain's richly informative connectivity patterns, an extremely high degree of statistical power is needed. This power is readily achieved with large sample sizes, however such power is not seen in any single imaging study to date. We therefore need to reliably pool together inferences from brain scans from around the world, harmonizing much of the analysis procedure and ensuring the precision and reliability of the connectomic measures we evaluate. Here, we will further discuss the challenges that face the imaging genetics community, and potential advances that may be brought forth with biomedical engineering approaches.
Host: Brent Liu, PhD
Location: Corwin D. Denney Research Center (DRB) - 146
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Munushian Seminar - Philip Wong, Friday, November 4th in EEB 132 at 2:00pm
Fri, Nov 04, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Philip Wong, Stanford University
Talk Title: Computing Performance: N3XT 1,000x
Abstract: 21st century information technology (IT) must process, understand, classify, and organize vast amount of data in realtime.
21st century applications will be dominated by memory-centric computing operating on Tbytes of active data with little
data locality. At the same time, massively redundant sensor arrays sampling the world around us will give humans the perception
of additional "senses" blurring the boundary between biological, physical, and cyber worlds. Abundant-data processing, which
comprises real-time big-data analytics and the processing of perceptual data in wearable devices, clearly demands computation
efficiencies well beyond what can be achieved through business as usual.
The key elements of a scalable, fast, and energy-efficient computation platform that may provide another 1,000x in computing
performance (energy-execution time product) for future computing workloads are: massive on-chip memory co-located with highly
energy-efficient computation, enabled by monolithic 3D integration using ultra-dense and fine-grained massive connectivity. There
will be multiple layers of analog and digital memories interleaved with computing logic, sensors, and application-specific devices.
We call this technology platform N3XT - Nanoengineered Computing Systems Technology. N3XT will support computing
architectures that embrace sparsity, stochasticity, and device variability.
In this talk, I will give an overview of nanoscale memory and logic technologies for implementing N3XT. I will give examples of
nanosystems that have been built using these technologies, and provide projections on their eventual performance.
Biography: H.-S. Philip Wong is the Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor in the School of
Engineering. He joined Stanford University as Professor of Electrical Engineering in September,
2004. From 1988 to 2004, he was with the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
At IBM, he held various positions from Research Staff Member to Manager and Senior Manager.
While he was Senior Manager, he had the responsibility of shaping and executing IBM's strategy
on nanoscale science and technology as well as exploratory silicon devices and semiconductor
technology.
Professor Wong's research aims at translating discoveries in science into practical technologies.
His works have contributed to advancements in nanoscale science and technology, semiconductor
technology, solid-state devices, and electronic imaging.
Host: EE-Electrophysics
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
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Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar
Fri, Nov 04, 2016 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Clemens Heitzinger, Ph.D., Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Technical University Vienna
Talk Title: Stochastic PDEs, Multiscale Problems, and Optimal Numerical Methods
Abstract: See attachment
More Information: CEE Seminar_ Clemens Heitzinger.docx
Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 102
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
