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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Nov 07, 2016 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Joshua Tobin, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Talk Title: Engineering Applications for Military Critical Care
Biography: http://www.keckmedicine.org/doctor/joshua-m-tobin/
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things and Ming Hsieh Institute for Electrical Engineering Joint Seminar Series on Cyber-Physical Systems
Mon, Nov 07, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Michael Papamichael, Researcher at Microsoft Research
Talk Title: Catapult: Powering the World's First Hyperscale Configurable Cloud
Abstract: Project Catapult is the technology behind Microsoft's hyperscale acceleration fabric that uses reconï¬gurable logic to accelerate both network plane functions and applications. In this Conï¬gurable Cloud architecture a layer of reconï¬gurable logic (FPGAs) is placed between the network switches and the servers, enabling network ï¬ows to be programmably transformed at line rate, enabling acceleration of local applications running on the server, and enabling the FPGAs to communicate directly, at datacenter scale, to harvest remote FPGAs unused by their local servers. In this talk, I will provide a brief overview of the Catapult project, discuss the evolution of our acceleration fabric, and highlight examples of how we are using our Configurable Cloud to offer enhanced networking functionality and accelerate datacenter applications and services
Biography: Michael K. Papamichael is a Researcher at Microsoft Research working on the Catapult project. His research interests are in the broader area of computer architecture with emphasis on hardware acceleration, reconfigurable computing, on-chip interconnects, and methodologies to facilitate hardware specialization. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Host: Paul Bogdan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things and Ming Hsieh Institute for Electrical Engineering Joint Seminar Series on Cyber-Physical Systems
Mon, Nov 07, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Michael Papamichael, Researcher at Microsoft Research
Talk Title: Catapult: Powering the World's First Hyperscale Configurable Cloud
Abstract: Project Catapult is the technology behind Microsoft's hyperscale acceleration fabric that uses reconï¬gurable logic to accelerate both network plane functions and applications. In this Conï¬gurable Cloud architecture a layer of reconï¬gurable logic (FPGAs) is placed between the network switches and the servers, enabling network ï¬ows to be programmably transformed at line rate, enabling acceleration of local applications running on the server, and enabling the FPGAs to communicate directly, at datacenter scale, to harvest remote FPGAs unused by their local servers. In this talk, I will provide a brief overview of the Catapult project, discuss the evolution of our acceleration fabric, and highlight examples of how we are using our Configurable Cloud to offer enhanced networking functionality and accelerate datacenter applications and services
Biography: Michael K. Papamichael is a Researcher at Microsoft Research working on the Catapult project. His research interests are in the broader area of computer architecture with emphasis on hardware acceleration, reconfigurable computing, on-chip interconnects, and methodologies to facilitate hardware specialization. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Host: Paul Bogdan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things and Ming Hsieh Institute for Electrical Engineering Joint Seminar Series on Cyber-Physical Systems
Mon, Nov 07, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Michael Papamichael, Researcher at Microsoft Research
Talk Title: Catapult: Powering the World's First Hyperscale Configurable Cloud
Abstract: Project Catapult is the technology behind Microsoft's hyperscale acceleration fabric that uses reconï¬gurable logic to accelerate both network plane functions and applications. In this Conï¬gurable Cloud architecture a layer of reconï¬gurable logic (FPGAs) is placed between the network switches and the servers, enabling network ï¬ows to be programmably transformed at line rate, enabling acceleration of local applications running on the server, and enabling the FPGAs to communicate directly, at datacenter scale, to harvest remote FPGAs unused by their local servers. In this talk, I will provide a brief overview of the Catapult project, discuss the evolution of our acceleration fabric, and highlight examples of how we are using our Configurable Cloud to offer enhanced networking functionality and accelerate datacenter applications and services.
Biography: Michael K. Papamichael is a Researcher at Microsoft Research working on the Catapult project. His research interests are in the broader area of computer architecture with emphasis on hardware acceleration, reconfigurable computing, on-chip interconnects, and methodologies to facilitate hardware specialization. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Host: Paul Bogdan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things and Ming Hsieh Institute for Electrical Engineering Joint Seminar Series on Cyber-Physical Systems
Mon, Nov 07, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Michael Papamichael, Researcher at Microsoft Research
Talk Title: Catapult: Powering the World's First Hyperscale Configurable Cloud
Abstract: Project Catapult is the technology behind Microsoft's hyperscale acceleration fabric that uses reconï¬gurable logic to accelerate both network plane functions and applications. In this Conï¬gurable Cloud architecture a layer of reconï¬gurable logic (FPGAs) is placed between the network switches and the servers, enabling network ï¬ows to be programmably transformed at line rate, enabling acceleration of local applications running on the server, and enabling the FPGAs to communicate directly, at datacenter scale, to harvest remote FPGAs unused by their local servers. In this talk, I will provide a brief overview of the Catapult project, discuss the evolution of our acceleration fabric, and highlight examples of how we are using our Configurable Cloud to offer enhanced networking functionality and accelerate datacenter applications and services.
Biography: Michael K. Papamichael is a Researcher at Microsoft Research working on the Catapult project. His research interests are in the broader area of computer architecture with emphasis on hardware acceleration, reconfigurable computing, on-chip interconnects, and methodologies to facilitate hardware specialization. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Host: Paul Bogdan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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Walt Disney Tech Talk
Mon, Nov 07, 2016 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Disney Tech Talks shine the spotlight on Disney technologists to share insights into their roles at The Walt Disney Company, discuss upcoming technology trends and how they impact the industry. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to engage in the conversation and networking with technology professionals from across the company.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement Tue, Nov 08, 2016 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBD, TBD
Host: Professional Programs
More Info: https://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial%2526systems/six-sigma-green-belt-process-improvement)
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Erin Tanaka
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USC Stem Cell Seminar: Steve Kay, USC
Tue, Nov 08, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Steve Kay, USC
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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CS Colloquium: Robert D. Nowak (University of Wisconsin-Madison) - A Notation and System for Inferring Event Stream Abstractions
Tue, Nov 08, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Robert D. Nowak, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Talk Title: Learning Human Preferences and Perceptions From Data
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Computer Science Research Colloquium.
Modeling human perception has many applications in cognitive, social, and educational science, as well as in advertising and commerce. This talk discusses theory and methods for learning rankings and embeddings representing perceptions from datasets of human judgments, such as ratings or comparisons. I will briefly describe an ongoing large-scale experiment with the New Yorker magazine that deals with ranking cartoon captions using on our nextml.org system. Then I will discuss our recent work on ordinal embedding, also known as non-metric multidimensional scaling, which is the problem of representing items (e.g., images) as points in a low-dimensional Euclidean space given constraints of the form "item i is closer to item j than item k." In other words, the goal is to find a geometric representation of data that is faithful to comparative similarity judgments. This classic problem is often used to gauge and visualize perceptual similarities. A variety of algorithms exist for learning metric embeddings from comparison data, but the accuracy and performance of these methods were poorly understood. I will present a new theoretical framework that quantifies the accuracy of learned embeddings and indicates how many comparisons suffice as a function of the number of items and the dimension of the embedding. Furthermore, the theory points to new algorithms that outperform previously proposed methods. I will also describe a few applications of ordinal embedding.
This joint work with Lalit Jain and Kevin Jamieson.
http://nextml.org/assets/next.pdf
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.07081v1.pdf
Host: Yan Liu
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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DEN@Viterbi Fall 2016 Faculty Forum
Tue, Nov 08, 2016 @ 12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
DEN@Viterbi
Workshops & Infosessions
Application of games in courses
DEN@Viterbi Faculty Forums are intended for faculty to meet and share their experiences with their colleagues on various instructional strategies, or specific tools used in their classes.
Application of games in courses
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
12:00pm - 1:15pm
RTH 217
Speakers: Ted Mayeshiba & Mike Lee
We will have two speakers discuss how they've applied game-based learning strategies in their courses. By definition, gamification is the idea of adding game-based elements to a non-game scenario. Game-based learning involves the use of games to enhance the learning experience. Both scenarios are active learning strategies that increase student engagement. Their talks will be followed by a brief demonstration.
Lunch to be provided
Sign-up LinkLocation: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 217
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jairo Delgado
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Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar
Tue, Nov 08, 2016 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mikhail Chester, Ph.D., Arizona State University
Talk Title: Impacts of Climate Change on Electricity Generation, Transmission Capacity and Peak Electricity Load in the United States
Host: Dr. Kelly Sanders
More Information: ENE Seminar_Dr, Mikhail Chester.docx
Location: Social Sciences Building (SOS) - B2
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Epstein Institute Seminar
Tue, Nov 08, 2016 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Hani Mahmassani, Northwestern University
Talk Title: AutonomousVehicles & Connected Systems: Shared Fleet Mobility Models & Flow Implications
Host: Dr. Maged Dessouky
More Information: November 8, 2016_Mahmassani.pdf
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Michele ISE
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Amazon Information Session
Tue, Nov 08, 2016 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBA, Amazon
Talk Title: Amazon Information Session
Series: CS Colloquium
Abstract: This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Computer Science Research Colloquium.
IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. IMDbPro https://secure.imdb.com/signup/index.html?r=/) is the essential resource for entertainment industry professionals. This membership-based service includes comprehensive information and tools that are designed to help entertainment industry professionals achieve success throughout all stages of their career. Additionally, IMDb owns and operates Withoutabox (https://www.withoutabox.com/), the premier submission service for film festivals and filmmakers, and Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/), the leading online box-office reporting service.
Please join us as a panel of industry experts discusses these and other exciting opportunities.
Biography: Unnati Sethi (moderator)
Unnati Sethi is a Software Development Manager at IMDb.com where she leads a team of engineers focused on deprecating legacy software and building highly interactive and creative end-user facing systems for film industry professionals. She has a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and over fifteen years of experience building software with cross-geographical, multi-cultural teams of varying sizes. She is a vocal advocate for diversity in the technology and entertainment industry and is actively involved in recruitment and diversity outreach initiatives at IMDb and Amazon.
Marty Bower
Marty has over 20 years of experience as a software development engineer and a software development manager, building applications and leading teams in full lifecycle software development. He's worked at IMDb since January of this year, and previously for large financial technology companies like Intuit. He enjoys leading a team in developing an application that is revolutionizing how film festivals process and judge submissions, and help filmmakers get discovered.
Shlomi Yehezkel
Shlomi has been with Amazon for 4+ years now; he joined Amazon as an SDE and has worked with 3 different teams: first with Ad Analytics, where he was responsible for analyzing the performance of advertisements campaigns, then with Amazon Payments, where he worked with the gift card team and, finally, his current position with IMDbPro where he owns the back end systems. Shlomi transitioned to being a Software Development Manager on IMDbPro earlier this year.
Shlomi loves to work on the logic layer which is the layer between the presentation layer to the data layer.
Jerome Core
Jerome is the Customer Service Manager for all IMDb brands. Jerome joined the team in 2014, bringing over ten years of customer service experience. A native Angelino, Jerome has worked with many ecommerce businesses including Internet Brands, Campus Explorer, and online fashion retailer Farfetch.com
Bishnu Kumar
Bishnu is a Sr. Product Manager at IMDb who manages the IMDbPro business. Bishnu joined Amazon Customer Return team in Seattle in 2015 and internally-transferred to the IMDb LA team last month. In 2014 he was a MBA intern in Amazon and prior to that he worked at Samsung in the software development and commercialization of Android handsets.
Christian Sosa-lanz
Christian has been at Amazon for 2 years, working with the Withoutabox team. Prior to that he has been working in the UX field for 15 years designing Disney MagicBands, NordstromRack and physical interfaces. On his off time, he digs into architecture and tinkers with IoT.
Host: CS Department
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Kaiser Permanente IT Information Session
Tue, Nov 08, 2016 @ 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join Kaiser Permanente as they promote their IT Rotational Program and IT Internship Program.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement
Wed, Nov 09, 2016 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBD, TBD
Host: Professional Programs
More Info: https://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial%2526systems/six-sigma-green-belt-process-improvement)
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Erin Tanaka
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Computer Science General Faculty Meeting
Wed, Nov 09, 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: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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USC Veterans Career Fair
Wed, Nov 09, 2016 @ 12:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
University Calendar
All student and alumni Vets and military spouses/families, you are invited to the Veterans Career Fair at USC!
Employers from a diverse array of industries will be on campus to meet and hire you.
To find out more about the Veterans Career Fair as well as RSVP, please visit http://careers.usc.edu/students/info/veteranscareerfairLocation: Von Kleinsmid Center For International & Public Affairs (VKC) - Courtyard
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Resume Workshop
Wed, Nov 09, 2016 @ 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Does your resume highlight the skills that will land an interview? Learn how to create a resume that will serve as the marketing tool that will get your foot inside industry's door! Bring your resume!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Ming Hsieh Institute Communications, Networks & Systems (CommNetS) Seminar
Wed, Nov 09, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Christopher Miller, UC Berkeley
Talk Title: Optimal precommitment strategies in some time-inconsistent control problems
Series: CommNetS
Abstract: Time-inconsistency is a feature of a dynamic optimization problem which causes the Dynamic Programming Principle to fail. This arises in many applications including dynamic optimization of certain risk measures (e.g., conditional value-at-risk, mean-variance, etc.) and problems whose objective function depends non-linearly on an expected value. There are various interpretations and notions of solution to a time-inconsistent problem. In this talk, we focus on optimal precommitment strategies in continuous-time and demonstrate cases where the time-inconsistent problem may be re-written as an optimization problem over the value function of an auxiliary time-consistent optimization problem. While the auxiliary value function typically has a higher dimensional state space, we discuss instances where structure of the problem allows a dimensionality reduction.
Biography: Christopher W. Miller is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, he received a B.S. in Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on applications of partial differential equations and optimal stochastic control, particularly in mathematical finance.
Host: Prof. Insoon Yang
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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Biotronik/Micro Systems Engineering
Wed, Nov 09, 2016 @ 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Information session about Biotronik/Micro Systems Engineering: who we are, what we do, who we hire, and information about our two different internship programs. I'd like to target Biomedical, Electrical, Mechanical, and Computer Science Engineering students. Thanks!
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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ISE Alumni & Industry Spotlight
Wed, Nov 09, 2016 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Alumni industry panelist share their professional experiences.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Industrial and Systems Engineering Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Six Sigma Green Belt for Process Improvement
Thu, Nov 10, 2016 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBD, TBD
Host: Professional Programs
More Info: https://gapp.usc.edu/professional-programs/short-courses/industrial%2526systems/six-sigma-green-belt-process-improvement)
Audiences: Registered Attendees
Contact: Erin Tanaka
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AI Seminar-TASK-GUIDED HETEROGENEOUS INFORMATION NETWORK EMBEDDING
Thu, Nov 10, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Yizhou Sun, UCLA
Talk Title: TASK-GUIDED HETEROGENEOUS INFORMATION NETWORK EMBEDDING
Series: Artificial Intelligence Seminar
Abstract: One of the challenges in mining information networks is the lack of intrinsic metric in representing nodes into a low dimensional space, which is essential in many mining tasks, such as anomaly detection, recommendation, and link prediction. Moreover, when coming to heterogeneous information networks, where nodes belong to different types and links represent different semantic meanings, it is even more challenging to represent nodes properly for a particular task. In this talk, I will introduce our recent progress of network embedding approaches that are designed for heterogeneous information networks and guided by specific tasks, and discuss (1) how to represent nodes when different types of nodes and links are involved; (2) how different tasks can guide the embedding process; and (3) how heterogeneous links play different roles in these tasks. Our results on several application domains, including enterprise networking, social network, bibliographic data, and biomedical data, have demonstrated the superiority as well as the interpretability of these new methodologies.
Biography: Yizhou Sun is an assistant professor at department of computer science of UCLA. Prior to that, she was an assistant professor in the College of Computer and Information Science of Northeastern University. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012. Her principal research interest is in mining information and social networks, and more generally in data mining, machine learning, and network science, with a focus on modeling novel problems and proposing scalable algorithms for large-scale, real-world applications. Yizhou has over 60 publications in books, journals, and major conferences. Tutorials on mining heterogeneous information networks have been given in several premier conferences, including EDBT 2009, SIGMOD 2010, KDD 2010, ICDE 2012, VLDB 2012, ASONAM 2012, and ACL 2015. She received 2012 ACM SIGKDD Best Student Paper Award, 2013 ACM SIGKDD Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2013 Yahoo ACE (Academic Career Enhancement) Award, 2015 NSF CAREER Award, and 2016 CS@ILLINOIS Distinguished Educator Award.
Host: Emilio Ferrara
More Info: http://webcastermshd.isi.edu/Mediasite/Play/ce533b93329d4c65bb73697f53ebeb541d
Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 11th Flr Conf Rm # 1135, Marina Del Rey
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Peter Zamar
Event Link: http://webcastermshd.isi.edu/Mediasite/Play/ce533b93329d4c65bb73697f53ebeb541d
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Lyman L. Handy Colloquia
Thu, Nov 10, 2016 @ 12:45 PM - 01:50 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. David Srolovitz , University of Pennslyvania
Talk Title: Grand Unified Theory of Grain Boundaries
Series: Lyman Handy Colloquia
Host: Professor Priya Vashishta
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Martin Olekszyk
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EE 598 Computer Engineering Seminar
Thu, Nov 10, 2016 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jason Cong, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Talk Title: Customizable Computing at Datacenter Scale
Abstract: Customizable computing has been of interest to the research community for over three decades. The interest has intensified in the recent years as the power and energy become a significant limiting factor to the computing industry. For example, the energy consumed by the datacenters of some large internet service providers is well over 109 Kilowatt-hours. FPGA-based acceleration has shown 10-100X performance/energy efficiency over the general-purpose processors in many applications. With Intel's $17B acquisition of Altera completed in December 2015, customizable computing is going from advanced research projects into mainstream computing technologies.
In this talk, I shall first present evaluation of several CPU+FPGA platforms for datacenter level integration, and the acceleration results in multiple application domains, including medical imaging, machine learning, and computational genomics. Programming effort remains to be a serious challenge. So, the second part of my talk discusses our ongoing effort in automating compilation with source-code level transformation and optimization coupled with high-level synthesis, as well as developing efficient runtime support for scheduling and transparent resource management for integration of FPGAs for cloud-scale acceleration.
Biography: Jason Cong received his B.S. degree in computer science from Peking University in 1985, his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1987 and 1990, respectively. Currently, he is a Chancellor's Professor at the UCLA Computer Science Department, the director of Center for Customizable Domain-Specific Computing (CDSC). He served as the department chair from 2005 to 2008. Dr. Cong's research interests include electronic design automation, energy-efficient computing, customized computing for big-data applications, and highly scalable algorithms. He has over 400 publications in these areas, including 10 best paper awards, and the 2011 ACM/IEEE A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in Electric Design Automation. He was elected to an IEEE Fellow in 2000 and ACM Fellow in 2008. He received the 2010 IEEE Circuits and System (CAS) Society Technical Achievement Award "For seminal contributions to electronic design automation, especially in FPGA synthesis, VLSI interconnect optimization, and physical design automation" and the 2016 IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award "For setting the algorithmic foundations for high-level synthesis of field programmable gate arrays." He is the only one who received a Technical Achievement Award from both the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and the Computer Society.
Dr. Cong has graduated 34 PhD students. Nine of them are now faculty members in major research universities, including Cornell, Fudan Univ., Georgia Tech., Peking Univ., Purdue, SUNY Binghamton, UCLA, UIUC, and UT Austin. One of them is now an IEEE Fellow, six of them got the highly competitive NSF Career Award, and one of them received the ACM SIGDA Outstanding Dissertation Award. Dr. Cong has successfully co-founded three companies with his students, including Aplus Design Technologies for FPGA physical synthesis and architecture evaluation (acquired by Magma in 2003, now part of Synopsys), AutoESL Design Technologies for high-level synthesis (acquired by Xilinx in 2011), and Neptune Design Automation for ultra-fast FPGA physical design (acquired by Xilinx in 2013). Currently, he is a co-founder and the chief scientific advisor of Falcon Computing Solutions, a startup dedicated to enabling FPGA-based customized computing in data centers.
Host: Xuehai Qian
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - OHE 100D
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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Southern California Edison Information Session
Thu, Nov 10, 2016 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join us at the Info Session to:
Hear about the Grid of the Future, Renewables, Technology, Clean
Energy, Electrical Vehicles, Grid Modernization, Power, and Grid of the Future
Be Inspired by Industry Members on how they have been successful in their careers and how you can be successful in your career
Learn about the exciting internship & job opportunities that are available across the company that foster a community of high performance, innovation, and passion for the industry
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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12th Annual MFD Student Symposium
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 08:50 AM - 02:45 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Receptions & Special Events
The 12th Annual Mork Family Department Student Symposium will be held:
Friday, November 11, 2016
Montgomery Ross Fisher Building
MRF 340More Information: USC-Viterbi-12thSymp-dig.pdf
Location: Montgomery Ross Fisher Building (school Of Social Work) (MRF) - 340
Audiences: Department Only
Contact: Aleessa Atienza
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Annual Preview Day for Prospective Graduate Students
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Receptions & Special Events
Preview Day is the Viterbi School's annual visitation day for students interested in pursuing an advanced degree at one of the top ranked graduate engineering institutions in the nation.
University Park Campus
Town & Gown
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Friday, November 11, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PST)
For registration and more info: https://gapp.usc.edu/mspreviewAudiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Aleessa Atienza
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Fall 2016 Academic Career Mentoring Panel Series,
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Doctoral Programs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mentoring Panel, Viterbi Faculty and Postdocs
Abstract: Academe is changing, and doctoral graduates in engineering are presented with a wider array of career opportunities than ever before. The Academic Career Mentoring Panel series was created to assist Ph.D. students and Postdocs with career choices. The Fall 2016 Academic Career Mentoring Panel will focus on Postdoc positions, including what you can do in your early, middle and late Ph.D. program that will help you leverage and land a Postdoc position after graduation.
USC Viterbi faculty and Postdoc panelists will discuss their experience and advise current Ph.D. student and Postdocs on their search for Postdoc positions. The panel will be moderated by Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs, Timothy Pinkston.
The Fall 2016 Academic Career Mentoring Panel will be held:
Friday, November 11, 2016
12:00 noon-1:45pm
SGM 123
Host: Moderated by Vice Dean Timothy Pinkston
More Info: https://gapp.usc.edu/academiccareermentoringpanelseries
More Information: Fall 2016 flyer small.pdf
Location: 123
Audiences: Ph.D. and Postdoctoral
Contact: Tracy Charles
Event Link: https://gapp.usc.edu/academiccareermentoringpanelseries
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Fall 2016 Academic Career Mentoring Panel Series,
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 12:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Doctoral Programs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mentoring Panel, Viterbi Faculty and Postdocs
Talk Title: "Preparing for Finding and Leveraging a Postdoc Position
Abstract: Academe is changing, and doctoral graduates in engineering are presented with a wider array of career opportunities than ever before. The Academic Career Mentoring Panel series was created to assist Ph.D. students and Postdocs with career choices. The Fall 2016 Academic Career Mentoring Panel will focus on Postdoc positions, including what you can do in your early, middle and late Ph.D. program that will help you leverage and land a Postdoc position after graduation.
USC Viterbi faculty and Postdoc panelists will discuss their experience and advise current Ph.D. student and Postdocs on their search for Postdoc positions. The panel will be moderated by Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs, Timothy Pinkston.
The Fall 2016 Academic Career Mentoring Panel will be held:
Friday, November 11, 2016
12:00 noon-1:45pm
SGM 123
Host: Moderated by Vice Dean Timothy Pinkston
More Info: https://gapp.usc.edu/academiccareermentoringpanelseries
More Information: Fall 2016 flyer small.pdf
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 123
Audiences: Ph.D. and Postdoctoral
Contact: Tracy Charles
Event Link: https://gapp.usc.edu/academiccareermentoringpanelseries
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program Colloquium
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
Join us for a presentation by Professor Mikhail G. Shapiro, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Caltech, titled "Biomolecular Engineering for Non-Invasive Imaging of Biological Function."
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Julie Phaneuf
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Biomedical Engineering Speakers
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBA, TBA
Talk Title: TBA
Host: Brent Liu, PhD
Location: Corwin D. Denney Research Center (DRB) - 146
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
