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EiS Communications Hub - Tutoring for Engineering Ph.D. StudentsMon, Nov 04, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Come to the EiS Communications Hub for one-on-one tutoring from Viterbi faculty for Ph.D. writing and speaking projects!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222A
Audiences: Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Contact: Helen Choi
Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
DREAM Industry Mentorship speaker series
Mon, Nov 04, 2024 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
DREAM connects students with experienced industry professionals from a variety of tech and destination companies who help them create a vision for their futures, align their careers around purpose, and build character in the context of growth, reinvention, and constant change. Industry mentors discuss how professional challenges present opportunities for character and leadership development. This event features strategic business executive Richard Au discussing the evolving landscape of big tech companies and finding work life balance.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 217
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elisabeth Arnold Weiss
Event Link: https://cglink.me/2nB/r400350
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CSC/CommNetS-MHI Seminar: Negar Mehr
Mon, Nov 04, 2024 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Negar Mehr, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering | UC Berkeley
Talk Title: Interactive Autonomy: Game-Theoretic Learning and Control for Multi-Agent Interactions
Series: CSC/CommNetS-MHI Seminar Series
Abstract: To transform our lives, autonomous systems need to interact with other agents in complex shared environments. For example, autonomous cars need to interact with pedestrians, human-driven cars, and other autonomous cars. Autonomous delivery drones need to navigate in the aerial space shared by other drones, or mobile robots in a warehouse must navigate in the factory space shared by robots. The multi-agent nature of such application domains requires us to develop a systematic methodology for enabling efficient interactions of autonomous systems across various applications. In this talk, I will first focus on game-theoretic planning and control for robots. To reach intelligent robotic interactions, robots must account for the dependence of agents' decisions upon one another. I will discuss how game-theoretic planning and control enables robots to be cognizant of their influence on other agents. I will present our recent results on leveraging the structure that is inherent in interactions to develop efficient motion planning algorithms which are suitable for real-time operation on robot hardware. In the second part of the talk, I will focus on how robots can learn and infer the intentions of their surrounding agents to account for agents' preferences and objectives. Currently, robots can infer the objectives of isolated agents within the formalism of inverse reinforcement learning; however, in multi-agent domains, agents are not isolated, and the decisions of all agents are mutually coupled. I will discuss a mathematical theory and numerical algorithms for inferring these interrelated preferences from observations of agents’ interactions.
Biography: Negar Mehr is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Before that, she was an assistant professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She was a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford Aeronautics and Astronautics department from 2019 to 2020. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2019 and her B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2013. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She was awarded the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems best Ph.D. dissertation award in 2020.
Host: Dr. Lars Lindemann, llindema@usc.edu
More Information: 2024.11.04 CSC Seminar - Negar Mehr.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Miki Arlen
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Viterbi - Resume 2.0: How to Turn Applications into Interviews
Tue, Nov 05, 2024 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
This event is for Viterbi engineering students only. Please register through Handshake. This event is virtual.
Wondering what resumes get picked for interviews? Join Viterbi Career Connections for "Resume 2.0: How to Turn Applications into Interviews," a workshop designed to provide you with strategies and techniques to make your resume stand out. By the end of the session, you should feel more confident in creating a resume that captures recruiters' attention and conveys your qualifications for the positions you are applying for.
In this informative and interactive session, you will:
Understand the importance of tailoring your resume and cover letter to specific job descriptions and how this directly impacts interview invitations.
Learn how to write a cover letter highlighting your suitability for the position.
Understand the importance of how to align your skills and experiences with the job description.
Learn how AI comes into play and how you can utilize it effectively.
Identify and incorporate industry-specific keywords that will help your resume get noticed.
Gain insights into what makes an application stand out versus what can detract from your candidacy.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
Event Link: https://usc.joinhandshake.com/
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Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class
Tue, Nov 05, 2024 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Hongsheng Zhong, United Parcel Service
Talk Title: Optimizing Global Logistics: Advanced Operations Research and Analytics at UPS
Host: Dr. John Carlsson
More Information: FLYER 651, Dr. Hongsheng Zhong 11.5.24.png
Location: Social Sciences Building (SOS) - B2
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Casi Jones/ ISE
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EiS Communications Hub - Tutoring for Engineering Ph.D. Students
Wed, Nov 06, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Come to the EiS Communications Hub for one-on-one tutoring from Viterbi faculty for Ph.D. writing and speaking projects!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222A
Audiences: Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Contact: Helen Choi
Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home
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Shifting the Frame: The Labors of ImageNet and AI Data
Wed, Nov 06, 2024 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Alex Hanna, Director of Research, Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
Talk Title: Shifting the Frame: The Labors of ImageNet and AI Data
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and LaMDA have led a multi-billion dollar industry in generative AI, and a potentially much larger industry in AI more generally. However, these technologies would not exist were it not for the immense amount of data mined to make them run, low-paid and exploited annotation labor required for labeling and content moderation, and questionable arrangements around consent to use these data. Although datasets used to train and evaluate commercial models are often obscured from view under the shroud of trade secrecy, we can learn a great deal about these systems by interrogating certain publicly available datasets which are considered foundational in academic AI research.
In this talk, I investigate a single dataset, ImageNet. It is not an understatement to say that without ImageNet, we may not have the current wave of deep learning techniques which power nearly all modern AI technologies. I begin from three vantage points: the histories of ImageNet from the perspective of its curators and its linguistic predecessor WordNet, the testimony of the data annotators which labeled millions of ImageNet images, and the data subjects and the creators of the images within ImageNet. Academically, I situate this analysis within a larger theory and practice of infrastructure studies. Practically, I point to a vision for technology which is not based on practices of unrestricted data mining, exploited labor, and the use of images without meaningful consent.
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.
Biography: Dr. Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR). A sociologist by training, her work centers on the data used in new computational technologies, and the ways in which these data exacerbate racial, gender, and class inequality. She also works in the area of social movements, focusing on the dynamics of anti-racist campus protest in the US and Canada. She holds a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics and a BA in Sociology from Purdue University, and an MS and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Hanna has published widely in top-tier venues across the social sciences, including the journals Mobilization, American Behavioral Scientist, and Big Data & Society, and top-tier computer science conferences such as CSCW, FAccT, and NeurIPS. Dr. Hanna serves as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies, and sits on the advisory board for the Human Rights Data Analysis Group and the Scholars Council for the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry.
She is a recipient of the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Forward Award, has been included on FastCompany’s Queer 50 and Go Magazine’s Women We Love lists, and has been featured in the Cal Academy of Sciences New Science exhibit, which highlights queer and trans scientists of color.
With Emily M. Bender, Dr. Hanna runs the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 series, playfully and wickedly tearing apart AI hype for a live audience online on Twitch and on their podcast.
Host: CAIS
More Info: https://cais.usc.edu/events/usc-cais-webinar-with-dr-alex-hanna/
Location: Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience (MCB) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Event Link: https://cais.usc.edu/events/usc-cais-webinar-with-dr-alex-hanna/
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AME Seminar
Wed, Nov 06, 2024 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Zachary Manchester, Carnegie Mellon University
Talk Title: Composable Optimization for Robotic Motion Planning and Control
Abstract: Contact interactions are pervasive in key real-world robotic tasks like manipulation and walking. However, the non-smooth dynamics associated with impacts and friction remain challenging to model, and motion planning and control algorithms that can fluently and efficiently reason about contact remain elusive. In this talk, I will share recent work from my research group that takes an “optimization-first” approach to these challenges: collision detection, physics, motion planning, state estimation, and control are all posed as constrained optimization problems. We then build a set of algorithmic and numerical tools that allow us to flexibly compose these optimization sub-problems to solve complex robotics problems involving discontinuous, unplanned, and uncertain contact mechanics.
Biography: Zac Manchester is an Assistant Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. He holds a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering and a B.S. in applied physics from Cornell University. Zac was a postdoc in the Agile Robotics Lab at Harvard University and previously worked at Stanford, NASA Ames Research Center and Analytical Graphics, Inc. He received a NASA Early Career Faculty Award in 2018 and has led four satellite missions. His research interests include motion planning, control, and numerical optimization, particularly with application to robotic locomotion and spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control.
Host: AME Department
More Info: https://ame.usc.edu/seminars/
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96060458816?pwd=8LmoG2q6vBCQubqqWpcizd2F1bxqsH.1Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 202
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/96060458816?pwd=8LmoG2q6vBCQubqqWpcizd2F1bxqsH.1
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tessa Yao
Event Link: https://ame.usc.edu/seminars/
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Viterbi: TWG Global Info Session – Data & AI Solutions Opportunities
Wed, Nov 06, 2024 @ 05:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
This event is for Viterbi Engineering students only, non-Viterbi students will not be admitted. Register on Handshake.
Meet TWG Global Data and AI Solutions Opportunities
Food will be provided!
Hear from Drew Cukor, Program Director of the Data & AI Solutions Group and Jordan King, HR for the Data & AI Solutions Group
What students will get out of the event:
Students will learn about internship and full-time staff opportunities with TWG's Data & AI Solutions Group (a holding company with ~40 portfolio companies including Guggenheim Investments, Guggenheim Securities, Group 1001, Professional Women's Hockey League, and many more!). Internships are paid and located in Santa Monica, CA or New York, NY; housing support is provided. Students will learn about our portfolio companies and how they can have a meaningful impact with actual use cases from day 1. They will also have the opportunity to speak directly to the Program Director and hear his vision for how AI can drive the TWG Global ecosystem into the future.
Degree Levels: Masters, Doctoral
Majors: Computer Science , Data Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Systems Architecting & Engineering
Are you able to potentially sponsor or hire on CPT/OPT? Yes!
What will be covered:
We will be covering 5 topics:
Information about TWG Global (we are a holding company with ~40 portfolio companies, including: Carvana, the Dodgers, Guggenheim Investments, the Lakers, and many more!)
The exciting problems the Data & AI Solutions Group is solving.
A use case example to give students an idea of the projects they would work on.
A day in the life of an intern or staff member on TWG's Data & AI Solution Group.
Questions & networking; specifically, an opportunity to speak with the Program Director who has budget and hiring authority for all roles within the group.
IMPORTANT: Event check-in is first come, first serve. If you are signing up for the event, it is the expectation that you attend the event or cancel if you are no longer able to attend.
Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations to attend this event may contact Viterbi Career Connections at vcareers@usc.edu">vcareers@usc.edu or (213) 740-9677. It is requested that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at least 7 days prior to the event. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Graduate
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
Event Link: https://usc.joinhandshake.com/
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USC Quantum Technologies Forum
Thu, Nov 07, 2024 @ 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
The USC Quantum Initiative will be publicly announced on Nov 7 with an all-day event (9-5:30) at USC Town and Gown Ballroom – USC Quantum Technologies Forum. We are expecting more than 150 attendees with more than 50 corporate representatives, including VCs and start-ups, plus USC quantum faculty, students, and staff, along with quantum faculty colleagues from other Southern California universities and some local govt officials. Must be registered by Nov 4 to attend. Contact: Maurena Nacheff-Benedict, Asst Dean, Viterbi Corporate & Foundation Relations
Location: Town & Gown (TGF) -
Audiences: By invitation
Contact: Andie Self
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NL Seminar-OATH-Frames: Characterizing Online Attitudes Towards Homelessness with LLM Assistants
Thu, Nov 07, 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jaspreet Ranjit, USC
Talk Title: OATH-Frames: Characterizing Online Attitudes Towards Homelessness with LLM Assistants
Series: NL Seminar
Abstract: REMINDER: Meeting hosts only admit on-line guests that they know to the Zoom meeting. Hence, you’re highly encouraged to use your USC account to sign into Zoom. If you’re an outside visitor, please inform us at (nlg-seminar-host(at)isi.edu) to make us aware of your attendance so we can admit you. Specify if you will attend remotely or in person at least one business day prior to the event Provide your: full name, job title and professional affiliation and arrive at least 10 minutes before the seminar begins. If you do not have access to the 6th Floor for in-person attendance, please check in at the 10th floor main reception desk to register as a visitor and someone will escort you to the conference room location. ZOOM INFO: https://usc.zoom.us/j/91020044560?pwd=HDtcMbDbHjlohYmDCyDO9brk7PUpeG.1 Meeting ID: 910 2004 4560 Passcode: 920185 Public attitudes towards key societal issues, expressed on online media, are of immense value in policy and reform efforts, yet challenging to understand at scale. We study one such social issue: homelessness in the U.S., by leveraging the remarkable capabilities of large language models to assist social work experts in analyzing millions of posts from Twitter. We introduce a framing typology: Online Attitudes Towards Homelessness (OATH) Frames: nine hierarchical frames capturing critiques, responses and perceptions. We release annotations with varying degrees of assistance from language models, with immense benefits in scaling: 6.5× speedup in annotation time while only incurring a 3 point F1 reduction in performance with respect to the domain experts. Our experiments demonstrate the value of modeling OATH-Frames over existing sentiment and toxicity classifiers. Our large-scale analysis with predicted OATH-Frames on 2.4M posts on homelessness reveal key trends in attitudes across states, time periods and vulnerable populations, enabling new insights on the issue. Our work provides a general framework to understand nuanced public attitudes at scale, on issues beyond homelessness.
Biography: Jaspreet Ranjit is a third-year Computer Science PhD student at the University of Southern California, advised by Professor Swabha Swayamdipta in the DILL Lab and also a Student Leader of the Center for AI in Society. Her research interests lie in investigating to what extent language models can help us understand sensitive societal issues (i.e. homelessness, suicide interventions) by exploring collaborative settings between social science experts and generative models. Previously, she earned her M.S. and B.S. degree from the University of Virginia in Computer Science as a Rodman Scholar.
Host: Jonathan May and Katy Felkner
More Info: https://www.isi.edu/research-groups-nlg/nlg-seminars/
Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5unlGhB-I4Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - Conf Rm#689
WebCast Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5unlGhB-I4
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Pete Zamar
Event Link: https://www.isi.edu/research-groups-nlg/nlg-seminars/
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Seminar: Responsible and User-Controllable Artificial Intelligence
Thu, Nov 07, 2024 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Przemysław (Przemek) Kazienko, Full Professor, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Talk Title: Responsible and User-Controllable Artificial Intelligence
Abstract: AI has a major positive impact on the economy and their users, providing them with a better experience, increased satisfaction, saving time and even expanding their horizons. Here, however, we focus on the potential negative impact of AI on humans, such as reinforcement of information bubbles, addiction, excessive use, reduced concentration, creativity and curiosity, enhanced consumerism, weakened autonomy to make free choices, interpersonal communication, and human relationships. We indicate what human features cause our increased susceptibility to the influence of RSs and what manipulation mechanisms they can potentially and even unintentionally exploit. We show some use cases in which the goals pursued by business may conflict with the goals of their users. it is also observable that AI-based approaches are evolving from decision-support to decision-making systems. Consequently, we propose the concept of Responsible AI, which respects the goals and beliefs of their users in addition to business goals. Another solution are user-controllable AI systems that may be incorporated in recently investigated Large Language Models (LLMs).
Biography: Przemysław (Przemek) Kazienko, Ph.D. is a full professor and leader of three research groups: AI and human values, HumaNLP, and Emognition at Wroclaw Tech (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology), Poland. Research carried out by HumaNLP refer to human aspects of NLP, including subjectivity, personalization, context-based NLP, hate speech, emotions, user-controlled LLMs, etc. The Emognition group focuses on emotion recognition from physiological signals. He has authored over 300 research papers, including 50 in journals with impact factor related to personalization and subjective tasks in NLP, Large Language Models (LLMs), self-learning LLMs, ethics and responsibility in AI, affective computing and emotion recognition, social/complex network analysis, deep machine learning, sentiment analysis, collaborative systems, recommender systems, information retrieval, data security, and many others. He gave 30+ keynote/invited talks to international audiences and served as a co-chair of over 20 international scientific conferences and workshops. Also, he initialized and led over 50 projects, including large European ones, chiefly in cooperation with companies with total local budget over €10M. He is an IEEE Senior Member, a member of the Polish Committee for Standardization in AI, and the Ethics Committee for the LLM development.
Host: Shrikanth Narayanan, shri@usc.edu | Kleanthis Avramidis, avramidi@usc.edu
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Miki Arlen
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EiS Communications Hub - Tutoring for Engineering Ph.D. Students
Fri, Nov 08, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Come to the EiS Communications Hub for one-on-one tutoring from Viterbi faculty for Ph.D. writing and speaking projects!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222A
Audiences: Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Contact: Helen Choi
Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
DREAM Industry Mentorship speaker series
Fri, Nov 08, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University Calendar
DREAM connects students with experienced industry professionals from a variety of tech and destination companies who help them create a vision for their futures, align their careers around purpose, and build character in the context of growth, reinvention, and constant change. Industry mentors discuss how professional challenges present opportunities for character and leadership development. This event features digital media and entertainment leader Josh Auffret in conversation about his path from undergraduate film student at USC to head of UX program and operations at Google.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 109
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elisabeth Arnold Weiss
Event Link: https://cglink.me/2nB/r400351
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Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Fri, Nov 08, 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: John Rogers, Ph.D., Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Mterials Science and Engineering, Biomedical and Neurological Surgery
Talk Title: Soft, Skin-Interfaced Electronic and Microfluidic Systems for Health Monitoring
Abstract: Over the last decade, a convergence of new concepts in materials science, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering and advanced manufacturing has led to the emergence of diverse, classes of 'biocompatible' electronic and microfluidic systems with skin-like physical properties and wireless operational capabilities. A broad range of clinical-grade sensors of physiological health can be deployed into these platforms. The resulting technologies address health care challenges from the earliest to the latest stages of life, with demonstrated uses in both high and low resource settings, at the hospital and in the home. This talk presents an overview of the most recent fundamental and translational activities in this area, currently in progress at the Querrey-Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics at Northwestern University and at several associated companies.
Biography: Professor John A. Rogers began his career at Bell Laboratories as a Member of Technical Staff in the Condensed Matter Physics Research Department in 1997 and served as Director from the end of 2000 to 2002. He then spent thirteen years at the University of Illinois, as the Swanlund Chair Professor and Director of the Seitz Materials Research Laboratory. In 2016, he joined Northwestern University as the Simpson/Querrey Professor, where he is also Director of the Institute for Bioelectronics. He has co-authored more than 900 papers and he is co-inventor on more than 100 patents. His research has been recognized by many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship (2009), the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2011), the Smithsonian Award for American Ingenuity in the Physical Sciences (2013), the Benjamin Franklin Medal (2019), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021), the NAS James Prize for Science and Technology Integration (2022) and the IEEE Biomedical Engineering Medal (2024). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Inventors and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Host: Maral Mousavi
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 109
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Carla Stanard
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MHI - Physics Joint Seminar Series - Andrew Vlasic, Friday, November 8th at 2pm in SSL 202
Fri, Nov 08, 2024 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Andrew Vlasic, PhD, Fundamental Research Lead Quantum Institute, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Talk Title: A Categorical Perspective of Encoding Real-World Data in Quantum Computers
Series: MHI Physics Joint Seminar Series
Abstract: The question of how to encode real-world data in quantum computer has a tremendous amount of importance in the quantum machine learning (QML) community. There are a few proposed metrics to quantify the efficacy of quantum feature maps with the most used criteria being 'expressibility' [1] and 'expressivity' [2]. However, as noted by the authors, there are shortcomings with these two techniques. Our empirical analysis of using the standard schemes of angle encoding, instantaneous quantum polynomial encoding (IQP), and amplitude encoding to perform machine learning tasks on different dataset reveals new insights into our metrics need to be considered when choosing a particular quantum encoding technique [3,4]. Using the perspective of category theory, we propose that quantum encoding techniques should preserve "structures" of classical data. Based on this insight, we proposed technique on comparing the entropy of a point-cloud against the analytic extension of von Neuman entropy applied to quantum operators [5], directly addressing one area of structure. [5]
Biography: Andrew earned a PhD in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has extensive experience in fundamental and applied research in the academia, DoD, and industry. Andrew has been a postdoc at Queen's University in Ontario, an acting funding officer at the Army Research Office, a senior data scientist at Bank of America, and is currently the fundamental research lead in the Quantum Research Group at Deloitte Consulting. If interested, view Andrew's portfolio on Google Scholar.
Host: Quntao Zhuang, Eli Levinson-Falk, Jonathan Habif, Daniel Lidar, Kelly Luo, Todd Brun, Tony Levi, Stephan Haas
More Information: Andrew Vlasic-Nov 8.pdf
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 202
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
