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Six Sigma Black BeltMon, May 05, 2025 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Executive Education
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: IISE Faculty, IISE Faculty
Talk Title: Six Sigma Black Belt
Abstract: USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Six Sigma Black Belt program, offered in partnership with the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, enables professionals to learn how to integrate principles of business, statistics, and engineering to achieve tangible results. Learn the advanced problem-solving skills you need to implement the principles, practices, and techniques of our Six Sigma Black Belt course in order to maximize performance and cost reductions in your organization. During this three-week practitioner course, you will learn how to measure a process, analyze the results, develop process improvements, and quantify the resulting savings. You will be required to complete a project demonstrating mastery of appropriate analytical methods and pass an examination to earn Six Sigma Black Belt Certification. This practitioner course for Six Sigma implementation provides extensive coverage of the Six Sigma process, as well as intensive exposure to the key analytical tools associated with Six Sigma, including project management, team skills, cost analysis, FMEA, basic statistics, inferential statistics, sampling, goodness of fit testing, regression and correlation analysis, reliability, design of experiments, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis, and simulation. Computer applications are emphasized.
Host: USC Viterbi Corporate and Professional Programs
More Info: https://viterbiexeced.usc.edu/engineering-program-areas/six-sigma-lean-certification/six-sigma-black-belt/
Audiences: Six Sigma Black Belt Students
Contact: VASE Executive Education
Event Link: https://viterbiexeced.usc.edu/engineering-program-areas/six-sigma-lean-certification/six-sigma-black-belt/
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. -
PhD Dissertation Defense - Bingjie Tang
Mon, May 05, 2025 @ 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University Calendar
Title: From simulation to reality: advancing policy learning for fine-grained manipulation
Date/Time: 05/05/2025 - 11am-1pm.
Venue: 302C in GCS Floor 3
Names of the Dissertation Defense Committee Members:
Gaurav Sukhatme
Jesse Thomason
Erdem Biyik
Feifei Qian
Yashraj Narang
Abstract: Fine-grained manipulation broadly refers to the capability of robots to handle and manipulate objects with high precision, adaptability and robustness. It remains a long-standing challenge in robotics as it includes high-dimensional control, contact-rich dynamics, and robustness towards environment uncertainty. Simulation is a powerful computational tool that has been used for decades to test and optimize safety-critical designs and algorithms in multiple industries. We discuss how we can leverage simulation to enable fast and effective policy learning for fine-grained manipulation and robust transfer to real-world deployment.Location: Ginsburg Hall (GCS) - 302C
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Bingjie Tang
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.
