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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Mon, Apr 01, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Wed, Apr 03, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • WIE Diamond Social

    Thu, Apr 04, 2024 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

    Student Activity


    Join WIE for a fun social evening. We will be be having some social games and conversations! We will also be providing some diamond painting supplies! Boba will be provided! All student are all welcome!

    Location: Sign into EngageSC to View Location

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Thelma Federico Zaragoza

    Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/WIE/rsvp?id=396434

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Fri, Apr 05, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • VLP Spring Study Sesh

    Fri, Apr 05, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs

    Student Activity


    Spring into finals season with the VLP! Join us in RTH 222 for quiet study spaces, plenty of FREE snacks, and spring vibes to keep you going strong!
    All Viterbi students are welcome. RSVP: https://cglink.me/2nB/r396472

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Alex Bronz

    Event Link: https://cglink.me/2nB/r396472

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Mon, Apr 08, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • MASTERS- Connection and Community- Investing in Balancing Your Life

    Tue, Apr 09, 2024 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

    Student Activity


    WIE is excited to bring to you Michelle D. Katz MS, RD, MPH, CHES | Registered Dietitian & Certified Health Education Specialist for our last Connection and Community for the Spring semester. We will be making overnight oats, don't miss out on important guidance from Michelle on learning to balance your life.
    2-3 PM Undergrads
    3-4 PM Masters
    4-5 PM PhD
    Join at the best time that works with your schedule!

    Location: Sign into EngageSC to View Location

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Thelma Federico Zaragoza

    Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/WIE/rsvp?id=396538

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  • PhD- Connection and Community- Investing in Balancing Your Life

    Tue, Apr 09, 2024 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

    Student Activity


    WIE is excited to bring to you Michelle D. Katz MS, RD, MPH, CHES | Registered Dietitian & Certified Health Education Specialist for our last Connection and Community for the Spring semester. We will be making overnight oats, don't miss out on important guidance from Michelle on learning to balance your life.
    2-3 PM Undergrads
    3-4 PM Masters
    4-5 PM PhD
    Join at the best time that works with your schedule!

    Location: Sign into EngageSC to View Location

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Thelma Federico Zaragoza

    Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/WIE/rsvp?id=396539

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Wed, Apr 10, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • VLP Writing Workshop

    Wed, Apr 10, 2024 @ 03:00 PM - 06:00 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs

    Student Activity


    - Need help with WRIT 150, WRIT 340, or writing for any other course?- Looking to get feedback on a final essay, project, application or other writing?- Need a hand with your resume and cover letter for Summer job hunting?Then join the VLP for snacks & expert feedback from our Writing Consultant!The Writing Consultant is available for one-on-one writing consultations from during this event. Take advantage of the study space and snacks to power through this finals season!

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Alex Bronz

    Event Link: https://cglink.me/2nB/r396583

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Fri, Apr 12, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Mon, Apr 15, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Wed, Apr 17, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Fri, Apr 19, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • VLP Brain Break

    Fri, Apr 19, 2024 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs

    Student Activity


    Take a brain break before finals week with the Viterbi Learning Program!Destress with episodes of Modern Family and PlayDoh, while you enjoy some insomnia cookies and more snacks!

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Alex Bronz

    Event Link: https://cglink.me/2nB/r396740

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Mon, Apr 22, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • PhD Defense- Tiancheng Jin

    Mon, Apr 22, 2024 @ 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

    Student Activity


    PhD Defense- Tiancheng Jin
    Title: Robust and Adaptive Online Reinforcement Learning 
    Committee: Haipeng Luo (Chair), Rahul Jain, Vatsal Sharron
     
    Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) is a machine learning (ML) technique on learning to make optimal sequential decisions via interactions with an environment. In recent years, RL achieved great success in many artificial intelligence tasks, and has been widely regarded as one of the keys towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). However, most RL models are trained on simulators, and suffer from the reality gap: a mismatch between simulated and real-world performance. Moreover, recent work has shown that RL models are especially vulnerable to adversarial attacks. This motivates the research on improving the robustness of RL, that is, the ability of ensuring worst-case guarantees.

    On the other hand, it is not favorable to be too conservative/pessimistic and sacrifice too much performance while the environment is not difficult to deal with.In other words, adaptivity --- the capability of automatically adapting to the maliciousness of the environment, is especially desirable to RL algorithms: they should not only target worst-case guarantee, but also pursue instance optimality and achieve better performance against benign environments.
    In this thesis, we focus on designing practical, robust and adaptive reinforcement algorithms.

    Specifically, we take inspiration from the online learning literature, and consider interacting with a sequence of Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), which captures the nature of changing environment. We hope that the techniques and insight developed in this thesis could shed light on improving existing deep RL algorithms for future applications.

    Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 141

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Tiancheng Jin

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  • Viterbi Graduate Mentorship : 2024 Fall Mentor Training

    Tue, Apr 23, 2024 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

    Student Activity


    This is for MS and Ph.D. students in Viterbi.
    A mandatory training event for Viterbi grad students who wish to become future mentors and for current first-time mentors.
    Training includes mentorship skills, points to cover with mentees during meetings, next steps, etc.

    Location: Sign into EngageSC to View Location

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Yadi Wang

    Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/viterbi/rsvp?id=396250

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Wed, Apr 24, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • Repeating EventEiS Communications Hub Drop-In Hours

    Fri, Apr 26, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Engineering in Society Program

    Student Activity


    Drop-in hours for writing and speaking support for Viterbi Ph.D. students

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Helen Choi

    Event Link: https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home

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  • VLP Finals Study Slam

    Fri, Apr 26, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs

    Student Activity


    Finals are right around the corner! Join VLP at the last study event of the semester and get ready for exam week with us. Enjoy snacks, study space, and good luck goodie bags all day long at RTH 222! 
    All Viterbi students are welcome. RSVP: https://cglink.me/2nB/r396473

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Alex Bronz

    Event Link: https://cglink.me/2nB/r396473

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