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Events for March 07, 2013
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Focused on parallel and distributed computingThu, Mar 07, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: TBA, TBA
Talk Title: TBA
Series: EE598 Seminar Course
Abstract: Weekly seminars given by researchers in academia and industry including senior doctoral students in EE, CS and ISI covering current research related to parallel and distributed computation including parallel algorithms, high performance computing, scientific computation, application specific architectures, multi-core and many-core architectures and algorithms, application acceleration, reconfigurable computing systems, data intensive systems, Big Data and cloud computing.
Biography: Prerequisite: Students are expected to be familiar with basic concepts at the level of graduate level courses in Computer Engineering and Computer Science in some of these topic areas above. Ph.D. students in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science can automatically enroll. M.S. students can enroll only with permission of the instructor. To request permission send a brief mail to the instructor in text format with the subject field ââ¬ÅEE 598ââ¬Â. The body of the mail (in text format) should include name, degree objective, courses taken at USC and grades obtained, prior educational background, and relevant research background, if any.
Requirements for CR:
1. Attending at least 10 seminars during the semester
There will be a sign-in sheet and a sign-out sheet at every seminar. All students must sign-in (before 2:00pm) and sign-out (after 3:00pm). The sign-in sheet will not be available after 2:00pm, and the sign-out sheet will not be available before 3:00pm.
2. Submitting a written report for at least 5 seminars
The written report for each seminar must be 1-page single line spaced format with font size of 12 (Times) or 11 (Arial) without any figures, tables, or graphs. The report must be submitted no later than 1 week after the corresponding seminar, and must be handed only to the instructor either on the seminar times or during office hours. Late reports will not be considered.
The report must summarize studentââ¬â¢s own understanding of the seminar, and should contain the following:
- Your name and submission date [1 line]
- Title of the seminar, name of the speaker, and seminar date [1 line]
- Background of the work (e.g., applications, prior research, etc.) [1 paragraph]
- Highlights of the approaches presented in the seminar [1-2 paragraphs]
- Main results presented in the seminar [1-2 paragraphs]
- Conclusion (your own conclusion and not what was given by the speaker) [1 paragraph]
Reviewing papers related to the topic of the seminar, and incorporating relevant findings in the
reports (e.g., in the conclusion section) is encouraged. In such cases, make sure to clearly indicate
the reference(s) used to derive these conclusions.
Host: Professor Viktor K. Prasanna
More Information: Course Announcement_EE598_Focused on parallel and distributed computing_(Spring 2013).pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Janice Thompson
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EE 598: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH SEMINAR COURSE #8
Thu, Mar 07, 2013 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Alok Kumbhare, PhD Student, Computer Science, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Talk Title: Dynamic Dataflows & Resilient Execution on Clouds
Series: EE598 Seminar Course
Abstract: The emergence of ââ¬ÅBig Dataââ¬Â, due to improvements in scientific processes, deployment of pervasive sensors, and connected devices, coupled with improvements in communication technologies as well as storage and processing capabilities, has led to the need for development of data-intensive applications and application frameworks to analyze this huge collection of stored and continuous streams of Data. In this talk, we discuss the notion of Continuous Dataflows, as an extension to traditional workflows, for processing continuous data streams. In addition, we introduce the concept of Dynamic Dataflows to allow for both domain-driven and infrastructure-driven changes to the application at runtime. In this context, we discuss several challenges due to the dynamic nature of the application as well as the underlying Cloud infrastructure and present several opportunities and preliminary solutions to address those.
Biography: Alok Kumbhare is a PhD student working with Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna and Prof. Yogesh Simmhan in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on distributed data and computing platforms, especially on the Cloud computing infrastructure. His current research interests include dynamic dataflow programming abstractions and their resilient execution on the dynamic infrastructure provided by the Cloud. In addition, he is working on a distributed Graph oriented file system and to leverage the dynamic dataflows for efficient execution of graph algorithms on extremely large data sets. He earned his BS degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of technology Guwahati in 2008.
Host: Professor Viktor K. Prasanna
More Information: Course Announcement_EE598_Focused on parallel and distributed computing_(Spring 2013) 2.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Janice Thompson
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EE Distinguished Lecturer Series
Thu, Mar 07, 2013 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Mathukumalli Vidyasagar, Ph.D., University of Texas, Dallas
Abstract: In this talk I will review some problems in cancer biology, specifically reverse-engineering gene interaction networks, predicting the responsiveness of patients to specific therapies, and time to recurrence of tumors, and explore how methods of graph theory, machine learning, and compressive sensing can be used to study these problems. Some promising preliminary results will also be presented, and open problems for future research will be indicated.
Biography: Mathukumalli Vidyasagar received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1969. Between 1969 and 1989, he was a Professor of Electrical Engineering, mostly in Canada. In 1989 he returned to his native India, and spent the next twenty years in the Government, and in the private sector. In 2009 he retired and joined the University of Texas at Dallas. His current research interests are computational biology of cancer, and control theory. He has received a number of awards in recognition of his research contributions, including Fellowship in The Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, the IEEE Control Systems (Field) Award, and the Rufus Oldenburger Medal of ASME. He is the author of ten books and nearly 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Host: Dr. Michael Safonov
More Info: http://ee.usc.edu/news/dls/
Webcast: http://geromedia.usc.edu/Gerontology/Play/359011cc9ae04dd29fa949ddf97f4a471dMore Information: 20130307 Vidayasagar Print.pdf
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 124
WebCast Link: http://geromedia.usc.edu/Gerontology/Play/359011cc9ae04dd29fa949ddf97f4a471d
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
Event Link: http://ee.usc.edu/news/dls/
