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Events for April 18, 2016
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Molecular Computing: A New Frontier for Interdisciplinary Engineering
Mon, Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Lakin, Professor, University of New Mexico
Talk Title: Molecular Computing: A New Frontier for Interdisciplinary Engineering
Abstract: Biological systems have evolved complex information storage and processing capabilities. These involve information-carrying DNA and RNA molecules as well as sophisticated molecular machines, such as the ribosome, that use this information to produce the proteins that drive many cellular processes. The field of molecular computing aims to achieve similarly precise, programmable control over the structure and dynamics of nanoscale computing systems, drawing on approaches from computer engineering, computer science, biology, and biochemistry. For example, a molecular computer might be designed to patrol the body, autonomously diagnosing and treating individual cells, to prevent or cure disease. In this talk I will describe my research on the design, verification, and implementation of DNA-based molecular computing architectures. I will describe my work on software tools and verification techniques as well as my work on wet lab experiments.
Biography: Matthew Lakin obtained his B.A. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. After graduating he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Biological Computation Group at Microsoft Research in Cambridge. From 2011 to 2015, he was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Lakin is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico and is also a member of the UNM Center for Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Lakin works on theoretical and experimental aspects of molecular computing using DNA. He builds software tools for the design of molecular computers, works on reasoning techniques to understand and verify their behavior, constructs experimental systems that exhibit novel dynamic behaviors, and works towards applications of molecular computers to monitor and control biological and chemical systems.
Host: Professor Alice Parker
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Suzanne Wong
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EE 598 Cyber-Physical Systems Seminar Series
Mon, Apr 18, 2016 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Walid Saad, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
Talk Title: Behavioral Game Theory in Cyber-Physical Systems: Frameworks and Applications
Abstract: Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) are characterized by three key features: heterogeneity, in terms of technology, services, and human interactions, dynamics, in terms of rapidly varying environments and uncertainty at both the cyber and physical realms, and size, in terms of number of users, devices, and services. These characteristics motivate the need for distributed optimization and control solutions that can lay the foundations of smart and secure CPSs. In this respect, game theory is expected to play a critical role towards deploying such intelligent CPSs in which cyber-physical devices, and possibly humans, can make independent and strategic decisions, smartly adapting to their environment. In particular, the presence of humans in the CPS loop motivates the adoption of game-theoretic methods that go beyond classical game theory in which agents are assumed to be objective, fully rational, and uninfluenced by real-world perceptions. Capturing such practical CPS considerations within game-theoretic constructs can be achieved via suitable notions of bounded rationality and behavioral considerations. In this talk, we will investigate the role of behavioral game theory in CPS design while delineating emerging frameworks in that field with a focus on two key CPS domains: (i)- Consumer-centric energy management in the smart grid and (ii)- Cyber-physical systems security. We conclude the talk by discussing other ongoing research activities in our group.
Biography: Walid Saad received his Ph.D degree from the University of Oslo, Norway, in 2010. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor and the Steven O. Lane Junior Faculty Fellow at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research interests include cyber-physical systems, wireless and social networks, game theory, security, and machine learning. Dr. Saad is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2013, the AFOSR summer faculty fellowship in 2014, and the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in 2015. He was the author/co-author of five conference best paper awards at IEEE WiOpt in 2009, ICIMP in 2010, IEEE WCNC in 2012, IEEE PIMRC in 2015, IEEE SmartGridComm, also in 2015. He is the recipient of the 2015 Fred W. Ellersick Prize from the IEEE Communications Society. Dr. Saad serves as an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Transactions on Communications, and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
Host: Paul Bogdan
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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Analytic Reconstructions for MEG and EEG (Lecture III)
Mon, Apr 18, 2016 @ 04:00 PM - 05:20 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Thanasis Fokas, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge & Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
Talk Title: Analytic Reconstructions for MEG and EEG (Lecture III)
Series: Three Part Lecture Series
Abstract: Analytical reconstructions as well as appropriate mnumerical implementations for the important imaging techniques of Magneto-encephalography (MEG) and Electro-ecephalography (EEG) will be reviewed. The numerical implementations of MEG and EEG are based on state of the art codes for the numerical evaluation of certain auxiliary functions appearing in the relevant analytical formulae. The effectiveness of reconstructions of the neuronal current using either real EEG or real MEG data will be demonstrated.
Biography: Thanasis Fokas, Chair of Nonlinear mathematical science at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering here at USC, will give a series of lectures on Magneto-Electro-Encephalography, which will be introduced by Professor Richard Leahy. The work of Thanasis FOKAS and collaborators has resolved completely the following important question in this area that was open since the fundamental work of Helmohltz: which part of the neuronal current can be computed from the knowledge of either MEG or EEG data?
*This is the final lecture in this series.
Host: Prof. Richard Leahy
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia White
