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Events for April 26, 2011
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Epstein ISE Research Seminar
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Julia L. Higle, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University
Talk Title: "Decisions and Data under Uncertainty"
Abstract: From its very inception, Operations Research has grappled with problems of Decisions under Uncertainty. Even in the early days of linear programming, Dantzig recognized that "the real problem"
involved programming under uncertainty! Progress with algorithmic methods, and advances in computing technology have made it possible to address "industrial-strength" applications which integrate data and decisions to deliver convincing real-world solutions.
Applications compel us to make decisions about the data that we use, a fact that we recognize with varying degrees of formality. In this talk, we will motivate a stochastic programming approach to "decision modeling" and "data modeling" using two applications emerging from the service sector. Following a presentation of the models that describe these applications, we provide an overview of Stochastic Decomposition (SD), a stochastic programming solution methodology. We report results that illustrate the quality of the policies that can be developed through this approach.
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - Room 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Epstein Institute Seminar Series / ISE 650 Seminar
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ge Wang, Assistant Professor, CCRMA, Stanford University/CCO, Chief Creative Officer, Smule
Talk Title: "THE WORLD IS YOUR STAGE: SOCIAL MUSIC-MAKING ON MOBILE PHONES"
Abstract: Due to their mobility, computing power, and sheer strength in numbers, mobile phones have become much more than simply "a phone" (and mobile devices more than simply "portable computers"), increasingly serving as personal and "natural" extensions of ourselves. Therein lies, we believe, immense potential to reshape the way we think and do, and especially in how we engage one another expressively and socially. This presentation explores the research we are doing on mobile music at Stanford and at Smule - including mobile phone orchestras, iPhone's Ocarina, I Am T-Pain, and Magic Piano and Magic Fiddle on the iPad. We also trace their origins to laptop orchestras, programming languages for music, and an intersection of music, computer science, and the simple joy of building things together.
Biography: GE WANG, is an Assistant Professor at Stanford University in the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), and researches interactive software systems for computer music, programming languages, mobile/social music, and education at the intersection of computer science and music. Ge is the author of the ChucK audio programming language, the founding director of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk), and the cofounder and director of the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO). Ge is the Co-founder, CTO, and Chief Creative Officer of Smule, and the designer of the iPhone's Ocarina and the iPad's Magic Piano.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - Room 105
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
