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A Trojan Webinar
Fri, May 01, 2020 @ 02:30 AM - 03:30 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Gautam Trivdes, Priyanka Mittal, and Sandeep Tandon, Guest Speakers
Talk Title: Challenges and Opportunities in a Post-Covid World
Abstract: For more information on this webinar, please email USCIndia@usc.edu.
Host: USC Viterbi India and USC Alumni Club of Delhi | North India
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Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristy Ly
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Machine Learning to Track Epidemic Spread Featuring Viktor Prasanna
Tue, May 05, 2020 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
University Calendar
What technologies have evolved from a machine learning context that will help us in this unprecedented time? Join us for a live 60-minute webinar as Dr. Viktor Prasanna guides us through his development for a tool that will predict the global spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. He will share, for the first time, results from ReCOVER, his latest data model for accurate predictions and resource allocation for COVID-19 and other epidemics response. This webinar will feature a live Q&A session.
Dr. Prasanna holds the Charles Lee Powell Chair in Engineering and is a professor of electrical engineering and a professor of computer science. His research interests include high performance computing, parallel and distributed systems, reconfigurable computing, cloud computing and smart energy systems. He received his bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from the Bangalore University, master's degree from the School of Automation, Indian Institute of Science and Ph.D. in computer science from the Pennsylvania State University. Prasanna received the W. Wallace McDowell Award from the IEEE Computer Society in 2015 for his contributions to reconfigurable computing. He received an Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award from the Pennsylvania State University in 2009. He received a 2019 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Please use this link to sign up: https://viterbi-live-prasanna.eventbrite.com
This session will be hosted on Zoom. Links and passwords will be sent to all registered participants the morning of May 5th.
For any questions, please email us at engalums@usc.edu.Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristy Ly
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The Mathematics of Epidemics: A Century-Long Saga
Thu, May 07, 2020 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Viterbi, Alumnus and Namesake of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Talk Title: The Mathematics of Epidemics: A Century-Long Saga
Biography: Dr. Andrew Viterbi earned one of the first doctorates in electrical engineering ever granted at USC. The "Viterbi Algorithm", a mathematical formula to eliminate signal interference, paved the way for the widespread use of cellular technology, and catapulted Viterbi into the limelight of wireless communications worldwide. Today, the Viterbi Algorithm is used in all four international standards for digital cellular telephones, as well as in data terminals, digital satellite broadcast receivers and deep space telemetry. Viterbi is also the co-developer of CDMA -- Code Division Multiple Access -- the most widely used cell phone technology in the U.S.
Host: Dean Yannis Yortsos
More Info: https://tinyurl.com/viterbiwebinar
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Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristy Ly
Event Link: https://tinyurl.com/viterbiwebinar
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Viterbi Live: The Race for the COVID-19 Vaccine
Thu, May 14, 2020 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Pin Wang, USC Professor
Talk Title: Viterbi Live: The Race for the COVID-19 Vaccine
Abstract: As the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus continues, USC Viterbi professor Dr. Pin Wang is leading a team in the development of a new vaccine.
Their research isolates the human antibodies that can successfully fight the viral infection in order to create treatments that improve recovery times for COVID-19 patients.
Join us for a live discussion as Dr. Wang presents his findings and challenges ahead. Dr. Stacey Finley, USC Viterbi Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences, will host and moderate the session.
Please register here: https://viterbi-live-wang-finley.eventbrite.com
This session will be hosted on Zoom. Links and passwords will be sent to all registered participants the morning of May 14th.
For any questions, please email us at engalums@usc.edu.
Biography: Dr. Wang is the Zohrab A. Kaprielian Fellow in Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering. His lab specializes in the emerging field of immunobioengineering, which uses engineering tools to better understand the immune system and to develop novel molecular and cellular immunotherapies.
Dr. Finley is the holder of the Gordon S. Marshall Early Career Chair and the Director of the Center for Computational Modeling of Cancer. She has a joint appointment in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and the Department of Biological Sciences.
Host: Stacey Finley & Viterbi Advancement
More Info: https://viterbi-live-wang-finley.eventbrite.com
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Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristy Ly
Event Link: https://viterbi-live-wang-finley.eventbrite.com
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The Balance Between Privacy & Keeping Communities Safe
Thu, May 21, 2020 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Workshops & Infosessions
As we face the COVID-19 pandemic companies, universities, retail stores and hospitals are facing the need to keep employees and customers safe, while at the same time respect individual privacy. Around the world, a diverse and growing chorus is calling for the use of smartphone proximity technology and computer vision AI to identify infected individuals and prevent them from infecting others. In this webinar we will discuss the different point of views on this topic and challenge each other on achieving a balance between privacy and community health.
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WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kF0P15h7S1KwzbtThp1q2w
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristy Ly
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Digital Technologies for COVID-19
Fri, May 22, 2020 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Workshops & Infosessions
Digital contact-tracing, along with testing, is pretty much the only solution offered to gradually relax stay-at-home orders, allowing us to get back to work and normal life. A recent effort by Apple and Google to collect co-location data, which would enable large-scale contact-tracing and in real-time using Bluetooth-based proximity detection, is a step at the right direction. However, in order to really stop the pandemic in its tracks, we need a nuanced risk assessment that takes many factors into consideration, including people's mobility patterns.
Register Here: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SnVYd9ONQgyYeLWiI8qtMAAudiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kristy Ly
