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NL Seminar-Planning in Creative Contexts
Thu, Jan 09, 2025 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Alex Spangher, USC/ISI , USC/ISI
Talk Title: Planning in Creative Contexts
Abstract: The use of AI in human-centered creative tasks — such as journalism, scientific writing, and storytelling — has showcased their potential for assistance but highlighted a critical gap: planning. "Planning" describes actions performed before (and during) human workflows; "creative" refers to tasks humans execute where the rewards are not clearly defined. I will focus on tasks related to journalism, with specific focus on retrieving a set of sources relevant to a news story. We will show that suggestions made by current AI models do not align with decisions made by humans, and we will show methods for increasing alignment with humans. I will outline a research agenda based on this work to apply such approaches to novel creative tasks.
Biography: Alexander Spangher is pursuing his PhD in computer science at the University of Southern California; he is formerly a writer and data scientist at the New York Times. He focuses on computational journalism and is advised by Jonathan May, Emilio Ferrara and Nanyun Peng. His research is broad and has pursued the following side directions: he has worked at Microsoft Research under the mentorship of Eric Horvitz to detect misinformation. He has collaborated with EleutherAI to build state-of-the-art symbolic music models. Finally, he has collaborated with the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PFSC) to model disruptions in nuclear fusion reactions. His work has received numerous awards: 2 Outstanding Paper Awards at EMNLP 2024, 1 Spotlight Award at ICML 2024, and an Outstanding Paper Award at NAACL 2022. He is fortunate to be supported by a 4-year Bloomberg PhD Fellowship.
Host: Jonathan May and Katy Felkner
More Info: https://www.isi.edu/events/5326/nl-seminar-planning-in-creative-contexts/
Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5J_xDsCjZULocation: Information Science Institute (ISI) - Virtual Only
WebCast Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5J_xDsCjZU
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Pete Zamar
Event Link: https://www.isi.edu/events/5326/nl-seminar-planning-in-creative-contexts/
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
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CA DREAMS - Technical Seminar Series
Fri, Jan 10, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Peter Asbeck, Steve Crago, and Aaron Oki, UCSD, USC/ISI, and Northop Grumman
Talk Title: California DREAMS: RF Microelectronics in Southern California
Series: CA DREAMS - Technical Seminar Series
Abstract: In this talk, we will introduce the California DREAMS hub that is providing prototyping services for RF microelectronics under the DOD’s Microelectronics Commons program. We will provide a history of academic and industrial work in microelectronics in Southern California that includes history of the original MOSIS service and discuss how it led to the formation of California DREAMS. We will describe the hub and its MOSIS 2.0 service, and the progress we have made in our first year and plans for the future.
Biography: Peter Asbeck, UCSDPeter Asbeck is an Emeritus Professor and member of the Center for Wireless Communications at UCSD. He began work at Rockwell Science Center (now Teledyne Scientific) in 1979, and subsequently joined UCSD in 1992. His work has covered GaAs HBT, GaAs FET, GaN FET, and CMOS-SOI devices and circuits, including contributions at some of their early stages of technology development. He is an IEEE Fellow and member of the NAE. Steve Crago, USC/ISISteve Crago is the Director of California DREAMS, an Associate Director of the USC Information Sciences Institute His is located at the Arlington site of ISI, where he has been since 1997. He holds a joint appointment as a Research Associate Professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research interests include microelectronics lab-to-fab transition, heterogeneous architectures, high-performance and embedded cloud computing, introspective systems, and parallel software. Aaron Oki, Northrop GrummanAaron Oki is the General Manager of the electronics and sensors technologies operating unit and an NG Fellow at Northrop Grumman. Aaron is responsible for developing next generation advanced technology solutions for the nation’s highest priority missions and has 38 years of experience at Northrop Grumman focused on microelectronics, RF and digital electronics. He has over 300 technical publications and 18 U.S. patents. Additionally, Oki has been inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame and is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Host: Dr. Steve Crago
More Info: https://www.isi.edu/events/5316/california-dreams-rf-microelectronics-in-southern-california/
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addonWebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addon
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amy Kasmir
Event Link: https://www.isi.edu/events/5316/california-dreams-rf-microelectronics-in-southern-california/
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
