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The Communications Hub - Academic Writing and Speaking Tutoring for Viterbi Ph.D. StudentsMon, Jan 30, 2023 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
The Communications Hub offers academic writing and speaking tutoring for Viterbi Ph.D. students! Bring your academic and professional work (at any stage) to faculty at the Engineering in Society Program!
Drop in hours are in RTH 222:
Monday: 10-1
Wednesday: 10-1
Friday: 10-1
We also offer online and custom appointments at https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home.
See you at the Hub!Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222
Audiences: Graduate
Contact: Helen Choi
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CS Teaching Faculty Meeting
Mon, Jan 30, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Receptions & Special Events
Meeting for invited full-time Computer Science teaching faculty only. Event details emailed directly to attendees.
Location: TBD - Hybrid
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Cherie Carter
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CIA STEM Internship/Career Info Session (Viterbi, On-Campus)
Tue, Jan 31, 2023 @ 05:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Meet CIA!
Date: Tuesday, January 31st
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall (RTH) 211
CIA Representatives will provide information regarding the CIA and the variety of STEM internship and career opportunities available. The presentation will include details about application processes and suggestions for making yourself competitive for employment, including tips for writing cover letters and resumes, and preparing for an interview with CIA. All STEM occupations and disciplines are encouraged to attend. Please bring a resume and meet with a CIA recruiter.
What majors and class levels are you interested in connecting with? All Engineering Disciplines of all degree levels
Are you recruiting for internships, full-time, or both? Both
Can you offer Visa sponsorship? No
Are you able to hire a student on CPT or OPT? NoLocation: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Preparing for the Career & Internship Expo
Tue, Jan 31, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
THIS EVENT WILL BE HOSTED HYBRID: IN-PERSON & ONLINE SIMULTANEOUSLY
Increase your preparedness for the Career & Internship Expo by attending this professional development Q&A moderated by Viterbi Career Connections staff or Viterbi employer partners.
To access more information on this workshop, log into Viterbi Career Gateway>> Events>>Workshops: https://shibboleth-viterbi-usc-csm.symplicity.com/sso/
For more information about all workshops, please visit viterbicareers.usc.edu/workshops.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Webinar for U.S. Active Duty Military & Veteran Prospective Graduate Engineering Students
Tue, Jan 31, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
Join USC Viterbi to learn about the funding and support provided to U.S. active duty military and veterans who are interested in pursuing a graduate degree in engineering or computer science. This virtual information session via WebEx will discuss how USC Viterbi's flexible online DEN@Viterbi delivery enables active duty military and veterans to pursue their degree from anywhere in the world.
The session will discuss military funding and scholarships available, student support, enrollment options, FAQs, and more! Attendees will have the opportunity to connect directly with USC Viterbi Admission & Student Engagement representatives.
Register Now!WebCast Link: https://uscviterbi.webex.com/uscviterbi/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1fc41a19c7dbe1879aa1857516d9eef5
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Corporate & Professional Programs
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Sentry.io Info Session + Resume Review/Interviewing Tips
Tue, Jan 31, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Date: Tuesday, January 31st
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Google Meet: RSVP HERE
We are so much more than an error monitoring software. We are also performance monitoring software. Our platform helps every developer diagnose, fix, and optimize the performance of their code. With Sentry, developers around the world save time, energy, and probably a few therapy sessions.
What majors and class levels are you interested in connecting with? Computer Science
Are you recruiting for internships, full-time, or both? Both
Can you offer Visa sponsorship? No
Are you able to hire a student on CPT or OPT? NoLocation: Google Meet, please see event description for more details
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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EY Open Science Challenge Info Session (Virtual, External)
Tue, Jan 31, 2023 @ 01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Today, more than 820 million people regularly go to bed hungry. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts that the agriculture industry will need to produce 70% more food while only being able to use 5% more land in order to nourish those already suffering from hunger, as well as two billion people expected to be added to the global population by 2050. The impact of climate change on food security is likely to increase. We will continue to experience increasing temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, greater frequency of extreme events and rising sea levels. A sustainable future depends on being able to produce enough nutritious food for the worlds population.
In this exciting global challenge you will have the opportunity to learn and develop new skills, access to cutting-edge learning platforms. But as well the opportunity to collaborate and network on a global level with peers, representatives from EY and collaborating organizations such as Microsoft and NASA. But more important: to have the chance to contribute to solving world hunger!
See the attached flyer for more information and visit challenge.ey.com to learn more.
External employer-hosted events and activities are not affiliated with the USC Viterbi Career Connections Office. They are posted on Viterbi Career Connections because they may be of interest to members of the Viterbi community. Inclusion of any activity does not indicate USC sponsorship or endorsement of that activity or event. It is the participants responsibility to apply due diligence, exercise caution when participating, and report concerns to vcareers@usc.eduMore Information: EY Open Science Challenge - Universities MS.pdf
Location: Please see below for more details
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Epstein Institute - ISE 651 Seminar
Tue, Jan 31, 2023 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Krishna Balasubramanian, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of California
Talk Title: Stochastic Compositional Optimization for Machine Learning
Host: Prof. Suvrajeet Sen
More Information: Abstract_KB.pdf
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - GER 206
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Grace Owh
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The Communications Hub - Academic Writing and Speaking Tutoring for Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Wed, Feb 01, 2023 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
The Communications Hub offers academic writing and speaking tutoring for Viterbi Ph.D. students! Bring your academic and professional work (at any stage) to faculty at the Engineering in Society Program!
Drop in hours are in RTH 222:
Monday: 10-1
Wednesday: 10-1
Friday: 10-1
We also offer online and custom appointments at https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home.
See you at the Hub!Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222
Audiences: Graduate
Contact: Helen Choi
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Computer Science General Faculty Meeting
Wed, Feb 01, 2023 @ 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Receptions & Special Events
Bi-Weekly regular faculty meeting for invited full-time Computer Science faculty only. Event details emailed directly to attendees.
Location: Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience (MCB) - 102 - Hybrid
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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Center of Autonomy and AI, Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things, and Ming Hsieh Institute Seminar Series
Wed, Feb 01, 2023 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Benjamin Sapp, Waymo, LLC
Talk Title: Behavioral Models for Interactive Motion Forecasting and Planning for Real-Word Autonomous Vehicles
Series: Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things
Abstract: Understanding the complex behavior of other cars, pedestrians and cyclists is essential for autonomous vehicle planning in the real world. In this talk, we'll first go over some of our recent advancements in scalable transformer architectures for behavior modeling. Next, we'll discuss joint behavior prediction and planning architectures, as well as how to factorize the joint output space of all possible futures in effective ways. Lastly, we discuss the interplay of our models deployed in the real-world with simulated agents and simulators and describe systems for closed loop simulation of agents and AVs.
Biography: Understanding the complex behavior of other cars, pedestrians and cyclists is essential for autonomous vehicle planning in the real world. In this talk, we'll first go over some of our recent advancements in scalable transformer architectures for behavior modeling. Next, we'll discuss joint behavior prediction and planning architectures, as well as how to factorize the joint output space of all possible futures in effective ways. Lastly, we discuss the interplay of our models deployed in the real-world with simulated agents and simulators and describe systems for closed loop simulation of agents and AVs.
Host: Somil Bansal, somilban@usc.edu
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92742577270?pwd=bEpXaWJudjZWRksyNk5lL1owUUdBQT09Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/92742577270?pwd=bEpXaWJudjZWRksyNk5lL1owUUdBQT09
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Talyia White
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What Recruiters Look for in Your Resume
Wed, Feb 01, 2023 @ 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
THIS EVENT WILL BE HOSTED HYBRID: IN-PERSON & ONLINE SIMULTANEOUSLY
Does your resume highlight the skills that will land an interview? Review tips and tricks on how to best showcase yourself to recruiters by attending this professional development Q&A moderated by Viterbi Career Connection staff. Have your resume ready to take notes and make modifications in real time!
To access more information on this workshop, log into Viterbi Career Gateway>> Events>>Workshops: https://shibboleth-viterbi-usc-csm.symplicity.com/sso/Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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CIA information session
Wed, Feb 01, 2023 @ 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: CIA, CIA
Talk Title: CIA Info Session
Host: USC IC CAE
More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J1_ObW2ESqur3PjH-rZAfg
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J1_ObW2ESqur3PjH-rZAfgLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J1_ObW2ESqur3PjH-rZAfg
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jennifer Ramos/Electrophysics
Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J1_ObW2ESqur3PjH-rZAfg
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Bpuzzled
Wed, Feb 01, 2023 @ 05:30 PM - 09:15 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Date: Tuesday, February 1st
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
Location: Harris Hall (HAR) 101
RSVP HERE
Bpuzzled is a 3 hour long competition where teams use problem solving, creative thinking, and teamwork to solve challenging and intricate puzzles that are logical in nature, similar to those found in escape rooms. Winners from this event get a trip to NYC to compete in the Global Final against teams across the world!
Please bring your laptop and charger!
Arrive a bit earlier to finalize teams and for dinner!
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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Viterbi Impact Program Information Session
Wed, Feb 01, 2023 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Want to make a difference in the Los Angeles Community? Join the Viterbi Impact Program! The Viterbi Impact Program (VIP) helps connect Viterbi students to volunteer opportunities through USC's K-12 STEM Center and local community organizations. Join this information session to learn more about VIP and the value of service in the local community and the engineering profession.
Location: Sign into EngageSC to View Location
Audiences:
Contact: Noe Mora
Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/viterbi/rsvp?id=388401
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NL Seminar- Scaling unlocks emergent abilities in language models
Thu, Feb 02, 2023 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jason Wei, Google Brain
Talk Title: Scaling unlocks emergent abilities in language models
Abstract: REMINDER
Meeting hosts only admit guests that they know to the Zoom meeting. Hence, you are highly encouraged to use your USC account to sign into Zoom.
If you are an outside visitor, please inform us at nlg DASH seminar DASH host AT isi DOT edu beforehand so we will be aware of your attendance and let you in.
In person attendance will be permitted for USC ISI faculty, staff, students only. Open to the public virtually via the zoom link and online.
Scaling up language models has been shown to predictably improve performance on a wide range of downstream tasks. In this talk, we will instead discuss an unpredictable phenomenon that we refer to as emergent abilities of large language models. An ability is considered emergent if it is not present in smaller models but is present in larger models, which means that the ability cannot be predicted simply by extrapolating the performance of smaller models. With the popularization of large language models such as GPT-3, Chinchilla, and PaLM, dozens of emergent abilities have been discovered, including chain-of-thought prompting, which enables state-of-the-art mathematical reasoning, and instruction finetuning, which enables large language models to be usable by the broader population. The existence of such emergent phenomena raises the question of whether additional scaling could potentially further expand the range of capabilities of language models.
Biography: Jason Wei is a senior research scientist at Google Brain. His research focuses on large language models, and his research includes chain-of-thought prompting, instruction finetuning, and emergent abilities of language models. His work has been featured in more than five Google AI blog posts, and chain-of-thought prompting was presented last year at Google I/O 2022 by Google CEO Sundar Picchai. Before Google, Jason received his AB from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Host: Jon May and Justin Cho
More Info: https://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/91012548948Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - Virtual and ISI-Conf Rm#689
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/91012548948
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Pete Zamar
Event Link: https://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
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NCTC Info Session
Thu, Feb 02, 2023 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: NCTC, NCTC
Talk Title: National Counterterrorism Center Info Session
Host: USC IC CAE
More Info: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9S3TSnwaSFKMxI7zQcsPXg
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9S3TSnwaSFKMxI7zQcsPXgWebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9S3TSnwaSFKMxI7zQcsPXg
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jennifer Ramos/Electrophysics
Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9S3TSnwaSFKMxI7zQcsPXg
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DREAM Industry Mentorship Panel- Boeing
Thu, Feb 02, 2023 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Workshops & Infosessions
D.R.E.A.M. (Direct Response to Engineers Aspirations from Mentors) is a mentorship initiative that leverages insights from industry professionals who respond to student dream pitches, an original leadership communication assignment in WRIT 340 where students create a vision for their future selves, align their careers around purpose, and build consistent character in the context of growth, reinvention, and constant change. Guest speakers and panels feature experienced professionals from a variety of tech and destination companies.
This event will feature talks with Viterbi alumni Justene Karimi, (M.S. Product Development Engineering), and Edgar Vargas, (M.S. Systems Architecture and Engineering) about their evolving careers as engineers and managers at Boeing.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 109
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elisabeth Arnold Weiss
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The Communications Hub - Academic Writing and Speaking Tutoring for Viterbi Ph.D. Students
Fri, Feb 03, 2023 @ 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
The Communications Hub offers academic writing and speaking tutoring for Viterbi Ph.D. students! Bring your academic and professional work (at any stage) to faculty at the Engineering in Society Program!
Drop in hours are in RTH 222:
Monday: 10-1
Wednesday: 10-1
Friday: 10-1
We also offer online and custom appointments at https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/eishub/home.
See you at the Hub!Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 222
Audiences: Graduate
Contact: Helen Choi
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BME Seminar Speaker, Dr. Tim Downing
Fri, Feb 03, 2023 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Tim Downing, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, UCI Samueli School of Engineering
Talk Title: Stem Cell Reprogramming, Epigenetics
Host: BME Professor Megan McCain - ZOOM link available on request
Location: Corwin D. Denney Research Center (DRB) - 145
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Michele Medina
