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USC Engineering in Shanghai, China - Information Session
Sun, Sep 21, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
You are cordially invited to join us for an upcoming graduate engineering information session in Shanghai, China. This event will be hosted by Viterbi School representatives Ray Xu, Director of the USC China office for the Viterbi School of Engineering. Special guest, Assosiate Professor and Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Chair Erik Johnson, will also join the session.
Students who have earned or are in the progress of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to our graduate programs.
Attendees will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC.
Location:
JW Marriott Shanghai
No.399 Nanjing West Road, Huangpu District
Shanghai 200003, China
REGISTER NOWAudiences: Students with an undergraduate backrgound in engineering, math or science
Contact: William Schwerin
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Sep 22, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid. Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/meetusc_sw.html to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: James Finley (Assistant Professor, Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy & BME), Krishna Nayak (Associate Professor, EE & BME), James Weiland (Professor, BME & Ophthalmology),
Talk Title: Faculty Research in BME
Abstract: James Finley (12:30pm), Talk title: Understanding the neuromechanics of human locomotion to advance gait rehabilitation
James Weiland (12:55pm), Talk title: Bioelectronics Research Lab
Krishna Nayak (1:20pm)Talk Title: MRI better, faster, stronger
Host: Stanley Yamashiro
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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USC Engineering in Shanghai, China - Information Session
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
You are cordially invited to join us for an upcoming graduate engineering information session in Shanghai, China. This event will be hosted by Viterbi School representatives Ray Xu, Director of the USC China office for the Viterbi School of Engineering. Special guest, Assosiate Professor and Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Chair Erik Johnson, will also join the session.
Students who have earned or are in the progress of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to our graduate programs.
Attendees will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC.
Location:
Tongji University
4th Floor, Zonghe Building
1239 Siping Road, Shanghai
REGISTER NOWAudiences: Students with an undergraduate backrgound in engineering, math or science
Contact: William Schwerin
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Remembering Mary Francis
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Celebrating the life of Mary Francis
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Gloria Halfacre
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ExxonMobil Information Session
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Take on the world's toughest energy challenges with ExxonMobil! Learn more about the world’s largest publicly traded international oil and gas company at this info session, and meet a current employee who is a proud Viterbi alum! We'll be back at the Viterbi Career Expo on Wednesday, October 8!
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Application Workshop
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Doctoral Programs
Workshops & Infosessions
U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent resident 1st year Viterbi Ph.D. students and undergraduate juniors and seniors are invited to attend an information session to learn more about the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Maja Mataric, Professor of Computer Science and Vice Dean For Research in the Viterbi School of Engineering and Steve Bucher, Director of the Engineering Writing Program will discuss application guidelines and requirements.
Please RSVP via:
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Application WorkshopLocation: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 100B
Audiences: 1st year PhD students, undergraduate juniors and seniors
Contact: GAPP Doctoral Programs
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Epstein Institute / ISE 651 Seminar Series
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 @ 03:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Daniella Meeker, PhD, Assistant Professor, USC Keck School of Medicine Director of Clinical Informatics, Clinical Translational Sciences Institute
Talk Title: "Infrastructure for Federated Clinical Research Networks: Design and Results in Behavioral Economics"
Series: Epstein Institute Seminar Series
Abstract: Dr. Meeker will present work that is the product of collaborations with USC investigators in the Schaeffer Center and the Information Sciences Institute. In this presentation she will describe a system for research workflow management that guides investigators participating in multi-site studies through the phases of research. She will show results of a USC-led study that leveraged parts of the system, and how updates in progress were informed by these results and other developments in the research community. These updates include platform-independent design and leveraging frameworks for massively parallel computation for privacy-preserving analyses. She will end the presentation with a brief discussion of the two planned USC clinical informatics systems, and elicit suggestions from the audience for applications and possible projects that might leverage these new assets in innovative ways.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
GRACE FORD SALVATORI HALL (GFS) ROOM 101
3:30 - 4:50 PM
Biography: Dr. Meeker joined USC faculty in August as an Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine and Director of Informatics for the Clinical Translational Sciences Institute. She serves as a director of the Clinical Research Informatics program within the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Before joining USC CTSI she was a System Engineer and an Information Scientist at RAND. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the RAND Bing Center for Health Economics. Her current research is focused on distributed architectures for data management, analysis, and translational practice. Her other work includes development of collaborative platforms for knowledge management, program evaluation, social network analysis, and applied health and behavioral economics. Dr. Meeker has served as the technical and implementation lead for two clinical data research networks funded by the National Institute on Aging and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
More Information: Seminar-Meeker.doc
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Chevron Oil & Gas Information Session
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Sep 24, 2014
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid. Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/meetusc_sw.html to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Computer Science Faculty Meeting
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Workshops & Infosessions
Event details will be emailed to invited attendees.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526
Audiences: Invited Faculty Only
Contact: Assistant to CS chair
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CANCELLED- Technical Interviewing Techniques- Presented by Amazon
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Tonight's Amazon Tech Interviews workshop (9/24) has been cancelled. This workshop will not be rescheduled, but Amazon will be present at the October 8th Career Fair. Make sure to stop by their booth.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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DEN@Viterbi Online Information Session
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
DEN@Viterbi, Executive Education
Workshops & Infosessions
USC Viterbi School of Engineering DEN@Viterbi (Distance Education Network) strives to meet the needs of engineering professionals, providing the opportunity to advance your education while maintaining your career and other commitments. By breaking down geographical and scheduling barriers, DEN allows you to take your classes anytime and anywhere.
Join this information session to learn more about the 40+ graduate level programs and continuing education offerings available completely online
RSVP NOW
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs
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WIE Lunch & Learn: Sparking Innovation in Engineering Through Diversity
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
It's not a surprise that women engineers are greatly outnumbered by men, both in school and in the workplace. But a recent study by the National Science Foundation that found almost 40% of women are leaving engineering is a bit baffling.
Inventor and innovation expert Julie Austin dives deeper into the research and into history to unravel the puzzle of gender diversity in engineering and innovation, and how we can use our differences to our benefit.
Julie Austin is an award-winning author, inventor, and innovation speaker. Her patented product, swiggies, wrist water bottles, have been a NASDAQ product of the year semi finalist and are currently sold in 24 countries. Julie and her products have appeared on The Today Show, The Queen Latifa Show, HGTV, Lifetime, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX News, and the Wall Street Journal, along with dozens of TV shows, magazines and radio shows around the world. She’s been a keynote innovation speaker for corporations such as Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Cognizant Technology Solutions. She’s also been featured in the books “Patently Female” and “Girls Think of Everything.”
RSVPs are encouraged, but not required. RSVP here: https://s.qualtrics.com/ControlPanel/?ClientAction=ChangePage&s=DistributeSection&ss=SurveyLink&sss=Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Women In Engineering
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MFD - Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Distinguished Lecture: Haiyan Wang (Texas A&M)
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 @ 12:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Haiyan Wang, Texas A&M ECE
Talk Title: Nanoengineering and Integration of Materials with Unique Functionalities - Research Findings and Visions
Series: Distinguished Lectures
Abstract: TBA
Host: Prof. Nutt
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ryan Choi
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Preparing for the Engineering Career Fair- FOR GRAD STUDENTS
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Students, make a great first impression at the Career Fair no matter what your class standing! You will learn how to optimize your time, approach employers, and prepare for this event. Graduate students will learn additional tips tailored just for their needs!
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 123
Audiences: All Viterbi Graduate and Post Graduate Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Society of Women Engineers: Professional Development Night
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 @ 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
Join us for our annual Professional Development Night to gain tips for the professional world and network with leaders in the industry!
Check out the following link to RSVP:
https://www.facebook.com/events/760781350649128/Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - Ballroom
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers Society of Women Engineers
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Northrup Grumman Information Session
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: All Viterbi
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Viterbi Spotlight Series- Chemical Engineering
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Viterbi Spotlight Series is your opportunity to connect with USC alumni and industry professionals that have been in your shoes and will share their experiences on how they got to where they are in their career.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Connections
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AI SEMINAR - Query-driven approach to entity resolution
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dmitri V. Kalashnikov , UCI
Talk Title: Query-driven approach to entity resolution
Series: AISeminar
Abstract: The significance of data quality research is motivated by the observation that the effectiveness of data-driven technologies such as decision support tools, data exploration, analysis, and scientific discovery tools is closely tied to the *quality of data* to which such techniques are applied. It is well recognized that the outcome of the analysis is only as good as the data on which the analysis is performed. That is why today organizations spend a substantial percentage of their budgets on cleaning tasks such as removing duplicates, correcting errors, and filling missing values, to improve data quality prior to pushing data through the analysis pipeline.
Given the critical importance of the problem, many efforts, in both industry and academia, have explored systematic approaches to addressing the cleaning challenges. This talk focuses primarily on the *entity resolution* challenge that arises because objects in the real world are referred to using references or descriptions that are not always unique identifiers of the objects, leading to ambiguity.
Traditionally, data cleaning is performed as a preprocessing step when creating a data warehouse prior to making it available to analysis -- an approach that works well under standard settings. Cleaning the entire data warehouse, however, can require a considerable amount of time and significant computing resources. Hence, this approach is often suboptimal for many modern query-driven and Big Data applications that need to analyze only small portions of the entire dataset and produce answers "on-the-fly" and in real-time.
To address these new cleaning challenges, we have developed a *Query-Driven Approach (QDA)* to data cleaning. QDA exploits the specificity and semantics of the given SQL selection query to significantly reduce the cleaning overhead by resolving only those records that may influence the answer of the query. It computes answers that are equivalent to those obtained by first using a regular cleaning algorithm, and then querying on top of the cleaned data. However, in many cases QDA can compute these answers much more efficiently.
A key concept driving the QDA approach is that of *vestigiality*. A cleaning step (i.e., call to the resolve function for a pair of records) is called vestigial (redundant) if QDA can guarantee that it can still compute correct final answer without knowing the outcome of this resolve. We formalize the concept of vestigiality in the context of a large class of SQL selection queries and develop techniques to identify vestigial cleaning steps. Technical challenges arise since vestigiality, as we will show, depends on several factors, including the specifics of the cleaning function (e.g., the merge function used if two objects are indeed duplicate entities), the predicate associated with the query, and the query answer semantics of what the user expects as the result of the query. We show that determining vestigiality is NP-hard and propose an effective approximate solution to test for vestigiality that performs very well in practice.
The comprehensive empirical evaluation of the proposed approach demonstrates its significant advantage in terms of efficiency over traditional techniques for query-driven applications.
Biography: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dvk/CV/dvk_bio.txt
Dmitri V. Kalashnikov is an Associate Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. He received his PhD degree in Computer Science from Purdue University in 2003. He received his diploma in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Moscow State University, Russia in 1999, graduating summa cum laude.
His general research interests include databases and data mining. Currently, he specializes in the areas of entity resolution & data quality, and real-time situational awareness. In the past, he has also contributed to the areas of spatial, moving-object, and probabilistic databases.
He has received several scholarships, awards, and honors, including an Intel Fellowship and Intel Scholarship. His work is supported by the NSF, DH&S, and DARPA.
Host: Greg Ver Steeg
Webcast: http://webcasterms1.isi.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=dd8c0e0eef1749fdb4bc581af408d8561dLocation: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 1135
WebCast Link: http://webcasterms1.isi.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=dd8c0e0eef1749fdb4bc581af408d8561d
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Robert Powell, Retired Chemical Engineer/Industrial Hygienist, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences
Talk Title: Industrial Hygiene Engineering Controls for Petrochemical Plants
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Jeffrey Teng
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Women in Engineering Ice Cream Social
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 @ 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
University Calendar
The Women in Engineering organizations wanted to take a minute to give out a huge welcome to the incoming women of Viterbi, a welcome back to those returning, and a delicious study break for all!
RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/454062601398567/?ref=br_tf
The participating organizations include:
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
Women in Computing (WIC)
Girls in Tech (GIT)
Alpha Omega Epsilon (AOE)
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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NL Seminar-Semantic Parsing at Google
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Bill MacCartney, (Google/Stanford)
Talk Title: Semantic Parsing at Google
Series: Natural Language Seminar
Abstract: With the shift from desktop to mobile, and the rise of voice-driven UIs, a growing proportion of the Google query stream is not well-served by conventional keyword-based information retrieval. More and more queries use natural language ("when does walgreens close"), seek answers not found on any web page ("how do i get to work from here"), or demand action rather than information ("text my wife i'm 10 minutes late"). Satisfying such queries requires semantic parsing, that is, mapping the query into a structured, machine-readable representation of meaning. In this talk, I will give an overview of the techniques Google has developed to address the problem of semantic parsing, and discuss some of the challenges that remain. I'll also highlight differences between academia and industry in how the problem is conceived.
Biography: Bill MacCartney is a Senior Research Scientist at Google, working primarily on semantic parsing. He is also a Consulting Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford. For more info: http://nlp.stanford.edu/~wcmac/
Host: Aliya Deri and Kevin Knight
More Info: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - 11th Flr Conf Rm # 1135, Marina Del Rey
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Peter Zamar
Event Link: http://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
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Integrated Seminar Series
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Payam Heydari, UC Irvine
Talk Title: Terahertz and Millimeter-Wave Frequency Generation and Synthesis in Silicon
Abstract: Terahertz (THz) and millimeter-wave (mm-wave) imaging and sensing is considered to be one of the emerging and disruptive technologies over the next decade. THz (including the W-band) waves pass through non-conducting materials such as clothes, paper, wood and brick and so cameras sensitive to them can peer inside envelopes, into living rooms and "frisk" people at distance. THz/mm-wave imaging/sensing systems, therefore, will be key enabling components in applications such as security surveillance (to find concealed weapons and explosives), non-destructive testing, biology, radio astronomy, multi-gigabit wireless connectivity, and medical imaging. One of the most critical and daunting tasks in a THz/mm-wave system is signal generation and frequency synthesis. This lecture presents a comprehensive overview and comparative study of research efforts which have explored several circuit techniques and architectures leading to highly efficient frequency synthesis and signal generation in silicon at mm-wave and terahertz frequencies.
Biography: Payam Heydari received his B.S. and M.S. degrees (Honors) in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 1992 and 1995, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California in 2001. He is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He has received many awards and recognitions and published more than 110 journal and conference papers
Hosted by Prof. Hossein Hashemi, Prof. Mike Chen and Prof. Mahta Moghaddam
Organized and hosted by Masashi Yamagata
For questions or additional details, please email myamagat@usc.edu
Host: Hosted by Prof. Hossein Hashemi, Prof. Mike Chen, Prof. Mahta Moghaddam, and Masashi Yamagata
More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/events/event-details/?event_id=910778
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Elise Herrera-Green
Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/events/event-details/?event_id=910778
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Astani CEE Ph.D. Seminar
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Bita Analui, Ph.D., , Institute of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Vienna, Austria
Talk Title: Multistage Stochastic Optimization Problems under Model Uncertainty
Abstract:
Multistage Stochastic Optimization is a well-established framework where uncertainty is involved and decisions have to
be taken in a sequential manner only based on the available information at the time of decision making. These two
characteristics are enough to tie multistage stochastic optimization into almost all decision problems in the real life.
However, in addition to parametersâ uncertainty, in the class of real world problems, the true probability model, which describes these parameters, is itself subject to uncertainty that should not be ignored. Acknowledging the incomplete information about the underlying probability model in multistage stochastic optimization problems, leads to the following questions:
• How can we account for model uncertainty when solving a multistage stochastic program?
• What are the associated theoretical and algorithmic complexities?
In this talk a new theoretical foundation and a non-parametric approach provide answers to these questions and can be
used in a wide range of applications. In this regard, the model uncertainty problem is formulated in a minimax form and a
setup is given for studying saddle point properties of the multistage stochastic minimax problems. Moreover, an
algorithmic approach for finding the minimax decisions at least asymptotically is presented. In addition, by considering
the objective as a function of robustness, the distributionally robust frontier is drawn and costs and rewards of robustness around this frontier is quantified. Finally, this approach for a short term hydro electricity production problem with weekly ordering under weather and market risk is implemented. The worst model is found within the corresponding ambiguity neighborhood and a solution which is robust with respect to the model uncertainty is determined.
Biography: Bita Analui received her MS from University of Sheffield in 2009, with research focus on statistics and her
PhD from University of Vienna in 2014, where she won a scholarship to conduct research at Computational Optimization
Doctoral College. Her primary research focus is algorithms and applications of Multistage Stochastic Optimization (MSO)
problems. Simultaneously, she worked with Siemens Austria in designing and implementing solution algorithms and
performing sensitivity analysis in the field of âStochastic optimization in power systemsâ.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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USC Engineering in Beijing, China - Information Session
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
You are cordially invited to join us for an upcoming graduate engineering information session in Beijing, China. This event will be hosted by Viterbi School representatives Ray Xu, Director of the USC China office for the Viterbi School of Engineering. Special guest, Assosiate Professor and Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Chair Erik Johnson, will also join the session.
Students who have earned or are in the progress of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to our graduate programs.
Attendees will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC.
Location:
Crowne Plaza Beijing Zhongguancun
No.106 Zhi Chun Road
Hai Dian District, Beijing 100086, China
REGISTER NOWAudiences: Students with an undergraduate backrgound in engineering, math or science
Contact: William Schwerin
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USC Engineering in Xi'an, China - Information Session
Sat, Sep 27, 2014 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Graduate Admission
Workshops & Infosessions
You are cordially invited to join us for an upcoming graduate engineering information session in Xi'an, China. This event will be hosted by Viterbi School representatives Ray Xu, Director of the USC China office for the Viterbi School of Engineering.
Students who have earned or are in the progress of earning a Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or a hard science (such as physics, biology, or chemistry) are welcome to attend to learn more about applying to our graduate programs.
Attendees will also have the chance to ask questions and receive official brochures and handout information from USC.
Location:
The Westin Xi'an
66 Ci En Road
Qu Jiang New District
Xi'an 710061, China
REGISTER NOWAudiences: Students with an undergraduate backrgound in engineering, math or science
Contact: William Schwerin