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CS Colloq: Dr. Marco Papa  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk Title: The Radio for iPhone App ecosystem: A Case Study Speaker: Dr. Marco Papa (Intersect World LLC) Host: Prof. Ellis Horowitz Abstract: With over 100,000 apps, 50,000 independent developers and two billion ... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Prof. Vishal Misra  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Speaker: Prof. Vishal Misra, Columbia University Talk Title: A Shapley Value approach to Internet Economics Host: Prof. Leana Golubchik Abstract: Internet service providers (ISPs) depend on one another to... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Matt Zucker  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk Title: Combining Planning and Optimization for Rough Terrain Locomotion Speaker: Matt Zucker Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: Motion planning for rough-terrain legged robots is a difficult task, not only du... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Geoffrey Challen  Time: 11 AM - 12 PM Location: SAL 222 Talk Title: Managing Sensor Network Resource Usage and Monitoring Active Volcanoes Speaker: Ph.D. candidate Geoffrey Challen Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Sensor networks composed of large numbers of self-... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr. Alan Levin  Time: 10 AM - 11:30 AM Location: PHE 333 Talk Title : Organization and Order Speaker: Dr. Alan Levin Host: Prof. Barry Boehm Abstract: Organization is a startling and spontaneous macroscopic characteristic. We observe it in nature, and w... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS DLS: Prof. Fan Chung Graham  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Graph theory in the information age Speaker: Prof. Fan Chung Graham (UCSD) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Nowadays we are surrounded by numerous large information networks, such as the WWW graph... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr. David Lomet  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Deuteronomy - Rethinking Database Kernel Architectures Speaker: Dr. David Lomet Host: Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Abstract: Traditionally, a DBMS kernel has recovery, concurrency control and access me... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS DLS: Dr. Tony Derose  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Math in the Movies Speaker: Dr. Tony DeRose (Pixar Animation Studios) Host: Prof. Jernej Barbic Abstract: Film making is undergoing a digital revolution brought on by advances in areas such as compu... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr. Michal Pechoucek  Time: 2 PM - 3 PM Location: VKC 154 Title: AGENTFLY: Multi-agent UAV collision avoidance Abstract: Free-flight concept is a modern approach to flexible collision free air traffic control investigated mainly in the context of unmanned aerial assets.... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr. Alex Slivkins  Time: 11 AM - 12 PM Location: PHE 333 Title: "Learning in a Pay-per-Click Auction: Characterizing Truthful Multi-Armed Bandit Mechanisms" Speaker: Dr. Alex Slivkins (Microsoft Research SVC) Host: Prof. David Kempe ABSTRACT: We consider a multi... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Prof. Van Vu  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: SGM 601 Talk title: The condition number of a random matrix. Speaker:Prof. Van Vu from Rutgers University Host: Prof. Shang-Hua Teng Abstract: The condition number plays a crucial role in all computational problems ... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr. Hanumant Singh  Time: 2 PM - 3 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Underwater Robotics and Imaging: Recent Advances in Imaging the Deep Seafloor Speaker: Hanumant Singh, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Host: Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: This talk examines the rece... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr. K L. Bellman  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Reflective Architectures for Complex Adaptive Systems Speaker: Dr. Kirstie L. Bellman, Principal Scientist, The Aerospace Corporation Host: Prof. Ari Requicha Abstract: The purpose of this talk is to st... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Prof. Dellaert  Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Location: HNB 107 Talk title: Inference in Large-Scale Graphical Models and its application to SFM, SAM, and SLAM Speaker: Prof. Frank Dellaert (Georgia Tech) Host: Prof. Gaurav S. Sukhatme Abstract: Simultaneous Localization and M... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq:Dr.Anandan-CANCELLED  Time: 4 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED. Talk title: Inventing the Future from India: 5 Years of Microsoft Research India Speaker: Dr. P. Anandan(Managing Director, Microsoft Research India) Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni Abstract: ... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr. Injong Rhee  Time: 2 PM - 3 PM Location: EEB 248 Injong Rhee Professor, Computer Science North Carolina State University Demystifying Levy Walk Patterns in Human Walks -- Why do humans walk like monkeys? Recent literatures report heavy-tail flight patterns i... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr Anandan CANCELLED  Time: 4 PM - 5 PM CANCELLED - moved to 4pm-5pm Thursday, September 17, 2009 Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Inventing the Future from India: 5 Years of Microsoft Research India Speaker: Dr. P. Anandan(Managing Director, Microsoft Res... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr. Sunil K. Agrawal  Time: 4 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Robotic Exoskeletons for Gait Assistance and Training of the Motor Impaired Speaker: Prof. Sunil K. Agrawal (University of Delaware) Host: Prof. Gaurav S. Sukhatme Abstract: Robotics is emerging as a pr... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr. Janusz Marecki  Time: 3 PM - 4 PM Location: VKC 150 Talk title: "A Quest for Intelligence: From Stochastic Optimization to Cortex Simulations" Speaker: Dr. Janusz Marecki (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: With the computational cap... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Prof. Simon Lucey  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: PHE 223 Talk title: Leveraging Convex Quadratics for Alignment and Classification in Vision Speaker: Prof. Simon Lucey (Robotics Institute, CMU) Host: Prof. Louis-Philippe Morency Abstract: Convex quadratic objective funct... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Pascal Fua  Time: 10:30 AM - 12 PM Location: HNB 100 Title: Multi-People Tracking through Global Optimization Speaker: Prof. Pascal Fua Host: Prof. Ram Nevatia Website: http://cvlab.epfl.ch/~fua/ Description: Given three or four synchronized videos taken at eye le... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Luis Sentis  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Synthesis of Whole-Body Skills for Human Environments Speaker: Dr. Luis Sentis Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: With the increasing expectation on autonomy for service and assistive robotics, the mod... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Diomidis Spinellis  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Beyond Four Kernels: A Platform for Software Engineering Research Speaker: Prof. Diomidis Spinellis Host: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic Abstract: In a comparative study of the FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris, and... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Volkan Isler  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Sensing Limitations in Robotic Sensor Network Tasks Speaker: Volkan Isler (Univ. of Minnesota) Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: Often, the individual components of a sensor network have limited sen... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Michael Wellman  Time: 10:30 AM - 12 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Empirical Game-Theoretic Analysis for Practical Strategic Reasoning Speaker: Michael Wellman (University of Michigan) Host: Prof.Milind Tambe Abstract: The games agents play--in markets, conflicts, or m... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Nirupama Bulusu  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: SAL 222 Talk title: Resource-efficient Audiovisual Sensing Speaker: Prof. Nirupama Bulusu(Portland State University) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Animal calls, street signs, car honks, etc. The physical world is p... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Prof. Larry Davis  Time: 3 PM - 4:30 PM Location: SSL150 Talk title: Beyond Nouns and Verbs: Learning Visually Grounded Stories of Images and Videos using Language and Vision Speaker: Prof. Larry S. Davis Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni Abstract: This talk describes recent ... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Cousins and Gerkey  Time: 3 PM - 4 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: An Open Platform for Robotics Research Speakers: Steve Cousins and Brian Gerkey Host: Maja J Mataric Abstract: Personal Robotics research and development are accelerating. A growing community of Open S... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS DLS: Daphne Koller  Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Probabilistic Models for the Physical World Speaker: Prof. Daphne Koller (Stanford University) Host: Prof. Fei Sha Abstract: Over recent years, computer vision has made great strides towards annotating ... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Lingxiao Jiang  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: GFS 223 Talk title: Scalable Detection of Similar Code: Techniques and Applications Speaker: Lingxiao Jiang (UC Davis) Host: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic Abstract: Similar code, commonly known as code clones, often occur in lar... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Jernej Barbic  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Real-time Deformable Objects: Graphics, Haptics, Sound, Control Speaker: Jernej Barbic (MIT) Host: Prof. Michael Zyda Abstract: Real-time deformable objects are an exciting research area in computer gra... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Guy Hoffmann  Time: 4 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: From Game Characters to Game Companions: Practice, Anticipation, and Embodiment Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni Abstract: Aiming to make computer game agents more engaging and longer-lasting, I propose the notion... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Aram Galstyan  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: VKC 210 Title: Modeling and Tracking Activities with Event-Coupled HMMs Speaker: Dr. Aram Galstyan, ISI, USC Host: Prof. Jonathan Gratch Abstract: Plan, activity, and intent recognition (PAIR) is concerned with inferring ... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Young Cho  Time: 10 AM - 11:30 AM Location: VKC 207 Title: Highly Stable Timing Source in Low-power Networked Embedded Systems Speaker: Young Cho, USC-Information Sciences Institute Abstract: Time synchronization is an important service for networked and embedded sy... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS DLS: Prof. Tom Mitchell  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: GER Auditorium **Third Annual George Bekey Keynote Lecture** Title: Brains, Meaning and Corpus Statistics Speaker: Prof. Tom Mitchell, CMU Host: Prof. Ellis Horowitz, Prof. Craig Knoblock Light Refreshments: 3:30 PM Abstract:... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Steven Kleiman  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: OHE 122 Title: An Introduction to NetApp Speaker: Steven Kleiman, Network Appliance Host: Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Abstract: NetApp is a $3B company you may not a have heard of, yet it stores the data of many of the ... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq:William G. J. Halfond  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Quality Assurance Techniques for Web Applications Speaker: William G. J. Halfond, Georgia Institute of Technology Host: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic Abstract: Over the past decade, web applications have become bi... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Abhijeet Ghosh  Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Location: SAL 222 (VTC to ISI 2nd floor CR) Title: Measurement, Modeling and Rendering for Realistic Computer Graphics Speaker: Abhijeet Ghosh Host: Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Abstract: Throughout its history, the field of computer graphics has been striving to... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS DLS: Anna Karlin  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: A Survey of Some Recent Research at the Border of Game Theory, Algorithms, and Economics Speaker: Prof. Anna Karlin, University of Washington Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: The design of protocols for re... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Hartmut Schmeck  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SOS B46 (Social Sciences Building) Title: Organic Computing - a Generic Approach to Controlled Self-organization in Adaptive Systems Speaker: Prof. Hartmut Schmeck, University of Karlsruhe Host: Prof. Medvidovic Abstract: Organic Computing is a rec... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Sam Gustman  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: Note the new location SSL 150 Title: Collection, Cataloging, Preservation, Access and Education using Video testimonies of Holocaust and other genocide survivors at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Speaker: Sam Gustman, USC Shoah Foundation Host:... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Dr. Louis-Philippe  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Computational Study Of Nonverbal Social Communication Speaker: Dr. Louis-Philippe Morency, ICT, USC Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: The goal of this emerging research field is to recognize, model and pr... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS DLS: Paul Mockapetris  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: What should we learn from 25 years of the Internet: A DNS case study Speaker: Dr. Paul Mockapetris, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Nominum Inc. Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: There are several "defin... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Bingcai Zhang  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Geospatial Information Technology and Robotic Vision Speaker: Dr. Bingcai Zhang, BAE Systems, Engineering Fellow Host: Prof. Cyrus Shahabi Abstract: Geospatial information technology or 3D mapping is the te... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Victor Zordan  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Animating Interactive Characters using Motion Capture and Simulation Speaker: Prof. Victor Zordan, University of Callifornia, Riverside Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni Abstract: Automatically creating humanlike ... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Kamin Whitehouse  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: SAL 222 Title: A Comprehensive Approach to Macroprogramming Speaker: Prof. Kamin Whitehouse, University of Virginia Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Networks of wireless, embedded devices are increasingly useful for ... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)

CS Colloq: Chad Jenkins  Time: 2:30 PM - 4 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Manifold Learning in Human-Robot Teams Speaker: Prof. Chad Jenkins, Brown University Host: Prof. Maja Mataric Abstract: A principal goal of robotics is to realize embodied systems that are effective collabo... (read more) Add this event to your Calendar (iCalendar file)