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Adaptive Submodularity: A New Approach to Active Learning and Stochastic Optimization by Dr. Daniel Golovin
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3:30:00 PM on 9/14/2010
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SSL 150
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Speaker: Dr. Daniel Golovin from CalTech
Host: Dr. David Kempe
Abstract:
Solving stochastic optimization problems under partial observability, where one needs to adaptively make decisions with uncertain outcomes, is a fundamental but notoriously difficult challenge. In this talk, I will introduce a new concept called adaptive submodularity, which generalizes submodular set functions to adaptive policies. In many respects adaptive submodularity plays the same role for adaptive problems as...read more at event URL-
http://www.cs.usc.edu/calendar/csevent.asp?Event_ID=1116
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Real-Time Case-Based Reasoning for Interactive Digital Entertainment by Prof. Ashwin Ram
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3:30:00 PM on 9/16/2010
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SSL 150
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Speaker: Prof. Ashwin Ram, Georgia Tech
Host: Prof. Milind Tambe
Abstract:
User-generated content is everywhere: photos, videos, news, blogs, art, music, and every other type of digital media on the Social Web. Games are no exception. From strategy games to immersive virtual worlds, game players are increasingly engaged in creating and sharing nearly all aspects of the gaming experience: maps, quests, artifacts, avatars, clothing, even games themselves. Yet, there is one aspect of compu...read more at event URL-
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User-Controllable Security and Privacy: Lessons from the Design and Deployment of a Family of Location Sharing Applications by Dr. Norman Sadeh
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11:00:00 AM on 9/20/2010
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EEB 248
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Speaker: Dr. Norman Sadeh
Host: Dr. Milind Tambe
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Increasingly users are expected to configure a variety of security and privacy policies on their own, whether it is the firewall on their home computer, their privacy preferences on Facebook, or access control policies at work. In practice, research shows that users often have great difficulty specifying such policies. This in turn can result in significant vulnerabilities. This presentation will provide an overview of novel user-...read more at event URL-
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Multimodal Music Search and Discovery by Prof. Gert Lankriet
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3:30:00 PM on 9/21/2010
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SSL 150
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Speaker: Prof. Gert Lankriet from UCSD
Host: Prof. Fei Sha
Abstract:
The revolution in production and distribution of music, which has made millions of audio clips instantly available to millions of people, has created the need for novel music search and discovery technologies.
While successful technologies with great societal impact exist for text-based document search (e.g., Yahoo!, Google, etc.), a Google for Music has yet to stand up: there is no easy way to find a mellow Beatles so...read more at event URL-
http://www.cs.usc.edu/calendar/csevent.asp?Event_ID=1115