USC-THU 2014 Research Symposium

Agenda of 8th THU-USC Faculty Research Symposium on

Dates: 1-2 May, 2014
Venue: Los Angeles

Day 1: Thursday, 1 May, 2014

12:00-1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00-3:00 PM: Poster Session by Graduate Students
3:00-5:00 PM: Faculty Interactions, Visits to Faculty Labs and Campus Tour
6:00-8:00 PM: Welcome Dinner (University Club)

Day 2: Friday, 2 May, 2014

8:00-8:30 AM: Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 AM: Opening Ceremonies - Chair: Raghu Raghavendra
Welcome Remarks by Provost Elizabeth Garrett
Welcome Address by Viterbi School of Engineering Dean Yannis Yortsos Opening Remarks by THU School of Information Science and Technology Executive Vice Dean Zuo Zhang
9:00-10:30 AM: Plenary Session on Environment Prof. Constantinos Sioutas (USC): Physical, Chemical and Toxicological Characteristics of Particulate Matter (PM) in the Megacity of Los Angeles Prof. Kebin He (THU), Dean of the School of Environmental Science : Addressing Air Pollution and Regional Hazes in China- Progress and Perspectives Prof. Fokion Egolfopoulos (USC): Combustion generated Pollutants - Facts and What to expect in the foreseeable future
10:30-12:00 AM: Chair : Murali Annavaram (USC) - Informatics Prof. Victor Prasanna (USC) : Energy Informatics for Smart Grid: Demand Response Optimization on a Campus Micro-Grid Prof. Junwei Cao (THU) : Energy Internet - Architecture, Models and Analysis Prof. Massoud Pedram (USC) : Designing Energy-Efficient Information Processing Systems Prof. Xuegong Zhang (THU) : Alignment-free Analysis of Metagenomic Data with Machine Learning agorithms
12:00-1:15 PM: Lunch
1:15-3:15 PM: Chair: Junwei Cao (THU) - Big Data, Transportation and Nano Electronics Prof. Jun Zhu (THU) : Online Bayesian Passive-Aggressive Learning Prof. Yan Liu (USC) : Scalable Machine Learning Models for Climate Change Attribution Prof. Huagiang Wu (THU) : Emerging Memory for Big Data Applications Prof. Cyrus Shahabi (USC) : Geo-Immersion- A Data centric (Big Data) Approach Toward Situational Awareness Prof. Tao Zhang (THU) : Intelligent Navigation and Control of Unmanned System Under Complex Environment
3:15-3:30 PM: Break
3:30-5:30 PM: Chair : Andreas Molisch (USC) - Communications and Control Prof. Zhisheng Niu (THU) : Smart Energy Management in Wireless Networks with Harvested Energy Prof. Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC) : Multi-Operator Cooperation for Green Wireless Networks Prof. Hongwei Chen (THU) : Microwave Photonics Prof. Kai Hwang (USC) : Cloud Analytics for Big Data in Scientific Discovery and Social Media Applications Prof. Jay Kuo (USC) : Image/Video Quality of Experience (QoE) Assessment
6:30-9:00 PM: Dinner - McKay's Restaurant at Radisson, Trophy Room