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Oct16
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Prof. Kannan Ramchandran (UC Berkeley)
Seven decades after Claude Shannon's groundbreaking work, codes are now an indispensable part of modern communications and storage systems. But do they have a role in the modern era of big data deluge and machine learning? How can codes help address the challenge of scale in speeding up computation, learning and inference by exploiting the underlying structure such as sparsity? In this talk, we will explore how coding theory can offer an interesting playground for diverse problem settings, illustrated through the lens of sparse-graph codes. We will show how this forms the core of a unified architecture featuring a divide-and-conquer strategy based on fast peeling-based decoding. We will highlight our approach to computational tasks such as massive-scale sparse Fourier and Walsh decompositions, sparse polynomial learning, compressed sensing, group testing, and learning mixtures of sparse linear regressions. Applications include fast acquisition for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), graph sketching, fast neighbor discovery in the IoT, and spectrum sensing for cognitive radio. We will also survey how codes can speed up distributed machine learning in today’s cloud computing platforms by rendering them robust to system noise in the form of straggling compute nodes, with a particular focus on server-less systems such as Amazon's AWS Lambda.
Kannan Ramchandran is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley, where he has been since 1999. Prior to that, he was on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1993 to 1999. Prof. Ramchandran is a recipient of the IEEE Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award for his pioneering contributions to theory and practice of distributed storage codes and distributed compression. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, has published extensively, and holds more than a dozen patents. He has received several awards for his research and teaching including an IEEE Information Theory Society and Communication Society Joint Best Paper award for 2012, an IEEE Communication Society Data Storage Best Paper award in 2010, two Best Paper awards from the IEEE Signal Processing Society in 1993 and 1999, an Okawa Foundation Award for outstanding research at Berkeley in 2001, a Hank Magnusky Scholar award at Illinois in 1998, and an EECS Departmental Outstanding Teaching award at Berkeley in 2009. His current research interests are at the intersection of coding theory, statistical signal processing, and distributed machine learning.
TIME Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
LOCATION FORD ITW, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Lana Kiperman lana@ece.northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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May8
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lessThe Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts is a collaboration between the Art Institute of Chicago and materials science-related departments at Northwestern University to pursue objects-based and objects-inspired scientific research. Materials research benefits ongoing work in conservation, archaeology, art history, and curatorial scholarship.
Learn how the Center uses materials research to care for art objects in sustainable, innovative ways with Maria Kokkori, Senior Scientist in the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts. She will be in conversation with Corey Byrnes, Northwestern Associate Professor of Chinese Culture and co-founder/co-director of the Environmental Humanities Workshop in Kaplan Humanities Center.
This event is presented by the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science in conjunction with exhibition Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology.
TIME Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
LOCATION Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh map it
CONTACT Block Museum of Art block-museum@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Block Museum of Art
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Jun10
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lessMcCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony
TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
LOCATION Welsh-Ryan Arena
CONTACT Amy Pokrass amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Jun10
TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION Welsh-Ryan Arena
CONTACT Amy Pokrass amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Aug14
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lessInnovation in Quantum Pedagogy, Application, and its Relation to Culture (IQ-PARC), funded by the Department of Defense — National Defense Education Program, is extending an invitation to underrepresented students nationwide (including military-connected students) to participate in a summer school focused on quantum technologies, to be held at Northwestern University. Join us for presentations by faculty and industry partners introducing quantum technologies, cutting-edge research areas, and related job opportunities particularly in the areas of national security.
This effort aims to foster an inclusive environment that encourages participation from all corners of the academic community. Successful applicants will receive up to $1,000 USD to cover travel and lodging expenses in Evanston, IL.
Priority application deadline: May 15, 2024.
Decisions will be sent by June 15, 2024.
TIME Wednesday, August 14, 2024
LOCATION Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center map it
CONTACT Dongyang Li lidongyang@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Aug15
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lessInnovation in Quantum Pedagogy, Application, and its Relation to Culture (IQ-PARC), funded by the Department of Defense — National Defense Education Program, is extending an invitation to underrepresented students nationwide (including military-connected students) to participate in a summer school focused on quantum technologies, to be held at Northwestern University. Join us for presentations by faculty and industry partners introducing quantum technologies, cutting-edge research areas, and related job opportunities particularly in the areas of national security.
This effort aims to foster an inclusive environment that encourages participation from all corners of the academic community. Successful applicants will receive up to $1,000 USD to cover travel and lodging expenses in Evanston, IL.
Priority application deadline: May 15, 2024.
Decisions will be sent by June 15, 2024.
TIME Thursday, August 15, 2024
LOCATION Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center map it
CONTACT Dongyang Li lidongyang@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science