March 2021 - Gradstudents - mailman.cs.vt.edu

CS Grad Seminar this week: Monday at 9:30
by Cal Ribbens 14 Mar '21

14 Mar '21

Just one talk this week. Monday at 9:30: Junjie Hu, PhD CMU "Towards Robust Multilingual NLP" https://cs.vt.edu/News/Seminars/JunjieHu.html https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/82213113710?pwd=QUhodnNxMmg0UllJN0wweWRPbmxQ… Dr. R. -- Head, Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech https://cs.vt.edu/People/Faculty/cal-ribbens.html https://twitter.com/CalRibbens_VTCS

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Summer Research Opportunity in Dept. of Statistics
by Bo Ji 13 Mar '21

13 Mar '21

Dear all, One or two summer research internships are available for graduate students during Summer 2021 (May 10 - Aug 10), working with Dr. Hongxiao Zhu in the department of Statistics. Please see attached a brief description and contact Dr. Zhu (hongxiao(a)vt.edu) directly if you are interested. Best regards, Bo

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CS|Source Announcement
by Julia Costello 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Hi CS Students, ECE is seeking a master's student for a part-time web app development project. Send resume to Dr. Sook Shin Ha, sook(a)vt.edu <mailto:sook@vt.edu> by Wednesday, March 17 or sooner. Flyer attached with more details. View other positions in Handshake <https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html> . Julia Costello Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 540.250.6121 | <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu CS|Source Website: <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html CS|Source Portal: <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu CS|Source Portal Auto Emails From: <mailto:cs-source@cssource.cs.vt.edu> cs-source(a)cssource.cs.vt.edu

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Grady Booch speaking to CS 4704 class on March 15
by Cal Ribbens 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

CS Grad Students, We have an unusual opportunity to hear from one of the most influential software engineers of our time. Grady Booch has agreed to join our senior level software engineering capstone class at 7:00 pm on Monday, the 15th, to share his thoughts on software architecture. CS faculty and students are invited to join the presentation: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/87046365680?pwd=MEhxQnpCcmVLSnBwRnhEZTJUR1Vi… Announcement here: https://cs.vt.edu/News/Seminars/GradyBooch.html Dr. Ribbens -- Head, Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech https://cs.vt.edu/People/Faculty/cal-ribbens.html https://twitter.com/CalRibbens_VTCS

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Fwd: 3/19 lecture on robust point-set registration (Cindy Orozco Bohorquez, Stanford University)
by Liqing Zhang 09 Mar '21

09 Mar '21

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Friday, March 19, Cindy Orozco Bohorquez (Stanford University) will be delivering a seminar on point set registration that will be jointly hosted by the Mathematics Department Colloquium and SURE Speaker Series <https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/bepur-math-2984/external-speakers> (funded by MAA). Cindy is aiming to make the first part of the talk really accessible to undergraduates, and immediately following the lecture she has agreed to spend half an hour for an informal discussion with students. *Speaker:* Cindy Orozco Bohorquez (Stanford University) *Title: *Understanding robustness of point-set registration on the n-sphere *Schedule:* Fri. Mar. 19, 4-5 pm lecture and Q&A, hosted jointly by the SURE Speaker Series and Department of Mathematics Colloquium Fri. Mar. 19, 5-5:30 pm informal discussion between speaker and students (undergrads especially encouraged to join!) *Abstract: * Point-set registration is a classical image processing problem that looks for the optimal transformation between two sets of points. It is used in satellite communication and reconstruction of objects in computer graphics. One of its biggest challenges is the noise associated with each dataset, which can vary between precision error up to total corruption of portions of the dataset. In this work, our motivation is to understand the recovery power of different loss functions when the data has a large proportion of outliers. We focus on recovering the optimal rotation between two point-clouds that belong to a n-dimensional sphere. In this talk, we will first discuss why traditional approaches using linear algebra fail in recovering the ground truth rotation. After, we will discuss how using least-unsquared loss solves these challenges if the right domain of optimization is chosen. As a result, we will demonstrate, under a specific probabilistic model, that least-unsquared loss makes exact recovery possible regardless of the corruption level and the optimization algorithm if we have enough samples. *Speaker Bio:* Cindy is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) at Stanford. Her work combines modern tools of data analysis and optimization with traditional numerical analysis results. Cindy has taught data science and high performance computing to a broad audience, including high school students from all parts of Colombia in a program called Clubes de Ciencia, as well as Silicon Valley engineers and managers in the ICME Summer workshops. She is originally from Colombia, where she did a bachelor's in civil engineering and mathematics at Universidad de los Andes, and she also hold a master's in applied mathematics from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in Saudi Arabia. Cindy is also one of the cofounders of WiMSCE: Women in Mathematics, Statistics and Computational Engineering at Stanford, a graduate student group that brings together people from different departments with the goal of creating a community and learning about challenges and perspectives from women in these fields. *Zoom info: * *Zoom Link:* https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/86143506658?pwd=S09GazJyYktUcDViTGdLRGIwTTRQ… (Links to an external site.) <https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/86143506658?pwd=S09GazJyYktUcDViTGdLRGIwTTRQ…> *Zoom Meeting ID:* 861 4350 6658 *Zoom Passcode:* MATH -- Dr. Eileen R. Martin (she/her) Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Computational Modeling and Data Analytics (CMDA) Virginia Tech 474 McBryde Hall 225 Stanger St. Blacksburg, VA 24060 website: https://eileenrmartin.github.io/ -- Liqing

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Planning to Complete Your Degree in Spring 21? Read me, please.
by Trey Mayo 09 Mar '21

09 Mar '21

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Hume Seminar 3/10 @ 5p: Resume Review. Re-Zoom. Repeat.
by Julia Costello 09 Mar '21

09 Mar '21

Learn from ManTech International Corp on taking next steps to be successful at building your virtual network and brand. During the 2nd hour of this session, the speakers will enter breakout rooms for individual resume review. If you would like to participate, please submit your resume during registration. Hume Seminar Series: Wednesday, March 10, 5p-7p Register here: <https://forms.gle/SghoHMPTn3umx6Dg6> https://forms.gle/SghoHMPTn3umx6Dg6 Colleen Bartos Outreach Coordinator & Project Manager Hume Center for National Security and Technology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1311 Research Center Drive, Suite 1052 (MC 0713) | Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 P: 540.231.8524 Pronouns: she, her, hers (What’s this? <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why> ) <http://www.hume.vt.edu/> http://www.hume.vt.edu/

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Summer 2021 Registration
by Trey Mayo 09 Mar '21

09 Mar '21

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CS|Source Announcements
by Julia Costello 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

Hi CS Students, Please find opportunities with employers listed below. View other positions in <https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html> Handshake. Announcement #1 Lockheed Martin hosts, A Women's View of Lockheed Martin, on Thursday, March 11, 6-7:30pm. Attached flyer with links. Announcement #2 Virginia Tech Union is seeking a 2021-2022 Director of Data and Web Design Application. Application for role: <https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/submitter/form/start/470681> https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/submitter/form/start/470681. Application opens March 15, 8am - March 26, 11:45pm. Email Connor Bartal at <mailto:cbartal@vt.edu> cbartal(a)vt.edu. More details attached. Announcement #3 Applications sought for Workforce Development Programs available through the Hume Center for National Security and Technology for the 2021-2022 academic year. All applications must be submitted by the end of the day on Wednesday, March 31. To apply: Click Here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc972Y8Mq9zTfdORpuuWtZSGpJoR_BQJsE L-Bhamv0OedRg1Q/viewform> . Flyer attached. Julia Costello Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 540.250.6121 | <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu CS|Source Website: <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html CS|Source Portal: <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu CS|Source Portal Auto Emails From: <mailto:cs-source@cssource.cs.vt.edu> cs-source(a)cssource.cs.vt.edu

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CS Lightning Talks 2021 Survey
by elhamod＠vt.edu 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

I've invited you to fill out the following form: CS Lightning Talks 2021 Survey To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaGStHA8SFOSHiKEHWdDX8MA8QeMrbIXE… I've invited you to fill out a form: Google Forms: Create and analyze surveys.

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