CCI Mini-Workshop on Distributed Systems and Networks

Monday, 2nd December, 2019
EEB 132
9 AM – 12.30 PM

CCI is pleased to host a mini-workshop on networks and distributed systems. The workshop will feature exciting talks from Viterbi faculty on relevant topics including distributed data storage, incentivization of data and networks, data breaches, and distributed machine learning.

Please join us on Monday, 2nd December, from 9 AM – 12.30 PM at EEB 132, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (UPC Campus).

AGENDA:

9 AM to 9:25 AM: Privacy-Utility Tradeoffs by Kostas PsounisProfessor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and (jointly) Computer Science Departments, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

9:25 AM to 9:50 AM: Concurrency and Privacy Challenges for Multi-hop Hash-time Lock Contracts by Srivatsan Ravi, Research Scientist, ISI

9:50 AM to 10:15 AM: Deconstructing Distributed Deep Learning by Leana Golubchik, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

10: 15 AM to 10: 40 AM: Data Store as a Service – A Response Time Approach by Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, Professor, Department of Computer Science, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

10: 40 AM to 11:00 AM: Coffee Break

11:00 AM to 11:25 AM: Anatomy of Data Breaches by Muhammad Naveed, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

11: 25 AM to 11:50 AM: Paying for Data and Networks by Bhaskar KrishnamachariDirector of Center for Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things (CCI)Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and (jointly) Computer Science Departments, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

11:50 AM to 12:15 PM: Democratizing Distributed Machine Learning by Murali Annavaram, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

12:15 PM: Closing Remarks

12:20 PM to 1:30 PM: Round-table Lunch for Faculty