Innovate x LA – CEE’s Das Family Competition 2024
Step into the world of creative problem solving with the second annual Das Family Innovate x LA Competition, presented by USC CEE alums Kelly and Santanu Das
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Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Media Coverage
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C-Span: Aviation Safety Specialists Testify on Boeing Safety Culture
Safety expert Najm Meshkati was called to testify in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
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NPR: A robot dog is training on Earth to be able to go to space one day
Weekend Edition featured research led by Feifei Qian’s lab.
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Andrea Hodge and Gaurav Sukhatme Elected 2023 AAAS Fellows
Hodge and Sukhatme join more than 40 USC peers previously inducted to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a distinguished lifetime honor
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Paul Newton Named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow
Viterbi AME Professor, Paul Newton, will use the fellowship to investigate cancer models
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CNN: 5 ways the Columbia disaster changed spaceflight forever
Professor Garrett Reisman, a former astronaut, discussed how he spent part of his career in connection with the families who lost loved ones on the Challenger disaster.
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Venturebeat: USC Games Expo returns to campus on May 7 with over 60 games
The annual Games expo showcasing student games was highlighted
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BBC: Engineers train dog to walk on the moon
Research by Feifei Qian and colleagues was featured.
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VNN: Viterbi News Now – Episode 67
This Week on VNN: USC Viterbi researchers embark on a new initiative to revolutionize tissue engineering, USC Viterbi alumnus Adithya Bellathur encourages new guitarists and musicians with “Notey’s World” app, we’re highlighting how the USC Viterbi Startup Garage empowers startups to break new ground in technology, and USC Viterbi’s David Barnhart is featured on spacenews.com discussing the evolving role of AI in long-distance space missions.
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CBS News: Fung Finds a New Life from “Swim with Mike”
USC Viterbi data science master’s student Natalie Fung was interviewed about how she persevered after an accident and how the Swim with Mike scholarship allowed her to attend graduate school.
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CNET: Hallucinations: Why AI Makes Stuff Up, and What’s Being Done About It
Professor Swayamdipta explained AI hallucinations and suggested the implementation of standards to address them.
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CBS News: NASA, USC robotics team for space exploration program
Feifei Qian and undergraduate student Ethan Fulcher were interviewed about developing robots that can work on various surfaces
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ABC News: What’s after AI? The next watershed technology could be quantum computing
Daniel Lidar was interviewed about the growth and potential impact of quantum computing
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WIRED: 8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI
Alumni Ashish Vaswani and Niki Parmar were highlighted in an article that highlighted the authors of “Attention Is All You Need”
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Fortune: White House and Gretchen Whitmer to buy a nuclear power plant
Najm Meshkati was interviewed about changing sentiment towards nuclear energy and the importance of plant safety
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The Wall Street Journal: ‘Saving Michelangelo’s Dome’ Review: Looking Up in Rome
A book review of Saving Michelangelo’s Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution, noted author Wayne Kalayjian is a civil engineer who lectures at USC.
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USC Institute for Creative Technologies: The Email Which Changed My Life
An essay from Jacki Morie, one of the founding research scientists of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies from 1999 to 2013.
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VNN: Viterbi News Now – Episode 66
This Week On VNN: USC’s new IBM Quantum Innovation Center, USC Viterbi Prof. Elisabeth Arnold Weiss’ class envisions the future of the LA Memorial Coliseum, Johannes Royset joins USC Viterbi bringing expertise in operations and optimization, Xiang Ren honored as one of MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 for the Asia-Pacific Region.
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Corriere Del Serra/The Evening Standard: Smog, the effects of the war in Ukraine
Research by Constantinos Sioutas and colleagues showing how air pollution increased in Milan increased as a result of the war in Ukraine was featured
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NPR: Just because your favorite singer is dead doesn’t mean you can’t see them ‘live’
Paul Debevec corrects the record on what constitutes a hologram
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Space News: Space loves AI, AI doesn’t love Space
David Barnhart was interviewed about the role of AI for long-distance missions.
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USC News: USC opens first IBM Quantum Innovation Center on the West Coast
The new center will be directed by Daniel Lidar, and boosts USC Viterbi and USC Dornsife researchers’ opportunities for conducting quantum research.
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VNN: Viterbi News Now- Episode 65
This Week on VNN: Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Viterbi naming; meet Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz, a new Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at USC Viterbi; congratulations to @nsbe_usc for winning the Chapter of the Region Award for Region 6; The USC Games program is celebrating women and individuals who identify as non-binary in the gaming industry at the recent Women in Games NOW event.
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USC names 7 faculty members University – and Distinguished Professors, 3 with USC Viterbi appointments
Petros Ioannou, Peter Kuhn, and Surya Prakash are among the faculty selected for their research leadership.
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Fox 11: Historic Moon Landing
Garrett Reisman was interviewed about United States’ first return to the moon since 1972.
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Federal Aviation Administration: Review Panel’s Final Report on Organization Designation Authorizations for the Design and Production of Airplanes
Najm Meshkati served on a panel to inform regulatory oversight, safety culture, safety management systems, and human-systems integration related to aviation.
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USC News: First NEMO Prizes fund research partnerships at the intersection of health and engineering
Eun Ji Chung, Wade Hsu, and John Oghalai are co-recipients of the university’s first NEMO Prizes
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Scientific American: Scientists Are Putting ChatGPT Brains Inside Robot Bodies
Jesse Thomason of USC Viterbi and PhD student, Ishika Singh, were highlighted for their work to help robots complete real-world tasks.
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Sustainability Next: AI Can Reduce Poaching, Help Conservation
Bistra Dilkina was interviewed about her use of AI to predict sea-level rise, protect biodiversity and prevent poaching
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BBC: Film and Representation
Shri Narayanan was interviewed about USC SAIL’s AI-based text and language analysis of media representation and portrayals.
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VNN: Viterbi News Now – Episode 64
This week on VNN: Happy 15th birthday to the Grand Challenges Scholars Program. Researchers from three USC schools, including USC Viterbi, collaborate to reimagine the LA River. USC Viterbi is playing an important role in two groundbreaking initiatives shaping the future through innovation and sustainability. USC and MIT researchers unveil a new wearable ultrasound prototype helping people at risk of liver failure.
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USC Viterbi’s Shri Narayanan Named USC Vice President for Presidential Initiatives
Professor Narayanan will focus on bringing together President Folt’s “moonshots” and expanding their reach.
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How We Built the Holodeck – Minus the Parts that Break the Laws of Physics
ICT Origin Story
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VNN: Viterbi News Now – Episode 63
This week on VNN: USC launches new School of Advanced Computing with Gaurav Sukhatme as director, this #blackhistorymonth we honor John Brooks Slaughter’s legacy through Leadership in DEI Conference, Trojans share engineering innovations using #TrojanEngineeringIdeas, and USC is turning sci-fi into reality thanks to the International Conference on Holodecks.
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Linkedin News: Important Factors to Consider When Selecting a College
SK Gupta wrote a column for Linkedin stating that entrepreneurship, network, global perspective and convergence are key attributes that university students should seek.
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Department of Commmerce: Biden-Harris Administration Announces First-Ever Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety
USC was announced as an inaugural member of a new DOC consortium dedicated to AI safety; Yolanda Gil will lead the effort from USC
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Department of Energy: U.S. Department of Energy Announces $20 Million to 16 Projects Spearheading Exploration of Geologic Hydrogen
USC has been selected to receive $1M in federal funding to explore potential of geologic hydrogen
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Economic Times: Using AI tools, we are exploring if linguistic ability can mediate cognitive decline
Shri Narayanan spoke with ET Healthworld about USC health research collaborations in India involving AI tools as well as other opportunities for AI in health
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Financial Express: USC Viterbi claims to address demand for tech-integrated professionals
Dean Yortsos was interviewed about USC’s Frontiers of Computing Initiative and opportunities presented at USC Viterbi
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LAist: Laurel Canyon Continues To Be A Sore Spot When It Rains
CEE Professor Amy Rechenmacher explains why canyons are vulnerable during storms
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CNN Espanol: Hundreds of mudslides affect the Los Angeles area, how are these phenomena created?
CEE Professor Amy Rechenmacher gave an interview about how landslide occur
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‘A powerhouse director for a powerhouse school’: USC celebrates inauguration of School of Advanced Computing director
Professor Gaurav Sukhatme, “a thoughtful and responsible innovator,” was installed as the inaugural director of the university’s 23rd school during a Wednesday ceremony on the University Park Campus.
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Wall Street Journal: Tokyo Plane Crash Investigators Zone In on Human Error and a Missed Warning
Najmedin Meshkati was interviewed about an increase in runway incursions
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Times of India: India is Independently Growing Research Areas
A Q&A with President Carol Folt mentioned her role in the AAU, Viterbi’s gender parity at the undergraduate level, scholarships for international students and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos’ involvement on the AAU India Task Force.
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Manufacturing Today : Pioneering AI Mastery for Industry 5.0 Manufacturing
SK Gupta was interviewed about opportunities for students to learn about manufacturing and the future of the industry
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USC Launches School of Advanced Computing
Gaurav Sukhatme has been appointed the school’s inaugural director for the “school within a school”
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Forbes: Embracing The Future With Quantum Computing In Higher Education
Quantum computing expert Daniel Lidar is quoted in this opinion piece.
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VentureBeat: Why LLMs are vulnerable to the ‘butterfly effect’
Research by Fred Morstatter and Abel Salinas regarding how prompts can change how data is labeled, was featured
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TED.com: AI Could Increase Equality — If We Design It Right: Phebe Vayanos
Phebe Vayanos presented a talk at TED AI, sharing her research into AI that improves the system for matching people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles with scarce housing resources.
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BUSINESSWORLD: Future-Ready Graduates: USC Leaders’ Vision For Navigating The Tech Landscape
Dean Yortsos and Executive Vice Dean Sukahatme were interviewed about opportunities for USC students in research, AI presented through the School of Advanced Computing.
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IMS Imprints: Jong-Shi Pang: Navigating the Complex Terrain of Optimization
IMS Imprints profiled the Epstein Family Chair and Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, who is an international leader in the field of operations research, optimization, and applied mathematics.
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Imperial College London: Phebe Vayanos Wins Emerging Leader Alumni Award from Imperial College London
Vayanos harnesses artificial intelligence and operations research to solve critical challenges and improve the world.
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ASEE Prism: Learning for Life
The ETHOS Project in the Engineering in Society Program was featured.
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The Conversation: ChatGPT and its AI chatbot cousins ruled 2023: 4 essential reads that puncture the hype
Mayank Kejriwal was referenced for his analysis of the performance of large language models
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Yahoo!: State aims to outlaw common landscaping tactic
Adam Smith was quoted about PFAS or forever chemicals in synthetic turf and the potential harm to human health.
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Washington Post: John Brooks Slaughter, trailblazing leader
In an obituary for Dr. John Brooks Slaughter, the naming of the Center for Engineering Diversity in his honor, was mentioned.
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NPR: AI has become a tool in climate in search for climate solutions
Yolanda Gil was interviewed about her work with using AI for controlled burns and preventing wildfire.
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Hindustan Times: USC Viterbi School of Engineering Unveiled: A conversation with Professor Gaurav Sukhatme
Executive Vice Dean Gaurav Sukhatme was interviewed about the opportunities at USC Viterbi for international students including in AI, robotics and space.
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AI tool could increase the number of people exiting homelessness, reduce racial bias in services
Research by the Center for AI in Society was featured.
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USC News: NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone visits USC
General Paul M. Nakasone, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service; and USC Trojan, visited USC Viterbi last week for ‘fireside chat” with Vice Dean Andrea Belz and a discussion with students as part of his larger visit to campus
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VNN : Viterbi News Now – Episode 62
In this episode: Tina Isaris Nauman endows a scholarship in the name of USC Viterbi Dean Yortsos and his wife, Sheryl. The amazing story of BME student Holly Rose, who faced her own challenges and gives back — students making air travel safer, and CAM Director SK Gupta writes in Forbes on the idea of digital twins.
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Google: Using AI to study demographic representation in Indian TV
Shri Narayanan’s SAIL lab partnered with Google and The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association on multi-media intelligence research related to representation in Indian media
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ABC7: Examining the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence
Dean Yortsos was interviewed by Marc Brown of Eyewitness Newsmakers for this in-depth news show.
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ABC (Australia): The significance of the SpaceX rocket failure
Garrett Reisman was interviewed about the recent launches by SpaceX and the learnings from these launches.
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USA Today: Repairs to the I-10
Bora Gencturk was interviewed by this outlet and local news about the state of the I-10 infrastructure.
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The Conversation: What is Quantum Advantage?
Daniel Lidar contributed a piece explaining the technology and its potential impact. The column appeared in multiple outlets.
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VNN : Viterbi News Now – Episode 61
This Week on VNN: We honor our nation’s veterans with three stories on the Viterbi homepage, a love story about two Viterbi alumni, computer science professor Barath Raghavan writes an article for IEEE on cloud privacy and security, and two Viterbi alumni create a startup named Sift.
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IEEE Spectrum : A Bold New Plan for Preserving Online Privacy and Security
Barath Raghavan, an associate professor in computer science, proposes a plan to take cloud security into our own hands by decoupling our identities from our data.
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VNN : Viterbi News Now – Episode 60
USC Viterbi’s Neil Siegel receives a National Medal of Technology and Innovation medal, Viterbi celebrates Halloween, The K-12 STEM Center receives the Global Engineering Dean’s Council award, Viterbi alum and Hydroplane CEO, Dr. Anita Sengupta honored with the Minority Emerging Technology and Industries Firm of the Year Award 2023.
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NCWIT : Meet NCWIT’s First DoD STEM Ambassador
Darin Gray was featured as he was recently selected as a Department of Defense STEM Ambassador.
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U.S. News: High-Tech ‘Home Simulations’ Could Help Fight Hoarding
Skip Rizzo from ICT was interviewed about a virtual reality program aimed at helping hoarders clear their clutter that also helps with exposure therapy.
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Times of India: Becoming Experts in AI
Executive Vice Dean Gaurav Sukhatme was interviewed by the Indian publication, Times of India, about the future of AI and opportunities for students
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VNN : Viterbi News Now- Episode 59
This week on VNN: Recap of the Sustainability Solutions Conference w/ USC Price; Dean Yortsos receives Chairman Award from GMIS and HENAAC; Stayce Harris as a new USC trustee and Phebe Vayanos talk at TED AI 2023
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The Atlantic: America Is About to See Way More Driverless Cars
Rahul Jain was interviewed about the difficulty of autonomous vehicles driving in SF compared to other cities.
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CalMatters: California moves to restrict synthetic turf over health concerns
Professor Smith discussed how synthetic grass contains chemicals that may be harmful.
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USC News: USC Viterbi and USC Price Host Solutions for a Sustainable Future Conference
Co-hosted by the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Sol Price School of Public Policy, the event brought together leading experts to address three aspects of climate change: energy and technology, food and water, and human behavior.
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ISE Magazine: Tackling Crime as a Systems Problem
Ibrahim Raji and Ali Abbas discuss how systems engineering and data analysis can be harnessed to address crime.
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VNN : Viterbi News Now – Episode 58
This week on Viterbi News Now: An alum spotlight on Rusty Jehangir’s startup Blue Robotics, Lives Not Grades goes to Romania, Justin Walsh’s Space Archeology Project, and the USC Center for Research in Space Technologies hosts a space advisory board meeting.
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NPR: New proteins, better batteries: Scientists are using AI to speed up discoveries
Yolanda Gil was interviewed about AI’s potential to advance scientific research
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VNN : Viterbi News Now: Episode 57
This week on Viterbi News Now: CS Prof Saty Raghavachary, SWE and Peaks and Professors team up for an area hike; Prof Swabha Swayamdipta receives the Intel Rising Star Faculty Award; USC Viterbi welcomes Fullbright Award students; and Mahdi Soltanolkotabi receives a NIH Innovator Award!
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VNN : Viterbi News Now Episode 56
This Week on Viterbi News Now: USC Viterbi Sophomore David Sztajnbok receives AIAA Award, DEN@Viterbi celebrates 50th anniversary, The Viterbi Startup Garage’s first space cohort, and NSF selects USC Viterbi team for new materials research.
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VNN : Viterbi News Now Episode 55
This Week on Viterbi News Now: DOD Microelectronic Commons, the John Brooks Slaughter Center for Engineering Diversity, ISI’’s new social media series, rising seas of port cities and potential global consequences #research #DEI #innovation #chips #climate
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USC News: USC selected by Department of Defense for Microelectronics Commons hub
The university will lead one of eight regional innovation hubs funded by the CHIPS and Science Act.
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VNN : Viterbi News Now Episode 54
This week on Viterbi News Now: The naming event for the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science; Forbes ranks CS among “The Best Online Master’s in Computer Science Degree Programs” in the nation; a spotlight on the Viterbi Startup Garage featuring startup, SoFiit — Mork Professor Luis Francisco Villalobos tackles climate change with new technology; and alumnus Tim Ellis speaks to the @WashingtonPost about @RelativitySpace and LA’s appeal to companies.
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Business World: Innovation & Ingenuity: From Start-ups to Academia
Shri Narayanan, Yasser Khan and their students and alumni talked about impactful research taking place at USC Viterbi.
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The Economist: Could AI transform science itself?
Yolanda Gil tells The Economist that cross-disciplinary research will become more common due to AI
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VNN: Viterbi News Now Episode 53
The Get Connected Fair, alumnus Ricardo Valerdi leverages sports to get students excited about STEM, a new TIE series, and a new sensors designed by Hangbo Zhao and colleagues are inspired by origami
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BBC: Let’s Go Back to the Moon
Prof Garrett Reisman and former NASA commented on whether this is truly a “space race.”
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CNN18: Billion Salute ISRO Minds
Professor Garrett Reisman discusses India’s successful rover landing on the South Pole of the moon.
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Los Angeles Times: Fire Helicopter Lacked Collision Avoidance System
Jack Cress of Aviation Safety and Security Program was interviewed as to why a recent crash may have occurred.
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LA Business Journal: Futureverse: Blockchain Bosses
Ralph Lin of the TIE Office was quoted about how tech companies grow.
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VNN : Viterbi News Now Episode 52
This week on Viterbi News Now as we embark on a new school year we’re telling you how to get involved in clubs and organizations at Viterbi, get ready for three new labs at The USC Institute for Creative Technologies, an alumni spotlight on Aaron McCloud, Professor David Gerber discusses technology and AI in construction in The New York Times.
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The New York Times: Why Didn’t Hawaii Evacuate Sooner During the Fires?
Professor Synolakis penned a second piece on the tragedy in Hawaii.
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The New York Times: A.I. Can’t Build a High-Rise, but It Can Speed Up the Job
David Gerber was quoted about the technology adoption in the construction industry.
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Forbes: How Robot Use In Manufacturing Can Impact Environmental Sustainability
SK Gupta contributed a piece that includes “guidelines to fully exploit the sustainability benefits of robotic automation.”
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INSIDER: The internet just went on a wild quest that could result in floating trains and cheap EV
Masoud Pedram was quoted about the potential impact that room-temp superconductors could have on medical imaging.
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Wall Street Journal: The Fire in Maui and the Lessons of Greece
Costas Synolakis penned a piece that shows the differences in emergency responses which had tragic consequences.
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LA Times: These family robots can play trivia and act as security. Can they cure loneliness?
Maja Matarić was interviewed about the potential for socially assistive robotics
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WIRED Middle East: Robots are teaching other robots to learn more stuff
New research by Laurent Itti and Ph.D. student Yunhao Ge was featured.
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CalMatters: Don’t call it ‘toilet to tap’
Daniel McCurry weighed in on the safety of drinking treated water