Solving The Space Dilemma
USC ISI researchers are building tools to solve safety problems in space operations, and creating test beds to simulate cyberattacks in space
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A Spotlight on Engineering Excellence
The 45th annual Viterbi Awards celebrated major USC Viterbi anniversaries and milestones
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Removing the “Hell of Paperwork:” AI Helps Truckers, Manufacturers Come Together
Loop, a Chicago-based startup co-founded by USC Viterbi alumnus Matt McKinney, leverages AI to digitize shipment data, for the benefit of manufacturers and freight companies
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USC and Capital One Establish New Center for Responsible AI in Finance
Housed under the USC School of Advanced Computing, the center aims to advance responsible AI for financial services
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Sophomores Outshine Global Competitors in Adobe Analytics Challenge
USC undergraduates competed against teams of graduate students to become the youngest team ever to make the finals of this prestigious competition.
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Unlocking the Road Ahead: Exploring the Challenges and Visions of Autonomous Vehicles
A Glimpse into the USC Center for Autonomy and AI’s Efforts
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USC Viterbi School and School of Advanced Computing Announce Keynote Speakers for 2024 Satellite Commencement Ceremonies
Over 4,300 engineering students expected to participate in ceremonies.
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ISI Researchers Pioneer Developments In Protein Data Bank
ISI researchers are part of a core team developing the PDB-Dev repository, initiated by the Protein Data Bank, a foundational repository for macromolecular structures
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Device designed at USC aims to provide warnings of super-silent heart attacks
AI-informed platform could increase chance of survival
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USC Researchers are Developing AI-Enhanced Safety Inspections for Nuclear Waste
Researchers in the USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering are tackling one of the most complex problems facing the U.S. Department of Energy: how to safely handle and store “spent” nuclear fuel.
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The Rotisserie-Inspired Device That Could Revolutionize Cancer Surgery
USC Viterbi biomedical engineers have built an imaging device that harnesses nanoparticles to ensure a tumor has been entirely removed.
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Teaching robots to walk on the moon, and maybe rescue one another
USC, UPenn, Texas A&M, Oregon State, Georgia Tech, Temple University, and NASA Johnson Space Center are teaching dog-like robots to navigate craters of the moon and other challenging planetary surfaces in research funded by NASA.
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Associate Professor Kelly Sanders to Advise the White House on Clean Energy Policy
Sanders has been appointed 2024 Assistant Director for Energy Systems Innovation at the White House.
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ISI Executive Director Emeritus Herb Schorr: A Career Celebration
Past and present USC Viterbi notables gathered to remember the work of an admired visionary.
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The Future of Health Research and Innovation at Grodins Symposium
The 26th annual showcase featured the latest student research from the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering.
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Could Computer Science Aid the Next Jimi Hendrix?
With award-winning music education app ‘Notey’s World,’ Adithya Bellathur and a team of USC alumni seek to encourage new guitarists and musicians.
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A Green Light to Build Muscle Cells on Command
USC Viterbi and Keck USC researchers, aided by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant, seek to control how cells grow into tissue, with game-changing applications in neuromuscular diseases and more.
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Greatness and Gratitude
USC Viterbi celebrated academic excellence and the power of giving back at its annual Scholarship and Fellowship Dinner
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USC Viterbi Strengthens Energy Transition Research with New Donald L. Paul Chair in Energy and Technology Management
Gift from Donald Paul, energy pioneer and USC Keck Professor of Energy Resources, creates a new USC endowed chair on sustainable energy transition
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USC CREATE, Established in the Wake of 9/11, Announces its 20th Anniversary Symposium
The symposium, headlined by Michael Chertoff, former U.S. secretary of homeland security, highlights two decades of work in security, risk and economic analysis.
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The USC Viterbi Startup Garage: Fostering the Next Wave of Tech Innovators
The Hub for Creativity and Entrepreneurship – How VSG is Empowering Startups to Break New Ground in Technology
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From Biology to Batteries: Professor Krishna Garikipati is Changing the Way we Use AI to Predict Patterns
The USC Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering welcomes Professor Krishna Garikipati, a leader in the field of computational mechanics.
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Listening to Classical Music is Nice, But What About Visualizing it Come Alive?
Ethan Soo, a USC Viterbi senior, innovates with Meli, a VR experience that “blends music conducting with a splash of magical wizardry.”
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California Has Microelectronics DREAMS
USC is tapped to lead the Defense Ready Electronics and Microdevices Superhub of Southern California.
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To “Howdy,” or Not to “Howdy,” That Is the Question
USC researchers explore the impact of prompt design on large language model performance.
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What Are The Opportunities Presented by Quantum Computing?
USC ISI research teams to devise tests for quantum computers to inform DOD investment
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Could Algorithms Help Us Make Better Choices in Uncertain Times?
Johannes Royset joins USC Viterbi, bringing expertise in operations and optimization and a background in naval applications.
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Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Viterbi Naming
Two decades ago, Andrew and Erna Viterbi made a generous gift to name the school, propelling it to an exciting and uplifting trajectory
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How Online Echo Chambers Make Eating Disorders Worse
USC researchers uncover social media’s “vicious cycle” that traps vulnerable populations within pro-anorexia communities.
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USC Research at AAAI 2024
From public health insights to busting bias in machine learning, discover USC researchers’ groundbreaking artificial intelligence work at AAAI 2024
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From Drug-Detection to Eco-Entrepreneurship: Introducing Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz
Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz brings a wealth of experience to her role as assistant professor at USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
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New Chip Design to Enable Arbitrarily High Precision with Analog Memories
Paper in Science published by team led by J. Joshua Yang of USC shows high-precision computing achieved with low-precision devices.
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USC Viterbi Announces Participation in Department of Commerce Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety
USC will be one of approximately 30 universities helping to advance the development and deployment of safe, trustworthy AI under a new U.S. Government Safety Institute
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Could AI Help Us Prepare for the Next Pandemic?
Computer science doctoral student Elizabeth Ondula leverages AI to enhance pandemic response strategies
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How to Build Your Own Robot Friend: Making AI Education More Accessible
USC researchers develop new open-source platform to help students build their own low-cost robot companion from scratch
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Ready for Takeoff: USC Viterbi Aviation Safety and Security Program Rolls Out New Course Based on Emotional Intelligence
Students learn to promote safety and resilience in organizations through a mix of theoretical modules and hands-on exercises
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Diversifying Data to Beat Bias in AI
USC researchers propose a novel approach to mitigate bias in machine learning model training
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Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) Turns 15
Annual meeting celebrates the successes and future of the now global humanitarian engineering program
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A voice in public policies
From biotech to misinformation, some of today’s biggest policy challenges are informed by researchers at ISI.
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Mitul Luhar joins the National Academies’ New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Luhar will be part of the 2024-26 cohort of 26 outstanding early and mid-career scientists, engineers and medical professionals selected by National Academies.
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Does AI understand common sense?
ISI researchers dive deep into evaluating how well language models can reason about our everyday world.
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USC Viterbi & India: Accelerating A Strong Partnership
A USC Viterbi delegation accompanied USC leaders to further highlight and multiply the ties between USC Viterbi and India
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Shri Narayanan Honored With Awards From IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Signal Processing Society
Receives McCluskey, Shannon-Nyquist technical achievement awards for work related to speech, language, multimedia and affective computing.
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Advancing Excellence and Equity in Engineering Education
USC Viterbi’s inaugural John Brooks Slaughter Leadership in Engineering DEI Summit brought together leaders from across the country to discuss how an infusion of diversity, equity and inclusion could improve AI, health, games, and the overall student experience
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New Algorithm Disentangles Intrinsic Brain Patterns From Sensory Inputs
Shanechi and her team unmask consistent intrinsic brain patterns across different subjects.
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New Prototype for Wearable Ultrasound Device to Measure Stiffness Changes in Deep Organs
The device, developed by USC and MIT researchers, could be used to help monitor for prevention of acute liver failure
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AI Platform to Revolutionize the Discovery of the Materials of the Future
The $2 million NSF project will harness AI to generate new optimized superalloys for game-changing applications from aerospace to healthcare.
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Nanoparticles “Hitchhike” on Immune Cells to Catch Cancer Metastasis Early
USC Viterbi researchers have designed particles that can light up the lymph node cancer cells otherwise undetectable by MRI.
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Three USC Schools Collaborate to Reimagine the LA River
Researchers in landscape architecture, fluid mechanics and augmented reality have created an interactive hydraulic model installed alongside the Los Angeles River.
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Narayanan, Pedram, Medioni Named 2023 Fellows of Association for Computing Machinery
They’re among 68 ACM fellows honored for “transformative contributions to computing science and technology.”
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Xiang Ren Honored as one of MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 for the Asia-Pacific Region
A pioneer in Natural Language Processing, he advances AI’s ability to communicate with humans
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Looking Back on the Incredible Undertakings of AI4Health in 2023
The Center on AI Research for Health debuted projects on radiation oncology, neurodegenerative diseases and mental health
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International Conference on Holodecks: Five Key Takeaways
Immersive technology researchers at USC and beyond are bringing us one step closer to making Star Trek-like holodecks a reality.
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Joshua Yang Secures Center of Excellence for Work on Neuromorphic Computing
USC will lead Air Force-funded Center that includes four other universities.
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Being There
While his friends went to high school football games, biomedical engineering student Dominic De La Torre cared for his ailing grandmother. He has no regrets.
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Three USC Viterbi Researchers Named IEEE Fellows for 2024
ISI’s Terry Benzel, ECE’s Mike Shuo-Wei Chen and Maryam Shanechi, are honored for their contributions.
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Trojan Photons: Trapping Light in Nowhere Land using Lagrange points
Article in Nature Physics shows the utility of Lagrange points in guiding light.
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Eun Sok Kim, Chongwu Zhou Elected National Academy of Inventors Fellows
The Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering professors are among 162 inductees in the class of 2023
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Innovation and Imagination at the Annual AME Senior Design Project Showcase
Seniors in the USC Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering (AME) demo ingenious solutions to real-world engineering problems.
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Researcher Adam Simpson Exposes the Hidden Dangers of Processed Food
Having recently joined the USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil Engineering (CEE), Assistant Professor Adam Simpson advances a radical new approach to studying environmental contaminants.
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Behind the Scenes at a National Renewable Energy Laboratory Internship
Mechanical Engineering PhD student Morgan Jones reports on his experience at the leading government research lab.
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USC at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)
USC researchers will highlight 28 papers at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)
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Copy and Paste: New AI Tool Helps Computers Interpret the World
USC computer science researchers present new technique to “copy and paste” virtual 3D objects into real indoor scenes, improving how computers see and interpret the world
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Once is enough: Helping robots learn quickly in new environments
A new algorithm developed by USC computer science researchers shows that robots can, in computer simulations, learn tasks after a single demonstration
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New AI Algorithm Enables Advanced Real-Time Decoding for Neurotechnologies
Algorithm can enhance decoding accuracy of brain signals in real-time brain-computer interfaces.
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A Life Well Lived: John Brooks Slaughter, First Black NSF Director and USC Emeritus Professor, Dies at 89
The John Brooks Slaughter Center for Engineering Diversity stands as a testament to his commitment to excellence and equity.
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USC Rocket Propulsion Lab is Ready to Return to Space
The stellar USC Astronautics team has now set the record for the most powerful motor ever fired by a student group – so, what’s next?
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USC @ EMNLP 2023
USC researchers present papers at EMNLP 2023, one of the world’s top natural language processing conferences.
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AI can help journalists find diverse and original sources
ISI researchers are helping streamline reporters’ workflows with AI gadgets, including a source-recommendation engine.
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Cooling Down the Hot Takes on Twitch
USC computer scientists have developed a novel method of moderating toxic content on live-streaming platforms.
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The Los Angeles Interstate 10 Fire – a Concrete Specialist’s Perspective
Professor Bora Gencturk shares how high-performance building materials can mitigate the impact of urban disasters.
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New 4-Year Construction Project To Create an Open Cybersecurity Testbed: SPHERE
ISI researchers receive an $18 million National Science Foundation Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure-R1 award to transform and democratize access to cybersecurity and privacy research.
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Gratitude, Family and Legacy Celebrated in Sheryl and Yannis C. Yortsos Endowed Scholarship
USC Viterbi alum parent Tina Isaris-Nauman recently surprised Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and Sheryl Yortsos with a new scholarship created in their names.
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A New Toolkit for Teaching Green Technologies
The multi-disciplinary program, administered by USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE), is equipping students with the skills to tackle the climate crisis.
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Medical Wearables are All Sewn Up
Researchers in the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering use embroidery and lasers to create affordable, cutting-edge sensors for wearables and personalized healthcare.
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Illiuminating Cancer
Longwei Liu joins USC Viterbi and the Wang Lab to uncover the secret interactions between immune cells and cancer cells with the help of fluorescent trackers.
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Fulbright Scholars Forge Connections at USC Viterbi: Building a Community Away From Home
More than 60% of the USC Fulbright Students are from USC Viterbi.
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She Missed Over 200 Days of High School Due to Illness. It Never Stopped Her From Serving Others.
The first-year student’s experience with empathy and chronic pain shaped Holly Rose’s path to biomedical engineering.
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Too Close for Comfort: USC Viterbi Students Use AI to Prevent Aircraft Collisions
USC had two teams among top 10 finalists in national FAA Data Challenge 2023.
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Albert Dorman, Board of Councilors Member and One of Disneyland’s First Engineers, Dies at 97
Influential civil engineering alumnus was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and founding chairman of AECOM
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The Reach of Online Learning to Ensure Continuing Access to Education
USC Viterbi’s DEN program allows for continuity of engineering education for Astronautics Students in Ukraine and Women and Girls in Afghanistan
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New Robotic System Assesses Mobility After Stroke
A new robotic tool developed by a team of experts in computer science and biokinesiology could help stroke survivors more accurately track their recovery progress.
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Materials Discovery to Enable Computers that Think More Like Humans
New USC Viterbi-led research has uncovered a novel semiconductor with an unusual material property that can enable energy-efficient computing hardware that functions like the human brain.
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Putting Cancer Under A Bright Light
A new fluorescent probe illuminates protein clusters found in a subset of breast cancers.
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Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Receives $700,000 Air Force Grant for GPU Cluster
New GPU cluster will allow the next generation of students and researchers to investigate the world of AI and machine learning as part of USC Frontiers of Computing initiative.
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Balakrishnan Award Honors Legacy of Engineer Who Chose Math Over the Movies
Third ECE award goes to Washington University’s Xudong Chen.
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Anita Sengupta is on a Mission to Decarbonize Aviation
Hydroplane, founded by USC alum Anita Sengupta, receives Minority Emerging Technology and Industries Firm of the Year Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Iris Critchell, 102, Learned to Fly at USC. She Then Taught Hundreds of Others.
Competing in the 1936 Olympics, flying military planes in World War 2 – Critchell helped make aviation as safe as it is today.
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A Game-Changer in Combating Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces
How a Collaborative Effort at USC ICT Redefines Sexual Assault Training to Improve Victim Advocacy in the Military
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“Battle Buddy:” Revolutionizing Mental Health for Veterans
USC develops a non-judgmental, virtual companion who is available 24/7 to support veterans with mental health and suicide prevention
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Dean Yannis Yortsos Receives 2023 HENAAC Chairman’s Award for STEM Leadership
Dean Yortsos Recognized as a Visionary Leader and Advocate for Diversity in Engineering
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Big Tech Inventor Mobility Leads To Higher Productivity
USC ISI researchers have discovered that inventors who switch firms play key structural roles in innovation and produce more impactful patents after transition.
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USC SAIL Media Intelligence Research Recognized by U.K.’s Royal Historical Society
Interdisciplinary work receives 2023 Deswarte Prize in Digital History
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Finding Answers (About the Best Way to Find Answers)
USC computer scientists evaluate data representation methods for a number of applications.
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Speeding into a New Era of Hypersonic Flight
Assistant Professor Ivan Bermejo-Moreno receives a NASA Early Career Faculty Award for computational studies of hypersonic flight.
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The USC Viterbi K-12 STEM Center Receives Top Global Honor for Engineering Diversity
USC Viterbi K-12 STEM Center receives the 2023 Global Engineering Deans Diversity Award, having impacted tens of thousands of SoCal students.
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Hangbo Zhao Receives Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award
The highly competitive program supports outstanding early career researchers developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by the Navy and Marine Corps.
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Beneath the Waves
Rusty Jehangir empowers thousands to pursue underwater robotics and exploration with startup Blue Robotics
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The Evolution of Cities: AI Helps Map Madrid and More
A USC computer scientist presents data to understand the changing nature of cities and plan sustainable cities of the future.
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Stacey Finley Co-Chairs 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting
USC Viterbi research and thought leadership was highlighted in 25 research and panel sessions at the leading event for biomedical engineering research and innovation.