RSS 2025 Marks Largest in History as Conference Returns to USC
USC faculty and students hosted the 21st Robotics: Science and System Conference, featuring world-class robotics labs, demos, workshops, and paper presentations.
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Analyzing How Americans Debate Abortion
ISI researchers show how liberals and conservatives use diverging frames to discuss abortion—with increasing hostility.
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Could Open-Source Medical Devices Transform Healthcare?
USC Viterbi researchers examine how an open-source approach is changing the game for the medical device sector, accelerating research and bringing benefits to patients.
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A Game-Changing Wireless Implant for Personalized Chronic Pain Relief
USC researchers have developed a groundbreaking ultrasound device that could reduce our reliance on addictive painkillers.
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ISI at ICWSM 2025
Eleven papers explore labor inequality, language bias, political division, and TikTok’s role in crisis communication.
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New USC study demonstrates unconditional exponential quantum scaling advantage
Conducted on IBM quantum processors, study demonstrates “a promise of quantum computing previously articulated only on paper.”
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Can AI Be Your Therapist? Not Quite Yet, Says New USC Study
USC study finds large language models fall short of humans in building therapeutic rapport – a critical factor in mental health care.
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Reimagining Energy
Annual USC Viterbi ECET Summit highlights cutting-edge research, energy augmentation breakthroughs, a new energy degree offering, and insights shaping the economics of energy and business.
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USC Viterbi School and BITS Pilani Forge Global Partnership to Advance Research and Education
Agreement between two schools creates new degree program and joint academic exchange.
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Researchers Uncover Hidden Airport Hotspots in Global Wildlife Trafficking Using AI
New Nature study highlights predictive power of AI in identifying airports used as key nodes in illegal wildlife trade networks
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Turning Research Into Reality: USC Launches New Tech Innovation Fellowship
Two visionary company founders set the stage for groundbreaking research to become thriving startups
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It’s Time to Say Goodbye to “Forever Chemicals”
National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards $8 million for a new USC Superfund Center to research and address “forever chemicals.”
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Where Doctors Go: Using Data to Map Where Physicians Start Their Careers
New ISI study finds top medical school graduates are less likely to practice in underserved areas.
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Zhenglu Li Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award for Materials Research
The $595,000 award will support Li’s pioneering work in complex quantum materials.
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Bringing Digital Light to Live-Action Filmmaking
Prof. Andrew Gordon and Ph.D. candidate Natali Chavez from the USC Institute for Creative Technologies explore new AI-assisted workflows for low-cost virtual production.
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Smart Enough to Know Better? How AI Handles Legal Questions
ISI researchers tested large language models on sensitive legal scenarios and found surprising vulnerabilities.
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USC at ICRA 2025
USC School of Advanced Computing and USC Viterbi researchers showcase breakthroughs in generative modeling, safety in imitation learning, human-aware planning and more at ICRA 2025, one of the most prestigious gatherings in robotics.
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New Nanoparticle Weapon in the Fight Against Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease
The Chung Lab has engineered a new therapeutically enhanced, naturally derived particle for powerful gene therapies to tackle our most significant health challenges.
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Excellence, Curiosity, Character: The Graduates of the USC Viterbi Class of 2025
At the USC Viterbi undergraduate commencement ceremony, the next generation of engineers are encouraged to advance technology that solves the world’s grand challenges.
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“You Are Agents of Change”: The USC Viterbi Master’s Class of 2025
At the USC Viterbi master’s commencement ceremonies, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos praised graduates on the “singular achievement” of earning their master’s degree.
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“Building A Better World:” Dean Yannis C. Yortsos Tells Graduates They Will Make A Difference
The 2025 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 150 new graduates and Haotian Hang, winner of this year’s best Ph.D. thesis
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Leaping Lizards! Class of 2025 Grad Looks to Reptiles to Help ACL Injuries
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering graduating senior Alex Kuncz is studying how lizards regenerate their tails to improve orthopedic treatments.
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New Study Shows AI Can Predict Child Malnutrition, Support Prevention Efforts
AI-driven tool developed for Kenya offers governments and decision-makers critical lead time to save lives by forecasting malnutrition up to six months in advance with up to 89% accuracy
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The Student Senator Making an Impact in Women’s Health
Class of 2025 biomedical engineering graduate Emilia Bletsas reflects on her path at USC Viterbi.
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Turning Brainwaves Into Biomarkers: How a USC Grad Is Using Code to Improve Early Autism Intervention
After starting with Minecraft mods at 13, Joey Yap now applies his skills in signal processing to pediatric brain data and is headed to NYU for a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering.
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Harnessing Creativity in Crisis: USC’s “Lives, Not Grades” Responds to Los Angeles Fires
When wildfires swept across Los Angeles, students in USC’s Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global Challenges program – better known by its motto Lives, Not Grades – quickly shifted their focus from international projects to urgent needs at home
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From Scratch to Cybersecurity: Lavanya Sharma’s USC Journey
A fifth-grade workshop and encouraging parents set this USC computer science student-and 2025 commencement flag-bearer-on a path to engineering, ethics, and advocacy.
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He Rode 103 Roller Coasters. Now He’s Building the Next One.
How one USC computer science student found his calling at the intersection of computer science, storytelling, and themed entertainment
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Graduate Matthew Fontaine Honored With 2025 USC Ph.D. Achievement Award
Fontaine hopes that his work in algorithmic scenario generation will make robotics and AI systems safer before they are deployed.
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Wearable Smart Lactation Pad Detects Chemicals and Nutrients in Breast Milk
A BME graduate student having her first baby inspired the research group to work on technology gaps in lactation health.
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Imagining the Future of Deep Space Habitats
PhD student Ulubilge Ulusoy researches optimal collaboration between humans and AI during maintenance operations in deep space habitats.
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Fascinated by Flow
Oliver Khan, a graduating student in aerospace engineering, dreams of a sustainable future for supersonic air travel.
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Raising the Stakes of Sustainability
As a graduating master’s student researching carbon capture and clean energy production, Aadish Panchmia is determined to make a difference.
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An Adventurer’s Approach to Academic Achievement
Natalia Ratner, a graduating student studying environmental engineering, has combined a superstar academic career with experience in community teaching and sustainable farming.
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What it Means to Engineer with Empathy
Patrick Borges Rodrigues’ PhD in civil engineering has led to a new understanding of the sensory symbiosis of human workers and robots in the construction industry.
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Harnessing the Power of Ocean Energy
Sophie Beitel, a graduating student studying environmental engineering, is helping to design and build a deep-sea battery.
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From Space Camp to NASA Mission Control
Graduating astronautical engineering student Paige Kaufman launched the Space Spiels podcast and now she’s on her way to the NASA Johnson Space Center.
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A USC Swim Team Captain Dreams of Space Travel
Kaitlyn Dobler, a graduating master’s student in astronautical engineering, applies the discipline she has learned as a swimmer to project such as researching the atmosphere of Venus.
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From Lego, to Electric Racecars, to SpaceX
Graduating mechanical engineering student PJ Morgan’s involvement with USC Formula Electric led to a prestigious internship at SpaceX.
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New research reveals how organisms are shaped to optimize feeding
A major transition in the evolution of life on Earth can be traced to how ciliates have adapted to maximize nutrient intake.
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CaseFlo Wins the 2025 Min Family Challenge
The 2025 Min Family Challenge Winner, USC student startup CaseFlo, seeks to streamline case management for homelessness to support both case managers and clients in need.
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Students Pitch Transformative Ventures for Los Angeles and Beyond
The 2025 Das Family Innovate x LA Student Competition challenges students to develop high-impact urban solutions and compete for a $20,000 prize.
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USC Recumbent Vehicle Design Team Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation
What are the secrets of the student-run design team’s track record of success?
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Sisters In Sync
How Identical Twins Took on USC Together
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How to Design a Competitive Concrete Canoe
Members of the student-run team reveal what’s required to stay in the race.
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Engineering Pediatric Rehabilitation
A Winning Innovation at ASBME’s Make-A-Thon
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Spotlight on Extraordinary Achievements
The 2025 Faculty and Staff Awards celebrated anniversaries, major milestones and faculty and staff achievements
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The Biomedical Engineer Inspired by her Grandfather to Make a Difference
Class of 2025 graduate Lauren Tomita is driven to support others, taking on a student leadership role as president of the Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering.
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USC Viterbi’s CURVE Program Hosts Annual Student Research Showcase
135 student presentations address health, security, sustainability and how to enrich life
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The Science of a Better Built Environment
Alumni of the USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) reflect on how to innovate for resilience, energy-efficiency, and wellbeing in the built environment.
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ISI at the NAACL ’25 Conference
From planning creatively to aligning AI with human values, USC ISI researchers push the boundaries of natural language processing.
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How Can Computing for AI and Other Demands Be More Energy Efficient?
A look at different approaches by USC Viterbi and School of Advanced Computing faculty
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Milestones and Memories at the 46th Viterbi Awards
The annual gala celebrated major USC Viterbi accomplishments and inspirational honorees
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ISI @ the 2025 ACM Web Conference
USC ISI showcases new research to safeguard online discourse, mitigate polarization, evaluate LLMs, and more
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A Tribute to Larry Lim
“He set a standard of excellence for engaging young people in STEM across Southern California.”
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USC at ICLR 2025
USC researchers present cutting-edge advances in AI and machine learning at ICLR 2025, highlighting breakthroughs in 3D vision, decision-making, and deep learning
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New Insight into How the Brain Switches Gears Could Help Parkinson’s Patients
Biomedical engineering research at USC has unraveled a mystery of motor control that could be a game-changer for disorders like Parkinson’s and could aid in the development of bio-inspired systems.
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How Alex Gasca Went From Building Islands on Earth to Infrastructure for Space
Relativity Space infrastructure engineer credits USC Viterbi master’s program in Emerging Technologies in Construction with aiding new career in space engineering.
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Mapping Our Emotionally-Divided Society
USC ISI researchers develop a novel mathematical model that helps explain why we’re polarized
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What I Learned at the White House
After a whirlwind year advising the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), USC researcher Kelly Sanders returns to campus with new knowledge and experience to share with her students.
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Drones That Go Where You Shouldn’t
USC alumnus Stefan Hrabar is transforming industries with autonomous drone technology that navigates tough, dangerous terrains and protects workers.
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USC Researchers Develop Plastic Substitute from Mineral Found in Seashells
Biomedical engineers at USC Viterbi have created a new biocompatible material that is safe for marine life and avoids harmful microplastics.
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Towards A Non-Invasive Method to Unlock Brain’s Understanding of Speech
New method by USC SAIL Lab and USC School of Advanced Computing Unveiled at ICASSP is 2X as effective as previous model.
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Bridging Borders: The IUSSTF – USC Viterbi Program’s Path to Global Innovation
How USC’s prestigious summer internship is transforming lives and advancing engineering excellence.
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Are Autonomous Robots Ready to Navigate Under Water?
New research from Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab at USC uses on-board flow sensors to enable robots to learn, adapt and move fluidly in underwater environments.
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New Research Reveals the Origins of Cooperation
A groundbreaking study by USC Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab reveals fundamental insights into the selective forces favoring the early evolution of multicellular organization.
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New Insight into Unique Kagome Superconductors that Could Advance Applications of Quantum Materials
Computational materials research offers a breakthrough in our understanding of the superconducting behavior of metals with a woven-basket-like atomic structure that houses electrons with exotic properties.
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Nurture More Important than Nature for Robotic Hands
New paper from the ValeroLab shows that tactile sensors are less important than the order of learning experiences for embodied artificial intelligence.
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Inspiring A Future Generation of Visionaries and Specialists
Through the Leading Enabling Adolescents Futures in STEM (LEAFS) program, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering K-12 STEM Center seeks to engage the new generation of aspiring STEM professionals.
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New “Smart” Immune Cells: A Breakthrough for Long-Lasting Tumor Destruction
USC Viterbi researchers have engineered a new immune cell that when activated by ultrasound can continuously sense and destroy cancer cells for extended periods.
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USC Viterbi School Announces Keynote Speakers for 2025 Commencement Ceremonies
Keynotes from an NVIDIA executive, leading entrepreneurs, and AI pioneers to inspire over 4000 graduating engineering students.
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USC Viterbi Faculty Elected as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows
Two leading researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering join the ranks of AAAS fellows, one of the most prestigious honors in academia.
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USC Researchers Develop First-Ever Quantum Filter to Isolate Entangled States with High Precision
A technique based on new physics enables robust, scalable control over quantum information, potentially enabling more reliable quantum computing
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The USC Sophomore Whose Algorithm is Helping Pediatric Cancer Patients
New undergraduate research from biomedical engineering student Arjun Karnwal is being used by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to improve cancer radiation treatments.
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Pioneering the Future: Key Insights from the USC Symposium on the Future of Computing
Two-day event brought together visionary leaders from academia and industry to explore the future of computing across the full computing stack.
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Workshop Gathers Experts at Crossroads of Space, Cybersecurity and AI
A two-day event brought together researchers, defense officials, investors and technologists to confront an urgent question: how do we secure the final frontier in the age of AI?
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Detecting wildfires with AI
USC ISI researchers are developing a novel wildfire surveillance method using computer vision algorithms
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What Can Our Sewage Tell Us? For a USC Engineering Professor, A Lot
USC Viterbi’s Adam Smith monitors wastewater in some campus dorms and apartments to keep students safe from COVID, the flu and the stomach flu.
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Coding, Creativity and Camaraderie
Inside Open Alpha, a student-led game development club
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A Long Sleep for a Long Life
New USC Viterbi assistant professor Yaoheng Yang studies how safely induced artificial hibernation could improve our longevity.
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Mapping Volcanic Hazards with Pegasus
Researchers at ISI help tackle the computational challenges of volcanology.
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Four USC Students Receive CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards
Students pioneer advancements in building fair and reliable AI systems, training robots for complex tasks, and safeguarding data creators’ privacy
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Bridging Divides: Computer Science Sophomore Takes on Polarization at SXSW EDU 2025
Student-led research and discourse-based curriculum challenge the status quo of civics education
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Scholarship & Fellowship Dinner Spotlights Academic Excellence, Generosity
The 10th annual event brought students and donors together for a special night of gratitude.
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USC at AAAI-25
USC researchers present their latest research at the 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-25), one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence conferences
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ISI @ AAAI-25
ISI researchers push AI forward in detection of online influence campaigns, risk assessment, and public service.
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A Naming Gift for USC Viterbi’s Construction Management Program
Alumnus Jonathan Emami has made a contribution to transform the Construction Management Program
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Celebrating 20 Years of USC Viterbi Astronautical Engineering
The academic program and its record-breaking student-run USC Rocket Propulsion Lab are celebrating 20 years of advancing space exploration through stellar research and teaching.
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New USC Graduate Program to Train Tomorrow’s Energy Technology Leaders
USC Viterbi launches a unique multidisciplinary MS in Energy Engineering for students who are passionate about solving our critical global challenges in energy transition.
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Maja Matarić Elected to the NAE
Recognized for “contributions to human-robot interaction and socially assistive robotics”
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How AI and Genomics are Personalizing Cancer Treatment
USC-led study uses AI to analyze genetic mutations and improve cancer treatment strategies
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Five Things You Can Do to Help Fireproof Your House
USC Viterbi Professor Fokion Egolfopoulos on how to fireproof existing homes and build back better and safer
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When Words Fail, She Just Builds
Elisa McCormick, president of USC’s Recumbent Vehicle Design Team (RVDT), explains her philosophy of creation and fun in engineering through surprising innovation.
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Building Virtual Worlds with “Digital Twins”
Computer science doctoral student Jiawei Yang received an NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship for his research in 3D scene reconstruction and generative AI to enable safer robotics and autonomous driving
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Building A More Resilient City of Angels, Part 2
From fire response robots to retardant firing artillery, USC Viterbi engineers offer potential solutions for the future.
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A Natural Approach to Wildfire Prevention: Banana Trees and AI
How two innovative approaches – nature-based fire buffers and AI-powered wildfire detection – show promise in tackling the growing wildfire risk.
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Why Do Wildfires Increase Flood Risk?
An expert on fluid dynamics shares how engineers can help mitigate flooding after major wildfires.
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Building A More Resilient City of Angels, Part 1
As Angelenos brace for “fire years” rather than “fire seasons,” USC Viterbi engineers offer potential solutions for the future.
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USC School of Advanced Computing Gift Establishes Chair in Computing and Health
A $5-million gift from entrepreneur and philanthropist Mark A. Kolokotrones will support computing advances in health
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Spot the Difference: Safeguarding Cybersecurity with Graph Anomaly Detection
Yue Zhao receives an Amazon Research Award for his work detecting and explaining suspicious behavior in information security systems