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What Can Simulate Nature? Aid Blockbuster Drugs? And Get Congress to Agree?
USC, home of the first operational quantum computer in academia, hosted its second quantum technology forum, bringing together leading experts from industry, academia and government.
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The Hidden Chemistry of Human Survival
Jeremy Alexander, Doug Peacock Scholar, finds innovation in overlooked spaces - from wastewater microbes to aerospace materials - to protect life on Earth and beyond.
USC Researchers Develop First Wireless, Wearable, Real-Time, Camera-less Motion Tracker
USC ACME lab is reshaping the field of motion tracking with a new technology based on magnetic induction.
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Where Service Meets Storytelling
U.S. veteran David Cobbins, '13, leads cutting-edge virtual training programs at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies.
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Beyond the Hype: Quantum Computers Start Solving Real Problems
At ISI’s LA Tech Week panel, researchers explored how the principles of quantum mechanics are becoming real-world technologies, with high hopes for drug discovery
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Serving the Nation with Purpose
U.S. Veteran William Vanderwaal, '17, reflects on his leadership in combat and his appreciation for USC Viterbi.
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In Memoriam: Alice Gast 1958 – 2025
USC Viterbi alumna, valedictorian and former president of Imperial College London
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AI Is Powering the Search for America’s Critical Minerals
At USC ISI, researchers are using machine learning to unlock data from thousands of maps and build one of the world’s largest knowledge bases of global mineral resources.
Gaurav Sukahtme will serve as the inaugural director of USC's School of Advanced Computing.
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    The Most Ambitious Initiative in USC Computing History
    Introducing the
    USC School of
    Advanced Computing
    Rooted in an interdisciplinary approach, the School of Advanced Computing, a unit of USC Viterbi, serves as the hub for advanced computing research and education at USC.

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    The new school, a key feature of USC President Carol Folt’s Frontiers of Computing “moonshot,” will act as a nexus for advanced computing research and education across the university.
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    Operating as a “school-within-a-school” under USC Viterbi, the SAC consists of the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science (CS), the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and the soon-to-be-formed Division of Computing Education (DCE). Moreover, the School partners closely with USC Viterbi’s two powerhouse institutes, the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT).

    Published on October 11th, 2016

    Last updated on November 6th, 2025