USC at ICML 2025
From health applications to theoretical breakthroughs, USC researchers contribute to a dynamic range of work at this year’s premier machine learning conference
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Discovering New Materials: AI Can Simulate Billions of Atoms Simultaneously
Allegro-FM achieves breakthrough scalability for materials research, enabling simulations 1,000 times larger than previous models.
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Beyond “Run, Hide, Fight”: Defensive Design for Safer Campuses
A team of USC researchers have developed a simulation strategy for understanding and predicting how people respond to emergencies such as active shooter incidents and fires.
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AI Unlocks Earth’s Subsurface Mysteries for Smart Energy Applications
As global energy challenges continue to escalate, a pioneering AI-driven study by USC Viterbi researchers offers timely solutions to CO₂ storage and resource management.
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A Real-Time Look at How AI Is Reshaping Work
USC students and researchers track where AI is having the biggest impact on jobs, salaries, and industries.
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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.
