USC Viterbi | School of Engineering https://viterbischool.usc.edu Thu, 07 May 2026 16:50:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-Site-Icon-150x150.jpg USC Viterbi | School of Engineering https://viterbischool.usc.edu 32 32 Maggie Johnson: A Winner In The Classroom and In The Pool https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/05/maggie-johnson-a-winner-in-the-classroom-and-in-the-pool/ Thu, 07 May 2026 16:50:19 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83627 CLASS OF 2026 - From a rivalry win over UCLA to one of the Big Ten's highest academic honors, the USC women’s water polo captain and USC Viterbi graduating senior is redefining what leadership looks like.

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]]> Fire, Water, Data:  Elements of an Engineer-Entrepreneur’s Education https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/05/fire-water-data-elements-of-an-engineer-entrepreneurs-education/ Thu, 07 May 2026 16:38:33 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=84185 CLASS OF 2026 – Mitchell Kirby has a talent for converting civil and environmental engineering concepts into promising business models. As he prepares to graduate, he's chosen to bet on a venture that takes him back to his roots. 

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]]> This Algorithmic Framework Is Discovering Novel Chip Designs Never Invented Before https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/05/this-algorithmic-framework-is-discovering-novel-chip-designs-never-invented-before/ Wed, 06 May 2026 17:41:05 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=82910 USC researchers invent a chip design method that could accelerate the design of the next generation of wireless devices, from 5G phones to autonomous vehicles, by unlocking designs that traditional chip engineering could never reach.

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]]> From Rocket Engines To Restaurant Kitchens: Jose Hernandez’s Relentless Pursuit of Better https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/05/from-rocket-engines-to-restaurant-kitchens-jose-hernandezs-relentless-pursuit-of-better/ Wed, 06 May 2026 15:14:06 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83876 CLASS OF 2026 - Graduating USC Viterbi master's student Jose Hernandez applies a systems mindset and tenacity to everything he does-with results.

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]]> Mark and Mary Stevens give $200 million to power AI research across USC https://viterbischool.usc.edu/mediacoverage/mark-and-mary-stevens-give-200-million-to-power-ai-research-across-usc/ Tue, 05 May 2026 16:24:34 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=mediacoverage&p=84136 The university will name the USC Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence to honor their investment in research and innovation at the intersections of AI and health sciences, business, security and the arts.

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]]> Built Different: How a Lima Factory Girl Earned Her Viterbi Degree https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/05/built-different-how-a-lima-factory-girl-earned-her-viterbi-degree/ Tue, 05 May 2026 15:14:51 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83862 CLASS OF 2026 - Having earned her Bachelor's in Industrial & Systems Engineering in December 2025, this USC Viterbi graduate is now crossing the finish line of her Master's in Engineering Management - and she's just getting started.

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]]> 10 Times Faster, 10 Times Less Energy: Solving AI’s Memory Bottleneck With Algorithms and Coding Theory https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/05/10-times-faster-10-times-less-energy-solving-ais-memory-bottleneck-with-algorithms-and-coding-theory/ Mon, 04 May 2026 18:09:01 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83918 USC hosts 20th Viterbi Keynote Lecture featuring Andrew Viterbi and UC San Diego professor Paul Siegel

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]]> Thinking Fast and Slow: How to Turn a PhD into a Startup Incubator https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/05/thinking-fast-and-slow-how-to-turn-a-phd-into-a-startup-incubator/ Mon, 04 May 2026 15:07:38 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83952 CLASS OF 2026 - Graduating PhD candidate Abel Salinas used his time at USC Information Sciences Institute to develop CommonGround: an AI platform that helps organizations forecast violence and civil unrest, enabling them to proactively protect people, operations and supply chains.

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]]> Four Engineers, One Family: The Bristow Brothers Bring It Home at USC https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/05/four-engineers-one-family-the-bristow-brothers-bring-it-home-at-usc/ Fri, 01 May 2026 15:06:24 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=84003 CLASS OF 2026 - When Duke and Wellington Bristow cross the stage this May, they'll be completing something their father started decades ago - a family tradition of engineering that's now four members deep.

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]]> USC Institute on Ethics and Trust in Computing Launched Inaugural Summit https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/usc-institute-on-ethics-and-trust-in-computing-launched-inaugural-summit/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:18:11 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83514 Researchers and industry leaders across engineering, law, philosophy, business and more gathered to discuss key issues in ethical and trustworthy AI at IETC's first summit

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]]> From Maui to Medicine, Viterbi Helped Her Chart Her Own Path https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/from-maui-to-medicine-viterbi-helped-her-chart-her-own-path/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:05:33 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=84007 CLASS OF 2026 - The daughter of Turkish immigrant physicians, Maui-raised Alara Berkmen is graduating from USC Viterbi with a bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering on the pre-med track, a business club she built from scratch, and a hard-won clarity about who she wants to be and why.

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]]> USC Viterbi’s Karmel S. Shehadeh Lands Prestigious AFOSR Grant https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/usc-viterbis-karmel-s-shehadeh-lands-prestigious-afosr-grant/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:29:05 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83838 Her research aims to advance the state-of-the-art contextual stochastic optimization methodologies, providing tools for making smarter decisions when the future is uncertain.

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]]> From First-Gen Engineer to PwC: A Four-Year Yes Strategy https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/from-first-gen-engineer-to-pwc-a-four-year-yes-strategy/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:25:20 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83867 CLASS OF 2026 - The first engineer in her family, this Industrial & Systems Engineering graduate from USC Viterbi's Daniel J. Epstein Department is heading to PwC this fall - with two degrees, a passport full of band trips, and a philosophy she learned the hard way.

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]]> A USC team is targeting the spinal cord to solve paralysis’ most overlooked problem https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/a-usc-team-is-targeting-the-spinal-cord-to-solve-paralysis-most-overlooked-problem/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:34:41 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83858 A new USC study shows that a tiny electrode array can restore coordinated bladder control in rats - proof of concept for a neuroprosthetic device that could transform life after spinal cord injury.

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]]> Engineering Lift-Off: Four Years of Flight, Research, and Curiosity https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/engineering-lift-off-four-years-of-flight-research-and-curiosity/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:24:49 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83871 CLASS OF 2026 - From building LEGO airplanes as a kid to winning back-to-back AIAA regional awards and co-founding USC's Human-Powered Flight Research Team, Long Beach native Nicholas Lototsky is finishing his bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering at USC Viterbi the same way he started it: full throttle.

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]]> From Backhands to Breakthroughs: USC Viterbi Students Take Bold Biomechanics Research Worldwide https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/from-backhands-to-breakthroughs-usc-viterbi-students-take-bold-biomechanics-research-worldwide/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:49:42 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83437 BME students will present their work at the 10th World Congress of Biomechanics this summer.

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]]> Graduating Engineer, Boston Marathon Qualifier: She Turned Running into a System for Success https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/graduating-engineer-boston-marathon-qualifier-she-turned-running-into-a-system-for-success/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:24:17 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83644 CLASS OF 2026 - For graduating USC Viterbi senior Avery Gonzales, engineering and running follow the same logic: break the system down, find inefficiencies and keep improving. That mindset has taken her from a struggling 8th grader to a Boston Marathon qualifier, and from ISE student to a future full-time role at United Airlines.

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]]> No humans allowed: scientific AI agents get their own social network https://viterbischool.usc.edu/mediacoverage/no-humans-allowed-scientific-ai-agents-get-their-own-social-network/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:04:14 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=mediacoverage&p=83902 Emilio Ferrara was interviewed about the site Agent4Science

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]]> The world has entered a ‘global water bankruptcy https://viterbischool.usc.edu/mediacoverage/the-world-has-entered-a-global-water-bankruptcy/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:54:26 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=mediacoverage&p=83896 Research by Essam Heggy was cited.

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]]> US cities mapped that will be underwater within a lifetime as sea levels rise https://viterbischool.usc.edu/mediacoverage/us-cities-mapped-that-will-be-underwater-within-a-lifetime-as-sea-levels-rise/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:48:37 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=mediacoverage&p=83898 Bistra Dilkina commented that cities far from rising seas will feel the effects of climate change, since they will have to take in millions of “climate refugees.”

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]]> The USC Professor Who Pioneered Socially Assistive Robotics https://viterbischool.usc.edu/mediacoverage/the-usc-professor-who-pioneered-socially-assistive-robotics/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:38:24 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=mediacoverage&p=83894 The publication wrote a profile of Professor Matarić's career including the use of robots for mental health support.

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]]> USC Viterbi Faculty Recognized at Academic Convocation https://viterbischool.usc.edu/mediacoverage/usc-viterbi-faculty-recognized-at-academic-convocation/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:26:41 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=mediacoverage&p=83853 Yannis Yortsos, Andreas Molisch, Azad Madni, Amy Childress, Satyandra K. Gupta , Shrikanth S. Narayanan, Massoud Pedram and Shang-Hua Teng were all celebrated

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]]> USC at ICLR 2026 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/usc-at-iclr-2026/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:31:39 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83649 USC researchers set record for oral presentations at ICLR 2026, with key breakthroughs in language model reliability, multimodal reasoning and robotics

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]]> How Watching Living Cells Could Transform Disease Research and Treatment https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/how-watching-living-cells-could-transform-disease-research-and-treatment/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:44:44 +0000 https://viterbischool.usc.edu/?post_type=news&p=83499 USC biomedical engineer Keyue Shen has been elected to the AIMBE College of Fellows for developing tools that measure how living cells signal and interact in real time - without destroying them.

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