Associated Press: Defeating Twitter Bots
Emilio Ferrara was interviewed about his research on bot detection
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The Indepedent: How Baby Shark is endangering the US midterms
Wael Abd-Almageed was quoted about the dangers presented by viral media content
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VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 28
Ming Hsieh Research festival, campus startup selected by the UNDP, deepfake detection and a new Micro CT scanner.
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VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 27
New NIH-funded center, ASBME, Fixing online toxicity and the Grace Hopper Celebration
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AI Hub: Designing Better Voting Systems, With a Little Help From the Animal World
Taking a cue from the animal world, USC researchers discovered a simple voting rule that optimally reflects voters’ opinions about candidates. Lead author Fatih Kizilkaya, a computer science doctoral student, discusses the IJCAI Distinguished Paper Award-winning work.
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VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 26
Insights from Professor Lynette on the Clean Water Act, student-run AthenaHacks hackathon, Introducing Professor Horn who studies food safety & nutrition and Professor Jin receives professional recognition
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Indian Express: Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
Jon May was featured in a podcast focused on developing tools for more civil online communication
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Fast Company: Security experts lay out the most serious election threats
Wael Abd-Almageed was interviewed about the impact of deepfakes in affecting public sentiment
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Science: Women researchers are cited less than men. Here’s why—and what can be done about it
A study done by researchers at ISI focused on disparities in advancement in the sciences was featured.
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Dot.LA: Would Biden’s AI Bill of Rights Be Effective?
Kristina Lerman and Fred Morstatter were quoted about the importance of mitigating bias in AI.
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VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 25
USC at the International Astronautical Congress in Paris, NFT student startup, USC scientists and engineers featured in Room to Read books, giving computers animal-like vision
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WOSU: Tech Tuesday: NASA’s DART mission
David Barnhart was interviewed by Ohio Public Radio about the DART mission to destroy an asteroid.
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Room to Read: Darin Gray and Stacey Finley Author and Star in Children’s Books
Scientists all across USC were part of this JEP-sponsored program which is bringing free books to LAUSD students.
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VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 24
Surveying the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, New astronaut at USC, the Das Family Innovate X LA Competition, NAE induction of Petros Iannou and award for Gen. (Ret.) Pawlikowski
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The Conversation: NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid
David Barnhart contributed insights on the importance of NASA’s recent mission
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Washington Post: AI can now create any image in seconds, bringing wonder and danger
Wael Abd-Almageed was quoted about the dangers of AI being used to generate false information.
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VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 23
Prof Barnhart’s commentary on the asteroid mission, Student Haylee Mota reimagining robots for visually impaired users, PhDs using AI to detect stress in infants, and USC’s Shield Program
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IAF News: Liquid Propulsion Lab
Student organization LPL was highlighted for a new focus on cryogenic systems
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The Print : Men outnumber women 4:1 in literature
Mayank Kejriwal’s research about the gender gap in literature was featured.
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Dot.LA: Homophobia Is Easy To Encode in AI
Research by Katy Felkner to mitigate AI bias towards the LGBTQ+ community was highlighted
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LA Times: L.A. Unified cyberattackers demand ransom
Cliff Neuman was quoted about a recent cyber attack at LAUSD
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VNN: Viterbi News Network Episode 22
This week on Viterbi News Network: Students and sustainably engineered fashion, Robot talk at the UN, Robots for planetary terrain, and an Emmy award for a USC SAIL lab collaborator
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VNN : Viterbi News Network Episode 21
This week on VNN: CAIS protecting species, DEN celebrates 50 years, new Games scholarships and advances in a memory prothesis.
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Meta: Academic of the Month
Murali Annavaram, Director of the USC ECE-ISE – Meta Platforms, Inc. Center for Research and Education in AI and Learning, was featured on Meta’s blog
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