USC Launches School of Advanced Computing
Gaurav Sukhatme has been appointed the school’s inaugural director for the “school within a school”
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Media Coverage
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Forbes: Embracing The Future With Quantum Computing In Higher Education
Quantum computing expert Daniel Lidar is quoted in this opinion piece.
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VentureBeat: Why LLMs are vulnerable to the ‘butterfly effect’
Research by Fred Morstatter and Abel Salinas regarding how prompts can change how data is labeled, was featured
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TED.com: AI Could Increase Equality — If We Design It Right: Phebe Vayanos
Phebe Vayanos presented a talk at TED AI, sharing her research into AI that improves the system for matching people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles with scarce housing resources.
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BUSINESSWORLD: Future-Ready Graduates: USC Leaders’ Vision For Navigating The Tech Landscape
Dean Yortsos and Executive Vice Dean Sukahatme were interviewed about opportunities for USC students in research, AI presented through the School of Advanced Computing.
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IMS Imprints: Jong-Shi Pang: Navigating the Complex Terrain of Optimization
IMS Imprints profiled the Epstein Family Chair and Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, who is an international leader in the field of operations research, optimization, and applied mathematics.
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Imperial College London: Phebe Vayanos Wins Emerging Leader Alumni Award from Imperial College London
Vayanos harnesses artificial intelligence and operations research to solve critical challenges and improve the world.
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The Conversation: ChatGPT and its AI chatbot cousins ruled 2023: 4 essential reads that puncture the hype
Mayank Kejriwal was referenced for his analysis of the performance of large language models
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Yahoo!: State aims to outlaw common landscaping tactic
Adam Smith was quoted about PFAS or forever chemicals in synthetic turf and the potential harm to human health.
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Washington Post: John Brooks Slaughter, trailblazing leader
In an obituary for Dr. John Brooks Slaughter, the naming of the Center for Engineering Diversity in his honor, was mentioned.
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NPR: AI has become a tool in climate in search for climate solutions
Yolanda Gil was interviewed about her work with using AI for controlled burns and preventing wildfire.
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Hindustan Times: USC Viterbi School of Engineering Unveiled: A conversation with Professor Gaurav Sukhatme
Executive Vice Dean Gaurav Sukhatme was interviewed about the opportunities at USC Viterbi for international students including in AI, robotics and space.
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AI tool could increase the number of people exiting homelessness, reduce racial bias in services
Research by the Center for AI in Society was featured.
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USC News: NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone visits USC
General Paul M. Nakasone, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service; and USC Trojan, visited USC Viterbi last week for ‘fireside chat” with Vice Dean Andrea Belz and a discussion with students as part of his larger visit to campus
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VNN : Viterbi News Now – Episode 62
In this episode: Tina Isaris Nauman endows a scholarship in the name of USC Viterbi Dean Yortsos and his wife, Sheryl. The amazing story of BME student Holly Rose, who faced her own challenges and gives back — students making air travel safer, and CAM Director SK Gupta writes in Forbes on the idea of digital twins.
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Google: Using AI to study demographic representation in Indian TV
Shri Narayanan’s SAIL lab partnered with Google and The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association on multi-media intelligence research related to representation in Indian media
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ABC7: Examining the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence
Dean Yortsos was interviewed by Marc Brown of Eyewitness Newsmakers for this in-depth news show.
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ABC (Australia): The significance of the SpaceX rocket failure
Garrett Reisman was interviewed about the recent launches by SpaceX and the learnings from these launches.
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USA Today: Repairs to the I-10
Bora Gencturk was interviewed by this outlet and local news about the state of the I-10 infrastructure.
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The Conversation: What is Quantum Advantage?
Daniel Lidar contributed a piece explaining the technology and its potential impact. The column appeared in multiple outlets.
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VNN : Viterbi News Now – Episode 61
This Week on VNN: We honor our nation’s veterans with three stories on the Viterbi homepage, a love story about two Viterbi alumni, computer science professor Barath Raghavan writes an article for IEEE on cloud privacy and security, and two Viterbi alumni create a startup named Sift.
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IEEE Spectrum : A Bold New Plan for Preserving Online Privacy and Security
Barath Raghavan, an associate professor in computer science, proposes a plan to take cloud security into our own hands by decoupling our identities from our data.
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VNN : Viterbi News Now – Episode 60
USC Viterbi’s Neil Siegel receives a National Medal of Technology and Innovation medal, Viterbi celebrates Halloween, The K-12 STEM Center receives the Global Engineering Dean’s Council award, Viterbi alum and Hydroplane CEO, Dr. Anita Sengupta honored with the Minority Emerging Technology and Industries Firm of the Year Award 2023.
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NCWIT : Meet NCWIT’s First DoD STEM Ambassador
Darin Gray was featured as he was recently selected as a Department of Defense STEM Ambassador.