Forbes: How Robot Use In Manufacturing Can Impact Environmental Sustainability
SK Gupta contributed a piece that includes “guidelines to fully exploit the sustainability benefits of robotic automation.”
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INSIDER: The internet just went on a wild quest that could result in floating trains and cheap EV
Masoud Pedram was quoted about the potential impact that room-temp superconductors could have on medical imaging.
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Wall Street Journal: The Fire in Maui and the Lessons of Greece
Costas Synolakis penned a piece that shows the differences in emergency responses which had tragic consequences.
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LA Times: These family robots can play trivia and act as security. Can they cure loneliness?
Maja Matarić was interviewed about the potential for socially assistive robotics
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CalMatters: Don’t call it ‘toilet to tap’
Daniel McCurry weighed in on the safety of drinking treated water
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CNN: This beer is made from recycled shower water
Daniel McCurry discussed the methods for recycling water for drinking
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Wall Street Journal: How AI Might Change the Way We Supply and Consume Energy
Kelly Sanders offered ideas on how AI could applied to energy markets
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The Daily Breeze: Water is the likely culprit in Rolling Hills Estates landslide
Amy Rechenmacher discussed the warning signs of landslides
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VNN : Viterbi News Now Episode 51
This Week on Viterbi News Now: A nanotechnology startup created by USC Viterbi students wins a competition, we’re celebrating USC Viterbi alumnus Neil Armstrong, professor James Wertz paves the way for lunar settlements, professor Maja Mataric is featured in the LA Times and professor Amy Rechenmacher is featured in The Daily Breeze.
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The Conversation: Emilia Ferrara Explains How To Tame Bias in AI
Computer Science Professor Emilio Ferrara explains why blindly eliminating biases in AI can have unintended consequences. Instead, he says, bias in AI can be controlled to achieve a higher goal: fairness.
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VNN : Viterbi News Now Episode 50
This Week on Viterbi News Now: The annual Viterbi Summer Research BBQ brought together hundreds of students and research mentors at The Epstein Family Plaza, and USC Viterbi Computer Science Professor Barath Raghavan shares his ideas on an AI dividend fund with Politico.
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SIAM: Renyuan Xu Awarded SIAM Early Career Prize for Financial Mathematics and Engineering
The prize was awarded for Xu’s “remarkable contributions to the theory of machine learning and dynamic games, together with their applications in mathematical finance.”
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VNN: Viterbi News Now Episode 49
CS PhD student Paul Chiou’s research on keyboard accessibility, USC Viterbi delegation in Armenia, Mork Ph.D. student Claire Wu’s NSF fellowship, and summer reading recommendations from researchers at USC ISI
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Politico: Artificial Intelligence Can’t Work Without Our Data
Barath Raghavan and co-author Bill Schneier suggest an “AI Dividend”
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Al Jazeera: What threat does AI pose to the future of humanity
Wael Abd Almageed was interviewed about the dangers of AI including misinformation and hate speech.
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Github ReadMe Project: Coding Accessibility: Disability as Catalyst for Creativity
Computer science student Paul Chiou’s research focuses on automatically finding and fixing keyboard accessibility issues in both web and Android apps.
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Brainchip: Podcast With USC Professor Gaurav Sukhatme On Innovation In AI, Robotics & Autonomy
Executive Vice Dean Gaurav Sukhatme was interviewed about his career trajectory and the state of the robotics field
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Houston Chronicle: Sally Ride’s space launch 40 years ago
Vice Dean Andrea Belz and Aviation Safety and Security Instructor and former NASA Astronaut Anna Lee Fisher were quoted about Ride’s influence on their lives and the opportunities for women in space.
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Space.com: World’s 1st ‘hacking sandbox’ satellite and more to ride on SpaceX’s next NASA cargo launch
The article mentions CLINGERS, the first experiment from USC, to go to the Space Station.
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Spectrum News : USC invests $1 billion into advancing computing research
Dean Yortsos and PhD student Emily Nguyen were featured about the FOC Initiative, Nguyen discussed her work applying AI towards treatments for ovarian cancer.
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Nature: Rewriting the quantum-computer blueprint
Itay Hen was quoted on the benefits of quantum computing
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NPR: LA is finding a way to capture water from heavy rains and save it for dry weather
Daniel McCurry was interviewed about the current state of water reclamation in the LA area.
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New York Times: How Sexist is Hollywood?
The SAIL Lab was mentioned as a collaborator with the Geena Davis Institute to address bias through media intelligence
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LA Business Journal: Cyber Crusaders
Cliff Neuman was quoted on network security.