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.
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VNN : Viterbi News Network Episode 48
On VNN this week : @CSatUSC student Emily Nguyen is using #AI to help ovarian cancer treatment, Viterbi leaders and faculty reflect on the 40th anniversary of Sally Ride’s trip into #space, and in another space story, students are pioneering the future of astronaut gear and taking space exploration to new heights through the @NASA SUITS competition and lastly the USC Men’s Crew team making a splash with the help of USC Viterbi students on the team
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The Circuit News: Screaming for Ice Cream: Engineering Your Favorite Frozen Treat!
It’s summertime and what better way to cool off than to enjoy a scoop of ice cream.
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VNN : Viterbi News Network Episode 47
This week on VNN: USC makes history by sending its first experiment to the International Space Station, USC students helping emergency rooms reach and serve patients more quickly, Alumna and Prof Anita Sengupta honored for innovation in space and aviation and USC Coding Camps are back again this summer! #stemnews #stem #engineering #EngineeringExcellence #HealthcareHeroes #space #aviation
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VNN : Viterbi News Network: Episode 46
Viterbi @uscece graduate combined passion for jazz with robot communication for dissertation, @uscict Jonathan Gratch’s research on human behavior when collaborating with AIs in the Wall Street Journal.
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NY Times: Why One Upscale Apartment Building Became at Death Trap
Bora Gencturk contributed to an interactive article focused on the collapse of an apartment complex in Turkey
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Spectrum News : Robots Deployed to Fight Toxic Alage
Isabel Rayas and Christopher Denniston were interviewed about their work in the Robotics Embedded Systems Lab
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Dot.LA: USC Invests $1 Billion in New Computing School to Teach Ethical AI Use
Dean Yortsos was interviewed about “Frontiers of Computing” and how “Computer science, data sciences and AI have become essentially an extension of the original fundamentals.”