LA Times: Metro’s $2-billion rail line from Mid-City to the South Bay will miss its 2019 deadline
Henry M. Koffman was quoted about construction problems facing a $2 billion light-rail line in L.A. County.
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Science News: How Twitter bots get people to spread fake news
Research by Emilio Ferrara on how bots spread misinformation was featured.
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Venture Beat: What Moxi the robot is learning from nurses in Texas
Research by Maja Matarić was mentioned in a story about a robot with social intelligence
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Interesting Engineering: 9 Pieces of Bionic Tech That Will Make You Superhuman
Research by Ted Berger was mentioned on technology to improve the brain’s performance
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IEEE Spectrum: To Crack the Toughest Optimization Problems, Just Add Lasers
Research by Leonard Adleman was mentioned in a story on machines built to solve optimization problems.
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WHYY: Texas town makes the most of its ‘pre-owned’ water
Amy Childress was quoted about a Texas city that recycles water in a creative way.
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USC News: Scientists find a way to enhance quantum computer performance
Method has the potential to solve some of society’s biggest challenges
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Flickr: 24th Annual USC CMAA Symposium
The CMAA held their 24th annual symposium on November 8, featuring a panel of industry experts. This year’s event focused on “Constructing the Unconventional.”
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MIT Technology Review: Google has enlisted NASA to help it prove quantum supremacy within months
Daniel Lidar was quoted on quantum computing.
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Happy Diwali 2018
from Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Viterbi Magazine: Surviving a Day on Venus
Jonathan Sauder, USC Viterbi alumnus and lecturer and JPL engineer, brings back old technology to make new discoveries
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Viterbi Magazine: Recreating Reality
VRSC founder Jake Green uses virtual reality to reshape our world and inspire future generation
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CBS: New Research ‘Hacks’ Brain’s ‘Code’ To Combat Memory Loss
Theodore Berger was quoted about his mathematical model that predicts how the human mind forms a memory.
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Inverse: Rising Seas Will Take Out Internet Infrastructure Far Sooner Than We Feared
Research by John Heidemann of the Information Sciences Institute was cited on how natural disasters impact internet access.
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LA Times: Inflation and delays could add billions more to bullet train project costs
James Moore was quoted in a story about the cost of the California bullet train project.
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VentureBeat: How Researchers are Designing Smart Desks of the Future
Research by Burcin Becerik-Gerber on smart desks and smart buildings was highlighted
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PCMag: Think AI Is Too Scary? This Expert Wants to Calm Your Fears
Yolanda Gil’s work was profiled by PCMag. She discussed why we need to design AI systems that have and encourage ‘ethical and responsible behaviors.’
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PCMag: At This Hackathon, Alexa Gives You More Than Just the Weather
PhD student Brian Cohn from the Valero-Cuevas Lab was featured for winning the $10,000 prize from USC’s recent “Voice Assistants for All” hackathon.
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VentureBeat: Haptic armband lets you feel the sensation of stroking
Heather Culbertson research on a haptic armband was featured
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BusinessLIVE: Are robots the future of therapy?
A study by Jonathan Gratch of ICT was cited on the potential for artificial intelligence in therapy.
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Viterbi Flickr: USC Manufacturing Day
On Oct 5th, USC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing opened its doors to local industry members and high school students. The center’s researchers showcased their work and high-tech equipment.
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AirTalk: Rocket scientist, astronaut weigh in on Los Angeles’ role in the future of human space travel
Anita Sengupta and Garrett Reisman were interviewed on the future of space exploration and human spaceflight.
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Business Insider: Elon Musk is building a Spaceship
Steve Nutt was quoted on Elon Musk’s vision for the Big Falcon Rocket.
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The Verge: What happens on a plane full of sick passengers? An aerospace medicine expert explains
Instructor Allen Parmet on how infections spread on planes, what happens when passengers fall sick, and how to investigate an in-flight outbreak.
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