The Conversation: How Does Wifi Work?
An explainer piece by Bhaskar Krishnamachari on wifi works was published.
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Los Angeles Business Journal: USC, Amazon Plan Center for Machine Learning Research
A new USC -Amazon Center focused on trust and privacy was featured.
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USC News: USC Research Coalition Uses Computer Models to Refine Bionic Eye
Computing advances are speeding up improvements to the artificial retina developed by USC’s Mark Humayun and colleagues.
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USC News: Artificial intelligence yields new ways to combat the coronavirus
Computer model created by Paul Bogdan and colleagues eliminates 95% of the compounds that could have possibly treated SARS-CoV-2 and pinpoints the best options
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AME Student Life: Reimagining the Interactive Classroom
How two professors in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering built engaging freshman experiences during a global pandemic.
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Society for Developmental Biology: Scott Fraser Awarded Edwin G. Conklin Medal by the Society for Developmental Biology
Fraser is USC’s first ever recipient of the Conklin Medal, recognizing extraordinary research contributions to developmental biology.
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The Register : While text-generating AI can write like humans, it lacks common sense
AI software may be able to generate text that is grammatically correct and very human-like, but when it comes to common sense they’re still lagging severely behind us humans.
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NBC : Indonesian plane with 62 people aboard crashes after takeoff
Jeff Guzzetti of the Aviation Safety & Security Program on a recent plane crash in Indonesia
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US News: Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
Research from CENTIENTS shows the negative physical and mental health impacts of remote work
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NBC : Research Shows Sewers Could Be Key to Identifying, Stopping COVID-19 Outbreaks
Work by Adam Smith and colleagues to identify COVID early through wastewater was highlighted
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WIRED: Robot Dog and Learning
Doctoral candidate Ali Marjaninejad was quoted on how robots learn
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The New Yorker: The Origins of Video Voice Chat
Chris Kyriakakis was interviewed about how to improve the acoustics of voice calls over the internet.
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ACM: 2020 ACM Fellows Recognized for Work that Underpins Today’s Computing Innovations
Maja Matarić, Sven Koenig and Mike Zyda were recognized for “innovations that ushered in significant improvements across many areas of technology, industry and personal life”
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Youtube: 2021 USC Viterbi–Axilor Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lecture Series
Annual series hosted by USC Viterbi and startup incubator Axilor provides thought leadership to entrepreneurs and alumni around the world.
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Association of Computing Machinery: People of the ACM: Timothy Pinkston
Timothy Pinkston was interviewed about his research, the future of network routing algorithms and architecture research, as well as the importance of diversity and inclusion to the future of computing.
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Happy Holidays 2020
From Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Adobe Spark: How Working from Home Changed Us
After March’s stay-at-home orders took effect, USC researchers studied the impact of widespread work from home on well-being and productivity.
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KNBC: Tracking LA County’s COVID-19 Cases
Cyrus Shahabi was interviewed about California’s new contact tracing app.
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BBC: The Heat Gap Dividing a Major US city
George Ban-Weiss was interviewed about the disparity in LA as to how people experience excessive heat and are vulnerable as a result of this exposure
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Washington Post: Which Astronauts Will Go to the Moon?
Garrett Reisman was interviewed about the future of NASA’s Artemis program under the new presidential administration.
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The Wrap: Can Artificial Intelligence Help Predict Movie Ratings?
The SAIL Lab’s work on media informatics and the content of movies was featured
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KNX: Working from Home Affects Health
New study from USC Viterbi faculty highlighted the negative impacts of working from home
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Ohio State: Ayanna Howard Named Next Dean at OSU
Roboticist and Viterbi alumnus named next dean of OSU’s College of Engineering
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Youtube: Quadruped Robots to Disinfect
Working with Professor Gupta and Professor Nguyen, students are developing semi-autonomous robots to disinfect hard to-reach spaces to protect against COVID