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From the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and it’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing – led by brilliant Professor SK Gupta, of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and of Computer Science
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Business Insider: Scientists have created brain implants that could boost our memory by up to 30%
Our memories could one day get a boost from a new brain implant device, according to a new study by USC researchers
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Wired: How One of Apple’s Key Privacy Safeguards Fall Short
Research by ISI’s Aleksandra Korolova and colleagues was highlighted, showing that Apple is mining users’ data in an effort to boost its “differential privacy.”
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The Fresno Bee: It’s the Perfect Surfer Wave – in the Middle of Nowhere and 100 Miles from any Ocean
Research by Adam Fincham to develop a machine that produces the perfect surfing wave was mentioned.
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San Francisco Chronicle: Analysts Skeptical iPhone X’s Face ID will be Foolproof
Prem Natarajan was quoted about the security of Apple’s new facial identity feature on the iPhone X.
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ABC7 Los Angeles: Could Increased Tolling be Solution to LA’s Traffic Problems?
Jim Moore was quoted on whether a new toll system would work to reduce traffic congestion in Los Angeles.
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Wired: Why Self-Driving Cars Need Superhuman Senses
Jeff Miller was quoted on why self-driving cars need complex sensors to determine if there is a living object in their path.
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Democrat and Chronicle: Conference Seeks to Capture the Cool in Innovation
The article noted that USC Games program is ranked first in the country among game development programs at universities.
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VentureBeat: AI is Targeting Some of the World’s Biggest Problems: Homelessness, Terrorism, and Extinction
The Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society was highlighted for its efforts to address problems such as homeless youth, poaching of endangered species, and gang prevention.
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Fast Company: Twitter Bots Are Thriving, And They’re More Lethal Than Ever
Research by Emilio Ferrara Information Sciences Institute and colleagues on the prevalence of bots on Twitter and how these bots can affect the spread of false information during an election.
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American Physical Society: Mihailo Jovanovic Named Fellow of the American Physical Society
Professor Jovanovic was recognized for profound contributions to stability and flow control, and the application of control-theoretic and optimization techniques to the analysis of wall-bounded shear flows, drag reduction, and viscoelastic fluids.
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INFORMS: Sze-chuan Suen wins Pierskalla Best Paper Award at 2017 INFORMS
Assistant professor Suen is recognized for research excellence in the field of health care management science
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USC News: Michelson Hall, Ready To Open — And Change The World
The largest building on the University Park Campus brings together top engineers and scientists in shared spaces designed to encourage collaborative research.
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YouTube: World’s smallest movie studio
At the USC Michelson Center, Professor Scott Fraser’s incredible movies explore an unanswered question. How memories are formed?
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USC ISI: ISI’s Pegasus Contributed to Gravitational Wave-Detector Discovery
Pegasus, a specialized computer program developed by at team of ISI computer scientists led by Ewa Deelman in collaboration with HTCondor, played a role in the new discovery announced by LIGO.
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The Optical Society: Andrea Armani Named OSA Fellow
Professor Armani was recognized for her contributions to integrated photonics with applications in telecommunication and chemical and biological detection
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USC Viterbi: Happy Diwali 2017
from Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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WIRED: Inside SynTouch, the Mad Lab Giving Robots the Power to Feel
SynTouch, which spun out of the University of Southern California, has created a robotic fingertip that rubs a material and precisely measures the “feel” of it in 15 dimensions, ranging from coarseness to coolness
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USC News: New center at USC examines ethics and decision-making
Trustee Jerry Neely’s endowment supports a multidisciplinary center bringing together faculty from USC Marshall, USC Viterbi and USC Price
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CBSLA: Total Solar Eclipse To Offer Great Learning Opportunity Monday
Professor Michael Kezirian and aerospace students, making up the USC-NASA Solar Eclipse Balloon Team, are launching a High Altitude Balloon in Idaho Falls to study the Total Solar Eclipse.
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Los Angeles Business Journal: Olympics-Sized Transit Effort
Jim Moore was interviewed about the Olympics coming to LA and the need for investment in more transit services to benefit the public
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Bloomberg: Big Data Shows Big Promise in Medicine
ISI’s Greg Ver Steeg was highlighted for his algorithm CorEx which was used to help friend and computational biologist Shirley Pepke find treatment options for her cancer diagnosis
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Quartz: This music production tool is the reason why all new music sounds the same
Chris Kyriakakis was quoted on how recorded music changes once it leaves the studio
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Nature: Huge landslide triggered rare Greenland mega-tsunami
Nature quoted Costas Synolakis about the importance of studying the causes of tsunamis and other national disasters