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
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LA Times: USC study finds that movies are still dominated by men, on- and off-screen
The LA Times highlighted the SAIL lab and a study on diversity and stereotypes in movie dialogues
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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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WIRED: The Human Army Teaching Phones AI to Drive
Prem Natarajan, the Michael Keston Executive Director of the Information Sciences Institute, was interviewed on the best strategies to develop artificial intelligence
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San Diego Union Tribune: USC’s Expanding Scientific Ambitions Include San Diego
Carl Kesselman of ISI and Michelson Center featured in an article about USC’s efforts to expand its imprint in the biosciences.
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New York Times: California Today: A Plan to Cool Down L.A.
Can “cool pavements” reduce urban temperatures? George Ban-Weiss says they can, but there may be penalties.
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KUKA: “Advanced Robotic Finishing” Named Finalists of the KUKA Innovation Award
A team of students and staff from USC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing, led by the center’s Director S.K. Gupta, awarded for their work on the automation of finishing processes.
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The Next Platform: Python Coils Around FPGAs for Broader Accelerator Reach
An ISI team has created a new platform that makes FPGAs more usable and accessible for everyday domain scientists.
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Los Angeles Times: Here’s where small companies can access robotics, 3-D printers and a sharp workforce
The LA Times featured CAM as a resource to educate students and to provide support to companies seeking to participate in innovation in manufacturing
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ASEE: ASEE to Present “President’s Award” to USC Viterbi School of Engineering
ASEE to honor USC Viterbi and Dean Yortsos for the school’s efforts on ASEE’s Deans Diversity Pledge and outreach to White House
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NAE: National Academy of Engineering Elects Treasurer and Four Councillors
Dean Yortsos named to NAE’s governing council. His three-year term begins July 1, 2017.
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IARPA: IARPA Launches “QEO” Program to Develop Quantum Enhanced Computers
USC selected to lead quantum computing team which will include CalTech, Harvard, Berkeley MIT, University College London, Saarland University, University of Waterloo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, NASA Ames Research Center and Texas A&M
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Indian Express: Engineering Plus X
Dean Yortsos penned an op-ed on the vital roles that engineers will continue to have in society as they collaborate across the disciplines
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USC News: In memoriam: Nobel laureate George Olah, 89
The lauded USC scientist won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Reuters: Amazon deepens university ties in artificial intelligence race
Reuters featured USC Viterbi and the Information Sciences Institute as being selected for the Amazon Alexa Fund Fellowship, a new program to support universities and researchers focused on transformative voice technologies such as text-to-speech, natural language understanding, automatic speech recognition and conversational artificial intelligence.
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CBSLA: USC Graduate Students Work To Improve Drone Technologies
Experimental work of department Chair Geoff Spedding and his Ph.D. students on small scale aerodynamics, applicable to small drones
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Reuters: Coordinated drones fly in synchronized flocks
Nora Ayanian was interviewed by Reuters on her research involving multi-robot coordination
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KPCC: Can Los Angeles Lower Its Own Temperature by Three Degrees?
George Ban-Weiss discusses his research in reflective high-tech material that could replace asphalt.
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LA Times: L.A.’s is too hot. These scientists are figuring out how to cool it down.
The LA Times profiles the work Ban-Weiss is doing with the Mayor’s office to address the heat-island effect in Los Angeles
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NAE: Don Zhang elected to NAE
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering / Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering professor recognized for pioneering work in stochastic modeling of flow in porous media
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Department of Defense: USC Viterbi’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing to be LA hub for DOD Robotics Grant
SK Gupta to lead research effort
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Wired: Tesla’s Self-Driving Car Plan Seems Insane, But It Just Might Work
Wired quoted Jeffrey Miller about the development potential for Tesla’s self-driving cars.
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The Christian Science Monitor: Is NASA Ready for a Human Mission to Mars? No, Say Government Auditors
Mike Gruntman was quoted on why NASA’s plans for a Mars mission lacks feasibility.
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Digital Trends: This 3D Printed Structure Shrinks When Heated, Expands When Cooled
Digital Trends mentioned research by Qiming Wang and colleagues, who created tiny, 3D-printed metamaterials that shrink rather than expand when exposed to heat.
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