Fast Company: This is Your Brain on Music
Research by the SAIL lab using AI to detect music’s effects on our brains and emotions, was featured.
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NBC: Researchers Use Active Shooter Simulator to Design Safer Schools
Research by Burcin Bercerik Gerber, Gale Lucas of USC CENTIENTS and Erroll Southers to test building features that might thwart active shooters, was featured.
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Wired: If You Want a Robot to Learn Better, Be a Jerk to It
When humans give robots “tough love” by trying to knock objects out of their hands, it actually helps them find the best ways to hold things, found Stefanos Nikolaidis, a USC computer science assistant professor.
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Cosmos Magazine: Using Sound Waves to Target Tumors
Professor of Biomedical Engineering Qifa Zhou and his team have developed a way to use ultrasound to deliver cancer drugs directly to tumors.
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Scientific American: Happy, with a 20 Percent Chance of Sadness
Jonathan Gratch was quoted on devices designed to predict moods.
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Contagion Live: AI Could Present a New Paradigm in Epidemiology
Sze-Chuan Suen, assistant professor in the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, discusses her work using AI algorithms to tailor public health outreach to fight the spread of infectious diseases.
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Happy Diwali 2019
From Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Wall Street Journal: How to Build Robots People Can Relate To
As robots take on bigger roles, it’s crucial that users both trust and like them, says Professor Maja Matarić, founder and director of USC’s Interaction Lab.
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USC News: Longtime supporters’ gift benefits USC engineering, dance and film schools
USC Viterbi alumnus Patrick Fuscoe and his wife, Bonnie, have donated $12 million to advance programs at three USC schools that shaped their lives.
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San Diego Union-Tribune: Twin tunnels under the Sepulveda Pass could tame L.A. traffic
Henry Koffman was quoted about the importance of the Sepulveda Pass
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Information Week: Expect AI Flash Mobs of Fake News
Hao Li was quoted on the difficulty of detecting deepfake videos.
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CNN: Will Americans return to the moon?
Anita Sengupta was interviewed about the future of space exploration
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KABC: USC engineering students continue legacy of alum Neil Armstrong
USC RPL was featured surrounding the anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.
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USC Viterbi News: First Man
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong’s Groundbreaking Impact on our Journey to Space
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LA Times: Could the Apollo 11 moon landing be duplicated today?
James Moore and Garrett Reisman were quoted about if the Apollo 11 moon landing could be duplicated today.
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Space: NASA Shakes Up Human Space Exploration Leadership
Garrett Reisman was quoted on leadership at NASA.
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AirTalk: Bill To Expand EV Rebates Aims To Jolt Sales And Fight Climate Change, But Will It Make More Californians Go Electric?
James Moore was interviewed on a California bill that would expand electric vehicle rebates.
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Los Angeles Daily News: Los Angeles’ fondness for rail hurts those who rely on public transportation
James Moore was quoted regarding L.A. Metro’s focus on rail expansion over bus improvements.
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Washington Post: Can airlines force travelers off a plane for being sick?
Allen Parmet was quoted as to whether airlines can remove sick passengers from flights.
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USA Today: Check your settings if you don’t want Google tracking every move
Aleksandra Korolova was quoted on how Google can track your every move.
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The Orange County Register: Smart cars learning to avoid unpredictable pedestrians
Jeff Miller was quoted on autonomous vehicles learning to predict pedestrian movements.
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Engadget: The evolution of cognitive architecture will deliver human-like AI
Paul Rosenbloom was quoted on the current state of artificial general intelligence research.
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Science Friday: Hot Enough For You? Cooling The Worsening Urban Heat Island
George Ban-Weiss was interviewed on his work tailoring high-reflectivity roofs to individual neighborhoods.
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USC Viterbi News: Defining the Next Frontier for Humans and Tech
Leading academics dissect the most critical issues related to human-building interaction to advance how people work, learn and live