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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TechCrunch: Researchers Find that Twitter Bots Can be Used for Good
A study co-authored by ISI researcher Emilio Ferrara found that Twitter bots can be used to run interventions that trigger or foster good behaviors.
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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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New York Magazine: What Happens When Your Face Is Your Password?
Prem Natarajan, ISI’s Michael Keston Executive Director, was interviewed about issues related to the use of facial-verification as a mode of authentication.
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Science Magazine: Social Media ‘Bots’ Tried to Influence the U.S. Election. Germany May be Next
Research by ISI’s Emilio Ferrara, which examined the use of bots during the US presidential election campaign, was highlighted in this story about the upcoming elections in Germany.
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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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LA Times: USC Study Finds that Movies are Still Dominated by Men, On- and Off-screen
ISI researcher Shrikanth Narayanan’s study on diversity and stereotypes in movie dialogues is highlighted in the LA Times.
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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
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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