USC ECE Honors Inaugural Class of Changemakers for 20th Naming Anniversary
21 alumni are recognized for shaping technology across Silicon Valley, space exploration, semiconductor research and academia.
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Why Patience Can Create More Value in a Partnership
New research from USC Viterbi’s Ali Abbas could change how investors divide risk, select partners and share the rewards of long-term deals
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Lockdown Traffic Exposed Los Angeles County’s Economic Divide
USC Viterbi study finds driving increased along some routes tied to lower-income communities even as countywide traffic plunged in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
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20 Years, 20 Wins: USC ECE Celebrates Two Decades Under the Ming Hsieh Name
From USC student to university trustee, Ming Hsieh’s journey and historic $35 million gift helped shape two decades of growth, innovation and achievement at USC ECE
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The People Picked to Represent You Probably Don’t
Citizens’ assemblies are one of democracy’s most exciting experiments. But new research by USC Viterbi and USC Stevens shows the way we build them may be missing the point entirely.
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A Soft Robot Reaches for the Stars
USC researchers are teaching a flexible, nature-inspired machine to crawl, cling and someday inspect spacecraft or explore places robots cannot reach
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Moving at the Speed of Light: USC Celebrates Stevens School Naming
The USC Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence pairs more than 50 years of computing history with connections across the university.
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From Field Hockey to WhatsApp: A USC Master’s and a Career Building for Billions
Neeraj Narang (M.S. ’14) once dreamed of being an athlete. Today he is a tech lead at WhatsApp.
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Immature Brain Support Cells May Be Linked to Human Age-Related Cognitive Decline
USC researchers studying human brain tissue found an association between abnormal immature astroglia, cells that play a supporting role in brain function, and lower reasoning ability in older adults with epilepsy.
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A Lollipop That Could Make Medical Testing Easier to Swallow
USC biomedical engineer Maral Mousavi and her students designed LollyLab to monitor health through saliva: quickly, painlessly and potentially for just a few dollars
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“ISI Is a Great Place If You Want to Change the World”
Departing Executive Director Craig Knoblock on eight years leading USC Viterbi and USC Stevens’ Information Sciences Institute, reviving MOSIS, and what comes next
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Got a Good Idea? Go Build It.
Seniors in USC Viterbi’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering have a summer and a semester to convert four years of engineering education into innovative, testable devices and systems.
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New AI Spreadsheet Tool Lets You Branch, Edit and Undo and Fix Mistakes as It Goes
The new tool gives users greater control over AI agents by allowing them to trace, steer and revise their decisions in real time, attracting new funding from Microsoft.
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USC ECE Faculty Lead Innovation in Engineering Education for the AI Era
From AI-integrated coursework to oral quizzes and video-based assessments, USC Viterbi and USC Stevens ECE department leaders are rethinking engineering education to prepare students for the rapidly evolving tech industry.
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USC Viterbi to Honor Applied Mathematician Irena Lasiecka With 2026 Balakrishnan Award
The University of Memphis professor will receive this year’s Balakrishnan Research Award for her contributions to applied mathematics and control theory and deliver a lecture on AI-assisted methods for controlling complex physical systems.
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USC’s Yasser Khan Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award to Develop Wearable Sensors for Monitoring Brain Injury
USC researcher Yasser Khan, a 2026 DARPA Young Faculty Award recipient, will develop chemical and physiological sensors to help detect neural damage in patients with traumatic brain injury
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Six New Faculty Join USC Stevens School of Computing and AI This Year
Joining from the University of Michigan and USC’s Information Sciences Institute, the new faculty bring expertise in AI, quantum computing, advanced hardware and machine learning
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Three USC Engineers on What the Next Big Earthquake Could Mean for Los Angeles
USC Engineering Insights — Researchers across USC Viterbi explore what the next major earthquake could mean for Los Angeles, from amplified ground motion and unstable geology to AI-powered traffic systems and the materials that determine whether a building stands or falls.
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Buildings May Survive an Earthquake but Remain Unusable
USC Engineering Insights – USC Viterbi’s Professor Bora Gencturk explains why meeting seismic code does not guarantee that a building can reopen after an earthquake, and how performance-based design could support a faster recovery.
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After an Earthquake, the Road Map Changes. This AI Model Was Built for That
USC Engineering Insights – When a major earthquake hits Los Angeles, our best traffic models will be reading a map that no longer exists. USC Viterbi professor Cyrus Shahabi is building the system that can adapt in real time.
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How Los Angeles’ Geology Can Intensify an Earthquake
USC Engineering Insights – Assistant Professor Chukwuebuka Nweke explains how the region’s sedimentary basins can amplify seismic waves – and why different earthquakes can produce different patterns of amplified ground motion across Los Angeles.
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When the Internet Is Up – but You Still Can’t Get There
USC Viterbi and USC Stevens researchers at ISI find that partial internet failures are as common as complete outages and may linger unnoticed for years
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Two USC Viterbi Professors Named INFORMS Fellows
Ali Abbas and Johannes Royset receive one of the highest honors in operations research for helping people make better decisions in an uncertain world
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USC Professor Azad Madni Awarded 2026 John Fritz Medal
Azad M. Madni has been awarded the 2026 John Fritz Medal, widely regarded as engineering’s highest honor and often called the “Nobel Prize of Engineering.”