The Power of Following Through
USC Viterbi graduate Alex Wang turned curiosity, leadership and a passion for public service into an extraordinary four-year journey.
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The Hidden Cardiovascular Risks of Nicotine-Free Vaping
A study by USC Viterbi researchers indicates that nicotine-free e-cigarettes can disrupt the heart’s oxygen supply-demand balance, a key indicator of cardiovascular health.
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Can ChatGPT Be Your Therapist? USC Study Tests AI Responses to Mental Health Questions
USC Research Finds AI Strong in Empathy with Promising Potential for Mental Health Support, but Models Still Struggle With Safety Concerns
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Toward Quantum-Augmented Databases: New USC Study Aims to Break the Bottlenecks Slowing Modern Data Systems
USC Viterbi researcher wins NSF Career Award and aims to study how quantum computing can transform database optimization for a data-intensive future
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USC Research Advances Fairer Algorithms and Smarter Markets at EC 2026
USC Researchers to Present 4 Papers at EC 2026: Advancing Algorithmic Fairness, Market Design and AI at the Intersection of Economics and Computing
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AI Location Bias; AI Missing Vocal Clues: USC Viterbi and USC Stevens at ICML 2026
Researchers will spotlight USC Viterbi’s strengths in machine learning, AI and responsible AI research at the prestigious conference.
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USC Computer Science Chair Nenad Medvidović Inducted as ACM Fellow
Recognized for foundational contributions to software architecture and large-scale systems design, Medvidović reflects on research, mentorship and solving problems that matter.
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AI To Prevent Suicide; AI To Better Diagnose Respiratory Diseases: USC Viterbi and USC Stevens at ACL 2026
The prestigious conference brings together researchers and practitioners to share advances in natural language processing.
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A New Leader for USC Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor Noah Malmstadt, newly appointed chair of the USC Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, discusses the energy and manufacturing challenges that connect the disciplines, and why the future of the department is built on firm foundations.
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A New Vision for the USC Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Professor Assad Oberai, newly appointed chair of USC Viterbi’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME), discusses how advances in computation, autonomy and artificial intelligence are reshaping the field – and where AME should focus its efforts next.
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USC Breakthrough Could Help Scientists Spot Disease Clusters, Fraud Networks and More
USC Viterbi researcher Emilio Ferrara has built a tool that can map communities inside massive social, biological, and financial networks faster and smarter than anything that came before.
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“Push Through the Open Door”: Dean Yannis C. Yortsos’ Return to India
On one of his final trips as dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering, Yortsos celebrated new scholarships, reconnected with alumni, and inspired the next generation of Trojans in India.
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A Day to Remember: Viterbi School Honors Dean Yortsos with a Celebration Full of Surprises
After 21 years as dean, Yortsos honored with six new philanthropic initiatives that bear his name.
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The Exit Interview: Dean Yannis C. Yortsos
Twenty-One Years. Twenty-One Questions. A Q&A with USC Viterbi’s longest serving dean.
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USC Brings the World’s Control and AI Researchers to Campus – Together
Two leading conferences, L4DC and NeuS, converged at USC to tackle the same hard problem from two directions: how do we trust machines that learn?
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For America’s 250th, We Created Commemorative Stamps of Trojan Builders
Need patriotic stamps? We’ve got you covered. Check out our collection of 14 USC computer scientists and engineers who helped build the modern computing world. Also, they’re animated.
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USC Studies Aim to Advance Self-Driving Cars, Transform Robot “Brains” and Understand Workplace AI Use
3 USC faculty will lead research projects funded by the Toyota Research Institute
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What If We Could See Disinformation Coming? USC Scientists Say We Can
USC Viterbi researchers can now predict when a false rumor will jump from one social media platform to another, giving journalists and fact-checkers a chance to step in before it goes mainstream.
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Researchers Seek to Catch Money Launderers By Building a Machine That Out-Thinks Them
A DARPA-funded team at USC Viterbi aims to generate fictional but realistic schemes to stress-test the algorithms that may one day make dirty money impossible to hide.
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A New Way to Control How Fluids Move Through Rock
USC Viterbi researchers have proved that fracture geometry can suppress unstable flow patterns and enhance fluid mixing, with implications for groundwater remediation, carbon storage, hydrogen storage and energy production.
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Students Design and Build a Rocket to Carry Payloads to Space
USC Rocket Propulsion Lab’s third successful spaceshot, Daybreak, carried payloads for other student organizations and validated new technologies that expand the team’s ability to return to space on repeat.
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Smarter, Safer Cancer Fighters
USC engineers have developed a new CAR T-cell therapy that can adapt to almost any solid tumor, attack with precision and spare healthy tissue.
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Electron Microscopy Enters a New Dimension
Materials science researchers at USC Viterbi School of Engineering have addressed a longstanding problem in ferroelectric materials measurement, with implications for next-generation technologies including quantum communication and advanced photonic devices.
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USC Researcher to Lead $2.4M AI Core for Raynor Cerebellum Project Treating Cerebellar Disorders
USC Viterbi’s Maryam Shanechi aims to develop AI models to improve neuromodulation and enable adaptive treatment for cerebellar disorders