When Basics are a Luxury, How Do You Promote Sustainability?
$10 milk. Electricity six times the national average. An innovative course at USC partners with Alaska’s Tlingit indigenous community to find new answers.
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USC Researchers Present 30 Papers at EMNLP 2021
Goals include building fairer commonsense models by reducing bias, detecting polarizing topics to mitigate conflict, and achieving smooth human-AI communication.
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Gold and Silver: USC Viterbi Students Nearly Sweep Top Awards at Nation’s Largest Manufacturing Research Conference
First and second place awards for best paper earned by students in USC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing
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Creating the Materials of the Future Using Machine Learning
A new M.S. degree in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at USC Viterbi will prepare graduates to lead the creation of advanced materials using machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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Undergraduate Researchers Impress Viterbi Community With CURVE Symposium Posters
Over 100 USC Viterbi undergraduates present their year-long research projects virtually at the 2021 Viterbi Research Symposium
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Crashing The Old Boys’ Club
Nivedita Bhasin, a certificate recipient at USC’s Aviation Safety and Security Program, was recently named Air India’s chief of flight safety, the first female pilot to hold that position.
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New Student Scholarship Aimed to Increase Diversity at USC Viterbi
Through the generosity of TransDigm, the Doug Peacock Scholarship will also help to increase affordability of engineering education
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USC Viterbi and USC Price Schools Launch New Executive Education Certificate in Global Space and Defense
New program combines engineering and public policy to build tomorrow’s leaders
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How the Hoover Dam Broke Boundaries
Inspired by the Hoover Dam’s grandeur, graduating USC Viterbi student Saumya Joshi is a trailblazer in her own right, fearlessly changing the face of construction engineering.
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Recognizing Excellence: 2021 Master’s Awards Ceremony
This year’s virtual awards ceremony commemorated the impressive accomplishments and commitment to excellence of Viterbi’s graduating master’s students.
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Undergraduate Diana Bonilla Combines Engineering, Business, Service, and Dance
The ISE student was recently named a finalist for the prestigious Dr. John R. Hubbard Recognition Award
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Over 100 Undergraduate Students Conduct Research Remotely
As part of the Center for Undergraduate Research in Viterbi Engineering fellowships, undergraduate students participated in research spanning topics including disruptive space engineering, climate change, robotics and AI for social good.
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What If The Internet Was Accessible To All?
Paul Chiou, a USC Viterbi Ph.D. student, seeks to reimagine technology for people with disabilities, sparked by a paralyzing car accident and a passion for computing.
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Escape Velocity, Episode 4: “The Equity Scholar-Practitioner”
Brandi Jones, USC Viterbi vice dean for diversity and strategic initiatives, talks about her life’s work at the intersection of race, academia and STEM
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Five Questions about Space with Garrett Reisman
An audio conversation about space tourism, sustainability and pizza.
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Darin Gray Named Engineer of the Year
USC Viterbi STEM pioneer honored by the 2020 Orange County Engineering Council for his profound impact in STEM outreach.
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As Cybersecurity Becomes Increasingly Important, USC Students Train to Secure Networks, Data
USC’s Intelligence and Cyber Operation Program trains students to proactively identify cybersecurity issues.
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Top Five in the Nation for 9 consecutive years: USC Viterbi’s more than 40 Online Programs in Engineering, Computer Science
DEN@Viterbi, launched nearly 50 years ago, consistently among the best, per U.S. News & World Report
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 11: Environmental Influences on Work From Home
As part of an 11-part lecture series, USC Viterbi researchers spoke on the role and influence of built environments on mental and physical health, and work productivity and satisfaction.
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Toward A More Equitable USC Viterbi
In a recent memo, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and Brandi P. Jones, vice dean for diversity and strategic initiatives, summarize how USC Viterbi plans to empower Black, Latinx and Indigenous students, faculty and staff.
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 9: Digital Contact Tracing
Cyrus Shahabi’s digital contact tracing goes beyond mobile phones, reducing false positives.
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Cheers to a WiSE 20 Years
The USC Women in Science and Engineering program celebrates 20 years of women empowerment in academia.
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USC Viterbi Student and Air Force Officer Makes Plans to Go to Space
U.S. Air Force officer and astronautical engineering graduate student, Edward Proulx, prepares to fly into space at USC.
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After a record-breaking deployment Navy Officer returns to USC for second graduate degree
Jonathan Messer, M.S. ’18, put his systems engineering degree to use during a global pandemic and a humanitarian mission in Central America. He’s now taking it to outer space.
