Meet CybOrg: USC’s Premier Cybersecurity Club
USC Viterbi student club gives students confidence, networking opportunities, mentors and even job connections.
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USC Researchers Named 2021 IEEE Fellows
USC ISI’s Yolanda Gil and Craig Knoblock elevated to IEEE Fellows for prolific research contributions
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Hour of Code: The Frontier of STEM Equity
USC Viterbi partners with Google and Code.org to introduce computer science to K-12 students and shine a light on how computer science can serve as a catalyst for social justice.
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Technology and Design Keep Holiday Tradition Alive–Even at a Distance
Roboticist and first-year student collaborate on social-distanced tech solution
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Connecting the Globe Through Music: New USC Viterbi Schwarzman Scholar
Ben Ma wins prestigious scholarship for all-expenses paid master’s program in China
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Conference on Robotic Learning: Teaching Robots to Cook, Navigate and Learn From Mistakes
From robots that help with everyday tasks, move objects in complex environments, and learn “on the job,” USC computer scientists presented their research at 4th Conference on Robotic Learning.
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USC Researchers Explore Improving Measurement Tools for Quantum Physics
The more sensitive measurement tools are, the more information physicists can extract from quantum particles, such as photons.
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Yolanda Gil, Leana Golubchik Named AAAS Fellows
Gil and Golubchik are among six USC faculty members selected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020.
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STARFISH: Space Exploration’s Newest Star
USC’s Space and Engineering Research Center looks to the star-shaped sea creature for their groundbreaking soft robotics project.
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USC Researchers Present 22 Papers at Leading Natural Language Processing Conference
With 22 papers accepted to this year’s EMNLP conference, USC computer science continues to assert its place as a leader in natural language processing community.
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USC ISI Researcher Uses AI to Combat COVID-19 Under the Microsoft AI for Health Program
The Microsoft grant will help develop knowledge graphs for a COVID-19 data infrastructure.
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Showing Robots How to Drive a Car…In Just A Few Easy Lessons
USC researchers have developed a method that could allow robots to learn new tasks, like setting a table or driving a car, from observing a small number of demonstrations.
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AI Tool May Predict Movies’ Future Ratings
USC Viterbi researchers are using AI as a tool identify violent, substance-abuse and sexual content in movie scripts before a single scene is shot
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New Test Reveals AI Still Lacks Common Sense
Despite advances in natural language processing, AI still doesn’t have the common sense to understand human language, finds a new USC study.
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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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How do you innovate inclusion?
HackSC, SHPE, NSBE, and Girls in Tech host USC’s first ever Diversity & Inclusion Hackathon
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AI News Bias Tool Created By USC Computer Scientists
Employs Artificial Intelligence to Develop News “Nutrition Label”
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 8: Misinformation Detection
Yan Liu shares how machine learning and AI could help combat COVID-19 by identifying and mitigating misinformation on social media.
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“Our Candidate is Democracy”
USC leads national effort to safeguard national elections from cyber attacks
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Teaching Robots Self-Awareness of their Own Bodies
Jasmine Berry is grappling with the big questions: What does it mean to be self-aware and what would it take for a robot to satisfy those criteria?
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“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 4: Automation Technologies for Ensuring Human Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The fourth lecture in the 10-part series focuses on how automation can help enhance human productivity in industries such as manufacturing while keeping them safe during the global pandemic.
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Graphs: The Hidden Ingredient to More Realistic Simulations
New PhD graduate Alana Shine researches graph theory, which can help create more accurate models of disease spread.
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Urgent Times Call for Urgent Measures
USC ISI scientists research urgency detection in short crisis situations through social media
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Bistra Dilkina Named CAIS Co-Director
The USC Viterbi associate professor wants to expand the footprint of the center, which brings together AI and social work to find solutions to major societal problems.