VR Game Allows Parkinson’s Patients to Move and Feel in Virtual Worlds
USC engineers team with researchers and VR game designers to help Parkinson’s patients walk steadily with confidence
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How can AI Revolutionize Transportation?
On June 19, 2019, more than 35 guests from USC and DiDi arrived at USC’s University Club to discuss the future of communication, transportation and artificial intelligence as part of the Industry Affiliates Program (IAP).
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Tackling Lack of Diversity in Genetics Research
Researchers at the USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute managed vast amounts of genetic data from multi-ethnic populations in a groundbreaking new study.
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USC Viterbi Announces its 2019 NSF CAREER Award Winners
USC Viterbi Professors Pierluigi Nuzzo, Kelly Sanders and Mahdi Soltanolkotabi receive highly competitive National Science Foundation awards for their leadership and novel research.
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“Deep Fakes”: Researchers Develop Forensic Techniques to Identify Tampered Videos
USC computer scientists find movement is key to spot manipulated content
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Making Children’s Voices Heard in the Courtroom
USC computer science undergraduate student Zane Durante is using artificial intelligence to identify truthful language in child forensic interviews.
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Battling Bias in AI
USC computer science PhD student tackles algorithmic fairness for social justice in machine learning.
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Students Build App That Empowers Teachers in Remote Corners of the World
A U.S. State Department-funded project will allow Mobile Teacher to reach more educators without Internet
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The End of an Era
A blended family of eight, six of whom attended USC, bids farewell to the school as the youngest graduates
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Robotics and American Sign Language
USC Viterbi research team develops technology that may help deaf children better learn sign language
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Death of the Middleman? USC Researchers Imagine a Cheaper, Fairer Marketplace For Digital Goods
Beyond improving e-commerce, USC Viterbi’s Bhaskar Krishnamachari sees a blockchain-driven future where cars, homes and appliances can buy and sell digital information.
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Master’s Students Shine
At the 2019 USC Viterbi master’s commencement, graduates shared hugs, smiles and selfies.
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Changing the Narrative
Avri Parker, president of the National Society of Black Engineers USC Chapter, lands dream job at Microsoft, sets sights on chief technology officer roles—and aims to start a school for black girls in technology.
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Dreaming Big Pays Off
Computer science student turned entrepreneur Drake Rehfeld is flying high with five ventures under his belt before he’s even graduated—but it didn’t happen without hard work.
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The Next Generation Meets the Bots
Local K-12 students learned about robotics and the value of STEM education at USC’s 2019 Robotics Open House
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HackSC 2019: 36 Hours of Hackers, Yoga and, yes, Puppies
USC’s largest hackathon event fuses competition, inspiration and wellness
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Want to Know the Secret of a Good Idea? It Could be Hidden in Language.
Xiang Ren, a USC Viterbi assistant professor of computer science, is using natural language processing to find patterns in massive amounts of text, which could unlock the secrets of innovation—and much more.
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A Hackathon for Women by Women
USC students changing hacking culture from competitive to collaborative.
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Excellence In Engineering
At the 41st Viterbi Awards, NAE President Dan Mote Jr., alumna and Northrop Grumman VP Linnie Haynesworth, and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell were honored.
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How to Make Self-Driving Cars Safer on Roads
USC computer science researchers develop a new way to test machine learning algorithms that control self-driving cars
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Violence in Movies
The film industry will soon be able to better predict MPAA ratings for movies, thanks to a new artificial intelligence tool.
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A Robotic Leg, Born Without Prior Knowledge, Learns to Walk
New AI algorithms could allow robots to learn to move by themselves, imitating animals.
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New Method Uses AI to Screen for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Scientists at USC, Queen’s University (Ontario) and Duke University have developed a new tool that can screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) quickly and affordably
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To Protect Earth’s Natural Resources, It Takes a Village
A recent community-building symposium, hosted by USC’s Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS), explored how AI could revolutionize the field of conservation.
