A Tribute to Excellence and Equity: the John Brooks Slaughter Center for Engineering Diversity
From Topeka to the White House, Slaughter has lifted as he climbed
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Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering News Back to News Archive
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Qian, Bansal study the way robots move, interact with the world around them
The researchers share some commonalities in their work, apart from winning an NSF CAREER Award.
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Paul Bogdan joins team researching nanotechnology for NSF-funded center
The UMich-led Center for Complex Particle Systems (COMPASS), one of four new Science and Technology Centers, will look to nature for inspiration on particles.
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Port Cities in North Africa and the Middle East are Losing the Battle Against Climate Extremes
Studies warn against major hydroclimatic, and environmental vulnerabilities
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New Laser-Array Processor Could Vastly Improve AI Computing Efficiency
Study conducted by team including USC, MIT shows 100x improvement over existing technology.
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Building Better Models Starts With Reexamining the Metrics
USC computer scientists present a better way to measure the performance of generative AI models at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML).
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Keeping the Lights On
USC Viterbi’s Bhaskar Krishnamachari and USC economist Matthew Kahn have proposed an ethical plan to promote power and water conservation that targets the biggest users while protecting the poor.
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Maryam Shanechi Named Blavatnik National Awards Finalist
She was recognized for her “pioneering brain-machine interfaces that can model, decode, and control complex neural activity patterns by the intersection of engineering, computing, and neuroscience”
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Six USC Viterbi Faculty Honored with NSF CAREER Awards
The NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty will boost USC research in disease modeling, groundwater systems, machine learning and robotics.
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USC Review Touts Benefits of Newer Materials for Memristive Devices
A USC review published in the journal Nature Electronics suggests that the “unique features of vdW materials provide a greater freedom for creating precisely engineered memristive devices.”
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Unbiased Medical Devices for All
Yasser Khan wins a prestigious Google Research Scholar Award for racial bias correction in a medical device that measures oxygen levels
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USC to Lead Interdisciplinary Project on Mental Health
A collaborative effort with UCLA will predict psychological health risk factors
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Kosko receives Hebb Award from International Neural Network Society
USC professor honored for his research work in the field of neural learning.
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Quantum Computers Are Better at Guessing, New Study Demonstrates
USC researchers leverage techniques to manage error accumulation, demonstrating the potential of quantum computing in the error-prone NISQ era
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Advancing Computer Vision One Pixel at a Time
USC Viterbi researchers propose a novel framework to address challenges in computer vision.
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Wide Awake and Dreaming: USC Viterbi’s 2023 Master’s Commencement Ceremonies
The class of 2023 is “the best educated, the most representative in our history.”
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“At Heart, We’re Problem Solvers:” USC Viterbi Undergraduate Commencement 2023
This year’s ceremony at Alumni Park was headlined by alumnus and venture capitalist, Mark Stevens, who praised the power and versatility of an engineering degree
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“Attention is All You Need”: New Ph.D.s Urged to Attend to “Challenges of Earth’s Eight Billion People.”
The 2023 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 133 new graduates and Jiaoyang Li, winner of this year’s best Ph.D. thesis.
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Engineering the Ultimate Ride: Hannah Rose’s Quest to Push the Limits of Theme Park Innovation
A Taylor Swift theme park? For Rose, a leader in USC’s themed entertainment student group, why not?
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Two Graduating Seniors in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Both students are among the first cohort of the Ming Hsieh Institute Undergraduate Scholars program.
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Powered by Algorithms – and Jazz
Graduating Ph.D. student Lillian Clark’s dissertation explores how to improve robot communication in remote environments. Her study of jazz helped her think on her feet.
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Graduating Electrical and Computer Engineering Major Receives the USC Viterbi Community Impact Award
Nomar Rodriguez is being honored for his leadership and service to USC Viterbi’s chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
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Daniel Lidar to Lead MURI on Quantum Computing Research
The Department of Defense MURI Award will allow Lidar’s multi-institutional team to investigate techniques that may unlock the full potential of quantum computing.
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Using AI to Diagnose COPD In One Minute with 98.5% Accuracy
Paul Bogdan has developed a new and improved method to detect chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for early diagnosis and better treatment
