Building A More Resilient City of Angels, Part 2
From fire response robots to retardant firing artillery, USC Viterbi engineers offer potential solutions for the future.
Read More
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering News Back to News Archive
Read More
Building A More Resilient City of Angels, Part 1
As Angelenos brace for “fire years” rather than “fire seasons,” USC Viterbi engineers offer potential solutions for the future.
Read More
USC Researchers Develop First Pulse-Mode Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Chip
Ray Sun, an Electrical Engineering PhD student, and his advisor, Constantine Sideris, have revolutionized the capabilities of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technology. For the first time, a single chip can perform both continuous-wave (CW) and pulse mode EPR.
Read More
Could Africa’s largest water dispute be avoided with open science?
Researchers suggest a framework for sharing the Nile’s water and hydropower resources under prolonged drought
Read More
Uniting Industry and Academia: 2024 Ming Hsieh Institute Research Festival
With a special demo on Disney’s BD Robots and a panel of ECE alumni, the 14th Annual Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Research Festival showcases pioneering and interdisciplinary student-led research.
Read More
Three USC Viterbi Professors Named 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Wei Wu and Theodore Tsotsis received the prestigious honor in recognition of their exceptional contributions to innovation, invention and technology.
Read More
Uncovering Cancer’s Clues
USC Computer Science Professor Yan Liu develops AI model to predict treatment outcomes and identify resistance in ovarian cancer.
Read More
A Legacy of Leadership: Professor Emeritus Alexander “Sandy” Sawchuk Establishes Faculty Chair
Maryam Shanechi is the inaugural holder of the Alexander A. Sawchuk Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Read More
USC+Amazon Center Announces 2024-2025 Projects and Fellows
The USC + Amazon Center on Secure and Trusted Machine Learning reaffirms its commitment to innovation by funding three new projects and welcoming three fellows for 2024-2025.
Read More
New Wearable Sweat-Rate Sensors
As interest in wearable medical electronics takes off, electrical engineering student Sangwon Cha is working on a more commercially viable sweat-rate sensor. He presented his research at the IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Oct. 15-17.
Read More
Celebrating Electrical Engineering Pioneer Ming Hsieh
Ming Hsieh shares his journey as an engineer and innovator with the Trojan family including a new generation of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) students, recounting his humble beginnings in rural China to his rise as founder and innovator in the biometrics scene.
Read More
C.-C. Jay Kuo Honored as the Ming Hsieh Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
President Folt, Dean Yortsos and Ming Hsieh himself attend ceremony honoring Dr. Kuo and his decades’ worth of accomplishments.
Read More
Duke University’s Earl Dowell Wins 2024 Balakrishnan Award
Honor named for admired USC Viterbi alumnus who studied electrical engineering, mathematics, and cinema.
Read More
Coming To A Car, Robot And A Drone Near You
The potential of generative AI as a force of good was explored in depth at the recent USC Center for Autonomy and AI’s annual workshop
Read More
Undergraduate Microelectronics Commons Scholars Program Brings the Textbook to Life in the Cleanroom
California DREAMS provided training and internships to two undergraduate cohorts this summer
Read More
In Memoriam: George Bekey 1928 – 2024
Legendary roboticist helped spark USC Viterbi’s rise to global prominence.
Read More
USC Viterbi’s Yasser Khan Receives Coveted Packard Fellowship
Packard Foundation recognizes Khan’s ideas for using a miniaturized sensor network of brain implants and ingestible sensors to study brain-gut communication.
Read More
From elevator pitch to proof-of-concept in less than half the time
Hub Partners USC and Northrop Grumman find a faster solution within their California DREAMS collaboration
Read More
Ph.D. Candidate Pooria Namyar Among 41 Named MLCommons Rising Stars
AI group chosen for his work developing reliable high-performance machine learning systems.
Read More
USC Viterbi To Play Significant Role in New NSF Center Aimed at Insights on Pandemic Pre-emergence
Researchers will provide expertise on AI/machine learning, data analytics, and algorithm design for the new NSF Center for Pandemic Insights.
Read More
Behnam Jafarpour Receives Prestigious SPE International Data Science Award
Jafarpour is a professor in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and an expert in subsurface energy technology.
Read More
From Blood Tests to Brain Scans: How AI is Revolutionizing Alzheimer’s Research
How advanced technology offers new hope in the fight against a devastating disease.
Read More
How Are Stretch Reflexes Modulated During Voluntary Movement?
New computational theory sheds light on a longstanding question
Read More
USC Viterbi-led CA DREAMS Hub is awarded $31.9 million in funding under the Microelectronics Commons
Two projects led by Northrop Grumman will focus on maturing advanced gallium nitride (GaN) and on the development of 5G/6G-relevant prototypes.
