USC Professor Receives Decision Analysis’ Highest Honor
Ali Abbas wins the Frank P. Ramsey Medal for decades of research that has helped shape how people make complex decisions
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USC Advances Humanoid Robotics, Robot Learning and 3D Manipulation at RSS 2026
USC Researchers to Lead Workshops and Present Papers at RSS 2026: From Humanoid Foundation Models and Robotic Reward Learning to 3D Vision for Precision Manipulation
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Finding a Tumor’s Soft Spot to Power-up Immunotherapy
USC researchers have developed a new “black box” tool to measure the softness of tumor cells, an insight that could be crucial for more effective cancer treatment.
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USC Study Used Sweat, Brain Signals, Eye Movements and AI to Detect Depression and Suicide Risk
Researchers analyzed biomarkers that could help psychiatrists identify at-risk individuals earlier and more objectively, supplementing existing self-report surveys and clinical interviews
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The Hidden Cardiovascular Risks of Nicotine-Free Vaping
A study by USC Viterbi researchers indicates that nicotine-free e-cigarettes can disrupt the heart’s oxygen supply-demand balance, a key indicator of cardiovascular health.
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Can ChatGPT Be Your Therapist? USC Study Tests AI Responses to Mental Health Questions
USC Research Finds AI Strong in Empathy with Promising Potential for Mental Health Support, but Models Still Struggle With Safety Concerns
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AI Location Bias; AI Missing Vocal Clues: USC Viterbi and USC Stevens at ICML 2026
Researchers will spotlight USC Viterbi’s strengths in machine learning, AI and responsible AI research at the prestigious conference.
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USC Computer Science Chair Nenad Medvidović Inducted as ACM Fellow
Recognized for foundational contributions to software architecture and large-scale systems design, Medvidović reflects on research, mentorship and solving problems that matter.
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AI To Prevent Suicide; AI To Better Diagnose Respiratory Diseases: USC Viterbi and USC Stevens at ACL 2026
The prestigious conference brings together researchers and practitioners to share advances in natural language processing.
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A New Leader for USC Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor Noah Malmstadt, newly appointed chair of the USC Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, discusses the energy and manufacturing challenges that connect the disciplines, and why the future of the department is built on firm foundations.
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A New Vision for the USC Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Professor Assad Oberai, newly appointed chair of USC Viterbi’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME), discusses how advances in computation, autonomy and artificial intelligence are reshaping the field – and where AME should focus its efforts next.
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USC Breakthrough Could Help Scientists Spot Disease Clusters, Fraud Networks and More
USC Viterbi researcher Emilio Ferrara has built a tool that can map communities inside massive social, biological, and financial networks faster and smarter than anything that came before.
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The Exit Interview: Dean Yannis C. Yortsos
Twenty-One Years. Twenty-One Questions. A Q&A with USC Viterbi’s longest serving dean.
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USC Brings the World’s Control and AI Researchers to Campus – Together
Two leading conferences, L4DC and NeuS, converged at USC to tackle the same hard problem from two directions: how do we trust machines that learn?
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For America’s 250th, We Created Commemorative Stamps of Trojan Builders
Need patriotic stamps? We’ve got you covered. Check out our collection of 14 USC computer scientists and engineers who helped build the modern computing world. Also, they’re animated.
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USC Studies Aim to Advance Self-Driving Cars, Transform Robot “Brains” and Understand Workplace AI Use
3 USC faculty will lead research projects funded by the Toyota Research Institute
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What If We Could See Disinformation Coming? USC Scientists Say We Can
USC Viterbi researchers can now predict when a false rumor will jump from one social media platform to another, giving journalists and fact-checkers a chance to step in before it goes mainstream.
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A New Way to Control How Fluids Move Through Rock
USC Viterbi researchers have proved that fracture geometry can suppress unstable flow patterns and enhance fluid mixing, with implications for groundwater remediation, carbon storage, hydrogen storage and energy production.
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Smarter, Safer Cancer Fighters
USC engineers have developed a new CAR T-cell therapy that can adapt to almost any solid tumor, attack with precision and spare healthy tissue.
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Electron Microscopy Enters a New Dimension
Materials science researchers at USC Viterbi School of Engineering have addressed a longstanding problem in ferroelectric materials measurement, with implications for next-generation technologies including quantum communication and advanced photonic devices.
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USC Researcher to Lead $2.4M AI Core for Raynor Cerebellum Project Treating Cerebellar Disorders
USC Viterbi’s Maryam Shanechi aims to develop AI models to improve neuromodulation and enable adaptive treatment for cerebellar disorders
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Unlocking the Inner Ear: Transforming How Scientists Study Hearing and Balance
A collaboration between USC/ISI, Ostrow School of Dentistry, and the National Institutes of Health is creating the first national database for hearing and balance research.
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Professor Azad Madni Receives IISE Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award
The prestigious award recognizes educators who have contributed significantly to the industrial and systems engineering profession through teaching, research and innovation.
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From 5G to ‘seeing around the corner’: USC Engineer Shapes the Present and Future of Wireless Communication
Andreas Molisch’s research advances modern wireless systems by improving how signals are modeled, transmitted and understood – from smartphones to autonomous vehicles.