Saving Clean Drinking Water…With Math!
USC Viterbi researchers develop innovative new method to analyze how shifts in the earth affect drinking water supply
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Graduate and Professional Programs News Back to News Archive
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Virus Minority Report
USC Viterbi researchers show how we might one day develop vaccines for viruses that haven’t even evolved yet
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What If The Internet Was Accessible To All?
Paul Chiou, a USC Viterbi Ph.D. student, seeks to reimagine technology for people with disabilities, sparked by a paralyzing car accident and a passion for computing.
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Making the (Virtual) Trains Run On Time: USC Team World Champs in AI Challenge
Ph.D. students conquer the railways at 2020 Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Flatland Challenge
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Engineering the Flow of Light
USC Viterbi researchers’ device shapes light in new and exciting ways
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Can We Predict Which COVID-19 Patients Will End Up in the ICU?
USC researchers created an algorithm that uses five biomarkers to determine which COVID-19 patients will need intensive care after hospitalization.
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Can A Robot Operate Effectively Underwater?
USC researchers find sea stars’ shape plays an important role in their ability to withstand dynamic water forces and remain attached to surfaces.
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From DIY Toys to Cutting Edge Materials: PhD Researcher Receives National SHPE Prize
Advanced materials researcher Emily Anne Vargas has been honored for her contributions to the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
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Even Machines Need Their Greens
Chloroplast-Fortified 3D-Printer Ink May Strengthen Products Like Custom Sneaker Soles
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Researchers Discover Hidden Brain Pattern
The discovery has great implications for treating paralyzed, Parkinson’s patients.
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Top Five in the Nation for 9 consecutive years: USC Viterbi’s more than 40 Online Programs in Engineering, Computer Science
DEN@Viterbi, launched nearly 50 years ago, consistently among the best, per U.S. News & World Report
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The Four-Legged Robot That Can Crawl, Crouch, Clean and Fight COVID
A team of USC master’s students creates a disinfection robot to use on COVID-19 prevention.
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“The Horse Whisperer of Oil and Gas”
In late 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed alumnus Uduak-Joe Ntuk as California’s oil and gas supervisor.
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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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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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Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition Returns
The latest edition of the 11-year-old MEPC features 15 startup teams competing for a $50,000 grand prize.
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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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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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Toward A More Equitable USC Viterbi
In a recent memo, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and Brandi P. Jones, vice dean for diversity and strategic initiatives, summarize how USC Viterbi plans to empower Black, Latinx and Indigenous students, faculty and staff.
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Researchers Isolate and Decode Brain Signal Patterns for Specific Behaviors
New machine learning algorithm could discover novel neural patterns and enhance brain-machine interfaces
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USC Viterbi Student and Air Force Officer Makes Plans to Go to Space
U.S. Air Force officer and astronautical engineering graduate student, Edward Proulx, prepares to fly into space at USC.
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After a record-breaking deployment Navy Officer returns to USC for second graduate degree
Jonathan Messer, M.S. ’18, put his systems engineering degree to use during a global pandemic and a humanitarian mission in Central America. He’s now taking it to outer space.
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Building Buildings that Survive Generations
USC Viterbi master’s student Maria Leos learns what fortifies structures, while bolstering her future one opportunity at a time.
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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?