How Do You Clean Salty Water Better? By Keeping Desalination Tools Dry.
USC researchers deepen understanding of membrane design to allow for desalination of high salinity streams using green or lower energy investment
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Inaugural Class of Groundbreaking U.S.-China Degree Program Arrives at USC
Participants in the Communication Data Science Dual Degree Program with Tsinghua University arrived in August 2021 to begin a year of coursework at USC
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Two USC Viterbi PhD Students Win Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships
The team is focused on the emerging and important field of federated learning
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Two Beams Are Better Than One
Meet the optical “it couple” helping to speed up and secure wireless communications
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Bringing Reinforcement Learning to a Dynamic World: USC Computer Scientists Win Best Paper Award
The paper outlines a simple approach that solves a complex problem in reinforcement learning (RL): applying RL algorithms to non-stationary environments.
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Skeletal Muscle Grown in a Dish Offers New Insight for Neuromuscular Diseases
In the fight against diseases like ALS, USC Viterbi biomedical engineering researchers have created a powerful lab model to better see how our muscles and neurons connect.
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A T-Cell Power-up for Tumor Treatments
USC Viterbi Ph.D. student researchers have found a new way to enhance the cancer-killing properties of CAR T-cell therapies, to make them more effective in fighting tumors.
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Is it A Horror Film or a Rom-Com? AI Can Predict Based Solely on Music.
USC Viterbi Professor Shrikanth Narayanan and his research group examined the role of music in film through a computational lens to determine how it affects the audience’s perception of genre
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Gold and Silver: USC Viterbi Students Nearly Sweep Top Awards at Nation’s Largest Manufacturing Research Conference
First and second place awards for best paper earned by students in USC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing
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Want Your Lithium Batteries To Last Longer? Try Stretching.
USC researchers have applied fundamental mechanics to help increase battery storage capacity and lifespan.
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ISI Researchers Devise Efficient and Comprehensive Strategy to Decrypt Ciphers
ISI researchers Jonathan May and Nada Aldarrab devise a new system to improve the accuracy and efficiency of deciphering hidden messages.
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How a USC Student Startup Became the Industry Leader
Two former USC Viterbi students founded a 3-D printing company. In just five years it became the go-to resource for dentists.
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Electric Propulsion: The Future of Sustainable Aviation
USC researchers awarded a new NASA grant to make air travel cleaner, greener and more adaptable.
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Need help building IKEA furniture? This robot learns your preferences and lends a hand.
Researchers at USC created an algorithm that allows machines to learn from humans and predict their next move.
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USC Viterbi and USC Price Schools Launch New Executive Education Certificate in Global Space and Defense
New program combines engineering and public policy to build tomorrow’s leaders
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Find Your Genetic Relatives Quickly and Accurately with USC ISI’s iLASH Algorithm
ISI researcher and PhD student utilize iLASH to study genetic causes of diseases and the genetic structure of populations.
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Latest Tests on 6G Return Surprising Results
The research may help lead to haptic internet, mobile edge computing, and holographic communication
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“Cloudy With a Chance of Misbehavior”: Researching Malicious Traffic originating from Cloud Machines
ISI researcher Jelena Mirkovic and students team up to research cloud providers and the “misbehavior” that occurs on these platforms.
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Commencement 2021: Engineering Grads Take Center Stage at L.A. Coliseum For First Time in 71 Years
In a return to in-person graduation, the Class of 2020 and 2021 celebrate “passage to a post-COVID new world”
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Omid Sani: 2021 USC Viterbi Best Dissertation Winner
“Looking for a needle in a haystack – in the middle of a tornado.” Sani’s quest to decipher emotions and the brain.
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Celebrating USC Viterbi Ph.D. Successes in Research, Mentorship and Teaching
Students and teaching assistants receive awards at 2021 Viterbi Ph.D. Awards Ceremony
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A Global Solution for Sustainability Begins Locally
USC Viterbi graduate Harmita Golwala hopes California’s cutting edge research on sustainability can ultimately impact environmental progress in India.
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“We Are The Generation We’ve Been Waiting For”
USC Viterbi online celebration: the Class of 2021 embraces the future with hope and purpose
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Computer Science Senior Creates Tech to Help Students with Visual Impairments Learn to Code
Samuel Alex Atcheson developed a 3D-printed system to teach coding syntax to people with visual impairments using the sense of touch
