Finding Home in Oz: USC Student Helps Transform a Classic With AI
“Experience of a lifetime”: Suvaditya Mukherjee helps bring “The Wizard of Oz” to the Las Vegas Sphere using cutting-edge artificial intelligence.
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USC Viterbi’s ECE Celebrates Innovation at 2025 MHI Research Festival
From live demos and poster sessions to lab tours, the 15th MHI Research Festival highlighted USC ECE’s pivotal role in powering the nation’s innovation and the value of student research.
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USC Researchers Develop First Wireless, Wearable, Real-Time, Camera-less Motion Tracker
USC ACME lab is reshaping the field of motion tracking with a new technology based on magnetic induction.
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Introducing the First Cohort of Astani Graduate Sustainability Scholars
A recently launched program at the USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering provides a launchpad for young scholars to research major environmental challenges.
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Researchers Invent New AI Tool to Automate Detection of Cancer in Blood Samples
Innovation detects cancer cells in blood samples (liquid biopsies) in as little as 10 minutes and identifies hard-to-find cells without humans in-the-loop
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Click Here for Confusion: The State of Privacy Settings
Finding a privacy setting on social media should be simple. But a new study from USC’s Information Sciences Institute (ISI) shows it’s anything but.
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USC Secures Hat Trick at Interspeech 2025 with 3 Research Awards
USC SAIL Lab’s Best Paper and Dual Grand Challenge Wins Solidify its Leadership in Speech Communication Science and Technology
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Serving the Nation with Purpose
U.S. Veteran William Vanderwaal, ’17, reflects on his leadership in combat and his appreciation for USC Viterbi.
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Creating A Future of Convenient AI Systems
USC students collaborated with the artificial intelligence startup Aurite to develop solutions for job searching, travel planning, and more.
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Robots, Meet Your New Teacher: Yourselves
A USC Viterbi graduate student team co-developed a new robotic system that adapts and learns every second.
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A Sensor Stir Stick to Keep Your Caffeine Hit in Check
USC biomedical engineers have created a low-cost stirrer to precisely measure a drink’s caffeine concentration, helping coffee-lovers avoid the pitfalls of over-caffeination.
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How AI Got A New And Improved Personality
Ph.D. student Bin Han led the development of a special AI project with potential applications in healthcare, business and more.
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New USC Viterbi Eye Study Could Redefine Rules of Tissue Behavior
USC biomedical engineers have shown that tissue stiffness does not always follow fiber orientation – an exception with implications for glaucoma, myopia, and ocular trauma.
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A Real-Time Look at How AI Is Reshaping Work
USC students and researchers track where AI is having the biggest impact on jobs, salaries, and industries.
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Can AI Be Your Therapist? Not Quite Yet, Says New USC Study
USC study finds large language models fall short of humans in building therapeutic rapport – a critical factor in mental health care.
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Researchers Uncover Hidden Airport Hotspots in Global Wildlife Trafficking Using AI
New Nature study highlights predictive power of AI in identifying airports used as key nodes in illegal wildlife trade networks
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Turning Research Into Reality: USC Launches New Tech Innovation Fellowship
Two visionary company founders set the stage for groundbreaking research to become thriving startups
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Where Doctors Go: Using Data to Map Where Physicians Start Their Careers
New ISI study finds top medical school graduates are less likely to practice in underserved areas.
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“You Are Agents of Change”: The USC Viterbi Master’s Class of 2025
At the USC Viterbi master’s commencement ceremonies, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos praised graduates on the “singular achievement” of earning their master’s degree.
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“Building A Better World:” Dean Yannis C. Yortsos Tells Graduates They Will Make A Difference
The 2025 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 150 new graduates and Haotian Hang, winner of this year’s best Ph.D. thesis
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Graduate Matthew Fontaine Honored With 2025 USC Ph.D. Achievement Award
Fontaine hopes that his work in algorithmic scenario generation will make robotics and AI systems safer before they are deployed.
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Wearable Smart Lactation Pad Detects Chemicals and Nutrients in Breast Milk
A BME graduate student having her first baby inspired the research group to work on technology gaps in lactation health.
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Imagining the Future of Deep Space Habitats
PhD student Ulubilge Ulusoy researches optimal collaboration between humans and AI during maintenance operations in deep space habitats.
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Raising the Stakes of Sustainability
As a graduating master’s student researching carbon capture and clean energy production, Aadish Panchmia is determined to make a difference.
