USC Researchers Simulate COVID-19 Classroom Transmission
Model predictions show that universal mask usage can reduce new infections by up to 72% and high vaccination rates successfully curb transmission for more contagious variants.
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Engineering for Social Good
Remedy, the winner of the 2022 Min Family Challenge, has developed a flexible container and wearable pouch that allow unhoused people to protect their medication from would-be thieves
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An Attentive Listener
Senior Bryan Huang feels a moral imperative to help those in need, whether serving as president of USC Code the Change or through social entrepreneurship
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Building Better AR and VR
Burgeoning startup Playbook won this year’s MEPC with a vision of simplifying the development of augmented and virtual reality
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‘Another 10 Million Years of Living’: USC Viterbi Start-Up is the No. 1 Virtual Cardiac Rehab Program in the U.S.
Moving Analytics, led by three USC Viterbi alumni, seeks to be in all 50 states by the end of 2023
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Class of 2022 Graduate Gets Thrifty in the Startup World
Product Development Engineering graduate Patricia Garcia is winning accolades for her company that allows students to thrift their collegiate gear.
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New Startup Brings AI to the People and Organizations
USC Viterbi researchers’ new AI platform is for everyone
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Engineering Sustainable Cities Around the Globe
USC joins with universities across the globe to launch new certificate program focused around the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Reeling in the Phishing Accounts
How a new USC Viterbi-led startup is using AI to fight malicious online impersonators.
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“Life Is Matter Plus Algorithms”
Annual USC Viterbi-Axilor Series Inspires Innovators and Entrepreneurs
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‘We Want to Assemble Anything’
Max Reynolds (AME ’14) launched a startup, Symbio, that revolutionizes how artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to the manufacturing industry
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Kicking Off the 2021-2022 MEPC
The latest edition of the 12-year-old Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition promises to guide aspiring student entrepreneurs through the process of transforming an innovative idea into a viable business.
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Startups for A Better Tomorrow
The Min Family Challenge, a business model contest to develop startups that benefit the underprivileged, held its 2021-2022 kickoff
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“Tech for Good” Week Debuts at USC
A series of USC Viterbi-lead events, headlined by innovators and change-makers, explores the challenges of humanitarian crises
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USC Researchers Present 30 Papers at NeurIPS 2021
Paper topics include machine learning, deep learning, neural networks and optimization.
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Single Cell Intelligence: Alumni Startup Seeks To ID Cells That Could Transform Medicine
Co-founded by USC Viterbi alumnus Mahyar Salek, ’11, Deepcell uses AI and imaging to isolate unique cells in areas ranging from cancer to prenatal testing.
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USC To Lead I-Corps Hub: West Region Program With $15 Million Award From NSF To Boost Tech Innovation, Launch Startups
Along with seven collaborating research universities, USC will help cultivate deep technology businesses in the Western United States
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USC Collaborates in $20M NSF Institute to Push New Frontiers in AI and Optimization
The NSF Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute for Advances in Optimization will fuse AI and mathematics to tackle tough challenges, such as food security, supply chain operations and hardware design.
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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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The Trojan “Angel” of Palo Alto
Preetish Nijhawan, former Akamai cofounder, serves as mentor to the next generation of founders through his firm that invests in early-stage technology startups
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Social Benefit Wins Min Family Challenge
The startup is creating a digital platform that brings transparency to government benefits for low-income populations and their case managers to help end cyclical homelessness and poverty
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Watershield Victorious at Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition
At the 11th annual MEPC, the team’s vision for a silicone-based polymer shield to protect cancer patients wins the $50,000 grand prize
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What Game Design Taught Me About Life, Dreams, And 3-D Printing A Human Heart
Gavan Wilhite, ’10 B.S. computer science, created the first social platform for virtual reality, now he’s building the connective tissues in 3-D printed organs
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Mr. “Astropreneur”
Joe Landon has spent more than a decade working toward the day when millions of people can live and work in space
