Alexa To USC: “Congratulations! You Have Been Chosen.”
The prestigious Amazon Alexa Innovation Fellowship will allow the USC Viterbi School of Engineering to infuse voice technology into several of its innovation programs.
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Predicting the next Taylor Swift—with algorithms?
Want to discover the next big thing in music? A new USC study used data mining to predict what artists will hit the big-time in the next year.
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Unique Mars spacecraft design earns engineering students a big win from NASA
USC Viterbi students design a deep-space transport with artificial gravity, earning first place in the graduate division of NASA’s student competition
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New Study Finds Taking Breaks Boosts Team Performance
USC computer scientists leverage artificial intelligence to analyze the performance of individuals in online team-based games, producing unique insights into the psychology of performance
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Hacking for Defense
In an exciting, experiential new class, the U.S. Department of Defense supplies national security problems, while students develop ideas for solutions.
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You Have 28 Hours to Protect the World’s Smart Watches, Cars, Pacemakers and Cities. What Do You Do?
The 2nd Annual Viterbi Graduate Hackathon brought together aspiring developers to keep the Internet of Things safe from cyberattacks.
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The American Art Collaborative and USC Information Sciences Institute: An Unexpected Partnership.
The Information Sciences Institute and the American Art Collaborative began a partnership that proves that STEM and the arts actually can get along.
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ISI Researchers to “Model the World” with New DARPA Award
New project led by Yolanda Gil receives $13 million DARPA award to apply artificial intelligence to large-scale integrated modeling
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USC ISI Researchers Develop Computational Methods to Uncover Hidden Trends in Human Behavior
New research suggests studying and avoiding all-nighters could lead to greater student happiness
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Quantum Machine Shows Promise for Biological Research
In first quantum machine learning study with biological data, USC researchers leverage D-Wave to understand gene regulation
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New Insights Into Human Kidney Formation Made Possible with Innovative Platform Developed at ISI
USC stem cell scientists used a new “ecosystem of tools” designed by ISI researchers to analyze massive amounts of data to document the similarities and differences between kidney development in humans and mice
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USC ISI to Develop Translation and Information-Retrieval System for Uncommon Languages
Researchers receive $16.7 million grant to automatically translate and summarize “low-resource” language documents into English
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What Lies Beneath: “PipeFish” Robot Patrols City Pipes to Detect Underground Water Leaks
Supported by the Keston endowment, ISI researcher Wei-Min Shen is working to combat deterioration in LA’s aging underground water networks
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Carl Kesselman of ISI and USC Viterbi to help develop a powerful national NIH Data Commons Platform
The virtual, cloud-based platform will help researchers share and manage vast amounts of data online.
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Entrepreneurial High School Students
Top high school students from across the country gather at USC Viterbi to learn the fast-paced world of technology, development and commercialization.
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USC ISI to Lead Project to Simulate Dynamics of Online Social Behavior
$4.95 million DARPA contract awarded to develop large-scale computational simulation of online social behavior
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USC ISI Leads IARPA Contract for developing Hybrid Forecasting Systems
Project to combine machine learning and human forecasting to predict geopolitical events
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USC ISI researchers poised to crack the code on reducing workplace stress
New research to explore the intersection of data, sensors and artificial intelligence.
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ISI’s Senior Director for Administrative Affairs Receives 2017 Distinguished Service Award from Digital Government Society
Yigal Arens Honored for Contributions to Digital Government
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Twitter Bots for Good: USC ISI Study Reveals How Information Spreads on Social Media
Study co-authored by USC ISI highlights how positive behaviors are reinforced on social networks
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An extra challenge in a crisis: Dealing with rare languages
Information Sciences Institute researchers work on the holy grail of machine translation: a universal system that supports the world’s languages — all 7,000 of them
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Everything a computer wanted to know about humans (but was too afraid to ask)
Fifteen years in the making, a new book by ICT’s Andrew Gordon and ISI’s Jerry Hobbs, dubbed “a computer’s guide to humans,” hits the shelves September 7.
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Hurricane Harvey through the Eyes of the Internet
ISI’s John Heidemann tracks internet outages as they hit Southeast Texas
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Why Was MacronLeaks’ Influence Limited in the French Election?
New USC Research Finds Disinformation Campaign Spread and Consumed Mostly by Foreigners on Social Media