Scientists Create Ultra Fast Memory Using Light
Novel “photonic latch” technology paves the way for ultra-fast, light-based computing for AI and data centers.
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Bridging the Valley of Death: ISI’s Computational Systems Division and the DREAMS Evolution
A team at USC is democratizing advanced semiconductor development by providing researchers with rapid design generators, validated IP libraries, and FPGA-based prototyping platforms that compress the journey from concept to working silicon from years to months.
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USC Researcher Wins Prestigious Computing Award for Scientific Workflow Innovations
USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute computer scientist Ewa Deelman, whose software has helped detect gravitational waves and map earthquake risks, has been honored with one of the field’s most prestigious awards.
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AI’s Promise and Peril: USC Experts Navigate the Breakneck Pace of Artificial Intelligence
As artificial intelligence advances at breakneck speed, even the scientists building it admit they’re navigating uncharted territory where the line between revolutionary breakthrough and existential risk remains alarmingly unclear.
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MOSIS 2.0 Revives a Legacy: Rehan Kapadia Outlines a Bold Future for Rapid Microelectronics Prototyping
Rehan Kapadia, director of MOSIS 2.0, shared how the service is building on its pioneering legacy to create a national network that lowers barriers, accelerates prototyping, and drives U.S. innovation in microelectronics.
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What Would It Take to Eat Breakfast on the Moon?
At LA Tech Week, a USC Information Sciences Institute panel explores the infrastructure, policies, and partnerships shaping the new space race.
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California Semiconductor Workforce Data Reveals Major Gap Between Industry Projections and Reality
USC-led study challenges assumptions about technician demand as chip manufacturing expands, and demonstrates a shortage in engineers. This new job posting screening system could be used to monitor workforce needs in real time for any industry.
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Beyond the Hype: Quantum Computers Start Solving Real Problems
At ISI’s LA Tech Week panel, researchers explored how the principles of quantum mechanics are becoming real-world technologies, with high hopes for drug discovery
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Charting the Future of Chip Prototyping
A MOSIS 2.0 panel explores how to bridge lab-to-fab, support defense programs, and build a sustainable national network
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AI Is Powering the Search for America’s Critical Minerals
At USC ISI, researchers are using machine learning to unlock data from thousands of maps and build one of the world’s largest knowledge bases of global mineral resources.
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What Can Simulate Nature? Aid Blockbuster Drugs? And Get Congress to Agree?
USC, home of the first operational quantum computer in academia, hosted its second quantum technology forum, bringing together leading experts from industry, academia and government.
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Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Yao-Yi Chiang
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.
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Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Alex Spangher
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.
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Space Robotics Platform Astrobee Set for Commercial Transition for ISS Operations
USC/ISI hosted researchers and startups to discuss NASA’s Astrobee for next-generation space robotics
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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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Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Dan Keston
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.
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Building a Digital Apprentice
Presented at a DARPA tech demo, ISI’s KNIC system supports complex tasks by learning from those who’ve done them before.
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Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Yannis Yortsos
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.
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Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Carl Kesselman
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.
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Robotaxis Keep Riders Safe, But What About Their Data?
A collaborative research team with USC ISI expertise finds that existing methods for selecting privacy enhancing technologies are inadequate for real-world robotaxis
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USC ISI’s Terry Benzel Wins IEEE Computer Society Vice Presidency to Combat Conference Ethics Crisis
After four decades of fighting for integrity in computer science, ISI’s Managing Director is ready to tackle “collusion rings” in conferences and reshape how the world’s computing professionals collaborate.
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Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Zachary Lemnios
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.
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Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Yigal Arens
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.
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USC ISI Ignites Innovation at LA Tech Week 2025
From quantum breakthroughs to AI panels and a rooftop mixer, tech enthusiasts are invited to join free events in the heart of Silicon Beach during LA Tech Week, October 13-19, 2025
