Micro CT Scanner – One of Just Two on the West Coast – Comes to Campus
The machine can take high-resolution pictures at the micron level, or one-millionth of a meter
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USC at IROS ‘22
USC researchers present 15 wide-ranging papers at IROS 2022, one of the world’s largest robotics conferences.
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New $11.7 Million USC Center to Create Open-Source Implantables for the Nervous System
The USC-led center will develop cutting-edge devices that send stimulating pulses to the autonomic nervous system to treat and monitor a vast range of conditions.
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Shanechi Receives the One Mind 2022 Rising Star Award
Maryam Shanechi was honored for her unique engineering approach to mental health.
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Harnessing Data to Improve Food Safety and Nutrition
Abigail Horn joins the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, bringing expertise in fighting global challenges in food systems.
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Have You Ever Played Piano in Zero Gravity? Jose Ferreira Has.
USC Viterbi Ph.D. student takes music to new heights, combining his love of space with the arts
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Eleven New Faculty Join USC’s Department of Computer Science
USC Viterbi’s Department of Computer Science welcomes a diverse group of new faculty members for the 2022/2023 academic year.
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Artificial Intelligence in Space – USC’s Information Sciences Institute is on a Mission
Astronaut Danny Olivas joins ISI’s Visual Intelligence and Multimedia Analytics Laboratory (VIMAL) to look for ways to use AI in space.
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New Faculty to Boost USC Strength in Optimization and Quantum Algorithms
Giacomo Nannicini, whose work spans fields as varied as map navigation and optimized building design, comes to the Epstein Department following six years at IBM Research.
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USC ISI Research Shows a Promising Future for Animal-like Computer Vision
USC’s Information Sciences Institute researchers present a pathway for adapted biological retinae in machines so their vision can mimic animal eyes.
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Science by Looking at Citations
USC’s Information Sciences Institute researchers used artificial intelligence to study gender disparities in science.
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Good Vibrations: Detecting Emotions from Speech Patterns
Computer science student Shannon Brownlee’s startup uses software to detect emotions from speech patterns, which could help people with autism.
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Baby Talk: Detecting Signs of Toxic Stress in Infants
A computer science doctoral student is working with a local children’s hospital to help clinicians detect signs of toxic stress in infants using artificial intelligence.
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New wearable device measures the changing size of tumors below the skin
Electronically sensitive, skin-like membrane can measure changes in tumor size to the hundredth of a millimeter. It represents a new, faster and more accurate approach to screen cancer drugs.
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Expert in Engineered Cell-Based Cancer Therapies Appointed USC Viterbi BME Chair
Peter Yingxiao Wang, a specialist in CAR T-cell cancer therapies, joins USC in January 2023 as the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
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A Prescription for the Future of Healthcare: AI, Databases and Video Games
As we celebrate USC’s Information Systems Institute’s 50th anniversary, we look back at the collaborations they’ve done in the medical field that have led to smarter, more efficient medical care.
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From Cell Phones to Siri – Most of Your Favorite Tech Can Be Traced Back to ISI
USC’s Information Sciences Institute, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, has played a pivotal role in the development of most of the tech you use every day.
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USC’s Information Sciences Institute Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation
From a three-man shop in 1972 to a 400+ person Institute, ISI continues to lead the way in computing research.
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In a Warmer World, Half of all Species Are on the Move. Where Are They Going?
A new computer modeling tool provides a more accurate analysis of species range shifts under climate change – and it’s even bleaker than expected.
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Legged Robots to Aid with Planetary Research
Feifei Qian is the lead researcher for a NASA grant that could significantly aid planetary explorations.
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ISI: Internet Innovator for the Past 50 Years
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of USC’s Information Sciences Institute, we take a look back at its role in the development of the defining technology of our age: the internet.
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Barry Boehm, a “Living Legend” in Systems and Software Engineering, Dies at 87
A pioneer in the field of computer science with a career spanning six decades, USC Viterbi Professor Emeritus Barry Boehm “defined an era in software engineering.”
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The Surprising Powerful Global Tsunamis Driven by Underwater Volcanic Eruptions
USC researchers and colleagues track and document the tsunami impact of a recent event near Tonga
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Cracking the Code to Help Planet Earth
50 Years of ISI: How ISI has used computer science to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and aid paleoclimatologists in natural disaster detection and management
