USC Computer Science Professor Named to DARPA ISAT Study Group
Maja Matarić has been selected among 30 of the nation’s top computer scientists.
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Do Humans Trust AI Coworkers?
USC ISI researchers show that human-AI collaborators may be best at predicting the future. But can they get along?
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Can We Predict Which COVID-19 Patients Will End Up in the ICU?
USC researchers created an algorithm that uses five biomarkers to determine which COVID-19 patients will need intensive care after hospitalization.
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Symposium on the Future of AI: Will AIs Ever Be One of Us?
The USC AI Futures Symposium featured a prolific group of researchers and covered a wide range of AI topics
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Can A Robot Operate Effectively Underwater?
USC researchers find sea stars’ shape plays an important role in their ability to withstand dynamic water forces and remain attached to surfaces.
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What Might Sheep and Driverless Cars Have in Common? Following the Herd.
Researchers Show How Social Component of Moral Decision-making Can Influence Programming of Autonomous Vehicles and Other Technologies
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Can Bacteria Make Stronger Armor, Cars and Airplanes?
USC researchers harness the power of living organisms to make materials that are strong, tolerant and resilient.
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Early Warning for Seizures Could Be a Game-Changer for Epilepsy Patients
USC researchers have harnessed a powerful mathematical model to provide advanced seizure prediction, revolutionizing epilepsy management and treatment.
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Wearable Fitness Trackers Useful in Cancer Treatment, Study Finds
Chemotherapy is a powerful tool in the fight against cancer, but so is data, according to a new study led by USC computer science researchers.
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USC at AAAI ’21: Algorithmic Fairness, Electoral College Strategy, De-Biasing Machine Learning
Notable research includes work on algorithmic fairness for pressing social issues and resource allocation in presidential campaigns.
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Breakthrough in Quantum Photonics Promises a New Era in Optical Circuits
A world-first method to enable quantum optical circuits that use photons—light particles—heralds a new future for secure communication and quantum computing.
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A New Realm of Personalized Medicine with Brain Stimulation
Researchers’ “skeleton key” can unlock a brain.
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Researchers Discover Hidden Brain Pattern
The discovery has great implications for treating paralyzed, Parkinson’s patients.
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Crafting Common Sense into AI Models Through Gameplay
Jon May and his team teach AI how to make decisions when encountering new environments through text-based video games.
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The Four-Legged Robot That Can Crawl, Crouch, Clean and Fight COVID
A team of USC master’s students creates a disinfection robot to use on COVID-19 prevention.
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What if Silent Heart Attacks Could be Diagnosed at Home?
USC Researchers use biofluid dynamics (hemodynamics) that can potentially detect heart attacks in patients without chest pain and lower mortality and re-hospitalization rates for heart failure patients.
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USC Researchers Named 2021 IEEE Fellows
USC ISI’s Yolanda Gil and Craig Knoblock elevated to IEEE Fellows for prolific research contributions
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Technology and Design Keep Holiday Tradition Alive–Even at a Distance
Roboticist and first-year student collaborate on social-distanced tech solution
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PANTHER Program Receives $10 million in Funding from Office of Naval Research
Armani Lab to contribute to national effort to detect traumatic brain injuries
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USC ISI’s DeterLab Testbed Gets a Makeover
The state-of-the-art networking testbed platform undergoes modernization
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Transforming Oil Wells into Batteries for the Sun and Wind
USC Viterbi researchers want to convert idle oil and gas wells into much-needed storage for sustainable energy, making California’s blackouts a thing of the past.
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Connecting the Globe Through Music: New USC Viterbi Schwarzman Scholar
Ben Ma wins prestigious scholarship for all-expenses paid master’s program in China
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Conference on Robotic Learning: Teaching Robots to Cook, Navigate and Learn From Mistakes
From robots that help with everyday tasks, move objects in complex environments, and learn “on the job,” USC computer scientists presented their research at 4th Conference on Robotic Learning.
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USC Researchers Present at NeurIPS 2020
Topics include privacy-preserving collaborative machine learning, transparency in state-of-the-art prediction models and data-driven algorithm design for large-scale combinatorial optimization problems.
