Society of Petroleum Engineers chapter at USC honored as one of the best in the world
The global award recognizes the chapter’s excellence in community service, professional development, and industry engagement.
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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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A Powerful Touch
USC Viterbi alumnus PJ Wilson moved to Puerto Rico bringing solar kits and advocating for renewable energy on the hurricane-ravaged island
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Maged M. Dessouky appointed Chair for Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Renowned research scientist Maged Dessouky assumes leadership role for ISE department
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Mr. USC
How To Launch A Million Dollar Software Firm? A Family Helps. Specifically, the Trojan Variety.
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USC Viterbi-Saudi Aramco Master’s Program sees its first graduating class
16 Saudi Aramco employees completed a unique master’s degree in construction management
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Professor Kirk Shung becomes Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair
Dean’s Professor of Biomedical Engineering Kirk Shung assumes the mantle of department chair for BME.
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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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Data-Crunching Class Looks to the Skies to Explore UFO Sightings
Computer science master’s students sifted through thousands of documented sightings of UFOs to tackle one of the greatest unsolved mysteries: Are we alone in the universe?
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Recent USC Viterbi Ph.D. Named Among “World’s Top 35 Innovators Under 35.”
Niki Bayat is the first USC doctoral student to have earned distinction as one of MIT Technology Review’s prestigious “TR 35.”
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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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Mathematician-M.D. introduces a new methodology suggesting a solution to one of the greatest open problems in the history of mathematics
A completely new approach suggests the validity of the 110-year-old Lindelöf hypothesis, opening up the possibilities of new discoveries in quantum computing, number theory and cybersecurity
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Could this material enable autonomous vehicles to come to market sooner and make them safer?
New material has optical properties that could enable better infrared detection for autonomous vehicles and assist firefighters
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USC Computer Science Professor Develops Haptic Armband to Mimic Human Touch
New wearable creates “haptic illusion” using tiny speakers to simulate gestures used in social touch
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Machine Learning at the Shannon Limit
Qian Yu Wins a Google Fellowship for His Work in Coded Computing
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Astronaut to Join USC Faculty
Garrett Reisman, Director of Space Operations at SpaceX and former NASA astronaut joins USC’s Department of Astronautical Engineering
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A new partnership brings the latest technologies to enable convergence
USC’s Michelson Center is partnering with Agilent Technologies to establish the Agilent Center of Excellence
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A Beautiful, Complicated Circuit
Gianluca Lazzi Sits at the Intersection of Electrical Engineering and Medicine.
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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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Let the games begin!
First ever Games Expo sets the stage for the biggest night of games at USC
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Engineers Develop New Portable Malaria Screening Instrument
Diagnostic Method Exploits Magnetic Properties of Parasite Byproduct to Detect All Strains in Low-Resource Environments
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When Underground Forces Unite
PhD student Saro Meguerdijian studies geomechanical factors that “couple up” for big results.
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Biologically Inspired Robotics
In this undergraduate course, students look to nature to design and build robots that mimic the movement of animals
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Eureka! Eureka! The Class of 2018 Has Found It
After long nights that muddled into early mornings in SAL, CED, and Leavey, they’re ready to set sail