Got a Good Idea? Go Build It.
Seniors in USC Viterbi’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering have a summer and a semester to convert four years of engineering education into innovative, testable devices and systems.
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New AI Spreadsheet Tool Lets You Branch, Edit and Undo and Fix Mistakes as It Goes
The new tool gives users greater control over AI agents by allowing them to trace, steer and revise their decisions in real time, attracting new funding from Microsoft.
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USC ECE Faculty Lead Innovation in Engineering Education for the AI Era
From AI-integrated coursework to oral quizzes and video-based assessments, USC Viterbi and USC Stevens ECE department leaders are rethinking engineering education to prepare students for the rapidly evolving tech industry.
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USC Viterbi to Honor Applied Mathematician Irena Lasiecka With 2026 Balakrishnan Award
The University of Memphis professor will receive this year’s Balakrishnan Research Award for her contributions to applied mathematics and control theory and deliver a lecture on AI-assisted methods for controlling complex physical systems.
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USC’s Yasser Khan Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award to Develop Wearable Sensors for Monitoring Brain Injury
USC researcher Yasser Khan, a 2026 DARPA Young Faculty Award recipient, will develop chemical and physiological sensors to help detect neural damage in patients with traumatic brain injury
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Six New Faculty Join USC Stevens School of Computing and AI This Year
Joining from the University of Michigan and USC’s Information Sciences Institute, the new faculty bring expertise in AI, quantum computing, advanced hardware and machine learning
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Three USC Engineers on What the Next Big Earthquake Could Mean for Los Angeles
USC Engineering Insights — Researchers across USC Viterbi explore what the next major earthquake could mean for Los Angeles, from amplified ground motion and unstable geology to AI-powered traffic systems and the materials that determine whether a building stands or falls.
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Buildings May Survive an Earthquake but Remain Unusable
USC Engineering Insights – USC Viterbi’s Professor Bora Gencturk explains why meeting seismic code does not guarantee that a building can reopen after an earthquake, and how performance-based design could support a faster recovery.
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After an Earthquake, the Road Map Changes. This AI Model Was Built for That
USC Engineering Insights – When a major earthquake hits Los Angeles, our best traffic models will be reading a map that no longer exists. USC Viterbi professor Cyrus Shahabi is building the system that can adapt in real time.
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How Los Angeles’ Geology Can Intensify an Earthquake
USC Engineering Insights – Assistant Professor Chukwuebuka Nweke explains how the region’s sedimentary basins can amplify seismic waves – and why different earthquakes can produce different patterns of amplified ground motion across Los Angeles.
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When the Internet Is Up – but You Still Can’t Get There
USC Viterbi and USC Stevens researchers at ISI find that partial internet failures are as common as complete outages and may linger unnoticed for years
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Two USC Viterbi Professors Named INFORMS Fellows
Ali Abbas and Johannes Royset receive one of the highest honors in operations research for helping people make better decisions in an uncertain world
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USC Professor Azad Madni Awarded 2026 John Fritz Medal
Azad M. Madni has been awarded the 2026 John Fritz Medal, widely regarded as engineering’s highest honor and often called the “Nobel Prize of Engineering.”
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AI Platform Earns VA Approval to Support Veterans
Inspired by decades of virtual-human research at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies, Sidekick uses conversational AI to help veterans navigate healthcare, employment, housing, education and benefits using information curated by VA specialists.
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Meet the 2026 Ming Hsieh Institute Scholars
Five USC Viterbi and USC Stevens ECE PhD students join the MHI Scholars Program, bringing research interests spanning quantum computing, superconducting hardware and optical communications while working to build a more connected ECE community.
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From USC to Microsoft: A Career Shaping AI’s Next Era
Priya Bhasin left New Delhi for a USC Viterbi classroom in 2014. Today, as a Group Product Manager at Microsoft AI, she’s building the systems deciding what AI does next.
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Terry Benzel to Lead the IEEE Computer Society Through Computing’s AI Inflection Point
The USC cybersecurity leader and longtime volunteer has been elected president-elect with a plan to bring more voices into the 370,000-member society as artificial intelligence reshapes computing
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A Better Way to Listen to the Brain
USC researchers have developed customizable brain implants that could provide a clearer view of memory, movement, emotion and other complex functions
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If You Want to Know Whether a Smile Is Real, Look at the Eyes
A USC study of nearly 2,000 hours of Holocaust survivor testimony finds that smiling often signals distress, not happiness, and offers a simple clue for telling the two apart.
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State of the School 2026: Built for What Comes Next
From a transformative investment in AI to major research wins and a new emphasis on experiential learning, USC Viterbi continues to derive strength from its people.
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For This USC Engineering Junior, Every Bottleneck Is an Opportunity
From Olympic crowds to satellite manufacturing, USC Viterbi junior Mila Mattson is driven to make complex systems work better for everyone
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USC Robotics Leader Maja Matarić Named to Forbes 50 Over 50: Innovation List
A pioneer of socially assistive robotics, Matarić has spent more than 2 decades developing robots that “help people help themselves”
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Engineers Develop an AI Tool to Trace Where Wildfire Started
USC Viterbi and Stevens researchers team up with Cal Fire to build the first AI tool that could pinpoint where a wildfire started and spread during its first 24 hours in upcoming project
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The Lawyer’s Office May Be a Lifeline
A study of hundreds of thousands of suicide records finds overlooked chances to recognize distress long before a person reaches a mental health clinic – or worse