A New Way to Store Sustainable Energy: ‘Information Batteries’
Researchers propose a new way to deal with the intermittency of wind and solar energy sources – and store green energy cheaply and efficiently.
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Researchers develop highly accurate modeling tool to predict Covid-19 risk
Researchers at USC have combined location density with real-world mobility data to predict the risk of infection from Covid-19 at specific locations with unprecedented accuracy.
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Evidence of 3600 + Year Old Settlement Uncovered in Eastern Arabian Peninsula
Symmetrical, 2 x 3 Km Buried Formation Points to Evidence of Agriculture, Groundwater Use and Climate Fluctuation
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Three USC Faculty Named 2021 AAAS Fellows
USC professors receive one of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s highest honors.
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Top Five in the Nation for 10 Consecutive Years: USC Viterbi’s Online Programs in Engineering, Computer Science
The U.S News & World Report ranks DEN@Viterbi as consistently among the best online graduate degree programs in the nation
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‘We Want to Assemble Anything’
Max Reynolds (AME ’14) launched a startup, Symbio, that revolutionizes how artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to the manufacturing industry
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An Actress, Pilot and Engineer: One Student Does It All
From gymnastics to the U.S. Air Force ROTC, USC Viterbi senior Natalie Smith built her life on asking ‘Why not?’
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‘Information Is Powerful, But Only If We Can Organize It Right’ — New AI Potential Boon to Businesses
Algorithm created by USC’s Information Sciences Institute (ISI) helps e-commerce companies better organize their products and makes it easier for customers to find what they want
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What Can Traffic Tell Us About How Viruses Spread?
A new National Institute of Health-funded project will examine Los Angeles traffic data to help us better understand the spread of COVID.
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USC Launches its 3rd Satellite into Space
Satellite Dodona, with its novel Lockheed Martin La Jument payloads, is part of SpaceX’s Smallsat Rideshare Program, will ride Transporter 3 mission to space
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Breakfast of Champions, Prepared by Your Neighborhood Robot
No need for fancy cafes. For your next coffee and pancake order, all you need is a couple of robots – and USC Viterbi students to program them.
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Using Only 100 Atoms, Electric Fields Can Be Detected and Changed
USC Viterbi researchers create first nano-sized, molecular device potentially capable of sensing and altering the cell’s electric field, ushering in new possibilities for basic research
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Creating Trustworthy Engineers
The recently launched Engineering in Society Program aims to equip USC Viterbi students with the ethical and communication skills to flourish in an ever-accelerating world
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USC Team Shows How Memories Are Stored in The Brain, With Potential Impact on Conditions Like PTSD
Fish that glow; a tailor-made microscope; a new way to catalog science. After six years, researchers produce the first snapshots of memory in a living animal.
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Yannis C. Yortsos Receives Prestigious Gordon Prize of the National Academy of Engineering
USC Viterbi’s dean is the co-recipient of the award, the nation’s most celebrated for engineering education, for his role in founding the Grand Challenges Scholars Program
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Kicking Off the 2021-2022 MEPC
The latest edition of the 12-year-old Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition promises to guide aspiring student entrepreneurs through the process of transforming an innovative idea into a viable business.
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Four Viterbi Faculty Receive DURIP Funding
Select projects focus on brain modeling, emerging materials, fuels, and electromagnetic devices
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Meisam Razaviyayn Awarded Young Investigator Grant by Air Force Office of Scientific Research
The Assistant Professor in the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is an expert in the area of large-scale optimization.
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Machine Communicates Emotion with Nearly 80% Accuracy of Human Touch
New Haptic Device Can Communicate Attention, Gratitude, Happiness, Calming, Sadness, or Love
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Esports: The Future of Gaming
Computer science major, Youngju Shin, a member of the executive board for SC Esports, believes video games can bring people together.
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Your Next Package Could be Delivered by a Robot
USC Viterbi researchers help four-legged robots carry heavy packages to spaces unknown
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Viterbi Alumnus and Construction Executive Establishes $1 Million Endowment in Construction Management
Gift from Jonathan Emami, graduate of the construction management program, will help nurture the next generation of construction and development leaders
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Startups for A Better Tomorrow
The Min Family Challenge, a business model contest to develop startups that benefit the underprivileged, held its 2021-2022 kickoff
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Can Virtual Academic Conferences Makes STEM Fields More Inclusive?
New analysis shows that virtual conferences increase diversity and inclusion
