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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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
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Keeping Spacecraft Cool in the Harshest Heat
USC engineers develop a material that can withstand temperatures exceeding 600°C while dumping heat into space and protecting interior structures
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Three Decades of Building the Emotional Machine
During his career at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies within USC Viterbi and USC Stevens, Professor Jonathan Gratch has helped define the science of affective computing and its role in shaping our increasingly complex relationships with intelligent machines.
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The Science Gap Fueling Africa’s Water Wars
In a new Nature Sustainability commentary, USC Viterbi researcher argues advanced water modeling can reduce uncertainty and help turn water disputes into opportunities for cooperation.
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They Developed an AI Tool to Detect Online Job Ads Linked to Human Trafficking
The USC Viterbi and Stevens researchers’ automated system analyzes multilingual job postings to identify deceptive recruitment tactics, risky platforms and industries targeted by traffickers
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A Tiny Gatekeeper Could Keep AI on Your Device
USC Viterbi scientists built a device of five thin atomic layers that could make memory chips dramatically denser, cheaper, and powerful enough to run AI on your phone without sending a single byte to the cloud.
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Carl Kesselman Wins 2026 HPDC Achievement Award
USC pioneer honored for grid-computing breakthroughs that helped reshape large-scale science and anticipated the cloud
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Building Virtual Tumors to Crack Cancer’s Resistance to Immunotherapy
BME50 – A USC Viterbi bioengineer is building digital tumors, cell by cell, with a goal that could change how oncologists treat breast cancer: knowing in advance which patients immunotherapy will actually help.
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10 Weeks to Test-Drive a Career in Research
Each year, the USC Institute for Creative Technologies at USC Viterbi and USC Stevens hosts a summer program where visiting undergraduates participate in mentored research, combining advanced computing with expertise in psychology, linguistics and immersive media.
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What If the Device Changing Brain Medicine Was Free for Anyone to Build?
BME50 – A USC Viterbi bioengineer’s implantable device that any researcher can use, modify, and build on is nearly ready for its first animal test. Getting here required reinventing not just the hardware, but how science shares its tools.
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There is no “Brain X-Ray.” A USC Neurosurgeon-Engineer is Helping Build Better Ones
BME50 – A USC neurosurgeon and engineer argues that the tools to monitor the brain cheaply and without surgery are within reach – and that getting there requires putting engineers where patients actually are.
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Building a Better Transistor
USC-led SWIFT project aims to reinvent the transistor using waves of magnetism, potentially slashing energy use and cooling costs, while helping GPS resist jamming
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Four Innovators Gather at USC to Explore the Devices Changing Medicine
BME50 – At the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering’s 50th anniversary symposium, four researchers showed how far a device can travel: from a laser cutter in a campus lab to a clinical trial, from a lollipop to a diagnostic tool, from a blind eye to restored vision.
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Does AI Have Low EQ? USC Study Identifies Where Models’ Emotional Reasoning Breaks Down
USC Viterbi and USC Stevens engineers reveal how AI models misinterpret emotional cues from audio and video, and introduce a framework to help them reason with real evidence
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Built for Speed, Engineered for Safety
For the Auto Club of Southern California’s summer campaign against illegal street racing, the student-run design team USC Racing demonstrated how safety is built into every stage of developing a competitive race car.
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50 Years of Engineering Better Health
BME 50 – The Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering at USC Viterbi and Keck celebrated 50 years of excellence and innovation with a two-day gathering
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What Happens When Food-Safety Chemicals React With Food?
USC Viterbi researcher Adam Simpson studies compounds created when industrial disinfectants alter food, and whether those changes could affect human health.