Kristina Lerman Elected an AAAI Fellow

April 14, 2022

She is the third researcher at USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute to receive the prestigious honor.

Ershaghi Center on Energy Transition Launches

April 13, 2022

Gift from Gary and Mary Buntmann Launches Center to Lead the Energy Transition

A student’s mission to make games accessible to everyone

April 12, 2022

David Barrett (’22) is adapting current games and creating new ones to meet a wide range of disability needs

Becoming an Engineer, One Extreme Hike at a Time

April 8, 2022

USC Viterbi student Prathmesh Bakshhi translates his passion for discovery to impact communities and infrastructures across the globe.

‘Transformational Generosity and Gratitude’: USC Viterbi’s 2022 Scholarship and Fellowship Dinner

April 8, 2022

The annual event, in-person for the first time since 2019, connects donors with the students they support

A Warrior for Equal Rights

April 7, 2022

Rob Parke, USC Viterbi associate professor of information technology practice, recently won the 2021 Access Computing Capacity Building Award for his advocacy for people with disabilities

Ultrasound Gave Us Our First Baby Pictures. Can It Also Help the Blind See?

April 7, 2022

USC researchers stimulate blind retinas using focused ultrasound technology

Making Urban Environments Sustainable with AI

April 6, 2022

Sarah Cooney, senior PhD candidate, creates a software system to allow everyday citizens to create designs for urban projects using AI.

USC Students Win the Coveted IBM App Building Competition

April 6, 2022

Three-member team placed first out of 1,700 other students in IBM’S Call for Code Education Innovation Case Competition

oSTEM Conference Helps LGBTQ+ Community Find Identity Through STEM

April 5, 2022

The USC chapter hosted this year’s Region F conference in person for the first time since the pandemic

Supporting Girls in Space: USC Viterbi Program Returns for Summer 2022

April 5, 2022

With renewed support, Project Payload returns to offer underrepresented girls in STEM a hands-on experience in aerospace engineering and computer science

New 3D Printing Technique: A Game Changer for Medical Testing Devices

April 1, 2022

USC Viterbi researchers have developed a 3D printing technique to fabricate microfluidic devices for biomedical applications at a microscale not previously possible.

Reeling in the Phishing Accounts

March 31, 2022

How a new USC Viterbi-led startup is using AI to fight malicious online impersonators.

Achieving Success Through Imprecision

March 30, 2022

USC Viterbi researchers aim to build a better brain with a never-before-used approach

New App Security Tool Protects Against Attacks

March 29, 2022

USC researchers have developed an app database security tool that can help protect against “injection attacks,” one of the top 10 app security risks for developers.

Using Machine Learning to Create Materials that Enable Energy-Efficient Electronics

March 28, 2022

USC Viterbi researchers have developed a neural network that can model a high-performing new material at a scale never-before seen.

Could distributive classrooms increase diversity in AI?

March 25, 2022

Emmanuel Johnson (’21) receives CRA Computing Innovation Fellows award for post-doctoral research on collaboration in a distance-learning world.

Towards Acing the Turing Test: A Blueprint for Future AI and Robots that Learn Like Living Things

March 24, 2022

USC Viterbi researchers worked with a DARPA-supported multi-institution team to outline how the machines of the future can achieve lifelong learning, just like humans and other animals.