USC ISI Leads IARPA Contract for developing Hybrid Forecasting Systems
Project to combine machine learning and human forecasting to predict geopolitical events
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A Dash of Gold Improves Microlasers
The precious metal provides a “nano” solution for improving disease detection, defense and cybersecurity applications
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Smart House 2.0
USC Viterbi’s Lucio Soibelman on making the future happen today.
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USC ISI researchers poised to crack the code on reducing workplace stress
New research to explore the intersection of data, sensors and artificial intelligence.
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Coding the Way Towards the “Internet of Things”
The IEEE has recognized USC Viterbi’s Ramesh Govindan as being a leader in the advancement of Internet technology in the modern world.
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Twitter Bots for Good: USC ISI Study Reveals How Information Spreads on Social Media
Study co-authored by USC ISI highlights how positive behaviors are reinforced on social networks
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Mapping NASA’s Space Missions
PhD student given the Outstanding Achievement Award from NASA’s Johnson Space Center for his work designing space flight trajectories
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Drastically reducing fuel consumption and emissions of commercial aircraft
Gabilan Assistant Professor Alejandra Uranga’s work on an MIT/NASA project offers a way to save fuel and reduce emissions via propulsion-airframe integration
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A New Frontier in Psychiatric Drug Discovery
What are some of the most popular medications for the treatment of depression or anxiety? Prozac? Maybe Zoloft?
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Perseverance Pays Off
Three BME undergraduate students will present their research at the 2017 BMES Annual Meeting in Phoenix this October
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The Goldilocks Wing: Popular Airfoil Design Defies Aerodynamic Standards
Professor Spedding’s tests on a small (but not too small) sized airfoil yields surprising results in lift
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Envisioning a New World
IEEE has recognized USC’s Mark Humayun as being at the forefront of cutting-edge research in the field of biomedical engineering
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An Extra Challenge in a Crisis: Dealing with Rare Languages
Information Sciences Institute researchers work on the holy grail of machine translation: a universal system that supports the world’s languages — all 7,000 of them
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Smart Oil Fields, a Reservoir of Emerging Technologies
CiSOFT, a joint venture between Chevron and USC Viterbi, creates innovative technologies beyond oil
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AI for Social Good
Researchers and post-docs from the world’s leading universities came to USC this summer for CAIS Summer Fellows 2017 and to discover AI for social good.
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Salt and Sand
Two USC Viterbi Professors are doing uncommon things with very common materials.
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Cilia: “The Bouncer” of Bacteria
Paper by USC Viterbi and University of Hawaii faculty elucidates active role of cilia in regulating flow for bacteria filtering and enhancing chemical communication.
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Everything a Computer Wanted to Know About Humans (But was Too Afraid to Ask)
Fifteen years in the making, a new book by ICT’s Andrew Gordon and ISI’s Jerry Hobbs, dubbed “a computer’s guide to humans,” hits the shelves September 7.
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Can Stem Cells Be Tricked?
Engineering and Medicine faculty team up to address a longstanding stem cell problem – their inability to thrive and expand in vitro
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Nature’s Armor: A Lobster Tale
Biological structures may provide insight to prevent and treat sports-related injuries.
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Tsunami CSI
Waves as high as the Space Needle wreaked havoc in uninhabited Taan Fiord, Alaska and a group of scientists find out how it happened and what to look for before the next one hits
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How Central are Female Characters to a Movie?
New automated analysis of nearly 1000 scripts by USC finds stereotypes of women, race, and aging are created and reinforced in films
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Why Was MacronLeaks’ Influence Limited in the French Election?
New USC Research Finds Disinformation Campaign Spread and Consumed Mostly by Foreigners on Social Media
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Random Thoughts, With Haifeng Xu
How a PhD student’s algorithm brought order to a chaotic world and won him a Google Fellowship in the process.
