The Moving Parts Behind Making Memories
How one USC student is using his engineering background to create new realities.
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Could Crowdsourcing Hold the Key to Early Wildfire Detection?
USC researchers develop low-cost wildfire detection system to accurately detect wildfires minutes-even seconds-after they ignite. Â
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From Fungi to Fuel: Student Startups Tackle Environmental Challenges
USC Civil and Environmental Engineering students are harnessing the powers of the natural world to develop innovative technologies that solve real-world problems.
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How Do We Protect Our Future Robot-Driven Systems from Attackers?
A new $2.1 million project supported by the Office of Naval Research will provide invaluable intelligence for the robot systems that will be essential to our future lives.
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USC at the Conference of Robot Learning (CoRL) 2024
USC computer science faculty and students present their latest work on the intersection of robotics and machine learning.
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MEPC 2024-2025: Innovation Meets Imagination
The annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition kicks off with 20 new teams and its largest grand prize yet.
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Researchers uncover an information operation threatening the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
A new study from USC ISI’s Election Integrity Initiative finds evidence of a multi-platform network spreading biased political content
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A New AI Minor: An Area of Non-Minor Significance in 2024
USC’s AI applications minor offers hands-on education with an entrepreneurial spirit to prepare all USC students for the evolving job market.
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Turning Memory Loss into a Distant Memory
USC Viterbi and Keck School of Medicine of USC have been collaborating on human trials for a revolutionary brain prosthesis to repair and restore lost memories.
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Uber CEO: ‘We Depend on Engineers to Build Everything’
Dara Khosrowshahi talked tech, tough times, and transformation at the new Ronald and Valerie Sugar Distinguished Speaker Series in Advanced Computing.
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New Behaviors Emerge from Schooling Fish In Confined Space
New paper, for perhaps  the first time, identifies how topology of environment affects collective animal behavior
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Toxic Metals Found in Wildfire Suppressants
New research estimates 850,000 pounds of heavy metals have been released into the environment in the Western US from 2009-2021
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The Science of Sweet Treats
Students in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science conjure up a slice of pure imagination in USC Viterbi’s new confectionery manufacturing class.
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Flagged for Being Queer
USC ISI researchers uncover bias in content moderation, specifically, how LLMs misinterpret gender-nonconforming speech.
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C.-C. Jay Kuo Honored as the Ming Hsieh Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
President Folt, Dean Yortsos and Ming Hsieh himself attend ceremony honoring Dr. Kuo and his decades’ worth of accomplishments.
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Duke University’s Earl Dowell Wins 2024 Balakrishnan Award
Honor named for admired USC Viterbi alumnus who studied electrical engineering, mathematics, and cinema.
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The Surprising Ineffectiveness of Countering Hate Speech on Reddit
A USC ISI study reveals that counterspeech fails to change user behavior in hate-based subreddits – except when it is hostile
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California DREAMS Offers IEEE-certified Cleanroom Microcredentials
This program by USC-led hub pilots a new pathway to entering the semiconductor and microelectronics workforce
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Coming To A Car, Robot And A Drone Near You
The potential of generative AI as a force of good was explored in depth at the recent USC Center for Autonomy and AI’s annual workshop
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New Maker Space Helping Students Craft Life-Changing Medical Devices
The Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering’s new Innovation Space will be an incubator for the future of medical technology.
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How can we prevent the spread of contaminants in our water sources?
Two professors at USC Viterbi School of Engineering are collaborating on a puzzle with direct consequences for human health: identifying the best model for predicting the flow of contaminants in groundwater sources.
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Undergraduate Microelectronics Commons Scholars Program Brings the Textbook to Life in the Cleanroom
California DREAMS provided training and internships to two undergraduate cohorts this summer
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In Memoriam: George Bekey 1928 – 2024
Legendary roboticist helped spark USC Viterbi’s rise to global prominence.
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Could Autonomous Vehicles Make Us More Altruistic?
For USC Viterbi researcher Ruolin Li, the design and optimization of autonomous vehicles (AVs) calls for a balance of societal benefits and individual interests.
