“Escape Velocity” Podcast Series Explores Race, Academia and STEM
New USC Viterbi series captures the stories of Black faculty, students and academic leaders.
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USC Viterbi Researchers Win 1st Place, Develop COVID-19 Risk Score for Los Angeles
Recent data science challenge, hosted by the city, identifies a new, color-coded metric for individual risk.
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A Novel Approach Produces a Completely New Kind of Dynamic Light Structure
USC Viterbi Innovation May Change Our Understanding of How Light Propagates.
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A Warm Fall 2020 Welcome from USC Viterbi
Dean Yannis Yortsos, faculty and staff welcome students and parents in this most unique of years.
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USC Viterbi Alumnus Donates 33,000 Masks
Qihong Wang, B.S. EE ’19, donated essential masks to USC Viterbi researchers, allowing them to continue pursuing their work during the pandemic.
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Viterbi Researchers Create The Lightest, Smallest, Fully Autonomous Crawling Microrobot Reported To Date
The RoBeetle’s artificial muscle is powered by controlled catalytic combustion, a technology that has the potential to enable the development of a diverse new generation of microrobots capable of operating on land, water and air.
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Yolanda Gil To Oversee Strategic Initiatives at Famed USC Information Sciences Institute
After 35 years of AI research, Gil’s is promoted to a new role where she will lead AI and data science initiatives at the USC Information Sciences Institute.
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USC Viterbi Sustainability Projects Receive $150,000 Funding Boost
Projects centered on precision agriculture, water modeling using AI, and smog-reducing architecture have been recognized in the USC Center for Sustainability Solutions’ latest grants.
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What’s Next in Pandemic Forecasting?
USC Viterbi Researchers Answer Questions About Their Unique Modeling Tool and Share Advice for Future Forecasters.
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The Next Generation of USC Viterbi
The USC Viterbi Summer Institute (VSI) provides incoming students from underrepresented backgrounds in engineering a preview of their USC Viterbi experience.
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Student Group Spotlight: Code the Change, Building Software for Social Impact
Founded in 2014, the organization aims to help nonprofit organizations in the LA area develop software projects.
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USC ISI Researchers Honored for Contributions to Networking Simulator
2020 Networking Systems Award from SIGCOMM goes to networking system developed in part by USC ISI team
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Kailey Breyer Brings Joy – and a Little Coding – to Girls
The USC Viterbi alumna and founder of Kailey’s Queens organizes events for 9- to 16-year-olds that foster friendship, learning and fun
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New Research May Help Identify Trafficking Networks
Characterizing traits of online activity may help to rescue victims
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Student Group Spotlight: CAIS++ Showcases “AI for Social Good” Projects
As the student branch of the USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society, CAIS++ members work to promote the development of AI applications for social good.
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Walking, Climbing, Leaping Robots!
The work of USC Viterbi’s Quan Nguyen focuses on improving robot agility in legged robots so they can more easily and efficiently navigate difficult terrain
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A Lifeline For Students During The Pandemic
Over 100 students have been aided by USC Viterbi’s Emergency Relief Fund; Ming Hsieh, alumnus and university trustee, offers an additional $50K match to donors
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Want to Teach An AI Novelty? First, Teach It Monopoly. Then Throw Out the Rules.
USC’s Information Sciences Institute receives funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to make AI more adaptable.
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Designing for a Better World: A Summer of Innovation
Over 100 high school students from across the nation ideate solutions for the COVID-19 pandemic in USC-led bootcamp
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USC Viterbi Launches New Masters Program in Advanced Design and Construction Technology
Interdisciplinary program from the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will create leaders of the built environment and sustainable cities
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Building Bots with Heart
New computer science alumna Shreya Gupta hopes to bring humanity to deep learning by developing empathetic robots that can attune to your emotions.
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Novel Technology Extends Battery Life, Increases Upload Speed, and Reduces Data Corruption
Memory device, developed by USC Viterbi researchers, shows record performance
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Honoring The Memory of Grant Imahara
A close friend of the late Grant Imahara, ’93, who cohosted the Discovery Channel’s popular science show “MythBusters,” wants to raise money to create The Grant Imahara Memorial Study Lounge.
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USC Viterbi Engineering Society Raises Money for Black Lives Matter
In just two weeks, USC Viterbi co-ed engineering society Theta Tau raised over $12,000 in donations to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
