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 conjure up a slice of pure imagination as part of 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.
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2024 AIAS Foundation Scholars: Self-Actualization and Community Within The Gaming Industry
Megan Friedenberg and Rachel Sakura Perry named as the recipients of the 2024 Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Foundation Scholarship.
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USC Viterbi’s Yasser Khan Receives Coveted Packard Fellowship
Packard Foundation recognizes Khan’s ideas for using a miniaturized sensor network of brain implants and ingestible sensors to study brain-gut communication.
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California DREAMS partnership solves secondary sourcing challenge
Hub partners University of California, San Diego and Northrop Grumman work together to find a substitute process material
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USC at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
USC researchers present 12 papers at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), showcasing their cutting-edge research on robotics and sustainable development.
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From elevator pitch to proof-of-concept in less than half the time
Hub Partners USC and Northrop Grumman find a faster solution within their California DREAMS collaboration
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Does ChatGPT Belong in Mensa?
ISI researchers investigate whether advanced AI can solve visual puzzles and perform abstract reasoning.
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Evidence of Vaping’s Harmful Effects on Blood Vessels and the Left Ventricle of Heart
Researchers develop smartphone-adaptable tools to determine the impact of nicotine-infused e-cigarettes
