Predicting the next Taylor Swift—with algorithms?

August 10, 2018

Want to discover the next big thing in music? A new USC study used data mining to predict what artists will hit the big-time in the next year.

A Powerful Touch

August 6, 2018

USC Viterbi alumnus PJ Wilson moved to Puerto Rico bringing solar kits and advocating for renewable energy on the hurricane-ravaged island

Maged M. Dessouky appointed Chair for Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

July 23, 2018

Renowned research scientist Maged Dessouky assumes leadership role for ISE department

Mr. USC

July 18, 2018

How To Launch A Million Dollar Software Firm? A Family Helps. Specifically, the Trojan Variety.

USC Viterbi-Saudi Aramco Master’s Program sees its first graduating class

July 17, 2018

16 Saudi Aramco employees completed a unique master’s degree in construction management

Professor Kirk Shung becomes Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair

July 11, 2018

Dean’s Professor of Biomedical Engineering Kirk Shung assumes the mantle of department chair for BME.

Unique Mars spacecraft design earns engineering students a big win from NASA

July 6, 2018

USC Viterbi students design a deep-space transport with artificial gravity, earning first place in the graduate division of NASA’s student competition

Data-Crunching Class Looks to the Skies to Explore UFO Sightings

July 2, 2018

Computer science master’s students sifted through thousands of documented sightings of UFOs to tackle one of the greatest unsolved mysteries: Are we alone in the universe?

Recent USC Viterbi Ph.D. Named Among “World’s Top 35 Innovators Under 35.”

June 28, 2018

Niki Bayat is the first USC doctoral student to have earned distinction as one of MIT Technology Review’s prestigious “TR 35.”

New Study Finds Taking Breaks Boosts Team Performance

June 27, 2018

USC computer scientists leverage artificial intelligence to analyze the performance of individuals in online team-based games, producing unique insights into the psychology of performance

Mathematician-M.D. introduces a new methodology suggesting a solution to one of the greatest open problems in the history of mathematics

June 25, 2018

A completely new approach suggests the validity of the 110-year-old Lindelöf hypothesis, opening up the possibilities of new discoveries in quantum computing, number theory and cybersecurity

Could this material enable autonomous vehicles to come to market sooner and make them safer?

June 21, 2018

New material has optical properties that could enable better infrared detection for autonomous vehicles and assist firefighters

USC Computer Science Professor Develops Haptic Armband to Mimic Human Touch

June 20, 2018

New wearable creates “haptic illusion” using tiny speakers to simulate gestures used in social touch

Machine Learning at the Shannon Limit

June 12, 2018

Qian Yu Wins a Google Fellowship for His Work in Coded Computing

Astronaut to Join USC Faculty

May 31, 2018

Garrett Reisman, Director of Space Operations at SpaceX and former NASA astronaut joins USC’s Department of Astronautical Engineering

A new partnership brings the latest technologies to enable convergence

May 30, 2018

USC’s Michelson Center is partnering with Agilent Technologies to establish the Agilent Center of Excellence

A Beautiful, Complicated Circuit

May 25, 2018

Gianluca Lazzi Sits at the Intersection of Electrical Engineering and Medicine.

Hacking for Defense

May 24, 2018

In an exciting, experiential new class, the U.S. Department of Defense supplies national security problems, while students develop ideas for solutions.