In a Warmer World, Half of all Species Are on the Move. Where Are They Going?
A new computer modeling tool provides a more accurate analysis of species range shifts under climate change – and it’s even bleaker than expected.
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ISI: Internet Innovator for the Past 50 Years
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of USC’s Information Sciences Institute, we take a look back at its role in the development of the defining technology of our age: the internet.
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Lost in Translation at the Border
A USC computer science student is developing natural language processing tools to tackle the translator shortage for Indigenous asylum seekers.
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Symposium on the Future of Computing Research
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of USC’s Information Sciences Institute, the symposium will look at how computing research must evolve in the decades to come.
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“We are more demanding of AI than we are of ourselves”
USC Provost toured the Information Sciences Institute and met with inspired Ph.D students
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Flying Is the Safest Way to Travel, But It Wasn’t Always. How a USC Program Helped Change That
The USC Aviation Safety and Security Program, now 70 years old, was the first of its kind in the world.
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Comparing Data While Keeping It Private
Tanmay Ghai’s work in maintaining privacy in entity resolution has garnered attention at the University of Southern California and beyond.
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Trojans Win Student Design Contest with Autonomous Robots that ‘Learn’
Team of USC Viterbi students places first in a design competition on edge computing
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Medical Imaging in Living Color – With 26 New Shades to Detect Disease
New molecular imaging method could change the game for detection and treatment of cancers and other diseases.
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Busting Anti-Queer Bias in Text Prediction
New research at USC demonstrates how to train a popular language model to remove homophobic, anti-queer bias
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Machines can learn from fables
USC’s Information Sciences Institute uses short stories with moral implications to test human-like reasoning in AI
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USC at the NAACL ’22 Conference: Gender Bias in AI, a Tool to Study News Revisions, and Methods to Avoid Toxic Content
Notable research also includes work on mitigating anti-queer bias and improvements for e-commerce stores.
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USC ISI researchers track crypto pump-and-dump operations on social media
They monitored social media and showed attempts to inflate coins’ value are coordinated via conversations on various platforms.
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USC Viterbi Student Creates Virtual Reality Button System
Undergraduate student Cami Gomez created a haptics-based virtual reality environment that simulates the feeling of a button clicking.
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USC Students Compete in Augmented Reality NASA SUITS Challenge
The team was one of 10 selected by NASA to design an AR interface for lunar, Martian exploration.
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Folding, Cutting and Bending Our Way into a More Adaptable Future
USC researchers create new models to predict how new metamaterials behave, opening the door for applications in soft robotics and even space
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ISI researchers train artificial intelligence models to consider common-sense when generating responses
The goal: help those algorithms accurately predict a human’s next thought.
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A Coast-to-Coast Mission for Kidney Research Stops at USC
Ride for PKD cyclist Glenn Frommer meets USC Viterbi researchers using nanotechnology to find a cure for his genetic disorder.
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What If AI Could Create a Custom App for Small Businesses…In Only 30 Minutes?
Apsy, led by Ph.D. candidate Tooraj Helmi, uses AI to develop inexpensive, quality apps for startups
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USC Viterbi PhD Student Wins Meta Fellowship
The two-year fellowship will support the continued advancement of AI systems.
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Haptics Device Creates Realistic Virtual Textures
USC Viterbi computer scientists have created a user-driven haptics method that can generate dead-ringers for real-world textures.
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Students improve mobile app accessibility for people with disabilities
Two USC Viterbi Ph.D. students aim to solve the size-based accessibility gap in our mobile applications
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USC Games Expo 2022 Takes Participants on a Ten Hour, Multi-World Adventure
Over fifty student games debut at 6th annual expo event hosted on Twitch
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Where Does Vaccine Hesitancy Exist? USC AI Researchers Can Predict on the Zip Code-Level, in Real-Time
New software can outperform local and national survey data in gauging public opinions.
