“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 10: Protein Engineering by Directed Evolution

November 19, 2020

Richard Roberts’s lab invented mRNA display to design new peptides and proteins. He is now using this and other tools to help scientists develop therapies and diagnostics for COVID-19.

Wellness Workout: Mechancial Engineering Student Leads 6-Minute Yoga

November 18, 2020

Mechanical engineering student Anna Balbach is also a certified yoga instructor. She shared this six-minute video to help peers find mental balance and strength ahead of finals.

Showing Robots How to Drive a Car…In Just A Few Easy Lessons

November 18, 2020

USC researchers have developed a method that could allow robots to learn new tasks, like setting a table or driving a car, from observing a small number of demonstrations.

AI Tool May Predict Movies’ Future Ratings

November 17, 2020

USC Viterbi researchers are using AI as a tool identify violent, substance-abuse and sexual content in movie scripts before a single scene is shot

New Test Reveals AI Still Lacks Common Sense

November 16, 2020

Despite advances in natural language processing, AI still doesn’t have the common sense to understand human language, finds a new USC study.

Toward A More Equitable USC Viterbi

November 13, 2020

In a recent memo, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and Brandi P. Jones, vice dean for diversity and strategic initiatives, summarize how USC Viterbi plans to empower Black, Latinx and Indigenous students, faculty and staff.

“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 9: Digital Contact Tracing

November 13, 2020

Cyrus Shahabi’s digital contact tracing goes beyond mobile phones, reducing false positives.

Cheers to a WiSE 20 Years

November 12, 2020

The USC Women in Science and Engineering program celebrates 20 years of women empowerment in academia.

How do you innovate inclusion?

November 10, 2020

HackSC, SHPE, NSBE, and Girls in Tech host USC’s first ever Diversity & Inclusion Hackathon

Researchers Isolate and Decode Brain Signal Patterns for Specific Behaviors

November 9, 2020

New machine learning algorithm could discover novel neural patterns and enhance brain-machine interfaces

USC Viterbi Student and Air Force Officer Makes Plans to Go to Space

November 7, 2020

U.S. Air Force officer and astronautical engineering graduate student, Edward Proulx, prepares to fly into space at USC.

After a record-breaking deployment Navy Officer returns to USC for second graduate degree

November 7, 2020

Jonathan Messer, M.S. ’18, put his systems engineering degree to use during a global pandemic and a humanitarian mission in Central America. He’s now taking it to outer space.

AI News Bias Tool Created By USC Computer Scientists

November 6, 2020

Employs Artificial Intelligence to Develop News “Nutrition Label”

Brain Development and Disorder Research Receives $1.5 Million NSF Boost

November 6, 2020

Megan McCain, Giorgia Quadrato and Leonardo Morsut have been awarded a four year National Science Foundation grant to develop better organoids, to help us understand human brain development and disease.

“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 8: Misinformation Detection

November 6, 2020

Yan Liu shares how machine learning and AI could help combat COVID-19 by identifying and mitigating misinformation on social media.

Building Buildings that Survive Generations

November 5, 2020

USC Viterbi master’s student Maria Leos learns what fortifies structures, while bolstering her future one opportunity at a time.

How To Prevent A 3-Ton Laundry Robot That Runs Up Your Energy Bill

November 4, 2020

Professor Joshua Yang creates novel devices for brain-like computers using the least amount of energy and physical space possible

“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 7: Vaccine Development

November 3, 2020

Zohrab A. Kaprielian fellow in Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering Pin Wang discussed immunology behind the COVID-19 vaccine.

“Our Candidate is Democracy”

November 2, 2020

USC leads national effort to safeguard national elections from cyber attacks

Teaching Robots Self-Awareness of their Own Bodies

October 30, 2020

Jasmine Berry is grappling with the big questions: What does it mean to be self-aware and what would it take for a robot to satisfy those criteria?

Building Trust between Construction Workers and Construction Robots

October 29, 2020

How virtual reality can help robots change the face of the construction industry.

A 10-Day Forecast for COVID-19

October 28, 2020

USC Viterbi’s Roger Ghanem and Xiaoshu Zeng have created models which predict daily, new COVID-19 cases.

“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 6: Predictions on COVID-19 to the C.D.C.

October 23, 2020

USC Viterbi data scientists helping decision-makers see beyond the fog of data to provide better pandemic forecasts and save lives

Can the Movement of Tiny Hairlike Structures Tell Us How Healthy We Are?

October 20, 2020

Researchers determine triggers for transitions between coordinated movement of organelles called cilia, identifying a potential diagnostic tool for cancer and other illnesses.