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To celebrate the launch of the new USC School of Advanced Computing, USC Viterbi partnered with JayByrd Films to create a drone fly through video of the new school at Ginsburg Hall – the first “one take” indoor flight video on the USC campus
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An ICT study about how people interact with AIs, was referenced.
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ICT’s Randy Hill was interviewed about the implications of the United States and China accelerating an AI-driven arms race.
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Research by Aiichiro Nakano, and Ken-Ichi Nomura was featured.
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Research by Aiichiro Nakano and Ken-Ichi Nomura demonstrating how AI help discover new materials, was featured
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IBM’s blog featured a new study by Daniel Lidar and colleagues
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The new collaborative institute that Yan Liu will co-direct, was highlighted last month.
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Mahta Moghaddam and her work applying multi-agent sensing to track soil moisture and permafrost thickness.
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The rising threat of generative AI in misinformation campaigns may eventually erode trust in democratic institution.
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A recent MOU between Burla Institute of Technology in India and USC Viterbi was highlighted.
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Professor Yan Liu to co-direct the Institute in conjunction with Provost Professor John Hawthorne of USC Dornsife.
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Maja Matarić receives the ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics for pioneering socially assistive robotics (SAR)
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Research by Daniel Lidar and colleagues related to the application of deterministic benchmarking for more precise detection and correction of errors in quantum computing, was featured.
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Maja Matarić, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, receives 3rd Annual MassRobotics Robotics Medal award for her pioneering work in the field of socially assistive robots.
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Maja Matarić’s research was highlighted for its emphasis on offering seniors “emotional support, companionship and dignity.”
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Daniel Lidar was quoted in a story discussing Microsoft’s new quantum computing chip, Majorana 1.
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Researchers have developed a new model that combines generative AI and satellite data to accurately forecast wildfire spread.
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According to a new study, fire buffers composed of banana trees could slow and calm wildfires and generate profit for residents of fire-prone regions
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USC and the CA DREAMS Microelectronics Hub were highlighted for providing a two-week course to help individuals “learn the fundamentals of working in a semiconductor fabrication clean room”
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USC Institute for Creative Technologies was featured for its development of leading-edge simulations.
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Craig Knoblock was interviewed about his team’s participation in a DARPA project that applies machine learning to to identify sources of rare earth minerals.
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Neno Medvidović was interviewed about a new AI major that the School of Advanced Computing is developing.
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Excerpts from Daniel Lidar’s recent interview with the The Circuit was condensed.
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Viterbi’s $10 million gift boosts USC President Carol Folt’s Frontiers of Computing “moonshot” by funding the hiring of new faculty at the intersections of advanced computing and other academic disciplines.
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ISI’s Keith Burghardt was interviewed by The New York Times about his work on toxic content on social media.
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PhD Jaspreet Ranjit and advisor Swabha Swayamdipta were interviewed about their work and the potential for AI to help address societal challenges.
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Mayank Kejriwal and co-authors explore how the rise of LLMs has reignited debates about the boundaries of machine intelligence.
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USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) furthers research into Artificial Intelligence’s potential to advance education and tutoring opportunities.
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Jonathan Gratch was quoted about our interactions with virtual agents.
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An NIH-backed collaboration between USC engineers and doctors provides hope for patients with severe depression and other mood disorders.
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The new building is home to the USC School of Advanced Computing and central to USC President Carol Folt’s historic Frontiers of Computing “moonshot.”
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Since its founding in 1999, the institute has produced cutting-edge computing research that has been used by Hollywood, academia, tech and the military.
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USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) assists in the creation of groundbreaking geospatial mapping for the US Army’s One World Terrain (OWT) program.
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Heather Culbertson and Jason Kutch were interviewed about their project using simulated surfing to address chronic pain
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Sahara, a start-up co-founded by Professor Ren, was featured.
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Rahul Jain was interviewed about autonomous vehicles and their mainstream adoption.
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Article references USC’s Frontiers of Computing and effort to attract new faculty
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Cheryl Birch, CFO for the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), describes over twenty years of experience on the team.
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The joint Business of AI degree with USC Marshall was highlighted along with the ITP AI applications minor.
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New research by the Khan Lab was featured
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Maja Matarić receives ACM Athena Lecturer Award for groundbreaking contributions in distributed robotics, multi-robot coordination, and socially assistive robotics
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A study led by India’s space agency that included USC researchers was highlighted
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Petros Ioannou the Center’s inaugural director, was interviewed.
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Weekend Edition featured research led by Feifei Qian’s lab.
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Hodge and Sukhatme join more than 40 USC peers previously inducted to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a distinguished lifetime honor
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The annual Games expo showcasing student games was highlighted
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Research by Feifei Qian and colleagues was featured.
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USC Viterbi data science master’s student Natalie Fung was interviewed about how she persevered after an accident and how the Swim with Mike scholarship allowed her to attend graduate school.
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Professor Swayamdipta explained AI hallucinations and suggested the implementation of standards to address them.
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Feifei Qian and undergraduate student Ethan Fulcher were interviewed about developing robots that can work on various surfaces
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Daniel Lidar was interviewed about the growth and potential impact of quantum computing
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Alumni Ashish Vaswani and Niki Parmar were highlighted in an article that highlighted the authors of “Attention Is All You Need”
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An essay from Jacki Morie, one of the founding research scientists of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies from 1999 to 2013.
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Paul Debevec corrects the record on what constitutes a hologram
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David Barnhart was interviewed about the role of AI for long-distance missions.
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The new center will be directed by Daniel Lidar, and boosts USC Viterbi and USC Dornsife researchers’ opportunities for conducting quantum research.
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Petros Ioannou, Peter Kuhn, and Surya Prakash are among the faculty selected for their research leadership.
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The collaboration is promising for the local economy as ideas generated at USC are converted into products and businesses that will enhance the university’s economic footprint at “Silicon Beach” where USC Information Sciences Institute is located.
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Jesse Thomason of USC Viterbi and PhD student, Ishika Singh, were highlighted for their work to help robots complete real-world tasks.
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Bistra Dilkina was interviewed about her use of AI to predict sea-level rise, protect biodiversity and prevent poaching
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Professor Narayanan will focus on bringing together President Folt’s “moonshots” and expanding their reach.
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ICT Origin Story
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USC was announced as an inaugural member of a new DOC consortium dedicated to AI safety; Yolanda Gil will lead the effort from USC
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Shri Narayanan spoke with ET Healthworld about USC health research collaborations in India involving AI tools as well as other opportunities for AI in health
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Professor Gaurav Sukhatme, “a thoughtful and responsible innovator,” was installed as the inaugural director of the university’s 23rd school during a Wednesday ceremony on the University Park Campus.
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Gaurav Sukhatme has been appointed the school’s inaugural director for the “school within a school”
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Research by Fred Morstatter and Abel Salinas regarding how prompts can change how data is labeled, was featured
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Mayank Kejriwal was referenced for his analysis of the performance of large language models
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Yolanda Gil was interviewed about her work with using AI for controlled burns and preventing wildfire.
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Executive Vice Dean Gaurav Sukhatme was interviewed about the opportunities at USC Viterbi for international students including in AI, robotics and space.
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Shri Narayanan’s SAIL lab partnered with Google and The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association on multi-media intelligence research related to representation in Indian media
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Daniel Lidar contributed a piece explaining the technology and its potential impact. The column appeared in multiple outlets.
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Barath Raghavan, an associate professor in computer science, proposes a plan to take cloud security into our own hands by decoupling our identities from our data.
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USC Information Sciences Institute AI division director Adam Russell shares his thoughts on the importance of “intelligible failure” for enabling organizations to do incredible things.
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Skip Rizzo from ICT was interviewed about a virtual reality program aimed at helping hoarders clear their clutter that also helps with exposure therapy.
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Rahul Jain was interviewed about the difficulty of autonomous vehicles driving in SF compared to other cities.
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Co-hosted by the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Sol Price School of Public Policy, the event brought together leading experts to address three aspects of climate change: energy and technology, food and water, and human behavior.
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Yolanda Gil was interviewed about AI’s potential to advance scientific research
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The university will lead one of eight regional innovation hubs funded by the CHIPS and Science Act.
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Swabha Swayamdipta, an assistant professor of computer science, is among 15 early-career academic researchers selected by Intel this year.
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Shri Narayanan, Yasser Khan and their students and alumni talked about impactful research taking place at USC Viterbi.
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Yolanda Gil tells The Economist that cross-disciplinary research will become more common due to AI
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As demand for prescribed fire increases across California, ISI expert explores traditional and modern methods for building wildfire resilience in a burning world.
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Masoud Pedram was quoted about the potential impact that room-temp superconductors could have on medical imaging.
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Maja Matarić was interviewed about the potential for socially assistive robotics
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Computer Science Professor Emilio Ferrara explains why blindly eliminating biases in AI can have unintended consequences. Instead, he says, bias in AI can be controlled to achieve a higher goal: fairness.
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Barath Raghavan and co-author Bill Schneier suggest an “AI Dividend”
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Wael Abd Almageed was interviewed about the dangers of AI including misinformation and hate speech.
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Computer science student Paul Chiou’s research focuses on automatically finding and fixing keyboard accessibility issues in both web and Android apps.
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Executive Vice Dean Gaurav Sukhatme was interviewed about his career trajectory and the state of the robotics field
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The article mentions CLINGERS, the first experiment from USC, to go to the Space Station.
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Dean Yortsos and PhD student Emily Nguyen were featured about the FOC Initiative, Nguyen discussed her work applying AI towards treatments for ovarian cancer.
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Itay Hen was quoted on the benefits of quantum computing
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The SAIL Lab was mentioned as a collaborator with the Geena Davis Institute to address bias through media intelligence
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Cliff Neuman was quoted on network security.
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Isabel Rayas and Christopher Denniston were interviewed about their work in the Robotics Embedded Systems Lab
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Dean Yortsos was interviewed about “Frontiers of Computing” and how “Computer science, data sciences and AI have become essentially an extension of the original fundamentals.”
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Jon Gratch shared his research on how interacting with an AI changes human behavior
