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Oct14Tue
A.V. ‘Bal’ Balakrishnan Awards 2025

Tue, Oct 14, 2025
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: RTH Room 526
This year’s A.V. Balakrishnan Awards Ceremony will be held on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 14th, 2025. The 2024 A.V. Balakrishnan Award for Scientific Excellence and Research will be awarded...

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15th Annual ECE Research Festival

Fri, Oct 31, 2025
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Graduate and Undergraduate ECE students, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Talk Title: 15th Annual ECE Research Festival Abstract:     Dear Friends of the USC Ming Hsieh Department of...

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Published on January 26th, 2017Last updated on September 30th, 2025