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Six New Faculty Join USC Stevens School of Computing and AI This Year
Joining from the University of Michigan and USC's Information Sciences Institute, the new faculty bring expertise in AI, quantum computing, advanced hardware and machine learning
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Electrical and Computer Engineering News
In a new Nature Sustainability commentary, USC Viterbi researcher argues advanced water modeling can reduce uncertainty and help turn water disputes into opportunities for cooperation.
USC researcher Yasser Khan, a 2026 DARPA Young Faculty Award recipient, will develop chemical and physiological sensors to help detect neural damage in patients with traumatic brain injury
USC Engineering Insights - When a major earthquake hits Los Angeles, our best traffic models will be reading a map that no longer exists. USC Viterbi professor Cyrus Shahabi is building the system that can adapt in real time.
Five USC Viterbi and USC Stevens ECE PhD students join the MHI Scholars Program, bringing research interests spanning quantum computing, superconducting hardware and optical communications while working to build a more connected ECE community.
The Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
20th Naming Anniversary & Research Festival
October 22nd & 23rd, 2026
Celebrate 20 Years of Innovation. Shape What's Next.
Join us for the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering's 20th Naming Anniversary & Research Festival, a two-day event celebrating two decades of pioneering research, transformative partnerships, and the people who have shaped the department's extraordinary legacy. Bringing together faculty, students, alumni, industry leaders, and community, the festival highlights groundbreaking research spanning artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum technologies, communications, computing, semiconductors, and more.
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Featured Research
Research from USC Viterbi and USC Dornsife points to a potentially strong impact from water purification to drug manufacturing.
USC Viterbi researchers’ device shapes light in new and exciting ways
Electrical Engineering and the Brain
Studying more than engineering makes for better engineers
Electrical Engineering and Smartphones
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Electrical Engineering and Green Energy
Engineering problems exist in the real world, and our obligation is to help solve them, in real time.