From Robotron to $2.3 Billion: How William Wang Is Paying It Forward at USC Viterbi
A transformational $10 million gift from the Vizio founder and his wife creates the William Wang Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub — and may establish a new model for engineering entrepreneurship nationwide.
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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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Electrical and Computer Engineering News
Researchers analyzed biomarkers that could help psychiatrists identify at-risk individuals earlier and more objectively, supplementing existing self-report surveys and clinical interviews
Two leading conferences, L4DC and NeuS, converged at USC to tackle the same hard problem from two directions: how do we trust machines that learn?
USC Viterbi researchers developed a context-aware AI system that helps robots distinguish harmless contact from risky collisions in complex environments.
Six projects involving USC researchers - including three led by USC - were selected for the U.S. Department of Energy initiative to harness artificial intelligence for scientific discovery and innovation.
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
Our community is unique and groundbreaking… plus we have the beach!
Electrical Engineering and Green Energy
Engineering problems exist in the real world, and our obligation is to help solve them, in real time.