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America’s Greatest Innovators

Mar 07, 2026Andrew Viterbi, Paul Mokapetris, Len Adleman, Marian Croak, and Palmer Lucky are some of the individuals featured on this list.

Lasers could allow the world to watch Artemis II astronauts travel to the moon

Feb 08, 2026Alan Willner was interviewed about NASA’s Artemis II test of the Orion Optical Communications System and using infrared lasers capable of transmitting more than 100 times the data of radio.

This AI giant is a safer play

Feb 02, 2026Article compares different quantum computer companies, it mentions USC as parter with IBM quantum computing.

USC Viterbi and IIT Alumni SoCal Bridge Nations at AI IMPACT Pre-Summit

Jan 22, 2026Watch video: partnership with the Indian Consulate of Los Angeles drives a collaborative, human-centric future for artificial intelligence.

A strange kind of quantumness may be key to quantum computers’ success

Jan 06, 2026Daniel Lidar was quoted in a story about a new breakthrough in quantum computing made by Google researchers.

Mind-reading devices can now predict preconscious thoughts: is it time to worry?

Dec 01, 2025Maryam Shanechi was interviewed as an expert in brain-computer interfaces.

New artificial neuron uses electrical pulses to process information in a brain-like manner

Dec 01, 2025Research by Joshua Yang and colleagues was featured.

New artificial neurons replicate real brain chemistry for smarter AI hardware design

Nov 02, 2025A neuromorphic innovation led by Joshua Yang, was featured.

Engineers Create Eco-Friendly Solid Lubricant to Replace Toxic Farming Materials

Oct 19, 2025Research by Paul Bogdan and colleagues was featured.

USC Viterbi School of Engineering & School of Advanced Computing introduce new UG course in AI

Sep 22, 2025New undergraduate degree in AI was featured.

More schools letting students major in artificial intelligence

Sep 03, 2025The new SAC undergraduate bachelor's degree in AI was featured along with the Business of AI degree.

A Pipeline for Advanced Chipmaking

Sep 03, 2025Andrea Belz was interviewed about a research study related to the demand for skilled STEM workers for manufacturing chips.

Drone Flythrough – USC School of Advanced Computing

Aug 20, 2025To 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

Researchers at USC demonstrate exponential quantum scaling speedup

Jul 20, 2025IBM's blog featured a new study by Daniel Lidar and colleagues

From permafrost to policy: Mahta Moghaddam is tracking changes to the Earth in its most extreme environments

Jun 30, 2025 Mahta Moghaddam and her work applying multi-agent sensing to track soil moisture and permafrost thickness.

USC study demonstrates unconditional exponential quantum scaling advantage

Jun 19, 2025A paper by Daniel Lidar and colleagues was highlighted.

New method designed to shield quantum computer performance from noise and errors

May 27, 2025Research 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.

CREDIF spring 2025 AI awards & fellowship recipients

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D-Wave Systems claims quantum advantage

Mar 28, 2025Daniel Lidar, who had worked on D-Wave machines, was interviewed about their new study.

What makes Microsoft’s new quantum computing chip different?

Feb 25, 2025Daniel Lidar was quoted in a story discussing Microsoft's new quantum computing chip, Majorana 1.

New AI Model Measures How Fast the Brain Ages

Feb 25, 2025Research by USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering highlights first-of-its-kind tool can non-invasively track the pace of brain changes using MRI scans.

How close are quantum computers to being really useful

Feb 02, 2025Daniel Lidar was interviewed about the challenges of scaling quantum computing.

Researchers develop low-cost system to detect wildfires within seconds of ignition

Nov 10, 2024A paper authored by Xiao Fu, Barath Raghavan, Peter Bereel, Yue Hu and Prashanth Sutrave was highlighted.

Torrents of Sediment-Laden Water Worsened Disastrous Libyan Floods

Nov 03, 2024Research by Essam Heggy and colleagues was highlighted.

USC Professor Sees Quantum Computing As A Specialized Tool Rather Than Consumer Technology

Nov 03, 2024Excerpts from Daniel Lidar's recent interview with the The Circuit was condensed.

Out Of Options: The Drugs Don’t Work. Therapy Doesn’t Work. What’s Left?

Sep 26, 2024An NIH-backed collaboration between USC engineers and doctors provides hope for patients with severe depression and other mood disorders.

Waymo takes to the streets in more cities

Sep 08, 2024Rahul Jain was interviewed about autonomous vehicles and their mainstream adoption.

The Beaches of the Future Are Going to Surprise Us

Jul 21, 2024A study by Essam Heggy and colleagues about the CA coastline was referenced.

AI-enabled wearable, ingestible smart pill offer live gut health tracking

Jun 23, 2024Research by Yasser Khan's lab was featured.

An AI-powered wearable system tracks the 3D movement of smart pills in the gut

Jun 14, 2024New research by the Khan Lab was featured

Study confirms water ice possibility in Moon’s polar craters

May 05, 2024A study led by India's space agency that included USC researchers was highlighted

USC, Capital One to Launch Research Center

May 05, 2024Petros Ioannou the Center's inaugural director, was interviewed.

A robot dog is training on Earth to be able to go to space one day

Apr 21, 2024Weekend Edition featured research led by Feifei Qian's lab.

USC Games Expo returns to campus on May 7 with over 60 games

Apr 14, 2024The annual Games expo showcasing student games was highlighted

Engineers train dog to walk on the moon

Apr 14, 2024Research by Feifei Qian and colleagues was featured.

NASA, USC robotics team for space exploration program

Apr 07, 2024Feifei Qian and undergraduate student Ethan Fulcher were interviewed about developing robots that can work on various surfaces

What’s after AI? The next watershed technology could be quantum computing

Apr 07, 2024Daniel Lidar was interviewed about the growth and potential impact of quantum computing

USC opens first IBM Quantum Innovation Center on the West Coast

Mar 12, 2024The new center will be directed by Daniel Lidar, and boosts USC Viterbi and USC Dornsife researchers' opportunities for conducting quantum research.

USC names 7 faculty members University – and Distinguished Professors, 3 with USC Viterbi appointments

Mar 07, 2024Petros Ioannou, Peter Kuhn, and Surya Prakash are among the faculty selected for their research leadership.

USC Viterbi’s Shri Narayanan Named USC Vice President for Presidential Initiatives

Feb 23, 2024Professor Narayanan will focus on bringing together President Folt's "moonshots" and expanding their reach.

Using AI tools, we are exploring if linguistic ability can mediate cognitive decline

Feb 11, 2024Shri Narayanan spoke with ET Healthworld about USC health research collaborations in India involving AI tools as well as other opportunities for AI in health

‘A powerhouse director for a powerhouse school’: USC celebrates inauguration of School of Advanced Computing director

Feb 08, 2024Professor 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.

USC Launches School of Advanced Computing

Feb 01, 2024Gaurav Sukhatme has been appointed the school's inaugural director for the "school within a school"

Using AI to study demographic representation in Indian TV

Nov 28, 2023Shri 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

What is Quantum Advantage?

Nov 19, 2023Daniel Lidar contributed a piece explaining the technology and its potential impact. The column appeared in multiple outlets.

America Is About to See Way More Driverless Cars

Oct 22, 2023Rahul Jain was interviewed about the difficulty of autonomous vehicles driving in SF compared to other cities.

USC Viterbi and USC Price Host Solutions for a Sustainable Future Conference

Oct 19, 2023Co-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.

USC selected by Department of Defense for Microelectronics Commons hub

Sep 20, 2023The university will lead one of eight regional innovation hubs funded by the CHIPS and Science Act.

Innovation & Ingenuity: From Start-ups to Academia

Sep 17, 2023Shri Narayanan, Yasser Khan and their students and alumni talked about impactful research taking place at USC Viterbi.

The internet just went on a wild quest that could result in floating trains and cheap EV

Aug 13, 2023Masoud Pedram was quoted about the potential impact that room-temp superconductors could have on medical imaging.

How Sexist is Hollywood?

Jun 25, 2023The SAIL Lab was mentioned as a collaborator with the Geena Davis Institute to address bias through media intelligence

For Earth Day, Faculty Talk Sustainability Research on “Academic Minute”

Apr 21, 2023Research by Bistra Dilkina, Thomas Petersen and Essam Heggy was featured.

Room-temperature superconductors could revolutionize electronics

Apr 02, 2023Massoud Pedram discusses the promise of superconducting

How to Tell If a Photo Is an AI-Generated Fake

Apr 02, 2023Wael Abd Almageed spoke to SA about the state of detection for AI generated images

AI May Predict Alzheimer’s Through Brain Age

Mar 19, 2023The NSF featured recent research by Paul Bogdan and colleagues at the School of Gerontology

4 USC researchers named AAAS fellows

Feb 01, 2023Carolyn C. Meltzer, Massoud Pedram, Remo Rohs and Richard M. Watanabe join more than 40 USC faculty as fellows of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science.

AI tools can create new images, but who is the real artist

Jan 29, 2023 Wael Abd-Almageed commenting on A.I. generated art and other content.

An oil spill on this fuel-rich coast could be a supply chain catastrophe

Jan 29, 2023Research by Essam Heggy and colleagues was highlighted.

Increasing the global bandwidth of optical communications

Jan 15, 2023As part of the Foundation's 20th Anniversary Challenge, research by Mengjie Yu has been funded.

Using AI to study 12 years of representation in TV

Nov 27, 2022The latest report from Google, the USC SAIL Lab and Geena Davis Institute on media representation was highlighted.

Security experts lay out the most serious election threats

Oct 16, 2022Wael Abd-Almageed was interviewed about the impact of deepfakes in affecting public sentiment

Amazon and USC name three new ML Fellows

Oct 04, 2022PhD students will receive fellowship funding and be mentored by Amazon scientists.

AI can now create any image in seconds, bringing wonder and danger

Oct 02, 2022Wael Abd-Almageed was quoted about the dangers of AI being used to generate false information.

Academic of the Month

Sep 13, 2022Murali Annavaram, Director of the USC ECE-ISE - Meta Platforms, Inc. Center for Research and Education in AI and Learning, was featured on Meta's blog

Deepfake Expert Analyzes Viral Videos

Jul 10, 2022Wael Abd-Almageed explains a few methods for identifying videos are that are not authentic as well as his lab's approach.

Modeling Speculative Asset Bubbles

May 20, 2022With the recently volatility of cryptocurrency trading, Bhaskar Krishnamachari created a mathematical model to explain the rise and crash of speculative assets .

Unprecedented water restrictions for Southern California

May 01, 2022Essam Heggy was interviewed about the current drought and the necessary measures to combat current and future droughts

Ancient art meets AI for better materials design

Apr 07, 2022Inspired by a type of origami, Viterbi researchers apply autonomous reinforcement learning to develop materials for wearable electronics.

Russia’s Misinformation Campaign Gains Traction

Mar 27, 2022A Toronto news channel interviewed Wael Abd-Almageed about how low-cost deepfakes are difficult to distinguish, and how tech like the one his team developed can be a tool to spot them

Deepfakes are now trying to change the course of war

Mar 27, 2022Wael Abd-Almageed was interviewed about the dangers deepfakes present

Russia-Ukraine war: It’s your responsibility to stop disinformation

Mar 13, 2022Wael Abd-Almageed was interviewed on ways to identify visual disinformation

USC Viterbi Launches Center for Autonomy and AI

Mar 11, 2022New research Center led Rahul Jain and Jyo Deshmukh was highlighted

Traces of 3,600-Year-Old Settlement Found in Qatar’s Desert

Feb 13, 2022Research by Essam Heggy and colleagues was featured

USC Expands AI Education With New Research Center, Amazon Partnership

Feb 13, 2022DotLA covered two pieces of Viterbi news this week, Dean Yortsos was interviewed adding, "some sort of a digital literacy will become as important as other general education requirements"

Hidden oasis resurfaces after 3,600 years in south of Qatar

Feb 06, 2022Research by Essam Heggy and colleagues regarding uncovering of an ancient settlement in Qatar, was featured

Lebanon Made Me Unstoppable

Feb 05, 2022A blog written by USC Viterbi doctoral student Michella Rustom regarding her pursuit of her PhD, was re-published by the leading daily newspaper in Lebanon

Online academic conferences showing wide benefit

Dec 12, 2021Research conducted by the Armani Lab was featured showing how virtual conferences could ensure greater diversity, equity and inclusion for STEM researchers

Research Team Makes Advance in Brain-Inspired Computing

Dec 05, 2021Research by Han Wang's lab was featured

Behavioral health AI predicts effectiveness of talk therapy

Nov 14, 2021Research by the SAIL lab was featured

Will expanding vaccine eligibility to kids 5-11 years old end the pandemic?

Oct 31, 2021Ajitesh Srivastava was quoted as a member of a COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub that works on predictions about the spread of the pandemic

Geena Davis Institute Expands Spellcheck for Bias Partnership with NBCU to Analyze Black and AAPI Representation

Oct 10, 2021The SAIL Lab was mentioned for its collaboration with GDI to identify bias in movie scripts via development of Spellcheck for Bias

Snafu Records Raises $6 Million to Replace Record Executives with AI

Sep 26, 2021Shri Narayanan speaks to Dot.LA about the potential for AI to help democratize the music industry.

COVID-19 cases in Utah projected to decline over next few weeks

Sep 26, 2021Ajitesh Srivastava is referenced as having created one of the COVID-19 forecasting models monitored by the CDC

How Young Disability Activists Are Using TikTok To Make A Difference

Aug 01, 2021Research by the SAIL Lab and the Geena Davis Institute on the representation of characters in films who have disabilities, was featured.

Water dispute on the Nile River could destabilize the region

Jul 13, 2021The rapid filling of a giant dam at the source of the world’s longest river could reduce the water supplies going to Egypt and increase tensions with Ethiopia, a new USC study finds.

USC’s Pandemic-Tested 2020, 2021 Classes Graduate In Person

Jun 06, 2021Radhika Agrawal, a 2021 graduate with a degree in computer engineering and computer science, was interviewed for participating in the In-person ceremony.

Dr. Timothy Pinkston – USC Chaired Professor & Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs (Part 1)

May 27, 2021Timothy Pinkston was interviewed by Adam M.A. Simpson, a PhD CEE candidate about his professional trajectory and the unique experiences of minoritized individuals in STEM

Using Algorithms to Create COVID-19 Vaccines and Predict Variants

May 09, 2021Spectrum News 1 featured Paul Bogdan on using algorithms to create COVID-19 vaccines and predict variants.

Researchers fine tune a ‘bionic eye’ for those who lost their sight

May 09, 2021The Hill featured research by Gianluca Lazzi to develop a bionic eye.

How AI Could Upgrade Brain Stimulation Therapies

May 09, 2021Gizmodo featured research by Maryam Shanechi on using a machine learning model to predict how the brain will respond to deep brain stimulation.

Biden’s chip dreams face reality check of supply chain complexity

Apr 18, 2021Tony Levi was interviewed on the Biden administration's attempts to address a semiconductor shortage.

How One Professor and His Class Changed My Life as an Engineer

Feb 25, 2021Professor Bhaskar Krishnamachari was so much more than an instructor. He was more like a curator who helped me see the true value and depth of electrical engineering.

How Does Wifi Work?

Feb 07, 2021An explainer piece by Bhaskar Krishnamachari on wifi works was published.

USC, Amazon Plan Center for Machine Learning Research

Feb 07, 2021A new USC -Amazon Center focused on trust and privacy was featured.

Artificial intelligence yields new ways to combat the coronavirus

Feb 05, 2021Computer model created by Paul Bogdan and colleagues eliminates 95% of the compounds that could have possibly treated SARS-CoV-2 and pinpoints the best options

72nd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards Recipients

Jan 25, 2021Professor Jay Kuo won a 2020 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for his work with Netflix on “Development of Perceptual Metrics for Video Encoding Optimization”

The Origins of Video Voice Chat

Jan 24, 2021Chris Kyriakakis was interviewed about how to improve the acoustics of voice calls over the internet.

People of the ACM: Timothy Pinkston

Dec 17, 2020Timothy Pinkston was interviewed about his research, the future of network routing algorithms and architecture research, as well as the importance of diversity and inclusion to the future of computing.

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Predict Movie Ratings?

Dec 13, 2020The SAIL Lab's work on media informatics and the content of movies was featured

Ayanna Howard Named Next Dean at OSU

Dec 02, 2020Roboticist and Viterbi alumnus named next dean of OSU's College of Engineering

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