Media Coverage - USC Viterbi | Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

USC Viterbi ECE Blog: My Path from South Central to the University of Southern California

May 14, 2019

Am I crazy? Nah. Am I smart? Nah. What I am is a hard worker who learned these values from my immigrant parents and from growing up in the streets of LA.

USC Viterbi News: “A Ph.D. Is Our Call to Action”

May 10, 2019

USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s 2019 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards ceremony

The Cut: I Tried a $500 Sound-Therapy Machine

May 01, 2019

Christopher Kyriakakis was interviewed about a new sound therapy device.

International Business Times: Mars Rover Curiosity Is Now Ready To Find Alien Life After Successful Drilling

Apr 09, 2019

Research by Essam Heggy and Abotalib Z. Abotalib was mentioned about the presence of water on Mars.

IEEE Spectrum: Ford Signs Up to Use NASA’s Quantum Computers

Mar 17, 2019

Daniel Lidar was quoted on quantum technology.

Science News : Brain-zapping implants that fight depression are inching closer to reality

Feb 22, 2019

Maryam Shanechi and colleagues are decoding mood and finding ways of stimulating the brain to treat depression.

The Times of Northwestern Indiana: The search for immortality

Jan 29, 2019

Research by Alice Parker to develop synthetic replications of part of the human brain was mentioned

PCMag: Can AI Train Forensic Interviewers to Unlock Trauma?

Jan 22, 2019

A Q&A with Shri Narayanan was published on how artificial intelligence can be used to train forensic interviewers to unlock trauma.

BBC: How your voice hides clues about your love life

Jan 14, 2019

Research by Shri Narayanan on an artificial intelligence program that predicts relationship health based on speech patterns was mentioned

USC News: Scientists find a way to enhance quantum computer performance

Nov 30, 2018

Method has the potential to solve some of society’s biggest challenges

MIT Technology Review: Google has enlisted NASA to help it prove quantum supremacy within months

Nov 07, 2018

Daniel Lidar was quoted on quantum computing.

Wall Street Journal: Can a computer program make humans more human?

Jun 22, 2018

Shri Narayanan works on better decoding human signals so we can learn from ourselves.

Swarthmore College: Valero-Cuevas Receives Honorary Degree from Swarthmore

Jun 08, 2018

Francisco Valero-Cuevas was awarded an honorary degree from his alma mater, Swarthmore College for his scientific contributions. He spoke at Swarthmore’s commencement ceremony on May 27, 2018

Watch the Viterbi Satellite Commencement Ceremonies Streaming

May 09, 2018

Ph.D. on 5/10 at 9am PDT, Undergraduate on 5/11 at 11am PDT, Graduate on 5/11 at 3pm PDT, Computer Science Graduate on 5/11 at 6:30pm PDT

Nature: Quantum Machine Goes in Search of the Higgs Boson

Jan 29, 2018

Research by Daniel Lidar applying quantum computing to a physics problem for the first time was featured.

National Academy of Inventors: Andrew Viterbi and Ming Hsieh named NAI Fellows

Dec 12, 2017

Viterbi and Hsieh selected for demonstrating a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society

YouTube: 8th Annual EE Research Festival

Dec 08, 2017

Students from across the department shared their work with colleagues, faculty, and industry affiliates in a day-long event celebrating EE Research

American Physical Society: Mihailo Jovanovic Named Fellow of the American Physical Society

Nov 03, 2017

Professor Jovanovic was recognized for profound contributions to stability and flow control, and the application of control-theoretic and optimization techniques to the analysis of wall-bounded shear flows, drag reduction, and viscoelastic fluids.

Quartz: This music production tool is the reason why all new music sounds the same

Aug 13, 2017

Chris Kyriakakis was quoted on how recorded music changes once it leaves the studio

LA Times: USC study finds that movies are still dominated by men, on- and off-screen

Aug 13, 2017

The LA Times highlighted the SAIL lab and a study on diversity and stereotypes in movie dialogues

IARPA: IARPA Launches “QEO” Program to Develop Quantum Enhanced Computers

Apr 27, 2017

USC selected to lead quantum computing team which will include CalTech, Harvard, Berkeley MIT, University College London, Saarland University, University of Waterloo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, NASA Ames Research Center and Texas A&M

Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Media Coverage