Groundbreaking Method Detects Defective Computer Chips
Technique also reverse-engineers computer chips to detect chip purpose
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering News
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USC Viterbi Lab Breaks Electron Emission Record
Professor Rehan Kapadia improved electron emission efficiency by ten to the power of five. How did he do it?
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Mahta Moghaddam and Behrokh Khoshnevis inducted into to NAE on October 6, 2019
Moghaddam was elected for development of physics-based computational algorithms; Khoshnevis was elected for innovations in manufacturing and construction.
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Is This the Future of Mental Health?
Maryam Shanechi, recently named to Science News Magazine’s Top 10 Scientists to Watch, answers questions about her revolutionary brain-machine interfaces.
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Talking to Robots…Under the Sea
A team of USC Viterbi undergraduates that is developing underwater wireless communication technology will represent the U.S. at the Global Grand Challenges Summit student competition finals
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AI Predicts Musical Genre by Identifying Surprising Patterns in Hit Songs
Record-breaking single “Old Town Road” is a little bit country, a little bit rock ‘n roll, according to an artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by a USC computer science student
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A New Tool for Data Scientists and Biologists and More
Computational tool by USC Viterbi researchers solves the “community detection” problem
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USC Viterbi Announces its 2019 NSF CAREER Award Winners
USC Viterbi Professors Pierluigi Nuzzo, Kelly Sanders and Mahdi Soltanolkotabi receive highly competitive National Science Foundation awards for their leadership and novel research.
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The End of an Era
A blended family of eight, six of whom attended USC, bids farewell to the school as the youngest graduates
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Raising A.I.
Alice Parker’s Neuromorphic Circuits Mimic Neurons to Learn and Adapt.
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From Viruses to Social Bots, Researchers Unearth the Structure of Attacked Networks
A new statistical machine learning framework gleans the invisible and unobservable structure of any attacked network
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Death of the Middleman? USC Researchers Imagine a Cheaper, Fairer Marketplace For Digital Goods
Beyond improving e-commerce, USC Viterbi’s Bhaskar Krishnamachari sees a blockchain-driven future where cars, homes and appliances can buy and sell digital information.
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Persevering to Excellence
Yilda Irizarry-Valle, a USC Viterbi alumna, overcomes challenges to receive prestigious GEM Young Alumnae Leadership Award
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Excellence In Engineering
At the 41st Viterbi Awards, NAE President Dan Mote Jr., alumna and Northrop Grumman VP Linnie Haynesworth, and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell were honored.
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Building A Better Blockchain
A company headed by a USC Viterbi alumnus has partnered with the school to advance this cutting-edge technology.
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New Evidence of Deep Groundwater on Mars
Researchers Suggests that Deep Groundwater can generate surface streams on Mars
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Violence in Movies
The film industry will soon be able to better predict MPAA ratings for movies, thanks to a new artificial intelligence tool.
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Meeting Held at USC Viterbi on International MURI and BARI Initiatives Led by Maryam Shanechi
60 scientists from 12 universities and government labs came together to hear about a MURI initiative on brain-computer interfaces and to kick-off a new BARI initiative on AI.
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A Robotic Leg, Born Without Prior Knowledge, Learns to Walk
New AI algorithms could allow robots to learn to move by themselves, imitating animals.
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Can Unit-E Bring Digital Currency Mainstream?
Salman Avestimehr trusts in the power of algorithms.
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In Search of the Most Human Algorithms
Mahdi Soltanolkotabi’s research ensures that AI and Automation serve the interests of humanity. Now he’s being recognized for his work – a lot.
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You Are Not Here By Accident
Linnie Haynesworth, USC Viterbi’s 2019 Mark A. Stevens Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, pens a letter to her younger Trojan self.
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Sparking Innovation
USC Viterbi alumnus Ken Richardson has written a new book about how America can once again become the world’s leader in tech.
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What Happens When 100 Million People Run Out of Water?
Essam Heggy Calls for More Water Education in the Scientific Community.
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Four USC Viterbi Faculty Members Selected As IEEE Fellows
USC Viterbi Faculty members from Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering join the 2019 class of IEEE fellows.
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What can a snowflake teach us about how cancer spreads in the body?
Findings suggest novel approaches in drug therapy to treat cancer and other diseases
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9th Annual Electrical Engineering Research Festival
On November 9th, the Ming Hsieh Institute hosted the department’s biggest annual event – the Electrical Engineering Research Festival. 100 PhD students presented their research to Industry leaders from 27 companies.
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Han Wang Receives Coveted Army Research Office Young Investigator Award
The USC Viterbi assistant professor, who also just received the prestigious IEEE Nanotechnology Early Career Award, hopes to advance computer efficiency and proficiency.
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Seeing Through Rain and Fog
Materials developed by USC Viterbi Professor Jayakanth Ravichandran could allow autonomous vehicles to peer through the elements to improve safety.
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Mahta Moghaddam Elected President of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
The USC Viterbi director of new research initiatives will lead one of the largest societies within IEEE with over 8,000 members.
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Mahdi Soltanolkotabi Awarded Packard Foundation Fellowship
Grant will open new frontiers in our understanding of signal processing and artificial intelligence
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USC Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Graduate Receives Prestigious Award
Longbo Huang recently received the 2018 ACM SIGMETRICS Rising Star Research Award
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Researchers Decode Mood from Human Brain Signals
Findings may yield new closed-loop, tailored therapies for depression and anxiety
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A Great Find
New localization research by USC Viterbi Professor Urbashi Mitra and her collaborator Junting Chen leverages collections of sensors to locate things
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Mathematician-M.D. introduces a new methodology suggesting a solution to one of the greatest open problems in the history of mathematics
A completely new approach suggests the validity of the 110-year-old Lindelöf hypothesis, opening up the possibilities of new discoveries in quantum computing, number theory and cybersecurity
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Could this material enable autonomous vehicles to come to market sooner and make them safer?
New material has optical properties that could enable better infrared detection for autonomous vehicles and assist firefighters
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Machine Learning at the Shannon Limit
Qian Yu Wins a Google Fellowship for His Work in Coded Computing
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A Beautiful, Complicated Circuit
Gianluca Lazzi Sits at the Intersection of Electrical Engineering and Medicine.
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Eureka! Eureka! The Class of 2018 Has Found It
After long nights that muddled into early mornings in SAL, CED, and Leavey, they’re ready to set sail
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Master’s Class For The Ages
2018 USC Viterbi master’s students shared hugs, laughs and memories at graduation ceremonies.
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2018 Viterbi Master’s Student Awards
Accomplishments of Viterbi Master’s students celebrated at the second annual event
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Marie Curie Dropped the Ph.D. Mic 115 Years Ago. These Trojans Picked It Up.
At the 2018 USC Viterbi Ph.D. Hooding and Awards ceremony, the intellectual descendants of Curie, Drexler and Viterbi took the stage.
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USC Women In Science and Engineering (WiSE) helps junior female faculty share their research
The annual WiSE Research Horizons Symposium at USC brought together some of the best minds in academic research
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Cue the robots
USC Robotics Open House leads the way for the next generation of STEM professionals
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USC Viterbi’s most prestigious night gives the stage to “heroic engineers”
Legendary alums and engineering pioneers honored at the 40th Viterbi Awards
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Winning Big
USC Viterbi faculty, students receive multiple awards at the 2018 OCEC Awards and Honors Banquet.
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USC Viterbi announces its 2018 NSF CAREER Award Winners
Three USC Viterbi Assistant Professors receive a National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award for outstanding, innovative and promising approaches to research
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Imagine Swallowing a Battery. Now Imagine an Electronic Pill Powered by Your Own Stomach
Professor Dina El-Damak works to create low-power circuits and batteries with important biomedical applications.
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Burning Tumors Away
Thanks to these USC Viterbi researchers, doctors may soon be able to see a brain tumor burned away in real time
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Three USC Viterbi engineers recognized at Latino Alumni Association’s 44th annual scholarship gala
Diana Valenzuela takes home the night’s top honor: the John R. Hubbard Award
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Hack-IoT
USC IEEE Organizes the First Ever Student-Run IoT Hackathon on the West Coast.
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Quantum Machine Shows Promise for Biological Research
In first quantum machine learning study with biological data, USC researchers leverage D-Wave to understand gene regulation
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Andrea Armani Named Inaugural Holder of the Ray R. Irani Chair in Engineering
The chair adds to the legacy of the Irani family at USC
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Air Force Young Investigator Awardees to Advance Machine Learning and 3-D Printed Materials
USC Viterbi Assistant Professors Mahdi Soltanolkotabi and Qiming Wang win US Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Awards.
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Andrew Viterbi and Ming Hsieh Named 2017 NAI Fellows
The two will be inducted as part of the Seventh Annual NAI Conference of the National Academy of Inventors On April 5th, 2018, in Washington D.C.
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USC Viterbi Researchers Design Thermal ‘Skin’ to Maintain Temperature of Satellites
VO2 coated silicon material designed in collaboration with Northrop Grumman performs 20 times better than current semiconductors
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Smart City Consortium formed at USC
I3 to bring together academics and practitioners in engineering, business to develop a model for IoT-connected cities in the US
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Nanofab Lab Dedicated to Former USC Viterbi Executive Vice Dean John O’Brien
Michelson Center based facility expected Opening in 2018
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The Stem Cell of Radio
Marcelo Segura helped build USC’s first Software Defined Radio. Now he’s teaching it to our students.
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A Tale of Two Careers
Andrew Viterbi Honored at the Ming Hsieh Institute’s Electrical Engineering Pioneer Series.
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USC ISI researchers poised to crack the code on reducing workplace stress
New research to explore the intersection of data, sensors and artificial intelligence.
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Smart Oil Fields, a Reservoir of Emerging Technologies
CiSOFT, a joint venture between Chevron and USC Viterbi, creates innovative technologies beyond oil
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Salt and Sand
Two USC Viterbi Professors are doing uncommon things with very common materials.
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The Seven Secrets of a Beautiful Mind
Mathematician, M.D., engineer, philosopher and teacher, Athanassios “Thanasis” Fokas shares his secrets for wrestling mathematical juggernauts.
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How Central are Female Characters to a Movie?
New automated analysis of nearly 1000 scripts by USC finds stereotypes of women, race, and aging are created and reinforced in films
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USC and Georgia Tech Receive $ 6.8 Million for DARPA Project
Researchers to develop software for real-time graph data analysis ‘at edge of the internet’
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Turning Data into Power
Three EE Professors Receive $4.2M DARPA Grant to Solve Dispersed Computing
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USC to Lead IARPA Quantum Computing Project
Initiative to build machine 10,000 times faster than classical computers
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2017 Viterbi Master’s Student Awards
Accomplishments of Viterbi Masters students celebrated in inaugural event
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USC Viterbi 2017 Undergraduate Awards
Graduating students from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering were recognized on May 10th at the 2017 Undergraduate Viterbi Awards for their academic, leadership, and service achievements.
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USC Viterbi Faculty Awarded Multiple MURI Grants
Grants awarded to support cyber security, advance quantum computing and improve materials for energy use
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Exploring surrealism in the next generation of virtual reality at the VRSC Student Festival
April’s Festival took the medium to new depths
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Up, up and away at the 2017 faculty and staff awards
Honoring the work and dedication of USC Viterbi faculty and staff
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USC Viterbi and Jackson State University Seniors Share a Capstone Class on Prototypes for Navigational Devices
EE Capstone course leverages DEN platform and iPodia format to allow collaboration between USC in Los Angeles, California and Jackson State in Jackson, Mississippi
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John O’Brien: A Life of Service
USC Viterbi Remembers Our Favorite Son
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Viterbi Awards Highlight Luminaries, Entrepreneurs and an Algorithm’s 50th Birthday
The 39th annual Viterbi Awards celebrated the legacy of Andrew Viterbi and recognized industry and alumni leaders alongside emerging startups.
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Mentorship, teamwork, and a lot of patience.
Post-doc researchers, PhD students, and undergraduates in Shri Narayanan’s lab all work together to combat implicit bias.
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Monitoring Troubles of the Heart
Mobile sensing system developed by joint USC Dornsife and USC Viterbi team could give couples the power to anticipate each other’s emotional states and adapt behavior
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Researchers Develop New Class of Optoelectronic Materials
New class of semiconductor materials can be used as light absorber in solar cells
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IN MEMORIAM: John O’Brien, USC Viterbi Executive Vice Dean of Engineering
John O’Brien, Executive Vice Dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, passed away March 31, 2017
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The Next Amazon?
The 2017 Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition showcased several promising USC Viterbi student-led startups.
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Four USC Viterbi Professors Win 2017 NSF CAREER Awards
Felipe de Barros, a civil and environmental engineer, Han Wang, an electrical engineer and Ilias Diakonikolas and Wyatt Lloyd, both computer scientists, win the National Science Foundation’s top honor for junior faculty
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The Viterbi Algorithm at 50
In a noisy world, it allows you to be heard.
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The Viterbi Algorithm Demystified
On the golden anniversary of the Viterbi Algorithm, Andrew Viterbi reveals a brief and intuitive approach
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USC Viterbi Faculty Led-Research to Receive Over $1.8 Million in Funding from US DOE SunShot Initiative
Project part of ENERGISE Initiative to Integrate Solar into the Nation’s Electric Grid
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Shri Narayanan Named Inaugural Holder of the Niki and C.L. Max Nikias Chair in Engineering
The chair, established by anonymous donors, honors in perpetuity, the Nikias’s legacy
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The Life & Legacy of Sol Golomb
From the brightest kid in the room to the wisest man on campus
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USC Viterbi and Jackson State University Engineering Students Share a Virtual Classroom
USC’s iPodia program connects engineering students in Los Angeles and in a Historically Black University in Mississippi
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Sharpshooting Engineer
Candela Abejon of Spain distinguishes herself on the basketball court and at USC Viterbi
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Paul Bogdan pioneers analysis of drug interactions
The Electrical Engineering professor discusses his new research, published in Nature
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The Next Small Thing in Chip Design
Three USC Researchers Win $100,000 Nokia Bell Labs Prize for their work in 3D Optical Beam Forming.
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Novel Brain-Machine Interface Design Sets New State-of-the-Art for Neuroprosthetics
New Research Enables High Performance Brain-Machine Interfaces
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When Worlds Converge
Engineers, designers and storytellers come together in VR.
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Celebrating the 7th Annual Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering Research Festival
The day-long event brought together students, faculty, and industry leaders to share in the research being done in the department.
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10 Years as the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
The 2006 endowment of $35 million was the largest department naming at USC, and one of the largest ever to name an EE department anywhere in the world.
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New Research Center envisions IoT Applied to Personalized Learning
A joint center between USC Rossier and USC Viterbi might make the ‘Internet of Things’ a staple of K-12 classrooms
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Rosa’s Choice
A trailblazing alumna and surgeon-engineer describes how she lived in two countries and between two dreams at once
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Creating a Better Environmental Monitoring System
Three Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering Professors Win NSF Grant to Address Grand Challenges in Wireless Communication
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USC Viterbi Establishes Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things (CCI)
Bringing together top faculty to provide thought leadership on smart cities and to secure infrastructure
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Alan Willner: IEEE Fellow, Photonics Pioneer, self-described “Creeping Goo”
Photonics Pioneer and Orthodox Jew, Alan Willner runs a lab made up of students from countries that aren’t always the best of friends.