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Riding the Quantum Limit

Apr 16, 2021

USC ISI’s QLIlab is using quantum physics to help usher in a new level of communications security

The Return of the Viterbi Awards

Apr 12, 2021

After last year’s postponement because of COVID-19, the 42nd annual event celebrated honorees General (retired) Ellen Pawlikowski, alumnus Juan Perez of UPS and Geena Davis.

Maryam Shanechi to Lead Brain Research Supported by New NIH Award

Apr 08, 2021

The $3 million grant will help develop new neurotechnology to treat neurological and mental disorders

Virus Minority Report

Apr 06, 2021

USC Viterbi researchers show how we might one day develop vaccines for viruses that haven’t even evolved yet

Engineering the Flow of Light

Mar 09, 2021

USC Viterbi researchers’ device shapes light in new and exciting ways

Computing Machinery Faces an Urgent Scarcity

Mar 08, 2021

USC Viterbi professor leads panel at international conferences for computer scientists and engineers

A New Realm of Personalized Medicine with Brain Stimulation

Feb 01, 2021

Researchers’ “skeleton key” can unlock a brain.

USC and Amazon Establish Center for Secure and Trusted Machine Learning

Jan 28, 2021

Center to support novel approaches to trust-centric machine learning and AI innovation

Researchers Discover Hidden Brain Pattern

Jan 27, 2021

The discovery has great implications for treating paralyzed, Parkinson’s patients.

The Four-Legged Robot That Can Crawl, Crouch, Clean and Fight COVID

Jan 25, 2021

A team of USC master’s students creates a disinfection robot to use on COVID-19 prevention.

Meet CybOrg: USC’s Premier Cybersecurity Club

Jan 14, 2021

USC Viterbi student club gives students confidence, networking opportunities, mentors and even job connections.

Ming Hsieh Recipient of Inaugural IEEE-HKN Madni Award

Dec 15, 2020

The USC Trustee and Namesake of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Was Honored for Several Contributions

Three USC Viterbi Faculty Named National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Dec 08, 2020

Professors Keith Chugg, Jay Kuo and Gerald Loeb join this year’s list of 175 distinguished academic inventors

USC Researchers Explore Improving Measurement Tools for Quantum Physics

Dec 03, 2020

The more sensitive measurement tools are, the more information physicists can extract from quantum particles, such as photons.

New Masters-Level Quantum Computing Degree

Nov 20, 2020

Program will draw on decades of quantum computing expertise

Computer Vision Predicts Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Nov 19, 2020

New Tool Offers Means to Phenotype Patients

AI Tool May Predict Movies’ Future Ratings

Nov 17, 2020

USC Viterbi researchers are using AI as a tool identify violent, substance-abuse and sexual content in movie scripts before a single scene is shot

Researchers Isolate and Decode Brain Signal Patterns for Specific Behaviors

Nov 09, 2020

New machine learning algorithm could discover novel neural patterns and enhance brain-machine interfaces

How To Prevent A 3-Ton Laundry Robot That Runs Up Your Energy Bill

Nov 04, 2020

Professor Joshua Yang creates novel devices for brain-like computers using the least amount of energy and physical space possible

“Viterbi vs. Pandemics” Lecture 6: Predictions on COVID-19 to the C.D.C.

Oct 23, 2020

USC Viterbi data scientists helping decision-makers see beyond the fog of data to provide better pandemic forecasts and save lives

“Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” Lecture 5: Estimation of Risk

Oct 19, 2020

Bhaskar Krishnamachari shares how to visualize COVID risk over time for different communities using real data from L.A. County to illustrate the approach.

Maryam Shanechi Receives Prestigious New Innovator NIH Grant

Oct 06, 2020

One of Only 53 in the U.S. to receive such an award, she will use the $2.4M grant for a better understanding of the brain

Is Neuromorphic Computing the Future of AI and Understanding the Brain?

Oct 02, 2020

Alice Parker, co-author of Women in Microelectronics (2020), answers questions about her journey as an “unconventional” engineer incorporating neuroscience in her work.

USC Viterbi Researchers Lay New Groundwork For Designing Biological Inspired Artificial Intelligence

Sep 28, 2020

Findings Published In Scientific Reports Employs New Methods And Tools For Decoding How Cognition, Creativity And Even Disease Evolve In The Brain

A Sustainable Hackathon

Sep 11, 2020

The 4th annual Sustain-A-Thon saw 57 students propose solutions for making the planet more livable and sustainable.

USC Viterbi Offers Two New Short Courses: “Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” and “Sustainable Energy”

Sep 03, 2020

Both lecture series launch the week after Labor Day, offering students a comprehensive faculty coverage of COVID-19 and a series on sustainable energy with Dean Yortsos

How To Make AI Trustworthy

Aug 31, 2020

New tool might aid the adoption of technologies such as autonomous vehicles

“Escape Velocity” Podcast Series Explores Race, Academia and STEM

Aug 26, 2020

New USC Viterbi series captures the stories of Black faculty, students and academic leaders.

USC Viterbi Researchers Win 1st Place, Develop COVID-19 Risk Score for Los Angeles

Aug 26, 2020

Recent data science challenge, hosted by the city, identifies a new, color-coded metric for individual risk.

A Novel Approach Produces a Completely New Kind of Dynamic Light Structure

Aug 25, 2020

USC Viterbi Innovation May Change Our Understanding of How Light Propagates.

Two USC Viterbi Students Selected to Participate in 8th Heidelberg Laureate Forum

Aug 21, 2020

Qinyi Luo and Youwei Zhuo Join 224 Other Students From Across the Globe

USC Viterbi Alumnus Donates 33,000 Masks

Aug 20, 2020

Qihong Wang, B.S. EE ’19, donated essential masks to USC Viterbi researchers, allowing them to continue pursuing their work during the pandemic.

What’s Next in Pandemic Forecasting?

Aug 17, 2020

USC Viterbi Researchers Answer Questions About Their Unique Modeling Tool and Share Advice for Future Forecasters.

A Lifeline For Students During The Pandemic

Aug 03, 2020

Over 100 students have been aided by USC Viterbi’s Emergency Relief Fund; Ming Hsieh, alumnus and university trustee, offers an additional $50K match to donors

Novel Technology Extends Battery Life, Increases Upload Speed, and Reduces Data Corruption

Jul 23, 2020

Memory device, developed by USC Viterbi researchers, shows record performance

Honoring The Memory of Grant Imahara

Jul 21, 2020

A close friend of the late Grant Imahara, ’93, who cohosted the Discovery Channel’s popular science show “MythBusters,” wants to raise money to create The Grant Imahara Memorial Study Lounge.

Higher Concentration of Metal in Moon’s Craters Provides New Insights to its Origin

Jul 01, 2020

New observations could challenge previous theories of how the Moon was formed

New Math Model Predicts Real-World Systems

Jun 22, 2020

New USC Viterbi research models complex, real-world outcomes, including coronavirus and Alzheimer’s disease

Beating A Pandemic To The Punch

Jun 04, 2020

USC Viterbi researchers are helping us understand what COVID-19 might do next.

The 2020 Undergraduate Student Awards

May 27, 2020

Motivated to engineer a better world for all humanity, USC Viterbi celebrates graduates who have pursued academic excellence and impacted their communities.

Folding the V: An Integrated Approach to Safe AI

May 26, 2020

Two Electrical and Computer Engineers Win ONR Grant on Science of AI to Bring Systems and AI Closer Together

Fooling Deepfake Detectors

May 04, 2020

Electrical and Computer Engineering Masters Students Expose A Glaring Vulnerability

Kick Drums and Glucose Sensors

Apr 28, 2020

How USC Viterbi’s interdisciplinary research helped get this beatboxer an engineering degree.

USC Viterbi Researchers Win $2 Million DARPA Grant

Apr 01, 2020

Three Electrical and Computer Engineers Will Address the Challenge of Training A.I.

My Belt Listens to My Watch, Glasses and Necklace: What’s Next in Wearable Technology

Mar 30, 2020

USC Viterbi researchers develop new prototype to better recognize human activity

USC Viterbi Listed Again Among the Nation’s Top 10 Engineering Graduate Programs

Mar 19, 2020

Annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report also keep USC Viterbi among the top five private engineering schools

Constantine Sideris Awarded Air Force Young Investigator Grant

Jan 30, 2020

USC Viterbi assistant professor receives recognition for his work to improve phototonic integrated circuits

Miniaturizing Optical Gyroscopes

Jan 23, 2020

USC Viterbi Researcher Makes An Important Advancement in Navigation and Automation

New Study Finds AI as Viable Tool to Detect Changes in Patients’ Mental Health

Jan 17, 2020

Software detects changes in clinical states in voice data for patients with bipolar, schizophrenia and depressive disorders as accurately as attending doctors

Speeding Up A.I.

Jan 10, 2020

USC Viterbi Researchers Win NSF Grant to Tackle the Challenge of Scalable Parallelism.

In A Season Of Giving, This Student Start-up Is Transforming The Way We Give

Dec 09, 2019

Duet is the world’s first student-built micro-philanthropy platform designed to connect donors with refugees and local stores in a more personalized and dignified way

Molecular Vibrations Lead to High Performance Laser

Dec 02, 2019

Breakthrough method has implications for enhanced performance of lasers for communications, diagnostics and defense.

MEPC at 10

Nov 13, 2019

The latest edition of the 10-year-old Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition promises to transform high-tech ideas into viable startups.

Transfer Learning Research Finds a New Home at USC Viterbi

Nov 08, 2019

New DARPA grant will help build a foundation in this important field.

Why Music Makes Us Feel, According to AI

Oct 31, 2019

In a new paper, a team of USC computer scientists and psychologists teamed up to investigate how music affects how you act, feel and think

Groundbreaking Method Detects Defective Computer Chips

Oct 08, 2019

Technique also reverse-engineers computer chips to detect chip purpose

USC Viterbi Lab Breaks Electron Emission Record

Oct 07, 2019

Professor Rehan Kapadia improved electron emission efficiency by ten to the power of five. How did he do it?

Mahta Moghaddam and Behrokh Khoshnevis inducted into to NAE on October 6, 2019

Oct 06, 2019

Moghaddam was elected for development of physics-based computational algorithms; Khoshnevis was elected for innovations in manufacturing and construction.

Is This the Future of Mental Health?

Sep 24, 2019

Maryam Shanechi, recently named to Science News Magazine’s Top 10 Scientists to Watch, answers questions about her revolutionary brain-machine interfaces.

Talking to Robots…Under the Sea

Sep 11, 2019

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

AI Predicts Musical Genre by Identifying Surprising Patterns in Hit Songs

Aug 12, 2019

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

A New Tool for Data Scientists and Biologists and More

Jul 22, 2019

Computational tool by USC Viterbi researchers solves the “community detection” problem

USC Viterbi Announces its 2019 NSF CAREER Award Winners

Jun 24, 2019

USC Viterbi Professors Pierluigi Nuzzo, Kelly Sanders and Mahdi Soltanolkotabi receive highly competitive National Science Foundation awards for their leadership and novel research.

The End of an Era

Jun 03, 2019

A blended family of eight, six of whom attended USC, bids farewell to the school as the youngest graduates

Raising A.I.

May 28, 2019

Alice Parker’s Neuromorphic Circuits Mimic Neurons to Learn and Adapt.

From Viruses to Social Bots, Researchers Unearth the Structure of Attacked Networks

May 24, 2019

A new statistical machine learning framework gleans the invisible and unobservable structure of any attacked network

Death of the Middleman? USC Researchers Imagine a Cheaper, Fairer Marketplace For Digital Goods

May 17, 2019

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.

Persevering to Excellence

May 16, 2019

Yilda Irizarry-Valle, a USC Viterbi alumna, overcomes challenges to receive prestigious GEM Young Alumnae Leadership Award

Excellence In Engineering

Apr 12, 2019

At the 41st Viterbi Awards, NAE President Dan Mote Jr., alumna and Northrop Grumman VP Linnie Haynesworth, and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell were honored.

Building A Better Blockchain

Apr 09, 2019

A company headed by a USC Viterbi alumnus has partnered with the school to advance this cutting-edge technology.

New Evidence of Deep Groundwater on Mars

Mar 28, 2019

Researchers Suggests that Deep Groundwater can generate surface streams on Mars

Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Violence in Movies

Mar 20, 2019

The film industry will soon be able to better predict MPAA ratings for movies, thanks to a new artificial intelligence tool.

Meeting Held at USC Viterbi on International MURI and BARI Initiatives Led by Maryam Shanechi

Mar 18, 2019

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.

A Robotic Leg, Born Without Prior Knowledge, Learns to Walk

Mar 11, 2019

New AI algorithms could allow robots to learn to move by themselves, imitating animals.

Can Unit-E Bring Digital Currency Mainstream?

Feb 28, 2019

Salman Avestimehr trusts in the power of algorithms.

In Search of the Most Human Algorithms

Feb 27, 2019

Mahdi Soltanolkotabi’s research ensures that AI and Automation serve the interests of humanity. Now he’s being recognized for his work – a lot.

You Are Not Here By Accident

Feb 06, 2019

Linnie Haynesworth, USC Viterbi’s 2019 Mark A. Stevens Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, pens a letter to her younger Trojan self.

Sparking Innovation

Jan 31, 2019

USC Viterbi alumnus Ken Richardson has written a new book about how America can once again become the world’s leader in tech.

What Happens When 100 Million People Run Out of Water?

Jan 24, 2019

Essam Heggy Calls for More Water Education in the Scientific Community.

Four USC Viterbi Faculty Members Selected As IEEE Fellows

Jan 08, 2019

USC Viterbi Faculty members from Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering join the 2019 class of IEEE fellows.

What can a snowflake teach us about how cancer spreads in the body?

Dec 05, 2018

Findings suggest novel approaches in drug therapy to treat cancer and other diseases

9th Annual Electrical Engineering Research Festival

Dec 05, 2018

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.

Han Wang Receives Coveted Army Research Office Young Investigator Award

Dec 04, 2018

The USC Viterbi assistant professor, who also just received the prestigious IEEE Nanotechnology Early Career Award, hopes to advance computer efficiency and proficiency.

Seeing Through Rain and Fog

Oct 24, 2018

Materials developed by USC Viterbi Professor Jayakanth Ravichandran could allow autonomous vehicles to peer through the elements to improve safety.

Mahta Moghaddam Elected President of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society

Oct 18, 2018

The USC Viterbi director of new research initiatives will lead one of the largest societies within IEEE with over 8,000 members.

Mahdi Soltanolkotabi Awarded Packard Foundation Fellowship

Oct 15, 2018

Grant will open new frontiers in our understanding of signal processing and artificial intelligence

USC Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Graduate Receives Prestigious Award

Sep 19, 2018

Longbo Huang recently received the 2018 ACM SIGMETRICS Rising Star Research Award

Researchers Decode Mood from Human Brain Signals

Sep 10, 2018

Findings may yield new closed-loop, tailored therapies for depression and anxiety

A Great Find

Aug 22, 2018

New localization research by USC Viterbi Professor Urbashi Mitra and her collaborator Junting Chen leverages collections of sensors to locate things

Mathematician-M.D. introduces a new methodology suggesting a solution to one of the greatest open problems in the history of mathematics

Jun 25, 2018

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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