Is your mobile provider tracking your location? This new technology could stop it
For the first time, USC researchers have found a way to protect phone users’ privacy without compromising connectivity.
Enabling the ‘imagination’ of artificial intelligence
A team of USC researchers is helping AI envision the unseen, a technique that could lead to new medicines and increased autonomous vehicle safety.
Need help building Ikea furniture? This robot can lend a hand
The USC Viterbi robotic system “watches” people and figures out what they’ll need next, insights that could also be used to help people with disabilities through robot-assisted eating or meal prep.
Computer science senior creates tech to help students with visual impairments learn to code
Samuel Alex Atcheson’s research explores the connection between touch and learning to improve educational experiences.
Graduating senior’s new video game is a love letter to his Latinx heritage
Inspired by Mesoamerican art and culture, Sterling Rios takes a ballgame back to its ancient roots in Pelota.
Trojans celebrate groundbreaking of computer science building, USC’s first LEED Platinum-certified facility
Construction has begun on a significant step forward for USC: a new home for computer science, focused on improving and benefiting society.
Paul Chiou wants to make the internet accessible to all
Sparked by a paralyzing car accident and a passion for computing, the USC Viterbi doctoral student seeks to reimagine technology for people with disabilities.
People affected by COVID-19 are being nicer to machines
The pandemic has forced many to increasingly rely on machines. According to USC research, it’s also led people to like them a little more.
How to each AI decision-making skills and common sense: Play games
Jon May and his team at USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute teach artificial intelligence how to react when encountering new environments through text-based video games.
To Mars and beyond: USC student’s role in NASA interplanetary mission
Devin Martin, an undergraduate student in computer science, dreamed about working for NASA since he was a child. Last summer, that dream came true.
Wearable fitness trackers can help doctors treat cancer patients
Tracking the physical activity levels of people receiving chemotherapy can improve their care and even predict emergency room visits, according to USC research.
New AI tool can predict in seconds what a movie will be rated
USC Viterbi researchers are using artificial intelligence to identify violent and sexual content in scripts before a single scene is shot.
Technology and design keep traditions like lighting the menorah alive
Two USC students collaborate on a social-distanced solution to the complicated logistics of lighting menorah candles together during a pandemic.
Robots may someday learn how to drive by watching us behind the wheel
USC researchers have developed a method that could allow robots to learn new tasks, like setting a table or driving a car, from observing a small number of demonstrations.
6 USC researchers named 2020 AAAS fellows
The USC professors join 40 previously selected faculty members as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Could your tech devices have emotional intelligence, too?
New computer science alumna Shreya Gupta hopes to bring humanity to deep learning by developing empathetic robots that can attune to your emotions.
A very tiny alteration can help deepfakes escape detection
Two USC Viterbi master’s students have exposed a glaring vulnerability that can affect even the most sophisticated fake video and image detectors.
Alums’ 3D imaging software could help scientists beat COVID-19 from home
USC grads Kyle McClary and John Paul Francis are bringing imaging technology out of the lab and onto researchers’ laptops and cellphones.
Student develops AI tools to tackle hate speech and hate crimes
As AI makes its way into more areas of our lives, rooting out implicit bias is more crucial than ever, says computer science student Aida Mostafazadeh Davani.
USC students and faculty help plan NASA’s return to the moon
Through a grant from the space agency’s Artemis program, USC Viterbi’s Space Engineering Research Center received the opportunity to build eight lunar test vehicles.
USC COVID-19 forecasting model helps predict the pandemic’s spread
Data scientist Ajitesh Srivastava of USC Viterbi answers questions about their unique modeling tool that tracks what’s next for COVID-19.
Want to teach an AI to deal with conditions it hasn’t seen before? Start with Monopoly
In a project to make artificial intelligence more adaptable, USC’s Information Sciences Institute starts with a traditional board game — then throws out the rules.
Meet the professor who uses computer science to help cure cancer
Inspired by his father’s fight against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Remo Rohs leads USC’s efforts in studying the molecular nature of cancer.
Improv-based chatbot aims to turn commands into conversations
Scientists from the USC Information Sciences Institute are using improvised dialogue as data to build a wittier, more engaging conversational agent.