50 years ago, USC’s Information Sciences Institute was tapped to design and run the internet
From a three-person shop in 1972 to an institute of more than 400 today, ISI continues to lead the way in computing research.
Students improve mobile app accessibility for people with disabilities
Two USC Viterbi doctoral students want to make the process of redesigning apps for accessibility convenient.
USC’s cutting-edge biometrics research receives technology-transfer government contract
Cyberattacks are increasingly sophisticated as institutions of all kinds turn to biometrics to confirm user identity. USC Information Sciences Institute researchers are on the front lines, developing systems to guard against security breaches and hacking attempts.
How to survive your vacation without Wi-Fi
A USC social media expert offers tips on camping without connectivity. (And they come from personal experience.)
Internet search tool takes on human traffickers
Three-year project offers law enforcement a way to catch criminals and reach out to underaged victims.
Video game developed at USC lets patients play their way through rehab
Mystic Isle tracks the coordinates of players’ movements, giving therapists valuable data on progress and future sessions.
USC team named ‘Ones to Watch’ at BAFTA Video Game Awards
School of Cinematic Arts students created the distinctive game Chambara.
USC wins top awards at Independent Games Festival
Games centering on a mysterious solar system and human empathy receive accolades at the 17th annual event.
Video games in which winning isn’t the end game
Infinite play, a revolutionary new concept, favors immersion over competition.
Arianna Huffington challenges USC Annenberg students to report ‘What’s Working’
Initiative calls for uplifting, solutions-based stories that will be appear on Huffington Post.
Student composers to play at Auschwitz ceremony
Their original piano suite is based on melodies heard in archives of the USC Shoah Foundation.
World War II scholar to discuss Nazi occupation in Ukraine
Greenberg fellow Jared McBride will cover the history of the Holocaust in Volhynia.
Auschwitz documentary gets advance screening at USC
The CNN program, which coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation, features four Holocaust survivors.
USC 2014: The year in digital media
Cloned actors and virtual whales, Google Glass class and restoring sight to the blind — more and more, it’s a digital world. Here are some of the highlights of the year.
USC 2014: The year in health technology
From robotic surgery to making mobile devices into medical assistants, Trojans were at the forefront of using technology and research to help people stay healthy.
Are we paying attention to the onslaught of digital media?
USC Marshall study provides a new model of media consumption in our ‘age of interruption.’
A new way to practice what you preach
Which presentations bring an audience to the edge of its seats — or send them into a snooze? USC Viterbi research project creates a virtual audience for training public speakers.
USC digital technology creates first 3-D portraits of Obama
The Institute for Creative Technologies teams with the Smithsonian for presidential portrait project.
New marketing program focuses on customer loyalty
USC Marshall’s Master of Science in Marketing has interdisciplinary focus.
Tracing the trajectories of Schindler’s List
Genocide survivors are among keynote panelists at USC Shoah Foundation conference.
French university gets access to USC Shoah Foundation archive
Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon can draw upon thousands of testimonies on France and its citizens, including artists and activists.
Collaboration sparks conversation on humanities 2.0
The new USC Digital Humanities Program launches, previewing the innovative scholarship it will support.
Live from New York: Your digital future according to USC
Virtual reality. Humans wired for health. Digital sculptors crafting 3-D bodies with code, not clay. They’re all part of our high-tech future, shared by USC researchers at the Global Conversation in New York.
USC takes its digital innovations to New York
The USC 2014 Global Conversation will feature presentations by leading USC researchers and offer immersive reality demonstrations.