Can AI teach your child perseverance?
A team of researchers including USC’s Emmanuel Johnson has been awarded a $20 million grant to fund a new artificial intelligence institute focused on AI in education.
USC announces $1 billion-plus initiative for computing including AI, ethics and quantum computing
President Carol L. Folt launches the most comprehensive academic initiative in USC’s history, including a new School of Advanced Computing, educational opportunities in ethical computing for students across the university, and an expansion of USC’s footprint in Silicon Beach.
USC Viterbi team to participate in multi-university study on quantum computing
The Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Award will allow Daniel Lidar’s team to investigate techniques that may unlock quantum computing’s full potential.
Exploring the future of intellectual property in an AI world
Leading voices address changes in the IP industry at USC Gould conference.
In a world where AI’s impact is growing, exactly what is consciousness?
As artificial intelligence seems to be veering close to self-awareness and we reclassify some animals as “sentient,” USC scholars discuss what it means to be conscious.
AI panel quells worries about bots taking over creative industry jobs
Is AI creative? A USC forum works to dispel myths about what artificial intelligence is currently able to do.
Sustainability in space: Can you teach old satellites new tricks?
EARTH MONTH: Researchers at USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute are looking at how to reuse existing satellites by giving them new jobs.
USC scientists see a key role for AI and 3D modeling in drug discovery
USC’s Vsevolod “Seva” Katritch discusses how structure-based virtual screening and AI could disrupt the time-consuming, expensive process of drug discovery.
Machine learning can make your smartphone’s camera even smarter
Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering are taking camera advancements further and pushing the limits on what they can do.
New Twitter, now with more hate
A USC analysis finds that hate is up, hateful content is more hateful and there’s been no meaningful change in the quantity of bots since Elon Musk purchased the platform in October.
Why it would be helpful if robots could predict human preferences
People automatically understand the steps in some processes. (Raking leaves? Get a trash can.) Two Trojans explain why robots need the same skills they’re going to be truly collaborative helpers.
Is this the future of farming?
New USC research offers a radical new way to think about agriculture and the potential of using computer science to help guide the growing of food.
How surfing could help alleviate chronic pain
USC researchers are scanning patients’ brains after they catch waves — and constructing a virtual reality surfing experience.
Are machines smarter than a 6-year-old?
Mohammad Rostami of USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute studies how to teach machines to learn without any supervision.
USC dives into AI research, education with new Center for Generative AI and Society
Amid the buzz about generative AI tools like ChatGPT, USC forms research center with $10 million in seed money and influential experts from the fields of computer science, film, media, education and more.
Training algorithms to make fair decisions using private data
Decisions based on biased data can be biased; this is true whether it’s a human making those decisions or an artificial intelligence system. USC Viterbi experts weigh in.
ChatGPT is great — you’re just using it incorrectly
ChatGPT doesn’t try to write sentences that are true — but it does try to write sentences that are plausible, USC computer scientist Jonathan May says.
How old is your brain, really? Artificial intelligence knows
AI-powered analysis developed at USC accurately reflects risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease based on brain age.
USC receives $10.5 million to develop cutting edge machine learning approaches in cancer research
The Research Program Project Grant will enable researchers to develop statistical methods aimed at uncovering new risk factors associated with cancer by drawing upon datasets of several cancer studies.
Meet a recent USC grad using AI for health
As an engineering student, Ali Marjaninejad programmed robots to become smarter and faster.
What will 2072 look like? Recorded dreams and AI friends
When USC’s Information Sciences Institute launched in 1972, the video game, pocket calculator and floppy disk were new and the internet as we know it did not exist. What will the next 50 years bring?
Former astronaut Danny Olivas joins USC’s AI efforts
Olivas, a member of the NASA Advisory Council, will serve as co-director of AI Initiatives in Space within USC’s Information Sciences Institute.
USC business, engineering schools launch joint undergrad degree: AI for Business
The innovative degree program will launch in fall 2023.
How to eliminate anti-LGBTQ bias in text prediction
New research at USC shows how to train a popular language model to remove homophobic, anti-queer bias.