http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/ USC Viterbi School of Engineering News en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:00:02 -0800 dziegiel@imsc.usc.edu (Jason Dziegielewski) Ramesh Govindan will lead the USC's Viterbi School of Engineering partnership in an interdisciplinary communication networks research center, sharing $35.5 million in funding over 10 years. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:46:32 -0800 http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/viterbi-school-to225929.htm http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/viterbi-school-to225929.htm Maja Mataric', director of the USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems (CRES), will lead an effort to evaluate the effectiveness of robots as exercise coaches. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/viterbi-school-research.htm http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/viterbi-school-research.htm Patrick Soon-Shiong M.D. and Rick Stephens, both members of the USC Viterbi School's Board of Councilors, received Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation Eddy Awards® November 12. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:45:01 -0800 http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/viterbi-connection-links.htm http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/viterbi-connection-links.htm Introduced by Hsieh Department chairman Eun Sok Kim, the renowned physicist spoke about academia's lost topics of science. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:11:53 -0800 http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/nobel-laureate-robert.htm http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/nobel-laureate-robert.htm Fred Aminzadeh, Managing Director of the USC Energy Institute's Global Energy Center, will direct an ambitious 3D mapping and modeling effort focused on the Geysers area in Northern California. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:07:23 -0800 http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/viterbi-professor-wins.htm http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/viterbi-professor-wins.htm David Geer's GeerHead column offers a detailed look at Wei-Min Shen's "Polymorphic Robotics Lab, which is conducting research into self-reconfigurable, autonomous robots with capabilities derived in part from the study of insect and animal life." Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:39:29 -0800 http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/inthenews/2009/in_the_news_20091110.htm http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/inthenews/2009/in_the_news_20091110.htm The Viterbi School's Costas Synolakis was a principal investigator of an NSF-funded team that visited the devastated islands and probed the strengths and weaknesses of the emergency response. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:29:38 -0800 http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/community-education-and.htm http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/community-education-and.htm Computer scientists Ewa Deelman and Ann Chervenak of the Viterbi School's Information Sciences Institute will be part of a new $9 million effort headquartered at the Keck School of Medicine at USC Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:48:37 -0800 http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/isi-data-specialists.htm http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/isi-data-specialists.htm Faculty members from the Ming Hsieh and Computer Science departments teamed up with a Keck School professor to win the Best Technology Award at a recent conference on implantable medical devices held at USC. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:46:33 -0800 http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/usc-s-knowme.htm http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2009/usc-s-knowme.htm "Born in Belgrade, in what was then Yugoslavia, Maja Matari? originally wanted to study languages and art," begins a 5000-word feature entitled "Robots That Care." The ending: "But robotic interaction should not replace human interaction," she said. "It should only improve it." Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:39:24 -0700 http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/inthenews/2009/in_the_news_20091029.htm http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/inthenews/2009/in_the_news_20091029.htm