2012

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Two Viterbi alums an integral part of a new start-up

Event marks 40th anniversary with distinguished speakers and friends

Kenneth Koo, chairman of the Tai Chong Cheang (TCC) Group, partners with USC Viterbi School of Engineering to form the TCC Institute for Emissions Reduction from Marine Diesel Engines (TIER-MDE), a multi-year corporate research partnership to reduce emissions from the shipping industry.

An international team of specialists in machine translation, spearheaded by Knight, cracked the Copiale Cipher—after 250 years shrouded in mystery.

CS professor and associate director for graphics research at USC ICT inducted into Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Debevec's work also appears in “Avatar” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

Computer Science Pioneer and Former ISI Researcher Celebrated for Work on USC/ISI ATOMIC, Prototype for Myrinet

Maja Matarić, Eric Wade and "Bandit" prominently featured in Salon article

A team of Viterbi AME students, joined by students from UCLA and Cal State LA, won First Place at the AIAA 2011-2012 Graduate Team Aircraft Design Competition with the proposal for "Ghost", a new stealth bomber

After the Quake - Scapegoating the L'Aquila seismologists doesn't make anyone safer

The Sept. cover story gives an insight on how Debevec's "Light Stage" image-capture and simulation system and engineering as a whole have influenced special effects production.

Dean Yannis C. Yortsos presented on September 27, 2012 to faculty and staff the State of the School

ONR honors Dr. Michael Kassner, former director of research, for his contributions as he prepares to return to USC following his two-year tenure with the command.

Professor Terence G. Langdon is the winner of the 2012 Acta Materialia Gold Medal. This prestigious award, which is selected by a panel of international judges, recognizes major contributions and leadership in Materials Science.

“That is basically the problem with prosthetic hands for the last century—no touch.”

Dean Yannis C. Yortsos welcomes new and returning students to the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.

Morency, "whose work focuses on teaching computers to identify and understand the ways people convey emotion", uses YouTube as his never-ending data set.

Researchers from iLab have found that men and women really do look at things differently

At his recent TEDx presentation, the USC Viterbi professor says he aims to use 3-D printers to build whole houses.

The computer science professor discusses his work applying randomness to airport security

The electrical engineering professor discusses the USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center on Australia's RadioNational

USC Viterbi Professor Armani and Alumnus Gerkey '03 will be among 78 of "the nation's brightest young engineers" taking part in the 18th annual symposium this September.

Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science Louis-Phillippe Morency is analyzing online videos to study how people communicate opinions through words and actions.

Ashish Soni explains how USC Viterbi is helping to foster the local tech ecosystem

Jennifer Lopez teams with mobile startup Moonshark to launch DancePad, a game originally developed at USC Viterbi's GamePipe Lab.

The Ming Hsieh Institute has created a video chronicle of the second annual Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering Research Festival

The professor discusses recent safety lapses at the Center for Disease Control's bioterrorism laboratory.

"As the field grows, researchers expect robots to be embraced as a tool for therapy, rehab and even to learn skills such as speaking a second language."

NPR talks to the electrical engineering professor and Audyssey CTO about how he's transforming the way people experience recorded sound.

The TIME Techland blog showcases the BioTac sensor, developed at USC by Dr. Gerald Loeb and alumnus Jeremy Fishel.

"The Government of Turkey should urgently update and strengthen its offshore oil drilling safety and environmental enforcement and oversight regulatory regimes."

Rajiv Maheswaran and Yu-Han Chang talk "Moneyball" for basketball with Larry Mantle on "AirTalk."

Maja Matarić's socially assistive robot gets social during a public meet and greet

"I believe that the future success of our nation depends more on a commitment to research and education than any other factor," the Qualcomm co-founder, Viterbi Group president, and IEEE Life Fellow says on Forbes.com.

As experts call for better use of the radio spectrum for wireless communications, the Information Sciences Institute research professor lends his thoughts.

The Los Angeles Times talks to the USC Viterbi professor about the need for safety upgrades on the new Metro light-rail route.

William Wang, CEO of VIZIO, honored with Alumni Merit Award

USC Viterbi Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Inventor, Patent Holder and College Textbook Author Passes Away

Vice Dean for Academic Programs James Moore II and Sr. Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs Louise A. Yates publish opinion on student retention rates for engineering schools in influential PRISM Magazine

The news program reports on the project's scientific approach to cybersecurity and hopes of preventing large-scale cyber attacks.

Parents, students, friends and officials along with USC President C. L. Max Nikias and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos reflect on the lives of Ying Wu and Ming Qu at an emotional memorial service at the Shrine Auditorium

Morteza Dehghani, research assistant professor at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, received a Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

Forbes Magazine discusses ClariTrac, a medical device that improves efficiency of biopsies for radiologists, developed by a team of USC Viterbi graduate students.

Daniel Lidar and a team of researchers from around the world built the tiny computer and published their results in Nature.

The director of USC's Center for Computer Systems Security talks about the recent Visa/MasterCard security breach and how cardholders can protect themselves.

Supported by the NASA Office of the Chief Technologist's Innovative Advanced Concepts program, Khoshnevis proposes building lunar outposts by preplanting automated construction technology on the moon.

Dean Yortsos discusses Moore's Law, quantum computing, and the future of USC Viterbi in his sit-down conversation with the campus television station.

The professor and behavioral informatics pioneer discusses Microsoft's new software, as well as his own research on speech translation systems.

The Los Angeles Times notes that the March 20 program "was the first of its kind to reach out to high-ranking officials who oversee public transit systems."

The USC Tsunami Research Center will work with the state of California to better understand the 'phantom currents' generated by tsunamis.

Researchers from USC's Information Sciences Institute take the grand prize at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference for their paper, "Deconstructing the Rebound with Optical Tracking Data."

Costas Synolakis contends that there is valuable information to be gained from video records of the 2011 tsunami, especially in preparation for future disasters.

USA Today talks to Gamepipe Director Michael Zyda and notes the joint nature of the USC Games program, co-run by USC Viterbi and USC School for Cinematic Arts.

Wired talks to Daniel Lidar and others about D-Wave's work in quantum computing, including the machine now at USC's Information Sciences Institute.

The Director of USC's Petroleum Engineering Program talks to USC Viterbi alums at Saudi Aramco.

The director of USC's Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems discusses human-robot interactions and the key ingredients for a social robot.

Lidar, Scientific Director of the USC Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center, provides what the hosts of KPFK's "Digital Culture" deem "the best explanation of quantum computing ever."