2015

Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences and University Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering, and Cell- and Neuro- Biology, receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from the President of the United States in 2016

The NSF highlighted a report co-authored by ISI's Terry Benzel that outlines a vision for future cybersecurity research.

ASEE-PRISM featured iPodia, a creation of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering in which engineering students from around the world participate in peer-to-peer learning and collaborate on projects

A story about USC Viterbi’s partnership with TCC to reduce emissions from shipping vessels was featured, showing that technologies developed by USC Viterbi’s researchers cut nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx) by 90 % and particulate matter by up to 75%.

Forbes featured a study by Farshad Kooti and Kristina Lerman, along with colleagues, that analyzed how age, gender, and comfort with technology determines how quickly people respond to emails.

KPCC-FM featured research by Shrikanth Narayanan and Panayiotis Georgiou, along with colleagues, developing an algorithm that can predict marital failure based on the tone of voice.

The Huffington Post featured a study by Shrikanth Narayanan and Panayiotis Georgiou, that focused on creating a computer algorithm to predict how well a relationship is doing.

The Huffington Post mentioned research by Ted Berger and Dong Song to create implants that would help military veterans.

Business Insider featured nine tech leaders to come out of USC, including Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce; Aaron Levie, founder and CEO of Box; Andrew Viterbi, co-founder of Qualcomm; and George Lucas, creator of Lucasfilm.

Los Angeles Times featured Sol Golomb, who was awarded a Franklin Medal - a prestigious honor that has gone to figures such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

Mashable quoted Jeffrey Miller on the future of driverless vehicle technology.

San Jose Mercury News quoted Henry Koffman about the problems that have held up construction of the Valley Medical Center project.

USC Viterbi is ranked #1 by US NEWS & World Report for Graduate Engineering Programs With the Most Women

The Wall Street Journal featured research on online purchases by Farshad Kooti and Kristina Lerman, along with colleagues at Yahoo Labs. Using shipment information, they analyzed data that will help predict future shopping behavior.

George Tolomomiczenko wrote about the HTE@USC program, indicating that program is a new way of approaching engineering education.

Wired Italy featured research being by Ted Berger and Dong Song, along with colleagues that could help thousands who have suffered brain trauma and have problems with memory.

The Daily Mail featured memory-boosting devices being created by Ted Berger and Dong Song School along with colleagues, that could help thousands of veterans who have suffered brain traumas

Research by Ted Berger and Dong Song along with colleagues about memory-boosting implants was featured

Nature featured devices created by Ted Berger and Dong Song, along with colleagues, to help enhance memory

The Wall Street Journal featured software created by Emilio Ferrara and colleagues that distinguishes between automated Twitter accounts and real accounts.

Los Angeles Times featured Hao Li, whose research on cutting-edge graphics and animation allow for realistic avatars of human game players or video viewers.

Wired quoted Patrick Lynett about how the Dutch have innovated coastal flood protection.

Gizmag mentioned research by Gerald Loeb and Jeremy Fisher on artificial touch sensors for robots.

Computer World quoted Jeffrey Miller in an article about the security challenges of driverless cars.

Fox & Hounds Daily quoted Kelly Sanders about California's drought.

Viterbi's new cybersecurity master's program was featured.

Los Angeles Times quoted Glen Winn about a Russian plane that crashed in Egypt, possibly due to an act of terrorism.

USA Today quoted Glen Winn about citizens of the UK being allowed to join the Global Entry program for easier and faster entry to the United States.

ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV featured the Computer Science STEM Spotlight and robotics laboratories.

CBS News Los Angeles affiliate KCBS-TV covered the computer science Spotlight event which brought 250 students to Viterbi’s Game Pipe Lab and robotics laboratory.

The Verge quoted Jeffrey Miller about the concerns of Tesla's autopilot technology being tested by car owners while still in its beta stages.

CNN interviewed Jack Cress about strengths and weaknesses of the V-22 Osprey helicopter.

ABC News interviewed Tom Anthony about airport security.

CNN featured the air crash lab used by the Aviation Safety and Security Program.

CW News San Diego affiliate XETV-TV interviewed Glen Winn about flight diversions at San Diego International Airport.

KPCC-FM's "AirTalk" quoted Michael Barr about a Russian jet that may have been destroyed by a terrorist bomb.

New history by George Bekey, emeritus professor, traces the USC Viterbi School's ascendance from early 1900s to present

The Huffington Post ran an op-ed by Dean Yannis Yortsos to encourage more young women to pursue STEM careers.

Research by Farshad Kooti and Kristina Lerman about the role of gender and age in email response time was featured

Madhu Thangavelu was quoted about the risk posed by asteroids and comets to earth.

CBS News Los Angeles affiliate KNX-AM featured the "Lasers for Ladies" event.

Slaughter is being recognized at the 27th HENAAC STEM Career Conference as a significant role model in the fields of science, math, engineering and technology.

NBC News' "Today" featured Farshad Kooti's and Kristina Lerman's research about email overload.

The Atlantic featured Farshad Kooti's and Kristina Lerman's about email volume and response.

Fortune mentioned that a team of USC Viterbi School students is participating in SpaceX's Hyperloop competition.

A prosthetic brain device that is the result of research by Ted Berger and Dong Song that could have a big impact on treating Alzheimer's was featured.

Philly.com featured Farshad Kooti's and Kristina Lerman's research about the role of gender and age in email response time.

Asia News International featured Farshad Kooti's and Kristina Lerman's research about the effect gender and age has on email response time.

Indo-Asian News Service featured Farshad Kooti's and Kristina Lerman's research about the role of gender and age in email response time.

The Financial Times featured a story about groundbreaking research conducted by Ted Berger and Dong Song on a brain implant that could help restore long-term memory.

Nature World News covered Synolakis’ tsunami research.

The Times covered research by Costas Synolakis,"There were design problems that led to the disaster that should have been dealt with long before the earthquake hit," Synolakis said.

The Washington Post featured research by Costas Synolakis and a colleague about Fukushima. The report says necessary safety measures weren't implemented.

RT covered research by Costas Synolakis on the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

The International Business Times featured research by Costas Synolakis and a colleague finding that the Fukushima disaster was caused by a series of engineering and planning failures.

NBC quoted Costas Synolakis about the recent Chilean tsunami.

Costas Synolakis is quoted comparing a recent Chilean earthquake to quakes that hit the region in the past.

Research by Daniel Lidar and colleagues finds that a D-Wave quantum computer exhibits behavior beyond classical physics.

Neuroscientist Ted Berger and his colleagues study the hippocampus to try to restore long-term memory for conditions like Alzheimer’s, dementia and stroke

USC was ranked 14th in Reuters' list of most innovative universities in the world

Joe Touch was quoted about how the Internet will change in the near future.

Clifford Neuman was quoted about an NSA-run summer camp to teach kids cybersecurity.

Dean Yortsos conducted an interview about the national pledge he spearheaded with ASEE to increase diversity within engineering schools. The effort includes over 140 colleges and universities and was presented at the 2015 White House Demo Day.

Behrokh Khoshnevis was mentioned in an article about 3D printing technologies being adapted for use by the construction industry to create buildings and other structures

Los Angeles Times: 10 Up-and-Coming L.A. Innovators to Watch Out For Maja Mataric was featured as one of 10 up-and-coming L.A. innovators.

Harrison Wolf was interviewed about an aerial drone flying within 25 feet of a landing jetliner at John F. Kennedy Airport

Thomas Anthony was interviewed about the wreckage believed to belong to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Mike Gruntman's new book tells the little-known story of the earliest breakthroughs which paved the way for the emergence of a powerful missile defense complex in the Soviet Union, a major factor in the Cold War

The article featured ICT’s display at SIGGRAPH and the auto-multiscopic projector they have developed for interaction with digital humans

Hao Li was interviewed about image recognition technology, and how Silicon Valley's lack of diversity can inadvertently create racist software

Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV covered research by Farshad Kooti and Kristina Lerman along with colleagues, finding that men take longer than women to respond to emails

Thomas Anthony was quoted about a need for safety regulations in the space industry after the crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

Research by Amy Childress and colleagues on a desalination process that uses salt water to drive down energy use was featured

Glenn Winn was interviewed about a piece of debris believed to be from the MH370 air crash

Dean Yortsos welcomes faculty, students and staff back for another school year at USC Viterbi

Ioannuou received the award for contributions to the design, analysis, and implementation of adaptive cruise-control systems

The ICT team won the SIGGRAPH 2015 Immersive Realities contest, which encouraged developers to create and showcase the best augmented/virtual reality experiences possible using today’s technologies

IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CAS) awarded Pedram The Charles A. Desoer Technical Achievement Award for his exceptional technical contributions to a field within the scope of the CAS Society

Prasanna received McDowell award for fundamental algorithmic and application-specific architectural contributions to reconfigurable computing

Caire received the award from Vodafone Stiftung für Forschung (Vodafone foundation for research) in Germany for his contribution to the development in the field of wireless communications

The publication featured "The Next MacGyver" competition to create a new TV show with a female engineer protagonist

Viterbi alumnus Ramin Ghaneeian was featured for his startup LotPlans.com, founded with fellow Trojan Ramtin Ghaneeian

Jim Moore was interviewed on various transportation topics, including self-driving cars and how cities can address pollution and traffic

The article documents a visit to campus by U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Jay Williams

The 12 finalists and select concept art were profiled

Clifford Neuman was quoted about the Justice Department shutting down Darkode, a website that traded stolen personal information

Naj Meshkati was quoted about the economic opportunities that could come out of lifting sanctions on Iran

Clifford Neuman was quoted about security lapses at several agencies of Los Angeles County government

St. John Colon was interviewed about crowd-sourced ratings used to evaluate virtual reality equipment.

Mike Gruntman was quoted about how a recent SpaceX explosion could affect the commercial space exploration market

The publication featured Maja Matarić as one of its "People Making a Difference."

Research by Kristina Lerman finding that social networks can make certain ideas seem more widespread than then they truly are was featured

Research by Kristina Lerman and colleagues was highlighted. The research focused on how individuals can over-estimate the popularity of a social media post

Kristina Lerman and colleagues find that social networks can make certain ideas or behavior seem common when they are in fact, rare

When Mike Gruntman was interviewed about the school's astronautical engineering department, he noted that USC has one of the largest programs in the country targeting a niche area of the space industry.

Bhaskar Krishnamachari was interviewed about how the Internet of Things will change society

Behrokh Khoshnevis was referenced as an innovator for introducing his "contour crafting" technique over a decade ago.

Geoff Spedding comments on a SpaceX competition to design pods for a high-speed "Hyperloop."

Michael Orosz was interviewed about the use of emojis as part of passwords

The Computer Science department’s free coding camp for girls run by Viterbi Ph.D. students was featured

Andrew Viterbi was mentioned as the namesake of the USC Viterbi School in this article about philanthropy.

Maja Matarić was interviewed about The Next MacGyver competition and inspiring the next generation of female engineers

Startup Garage team Wauw, which created a fashion app,was featured in publication's annual feature of young entrepreneurs

Clifford Neuman was interviewed about a breach of government personnel data

Pedro Alejandro Szekely and Craig Knoblock were featured for the Internet search tool they created to combat human trafficking

Steven Nutt discusses the impact of non-renewable plastics disposal

Bhaskar Krishnamachari was interviewed about the Amtrak train crash and why it is difficult to determine whether a cellphone was in use by the train’s operator

Behrokh Khoshnevis referenced for his work on contour crafting in the construction of houses

Maja Matarić, director of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Center, comments on the growing presence of household robots

Andrew Viterbi is an Appointee for Member, President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science

Najm Meshkati fears companies are courting disaster if they adhere only to minimum standards

The Engineering Diversity session at the 2015 Engineering Deans Institute on Kiawah Island (South Carolina) on April 14 2015, was chaired by Dean Yortsos and included Professor John Slaughter

Prof. Shang-Hua Teng awarded prestigious Gödel prize for improvements in the running time for core problems in algorithmic graph theory

Parisa Mansourifard has been selected to receive a highly competitive American Association for University Women (AAUW) American Fellowship for 2015-16.

Squishiness has been associated with a tumor’s aggressiveness by researchers

Domain-specific Insight Graphs, or DIG, organize publicly available information on the Internet into maps, timelines and tables for law enforcement to track missing people.

Hao Li worked with Facebook's Oculus Rift to develop a project that allows computer avatars to mirror the facial expressions of Oculus users, making their online personas more realistic.

USC Viterbi's online Information Technology graduate program has been recognized above all others by measure of student engagement, faculty credentials, admissions selectivity, and other factors.

Cyrus Maroofian finds purpose in his life by giving low-cost water filters to mountain dwellers and African schools

Ted Berger conducts research on how the brain processes information and how memories can be altered, which could potentially help those with brain injuries or memory loss

Ph.D. students Aaron St. Clair and Simin Mehrabani are recognized for their dedication to assisting undergraduate students and are awarded the Viterbi Undergraduate Mentoring Award

Urbashi Mitra looks to understand how thousands of bacteria communicate. Is this the key to forcing bacteria to do our bidding?

Thomas Anthony comments on the baggage handler who fell asleep in the cargo hold of a plane while working and the lack of safety procedures involved in the situation

On the 5th anniversary of the BP oil spill, Najmedin Meshkati discusses what was learned from the accident and lessons to keep in mind moving forward

Daniel Lidar comments on the potential of quantum computing and notes that one of two commercially available quantum computers in the world is owned by Lockheed and USC

Glen Winn discusses the Germanwings crash and the relationship between the danger of hijackers and the danger of unpredictable pilots

Wanda Austin has been chosen as The Muses' Woman of the Year in recognition of her contributions to the aerospace industry and her leadership as CEO of The Aerospace Corporation

Director of the USC Aviation Safety and Security Program Tom Anthony leads a USC Viterbi class on how to safely fly drones in real life-or-death situations

Clifford Neuman discusses the dangers of smart locks

ISE students Stephanie Chow and Stephen Yortsos won the Phi Kappa Phi Student Recognition Award for their research on the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash from July 2013

Andrew Gordon predicts future of interactions between technology and humans

ITP students Jonas Guan, Priyank Nigam, Anokhy Desai and Jai Musunuri win first place at the Deloitte Foundation Cyber Threat Competition for the best incident response to a simulated cyberattack

Viktor Prasanna, Charles Lee Powell Chair at USC Viterbi, is awarded the 2015 IEEE-CS Wallace McDowell Award for his work in reconfigurable computing

Kelly Sanders comments on why it can be difficult to track and ultimately reduce water usage in the home

Farshad Kooti has sorted through billions of emails and created an algorithm that can predict when a thread will end

Najmedin Meshkati comments on the dangers of the Expo Line design in light of the recent Metrolink accident near USC

Najmedin Meshkati and James E. Moore discuss the Expo Line and the dangers it poses at high-risk areas including intersections and pedestrian crossing zones

AIO Robotics, a startup from the first class of the Viterbi Startup Garage, works with the Children's Hospital Los Angeles and printed a 3D hand

Wanda Austin has been selected by President Barack Obama to serve on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Meet new faculty member and director of USC's CREATE, Ali Abbas and learn about his goals in research and national security at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Milind Tambe works on an algorithm that looks into reducing the chance of HIV among homeless youth

Paul Debevec explains how advanced computer graphics will disrupt the entertainment industry and eventually make real actors seem like a luxury

Jeffrey Miller comments on the self-driving car that successfully drove across the country, noting that the publicity from this, not the technology, will help the most

Research conducted by William Halfond shows that free mobile phone applications may not cost money, but drain battery life and increase data costs

Najmedin Meshkati discusses the Expo Line crash and points out that the specific design of the line has been criticized for being accident-prone since its opening in 2012

David Belson comments on the new, smaller MLK hospital, noting that the decrease in size aligns with more updated hospital efficiency perspectives

The Princeton Review ranks the USC Viterbi - USC Cinematic Arts undergraduate and graduate game design programs highly

Michael Barr discusses the one-of-a-kind nature of the Germanwings crash

Thomas Anthony comments on the conditions of the Germanwings airline crash

Aerospace PhD alumnus Russel Cummings is awarded the AIAA 2015 International Cooperation Award

Najmedin Meshkati comments on issues regarding pipeline safety-code violations at TransCanada Corp

James Moore comments on the planned obsolescence of electronics and appliances

Inc. lists Stasis Labs and TalentTrail two of the "Coolest College Startups" of 2015

President Barack Obama announced plans to educate a new generation of engineers expressly equipped to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing society

TV show idea submissions for The Next MacGyver contest are due by April 17

Adafruit founder and electrical engineer Limor Fried to help judge Next MacGyver finalists

The Next MacGyver project is out to create a TV show with a female engineer protagonist

Michael Barr comments on factors in the Delta plane crash at La Guardia Airport

Award was given for K-12 STEM outreach video "Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day"

Meet new faculty member and Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Megan McCain and learn about her research goals at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering!

USC Viterbi welcomed over 600 middle and HS students to its annual MESA Day Science Competition

USC works with Mexico to create new scholarships and fellowship positions

Judge Widney Professor of Chemical Engineering endows faculty chairs, student support and housing

Alan Willner speaks about the progress and future of fiber optics and communications

Pierson Clair comments on the security issues regarding Hillary Clinton's private email account

US News & World Report names USC Viterbi a 'Top 10' graduate school for engineering

USC Viterbi computer science student Riley Testut and his sister Kassidy Testut win top prize for Testut Tech

CREATE technology is utilized by the US Air Marshal Service, the US Coast Guard and others

USC Viterbi Startup Garage continues to help students launch their dreams

Chemical engineering alumna Choe Soon-ja is elected as the first woman president of Inha University

Amy Childress works on a process of desalination that utilizes reverse osmosis

Alice Parker comments on the future of what defines software and human intellect

On the weekend of February 6th through the 8th, USC students did amazingly in the Sparks Competition - an annual competition hosted by The Associated Schools of Construction.

Meet new faculty member and Assistant Professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, Rehan Kapadia and learn about his research goals at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Ashish Soni chats with Evan Spiegel at a USC Viterbi Student Innovation Institute event

Jeffrey Miller comments on the future of Apple products in the vehicular market

Milind Tambe discusses the complications in creating an algorithm designed to end homelessness

USC acquires more space in the AT&T Building in downtown LA for more classroom and office space

USC Viterbi's Startup Garage showcases a second year of new startups

Lucio Soibelman discusses the problem of aging pipes in Los Angeles

Maja Matarić's researches the progression of robots becoming socially assistive

Roger Ghanem transforms transportation studies into infrastructure improvements

USC Viterbi alumnus and perpetual tinkerer Val Schnabl discusses the invention that won him an all-expenses paid trip to the National Science Fair in 1963

USC Viterbi's top-ranked online program offers more affordable education to students abroad

Ashish Soni comments on the Viterbi Startup Garage and the growing tech scene in LA

Todd Brun comments on photons simulating time travel

Michael Barr comments on the dangers of Asian airlines expanding too quickly

USC Viterbi and USC Social Work's algorithm aims to reduce HIV among homeless youth

Thomas Anthony comments on the recent safety issues in the aviation industry

USC ISI to submit a bid to establish a federal photonics institute in Los Angeles

Behrokh Khoshnevis' Contour Crafting is promising for more practical 3D-printed homes

Maryam Shanechi works on brain machine interfaces to help patients with neuropsychiatric disorders

D-Wave has raised $29 million to develop quantum computing hardware and software

Ted Berger's research is making progress in potentially restoring lost memory in humans

Michael Barr comments on the dangers of pilots relying too heavily on devices to fly planes

Ketan Savla receives funding for his proposal on Control Design for Dynamical Network Flow with Applications to Transportation

Glen Winn comments on the increase in online threats to airlines

USC Viterbi's startup accelerator boosts tech industry in LA

USC Aviation Safety & Security Program trains investigators to understand crashes

Michael Bajura's ISI team researches how to image chips to detect malicious circuits

Mechanical Engineering alumnus Ben Forman talks about his startup, ZBoard

James Moore discusses future testing of Elon Musk's Hyperloop design

US News ranks USC Viterbi's online graduate program number three in North America

Michael Barr comments on a Delta flight that made an emergency landing at LAX

Wei-Min Shen discusses his research on reconfigurable robots and future uses in space

Andrew Viterbi's engineering career include innovation, distinction and philanthropy

Paul Debevec's Light Stage technology used to create the first 3D presidential bust

James Moore comments on the future of California's high-speed rail

Mike Zyda comments on student involvement at USC Games Day

Donald Shemansky comments on Jupiter's moon and the nature of its geysers

Yong Chen discusses how origami inspired his research in 3D-printing

USC Viterbi's ISI helps the DoD by implementing tech that repairs damaged microchips

Urbashi Mitra speaks about the significant interests in her life

Ashish Soni comments on the innovation of Facebook's user interface

Costas Synolakis remembers the fallout from one of history's most devastating tsunamis

Keith McGuire comments on the pattern of public and media focus on a plane crash

Najmedin Meshkati comments on the error that exposed a technician to the Ebola virus

"Athena" travels from USC Viterbi to Germany with its own airline ticket