2016

Mark Humayun and Shri Narayanan recognized for innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact

CS Professor Sheila Tejada's Computer Savvy Lab pledge to work with 100 LA-area students was highlighted

The White House mentioned a pledge by 200 engineering deans committing to building a more-representative student talent pipeline

Professor David Barnhart speaks at the Advanced Manufacturing Partners for Southern California exhibit

Roger Ghanem, the Gordon S. Marshall Professor of Engineering Technology and professor of civil and environmental engineering, was recognized for outstanding contributions to practical, mathematical and computational aspects of uncertainty quantification

Watch video: with research developed by USC Viterbi's Emilio Ferrara, some key steps on how to detect a social bot! A handy tool during this year's presidential election.

The Wall Street Journal Digital featured Maja Matarić in a discussion on robotics design, the future of socially assistive robots, and the prominent role of females in robotics development.

Cliff Neuman was quoted about the DMV computer outages across the state

New Scientist highlighted research by Ted Berger to develop a neuroprosthetic to help Alzheimer's disease, dementia, stroke and other brain disorders and injuries.

Research by Pouya Vahmani and George Ban-Weiss on the effect drought-tolerant landscaping will have on Los Angeles' overall temperature was mentioned.

Kelly Sanders was quoted on the feasibility of Donald Trump's energy proposals.

Forbes highlighted a partnership among Peter Kuhn and other educational institutions and biomedical research companies to develop cancer blood tests as part of Vice President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot.

Harrison Wolf was quoted about the growing number of drones registered for non-commercial uses.

An article highlighted USC Viterbi's new Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and the IoT

The 2016 Annual Meeting of the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program (GCSP) was held in Washington, DC, on Friday, October 7, 2016.

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Sony Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumna featured for leading a large construction project

USC researchers to participate in Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot exhibit at a White House event

Civil Engineering Professor Kelly Sanders wrote an op-ed how the drought in California can and has affected energy production.

ISI researcher and CS professor recognized for work in network science models and development of tools to study phenomena in large, dynamical techno-social systems

Yolanda Gil, USC Viterbi's research professor in the department of Computer Science, has been elected as the 24th president of the Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)

A tool co-developed by Shri Narayanan with Google and GDI to analyze representation in film was featured.

A partnership between USC Viterbi and USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work to launch a Center on Artificial Intelligence for Social Solutions was highlighted.

Panel of Viterbi ITP professors discuss lack of gender equality in STEM after documentary screening at the Ray Stark Family Theatre.

He is Recognized for Use of Geometry to 'Re-Route the World’

Trojans in Texas Host USC Viterbi

3D printing techniques developed by Behrokh Khoshnevis that can be used in construction were featured.

Set against the backdrop of the New Student Luau, Dean Yortsos welcomes new and returning students for the 2016 academic school year

He is Recognized for Service to Industry and Boeing in Systems Engineering Excellence

Work by Viterbi's Stacey Finley, an investigator in the Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience was highlighted for her work with colleagues to create a predictive computational model of T cell activation

Shri Narayanan's research, which focuses on developing software that can detect therapist empathy as a tool for training, was featured.

The USC Interaction Lab and Maja Matarić's socially assistive robots were featured.

3D printing techniques and contour crafting developed by Behrokh Khoshnevis were highlighted.

USC Viterbi was featured for the growing number of female international students pursuing STEM degrees here

USC researchers hope to usher in new treatments for patients with muscular dystrophy

Top-ranked USC Viterbi is one of the most female-friendly engineering schools in the country—and that's no accident.

An op-ed by Bodgan Marcu on the importance of integration for a successful immigrant experience featured.

James Moore was quoted on transportation technology that did not have widespread applicability.

Clifford Neuman was quoted on Hillary Clinton's use of a private server.

Research by Megan McCain and colleagues on a new method to build bigger and stronger muscle fibers was featured

Work by Patrick Lynett to model how the shape of Alaska's Taan Fjord affected the behavior of a tsunami was mentioned.

Research by Megan McCain and colleagues on an innovative new method for studying skeletal muscle development was featured.

Jeff Miller was quoted about the possible kinks in Tesla's autopilot technology.

Jeff Miller was quoted about the possible kinks in Tesla's autopilot technology.

Simon Ramo's tenure at Viterbi was mentioned.

Mark Humayun, who was honored with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, was featured.

Research by Milind Tambe and colleagues to use game theory to stop wildlife poaching was featured.

James Moore ran an op ed about funding Los Angeles' transit services.

Jeffrey Miller was quoted on user acceptance of self-driving cars.

Research by Shrikanth Narayanan and colleagues finding that a computer algorithm programmed to predict whether a couple was likely to break up was mentioned.

Research by Milind Tambe, Fei Fang and Thanh Nguyen to develop an artificial intelligence application to stop wildlife poaching was featured.

Research by Emilio Ferrara to develop an algorithm that can show if a Twitter hashtag or meme received an artificial boost was featured

Daniel Lidar was quoted about quantum computing advances.

Glenn Winn was quoted about possible interference with aircraft GPS systems.

James Moore was quoted on how scramble cross-walks may improve safety and how to best implement the new system.

Najmedin Mershaki was quoted about rail safety along Metro's Exposition Line.

Research by Milind Tambe and Fei Fang to develop an artificial intelligence application to stop wildlife poaching was featured.

The Huffington Post ran commentary by Najmedin Meshkati about the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

Cyrus Shahabi was quoted about the future of automated commutes.

An interview with Najmedin Meshkati about the Chernobyl accident was featured.

Research by Maja Mataric on the use of technology to provide a sense of agency for children with autism was featured.

James Moore was quoted on whether or not the new Metro Exposition Line extension will affect transit habits.

This article mentions Adam Fincham's work with professional surfer Kelly Slater to create the ideal artificial wave.

Mark Humayun Honored with National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Research by Emilio Ferrara and Kristina Lerman on how online comments degrade over time was featured.

A new partnership between the USC Annenberg and USC Viterbi to launch a new Master of Informatics degree and Innovation was featured.

Bloomberg covered research by Ramesh Govindan on whether or not electronic communications can reveal an individual's emotional state and how that affects decision making.

Kristina Lerman was quoted about content that goes viral on social networks.

Cyrus Shahabi was quoted about the future of commuting.

Michael Goay was interviewed about USC Viterbi’s vGPU-enabled VDI deployment.

The Whitaker International Program allows emerging biomedical engineers to travel abroad and develop the necessary skills required to be professional leaders in the industry.

Biomedical Engineering graduate couples the tech-savvy skills of a scientist with the smarts of an investment analyst

Bryan Wilder, a computer science doctoral student, has been awarded the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Wilder, a student under Professor Milind Tambe, won the Innovative Application of AI Award for Deployed Application earlier this year.

C.-C. Jay Kuo, USC Viterbi professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Taylor L. Booth Education Award.

Emily Lawrence, USC Viterbi Ph.D. candidate, wins the Young Scientist Pre-Doctoral Award from the American Society of Biomechanics for her research on the central nervous system's role in sensorimotor process during dexterous manipulation.

Meshkati receives award for his talk on the similarity between the nuclear power industry and the health care industry in terms of patient safety, safety culture and high reliability organization.

The Innovation-Node LA, led by Andrea Belz was part of study cited by Forbes on angel investing

Kelly Sanders was quoted about the global water and energy crises.

The article featured work by Maja Matarić who employs robots to help children with autism

The VRSC club, founded by a USC Viterbi student, was featured

Cyrus Shahabi is quoted regarding the future of transportation

Two Ph.D. candidates and professor receive award at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, a prestigious showcase for work related to software testing and analysis.

Dean Yortsos was interviewed about the Robotics Open House.

The robotics Open House was mentioned in the weekly news round-up

The Robotics Open House was highlighted. The event showcased robots, USC students and allowed community children to interact with each machine.

Kelly Sanders was quoted about climate change.

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Research by Veronica Eliasson and Andrea Hodge and colleagues on a material, known as bulk metallic glass was featured.

Research by Kristina Lerman about email response times was mentioned.

Maja Matarić was quoted about the demand for autonomous robots

Research by Veronica Eliasson and Andrea Hodge and colleagues on a material, known as bulk metallic glass was featured.

Research by Behrokh Khoshnevis on how to construct structures from lunar or Martian materials was mentioned.

Research by Behrokh Khoshnevis on how to construct materials from lunar and Martian materials was featured.

Research by Kristina Lerman about e-mail response was included

Yolanda Gil was quoted indicating that she did not think chatbots would take jobs from humans

Research by Veronica Eliasson and Andrea Hodge and colleagues on the development of a new, elastic, yet metallic substance was featured.

Farshad Kooti was quoted about a text messaging service by UNICEF to answer health-related questions.

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He received the award for his work on the Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security (PAWS) and his paper on "Deploying PAWS: Field Optimization of the Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security." The paper was led and coauthored by Ph.D. students Fei Fang and Thanh Nguyen

Ashutosh Nayyar received the George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award for his paper on "Decentralized Stochastic Control." Ketan Savla also received the award for his paper on "Robust Distributed Routing in Dynamical Networks."

The award is given to those who have advanced the use of SAP in a classroom environment and increased collaboration among other SAP University Alliances.

The Fulbright U.S Scholar grant provides academic and research flexibility for scholars. The grant itself will allow recipients to expand their research and collaboration efforts globally.

Ted Berger, USC Viterbi professor in biomedical engineering, has been announced as the recipient of the 2016 Pioneer in Medicine Award.

Hat trick: CASE awards Gold Award for “Next MacGyver” Best Strategic Communications campaign; Silver Award for Best Alumni Magazine; Bronze Award for Best Digital Magazine.

Research by Kristina Lerman on email behavior was mentioned.

Research by Kevin Knight on using poetry as a secure password was featured

Kristina Lerman was quoted about using Twitter to track disaster damage.

Costas Synolakis was quoted about the recent Indonesian tsunami.

Celebrating World Water Day with a deep dive into water research at USC Viterbi

Clifford Neuman was quoted about Apple's encryption protocols.

Research by Fred Aminzadeh and Mehran Hosseini finding a link between earthquakes in Kern County and wastewater injections in the region was featured.

Daniel Lidar was quoted about the development of quantum computing.

Maja Mataric was interviewed about her work in robotics.

James Moore was quoted about Metro’s new rail system.

Thomas Anthony was quoted about JetBlue’s new pilot training program.

Costas Synolakis was quoted about an Indonesian tsunami and the country's warning system.

Maja Mataric was quoted about the ethics of using robots.

James Moore was quoted about cashless fare systems.

Clifford Neuman was quoted about the FBI’s request to Apple.

Clifford Neuman was quoted about Apple refusal to break the encryption on a phone.

Clifford Neuman was quoted about data encryption concerns involving Apple and the FBI.

Maja Mataric, Kelly Sanders, Andrea Armani, Azad Madni, Idania Takimoto, Radhul Ranith and the DEN program were honored

A video produced by the USC Viterbi, NAE and Funny or Die in which engineers are treated like celebrities was featured.

Entrepreneur dedicated himself to developing technologies that dramatically improve patients’ lives

Inside Higher Ed featured a video produced by USC Viterbi, the NAE and Funny or Die in which engineers are treated like celebrities.

Jeffrey Miller was quoted about the future of driverless vehicle technology.

A new Communications Informatics degree from USC Viterbi and Anneberg was featured

Chris Kyriakakis was quoted about whether "sound healing" works.

Research by Christos Kyriakakis and colleagues to record the acoustics of Byzantine churches was featured

A study by Kristina Lerman and colleagues on "the majority illusion" in social networks was featured

Geoff Spedding was interviewed about the Dryden Wind Tunnel and how his graduate students are trying to develop drones that are the size of a bird.

For National Engineers Week 2016, USC Viterbi, the NAE and Funny or Die imagine a media network dedicated to 24/7 coverage of engineers.

Maja Matarić ranks 5th on the list of the top 30 most innovative female professors

Student team hopes to be among those chosen to build their design

James Moore was interviewed about Caltrans preparing L.A.'s aging infrastructure for El Nino

Campus Technology featured a new Communications Informatics degree from USC Annenberg and USC Viterbi. The degree will focus on data mining, big data, virtual and augmented reality and other technological advances changing the media landscape.

Graduate Naa Adei Mante discusses how the Center for Engineering Diversity's Summer Institute prepared her for a successful four years of college and beyond

City News Service featured a new degree offered by USC Annenberg and USC Viterbi which will include courses on data analytics, crowdsourcing, online community management and more

Mashable, in a list of the top innovations of 2015, featured the USC School of Social Work and USC Viterbi's PSINET algorithm

South China Morning Post quoted Maja Matarić about the use of robots in teaching social skills to autistic children

The Verge quoted Jeffrey Miller about General Motors partnering with Lyft.

NPR quoted Kevin Knight about efforts by computer scientists to develop universal translators.

MIT Technology Review featured research by Kristina Lerman and colleagues on how social networks can create the illusion that something is common when it's actually rare within a network.

Wired mentioned that SynTouch, a company that makes sensors that give robots a human-like sense of touch, was developed at USC Viterbi

Wired quoted Daniel Lidar about the development of quantum computing

The Huffington Post ran a column by Najmedin Meshakti about the nuclear deal with Iran

The Sacramento Bee quoted Henry Koffman on how El Niño weather could affect aging infrastructure.

Scholar recognized for work in multi-robot coordination

Dapkus, Fraser, and Molisch to be recognized for their innovations and impact on society

Popular Mechanics quoted Madhu Thangavelu about the need to develop planetary defense systems against asteroids.

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Dr. Viterbi, who received his doctorate in electrical engineering at USC, will receive the prize for the development of the Viterbi algorithm and its transformational impact on digital wireless communications