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Viterbi Student Game Designers Show Off Work for Industry Judges
December 22, 2005
The very first student game presentation day for the Information Sciences Institute/USC Viterbi School's GamePipe Laboratory education program took place Dec. 6.
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Irving S. Reed Tells the Story of an Engineer’s Life
December 21, 2005
Irving S. Reed is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a winner of the Shannon Prize, the highest honor in signal processing. His memoir, Alaska to Algorithms: My Journey from the Alaskan Frontier through the Dawn of the Digital Age, describes his remarkable career.
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Viterbi Computer Designer New ACM Fellow
December 21, 2005
Michel Dubois of the Department of Electrical Engineering-Systems has been elected a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
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Alan E. Willner Elected President of IEEE LEOS
December 15, 2005
Alan E. Willner, professor of electrical engineering, has been elected president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ (IEEE) Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS).
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 Newest Viterbi CAREER Grant Winner Studies Epidemics in the Broadest Senses
December 13, 2005
David Kempe has joined the distinguished circle of Viterbi School faculty who have received NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards.
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Engineering Senior Finds Meaningful Work in African Clinic
December 12, 2005
Bound for medical school, senior Fima Macheret finds a way to help people and use his skills.
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Fight On!  'Bots Bag Beanbags
December 02, 2005
As it has since been 1998, final project day for CS445, the upper-level undergraduate introduction to robots class, was a spectacle worth coming to see.
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Student Programmers Shine in ACM Competition
December 02, 2005
The Viterbi School put in its best performance in memory at the annual ACM progamming contest in Riverside November 14, with its Cardinal team beating out UCLA and UCSD and bringing home a $300 prize — and the search is on for more potential competitors.
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Viterbi Engineer-Musician is Finalist for CRA 2006 Undergrad Honor
December 02, 2005
Anna Cheng-Zhi Huang, who is working toward degrees in computer science and in music composition, was a finalist in Computing Research Association's 2006 "Outstanding Undergraduate" Award.
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Calculating Wow!
November 30, 2005
Two Southern California engineers have created a mathematical theory of human surprise, working from basic principles of digital communications. Experiments recording eye movements of volunteers watching video appear to provide confirmation of the theory -- and the NSF has made a grant for expanded research on the topic.
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Viterbi Co-developed Grid Software Effort Books $13.3 Million NSF Commitment
November 29, 2005
Carl Kesselman of ISI will be co-director of a five-year effort to sustain and enhance the Globus Toolkit, the open-source grid software that underpins a rapidly increasing number of large, information-intensive science projects in the U.S. and abroad.
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A Bonding Experience
November 23, 2005
ISI’s Patrick Pantel was part of an elite group of ten young scientists representing the United States at the November 10-12 World Science Forum in Budapest.I
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Multitalented Viterbi Researcher Named ASA Fellow
November 17, 2005
Shrikanth Narayanan was elected a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America.
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Enterprise Transformation: A Model for Survival in the Global Economy
November 15, 2005
Fundamental changes can transform companies, says Georgia Tech industrial entrepreneur and professor William Rouse, who gave the first in a series of USC Viterbi School centennial lectures.
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IMSC Scientists Add Geospatial Technology to Next Generation of Online Maps
November 14, 2005
A team of computer scientists at USC's Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC) is providing the magic to make geospatial Web maps accurate and easy to access.
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Viterbi Digital Government Research Center Will Share $1 Million NSF Grant
November 14, 2005
The Digital Government Research Center (DGRC) headquartered in in the USC Viterbi School's Information Sciences Institute will partner on a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation aimed at encouraging international collaboration on digital government issues.
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Annenberg Foundation Puts Robotic Disaster Rebuilding Technology on Fast Track
November 11, 2005
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering has received a $100,000 grant from the Annenberg Foundation to support intensified research on contour crafting, an innovative computer-automated construction technology that promises to reconstruct areas destroyed in tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes or other disasters.
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With an $8 Million Gift, Ken Klein, BMEE ’82, Establishes Institute for Undergraduate Engineering Student Life
November 10, 2005
Software industry veteran and USC Viterbi School alumnus Ken Klein has given an $8-million gift to found a new institute for undergraduate engineering student life.
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Viterbi School Establishes Leonard Silverman Chair
November 08, 2005
The USC Viterbi School has established a new $2-million endowed chair to honor former Dean Leonard Silverman, the longest serving dean in the school’s history.
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Viterbi's NASA Tech Transfer Center Creates Technology of Its Own
November 04, 2005
Staff at the USC Viterbi School-operated NASA Far West Regional Technology Transfer Center have created an ultracompact and inexpensive device that can present ultra-high definition video.
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Armenia Awards Gold Medal to George Chilingar
November 02, 2005
Professor George Chilingar of the USC Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received another in a long line of international honors.
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Eta Kappa Nu Engineering Honor Society Awards USC President Steven B. Sample Eminent Member Status
November 01, 2005
USC President Steven B. Sample has become the 108th Eminent Member of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the national honor society for electrical and computer engineering students and professionals.
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Two Mork Department Professors Win Honors
October 31, 2005
Iraj Ershaghi and Florian Mansfield are recipients of prestigious awards from, respectively, the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Electrochemical Society.
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Two Faculty Named to New Viterbi School Early Career Chairs
October 28, 2005
Two promising faculty in electrical engineering-systems and biomedical engineering have been named to new early career chairs beginning Nov. 1, 2005.
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The Impact of New Technology
October 25, 2005
Andrew Viterbi, who with his wife Erna, named the USC Viterbi School of Engineering delivers the keynote address at a USC Law Conference in Washington, D.C.
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SITeC-Oriented Law Course To Debut in Spring
October 21, 2005
A new law course designed for the USC Mark & Mary Stevens Institute for Technology Commercialization (SITeC) curriculum will begin teaching “engineers, scientists and other inventors … what you need to know about patents, copyrights, trade secrets and trademarks in order to protect your inventions and add value to your USC degree.”
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Viterbi@100 Image Gallery
October 20, 2005
The Viterbi School of Engineering celebrated its centennial in parallel with USC's Festival 125 in October. Engineering activities included technology demonstrations, special lectures, exhibits and an Oktoberfest before the Trojan-Arizona Wildcats football game.
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Viterbi Environmental Engineer Shares Water Quality Prize
October 18, 2005
A report on preventing ocean pollution co-authored by Viterbi School environmental engineer Joe Devinny has won a prize for research excellence from the Regional Water Quality Control Board.
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Viterbi  Engineering Writing Students Install New Barcode System for LAPD
October 11, 2005
Engineering Writing Program students install a new-and-improved automated barcode system for USC's neighborhood police department.
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GamePipe Begins Work on ImmuneAttack
October 04, 2005
The recently-established USC Viterbi School of Engineering GamePipe Laboratory has begun work on its first R&D contract: a $272,000 effort funded by the National Science Foundation to improve K-12 biology teaching.
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IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Showcases USC Biomimetic Research
October 03, 2005
Bionics is the word Hollywood invented in the 1970s to explain the “Six Million Dollar Man.” Today USC is on the cutting edge of neural implant technologies to restore sight, hearing, movement and memory.
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Search for Viterbi School Dean Launched
September 19, 2005
USC Provost and former dean of the USC Viterbi School C. L. Max Nikias has formally announced the search for a dean of the Viterbi School.
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Energy Entrepreneur John Mork and Family Give $15 Million to Name a Department
September 16, 2005
Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and his family have given $15 million to the school's department of chemical engineering and materials science.
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Michael Khoo Elected A Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society
September 13, 2005
Well-known for his work in sleep apnea, Khoo is cited for his contributions to the mathematical modeling of the disorder.
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Back to E-School
September 11, 2005
Enrollment figures for the fall semester show that the USC Viterbi School's innovative graduate distance education program is continuing its rapid growth and expanding its geographical reach.
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Korean Air and USC Reach International Distance Learning Agreement
September 07, 2005
The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering has reached an agreement with Korean Air to offer a wide range of graduate engineering programs to Korean Air employees worldwide through the school’s Distance Education Network (DEN).
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Viterbi Experts Keynote and Showcase Research in NSF Robot Exhibition
September 07, 2005
University Professor Emeritus George Bekey delivered the findings of a major report on the worldwide state of the art of robot technology at an NSF exhibition — and Stefan Schaal and Laurent Itti's humanoid head was a featured exhibit.
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The Einstein Emitter
September 02, 2005
One single photon. One solitary quantum pulse of electromagnetic radiation, no more, no less, produced by one single electron, will be the product of a new device under construction by nanotechnologists at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Bekey Wins UCLA Engineering Honor
August 26, 2005
Viterbi School emeritus roboticist George Bekey's latest entry on a long roll of awards comes from UCLA.
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Tactical Linguist Wins DARPA Distinction
August 20, 2005
W. Lewis Johnson, director of the Center for Advanced Research in Technology for Education (CARTE) at the Viterbi School's Information Sciences Institute, is one of only two 2005 winners of DARPA "significant technical achievement" awards.
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ISI Grad Team's Knowledge-Mining Work Wins NIST Honors
August 16, 2005
Two Viterbi School computer science graduate students and their advisor won second-place honors recently in National Institute of Technology and Standards Competition.
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'Main Engines, Throttle Up'
August 11, 2005
Trojan engineer Jose Carlos Abesamis shares a moment he'll never forget during Space Shuttle Discovery's launch.
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New 2005 Faculty Bring a New Surge of Energy to the USC Viterbi School
August 09, 2005
Dean Yannis Yortsos announces new faculty appointments that "will increase diversity and balance across departments."
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USC Supercomputer Simulations Probe the Basis of Brittleness
August 08, 2005
Science reports work at the Viterbi School-linked Collaboratory for Advanced Computing and Simulations that is yielding fundamental insights about how to tailor new kinds of ceramics.
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Viterbi School  Announces Two New DIstance Learning Programs in Civil Engineering
August 08, 2005
Working civil engineers will be able to stay abreast of the latest building technology and earn MS degrees in two key specialities through the USC Viterbi School’s innovative Distance Education Network (DEN).
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Dapkus Recognized for Pioneering Work in Nanotech
August 01, 2005
The Optical Society of America (OSA) has honored the Viterbi School’s Paul Daniel Dapkus with an award bearing the name of his professional mentor, LED inventor Nick Holonyak, Jr.
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USC's Free Chips-for-Students Program Marks a Quarter Century
July 25, 2005
August, 2005, marks the 25th anniversary of a free program operated by ISI's MOSIS chip brokerage to fabricate free prototypes of designs created by student engineers.
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Postcards from Rome
July 16, 2005
"Seven weeks have gone by in no time at all," one student remarked at the end of a Viterbi School Study Abroad Program in Rome, Italy. Our last installment of postcards suggests the students spent every ounce of free time taking in the local culture or traveling to other cities or countries.
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USC Computer Scientist Cyrus Shahabi Chosen To Attend NAE ‘Frontiers of Engineering' Symposium
July 15, 2005
Computer scientist Cyrus Shahabi, who specializes in databases and information management, has been chosen to attend this year's National Academy of Engineering (NAE) “Frontiers of Engineering” symposium.
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SITeC Starts Registering Student Entrepreneurs-To-Be
July 11, 2005
Just eight months old, USC’s Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Technology Commercialization has already begun enrolling students, undergraduate and graduate, for innovative multidisciplinary programs in entrepreneurship.
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Medvidovic´ and Prasanna Win Okawa Research Grants
July 06, 2005
Nenad Medvidovic´ and Viktor Prasanna are the latest Viterbi winners of $10,000 Okawa computer science grants.
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IEEE Gives Highest Robotics Honor to George Bekey
July 06, 2005
George Bekey, who once remarked that he found robotics fascinating “because you learn so much about humans,” has earned the highest honor the IEEE bestows in the field — an award that is only the latest entry in a long list of honors.
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Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Merge
July 01, 2005
The departments of chemical engineering and materials science have merged to increase resources and accelerate progress in important new fields.
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USC Students Win Disney Design Event
June 28, 2005
Two second-year entrants from the USC schools of architecture and engineering capture first place by drawing up plans for a Disney hotel. The teams hopes its success will promote more interdisciplinary collaboration at the university.
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Viterbi School Launches Radio Commercial
June 24, 2005
A radio commercial for the Viterbi School's Distance Education Network (DEN) begins airing June 27.
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USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering Creates Chair to Honor Jack Munushian
June 24, 2005
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering has created a new endowed chair to honor the late Jack Munushian who died May 28. Approved by Provost C. L. Max Nikias, the chair with be called the Jack Munushian Early Career Chair.
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Terry Langdon Wins 2005 Somiya Award for International Collaboration
June 24, 2005
Terence G. Langdon, Leonhard Professor of Engineering at the Viterbi School, has won a prestigious international award for the most significant research on materials.
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Engineering Faculty D’Argenio, Sahimi and Chew Named to Endowed Chairs
June 22, 2005
Three distinguished engineering faculty will become endowed chair holders beginning July 1, 2005.
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Voice-to-Voice  Translation Machine Perfects Bedside Manner
June 22, 2005
Three years of work by a large interdisciplinary team at the University of Southern California has created a rudimentary but working two-way voice translation system.
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USC/Caltech/Northwestern Fuel Cell Resarch Gains Worldwide Attention
June 13, 2005
The June 9 publication in Nature of research on miniaturized portable fuel cells brought worldwide attention to Viterbi School professor Paul Ronney and grad student Jeong-Min Ahn
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ISI Researcher Attracts $5 Million to Find IT Solutions for K-12 Problems
June 13, 2005
USC's Information Sciences Institute, long known for its research and development on the Internet and computer science, has embarked on a new challenge: K-12 Education with an ambitious research program headed by a prominent young educational psychologist.
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USC Concert Pianist/Engineer Elaine Chew Receives Presidential Early Career Award
June 13, 2005
USC Viterbi School engineer and concert pianist Elaine Chew wins a Presidential Early Career Award for her pioneering research.
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Measuring Monsters
June 13, 2005
Waves more than 15 meters (49 feet) high. Flooding of 25 square miles of land. A coastline moved a mile. In the June 9, 2005 issue of Science, civil engineer Jose Borerro presents the results of the detailed survey he made on the scene at Banda Aceh, Indonesia following the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunam
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PhD Candidate Anita Sengupta Wins AIAA Electric Propulsion Division Award
June 10, 2005
In an award-winning paper, Anita Sengupta says ion engines are a more efficient way of flying deep-space missions.
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Leadership Changes at the USC Viterbi School
June 03, 2005
Yannis C. Yortsos became the new dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering on June 1, 2005, and announced other leadership changes. Former Dean C. L. Max Nikias became provost of the university.
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USC Viterbi School Distance Education Pioneer Jack Munushian Dead at 81
June 01, 2005
Jack Munushian, a scientist, educator and leader who played a major role in the development of the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, died Saturday, May 29, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 81.
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Baby, You Can Drive My Song
May 30, 2005
A new USC computer system lets users "drive" musical compositions, using a wheel and foot controls to create their own interpretative performance. The system could be in the hands of consumers in two years.
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New Haptics Systems Challenge Stroke Patients to Grasp, Pinch, Squeeze, Throw and, Yeah, Get Pushy
May 24, 2005
An interdisciplinary team of engineers and rehabilitation experts join forces to develop new haptics devices for stroke patients.
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2005 Commencement Photo Gallery
May 17, 2005
Some Kodak moments from the Viterbi School of Engineering's 2005 undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies.
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Commencement Day 2005
May 16, 2005
With degrees in hand, 1,676 new engineering graduates take one giant leap into the future.
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Commencement Summary
May 13, 2005
May 13, 2005 is the happiest day of the year at the USC Viterbi School for 1,676 students who graduated. Congratulations to the Class of 2005! Click here to explore our extended coverage of commencement.
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Mortarboards and Circuitboards: 171 Receive Viterbi M.S. Degrees via DEN
May 12, 2005
The USC Viterbi School Distance Education Network (DEN) today granted Master of Science degrees to 171 distance learning students, most of whom earned their degrees while working full-time.
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Sensor Network Research Wins EE Best Paper Prize
May 11, 2005
Gang Lu, a graduate student studying with Bhaskar Krishnamachari, won the EE department's 2005 best student paper award for "Delay Efficient Sleep Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks"
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Combining Computers and the Classics
May 06, 2005
Computer Science major Brent R. Nash has been named USC’s 2005 salutatorian, and as a bonus, he’s one of the 10 recipients of a coveted $10,000 prize as a Renaissance Scholar.
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Contour Crafter Wins $1500 Best Paper Prize
April 29, 2005
Post-Doctoral Researcher Dooil Hwang has received top honors in the Institute of Industrial Engineers Student Paper Competition.
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Joint Missions: Viterbi School Engineers Will Partner with JPL Counterparts
April 28, 2005
Seven Viterbi School researchers will partner with an equal number of counterparts from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in a new research initiative.
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EA and USC Team Up To Offer First Female Scholarship To USC Interactive Entertainment Summer Camp
April 27, 2005
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and The University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering will co-sponsor the first-ever scholarship opportunity to the USC Interactive Entertainment Summer Camp.
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USC Team Proposes A ‘Green Diamond’ District to Revitalize L.A.’s Historic Jewelry Sector
April 27, 2005
A new study, led by engineering professor Najmedin Meshkati and a team of multidisciplinary students, suggests novel approach to saving the city's jewelry district.
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Sapphire Stars in Nanotube Support Role
April 21, 2005
USC Viterbi School researchers believe they have discovered how carbon nanotubes spontaneously self-align to form dense, highly ordered and potentially extremely useful arrays on surfaces of sapphire crystals.
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2005 Staff and Faculty Awards
April 20, 2005
Dean C. L. Max Nikias, who becomes USC provost June 1, congratulates engineering faculty and staff for their exemplary service; asks crowd to carry on Viterbi School's ascent.
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State of the USC Viterbi School - 2005
April 20, 2005
Viterbi School Engineering Dean C. L. Max Nikias delivers his final 'State of the School' address to faculty and staff.
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Student Stairmasters Win ASME Design Competition
April 20, 2005
Sergio Ibarra, Erin Wickstrand, and Antonio Trevilla came home from Sacramento April 10 with a first-place regional trophy from American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Student Design Competition for their stair-climbing transporter robot.
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Viterbi Instructor Leads New Academic Gaming Body
April 19, 2005
EDGE games founder Tim Langdell, who has played a key role in the development of the USC Viterbi School's interactive gaming curriculum, is the first president of the International Association for Game Education and Research.
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Yannis Yortsos Appointed Dean <br>Effective June 1, 2005
April 18, 2005
Yannis Yortsos, currently senior associate dean for academic affairs, will serve as dean of the USC Viterbi School for an interim period when the current dean, C. L. Max Nikias, becomes USC provost.
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Viterbi School Expert Appointed to Influential Internet Chairmanship
April 15, 2005
USC Viterbi School Computer scientist Aaron Falk is the new Chair of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). Falk IS a project leader in the Viterbi School's Information Sciences Institute computer networks division.
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A Fiber Fiddle Fit for a $500 Prize
April 15, 2005
Viterbi School seniors Jennifer Tsakoumakis and Billy Kaplan won first place in the physical sciences category at the USC 7th Annual Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work for their carbon composite fiber violin.
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Viterbi Grad Student Coaches High School Botball Team
April 14, 2005
The Venice High School Botball team is a player, thanks in part to an ISI graduate student.
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Aerospace Undergrad Bottle Rocketeers Put Theory Into Practice
April 08, 2005
Students in AME 309 designed and built bottle rockets to test their understanding of the principles of aerodynamics — could they predict how what they built would behave in flight? Best of all: no one got wet.
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QUALCOMM and USC Sign International Distance-Ed Pact
April 07, 2005
The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering’s Distance Education Network (DEN) announces an agreement with QUALCOMM Incorporated to open DEN’s wide range of graduate engineering and continuing education programs to non-U.S. based employees of the cell phone and communication giant.
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Students Win Second Place in Regional Steel Bridge Competition
April 05, 2005
Six undergraduate civil engineering students placed second in the regional Student Steel Bridge competition by building a 21-foot-long, 220-pound truss bridge in less than seven minutes.
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Ninth Grodins Grad Symposium Highlights Gains by Biomed Department
April 01, 2005
The 9th Fred S. Grodins Graduate Research Symposium was dedicated to the memory of a beloved professor, filled with presentations of solid research by faculty and graduate students.
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Southern California Tsunami Could Cause $42 Billion Damage
March 31, 2005
The first attempt to calculate possible losses from tsunamis, as opposed to earthquakes, in the Southern California area spells out the potential damage — from $7 billion to as much as $42 billion
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A Probe, Not an Echo
March 25, 2005
Viterbi School biomedical engineers have successfully demonstrated a novel “High-resolution Ultrasonic Transmission Tomography” (HUTT) that offers 3D images of soft tissue superior to those available from other systems, ultrasound, x-ray, or MRI.
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C. L. Max Nikias Named USC Provost
March 24, 2005
C. L. Max Nikias, professor of electrical engineering and dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California. He will begin his new duties June 1, 2005.
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New Viterbi Museum Opens
March 11, 2005
A year after the school was named, engineers welcome back their namesake – Andrew J. and Erna Viterbi – for a celebration of Viterbi’s 70th birthday and the opening of the new Viterbi Museum.
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Close Encounters With Titan
March 09, 2005
Cassini scientist Don Shemansky takes an unprecedented first look deep into the haze enveloping Saturn’s smoggy moon.
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USC Viterbi School Unveils China Strategy
March 08, 2005
A whirlwind trip to Beijing, results in a China strategy. Two USC Viterbi alums play key roles and two great universities agree to collaborate.
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Thinking Small
March 03, 2005
The Viterbi School of Engineering has formed a new center, the USC Microsatellite Systems Center to work with local aerospace companies to design, build and launch a new, smaller and less expensive class of satellites.
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A Concrete Canoe With All the Right Ingredients
March 02, 2005
What do you get when you mix equal portions of cement, binding material and aggregates with a little water, fly ash filler and microscopic glass beads? A concrete canoe fit for competition.
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USC Viterbi School Offers Nation’s First University-based Air Security Classes
February 28, 2005
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s 53-year old Aviation Safety program has begun offering classes in air security, the first ever from a university.
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Supermodels!
February 28, 2005
USC Viterbi School alumnus Joe Bok makes Howard Hughes' airplanes fly again for The Aviator as well as unmanned aircraft for the Department of Defense.
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Tambe Tapped for Top AI Award
February 28, 2005
The Viterbi School’s Milind Tambe added to a long list of honors by being named the recipient of the ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award.
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Students Revel and Professors Duck During National Engineers Week
February 24, 2005
USC Viterbi engineering students celebrated National Engineers Week with a week of fun-filled activities, including a pie-throwing contest aimed at professors, a BBQ cookout, dessert competition and formal Friday night ball.
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A Mission to Probe the Interstellar Boundary
February 15, 2005
After 25 years of blood, sweat and tears, USC astronautics professor Mike Gruntman finally has his wish: a chance to probe the very edges of our solar system with a new interstellar spacecraft.
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Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes — and Computer Chips
February 14, 2005
Computer chip manufacturers have one standard for their product: perfection. But a USC Viterbi School engineer who has devised ways to have chips test themselves has found that less than perfect is sometimes good enough — and good enough has the potential of saving billions of dollars.
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CiSoft Looks Back at  Achievements, Forward to Applications at the Wellhead
February 02, 2005
The USC Viterbi School's Center for Interactive Smart Oil Technologies (CiSoft) is on target and meeting expectations at the end of its first year, reported its co-executive directors at the organization's first annual meeting.
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Tutor Hall Opens Its Doors
February 02, 2005
The Viterbi School celebrates the birth of a vibrant new home for students and cutting-edge research.
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Viterbi Co-pioneered Grid Software Moves from Science to Business
January 27, 2005
The world's leading IT companies have endorsed Globus Toolkit, an open source grid software package co-devloped by Viterbi computer scientist Carl Kesselman.
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Moore Receives First WTS-Los Angeles Chapter Diversity Leadership Award
January 21, 2005
James Moore II, chairman of the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has received the 2005 WTS-LA Diversity Leadership Award for his efforts to create new opportunities for women, minority and international students.
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Jose Borrero’s Journal
January 19, 2005
A first person account by a USC Viterbi School researcher of his trip to Banda Aceh Province to gather data on the catastrophic South Asia Tsunami. He is overwhelmed by death and devastation.
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Adam Powell Is New IMSC Director
January 12, 2005
Adam Clayton Powell III, champion of new media who ran Internet and technology programs for the Freedom Forum (formerly the Gannett Foundation) is the new director of the Integrated Media Systems Center.
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Section 331: From JPL to USC and Beyond
January 12, 2005
How a Distinguished Group of Space-Race Pioneers Landed at USC
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More Efficient Patient Flow Management May Benefit Los Angeles County/USC Hospital
January 11, 2005
A team of engineers takes a unique, top-to-bottom look at ways to improve patient flow in one of the nation's largest public hospitals.
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Viterbi School Tsunami Researcher José Borrero Leads 4th International Surfing Reef Symposium
January 07, 2005
A civil and environmental engineer who studies ocean phenomena such as tsunamis and artifical reefs will gather with scholars from other institutions to discuss the science, economics and zone management of surfing in California.
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USC Distance Learning Goes International
January 06, 2005
The Viterbi School’s innovative Distance Education Network (DEN) and Chevron Corp. announced today that DEN will now offer its "smart oilfield technologies” program to ChevronTexaco engineers worldwide.
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