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2012 News Archive


Sol Golomb Named Among Nation’s Top Scientists, Innovators
December 22, 2012
President Obama to confer National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by U.S. government upon scientists, engineers, and inventors
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A Passage to India
December 19, 2012
A USC Viterbi School delegation, led by Dean Yannis C. Yortsos, recently visited India to connect with alumni, explore partnerships and affirm the school's growing international presence.
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Demo Day's Bevy of New Gaming Treats
December 19, 2012
USC gaming students unveil an impressive batch of games at USC Games' biannual Demo Day, now in its eighth year
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Viterbi Increases Footprint in Dynamic Subcontinent
December 18, 2012
The Viterbi India Board recently held its inaugural meeting, a reflection of the school's strong and deepening relationship with its Indian constituencies
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Better Wine: Fruity, Nicely Aged with a Hint of Pulsed Power
December 16, 2012
A Viterbi Startup Seeks to Energize the Wine Industry with Electrical Pulses
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USC alumni celebrate in Mumbai
December 11, 2012
Trojan Family members gather in India to network, party and dance
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A Plan for the Future
December 07, 2012
The third annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) promises to be the best ever - and most lucrative
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Professors Lidar, Madni, and Molisch are elected to the rank of AAAS Fellow
December 07, 2012
Daniel Lidar, Azad Madni, and Andreas Molisch have been designated AAAS Fellows for their distinguished contributions to engineering.
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Bo Jin Takes Home USC Award for Excellence in Teaching
December 06, 2012
Second Year Mechanical Engineering PhD Candidate Awarded Coveted Teaching Award by USC Office of the Provost
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USC Tech Experts to Guide Smithsonian Museum to Next Generation of the Internet
December 06, 2012
USC Information Sciences Institute's collaboration to provide more detailed, more easily accessible information about museum’s online collection than has previously been possible.
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Communication Sciences Institute (CSI) Celebrates 30th Birthday
December 04, 2012
At CSI's 30th anniversary celebration, keynote speaker Andrew Viterbi regales audience with an historical tour of the digital era
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The Great Unveiling: USC Viterbi Debuts New Mitsubishi Partnership
November 30, 2012
Mitsubishi to provide 12 electric cars for the USC Smart Grid Living Laboratory
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The Champions Reloaded: USC Computer Science Students Win Southern California Programming Contest Again
November 26, 2012
For the second consecutive year USC Viterbi School of Engineering computer science students placed first at the annual ACM Southern California Programming Contest, defeating teams across Southern California
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On the Spectrum
November 14, 2012
Interactive tools capturing behavior data show promise in understanding autism
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If You Build It, They Will Come
November 14, 2012
Retrospective of An Inextricable Bond and the Legacy of Hughes Aircraft
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Healing Wounds, Visible and Invisible
November 12, 2012
From prosthetics to PTSD, Viterbi researchers advance the future of veterans’ care
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2012 Diwali Greetings
November 09, 2012
A personal video message from Dean Yannis C. Yortsos
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How to Build A Pacemaker For Unborn Babies
November 08, 2012
NIH awards USC team $1 million for fetal pacemaker - Professor Loeb collaborates with Keck School on 20 mm long prototype.
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Dean's Quantum Message
November 07, 2012
Dean Yannis C. Yortsos discusses the USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center housed at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Information Sciences Institute.
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Discover Engineering
November 05, 2012
High school students from across the country completed projects in different engineering fields as part of a summer college course
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Electrical Engineering Professor Krishna Nayak speaks about the Body Engineering Los Angeles GK-12 Program he Directs
November 01, 2012
Program director Krishna Nayak speaks about the Body Engineering Los Angeles GK-12 Program, which partners graduate students in science and engineering disciplines with K-12 teachers to improve science education and the skills of graduate students.
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Daniel H. Wagner Prize awarded to USC Teamcore
October 30, 2012
USC Teamcore Group/US Coast Guard researchers are awarded the Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice at the INFORMS conference.
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Chevron Gives $1 Million Gift for Engineering Education
October 29, 2012
Chevron recently presented a $1 Million donation to the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. This gift is added to the nearly $35 Million given to USC by Chevron's University Partnership Program over the past nine years.
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Oxy Funds Program For Preparing Junior College Graduates to Join the Petroleum Industry
October 29, 2012
A local Petroleum company donated $40,000 to USC in an effort to open doors in the petroleum industry for recent junior college graduates.
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Broadcast Yourself: YouTube Co-Founders Share More Than Just Video
October 26, 2012
Media pioneers Steve Chen and Chad Hurley preach the gospel of adaptability to USC Viterbi freshmen
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USC Viterbi Adopt-A-School, Adopt-a-Teacher (VAST) Program Launched
October 26, 2012
K-12 STEM outreach program will connect local teachers and students with USC engineering faculty and students
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USC Researchers Working to Make Shipping Industry Greener
October 24, 2012
Viterbi School of Engineering Researchers are collaborating with Hong Kong’s Tai Chong Cheang (TCC) Group to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by marine diesel engines
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How Does Cancer Move?
October 23, 2012
Stealing a page from Google’s playbook: AME professor predicts where cancer will go next.
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USC Viterbi's First Ever Asia Board Kicks-Off Inaugural Meeting
October 22, 2012
New body tasked with threefold mission: advise, advocate and support Viterbi efforts in China and East Asia
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40th Anniversary of DEN@Viterbi
October 17, 2012
USC's School of Engineering celebrated a 40 year milestone in delivering distance education. Attendees celebrated with discussions on the history and impact of the program and a tour of the studio classrooms themselves.
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Alumnus elected 2014 President of the IEEE
October 15, 2012
Jose Roberto B. de Marca is the 2013 President Elect of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
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Viterbi School Research Bringing Sight to Poor Eyes
October 11, 2012
Norberto Grzywacz's lab is starting the second phase of its NIH-funded effort to create a wearable vision aid for Age-Related Macular Disorder patients
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Viterbi Student Innovation Institute Kicks-Off With a Twitter
October 08, 2012
The kick-off event for the newly formed Viterbi Student Innovation Institute (VSI2) featured Mike Abbot, Ex VP of Engineering at Twitter and now General Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in a fireside chat.
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Professor Malancha Gupta Selected to Participate in NAE’s 2012 FOEE Symposium
October 05, 2012
Malancha Gupta, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering has been selected to participate in this year’s Frontiers of Engineering Education, a symposium that brings together highly innovative educators at the forefront of creative learning methods.
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ClearPath Clears Your Path
September 28, 2012
ClearPath created by Professor Cyrus Shahabi and Ugur Demiryurek aims at providing the quickest and most accurate route for drivers who are tired of being stuck in traffic.
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USC Viterbi Student Wins Astronaut Scholarship
September 25, 2012
The Astronaut Scholarship is the largest STEM merit award given in the United States
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Space Engineering Research Center Launches Nanosatellite
September 20, 2012
The size of a loaf of bread, Aeneas is the first nanosatellite able to track an object on the Earth's surface
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Viterbi Research Opens Doors for New Harmful Gas Capture Technology
September 20, 2012
Viterbi School researcher Malancha Gupta's lab is making robust plastic shells for hard-to-handle ionic liquids; the work shows promise for environmental and energy fields.
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New Student Luau
September 18, 2012
To capture the voices of our incoming class of undergraduate students, USC Viterbi posed the question, "When did you first fall in love with Engineering?"
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ClariTrac: MEPC 2012 Winners
September 12, 2012
Fariborz Maseeh's 2nd annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) awarded $50,000 to USC Viterbi medical startup team ClariTrac. The award will fund development costs for the team's needle-based breast biopsy device.
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In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Irving S. Reed, 88
September 11, 2012
One of the outstanding engineers of the past century, Reed made fundamental contributions to digital computers, communications, and radar.
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Kirk Shung and Biomedical Engineering Receive $6 Million NIH Grant
September 04, 2012
The professor of biomedical engineering has been awarded the new grant to further study on high ultrasonic transducer technology.
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Q&A with Ken Richardson
September 04, 2012
Ken Richardson, USC Viterbi alum and former president and COO of Hughes Aircraft Company, looks back on his time at Hughes and how our country’s emphasis on science and technology has changed during his lifetime.
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Astani Department Students Win Best Paper Awards
August 31, 2012
Ph.D. students Charles DeVore and Hadi Meidani lauded at EMI/PMC 2012
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Studying Everyday Eye Movements Could Aid in Diagnosis of Neurological Disorders
August 30, 2012
USC-led team has designed a low-cost, easily-deployed method for detecting ADHD, Parkinson’s, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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August 28, 2012
SUMMER OF '69: Professor James Moore on the passing of Neil Armstrong, his boyhood idol from Auglaize County, Ohio
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Iridescent Provides A Childhood of Science
August 23, 2012
Young children have their early exposure in science and engineering through Iridesecent. They learn the science of musical instruments and make their own instruments.
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Platinum Group Raises Gold Standard
August 22, 2012
Platinum Group Coatings, LLC, a participant in the second annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition, shows off its shiny new technology.
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Technology Review Recognizes Burcin Becerik-Gerber as One of the World’s Top Young Innovators
August 21, 2012
An assistant professor in the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Becerik-Gerber marks the sixth TR35 distinction for USC Viterbi in the last four years.
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Anita Sengupta: Cosmic Kismet
August 17, 2012
NASA-JPL systems engineer and Viterbi School alumna on early influences and designing Curiosity's parachute
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Viterbi School Summer Program for Indian Undergrads Wraps Up Successful Second Year
August 14, 2012
Raghu Raghavendra looked on as the latest crop of interns from top universities in India showed off research they did under top faculty mentors
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Jernej Barbic Releases Comprehensive 3D Deformable Object Library for Free
August 06, 2012
General purpose modeling software “Vega” will allow a wide range of users to simulate in real time
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ISI's Pedagogical Games Project Celebrates First Year Implementation at High School
August 02, 2012
Jihie Kim and Erin Shaw are continuing to use interest in videogames as leverage in teaching math and collaborative skills to at-risk secondary students.
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Hey, I'm Over Here: Men and Women See Things Differently
August 01, 2012
USC researchers show that men and women focus on different things when paying attention and are drawn away by different types of distractions
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Summer Camp Fuels Children’s Science Heat at USC Viterbi
July 31, 2012
"These kids . . . will be our next astronauts, our next civil engineers, our next presidents of the United States."
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USC Has Its 40th Olympian – a Ph.D. student in Engineering
July 30, 2012
The long list of Trojans competing in 2012 London Games goes up to 40.
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USC-Headquartered Consortium to Research Energy Production  Seismic Hazards
July 27, 2012
The Viterbi School's Fred Aminzadeh will direct a wide ranging effort to answer the questions raised in a recent NRC report: “Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies"
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The University of Space Combustion
July 26, 2012
USC Viterbi undergraduate students conduct combustion research experiment aboard NASA's retrofit Boeing 727-200 low-gravity flight simulator.
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USC-Chevron Summer Camp Trains Future Energy Engineers
July 25, 2012
The USC-Chevron Frontiers of Energy Resources Summer Camp enters its fourth year of educating the next generation on the state of energy resources.
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Less Regret: New 'Multi-Armed Bandit' Algorithm Gauges Unknown Odds More Quickly and Efficiently
July 24, 2012
Ming Hsieh Ph.D. student Yi Gai is co-author of a paper finding a new solution to old and tricky statistical problem, a method with possible applications in real world applications
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USC Viterbi Robotics Receives Award to Purchase State-of-the-Art Robot
July 23, 2012
Department of Defense research award will allow a Willow Garage PR2 robot to become a permanent part of the USC robotics collection
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 The Puzzler
July 19, 2012
A two-time "Jeopardy" champ with a master's in literature has morphed into a soon-to-be Ph.D. designer of serious video games. His passion? Adding complex, innovative puzzles to games.
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Viterbi Contribution Catalyzed New Film on a Scientist in Love
July 18, 2012
Writer-Director Valerie Weiss Ph.D., Biophysics was a participant in Martin Gundersen's Catalyst Project aimed at bringing science and scientists into entertainment as subjects and participants
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USC Viterbi Students Take Top Honors at 2012 AI Mashup Challenge
July 16, 2012
USC students won prizes for mashup apps CareerGalaxy, Hugos and WhatsGoingOn, all created in a recent computer science course
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Father and Son Are Model Mentors
July 12, 2012
Helping undergraduates learn is a key Viterbi School focus — and Larry and Mark Redekopp are leading the way
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ISI Researchers Organize Geoscience Cooperation as Part of NSF Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
July 11, 2012
The Viterbi School’s Information Sciences Institute (ISI) is playing a leading role in an effort to make earth science and geological research more effective, collaborative, and efficient.
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USC Viterbi Launches Alliance to Bring the World to Students
July 09, 2012
iPodia partnership creates a virtual classroom that allows students from around the globe to collaborate and learn together
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Solar System Recycles Carbon Dioxide into Fuel by a New Route
July 05, 2012
Hsieh Department faculty member Stephen Cronin's catalytic systems match frequencies of incoming light energy to electrical plasmon impulses on metal to create potential tools for energy sustainability
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Professor Ellis Meng Recognized as One of MD+DI’s 40 Under 40
July 04, 2012
Ellis Meng, Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is chosen as one of MD+DI’s 40 Medtech Innovators Under 40 for her entrepreneurship, leadership and research to advance medical micro-devices.
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Professor Malancha Gupta Awarded Prestigious ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Grant
July 03, 2012
Malancha Gupta, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science is awarded a Doctoral New Investigator grant from ACS PRF for her proposal, “Green Solventless Fabrication of Ionic Liquid/Polymer Composites Using Vapor Phase Polymerization”.
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Shang-Hua Teng Returns to Research After Productive Term as CS Department Chair
July 03, 2012
The prizewinning algorithm theorist looks forward to concentrating on computer science
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USC Viterbi on the Search for Amelia
July 02, 2012
On the 75th anniversary of her disappearance, experts with the USC Aviation Safety and Security Program reflect on Earhart’s fated last flight.
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Young Alumnus Q&A: Ali Fakhari on Entrepreneurship and the Future of Engineering and Business
June 29, 2012
Entrepreneur and 2002 USC Viterbi valedictorian Ali Fakhari discusses deep diving into business. From life at Bain & Company, to Harvard Business School, Fakhari traces his path to WikiLoan and Ivy Venture Capital.
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Viterbi School's Shinyi Wu Develops E-Prescribing Toolkits
June 28, 2012
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) began distributing the Epstein Department developed software packages June 12
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USC Viterbi Announces New Degree in Nuclear Engineering
June 26, 2012
New Master's Degree Program to focus on nuclear safety and security, launching online this fall
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USC Viterbi Scientists Twist Light to Send Data
June 25, 2012
Alan Willner and team demonstrate that beams of light can be twisted and combined to transmit data at dramatically increased speeds
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USC Interaction Lab’s Journey to the 2012 World Science Festival
June 21, 2012
Professor Maja Matarić and Ph.D Research Fellow Ross Mead Demo Bandit the Socially Assistive Robot
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Air Force Office of Scientific Research Recognizes Young Faculty From USC Viterbi
June 20, 2012
The Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program recognizes Morteza Dehghani and Greg Ver Steeg
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SC Engineering Students Build a Racecar, Compete in a National Competition
June 20, 2012
SC Racing team gear up for Formula Society of Automotive Engineers competition with their stronger, faster and more reliable racecar
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Robots Get a Feel for the World at USC Viterbi
June 18, 2012
Robots equipped with tactile sensor better able to identify materials through touch than humans, enabling more useful prostheses
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Junior Faculty from USC Viterbi Win DARPA Young Faculty Awards
June 14, 2012
Professors Andrea Hodge and Jongseung Yoon to receive funding and mentoring to develop their research ideas.
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June 13, 2012
USC Viterbi scientists to crunch the largest amount of basketball data ever gathered
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Winners of the Viterbi Undergraduate Mentoring Research Award
June 12, 2012
Two engineering Ph.D. students, Ashley Maker and Ross Mead receive award for their work with undergraduates
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Fei Sha Wins Army Research Office Young Investigator Award
June 11, 2012
Funded for three years, Sha's research will focus on adapting intelligent systems to unknown operating environments.
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USC MESA Team Nabs Top Ten Slot in Worldwide Robotics Competition
June 08, 2012
Students from Manual Arts High School place eighth in the Zero Robotics Autonomous Capture Challenge
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Student Spotlight: Matthew Orr's Race to Space
June 07, 2012
Winner of 2012 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and leader of USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (USCRPL) discusses his passion for space and a possible future in academia
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Editorial: SpaceX and the Future of Astronautical Engineering
June 06, 2012
USC Viterbi astronautics chair on the significance of the recent SpaceX flight
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USC Viterbi Hosts 4th Annual MESA Robotics Challenge
June 04, 2012
Middle and high schoolers from around Southern California bring their class-made robots to the USC campus
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Professor Milind Tambe Receives Prestigious 2012 IBM Faculty Award
June 04, 2012
Milind Tambe, Professor of Computer Science and Industrial and Systems Engineering, receives an IBM Faculty Award for his proposal on a computational game-theoretic approach aimed at enhancing public safety, security and welfare.
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In 2012, University Professor Solomon W. Golomb celebrated his 80th birthday and 50 Years at USC Viterbi
May 29, 2012
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering was named after the young graduate student he mentored many years ago
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Visions of Voices
May 25, 2012
Sophisticated MRI imaging systems allow the Viterbi School's Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab to decode the mechanisms of speech
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USC's Interdisciplinary X PRIZE Class Asks Students to Tackle Global Issues
May 23, 2012
Currently in its third year, the 2012 class addressed problems related to infrastructure in urban areas.
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Electrical Engineering Spring Festival Showcases Student Research
May 22, 2012
Ming Hsieh and Dean Yannis C. Yortsos present awards for EE excellence
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Viterbi School and Departments Recognize Remarkable Undergraduates
May 18, 2012
Viterbi School Valedictorian Heather Chen was one of many receiving awards May 8 at a ceremony in Town & Gown.
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Capstone Projects Show Off KIUEL Ingenuity
May 17, 2012
Senior year for some Viterbi students is a chance to create original projects, dealing with real-world problems and issues in “Capstone Classes” and then present them in the Archimedes Plaza
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'The World is Yours,'  Grad Commencement Speaker Says. 'Go Get It!'
May 12, 2012
A rousing speech by alumnus Feng Deng galvanized graduate degree recipients gathered in Galen Hall
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What Dreams May Come
May 11, 2012
Viterbi’s 2012 undergraduate commencement: a valedictorian’s memories and Dr. Dan Barry’s 14-year journey to conquer space
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Evaluating Metrolink’s Deployment of Positive Train Control
May 11, 2012
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering has been funded by the FTA to complete a research study of the implementation of Metrolink’s new Positive Train Control (PTC) system
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ISI's DeterLab Turns Students Into Valuable Job Candidates
May 10, 2012
Research Professor Young Cho uses the cybersecurity testbed in his classes, providing students hands-on experience valuable to future employers
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Professor C.-C. Jay Kuo and His Cohort of 111 Ph.D. Alumni
May 10, 2012
USC Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science C.-C. Jay Kuo has graduated 111 Ph.D. students since his Media Communications Lab’s inception in 1989.
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The Lau Sisters: Viterbi’s Own Trojan Family
May 10, 2012
Four Sisters share their Viterbi experience and where education at the school has led them
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First Five Kuwait Petroleum Engineers Receive Viterbi M.S. Degrees at 2012 Commencement
May 10, 2012
'The contract has been renewed and we expect during the next two years at least 10-15 more KOC employees to receive degrees via the DEN course delivery system'
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Research, Service and Excellence
May 09, 2012
2012 Faculty Staff Awards luncheon a time of celebration, renewal
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Muscle Beach Slackline Turns Viterbi Biomedical Laboratory
May 09, 2012
Francisco Valero-Cuevas and collaborators from Harvard University probe the physiological hows of a balancing act
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Viterbi Students Honored With Order of the Torch
May 08, 2012
Two members of Viterbi’s senior class selected as members of the Order of the Torch, one of USC’s highest student accolades
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How to Prepare for an Anthrax Terror Attack
May 08, 2012
Maged Dessouky's Epstein Department team calculates the contingencies: where to put lifesaving drugs and how much in each location
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USC Viterbi research on transient plasma ignites interest at the China Maritime trade show in Hong Kong
May 04, 2012
The TCC Institute for Emissions Reduction in Marine Diesel Engines presents a new approach to marine diesel engine emissions.
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USC Viterbi School Hosts Sixth Annual Joint Symposium with Tsinghua University
May 04, 2012
USC hosts a two-day workshop on Green Technology and Energy Informatics
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USC Viterbi's Information Sciences Institute Turns 40
April 27, 2012
"ISI has been an outstanding creative force in all aspects of digital science throughout the four decades since its founding," said USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos.
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Janus Will Monitor Multiple Data Flows to Look for Realtime Trouble
April 26, 2012
Five researchers in the Viterbi School's Integrated Media Systems Center will pool their skills to develop "event detection"
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Professor Milind Tambe Awarded IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award for 2012
April 25, 2012
Milind Tambe, Professor of Computer Science and Industrial and Systems Engineering, receives the 2012 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award for his 1997 paper “Towards Flexible Teamwork".
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Viterbi-led Initiative in Game Theory and Human Behavior Crosses Multiple Disciplinary Lines
April 19, 2012
Computer Scientist Milind Tambe brought together more than 50 USC faculty to use fusions of mathematics, engineering and social science to solve complex and pressing problems. The group's first symposium took place Friday, April 20.
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Fabian Rojas Barrales Wins the University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
April 19, 2012
Sonny Astani Teaching Assistant Fabian Rojas Barrales won one of the three University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards at the University of Southern California’s 31st Annual Honors Convocation.
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Professor Alan Willner Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
April 16, 2012
Alan Willner receives a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for 2012-2013.
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2nd Annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize (MEPC) Stellar Success
April 06, 2012
Fariborz Maseeh's 2nd annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) awards $50,000 to USC Viterbi medical startup team ClariTrac
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USC Joins $10 Million Effort to Build Social Robots
April 05, 2012
The work will be funded by the National Science Foundation's Expeditions in Computing.
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IMSC Presents the Results of a Year's Work on 'Geo-Immersion'
April 03, 2012
Cyrus Shahabi hosted a day of exploration of the newest work at the Viterbi School's Integrated Media Systems Center, which he directs
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ONR’s 2012 Young Investigator Program Awards Three Viterbi Faculty
April 02, 2012
The Office of Naval Research awards three faculty members with the Young Investigator Program award.
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USC Trustee Ray Irani Named Judge Widney Professor
March 21, 2012
The Occidental Petroleum Chairman and energy expert's appointment is held jointly in USC Viterbi and USC Dornsife
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90 Viterbi Computer Science Doctoral Candidates Display Latest Work to Faculty, Each Other and Prospective Classmates
March 16, 2012
Chair Shanghua Teng and Professor Gaurav Sukhatme: "We are proud of our PhD students and the cutting-edge research they do"
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Claude Shannon's 64-Year Information Legacy Celebrated by 2012 Viterbi Lecturer
March 16, 2012
Princeton's Sergio Verdú reunites with USC student daughter, Viterbi School professor protegée, and many distinguished colleagues
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One year after the Japan tsunami, USC engineers help California's ports prepare
March 11, 2012
Patrick Lynett leads the new research, which will look at a tsunami's "phantom currents" that arrive late and can cause considerable damage
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Urbashi Mitra Presents “TeleHealth” Research at NAE National Meeting
March 09, 2012
The electrical engineering professor spoke as part of the NAE's Gilbreth Lectures, which recognize outstanding young engineers.
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Dean Yortsos, USC Viterbi Engineers Reconnect at Annual India Alumni Dinner
February 29, 2012
Former Viterbi students enjoy night of cocktails and conversation in Bangalore.
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2012 Dorman Lecture Explores 'The Hidden Costs of Energy'
February 20, 2012
For a blue ribbon audience, CMU President Jared Cohon explored the public expenses not paid for at the pump or on the power bill
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NSF GK-12 'Body Engineering Los Angeles' Program Kicks Off at Viterbi School
February 14, 2012
Krishna Nayak will work with three graduate fellows developing new Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) resources in and for local schools
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Ray Irani, Michael Waterman Elected to National Academy of Engineering
February 09, 2012
The USC trustee and USC scholar receive one of engineering's highest professional distinctions.
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USC Viterbi Joins USC Delegation to Brazil
February 03, 2012
During the visit, Dean Yortsos and others met with top universities, corporations, policymakers and alumni.
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Enter the Dragon: Luck, Water and a Side of Spring Rolls
January 31, 2012
Viterbi students celebrate the 2012 Chinese New Year
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Solomon W. Golomb Receives William Procter Prize
January 26, 2012
The distinguished university professor and communications theory specialist adds Sigma Xi's highest honor to his list of accomplishments.
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USC Viterbi's ISI Executive Director Herbert Schorr Announces Plans to Step Down
January 24, 2012
The longtime Information Sciences Institute leader will continue to serve while a search committee finds a successor, and plans to maintain his association with the Viterbi School
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Manbir Singh, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, 67
January 23, 2012
A pioneer in biomedical imaging technology, Singh joined USC's Department of Radiology in 1977 and was jointly appointed in Biomedical Engineering in 1988.
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Alan Willner Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
January 19, 2012
Willner is a Fellow of five organizations, the highest ranking of any professional society
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Dude, Where’s My Parking Space?
January 18, 2012
A mobile laboratory: USC Viterbi’s new Audi smart car sparks ideas on intelligent parking, outwitting traffic and personalizing the driving experience.
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Julie Higle Joins USC Viterbi to Lead Epstein Department
January 16, 2012
Newly named Industrial and Systems Engineering Department chair comes from success at Ohio State University
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Lucio Soibelman Named Chair of USC Viterbi's Astani Department
January 16, 2012
Brazilian-born specialist comes to Viterbi by way of MIT and Carnegie Mellon
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Viterbi Students Honored by Transportation Planners
January 09, 2012
Undergrads Rosa Lau and Christine Mercado win scholarships from the L.A. chapter of WTS
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