2013

USC Viterbi Computer Science professor Clifford Neuman talks about data theft and how to protect against it

Levels of dangerous air particulates jump 30% due to burning cheaper fuel sources

USC ACM-ICPC Southern California Champion Third Time Running

A first person account of testing a game at Demo Day

Tambe honored for transformative advances in computing

USC Viterbi Professor Yong Chen and his team have developed a 3D printing process that is not only faster, but can model and fabricate heterogeneous objects.

The 4th annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition unveils a new wave of highly-mentored, engineer-lead start-ups.

USC featured in "The CNN 10: Inventions"

In his “The Art and Adventure of a Startup” class, Ashish Soni helps students cultivate the cognitive, emotional and leadership skills necessary to succeed as future CEO’s of startup ventures.

A conversation with MacGyver creator Lee David Zlotoff

Yong Chen and team speed up 3D printing of heterogeneous objects

The operations research and systems engineering expert is expected to have a substantial impact at USC Viterbi.

Stephen Cronin and his team of researchers are pioneering a new technology known as plasmonic catalysis, which will allow us to store solar energy for use when the sun is not shining.

Editorial by L.A.'s new mayor: the future of tech in the City of Angels

How a USC Viterbi alumnus keeps our mobile devices safe

USC Viterbi's Biomedical Simulations Resource (BMSR) celebrates three decades of funding for innovative work in modeling and simulation.

In order to learn critical career skills, Michael Bachman pursued his M.S. in Engineering Management while tripling his Google engineering team to nearly 75 employees and raising a family

How software falls apart and USC Viterbi Professor Neno Medvidovic helps put it back together

Petraeus meets with biomedical engineering faculty and students during campus visit

The USC Viterbi Startup Garage’s Demo Day showcased the next wave of hot new local high-tech companies, all led by USC Viterbi students and alumni.

Objectives are to support the specific academic Departments and their mission

USC Viterbi's Louis-Philippe Morency and his Institute for Creative Technologies team have created a virtual human named "Ellie" to converse with PTSD sufferers to help them heal.

Willner to serve as president during OSA's 100th Anniversary in 2016

USC Viterbi alumnus Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is helping to build one of the world’s most sustainable cities in a Middle Eastern desert

In the past, genetics researchers had to find hundreds of people for every study they started. Now, the USC Information Sciences Institute has reduced that search to a few keystrokes.

Dr. Stacey Finley’s research is all about computation. But she can’t calculate the impact she’ll have on students.

Electrical engineer Bhaskar Krishnamachari’s research could make it possible for vehicles to “talk” to each other to improve safety.

This annual award acknowledges a WTS Los Angeles (formerly the Women's Transportation Seminar, Los Angeles Chapter) member who has made extraordinary contributions to the success of the organization

USC Viterbi student Jason Silverman received a $10,000 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) scholarship on Oct. 3, presented to him by Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham

USC Viterbi and Annenberg schools measure media impact.

The USC Signal Analysis Interpretation Lab (SAIL) wins in the 2013 Interspeech Challenge for a record fourth time

Viterbi PhD students’ effort wins best paper award at the top conference, Interspeech 2013

USC Viterbi School Dean Yannis C. Yortsos shares his vision about engineering and the Viterbi School’s many contributions to the field and society at large

Although millions of Americans cannot see, USC Viterbi Professor Gerard Medioni’s new “seeing-eye” technology can help them get around safely, making their lives easier.

In quest for space, USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory launches their largest, most advanced rocket yet

USC Viterbi's ISI leads CA effort in Pres. Obama’s NNMI Initiative

USC Viterbi graduate student Roland De Marco helps with the Costa Concordia salvage operation in Italy

Laurent Itti develops algorithms for visual processing inspired by the human brain

Professor Andrea Armani is one of Popular Science’s “Brilliant 10”

USC Viterbi students and alumni-led companies, including AIO Robotics and GymFlow, get a boost in the marketplace through the USC Startup Garage.

New Assistant Professor Nestor Perez-Arancibia Explores the World of Flying Microrobotics

Maged Dessouky writes algorithms to optimize a disruptive industry

Jong-Shi Pang, an expert in optimization and operations research, joins the USC Viterbi faculty this fall as the new Epstein Family Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

The USC Viterbi Startup Garage, a business venture for engineering-led new student businesses, aims to create the next Facebook in Los Angeles.

A strong family support system and USC outreach programs for underserved students helped Eduardo Avila realize his dream of attending USC Viterbi.

USC Viterbi School of Engineering Dean Yannis Yortsos Elected to the Academy of Athens

USC Viterbi Startup Garage founder Ashish Soni has injected entrepreneurship into the Viterbi School to unleash students’ inner Mark Zuckerberg.

With Li’s selection, the USC Viterbi School has amassed more “Top Innovators Under 35” amongst its full-time junior faculty than any university since 2009

Ulrich Neumann, Suya You and team work to turn 3-D point clouds into interactive models

Through his mentorship, USC Viterbi Professor Francisco Valero-Cuevas breaks down cultural barriers and provides aspiring engineers with the opportunity to reach their goals

“You have the rest of your life to work at some big company”

The NSF’s Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) award will fund work on a system for the early detection of shunt malfunctions in people with excessive brain fluid with a $2-Million grant

A joint project by the USC Institute for Creative Technologies and the USC Shoah Foundation leverages advanced technology to continue the conversation about the Holocaust.

Nora Ayanian, new assistant professor in computer science, strives to make robots accessible to the masses.

USC Viterbi Places 3rd among North American teams at the World Finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest

Mica Endsley, Ph.D., ’90, assumed post June 1

How one ExxonMobil employee endured three location changes, one job change and still earned her master’s degree from one of the top engineering schools in the nation, all from thousands of miles away

Tsunami Expert Patrick Lynett Travels the Globe to Better Understand and Protect Against Waves of Destruction.

USC alumnus José Roberto Boisson de Marca aims to advance technology and solve global problems as IEEE president

USC Viterbi professor Behrokh Khoshnevis will present his NASA-funded Contour Crafting research to Congress and top NASA officials at NASA's annual Technology Day at the U.S. Capital.

USC Viterbi faculty discuss possible causes and factors that contributed to the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash at the San Francisco International Airport on July 6

New research by USC professor Michelle Povinelli shows how light can be used to move microscopic particles and create reconfigurable structures in real-time

USC Viterbi students assist the sustainability project on Lanai

This summer, 17 students from the Masdar Institute in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) participated in a two-week continuing education program at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.

Electrical Engineering Alumni Stay Connected in San Jose

Former Raytheon Executive Prem Natarajan Takes the Helm of ISI

Exploring the benefits of a shared learning experience

Desiree Webster-Zuber, along with her colleagues at the USC Rocket Lab, are planning to make history when they launch their custom-built rocket Traveler this fall. The team hopes to become the first university to get to space.

How cell phones can help us monitor our health

USC Viterbi Professor Cyrus Shahabi is developing an intelligent surveillance system that can help law enforcement detect and eradicate threats of mass destruction.

Thought leaders from Southern California discuss challenges facing American engineering

USC Viterbi School of Engineering faculty won three grants for collaborations between the two world renowned universities, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) for Targeted Strategic Partnerships.

Northrop Grumman and USCEI work together to improve protection of critical infrastructure

ABI recognizes Prof. Matarić's innovative work in socially assistive robotics

The Airbus Institute for Engineering Research (AIER) will foster a partnership between the aerospace company, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and two Korean Universities

USC representatives celebrated ten years of successful partnership between Chevron and Viterbi School of Engineering.

USC Viterbi's IMSC is recognized for its education and research in location analytics

Northrop Grumman and USC Viterbi join forces to combat cyber security threats

MediaQ, short for MediaQuest, makes searching for video content easier in the Internet age.

This fall, USC Viterbi students can pursue a Master's degree in Cyber Security

Graduation Day 2013: On a day of 12,000 USC graduates, Trojan engineers are tasked to "create the world that never was."

USC Viterbi Computer Scientist Undertakes Pioneering Quantum Computing Research

At the 6th annual Demo Day, students of the No. 1 ranked video game program showcase their work

Carol Bartz and N.R. Narayana Murthy will speak at the 2013 Viterbi Commencement Ceremonies

An award from DARPA puts the Viterbi School at the forefront of a new science frontier

Financial Engineering Program teaches graduate students the inner workings of global economics

Researchers find that, the more friends a user follows on Twitter, the less information they see and absorb

Teaching robots to navigate cluttered spaces

A surfing accident left Viterbi School Ph.D. student Ryan Williams a quadriplegic, but his drive and USC’s distance-learning program have allowed him to pursue his academic dreams

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded USC more contracts than any other university in the nation.

The Viterbi School Launches $500 Million Fundraising Initiative

How a TV show on Syfy is getting people excited about robotics

Early warning system: USC Viterbi students deploy robots to help marine biologists better predict dangerous ocean activity before it becomes deadly.

Eun Sok Kim, chair of the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering - Electrophysics, and Ph.D. candidate Qian Zhang discover a new way to convert the natural vibrational energy of bridges into electrical power.

Restoring sight to the blind: After 25 years, Mark Humayun ushers in world’s first commercially available artificial retina

USC Viterbi's David Chiang hopes to preserve dying languages for their cultural and scientific value.

Philipp Koehn (PhD ’03) is nominated for his work in machine translation

The School's New Emerging Leaders Board Meets for the First Time

The "Davos of engineering" is launched in London.

The Orange County Engineering Council recognizes the CiSoft Alliance for exceptional engineering

Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) Announces Winners

A mountain of data: analyzing every Medicare record since 1965, Professors Kesselman and Goldman may provide new insights on health care.

USC Viterbi's Dr. Paul Newton uses an algorithm like Google PageRank to map the spread of lung cancer in the body

Computer scientist leverages Big Data to better understand the world

USC Viterbi, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and United Talent Agency launch an LA-based technology accelerator

USC Viterbi, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and United Talent Agency launch an LA-based technology accelerator

After 20 years of research, Mark Humayun gains FDA approval for his artificial retina.

USC students Jimmy Liu and Jiangyang Zhang created a new application that measures the traffic of one of USC’s most popular venues on campus: the Lyon Center.

USC Viterbi Professor Chris Kyriakakis is the founder of Audyssey, an innovative application that enhances the audio experience for listeners worldwide.

Recent research reveals how beatboxers turn their mouth, throat and voice into a percussion instrument.

Southern California schools will offer Vest Scholarships for research regarding the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering.

A multinational research team finds that 'focusing' can lead to larger tsunamis than was thought possible.

USC Viterbi's Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEMT) program joins the MEMPC.

U.S. News & World Report ranks USC Viterbi in top ten Best Graduate Schools of Engineering and No. 1 in Best Online Graduate Engineering Program.

The Much-Decorated USC Viterbi Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Professor Revolutionized the Field of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Cybersecurity expert Terry Benzel addressed members of Congress about cyber security research and development.

Massoud Pirbazari, a professor at the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, works on a new project to help solve the water crisis

Cioffi delivered his talk titled "Ubiquitous Cost-Effective Gigabit Per Second Broadband Access: It's Coming, And Not The Way You Think!" on February 28.

The Anita Borg Institute awards Maja Matarić the 2013 Women of Vision Award in Innovation for her work in robotics.

Chemical engineer plans to deepen research on porous polymer coatings

Viterbi Professor Shinyi Wu uses technology to improve communication between low-income diabetics and their medical providers.

Kevin Shen Wins USC Global Health Case Competition

A Software Program Created by USC Viterbi Computer Scientist Milind Tambe Protects U.S. Ports from Terrorists.

USC hosts the IBM Watson Case Competition, where students compete to find practical uses for Watson, IBM's supercomputer

USC Viterbi Professor Stephen Lu redefines innovation at the 2013 NASSCOM India Leadership Forum.

Dean Yannis C. Yortsos speaks about the NAE Grand Challenges and pays homage to NAE President Chuck Vest and his vision.

USC students and their classmates from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) participate in iPodia, a unique program that ushers in a truly global classroom.

Matarić received this distinction for her work using robots to improve human health.

ME undergrad team repairs Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's iconic thermometer, perennially stuck at 70-degrees for the past few decades.

Google's VP of Product shares his professional journey with a a full house

"Junk" RNA segments seem to play highly significant roles in gene expression, says a new Journal of Computational Biology paper authored by USC Viterbi graduate student Jing Zhang

How can a researcher manipulate a fragile cell four ten-thousandths of an inch in diameter without injuring it? The USC Ultrasonic Transducer Resource Center has devised a way

Ted Berger's lab creates a large-scale computational model of brain memory encoding

Communications pioneer and mathematical genius Solomon Golomb receives the nation’s top honor for scientists

Michael Khoo's group's findings indicate that autonomic nervous system dysfunction is part of the disease

Viterbi School's James Moore leads a coalition of organizations in accurately predicting the national economic consequences of major bridge failures

Professor Adam Fincham and Surf Champion Kelly Slater Develop the Perfect Wave

The emerging field of behavioral signal processing might hold the key to better couples' counseling

Cyrus Shahabi's team is working with METRANS on a new way to gather and understand traffic data — a way that may improve car navigation systems and much more

Robert Lucas of the Information Sciences Institute will direct the $15M SUPER initiative, which will include 10 other elite universities and laboratories

In a Nature Communications paper, Assistant Professor Jongseung Yoon describes big steps toward realizing a long-tantalizing energy vision

Professor John Slaughter recounts his childhood in segregated Topeka, Kansas and reflects on the continued need for diversity in engineering in America today.

Continually innovating for more than 40 years, online engineering education at Viterbi is recognized with superlative rankings by U.S. News and World Report

USC and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum recently signed an agreement to renew the highly successful Viterbi-India summer research program at least until 2016