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2013

2013 Viterbi News


Credit Card Security Breach at Target
December 20, 2013
USC Viterbi Computer Science professor Clifford Neuman talks about data theft and how to protect against it
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Greek Economic Crisis Increases Air Pollution
December 20, 2013
Levels of dangerous air particulates jump 30% due to burning cheaper fuel sources
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Programming Victory
December 13, 2013
USC ACM-ICPC Southern California Champion Third Time Running
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Games in Full Bloom
December 12, 2013
A first person account of testing a game at Demo Day
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Milind Tambe Named a 2013 ACM Fellow
December 10, 2013
Tambe honored for transformative advances in computing
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USC Viterbi Researchers Cut Time To 3D-Print Heterogeneous Objects From Hours To Minutes
December 05, 2013
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.
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19 Teams. One Winner. No Losers.
December 02, 2013
The 4th annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition unveils a new wave of highly-mentored, engineer-lead start-ups.
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In the 10
November 21, 2013
USC featured in "The CNN 10: Inventions"
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Leadership of the Mind
November 21, 2013
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.
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“The world needs a hero like MacGyver now.”
November 21, 2013
A conversation with MacGyver creator Lee David Zlotoff
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3D Printing Multi-Material Objects Just Got Faster
November 20, 2013
Yong Chen and team speed up 3D printing of heterogeneous objects
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Jong-Shi Pang Named Epstein Family Chair
November 15, 2013
The operations research and systems engineering expert is expected to have a substantial impact at USC Viterbi.
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A New Solution for Solar
November 14, 2013
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.
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Geek Chic
November 12, 2013
Editorial by L.A.'s new mayor: the future of tech in the City of Angels
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Is Brad Pitt's Phone at Risk?
November 08, 2013
How a USC Viterbi alumnus keeps our mobile devices safe
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30 Years of Excellence
November 07, 2013
USC Viterbi's Biomedical Simulations Resource (BMSR) celebrates three decades of funding for innovative work in modeling and simulation.
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Google This: Completing a Master’s Degree While Working and Raising a Family
October 31, 2013
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
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Frankencode
October 30, 2013
How software falls apart and USC Viterbi Professor Neno Medvidovic helps put it back together
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Retired Gen. David Petraeus Visits USC Viterbi
October 30, 2013
Petraeus meets with biomedical engineering faculty and students during campus visit
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Start Me Up
October 24, 2013
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.
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Department Advisory Boards meet to help advise and champion USC Viterbi
October 21, 2013
Objectives are to support the specific academic Departments and their mission
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A Virtual Therapist
October 18, 2013
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.
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Optical Society Elects USC Viterbi’s Alan Willner as 2014 Vice President
October 17, 2013
Willner to serve as president during OSA's 100th Anniversary in 2016
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City of Dreams
October 15, 2013
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
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A Better Search for Cures
October 14, 2013
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.
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Counting Toward a Cancer Cure
October 11, 2013
Dr. Stacey Finley’s research is all about computation. But she can’t calculate the impact she’ll have on students.
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October 10, 2013
Electrical engineer Bhaskar Krishnamachari’s research could make it possible for vehicles to “talk” to each other to improve safety.
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Jim Moore Receives WTS Los Angeles Member of the Year Award
October 10, 2013
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
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USC Astronautical Engineering Student Wins Astronaut Scholarship
October 04, 2013
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
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Sure, You Liked Mad Men, But Did it Change Your Life?
October 03, 2013
USC Viterbi and Annenberg schools measure media impact.
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A Four-Peat Win for USC Viterbi SAIL
October 03, 2013
The USC Signal Analysis Interpretation Lab (SAIL) wins in the 2013 Interspeech Challenge for a record fourth time
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Research making noisy audio cleaner wins best paper award
October 03, 2013
Viterbi PhD students’ effort wins best paper award at the top conference, Interspeech 2013
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Dean Yortsos Celebrates USC Viterbi in State of the School Speech
October 01, 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
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The New Seeing-Eye Dog
October 01, 2013
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.
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Traveler, the White Rocket
September 25, 2013
In quest for space, USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory launches their largest, most advanced rocket yet
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USC ISI Advances to Next Round for Federal Manufacturing Initiative Proposal
September 23, 2013
USC Viterbi's ISI leads CA effort in Pres. Obama’s NNMI Initiative
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Learning by Salvaging
September 18, 2013
USC Viterbi graduate student Roland De Marco helps with the Costa Concordia salvage operation in Italy
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How Machines Can See Like Us
September 17, 2013
Laurent Itti develops algorithms for visual processing inspired by the human brain
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The Brilliant Armani
September 16, 2013
Professor Andrea Armani is one of Popular Science’s “Brilliant 10”
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USC Viterbi Startup Garage Accelerates Tech Companies Like AIO Robotics
September 15, 2013
USC Viterbi students and alumni-led companies, including AIO Robotics and GymFlow, get a boost in the marketplace through the USC Startup Garage.
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Robo-Insects Come to USC Viterbi
September 09, 2013
New Assistant Professor Nestor Perez-Arancibia Explores the World of Flying Microrobotics
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The Future of Ride-Sharing
September 05, 2013
Maged Dessouky writes algorithms to optimize a disruptive industry
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Solving the Grand Challenges with Mathematical Models
September 03, 2013
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.
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Enterprising Engineers
August 27, 2013
The USC Viterbi Startup Garage, a business venture for engineering-led new student businesses, aims to create the next Facebook in Los Angeles.
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Coming Home
August 27, 2013
A strong family support system and USC outreach programs for underserved students helped Eduardo Avila realize his dream of attending USC Viterbi.
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Academy of Athens
August 23, 2013
USC Viterbi School of Engineering Dean Yannis Yortsos Elected to the Academy of Athens
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A True Believer
August 22, 2013
USC Viterbi Startup Garage founder Ashish Soni has injected entrepreneurship into the Viterbi School to unleash students’ inner Mark Zuckerberg.
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MIT Technology Review Names USC Viterbi’s Hao Li a Top Young Innovator
August 21, 2013
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
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Creating a Virtual World
August 19, 2013
Ulrich Neumann, Suya You and team work to turn 3-D point clouds into interactive models
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The Dream Maker
August 19, 2013
Through his mentorship, USC Viterbi Professor Francisco Valero-Cuevas breaks down cultural barriers and provides aspiring engineers with the opportunity to reach their goals
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A Day in the Life of the USC Viterbi Startup Garage
August 14, 2013
“You have the rest of your life to work at some big company”
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USC Viterbi Researchers receive NSF EFRI Grant
August 13, 2013
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
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Never Again
August 03, 2013
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.
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Why Won't The Robots Make Me a Sandwich?
August 02, 2013
Nora Ayanian, new assistant professor in computer science, strives to make robots accessible to the masses.
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Programming to Win
July 25, 2013
USC Viterbi Places 3rd among North American teams at the World Finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest
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Air Force Appoints USC Viterbi grad as Chief Scientist
July 24, 2013
Mica Endsley, Ph.D., ’90, assumed post June 1
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DEN@Viterbi Alumni Highlight - ExxonMobil
July 23, 2013
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
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Catch A Wave
July 19, 2013
Tsunami Expert Patrick Lynett Travels the Globe to Better Understand and Protect Against Waves of Destruction.
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Building A Global, Solutions-Focused IEEE
July 18, 2013
USC alumnus José Roberto Boisson de Marca aims to advance technology and solve global problems as IEEE president
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Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis Invited to Participate in NASA’s Technology Day on the Hill
July 17, 2013
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.
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USC Viterbi Faculty Weigh In On Asiana Airlines Crash
July 16, 2013
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
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Harnessing the Force of Light
July 15, 2013
New research by USC professor Michelle Povinelli shows how light can be used to move microscopic particles and create reconfigurable structures in real-time
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Green Technology in Paradise
July 10, 2013
USC Viterbi students assist the sustainability project on Lanai
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Masdar Institute Meets USC Viterbi
July 03, 2013
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.
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Ming Hsieh Institute Hosts Alumni Reception
July 02, 2013
Electrical Engineering Alumni Stay Connected in San Jose
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Moving ISI to New Levels of Excellence
July 01, 2013
Former Raytheon Executive Prem Natarajan Takes the Helm of ISI
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Learning Together
June 27, 2013
Exploring the benefits of a shared learning experience
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Continuing Sally Ride's Legacy
June 19, 2013
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.
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Call, Text, Exercise
June 13, 2013
How cell phones can help us monitor our health
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iWatch Can Help Fight Terror
June 12, 2013
USC Viterbi Professor Cyrus Shahabi is developing an intelligent surveillance system that can help law enforcement detect and eradicate threats of mass destruction.
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USC Viterbi Hosts National Engineering Forum Regional Dialogue
June 12, 2013
Thought leaders from Southern California discuss challenges facing American engineering
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USC Viterbi Faculty Win Grants in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Targeted Strategic Partnership Program
June 05, 2013
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.
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Northrop Grumman and USC Energy Institute Collaborate to Improve Security for the Oil and Gas Industry
June 04, 2013
Northrop Grumman and USCEI work together to improve protection of critical infrastructure
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Maja Matarić Honored at the Anita Borg Institute’s Women of Vision Awards Banquet
June 04, 2013
ABI recognizes Prof. Matarić's innovative work in socially assistive robotics
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Airbus Establishes Institute For Engineering Research At USC
May 30, 2013
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
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The USC–Chevron Center for Smart Oilfield Technologies (CiSoft) Celebrates its first decade
May 24, 2013
USC representatives celebrated ten years of successful partnership between Chevron and Viterbi School of Engineering.
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USC IMSC Receives 2013 Oracle Spatial and Graph Excellence Award
May 22, 2013
USC Viterbi's IMSC is recognized for its education and research in location analytics
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USC Viterbi Joins Northrop Grumman Cybersecurity Research Consortium
May 20, 2013
Northrop Grumman and USC Viterbi join forces to combat cyber security threats
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The Quest for Information
May 20, 2013
MediaQ, short for MediaQuest, makes searching for video content easier in the Internet age.
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USC Viterbi Offers New Master’s Program in Cyber Security
May 20, 2013
This fall, USC Viterbi students can pursue a Master's degree in Cyber Security
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Have Diploma, Will Innovate
May 16, 2013
Graduation Day 2013: On a day of 12,000 USC graduates, Trojan engineers are tasked to "create the world that never was."
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Ben Reichardt Wins NSF Career Award
May 15, 2013
USC Viterbi Computer Scientist Undertakes Pioneering Quantum Computing Research
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Grab a Controller and Play
May 14, 2013
At the 6th annual Demo Day, students of the No. 1 ranked video game program showcase their work
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USC Viterbi's 2013 Commencement Keynote Speakers
May 13, 2013
Carol Bartz and N.R. Narayana Murthy will speak at the 2013 Viterbi Commencement Ceremonies
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Big Possibilities in Big Data
May 06, 2013
An award from DARPA puts the Viterbi School at the forefront of a new science frontier
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Q&A With Professor Petros Ioannou
May 05, 2013
Financial Engineering Program teaches graduate students the inner workings of global economics
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On Twitter, More Friends Means Less (Effective) Information
May 01, 2013
Researchers find that, the more friends a user follows on Twitter, the less information they see and absorb
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Robots in the House
April 29, 2013
Teaching robots to navigate cluttered spaces
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A Beautiful Mind
April 29, 2013
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
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USC Viterbi Leads the Way at the DARPA
April 26, 2013
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded USC more contracts than any other university in the nation.
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Creating The World That Never Was
April 25, 2013
The Viterbi School Launches $500 Million Fundraising Initiative
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Outreach Through Robot Combat
April 23, 2013
How a TV show on Syfy is getting people excited about robotics
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Underwater Robots Help Scientists Demystify the Ocean
April 22, 2013
Early warning system: USC Viterbi students deploy robots to help marine biologists better predict dangerous ocean activity before it becomes deadly.
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Good Vibrations!
April 19, 2013
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.
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Sights Seen In the Mind’s Eye...
April 19, 2013
Restoring sight to the blind: After 25 years, Mark Humayun ushers in world’s first commercially available artificial retina
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A Loss of Words
April 15, 2013
USC Viterbi's David Chiang hopes to preserve dying languages for their cultural and scientific value.
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USC Viterbi Alumnus Nominated for 2013 European Inventor of the Year Award
April 12, 2013
Philipp Koehn (PhD ’03) is nominated for his work in machine translation
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Emerging Leaders Charting A Course For USC Viterbi's Future
April 08, 2013
The School's New Emerging Leaders Board Meets for the First Time
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Three National Academies of Engineering Launch First Global Summit on the Grand Challenges
April 08, 2013
The "Davos of engineering" is launched in London.
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CiSoft Alliance Wins OCEC 2013 Engineering Project of the Year Award
April 04, 2013
The Orange County Engineering Council recognizes the CiSoft Alliance for exceptional engineering
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Second Spectrum: MEPC 2013 Winner
April 03, 2013
Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) Announces Winners
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The Engineer, The Economist and Six Billion Medicare Records
April 01, 2013
A mountain of data: analyzing every Medicare record since 1965, Professors Kesselman and Goldman may provide new insights on health care.
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New Lung Cancer Study Takes Page from Google’s Playbook
March 28, 2013
USC Viterbi's Dr. Paul Newton uses an algorithm like Google PageRank to map the spread of lung cancer in the body
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Yan Liu Wins NSF Career Award
March 26, 2013
Computer scientist leverages Big Data to better understand the world
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March 26, 2013: Viterbi Startup Garage Launched to Stimulate Tech Marketplace in Los Angeles
March 26, 2013
USC Viterbi, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and United Talent Agency launch an LA-based technology accelerator
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Viterbi Startup Garage Launched to Stimulate Tech Marketplace in Los Angeles
March 26, 2013
USC Viterbi, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and United Talent Agency launch an LA-based technology accelerator
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Artificial Retina Restores Some Sight to the Blind
March 18, 2013
After 20 years of research, Mark Humayun gains FDA approval for his artificial retina.
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GymFlow App Helps Trojans Improve Workout Experience
March 18, 2013
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.
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Q&A With Professor Chris Kyriakakis
March 18, 2013
USC Viterbi Professor Chris Kyriakakis is the founder of Audyssey, an innovative application that enhances the audio experience for listeners worldwide.
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Viterbi Researchers Discover the Secrets of Beatboxing
March 18, 2013
Recent research reveals how beatboxers turn their mouth, throat and voice into a percussion instrument.
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USC Viterbi and Caltech to Offer Vest Scholarships
March 14, 2013
Southern California schools will offer Vest Scholarships for research regarding the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering.
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Breaking the Rules for How Tsunamis Work
March 13, 2013
A multinational research team finds that 'focusing' can lead to larger tsunamis than was thought possible.
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USC Viterbi Joins Master of Engineering Management Programs Consortium
March 13, 2013
USC Viterbi's Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEMT) program joins the MEMPC.
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USC Viterbi Ranked a 'Top Ten' Engineering School
March 13, 2013
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.
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Distinguished Professor Tony Maxworthy Has Passed Away
March 08, 2013
The Much-Decorated USC Viterbi Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Professor Revolutionized the Field of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
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Terry Benzel Testifies Before Congress About Cybersecurity Research
March 08, 2013
Cybersecurity expert Terry Benzel addressed members of Congress about cyber security research and development.
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Water for the World
March 07, 2013
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
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DSL Pioneer John Cioffi Delivers 11th Viterbi Distinguished Lecture
March 05, 2013
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.
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Maja Matarić Receives Anita Borg Institute’s Women of Vision Award in Innovation
March 05, 2013
The Anita Borg Institute awards Maja Matarić the 2013 Women of Vision Award in Innovation for her work in robotics.
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Malancha Gupta Wins NSF Career Award
March 05, 2013
Chemical engineer plans to deepen research on porous polymer coatings
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Diabetics Have Something to Smile About
February 28, 2013
Viterbi Professor Shinyi Wu uses technology to improve communication between low-income diabetics and their medical providers.
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Featured Entrepreneur – Kevin Shen
February 28, 2013
Kevin Shen Wins USC Global Health Case Competition
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A Safe Harbor
February 27, 2013
A Software Program Created by USC Viterbi Computer Scientist Milind Tambe Protects U.S. Ports from Terrorists.
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USC Students compete in IBM Watson Case Competition
February 26, 2013
USC hosts the IBM Watson Case Competition, where students compete to find practical uses for Watson, IBM's supercomputer
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Sustainable Global Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
February 25, 2013
USC Viterbi Professor Stephen Lu redefines innovation at the 2013 NASSCOM India Leadership Forum.
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On the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges
February 22, 2013
Dean Yannis C. Yortsos speaks about the NAE Grand Challenges and pays homage to NAE President Chuck Vest and his vision.
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USC and Korean Engineering Students Kick-Off a Semester of Global Interaction
February 21, 2013
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.
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Maja Matarić Named First Inaugural Chan Soon-Shiong Chair
February 16, 2013
Matarić received this distinction for her work using robots to improve human health.
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It's Always Sunny in the Coliseum
February 14, 2013
ME undergrad team repairs Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's iconic thermometer, perennially stuck at 70-degrees for the past few decades.
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Bradley Horowitz speaks at VSi2
February 11, 2013
Google's VP of Product shares his professional journey with a a full house
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Genetic VERSE Adds a New Chapter to the Understanding of Protein Synthesis
February 08, 2013
"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
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Viterbi Team Creates 'Acoustic Tweezers' for Micromanipulation
February 06, 2013
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
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Viterbi Team Learning How 100,000 Cells Collaborate to Remember
February 04, 2013
Ted Berger's lab creates a large-scale computational model of brain memory encoding
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President Obama Awards the National Medal of Science to a USC Viterbi School Legend
February 01, 2013
Communications pioneer and mathematical genius Solomon Golomb receives the nation’s top honor for scientists
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Viterbi-Keck Team Probes Neural Dimensions of Sickle-Cell Anemia
February 01, 2013
Michael Khoo's group's findings indicate that autonomic nervous system dysfunction is part of the disease
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National Infrastructure Experts Study How to Master Disaster
January 30, 2013
Viterbi School's James Moore leads a coalition of organizations in accurately predicting the national economic consequences of major bridge failures
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Surf's Up — Forever
January 30, 2013
Professor Adam Fincham and Surf Champion Kelly Slater Develop the Perfect Wave
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Happy Together
January 29, 2013
The emerging field of behavioral signal processing might hold the key to better couples' counseling
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Finding the Fastest Way from Here to There Right Now
January 28, 2013
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
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Viterbi School Leads DOE-Funded Effort to Make Supercomputing More User-Friendly
January 25, 2013
Robert Lucas of the Information Sciences Institute will direct the $15M SUPER initiative, which will include 10 other elite universities and laboratories
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Jongseung Yoon Co-Leads Team Producing Flexible and More Efficient Solar Cells
January 22, 2013
In a Nature Communications paper, Assistant Professor Jongseung Yoon describes big steps toward realizing a long-tantalizing energy vision
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John Slaughter Revisits The Changing Face of Engineering
January 18, 2013
Professor John Slaughter recounts his childhood in segregated Topeka, Kansas and reflects on the continued need for diversity in engineering in America today.
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USC Viterbi’s Graduate Online Engineering Programs Ranked No. 1
January 16, 2013
Continually innovating for more than 40 years, online engineering education at Viterbi is recognized with superlative rankings by U.S. News and World Report
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Successful Viterbi-India Summer Research Program Renewed
January 09, 2013
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
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