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The Origin of Spam and Other Online Intrusions
New research documents evolution of spam, including spam bots, deepfakes and other annoying online antagonists.

Battling Bias in AI
USC computer science PhD student tackles algorithmic fairness for social justice in machine learning.

Want to Know the Secret of a Good Idea? It Could be Hidden in Language.
Xiang Ren, a USC Viterbi assistant professor of computer science, is using natural language processing to find patterns in massive amounts of text, which could unlock the secrets of innovation—and much more.

ISI Spotlight: Fred Morstatter, Computer Scientist
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USC ISI Researchers Receive Amazon Research Awards
ISIers Greg Ver Steeg and Xiang Ren are among 82 researchers worldwide to receive the 2018 Amazon Research Awards.

Breaking the Cycle of Victimization
ISI researchers are developing cutting-edge software to help law enforcement capture traffickers and save victims.

New Study Finds Taking Breaks Boosts Team Performance
USC computer scientists leverage artificial intelligence to analyze the performance of individuals in online team-based games, producing unique insights into the psychology of performance

USC Computing Forum Hosts Inaugural Symposium on Artificial Intelligence
The symposium will take on the subject of AI in Life.

ISI Researchers to “Model the World” with New DARPA Award
New project led by Yolanda Gil receives $13 million DARPA award to apply artificial intelligence to large-scale integrated modeling

ISI Spotlight: Emily Sheng, PhD candidate
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