ISI in the Media
Are women worse than men at salary negotiation?
Source: USC NewsUSC researchers say this is a fallacy as their new study points to systemic bias on behalf of recruiters in salary negotiations.
Researchers have begun to study the use of AI to help firefighters strategize controlled burns
Source: Dot LADot.LA featured research that Yolanda Gil, Bistra Dilkina and Michael Pazzani will work on with the San Diego Supercomputer Center to fight wildfires
The FCC is trying to stop robocalls, but the scammers won’t disappear
Source: CNBCCNBC quoted Paul Schmitt on the challenges of preventing robocalls.
Female scientists set back by the pandemic may never make up lost time
Source: Associated Press WireKristina Lerman penned a piece about her research on how COVID-19 impacted female scientists
An AI expert explains why it’s hard to give computers something you take for granted: Common sense
Source: Times UnionA piece written by Mayank Kejriwal published
The world uses one emoji more than all others.
Source: Popular ScienceResearch by Mayank Kejriwal on how we use emojis on social media was featured.
Researchers Support NSF Major Facilities Cyberinfrastructure Through New NSF-funded Center of Excellence
Source: CI CompassUSC ISI’s Ewa Deelman is lead PI on the collaborative project to build cyberinfrastructure for the NSF’s Major Facilities.
USC Study: Political Discourse on Twitter Helped Predict COVID-19 Outbreak Sites
Source: KNBC-TVKNBC-TV featured research by Kristina Lerman that linked political discourse on Twitter to future COVID-19 outbreaks.
Facebook Algorithm Shows Gender Bias in Job Ads, Study Finds
Source: The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal featured research by Aleksandra Korolova and John Heidemann, along with doctoral student, Basileal Imana, on how Facebook serves different job ads to men and women.
Tracking Viral Misinformation About the 2020 Election
Source: New York TimesResearch by Emilio Ferrara found that during the 2020 Election season 13 percent of all accounts tweeting about conspiracy theories were automated.