Research News Feed

USC at AAAI-20 Conference: Could AI Win a Nobel Prize?
USC Viterbi Professors Yolanda Gil, president of AAAI, and Fei Sha, AAAI-20 conference program co-chair, share their thoughts following this year’s event.

Carl Kesselman Honored with IEEE Medal for Career Achievements in Computing
Dean’s Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Information Sciences Institute Fellow has been awarded the Harry H. Goode Memorial Award.

Students Find New Opportunities, Focus through ISI Summer Internship Program
From studying ethnic biases in academia to cyberbullying on social media, ISI’s Internship Program helps students pursue their research goals

How To Reduce Bias in AI? Selective Amnesia.
AI affects your credit scores and loans, but it’s not immune to bias. USC researchers are helping it forget.

It’s Not Magic, It’s Science: Predicting the Future
USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute pairs human “forecasters” with AI to develop better predictive technology

In Memoriam: Bill Manning, Distinguished Computer Scientist at ISI and Internet Visionary
A prolific scientist, Manning’s contributions helped develop the internet as we know and use it today

Pegasus Research Team Discovers Errors for a Win
Team recognized for “transformative contribution” to computing research with surprising discovery

USC Earth Scientists and AI Researchers Join Forces on New Semantic Web Technology
Researchers from ISI and USC Dornsife create a new platform to standardize paleoclimatology data.

Ewa Deelman Named AAAS Fellow
ISI researcher recognized for distinguished contributions to the field of computer science

NSF Convergence Accelerator Awards USC Viterbi Researchers $1 Million
Researchers will create an open knowledge network to support business growth and entrepreneurship in the U.S.