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“Quantum could be able to explain features of nature that change the world”
EP. 10 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Federico Spedalieri

Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Eve Schooler
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.

Workshop Gathers Experts at Crossroads of Space, Cybersecurity and AI
A two-day event brought together researchers, defense officials, investors and technologists to confront an urgent question: how do we secure the final frontier in the age of AI?

Detecting wildfires with AI
USC ISI researchers are developing a novel wildfire surveillance method using computer vision algorithms

Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Vint Cerf
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.

“You want to build resilient systems because bad things can happen fundamentally”
EP. 9 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Alefiya Hussain

Cloudwalkers Panel Explores What’s Next in Tech
Following the documentary’s premiere, USC ISI pioneers who shaped the internet discussed the future of science, technology, and research

Cloudwalkers now available on Prime Video
Discover the untold story of the internet's inception with Cloudwalkers: ISI and the Inventors of the Future by Emmy winner director Daniel Druhora.

Mapping Volcanic Hazards with Pegasus
Researchers at ISI help tackle the computational challenges of volcanology.

ISI Ph.D. Day 2025 Welcomes Future Innovators
Prospective doctoral students traveled to ISI’s Marina del Rey headquarters to imagine a future at the institute