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CIS Team Members Honored with ISI Meritorious Service Awards
CIS team members recognized for their extraordinary efforts in executing an important cybersecurity compliance project.

The American Art Collaborative and USC Information Sciences Institute: An Unexpected Partnership.
The Information Sciences Institute and the American Art Collaborative began a partnership that proves that STEM and the arts actually can get along.

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

USC ISI Researchers Develop Computational Methods to Uncover Hidden Trends in Human Behavior
New research suggests studying and avoiding all-nighters could lead to greater student happiness

Quantum Machine Shows Promise for Biological Research
In first quantum machine learning study with biological data, USC researchers leverage D-Wave to understand gene regulation

New Insights Into Human Kidney Formation Made Possible with Innovative Platform Developed at ISI
USC stem cell scientists used a new “ecosystem of tools” designed by ISI researchers to analyze massive amounts of data to document the similarities and differences between kidney development in humans and mice

Two ISI Division Directors Named ACM Fellows for Transformative Contributions to Technology
Carl Kesselman and Craig Knoblock are among the top one percent of ACM members worldwide honored for outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology

USC ISI to Develop Translation and Information-Retrieval System for Uncommon Languages
Researchers receive $16.7 million grant to automatically translate and summarize “low-resource” language documents into English

ISI Research Director Ewa Deelman Named IEEE Fellow
Deelman has been named a 2018 Fellow for “contributions to scientific workflow management.”

ISI Computer Scientist Drives Boundary-Pushing Networking Project
Heidi Morgan is spearheading the development of infrastructure for research and education between the U.S. and Latin American countries.