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Yigal Arens Receives Digital Government Honor
The Digital Government Society honors Arens for his “sustained service and tireless dedication to the creation and long term viability of the professional academic society”

What’s Going On: Of Bots and Human Behavior
Emilio Ferrara gives ISIers a deeper look into the methodology and analytics behind his team’s results on Twitter bots

John O’Brien: A Life of Service
USC Viterbi Remembers Our Favorite Son

Is Physical Fitness Contagious?
Researcher Greg Ver Steeg partnered with Evidation Health and Google to investigate how online friends can make you fit

What’s Going On: Handling Sensor Changes and Failures
The “What’s Going On” series expands researchers’ knowledge and fosters collaboration between other ISI divisions and locations

2017 USC Viterbi Graduate Hackathon
Five teams competed against each other over spring break at the USC Viterbi Graduate Hackathon to solve problems with facial clustering and IoT security

IN MEMORIAM: John O’Brien, USC Viterbi Executive Vice Dean of Engineering
John O’Brien, Executive Vice Dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, passed away March 31, 2017

What’s Going On: Teaching Data Science with Data Science
The “What’s Going On” series expands researchers’ knowledge and fosters collaboration between other ISI divisions and locations.

Twitter Bot Analysis Receives Wide Media Coverage
Ferrara’s Twitter bot analysis gains traction around the world

ISI Selected to Participate in New IARPA (RAVEN) Program
USC ISI leads a team of researchers from Northwestern University, Stanford University, and Paul Scherrer Institute to ensure manufacturing integrity of computer chips