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And the DNS was Born
Paul Mockapetris recounts the creation of the Domain Name System at ISI in the 1980s, forever changing how we navigate the internet

“We over rely on technology but lack the resilience we need to depend on it”
EP. 8 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: David Balenson

"I'm well equipped both technically and scientifically to pursue the career I want"
2024 ISI Ph.D. graduate Julie Jiang recalls her years at the institute, and how ISI has impacted the way she approaches research

Bridging Divides: Computer Science Sophomore Takes on Polarization at SXSW EDU 2025
Student-led research and discourse-based curriculum challenge the status quo of civics education

USC ISI ANT Lab Detects Major Internet Outage Following Chile Power Failure
Data from the lab’s real-time Internet monitoring system shows the country without power for at least eight hours

USC at AAAI-25
USC researchers present their latest research at the 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-25), one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence conferences

ISI @ AAAI-25
ISI Researchers Push AI Forward in Detecting Online Influence Campaigns, Assessing Risk, and Public Service

"With Computer Science You can Solve a lot of Problems and Pioneer Technologies"
2024 Ph.D. graduate ASM Rizvi reflects on his years at the institute, and how ISI has impacted the way he approaches research

ISI Researchers Take Leading Roles at 2025 NDSS Symposium
Researchers, faculty, and students drive conversations across workshops, panels, and research at premier cybersecurity conference

MOSIS 2.0’s First Year: Bridging Research and Production
The next-generation of USC ISI’s semiconductor fabrication service is taking shape