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Mayank Kejriwal's research on fighting sex trafficking with artificial intelligence has earned a spot in Science, one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals.
USC Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab borrows a trick from nature's toolkit that can be applied to optimize robot locomotion.
USC researcher launches GRAIL just one day after OpenAI's competing platform, promising to turn rough notes into submission-ready papers in under an hour
USC Viterbi alumnus Joseph Erwin developed an algorithm to perfect his own trombone playing — starting with the USC fight song.
Shang-Hua Teng, S.K. Gupta and Massoud Pedram receive the prestigious honor in recognition of their contributions to innovation, invention and technology.
How to follow the peak experience of a lunar landing? Earn a graduate degree from USC.
Alumnus Mohammed Al-Suwaiyel, former minister of telecommunications and IT, has helped shape modern Saudi Arabia. Now, his family has given back to the school that helped shape him.
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Innovation detects cancer cells in blood samples (liquid biopsies) in as little as 10 minutes and identifies hard-to-find cells without humans in-the-loop
The USC Department of Astronautical Engineering (ASTE) is expanding its focus on space robotics, with an emphasis on autonomous systems that can operate in extreme and unmapped environments.
New research from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering harnesses focused ultrasound to reprogram solid tumors, making them more effective targets for immune cells.
Research from the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science has unraveled the mystery of viscous fingering, in work that could be critical to groundwater remediation and oil recovery.
A partnership between USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE), Columbia University, and the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) is developing advanced digital tools to speed up emergency services and save lives.
Medvidovic was recognized for "contributions to the foundations of software architectures and their application to software engineering."
USC ACME lab is reshaping the field of motion tracking with a new technology based on magnetic induction.
The rapidly growing USC Viterbi department will move into modernized facilities in the transformed Salvatori Computer Science Center, thanks to a $25 million cumulative investment by Daniel J. Epstein.
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Rooted in an interdisciplinary approach, the School of Advanced Computing, a unit of USC Viterbi, serves as the hub for advanced computing research and education at USC.
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‘A powerhouse director for a powerhouse school’: USC celebrates inauguration of School of Advanced Computing director
Professor Gaurav Sukhatme, “a thoughtful and responsible innovator,” was installed as the inaugural director of the university’s 23rd school during a Wednesday ceremony on the University Park Campus.
USC launches School of Advanced Computing
The new school, a key feature of USC President Carol Folt’s Frontiers of Computing “moonshot,” will act as a nexus for advanced computing research and education across the university.
Q&A with USC School of Advanced Computing Director Gaurav Sukhatme
Professor Gaurav Sukhatme, “a thoughtful and responsible innovator,” was installed as the inaugural director of the university’s 23rd school during a Wednesday ceremony on the University Park Campus.
Announcing the inaugural director of the USC School of Advanced Computing
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An Innovative
School-Within-A-School
Operating as a “school-within-a-school” under USC Viterbi, the SAC consists of the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science (CS), the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and the soon-to-be-formed Division of Computing Education (DCE). Moreover, the School partners closely with USC Viterbi’s two powerhouse institutes, the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT).
Published on October 11th, 2016
Last updated on February 5th, 2026
