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ISI's DeterLab Turns Students Into Valuable Job Candidates
Research Professor Young Cho uses the cybersecurity testbed in his classes, providing students hands-on experience valuable to future employers
USC Viterbi's Information Sciences Institute Turns 40
"ISI has been an outstanding creative force in all aspects of digital science throughout the four decades since its founding," said USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos.
PBS NewsHour visits the DETERlab
The news program reports on the project's scientific approach to cybersecurity and hopes of preventing large-scale cyber attacks.
Viterbi-led Initiative in Game Theory and Human Behavior Crosses Multiple Disciplinary Lines
Computer Scientist Milind Tambe brought together more than 50 USC faculty to use fusions of mathematics, engineering and social science to solve complex and pressing problems. The group's first symposium took place Friday, April 20.
Clifford Neuman Discusses Credit Card Security with ABC7
The director of USC's Center for Computer Systems Security talks about the recent Visa/MasterCard security breach and how cardholders can protect themselves.
Yahoo! Sports Covers Basketball Analytics Work of USC Researchers
Researchers from USC's Information Sciences Institute take the grand prize at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference for their paper, "Deconstructing the Rebound with Optical Tracking Data."
USC Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center Featured in Wired Profile of D-Wave
Wired talks to Daniel Lidar and others about D-Wave's work in quantum computing, including the machine now at USC's Information Sciences Institute.
Daniel Lidar Talks Quantum Computing with KPFK
Lidar, Scientific Director of the USC Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center, provides what the hosts of KPFK's "Digital Culture" deem "the best explanation of quantum computing ever."
USC Viterbi's ISI Executive Director Herbert Schorr Announces Plans to Step Down
The longtime Information Sciences Institute leader will continue to serve while a search committee finds a successor, and plans to maintain his association with the Viterbi School
Operational Quantum Computing Center Established at USC
USC; Lockheed Martin, Inc.; and D-Wave Systems, Inc.; have teamed up to establish the first operational quantum computer at an academic institution at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Information Sciences Institute.
Viterbi School Computer Testbed Stresses Security on the Web
Terry Benzel's Information Sciences Institute-headquartered DETERLab provides researchers nationwide a safe place to study malicious code
The New York Times Reports on ISI Codebreaking Coup
Kevin Knight of the Viterbi School's Information Sciences Institute and colleagues crack the encrypted rules for the rites of a mysterious secret society
Just How Contagious Are Ideas?
USC Viterbi School social networking specialist Kristina Lerman compares the spread of viruses with the "viral" spread of information
"Workflow" Technology Moves from Scientific Data Organization to Cyber Defense
ISI's Yolanda Gil: "It is impossible to be prepared for every possible security breach, so we need to learn to do work while a network is under attack."
First Interview Subject on New Global M2M Network Is Preston Marshall
The Viterbi School expert on machine-to-machine communication discusses how academic research penetrates -- often slowly -- industrial and commercial applications
From Very Good to Great
Viterbi School faculty and staff filled Town and Gown to hear their dean share a stirring list of accomplishments and set a lofty goal
To Err Is Not Just Human
ISI security expert Jim Blythe programs computers to simulate the kinds of operator errors that leave networks vulnerable, The Economist reports
ISI Grad Students Show Off Their Stuff
An Information Sciences Institute tradition entered its sixth year in 2011, when young researchers spent the day presenting their work to colleagues and teachers.
Experts Come to ISI to Ponder Problems of Exascale Computing
Robert Lucas hosted specialists from all over the world who came to the Marina del Rey California campus of the USC Information Sciences Institute to discuss the challenges of "Exascale" computing.
NSA and DHS Recognize USC/ISI for Academic Excellence in Data Protection Research and Education
The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated the University of Southern California a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research (CAE-R).
Good Chip, Bad Chip, Evil Chip: ISI Experts Developing Tests to Tell Which is Which
Jeff Draper and Matt French have received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to aid in the creation of reliable methods to detect potential failures, inadvertent and deliberate, in integrated circuits (ICs).
ISI Researchers Will Plot Possibilities for New DARPA Orbiters
The USC Information Sciences Institute has been selected to develop the design software for the F6 satellite
IARPA Director Visits ISI and Receives AI Update
Dr. Lisa Porter, Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), and several program directors visited ISI on May 11, 2011, as part of a tour of the West Coast.
John O'Brien to Work with ISI on Strategic Issues
ISI Executive Director Herb Schorr has announced that Viterbi School Senior Associate Dean John O'Brien will be working closely with -- and frequently at -- the USC Information Sciences Institute.
USC President Delivers ISI Thank You Folder to California Lawmakers
A USC delegation led by President C.L. Max Nikias and Provost Elizabeth Garrett recently called on two California legislators to thank them for their support of space research involving ISI students.
 
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