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USC Viterbi Joins Northrop Grumman Cybersecurity Research Consortium
Northrop Grumman and USC Viterbi join forces to combat cyber security threats
Gen. Petraeus Appointment to USC Includes Affiliation with USC Viterbi and ISI
Retired Gen. David Petraeus is named Judge Widney Professor at USC, an appointment affiliated with USC Viterbi and other USC schools
On Twitter, More Friends Means Less (Effective) Information
Researchers find that, the more friends a user follows on Twitter, the less information they see and absorb
USC Receives $3.25 Million for New Media Impact Study
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation finance a study for the Norman Lear Center and USC Viterbi to measure the actual impact of media
USC Viterbi Leads the Way at the DARPA "Perfect Program"
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded USC more contracts than any other university in the nation.
A Loss of Words
USC Viterbi's David Chiang hopes to preserve dying languages for their cultural and scientific value.
USC Viterbi Alumnus Nominated for 2013 European Inventor of the Year Award
Philipp Koehn (PhD '03) is nominated for his work in machine translation
Turning Numbers into Insight and $50,000
Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) Announces Winners
The Engineer, The Economist and Six Billion Medicare Records
A mountain of data: analyzing every Medicare record since 1965, Professors Kesselman and Goldman may provide new insights on health care.
Viterbi Startup Garage Launched to Stimulate Tech Marketplace in Los Angeles
USC Viterbi, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and United Talent Agency launch an LA-based technology accelerator
Terry Benzel Testifies Before Congress About Cybersecurity Research
Cybersecurity expert Terry Benzel addressed members of Congress about cyber security research and development.
Hackers, Beware
NBC's Pete Williams reports USC Viterbi is one of a handful of schools in the nation developing cyber security curriculum and degrees.
President Obama Awards the National Medal of Science to a USC Viterbi School Legend
Communications pioneer and mathematical genius Solomon Golomb receives the nation's top honor for scientists
Viterbi School Leads DOE-Funded Effort to Make Supercomputing More User-Friendly
Robert Lucas of the Information Sciences Institute will direct the $15M SUPER initiative, which will include 10 other elite universities and laboratories
ASEE Prism Asks, "To Stay, or Not to Stay?"
Dean Yannis C. Yortsos Lends Expert Observations on U.S.'s "Reverse Brain Drain" Conundrum
Coast to Coast: Hurricane Sandy's Destruction Reverberates at USC ISI
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and doubled Internet outages, USC ISI's John Heidemann leads his team on improving coverage techniques
Spring 2013: Happy New Year
Happy New Year Message to the Viterbi family of students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends!
USC Tech Experts to Guide Smithsonian Museum to Next Generation of the Internet
USC Information Sciences Institute's collaboration to provide more detailed, more easily accessible information about museum's online collection than has previously been possible.
Kevin Knight's Coding Chronicles Covered in Wired's December Issue
An international team of specialists in machine translation, spearheaded by Knight, cracked the Copiale Cipher--after 250 years shrouded in mystery.
Danny Cohen Inducted into Internet Hall of Fame
Computer Science Pioneer and Former ISI Researcher Celebrated for Work on USC/ISI ATOMIC, Prototype for Myrinet
Dean's Quantum Message
Dean Yannis C. Yortsos discusses the USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center housed at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Information Sciences Institute.
Space Engineering Research Center Launches Nanosatellite
The size of a loaf of bread, Aeneas is the first nanosatellite able to track an object on the Earth's surface
Daniel Lidar Talks Quantum Computing with "The Science Show"
The electrical engineering professor discusses the USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center on Australia's RadioNational
ISI's Pedagogical Games Project Celebrates First Year Implementation at High School
Jihie Kim and Erin Shaw are continuing to use interest in videogames as leverage in teaching math and collaborative skills to at-risk secondary students.
The Puzzler
A two-time "Jeopardy" champ with a master's in literature has morphed into a soon-to-be Ph.D. designer of serious video games. His passion? Adding complex, innovative puzzles to games.
USC Viterbi Students Take Top Honors at 2012 AI Mashup Challenge
USC students won prizes for mashup apps CareerGalaxy, Hugos and WhatsGoingOn, all created in a recent computer science course
ISI Researchers Organize Geoscience Cooperation as Part of NSF Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
The Viterbi School's Information Sciences Institute (ISI) is playing a leading role in an effort to make earth science and geological research more effective, collaborative, and efficient.
Shang-Hua Teng Returns to Research After Productive Term as CS Department Chair
The prizewinning algorithm theorist looks forward to concentrating on computer science
Air Force Office of Scientific Research Recognizes Young Faculty From USC Viterbi
The Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program recognizes Morteza Dehghani and Greg Ver Steeg
KPCC Covers Basketball Analytics Research at USC Information Sciences Institute
Rajiv Maheswaran and Yu-Han Chang talk "Moneyball" for basketball with Larry Mantle on "AirTalk."
"Moneyball" 2.0 and the NBA
USC Viterbi scientists to crunch the largest amount of basketball data ever gathered
Preston Marshall Talks Spectrum Sharing with The New York Times
As experts call for better use of the radio spectrum for wireless communications, the Information Sciences Institute research professor lends his thoughts.
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
Viterbi Computer Scientists Building a Genetics 'Information Explorer'
The Information Sciences Institute is leading a NIH effort to build tools to find medical needles in the genotype/phenotype haystacks
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
Leading Experts Ponder the Problems of Exascale Computing
Bob Lucas of the Information Sciences Institute and colleagues hosted a Department of Energy gathering on how to program the equivalent of a billion laptops running simultaneously
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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