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Drone Flythrough – USC School of Advanced Computing
To celebrate the launch of the new USC School of Advanced Computing, USC Viterbi partnered with JayByrd Films to create a drone fly through video of the new school at Ginsburg Hall - the first "one take" indoor flight video on the USC campus
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USC, home of the first operational quantum computer in academia, hosted its second quantum technology forum, bringing together leading experts from industry, academia and government.
From language-driven robot learning to advanced manipulation techniques, USC researchers collaborated across labs and showcased diverse breakthroughs at CORL 2025
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Robin Jia and Ibrahim Sabek among 50 assistant professors nationwide to receive $100,000 grants for computing research.
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New Nature study highlights predictive power of AI in identifying airports used as key nodes in illegal wildlife trade networks
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From health applications to theoretical breakthroughs, USC researchers contribute to a dynamic range of work at this year’s premier machine learning conference
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Viterbi to create a School of Advanced Computing and rename the Computer Science Department for benefactor Thomas Lord

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Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Bryon Tjanaka

Mon, Nov 03, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: GCS 202C
Title: Accessible Quality Diversity Optimization      Date and Time: November 3, 2025  | 12:00pm - 1:30pm        Location: Ginsburg Hall (GCS) 202C        Committee Members:...

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Ph.D. Defense - Sumeet Batra

Tue, Nov 04, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: GCS 302C
Title: Self-Supervised Methods Towards General Embodied Intelligence         Date and Time: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 | 3:00pm - 4:30pm         Location: Ginsburg Hall 302C      ...

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PhD Thesis Proposal - Ishika Singh

Thu, Nov 06, 2025
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: GCS 405Q
Title: Adapting Large Pre-Trained Models for Generalized Robot Reasoning and Control     Date and Time: Nov 6th, 2025 | 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM        Location: GCS 405Q     Abstract:...

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What Can Simulate Nature? Aid Blockbuster Drugs? And Get Congress to Agree?
What Can Simulate Nature? Aid Blockbuster Drugs? And Get Congress to Agree?

USC, home of the first operational quantum computer in academia, hosted its second quantum technology forum, bringing together leading experts from industry, academia and government.

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Click Here for Confusion: The State of Privacy Settings
Click Here for Confusion: The State of Privacy Settings

Finding a privacy setting on social media should be simple. But a new study from USC’s Information Sciences Institute (ISI) shows it’s anything but.

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USC Secures Hat Trick at Interspeech 2025 with 3 Research Awards
USC Secures Hat Trick at Interspeech 2025 with 3 Research Awards

USC SAIL Lab’s Best Paper and Dual Grand Challenge Wins Solidify its Leadership in Speech Communication Science and Technology

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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on October 31st, 2025