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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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Computer Science News
Ron and Valerie Sugar invest in innovation with a new trustee chair at the USC School of Advanced Computing
"Experience of a lifetime": Suvaditya Mukherjee helps bring "The Wizard of Oz" to the Las Vegas Sphere using cutting-edge artificial intelligence.
Article features the inaugural AI Summit held at Ginsburg Hall; CAIS Co-Director and ISE Professor Phebe Vayanos was featured.
New Nature study highlights predictive power of AI in identifying airports used as key nodes in illegal wildlife trade networks
From health applications to theoretical breakthroughs, USC researchers contribute to a dynamic range of work at this year’s premier machine learning conference
Viterbi to create a School of Advanced Computing and rename the Computer Science Department for benefactor Thomas Lord

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Computer Science General Faculty Meeting

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Computer Science General Faculty Meeting

Wed, Jan 14, 2026
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Finding Home in Oz: USC Student Helps Transform a Classic With AI
Finding Home in Oz: USC Student Helps Transform a Classic With AI

“Experience of a lifetime”: Suvaditya Mukherjee helps bring “The Wizard of Oz” to the Las Vegas Sphere using cutting-edge artificial intelligence.

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The Perfect Gift
The Perfect Gift

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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USC Researcher Wins Prestigious Computing Award for Scientific Workflow Innovations
USC Researcher Wins Prestigious Computing Award for Scientific Workflow Innovations

USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute computer scientist Ewa Deelman, whose software has helped detect gravitational waves and map earthquake risks, has been honored with one of the field’s most prestigious awards.

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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on December 4th, 2025