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ISI Researchers Will Support New Brain Gene Expression Project Tue, 03 Nov 2009
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Computer scientists Ewa Deelman and Ann Chervenak of the Viterbi School's Information Sciences Institute will be part of a new $9 million effort headquartered at the Keck School of Medicine at USC
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KNOWME Project Wins Body Computing Slam Contest Mon, 02 Nov 2009
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Faculty members from the Ming Hsieh and Computer Science departments teamed up with a Keck School professor to win the Best Technology Award at a recent conference on implantable medical devices held at USC.
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Viterbi School Associate Dean Profiled in The New Yorker Thu, 29 Oct 2009
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"Born in Belgrade, in what was then Yugoslavia, Maja Matari? originally wanted to study languages and art," begins a 5000-word feature entitled "Robots That Care." The ending: "But robotic interaction should not replace human interaction," she said. "It should only improve it."
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Senior in Videogames Scores Big EA Scholarship Win Tue, 27 Oct 2009
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Charlene Jeune's personal essay and a recommendation from her manager at Entertainment Arts, where she had been an intern, catapulted her into the finals round in which she was awarded one of two EA $2,500 scholarships.
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Intel Fellow Creating a System to Automatically Recognize Emotion Sun, 25 Oct 2009
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Emily Mower's research may allow synthetic agents (robots and computer avatars) to understand human expressions of emotion. She presented her most recent findings at the 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association held in Brighton, UK.
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ISI-led BIRN Launches New Website Fri, 23 Oct 2009
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The Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) has launched a website that highlights its broadened focus, including services for the entire biomedical community and enhanced data-sharing and analysis tools and capabilities.
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Faculty Members Win $23.6 Million in Stimulus Grants Fri, 23 Oct 2009
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Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will support a wide range of Viterbi School research in numerous engineering disciplines
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Teaching a RoboDog New Tricks Fri, 23 Oct 2009
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Stefan Schaal's Computational Learning and Motor Control Lab's mechanical quadruped performed at a high standard in recent DARPA competitive trials.
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Teaching Science: Why Not Do It Scientifically? Thu, 15 Oct 2009
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Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman brought his message that current methods of teaching subjects like physics, chemistry and engineering are inefficient to about 100 USC faculty members -- and left behind continuing interest.
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Versatile R&D Leader Joins ISI to Create Center for Energy Informatics and Systems Sat, 10 Oct 2009
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Gordon Roesler's first focus: Pacific coast waves, the potential "equivalent of five nuclear power plants worth of completely clean energy"
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