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Students recognized for outstanding academic achievement, leadership and service

At the 6th annual Demo Day, students of the No. 1 ranked video game program showcase their work

The Discovery Files explains how USC Viterbi-developed “Privacy-Preserving Photo Sharing" works

ITP's Trina Gregory talks about the new mobile app development curriculum starting in Fall 2013

Researchers find that, the more friends a user follows on Twitter, the less information they see and absorb

Teaching robots to navigate cluttered spaces

A surfing accident left Viterbi School Ph.D. student Ryan Williams a quadriplegic, but his drive and USC’s distance-learning program have allowed him to pursue his academic dreams

How a TV show on Syfy is getting people excited about robotics

Early warning system: USC Viterbi students deploy robots to help marine biologists better predict dangerous ocean activity before it becomes deadly.

USC Viterbi research team develops tool to control photo privacy online

Philipp Koehn (PhD ’03) is nominated for his work in machine translation

The "Davos of engineering" is launched in London.

Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) Announces Winners

Dr. Daniel Lidar delivers the opening remarks at the American Physical Society's 2013 Meeting

Computer scientist leverages Big Data to better understand the world

Southern California schools will offer Vest Scholarships for research regarding the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering.

U.S. News & World Report ranks USC Viterbi in top ten Best Graduate Schools of Engineering and No. 1 in Best Online Graduate Engineering Program.

The Princeton Review names the USC Viterbi - USC Cinematic Arts graduate game design program the best in the US and Canada.

Prof. Cyrus Shahabi's ClearPath program analyzes road conditions to help commuters avoid traffic.

The Anita Borg Institute awards Maja Matarić the 2013 Women of Vision Award in Innovation for her work in robotics.

Kevin Shen Wins USC Global Health Case Competition

A Software Program Created by USC Viterbi Computer Scientist Milind Tambe Protects U.S. Ports from Terrorists.

USC hosts the IBM Watson Case Competition, where students compete to find practical uses for Watson, IBM's supercomputer

USC Viterbi Professor Stephen Lu redefines innovation at the 2013 NASSCOM India Leadership Forum.

Shrikanth Narayanan researches the complexities of human vocal ability by scanning beatboxers with MRI's

Fei Sha has been selected as a Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Matarić received this distinction for her work using robots to improve human health.

NBC’s Pete Williams reports USC Viterbi is one of a handful of schools in the nation developing cyber security curriculum and degrees.

Communications pioneer and mathematical genius Solomon Golomb receives the nation’s top honor for scientists

Ray Suarez visits Maja Matarić's lab to report on how she and her team are using robots as friendly facilitators of stroke and autism therapy.

Dean Yannis C. Yortsos Lends Expert Observations on U.S.'s "Reverse Brain Drain" Conundrum

USC and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum recently signed an agreement to renew the highly successful Viterbi-India summer research program at least until 2016

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and doubled Internet outages, USC ISI's John Heidemann leads his team on improving coverage techniques

Happy New Year Message to the Viterbi family of students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends!

Maja Mataric guest stars on KPCC's AirTalk and discusses the Roboy project and its implications on our future

USC gaming students unveil an impressive batch of games at USC Games' biannual Demo Day, now in its eighth year

Two Viterbi alums an integral part of a new start-up

For the second consecutive year USC Viterbi School of Engineering computer science students placed first at the annual ACM Southern California Programming Contest, defeating teams across Southern California

An international team of specialists in machine translation, spearheaded by Knight, cracked the Copiale Cipher—after 250 years shrouded in mystery.

CS professor and associate director for graphics research at USC ICT inducted into Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Debevec's work also appears in “Avatar” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

Computer Science Pioneer and Former ISI Researcher Celebrated for Work on USC/ISI ATOMIC, Prototype for Myrinet

Interactive tools capturing behavior data show promise in understanding autism

From prosthetics to PTSD, Viterbi researchers advance the future of veterans’ care

Maja Matarić, Eric Wade and "Bandit" prominently featured in Salon article

USC Teamcore Group/US Coast Guard researchers are awarded the Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice at the INFORMS conference.

The Sept. cover story gives an insight on how Debevec's "Light Stage" image-capture and simulation system and engineering as a whole have influenced special effects production.

ClearPath created by Professor Cyrus Shahabi and Ugur Demiryurek aims at providing the quickest and most accurate route for drivers who are tired of being stuck in traffic.

One of the outstanding engineers of the past century, Reed made fundamental contributions to digital computers, communications, and radar.

USC-led team has designed a low-cost, easily-deployed method for detecting ADHD, Parkinson’s, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Morency, "whose work focuses on teaching computers to identify and understand the ways people convey emotion", uses YouTube as his never-ending data set.