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AI tools developed by USC Analyzing Misinformation during the COVID 19 Pandemic finds users countering misinformation are more established, more emotional, and have larger followings than accounts spreading false claims
USC Viterbi researchers developed a context-aware AI system that helps robots distinguish harmless contact from risky collisions in complex environments.
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USC Viterbi researcher Emilio Ferrara has built a tool that can map communities inside massive social, biological, and financial networks faster and smarter than anything that came before.
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New study is first to develop algorithm that learns an individual's preferred vibration patterns, opening the door to personalized haptic experiences in gaming, mental health and automobiles
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USC Viterbi researcher Yolanda Gil on the state of artificial intelligence through the 2026 AI Index.
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Upcoming NSF-funded study will study how doctors, journalists and software engineers interact with AI to redesign interactions that strengthen creativity and critical thinking
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USC Viterbi researcher wins NSF Career Award and aims to study how quantum computing can transform database optimization for a data-intensive future

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Guarav Sukhatme, new dean (interim) of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Gaurav Sukhatme, Dean (Interim) of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Director of USC’s Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, hopes his and other faculty members’ expertise in AI can help roll out a campus-wide initiative where all students learn alongside the technology’s capabilities.

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AI tools developed by USC Analyzing Misinformation during the COVID 19 Pandemic finds users countering misinformation are more established, more emotional, and have larger followings than accounts spreading false claims

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Upcoming NSF-funded study will study how doctors, journalists and software engineers interact with AI to redesign interactions that strengthen creativity and critical thinking


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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on July 29th, 2026