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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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PhD Dissertation Defense - Soumyaroop Nandi

Mon, Nov 10, 2025
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: GCS 405Q
Title: Context-Aware Semantic Forgery Detection in Biomedical & Natural Images     Date and Time: Monday, November 10th, 2025 | 2:30p - 4:00p     Location: Ginsburg Hall 405Q     Committee Members:...

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Computer Science General Faculty Meeting

Wed, Nov 12, 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: GCS 107
Bi-Weekly regular faculty meeting for invited full-time Computer Science faculty and staff only. Event details emailed directly to attendees.

Nov17Mon
PhD Dissertation Defense - Grace Zhang

Mon, Nov 17, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: GCS 302C
Dissertation Title: Knowledge Transfer for Data-Efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning     Date and Time: November 17th, 2025  | 12:00pm - 1:30pm     Location: Ginsburg Hall (GCS) 302C     Committee...

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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