The Internet Has a Dark Side – Can We Teach Machines How To Identify It?
ISI researchers are developing technology that can detect logical fallacies in AI and classify hate speech in internet memes
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USC Games Expo 2023 Takes Flight: From “Birds Aren’t Real” to Immersive Adventures
Sixty student games featured in the annual carnival-like event, held in person for the first time since 2019
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Carl Kesselman Honored with 2023 IEEE Internet Award
The Information Sciences Institute Fellow will receive the prestigious award.
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Wide Awake and Dreaming: USC Viterbi’s 2023 Master’s Commencement Ceremonies
The class of 2023 is “the best educated, the most representative in our history.”
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“At Heart, We’re Problem Solvers:” USC Viterbi Undergraduate Commencement 2023
This year’s ceremony at Alumni Park was headlined by alumnus and venture capitalist, Mark Stevens, who praised the power and versatility of an engineering degree
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“Attention is All You Need”: New Ph.D.s Urged to Attend to “Challenges of Earth’s Eight Billion People.”
The 2023 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 133 new graduates and Jiaoyang Li, winner of this year’s best Ph.D. thesis.
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Best of Brownlee’s Worlds
Graduating senior Shannon Brownlee connects her computer science skills to explore biology and virtual art, all while building her own tech startup
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From Freshman to Future Leader: Revisiting Oju Ajose
First interviewed by USC in 2019, Ojuolape Ajose (’23) shares how her resilience, ambition, and passion for data science shaped her USC experience
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“I Know He Lives on Through Me”: First-Gen Student’s Success Honors His Father’s Memory
For senior Christopher Merino Brito, who joins Microsoft next fall, graduating with a degree in computer science means honoring his father’s memory
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“Pickle” Wins the 2023 Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition
At the 13th annual MEPC, the team’s vision for automating the brand deal pipeline for influencer marketing wins the $50,000 grand prize
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Chris Birmingham, The Robot Whisperer
Inspired by his own health crisis, graduating computer science PhD student develops empathetic robots for therapy
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Can AI Teach Your Child Perseverance?
Postdoc Scholar Emmanuel Johnson is part of a team receiving a $20M National Science Foundation grant to research AI-augmented learning.
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Omar Uraimov’s Love Letter to Central Asia Makes You the Hero of Kyrgyzstan
In tribute to his homeland, graduating computer science student unveils first video game set in Kyrgyzstan at USC Games Expo
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USC Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science Announces Naming Gift
Through the generosity of the Lord Foundation, the naming gift is part of USC’s $1-billion-plus Frontiers in Computing initiative
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AI for Good: ShowCAIS Event Highlights the Power of AI to Make a Difference
USC CAIS researchers from seven USC schools come together to solve the world’s most pressing problems using AI.
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Two USC Computer Science Juniors Awarded Goldwater Scholarships
Juniors Jordan Cahoon and Allen Chang were recognized for their research in, and beyond, computer science.
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The Top Six GIFs from USC Robotics Open House 2023
At the event, the first in-person since 2019, five local L.A. schools were able to visit five different USC Viterbi robotics labs.
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USC Games 7th Annual Expo Day Returns In-Person With Over 60 Student-Made Games
Global interactive entertainment brand, HoYoverse, announced as a new partner for the school’s annual program showcasing the future of the games industry
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Maja Matarić, Pioneer of “Robots That Care,” Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
USC Viterbi computer scientist joins luminaries such as Emmanuelle Charpentier and Lin-Manuel Miranda among 2023 members.
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ISI Researchers Win Best Paper Award at IEEE COMSNETS 2023
The winning paper describes the team’s work on defending against cyber attacks
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The Magic Behind the Microscope
The same USC software that aided the discovery of gravity waves now automates a unique 3D microscope that first revealed COVID-19.
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Let’s Make a Deal: How Emotion-Aware AI Agents Help Negotiations
USC Viterbi Ph.D. student Kushal Chawla teaches AI how to negotiate with emotional awareness
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Topping Off Ceremony Marks Milestone in New Computer Science Building
The Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall is scheduled to open in spring 2024
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The Quiet Revolution of AI on the Edge
AI is running on mobile phones, sensors, and home appliances thanks to the engineering innovations that make the most of the limited memory, reduced computational power, and little energy available in these devices.
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Autonomously Debugging Video Games
Computer science researchers create software that “learns” how to play a video game and fields it for glitches.
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Alumna Builds Her Alma Mater
Nhu Nguyen returns to USC to lead the construction of Ginsburg Hall.
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Robots Predict Human Intention for Faster Builds
In a new paper, USC computer science researchers “teach” robots how to predict human preferences in assembly tasks.
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The Perfect Stitch: Training for Surgery Using AI
Computer scientists and clinicians are designing AI solutions to improve surgical training and create better patient outcomes.
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Is This the Future of Farming?
New computer science study offers a radical new way to think about agriculture and its potential benefits for farming
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AthenaHacks USC Creates Community
More than 400 students took part in USC’s hackathon for marginalized gender identities, now in its seventh year.
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Teaching Robots to Perform Tasks Like Humans
USC computer science study addresses key challenge of teaching machines to perform tasks in realistic environments
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Computer Science PhD student Named Apple Scholar
Xisen Jin selected for his work in speech and natural language processing
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Computer Science Alumna Lina Kogan Blends Art with Technology in New Exhibit
Ukrainian-born computer scientist and artist Lina Kogan ’00 has a unique spin on the “modern” in modern art
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The Early ISI Years: A Firsthand Account from the Hardware Team
The Information Sciences Institute, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022, was a tech innovator from the beginning. Bob Parker was there, and recounts the early days.
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USC Alumni Paved Path for ChatGPT
From “eureka moment” to deployment, USC Viterbi alumni played a key role in the creation of ChatGPT
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Educating Armenia’s Best and Brightest
USC Viterbi collaborates with the National Polytechnic University of Armenia to offer an online program to select engineering students in Armenia
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ChatGPT: USC Experts Break Down What You Need to Know
USC computer science experts share their perspectives on the meteoric rise of generative AI application ChatGPT
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ISI Names Two New Fellows
Researchers Ewa Deelman and Yolanda Gil have received USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute’s highest honor.
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New NSF Center on Soil Research Launched
USC to lead Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Soil Technologies
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USC Wins DARPA Map Feature Extraction Challenge
A joint team between USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute and the University of Minnesota won first place in part of the DARPA AI for Critical Mineral Assessment Competition
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Operation Pangolin Launches to Save World’s Most Trafficked Wild Mammal
Bistra Dilkina joins a global team addressing pangolin poaching and trafficking
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How Old Is Your Brain? Ask All The Hospitals
Researchers at USC’s Information Sciences Institute are proposing an artificial intelligence system that addresses several of the machine learning challenges in the medical space.
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Robot Tutors Read Children’s Emotions As They Learn
Bored? Frustrated? Tired? New AI models could help robots read emotions and provide more personalized feedback.
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NSF Grant to Make Coding More Accessible for Persons with Physical Disabilities
A USC-led multidisciplinary team aims to create inclusive coding technology for persons with physical disabilities.
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Professors Costas Synolakis and Gérard Medioni and Viterbi Board of Councilors Member Fariborz Maseeh Elected to the NAE
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is considered the highest honor for engineers
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Training Algorithms To Make Fair Decisions Using Private Data
USC Viterbi researchers have developed a fairness enhancing algorithm that also keeps data secure.
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Machines, Are They Smarter Than a Six-Year-Old?
Researchers at USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute are developing an algorithm that teaches machines to learn without human supervision.
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USC Researchers Present 12 Papers at AAAI
USC researchers present 12 papers, and received a AAAI Classic Paper Award, at this leading venue for machine learning research
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Using Robots to Fight Toxic Algae
USC computer scientists and biologists have teamed up to tackle harmful algae blooms using “smart” robots
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Los Angeles’ Silicon Beach goes back to USC’s Information Sciences Institute
The computer research institute established in 1972 was building the internet on the Westside decades before the tech industry took over.
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Streamlining Learning Curves in the Workplace with Machine Learning
ISI’s KNIC program works to build AI that can help new employees kick start their new jobs more efficiently
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Having Trouble Remembering Your Password? Forget About It!
Cybersecurity researcher Jelena Mirkovic weighs in on recent security breaches, talks about her work and gives password tips.
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USC Student Wins Big for Plastic Waste Capture Device
Inspired by the plastic pollution problem in his home country, USC computer science student receives $25,000 prize in global IBM competition.
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Using Computer Generated Images to Create Unbiased Facial Recognition
Information Sciences Institute researchers use machine learning to invent an impartial way to recognize faces
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Lights, Camera…Stereotypes? Film Characters’ Actions Reflect Gender Bias
A machine-learning framework developed by USC researchers reveals a pattern of stereotyped actions by male and female characters in films over 100-year period
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USC’s Petros Ioannou, Gérard Medioni and J. Joshua Yang Elected as National Academy of Inventors Fellows
The trio joins a distinguished class of 169 new inductees whose innovations have tangibly impacted society.
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Bob Balzer, ISI pioneer: “We created an out of the office message in 1979”
Robert Balzer was employee No. 1 at USC’s Information Sciences Institute. He remembers the early days of this Silicon Beach trailblazer.
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USC at EMNLP ’22
USC researchers present 17 papers at EMNLP 2022, one of the world’s top natural language processing conferences.
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From Gadgets to Google: Jason Lin’s (’17) Journey to Make the World a Better Place
A USC computer science, business administration alumnus’ curiosity for algorithms and new environments pushes the frontiers of AI.
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USC at NeurIPS 2022
USC researchers present 23 papers at this leading venue for machine learning research.
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Cloudwalkers: ISI and the Inventors of the Future
In 1972, USC’s Information Sciences Institute was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.
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Award-Winning Student Startup Aims to Revolutionize Brand Deals
A computer science and economics duo has created a software company that streamlines the influencer brand deal process.
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Anycast Agility: A Playbook for Combatting Online Attacks
USC’s Information Sciences Institute Ph.D student Rizvi published the “playbook” at the prestigious USENIX Security Symposium.
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34 new hires, including the new biomedical engineering chair, join for fall and spring semesters
USC Viterbi New Faculty Hires 2022-2023
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USC at IROS ‘22
USC researchers present 15 wide-ranging papers at IROS 2022, one of the world’s largest robotics conferences.
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At the Heidelberg Laureate Forum: A Firsthand Account
ISI researcher Emmanuel Johnson networked with Nobel Laureates and talked shop with Turing Award Winners.
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Fostering a Sense of Belonging for Women in Technology
The Grace Hopper Celebration provides a platform to share ideas, network, empower and support women in tech around the country.
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Student Roboticists’ Ideas Come to Life During Summer Research Program
Visiting students fast-tracked their robotics experience this summer at USC Viterbi’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.
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Moonlight Lights the Way for Accessible NFTs
A group of USC students has come together to form Moonlight, a crowdfunding platform where people can split the cost of a non-fungible token.
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Eleven New Faculty Join USC’s Department of Computer Science
USC Viterbi’s Department of Computer Science welcomes a diverse group of new faculty members for the 2022/2023 academic year.
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USC ISI Research Shows a Promising Future for Animal-like Computer Vision
USC’s Information Sciences Institute researchers present a pathway for adapted biological retinae in machines so their vision can mimic animal eyes.
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Science by Looking at Citations
USC’s Information Sciences Institute researchers used artificial intelligence to study gender disparities in science.
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Good Vibrations: Detecting Emotions from Speech Patterns
Computer science student Shannon Brownlee’s startup uses software to detect emotions from speech patterns, which could help people with autism.
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Baby Talk: Detecting Signs of Toxic Stress in Infants
A computer science doctoral student is working with a local children’s hospital to help clinicians detect signs of toxic stress in infants using artificial intelligence.
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A Prescription for the Future of Healthcare: AI, Databases and Video Games
As we celebrate USC’s Information Systems Institute’s 50th anniversary, we look back at the collaborations they’ve done in the medical field that have led to smarter, more efficient medical care.
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From Cell Phones to Siri – Most of Your Favorite Tech Can Be Traced Back to ISI
USC’s Information Sciences Institute, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, has played a pivotal role in the development of most of the tech you use every day.
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USC’s Information Sciences Institute Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation
From a three-man shop in 1972 to a 400+ person Institute, ISI continues to lead the way in computing research.
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ISI Ph.D. Students Land Coveted Summer Internships at Major Tech Companies
ISI students spent their summer sharpening their skills and solving real-world problems.
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AI for Business: USC Marshall and USC Viterbi Announce Joint Undergraduate Degree
Degree will combine curricular expertise from the two schools for digital expertise in a rapidly changing world
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In a Warmer World, Half of all Species Are on the Move. Where Are They Going?
A new computer modeling tool provides a more accurate analysis of species range shifts under climate change – and it’s even bleaker than expected.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment Pledges $3 Million Donation to USC Games Program
Sony Interactive Entertainment becomes latest supporter of the Gerald A. Lawson Fund, furthering USC Games’ effort for games industry diversity, equity and inclusion
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ISI: Internet Innovator for the Past 50 Years
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of USC’s Information Sciences Institute, we take a look back at its role in the development of the defining technology of our age: the internet.
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Barry Boehm, a “Living Legend” in Systems and Software Engineering, Dies at 87
A pioneer in the field of computer science with a career spanning six decades, USC Viterbi Professor Emeritus Barry Boehm “defined an era in software engineering.”
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Cracking the Code to Help Planet Earth
50 Years of ISI: How ISI has used computer science to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and aid paleoclimatologists in natural disaster detection and management
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Lost in Translation at the Border
A USC computer science student is developing natural language processing tools to tackle the translator shortage for Indigenous asylum seekers.
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Symposium on the Future of Computing Research
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of USC’s Information Sciences Institute, the symposium will look at how computing research must evolve in the decades to come.
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“The new generation of computer scientist wants to benefit society”
Professor Jim Kurose discusses the type of science computing researchers are focusing on and the future of the field based on the newest generation’s interests.
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“The computing research community should think about its social responsibility”
VMWare’s Chris Ramming discusses how to plan collaborative research between universities and companies, how researchers should tackle twenty-first century problems
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“We are more demanding of AI than we are of ourselves”
USC Provost toured the Information Sciences Institute and met with inspired Ph.D students
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Comparing Data While Keeping It Private
Tanmay Ghai’s work in maintaining privacy in entity resolution has garnered attention at the University of Southern California and beyond.
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Trojans Win Student Design Contest with Autonomous Robots that ‘Learn’
Team of USC Viterbi students places first in a design competition on edge computing
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Going Digital, With Low Code and Low Cost
Electronic records startup Frontida Records raises funds to organize medical information in low resource settings across the world
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Busting Anti-Queer Bias in Text Prediction
New research at USC demonstrates how to train a popular language model to remove homophobic, anti-queer bias
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Finding Bugs Faster Than Hackers
USC Information Sciences Institute researchers have developed a novel approach to quickly identify security vulnerabilities.
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Stefanos Nikolaidis Receives Agilent Early Career Professor Award
Computer Science Assistant Professor Stefanos Nikolaidis earns prestigious honor for his contributions to collaborative robotics.
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USC Trojan Team Headed to Finals of “Coding Olympics”
The USC team will compete against top colleges at the world final of the International Collegiate Programming Contest.
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Machines can learn from fables
USC’s Information Sciences Institute uses short stories with moral implications to test human-like reasoning in AI
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USC at ICML ‘22 Conference
USC researchers present 8 papers on notable topics including model explainability, game theory and multi-agent reinforcement learning.
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USC’s InfoLab Celebrates 25 Years
On June 29, InfoLab celebrated a quarter of a century of information management and data science discoveries – and looked forward to the next 25.
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USC at the NAACL ’22 Conference: Gender Bias in AI, a Tool to Study News Revisions, and Methods to Avoid Toxic Content
Notable research also includes work on mitigating anti-queer bias and improvements for e-commerce stores.