The Intelligent Systems Division of the USC/Information Sciences Institute (ISI) hosts one of the leading Artificial Intelligence research groups in the world.

Research areas include human language technology, education and training, information agents, multi-agent systems, knowledge representation and reasoning, interactive knowledge capture, semantic web languages, and adaptive robots. Learn more

Research projects at ISI typically involve a collaboration of research scientists, programmers, and students. A number of ISI researchers are also research faculty in the Department of Computer Science, and advise graduate students on directed research projects and dissertations. Many graduate students at USC complete their degrees while working as research assistants on ISI projects. Learn more

Our research in Artificial Intelligence spans both technical and theoretical aspects and practical implementations in a variety of application domains. Some of these contributions are highlighted by our award-winning publications and systems. Learn more

ISI is part of the USC School of Engineering and is located off campus in Marina del Rey. ISI is one of the nation's leading computer science research and development centers. Its researchers include internationally recognized experts active in a number of areas of computer science besides Artificial Intelligence, such as Internet communications and advanced networking, privacy and security, Grid computing, electronic commerce, and integrated circuits design and fabrication.

We are always interested in welcoming people that can contribute to our research projects and help us move into new areas. We regularly have openings for both junior and senior PhD-level researchers, research programmers, and student interns. In addition, we host many visitors from universities, companies, and research institutions from all over the world. If you are interested in joining ISD, please contact us.