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July 26, 2021

Researchers Support NSF Major Facilities Cyberinfrastructure Through New NSF-funded Center of Excellence

Source: CI Compass

USC ISI’s Ewa Deelman is lead PI on the collaborative project to build cyberinfrastructure for the NSF’s Major Facilities.

June 27, 2021

USC Study: Political Discourse on Twitter Helped Predict COVID-19 Outbreak Sites

Source: KNBC-TV

KNBC-TV featured research by Kristina Lerman that linked political discourse on Twitter to future COVID-19 outbreaks.

April 11, 2021

Facebook Algorithm Shows Gender Bias in Job Ads, Study Finds

Source: The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal featured research by Aleksandra Korolova and John Heidemann, along with doctoral student, Basileal Imana, on how Facebook serves different job ads to men and women. ​

November 15, 2020

Tracking Viral Misinformation About the 2020 Election

Source: New York Times

Research by Emilio Ferrara found that during the 2020 Election season 13 percent of all accounts tweeting about conspiracy theories were automated.

November 2, 2020

Study identifies thousands of Twitter bots amplifying conspiracy theories ahead of the U.S. elections

Source: Venture Beat

Research by Emilio Ferrara on how bots are once again influencing discussions around the 2020 election was featured

Yolanda Gil. Photo/USC Viterbi.
October 30, 2020

When AI is the Opposite of Sinister

Source: STAT News

STAT quoted Yolanda Gil on a new award that recognizes the positive impact of artificial intelligence.

October 19, 2020

Alexander Spangher Wins Bloomberg Data Science PhD Fellowship

Source: Bloomberg

Spangher, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, will use the fellowship to further his work in NLP and computational journalism.

Los Angeles ransomware attack
September 24, 2020

School district halts distance learning after ransomware attack

Source: Fox 11

KTTV-TV interviewed Cliff Neuman regarding a ransomware attack affected a school district.

September 22, 2020

How to Break Out of Your Social Media Echo Chamber

Source: WIRED

Work by Kristina Lerman about online echo chambers was featured

August 13, 2020

Photoshop Will Help ID Images That Have Been … Photoshopped

Source: WIRED

Wael Abd-Almageed was quoted on the viability of this technology to detect deepfakes

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