Information Sciences Institute

Pegasus, a specialized computer program developed by at team of ISI computer scientists led by Ewa Deelman in collaboration with HTCondor, played a role in the new discovery announced by LIGO.

The Nobel Prize-winning discovery that gravitational waves exist in the universe, which in turn further confirmed Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, was made possible in part by a collaboration with USC computer scientists.

A study co-authored by ISI researcher Emilio Ferrara found that Twitter bots can be used to run interventions that trigger or foster good behaviors.

Prem Natarajan, ISI’s Michael Keston Executive Director, was interviewed about issues related to the use of facial-verification as a mode of authentication.

Research by ISI’s Emilio Ferrara, which examined the use of bots during the US presidential election campaign, was highlighted in this story about the upcoming elections in Germany.

ISI’s John Heidemann tracked internet outages related to Hurricane Harvey, mapping the storm’s destructive path as it made landfall in Southeast Texas.

ISI researcher Shrikanth Narayanan’s study on diversity and stereotypes in movie dialogues is highlighted in the LA Times.

ISI’s Greg Ver Steeg was highlighted for his algorithm CorEx which was used to help friend and computational biologist Shirley Pepke find treatment options for her cancer diagnosis

ISI’s Greg Ver Steeg was highlighted for his algorithm CorEx which was used to help friend and computational biologist Shirley Pepke find treatment options for her cancer diagnosis.

Prem Natarajan, the Michael Keston Executive Director of the Information Sciences Institute, was interviewed on the best strategies to develop artificial intelligence