New infrastructure will help evaluate data sharing techniques for healthcare, transportation, and other sectors as part of NSF’s $10M privacy initiative

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.

A collaborative research team with USC ISI expertise finds that existing methods for selecting privacy enhancing technologies are inadequate for real-world robotaxis

After four decades of fighting for integrity in computer science, ISI’s Managing Director is ready to tackle “collusion rings” in conferences and reshape how the world’s computing professionals collaborate.

From quantum breakthroughs to AI panels and a rooftop mixer, tech enthusiasts are invited to join free events in the heart of Silicon Beach during LA Tech Week, October 13-19, 2025

ISI's Managing Director has built her career at the intersection of research, innovation, and leadership. Now she is bringing that same dedication and vision to one of the world’s largest professional organizations for computing.

In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.

ISI researchers are designing the tools to keep tomorrow’s networks fast, flexible, and safe.

EP. 11 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Erik Kline

A two-day event brought together researchers, defense officials, investors and technologists to confront an urgent question: how do we secure the final frontier in the age of AI?