Networking & Cybersecurity News Feed

Cloudwalkers Panel Explores What’s Next in Tech
Following the documentary’s premiere, USC ISI pioneers who shaped the internet discussed the future of science, technology, and research

And the DNS was Born
Paul Mockapetris recounts the creation of the Domain Name System at ISI in the 1980s, forever changing how we navigate the internet

USC ISI ANT Lab Detects Major Internet Outage Following Chile Power Failure
Data from the lab’s real-time Internet monitoring system shows the country without power for at least eight hours

ISI Researchers Take Leading Roles at 2025 NDSS Symposium
Researchers, faculty, and students drive conversations across workshops, panels, and research at premier cybersecurity conference

Strengthening Networks with Quantum Technologies
USC ISI researchers are combining the fields of classical networking and quantum mechanical phenomena to create more secure, trustworthy, and robust networks

“We are not studying how humans respond to misinformation properly”
EP. 5 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Jelena Mirkovic

“People need to understand there are different layers to the Internet”
EP. 3 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: John Heidemann

Decoding Science Careers
The CI Compass Fellowship helps undergraduate students find a path at National Science Foundation research facilities

“Researchers have to ask themselves how AI can be used for nefarious purposes”
EP. 1 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Jacob Lichtefeld

Reimagining Privacy Solutions for the Age of Self-Driving Cars
USC ISI researchers collaborate on a study to analyze and enhance design approaches that tackle privacy challenges in robotaxis