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“You want to build resilient systems because bad things can happen fundamentally”
EP. 9 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Alefiya Hussain

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

Cloudwalkers now available on Prime Video
Discover the untold story of the internet's inception with Cloudwalkers: ISI and the Inventors of the Future by Emmy winner director Daniel Druhora.

Mapping Volcanic Hazards with Pegasus
Researchers at ISI help tackle the computational challenges of volcanology.

ISI Ph.D. Day 2025 Welcomes Future Innovators
Prospective doctoral students traveled to ISI’s Marina del Rey headquarters to imagine a future at the institute

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

“We over rely on technology but lack the resilience we need to depend on it”
EP. 8 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: David Balenson

"I'm well equipped both technically and scientifically to pursue the career I want"
2024 ISI Ph.D. graduate Julie Jiang recalls her years at the institute, and how ISI has impacted the way she approaches research

Bridging Divides: Computer Science Sophomore Takes on Polarization at SXSW EDU 2025
Student-led research and discourse-based curriculum challenge the status quo of civics education

USC at AAAI-25
USC researchers present their latest research at the 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-25), one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence conferences