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Dungeons & Dragons: Leading the Conversation through Intents and Theory-of-Mind
Researchers dive into the study of teacher-student natural language interactions to achieve a shared goal in the fantasy world game, Dungeons & Dragons.

Codenames Duet: Predicting the Next Guess Based on Cultural Background
USC Information Sciences Institute researchers dive into the nuances of human behavior and how cultural markers affect decision-making.

Understanding Global Events in Every Language
USC researchers have developed a novel AI technique to pull information from vast amounts of globally sourced text.

USC to Lead Interdisciplinary Project on Mental Health
A collaborative effort with UCLA will predict psychological health risk factors

This Chatbot Sounds Familiar
USC researchers have proposed a novel method to give personalities to language models.

Adam Russell to Lead USC Information Sciences Institute’s Artificial Intelligence Division
Russell sees AI from an anthropologist’s perspective – looking at human behavior in an era of machines, with an expertise in collective intelligence and cross-disciplinary thinking.

Tackling Cosmic Radiation in Next-Gen Space Computing
Researchers at USC Information Sciences Institute are developing ways to protect future hardware from the effects of space.

How To Change the World Through Hardware? “Go With Your Passion”
Distinguished Alum Bob Parker spoke about the early and impactful hardware advances made at ISI.

To the Ends of the Earth: Bringing the Bible to Languages Never Before Reached
Researchers at the Information Sciences Institute are developing technology that helps to streamline Bible translation.

Russia-Ukraine War: Social Media Platforms Uplift the Vulnerable
Despite the spread of misinformation, USC Information Sciences Institute researchers find that social networks play a key role helping those in distress.