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“Sunny” Memories and Impactful Projects: USC ISI’s Class of 2023 Graduates
The anecdotes, memories, and future goals of graduating student researchers at ISI

Can AI Teach Your Child Perseverance?
Postdoc Scholar Emmanuel Johnson is part of a team receiving a $20M National Science Foundation grant to research AI-augmented learning.

USC Computer Scientists Are Tackling Dental Health and Birth Defects
FaceBase researchers are advancing dental, oral and craniofacial research with data.

New Twitter, Now With More Hate
A USC computer scientist and his team have found that in less than six months, hate speech has significantly increased on Twitter.

Sustainability in Space: Giving Old Satellites New Jobs
Researchers have completed Phase One of a U.S. Space Force project looking at the feasibility of updating software on orbiting satellites.

ISI Researchers Win Best Paper Award at IEEE COMSNETS 2023
The winning paper describes the team’s work on defending against cyber attacks

The Magic Behind the Microscope
The same USC software that aided the discovery of gravity waves now automates a unique 3D microscope that first revealed COVID-19.

The Quiet Revolution of AI on the Edge
AI is running on mobile phones, sensors, and home appliances thanks to the engineering innovations that make the most of the limited memory, reduced computational power, and little energy available in these devices.

Applications Open for Stimulating STEM 2023 Summer Program
Co-sponsored by Amazon, the free 4-week residential program offers career mentorship and exposure to STEM to underrepresented high school students

More Debris, More Problems: Building Technology to Clean Up Space
Researchers at USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute are building machines to help rid junk from the atmosphere.