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ISI Names Two New Fellows
Researchers Ewa Deelman and Yolanda Gil have received USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute’s highest honor.

New NSF Center on Soil Research Launched
USC to lead Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Soil Technologies

TREBUCHET: A High-Powered Processor for Cutting-Edge Encryption
Researchers from USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute are part of a team working to keep sensitive data secure with accelerated computing.

USC Wins DARPA Map Feature Extraction Challenge
A joint team between USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute and the University of Minnesota won first place in part of the DARPA AI for Critical Mineral Assessment Competition

How Old Is Your Brain? Ask All The Hospitals
Researchers at USC’s Information Sciences Institute are proposing an artificial intelligence system that addresses several of the machine learning challenges in the medical space.

Training Algorithms To Make Fair Decisions Using Private Data
USC Viterbi researchers have developed a fairness enhancing algorithm that also keeps data secure.

Machines, Are They Smarter Than a Six-Year-Old?
Researchers at USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute are developing an algorithm that teaches machines to learn without human supervision.

USC Researchers Present 12 Papers at AAAI
This leading venue for machine learning research takes place February 7-14 in Washington D.C.

Los Angeles’ Silicon Beach goes back to USC’s Information Sciences Institute
The computer research institute established in 1972 was building the internet on the Westside decades before the tech industry took over.

Streamlining Learning Curves in the Workplace with Machine Learning
ISI’s KNIC program works to build AI that can help new employees kick start their new jobs more efficiently