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Urgent Times Call for Urgent Measures
USC ISI scientists research urgency detection in short crisis situations through social media

The Secretive Networks Used to Move Money Offshore
Researchers at USC Viterbi have uncovered a highly unusual network pattern within the Panama Papers, showing how fortunes can be easily hidden in secretive offshore shell corporations, and how these remain difficult to trace and take down.

USC-led Research Team Shares 10 Years’ Progress in Collecting Data to Push Craniofacial Science Forward
The Facebase research team, which includes ISI’s Carl Kesselman, shares some of its decade’s worth of datasets and invites new contributors to participate.

USC Viterbi Offers Two New Short Courses: “Viterbi vs. Pandemics!” and “Sustainable Energy”
Both lecture series launch the week after Labor Day, offering students a comprehensive faculty coverage of COVID-19 and a series on sustainable energy with Dean Yortsos

Zoom Work Meetings, Anyone?
Researchers at USC ISI prepare for future emergencies during COVID 19 pandemic.

Paul Mockapetris receives Software System Award
Former ISI researcher, Paul Mockapetris recognized for development of DNS.

Yolanda Gil To Oversee Strategic Initiatives at Famed USC Information Sciences Institute
After 35 years of AI research, Gil’s is promoted to a new role where she will lead AI and data science initiatives at the USC Information Sciences Institute.

USC Viterbi Sustainability Projects Receive $150,000 Funding Boost
Projects centered on precision agriculture, water modeling using AI, and smog-reducing architecture have been recognized in the USC Center for Sustainability Solutions’ latest grants.

USC ISI Researchers Honored for Contributions to Networking Simulator
2020 Networking Systems Award from SIGCOMM goes to networking system developed in part by USC ISI team

New Research May Help Identify Trafficking Networks
Characterizing traits of online activity may help to rescue victims