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Abel Salinas, graduating PhD candidate at USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and co-founder of CommonGround

Thinking Fast and Slow: How to Turn a PhD into a Startup Incubator

CLASS OF 2026 - Graduating PhD candidate Abel Salinas used his time at USC Information Sciences Institute to develop CommonGround: an AI platform that helps organizations forecast violence and civil unrest, enabling them to proactively protect people, operations and supply chains.