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Museum Goers Teach Common Sense to Computers
ISI researchers have created a system, called LEARNER2, which prompts ordinary, non-expert humans to share their worldly knowledge with silicon-brained learners.
Not Old School: Researcher Finding IT Solutions for K-12 Problems
Carole Beal researches ways to improve the teaching process in K-12 classrooms using information technology.
ISI Co-Pioneered Software Moves From Toolkit to Consortium, from Science to Business
Scientific users the world over are already using Globus software to allow seamless sharing of computational resources.
Found in Space: $58 million
The three projects will be critical in creating mechanisms that can work effectively with minimal human control in highly dynamic situations in space.
GamePipe Lab Plans to be R&D Player
According to Mike Zyda, USC, which has emerged in recent years as a major academic center both for study of games and training of game creators, is an ideal place for this effort.
The Wars of the Virtual Worlds
The three-part experiment now taking place will use about 100,000 entities, employing 128-node Linux cluster supercomputers.
Godiva’s Speedy Ride: USC PIM Chip On Track to Beat Itanium
ISI has completed StreamAdd benchmarking, which measures memory bandwidth, on a single Godiva chip running as part of the Long’s Peak system.
New Postel Visiting Scholar Will Network the Past
Chris Edmondson-Yurkanan will investigate the ARPAnet and Internet design histories by exploring the Postel Center Archives.
USC Smartens HP Server Memory
ISI’s Mary Hall has been working on a DARPA-funded effort to improve “processor in memory” or PIM chips for more than four years.
Thought for Food
ISI scientists have partnered with the “Wholesalers to the Hungry” program to create an instant, individualized menu and recipe planner to help low-income seniors and families.