The USC Information Sciences Institute seeks applicants for two Postdoctoral Researcher positions with a focus on modeling and forecasting with multivariate and heterogeneous time series data. The positions are for one year, with possibility of a renewal for two more years.
The USC Graduate Research Symposium is an annual event hosted by the USC Graduate Student Government (GSG). The symposium presents top research produced by USC graduate students. A panel of USC faculty judges the presentations and selects the best ones.
Niloofar Montazeri passed her Ph.D. dissertation defense on Tuesday, January 19, giving an outstanding talk on her excellent thesis entitled "Building a Knowledge Base for Deep Lexical Semantics". Please extend your congratulations to Dr. Montazeri!
Maptive, a company specializing in data visualization, has described ISDer Emilio Ferrara as one of the 100 top big data experts to follow this year, ranking him number 28.
Marian and Kevin’s work on how to create good passwords by generating easy to remember poems has been featured in the Washington Post’s Wonkblog. The article also contains a link to their system, which can generate a secure poem-password for you.
The same blog covered Kristina’s work just two weeks ago!
Kristina’s research on how the popularity of certain people can create the illusion that their positions are more commonly held than they really are receives an entertaining treatment in the Washington Post’s Wonkblog.
A New Yorker columnist consulted Kristina to check how realistic his theory about LA billboards advertising Oscar-nominated films was.
Niloofar Montazeri passed her Ph.D. dissertation defense on Tuesday, January 19, giving an outstanding talk on her excellent thesis entitled "