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February 23, 2026

USC Maintains a Critical Piece of the Internet’s Phone Book. It Just Got a Boost

Public Interest Registry makes a gift to USC ISI in recognition of its nearly 40 years of operating B-Root and pioneering DNS privacy research.

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February 10, 2026

AI for Soldiers, Movies, and Children: USC Engineer Elected to National Academy

Professor Shrikanth Narayanan recognized by the NAE for pioneering contributions to human-centered AI and speech technologies with wide-ranging societal impact

This Tool by USC Scientists Writes Research Papers in Under an Hour
February 5, 2026

The End of Academic Writer’s Block? This Tool by USC Scientists Writes Research Papers in Under an Hour

USC researcher launches GRAIL just one day after OpenAI’s competing platform, promising to turn rough notes into submission-ready papers in under an hour

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February 5, 2026

AI System Built at USC Helps Investigators Track Down and Convict Sex Traffickers

Mayank Kejriwal’s research on fighting sex trafficking with artificial intelligence has earned a spot in Science, one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals.

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January 23, 2026

AI Tools That Once Required Supercomputers Are Now Within Reach for Southern California Researchers

USC ISI workshop connects about 100 participants to national resources transforming research across disciplines

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January 22, 2026

From Cancer Research to Smart Cities: USC Builds Platform to Test Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing Technologies

New infrastructure will help evaluate data sharing techniques for healthcare, transportation, and other sectors as part of NSF’s $10M privacy initiative

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January 20, 2026

Scientists Propose New Explanation for Quantum “Spookiness” That Einstein Might Actually Like

USC Viterbi researchers suggest mysterious quantum connections may arise from common-sense physics, not supernatural weirdness.

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December 4, 2025

Scientists Create Ultra Fast Memory Using Light

Novel "photonic latch" technology paves the way for ultra-fast, light-based computing for AI and data centers.

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December 1, 2025

Bridging the Valley of Death: ISI’s Computational Systems Division and the DREAMS Evolution

A team at USC is democratizing advanced semiconductor development by providing researchers with rapid design generators, validated IP libraries, and FPGA-based prototyping platforms that compress the journey from concept to working silicon from years to months.

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November 19, 2025

USC Researcher Wins Prestigious Computing Award for Scientific Workflow Innovations

USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute computer scientist Ewa Deelman, whose software has helped detect gravitational waves and map earthquake risks, has been honored with one of the field’s most prestigious awards.

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