Information Sciences Institute

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.

As artificial intelligence advances at breakneck speed, even the scientists building it admit they’re navigating uncharted territory where the line between revolutionary breakthrough and existential risk remains alarmingly unclear.

Rehan Kapadia, director of MOSIS 2.0, shared how the service is building on its pioneering legacy to create a national network that lowers barriers, accelerates prototyping, and drives U.S. innovation in microelectronics.

At LA Tech Week, a USC Information Sciences Institute panel explores the infrastructure, policies, and partnerships shaping the new space race.

USC-led study challenges assumptions about technician demand as chip manufacturing expands, and demonstrates a shortage in engineers. This new job posting screening system could be used to monitor workforce needs in real time for any industry.

At ISI’s LA Tech Week panel, researchers explored how the principles of quantum mechanics are becoming real-world technologies, with high hopes for drug discovery

A MOSIS 2.0 panel explores how to bridge lab-to-fab, support defense programs, and build a sustainable national network

At USC ISI, researchers are using machine learning to unlock data from thousands of maps and build one of the world’s largest knowledge bases of global mineral resources.

USC, home of the first operational quantum computer in academia, hosted its second quantum technology forum, bringing together leading experts from industry, academia and government.

In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.