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A Soft Robot Reaches for the Stars
USC researchers are teaching a flexible, nature-inspired machine to crawl, cling and someday inspect spacecraft or explore places robots cannot reach
Moving at the Speed of Light: USC Celebrates Stevens School Naming
The USC Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence pairs more than 50 years of computing history with connections across the university.
“ISI Is a Great Place If You Want to Change the World”
Departing Executive Director Craig Knoblock on eight years leading USC Viterbi and USC Stevens' Information Sciences Institute, reviving MOSIS, and what comes next
Six New Faculty Join USC Stevens School of Computing and AI This Year
Joining from the University of Michigan and USC’s Information Sciences Institute, the new faculty bring expertise in AI, quantum computing, advanced hardware and machine learning
When the Internet Is Up – but You Still Can’t Get There
USC Viterbi and USC Stevens researchers at ISI find that partial internet failures are as common as complete outages and may linger unnoticed for years
From USC to Microsoft: A Career Shaping AI’s Next Era
Priya Bhasin left New Delhi for a USC Viterbi classroom in 2014. Today, as a Group Product Manager at Microsoft AI, she's building the systems deciding what AI does next.
State of the School 2026: Built for What Comes Next
From a transformative investment in AI to major research wins and a new emphasis on experiential learning, USC Viterbi continues to derive strength from its people.
The Lawyer’s Office May Be a Lifeline
A study of hundreds of thousands of suicide records finds overlooked chances to recognize distress long before a person reaches a mental health clinic - or worse
They Developed an AI Tool to Detect Online Job Ads Linked to Human Trafficking
The USC Viterbi and Stevens researchers' automated system analyzes multilingual job postings to identify deceptive recruitment tactics, risky platforms and industries targeted by traffickers
Carl Kesselman Wins 2026 HPDC Achievement Award
USC pioneer honored for grid-computing breakthroughs that helped reshape large-scale science and anticipated the cloud