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USC ISI and Amazon Launching New STEM Summer Program for Underrepresented High School Students
The four-week residential summer program, hosted by USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute, aims to expose students to topics like AI, coding, and robotics.

The MOSIS Service of USC Information Sciences Institute and WIN Semiconductors Corp to Collaborate on III-V Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing
The MOSIS Service of Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California and WIN Semiconductors Corp. announced a Memorandum of Understanding.

‘That’s Just Common Sense’. USC researchers find bias in up to 38.6% of ‘facts’ used by AI
A team of researchers from the USC Information Sciences Institute studied two AI databases to see if their data was fair. They found that it wasn’t.

Where does vaccine hesitancy exist? ISI researchers can predict on the zip code-level, in real-time
New software can outperform local and national survey data in gauging public opinions.

“The world impatiently waits for you”: 1100 USC Viterbi master’s students graduate
First in-person, satellite ceremonies in two years feature four-star general and former CEO of Yahoo and Verizon Media as speakers

“Do Better Than Us”: Three Years of USC Viterbi Ph.D.s Receive Their Hoods
At the 2022 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony, 215 new graduates join Trojan forebears like Andrew Viterbi and Wanda Austin.

USC ISI works with D-Wave to house one of the First U.S-Based Advantage Quantum Computers
New D-Wave Advantage system, housed at the University of Southern California-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center, brings quantum system and hybrid solver access to business and research clients wanting a US-based solution.

“Splendid sunsets on the Marina”: USC ISI’s Class of 2022 is graduating with big dreams and fond memories
Featuring anecdotes and impactful projects of student researchers at the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI).

Dr. Ishwar K. Puri, vice president of research at USC, learns about ISI's work on AI, networking, and cybersecurity
Five Ph.D. students presented their work on fairness in job ads, translation, newsworthiness, tables in Wikidata, and vulnerability detection in programs.

USC at ICLR 2022: learning how to learn, decision making in complex environments, better forecasting models
USC researchers advance the state-of-the-art in AI and deep learning at top international conference.