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What Lies Beneath: “PipeFish” Robot Patrols City Pipes to Detect Underground Water Leaks
Supported by the Keston endowment, ISI researcher Wei-Min Shen is working to combat deterioration in LA’s aging underground water networks

ISI Spotlight: Emily Sheng, PhD candidate
Learn more about the talented people that make up ISI

Carl Kesselman of ISI and USC Viterbi to help develop a powerful national NIH Data Commons Platform
The virtual, cloud-based platform will help researchers share and manage vast amounts of data online.

One Tool to Rule Them All: ISI Postdoctoral Researcher’s Ontology Wizard Wins Best Paper Award
Best Paper Award recipient Daniel Garijo created a tool to simplify a notoriously tedious process for ontology developers.

ISI awarded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site by NSF
As a new NSF REU site, ISI will welcome top undergraduate students from across the country to explore the theme of human communication in a connected world.

Entrepreneurial High School Students
Top high school students from across the country gather at USC Viterbi to learn the fast-paced world of technology, development and commercialization.

Seven Things You Didn’t Know About the Internet: Q & A with ISI’s John Heidemann
John Heidemann, who’s spent more than 20 years studying the internet, discusses some of the most interesting internet facts.

Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence Enhanced for Particle Physics
Quantum machine catalyzes machine learning efforts in Higgs identification challenge

USC ISI to Lead Project to Simulate Dynamics of Online Social Behavior
$4.95 million DARPA contract awarded to develop large-scale computational simulation of online social behavior

ISI Computer Scientist Participates in Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Fred Morstatter was one of 21 top US students and postdoctoral researchers sponsored to attend the forum.