Research News Feed

Organizing Chaos
A $10-million grant from NIH funds a much-needed craniofacial research database

Content Kingmaker – Quality or Webpage Position?
Webpage position reigns in peer recommendation of online content on sites like Reddit

USC ISI Participates in White House’s SmartAmerica Challenge
USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute focuses on building a better power grid

Creating the Art Museum of the Future
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has partnered with Craig Knoblock and Pedro Szekely to create applications and educational tools that help engage the younger generation and bolster interest in the arts

A Better Search for Cures
In the past, genetics researchers had to find hundreds of people for every study they started. Now, the USC Information Sciences Institute has reduced that search to a few keystrokes.

Sure, You Liked Mad Men, But Did it Change Your Life?
USC Viterbi and Annenberg schools measure media impact

Moving ISI to New Levels of Excellence
Former Raytheon Executive Prem Natarajan Takes the Helm of ISI

ISI Grad Students Show Off Their Stuff
The Graduate Student Symposium brings together students working in the Networks and Intelligent Systems divisions of ISI.

Experts Come to ISI to Ponder Problems of Exascale Computing
Discussions included systemic problems in ultrahigh performance computing.

NSA and DHS Recognize USC/ISI for Academic Excellence in Data Protection Research and Education
The goal of CAE-R programs is to reduce vulnerability in the U.S. national information infrastructure.