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Drone Flythrough – USC School of Advanced Computing
To celebrate the launch of the new USC School of Advanced Computing, USC Viterbi partnered with JayByrd Films to create a drone fly through video of the new school at Ginsburg Hall - the first "one take" indoor flight video on the USC campus
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Ron and Valerie Sugar invest in innovation with a new trustee chair at the USC School of Advanced Computing
Shang-Hua Teng, S.K. Gupta and Massoud Pedram receive the prestigious honor in recognition of their contributions to innovation, invention and technology.
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Medvidovic was recognized for "contributions to the foundations of software architectures and their application to software engineering."
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New Nature study highlights predictive power of AI in identifying airports used as key nodes in illegal wildlife trade networks
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"Experience of a lifetime": Suvaditya Mukherjee helps bring "The Wizard of Oz" to the Las Vegas Sphere using cutting-edge artificial intelligence.
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Article features the inaugural AI Summit held at Ginsburg Hall; CAIS Co-Director and ISE Professor Phebe Vayanos was featured.

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Kian Ahrabian - Dissertation Defense

Fri, Feb 06, 2026
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: GCS 502C
Title:  Toward Large Language Models as Universal Tools   Date and Time: Friday, February 6, 2026 | 11:00am-1:00pm  Location: Ginsburg Hall 5th floor Conference...

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Ting-Rui Chiang - Thesis Proposal

Mon, Feb 09, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: RTH 306
Title:  Learning Mechanisms and Fundamental Limitations of Large Language Models Date and Time: Monday, February 9, 2026 | 11:00am-12:30pm  Location: RTH 306    Committee Members: Xuezhe Ma, Dani Yogatama, Cyrus...

Feb10Tue
ML Center Seminar: Dr. Chong Liu - Accelerated Bayesian Optimization for Drug Discovery

Tue, Feb 10, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: GCS 302C
Speaker: Chong Liu, State University of New York at Albany Talk Title: Accelerated Bayesian Optimization for Drug Discovery Abstract: Modern drug discovery is a time-consuming, expensive, and high-risk scientific process. A central...

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From Cancer Research to Smart Cities: USC Builds Platform to Test Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing Technologies
From Cancer Research to Smart Cities: USC Builds Platform to Test Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing Technologies

New infrastructure will help evaluate data sharing techniques for healthcare, transportation, and other sectors as part of NSF’s $10M privacy initiative

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Three USC Viterbi Professors Named Fellows of National Academy of Inventors
Three USC Viterbi Professors Named Fellows of National Academy of Inventors

Shang-Hua Teng, S.K. Gupta and Massoud Pedram receive the prestigious honor in recognition of their contributions to innovation, invention and technology.

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Finding Home in Oz: USC Student Helps Transform a Classic With AI
Finding Home in Oz: USC Student Helps Transform a Classic With AI

“Experience of a lifetime”: Suvaditya Mukherjee helps bring “The Wizard of Oz” to the Las Vegas Sphere using cutting-edge artificial intelligence.

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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on January 22nd, 2026