Where will America find its next critical mineral supply? ISI researchers are using #AI to digitize maps & build a massive mining knowledge base, helping predict where undiscovered deposits might be. 🔗 bit.ly/4hH4JD3 Presenting at #SIGSPATIAL and #ISWC this month. @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu

As the U.S. works to reduce dependence on China for #CriticalMinerals, USC Viterbi's Information Sciences Institute's Craig Knoblock and team are using #data to locate untapped deposits, including right here in California. Read about it here --> bit.ly/3JqCGv8 @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu

I’m incredibly honored to receive the Chuck ReVelle Rising Star Award from SOLA @informs.bsky.social. This recognition is both inspiring and humbling; it raises the bar and motivates me to keep advancing location science and to live up to the spirit of this award. @viterbischool.usc.edu @usc.edu

For patients, every hour waiting for surgery feels endless. @viterbischool.usc.edu found a way to help — building data models that cut delays, ease hospital congestion, & improve access to care.

For decades, Alzheimer’s research focused on plaques & tangles in the brain. @viterbischool.usc.edu uncovered that blood flow, instead, could be the key to unlocking Alzheimer’s treatment. 🧠

Thanks to Greta Harrison for writing this news item about our recent paper and to my amazing co-authors, Dr. Padman, Dr. Tsang, Dr. Kilic (MD) @viterbischool.usc.edu @usc.edu viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/09...

USC ISI is hosting panels, lab tours, and a rooftop mixer during LA Tech Week 2025 🎉 Free + open to the public, Oct 13–19 in Marina del Rey. Come see the future of AI, space, quantum, and more. Details + RSVP 👉 bit.ly/46kfvKs

The LASSIE Project is developing robots that can sense and adapt to complex terrain. Among the leaders driving this effort is USC ECE Prof Feifei Qian, collaborating with Oregon State University and NASA along with other collaborators to push the boundaries of planetary exploration. #AIWeek

New @viterbischool.usc.edu biomedical engineering research could change how we understand and treat Alzheimer's. The work examines the critical role played by the brain's blood flow dynamics. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/08...

Want to know about the new School of Advanced of Computing @viterbischool.usc.edu? Let us take you inside. @csatusc.bsky.social @usc.edu @isi.edu www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6BU...

Meet the 'piano tuners' of quantum computing—Daniel Lidar & team are tuning up the future with AI-driven software that makes quantum computers more reliable and practical. Read more here: viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/08...

Leveraging evolutionary game theory, USC researchers developed a mathematical model showing that when immunotherapy precedes chemo—and both are timed to the cancer-immunity cycle—we can use lower doses for equal or greater impact. Timing is treatment. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/08...

It’s National Breastfeeding Awareness month. Here’s some of our newest research related to maternal health & infant health. Prof Maral Mousavi & her team recently unveiled a wearable smart lactation pad that measures glucose and chemicals that may be present in breast milk in real time.

Congrats to USC Viterbi Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Prof. Hangbo Zhao on receiving a 2025 NSF CAREER Award for Advanced Manufacturing Research! Tap the link to read more: viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/07...

Ten ISI papers are being presented in Vienna this week at #ACL2025! From #AI teaching and safety to authorship and mime, our researchers are pushing #NLP forward. bit.ly/454O2vt @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu

A sensor that reads your sweat & adjusts your meds? It’s real. @viterbischool.usc.edu engineers built a wearable that detects lithium in sweat, a breakthrough for needle-free treatment in bipolar disorder.

Researchers from @viterbischool.usc.edu and @keck.usc.edu have shown how the spinal cord controls the bladder in real time using ultrasound imaging. This first-of-its-kind study could lead to new treatments for incontinence. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/07...

ISI research reveals the Susceptibility Paradox: your friends are more influenceable than you are! This award-winning work at #ICWSM2025 sheds light on why trends & misinformation catch on online. Read more: bit.ly/45aq02q #SocialMedia @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu @csatusc.bsky.social

Long-distance high five? Hugs from across the country? A squeeze through the screen? Wearable tech by @viterbischool.usc.edu lets users feel gestures real-time in virtual reality. 🔗 uscne.ws/haptics

A breakthrough in wearable tech from @usc.edu could transform bipolar disorder treatment. Researchers at the USC Viterbi & @keck.usc.edu have developed the first fully printed wearable lithium sensor, allowing patients to monitor medication levels through sweat. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/07...

Along with @viterbischool.usc.edu, we’re advancing USC’s leadership in quantum information sciences and technologies. Our goal: accelerate the development, and application, of quantum technologies. To learn more: quantum.usc.edu

Congrats to USC Viterbi’s Robin Jia and Ibrahim Sabek on winning the inaugural Google ML & Systems Junior Faculty Awards! @viterbischool.usc.edu @csatusc.bsky.social viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/07...

This is the research that @usccee.bsky.social Professor and Chair Burcin Becerik-Gerber and USC ICT’s Gale Lucas are conducting along with MassMotion, developing simulation tools which allow people to understand and plan for behavioral responses. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/07...

Allegro-FM, an artificial intelligence-driven simulation model has made a startling discovery through simulations: it is possible to recapture carbon dioxide emitted in the process of making concrete and place it back into the concrete that it helped produce. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/07...

The @roboticsscisys.bsky.social conference was held for the second time at @usc.edu in the conference's history, smashed its conference records with 594 papers & nearly 1,300 attendees. @gauravsukhatme.bsky.social @viterbischool.usc.edu @csatusc.bsky.social viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/07...

Could open-source MedTech reshape healthcare? @uscbme.bsky.social Ellis Meng and team are creating low-cost, customizable implantable devices to accelerate innovation and expand access. More at the link: viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/06...

From permafrost to policy: USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof Mahta Moghaddam is leveraging satellites, drones, and AI to monitor Earth’s most extreme environments—and drive real climate solutions. Read more at the link: today.usc.edu/from-permafr...

Starting Monday with a bright spot! www.thebrighterside.news/post/scienti...

More photos from #RSS2025 at @usc.edu! @roboticsscisys.bsky.social @csatusc.bsky.social @viterbischool.usc.edu @gauravsukhatme.bsky.social

Don't miss Daniel Lidar speaking at a panel for TheEconomist Newspaper Limited on #quantumcomputing and organizations. events.economist.com/building-qua...

📢 You are invited: AI Index on July 17, 2025 at 4PM Location: USC Information Sciences Institute in Los Angeles PANEL AND NETWORKING EVENT Hosted by Stanford AI Index and ISI 📅 REGISTER NOW: lnkd.in/gNEfEqD9

🇩🇰 Catch our work in Copenhagen this week! From #AI & labor to #TikTok in crises, #ISI researchers are presenting 11 papers at #ICWSM25, all asking the question: how do online systems shape our lives? More here --> bit.ly/3ZLxfMi @icwsm.bsky.social @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu

A revolutionary new wireless implant offering personalized chronic pain relief. Read more about the latest research from the Zhou Lab from @viterbischool.usc.edu and @keck.usc.edu. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/06...

The RSS Robotics Science and Systems conference is in full swing at USC! @csatusc.bsky.social @roboticsscisys.bsky.social @usc.edu @gauravsukhatme.bsky.social

News! @usc.edu -led study demonstrates unconditional exponential quantum scaling advantage. Conducted on IBM #quantum processors, study demonstrates “a promise of quantum computing previously articulated only on paper,” says author Daniel Lidar. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/06...

Welcome to the SURE (USC Viterbi Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) undergraduate students from all over the country who came to USC this summer to work in cutting edge research labs!

Sewage can reveal a lot – & help track COVID, the flu and the stomach viruses. Learn about how @usccee.bsky.social Prof Adam Smith along with collaborators is studying how wastewater could be a valuable tool to track community infection and keep people safe. magazine.viterbi.usc.edu/spring-2025/...

Aristotle and Kant in an engineering class? Meet Katherine Brichacek who is teaching in the Engineering in Society and incorporates philosophy and ethics into her advanced writing courses Read more in our latest issue of the USC Viterbi magazine. magazine.viterbi.usc.edu/spring-2025/...

Congratulations to @usccee.bsky.social 2025 graduate Rebecca Henig who was recently awarded the 2025 Structural Engineering Fellowship! somfoundation.com/fellow/rebec...

. @viterbischool.usc.edu researchers have engineered a new immune cell that, when activated by ultrasound, can continuously sense and destroy cancer cells for extended periods. More on their research ⬇️ 🔬 #MedSky #CancerResearch

Tomorrow’s AI begins with today’s values. With a $12M gift from the Lord Foundation of California, USC’s new Institute on Ethics & Trust in Computing will be dedicated to embedding ethics into tech. 💛

Watched the show The Studio? Directors never have to miss a shot because of lighting again with this new innovation from USC Institute for Creative Technologies Read more at the link: viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/05...

A career pivot with astronomical results! With @viterbischool.usc.edu's EmTech program, Alex Gasca pivoted from constructing buildings to designing rocket systems at Relativity Space. 🌠

Twin sisters tackling Trojan life together! At @viterbischool.usc.edu, Gabrielle and Zoe ran track, led student orgs, mentored local youth, and earned engineering degrees — side by side. 👭

I had a pretty amazing TA for my class at USC this semester... viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/05... @viterbischool.usc.edu

A pivotal moment in science 🔬 Scientists from Keck School and @viterbischool.usc.edu have been awarded an $8 million, five-year grant from one of the National Institutes of Health to launch a Superfund Research Program Center where they will study environmental contamination from #PFAS.

New research from @viterbischool.usc.edu @thechunglab.bsky.social: How a naturally derived nanoparticle could change the game for atherosclerosis and kidney disease. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/05...