USC ISI

USC ISI has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in June 2022. Besides social media accounts, uscisi has populated their site with: • USC ISI Ignites Innovation at LA Tech Week 2025 • Read the AI Index • Download the ISI Magazine • EPISODE 16: “Genuine curiosity pays off in a deeply technical environment” • Watch Cloudwalkers: ISI and The Inventors of The Future | Prime Video • EPISODE 15 - “Having an AI strategy is becoming more complex because it’s unpredictable” • ISI Website • Crumbl x Clingers • Upcoming Seminars and Events • EPISODE 17: “You can get lucky in research, but you can’t get lucky if you are not prepared” • What Would It Take to Eat Breakfast on the Moon? - Information Sciences InstituteInformation Sciences Institute • Beyond the Hype: Quantum Computers Start Solving Real Problems - Information Sciences InstituteInformation Sciences Institute • AI Is Powering the Search for America’s Critical Minerals - Information Sciences InstituteInformation Sciences Institute • EPISODE 3 - “People need to understand there are different layers to the Internet” • ISI’s Craig Knoblock Uses Data Analytics to Locate Rare Earth Minerals • EPISODE 2 - “Try a technology out before committing to a research field” • Space Robotics Platform Astrobee Set for Commercial Transition for ISS Operations - Information Sciences InstituteInformation Sciences Institute • EPISODE 1 - “Researchers have to ask themselves how AI can be used for nefarious purposes” • Click Here for Confusion: The State of Privacy Settings - Information Sciences InstituteInformation Sciences Institute • Building a Digital Apprentice - Information Sciences InstituteInformation Sciences Institute • USC ISI Shines at LA Tech Week 2024 • Robotaxis Keep Riders Safe, But What About Their Data? - Information Sciences InstituteInformation Sciences Institute • EPISODE 32 - “AI needs to have a trustworthiness index and sources monitoring” • USC ISI's Terry Benzel Wins IEEE Computer Society Vice Presidency to Combat Conference Ethics Crisis - Information Sciences InstituteInformation Sciences Institute • EPISODE 31 - “AI is not smarter than us, but it will try harder than us, for better or worse” • Universities Unite to Advance AI-Driven Workflow Management on Modern Cyberinfrastructure • EPISODE 30 - “I worry about AI researchers not knowing enough about social sciences” • Uncovering a German Toxic Language Bias in Google’s AI Tool • EPISODE 29 - “Today you have to do AI combined with some other field to be relevant” • Why Your Friends May Be More Susceptible to Influence Than You Are • EPISODE 28 - “If you study AI you need to be curious and not pay attention to the noise” • ISI at ACL 2025 • EPISODE 26 - “There is no end goal for AI ethics, there will always be something new to mitigate” • A Real-Time Look at How AI Is Reshaping Work • EPISODE 27 - “AI could be an advisor to someone who does not have a support system” • Analyzing How Americans Debate Abortion • EPISODE 25 - “I worry that AI will be used to manipulate large groups of people” • ISI at ICWSM 2025 • EPISODE 24 - “AIs will give you answers even if they don’t know” • Self-learning neural network cracks iconic black holes • ISI at ACL ’23: Learning from Games, Mitigating Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias and Searching Events in Hundreds of Languages • Integrating SWAP and MMEC Technologies into MOSIS 2.0 • EPISODE 23 - “We need to determine who is responsible when AI makes a mistake” • Where Doctors Go: Using Data to Map Where Physicians Start Their Careers • USC Information Sciences Insitute • Smart Enough to Know Better? How AI Handles Legal Questions • EPISODE 22 - “The talk around AI replacing us is the most misunderstood concept in AI” • CA DREAMS welcomes AIT Taiwan Delegation • EPISODE 21 - “I love OpenAI tools. They save me so much time, I call her Chatty” • ISI at the NAACL ‘25 Conference • EPISODE 20 - “AI is also the reinvention of communication” • ISI researcher collaborates with Financial Times to uncover coordinated online effort to sway Canadian election • EPISODE 19 “I wish AI could surpass humans in empathy, it should be pretty easy” • Mapping Our Emotionally-Divided Society • EPISODE 18 - “We need more social sciences experts in AI to focus on its human side” • Investigating State-Backed Information Operations • EPISODE 17 - “My fear is that we put AI at the core without any human knowledge” • Workshop Gathers Experts at Crossroads of Space, Cybersecurity and AI • EPISODE 16 - “AIs can’t be sentient, they are bunch of numbers that obey algorithms” • Detecting wildfires with AI • EPISODE 15 - “I worry that people are not contextualizing their interactions with AI enough” • Cloudwalkers Panel Explores What’s Next in Tech • EPISODE 14 - “Humans are better at humor because AI’s context sensing is still raw” • Mapping Volcanic Hazards with Pegasus • EPISODE 13 - “I want to help a student write a thesis on artificial general intelligence” • And the DNS was Born • EPISODE 12 - “I try to solve problems where we don’t have enough resources” • Bridging Divides: Computer Science Sophomore Takes on Polarization at SXSW EDU 2025 • EPISODE 1 - “AI can be good for low stakes issues” • ISI @ AAAI-25 • EPISODE 11 - “We answer questions that companies are not brave enough to answer” • USC ISI ANT Lab Detects Major Internet Outage Following Chile Power Failure • EPISODE 10 - “We need diverse voices doing AI to serve a diverse population” • “With Computer Science You can Solve a lot of Problems and Pioneer Technologies” – Information Sciences Institute • EPISODE 9 - “Apply AI to problems you are passionate about” • ISI Researchers Take Leading Roles at 2025 NDSS Symposium • EPISODE 8 - “If I could go back in time I would tell myself to learn Python much earlier” • Scientists Call for National Strategy on High-Performance Computing • EPISODE 7 - “If we blur the line between what is real and fake, everything is fake” • Strengthening networks with quantum technologies • EPISODE 6 - “We don’t have evidence that genuine AI empathy is on the horizon” • “Your research will become a valuable resource for people in the future” • EPISODE 5 - “Learn fundamental math: AI will always rely on it” • Two projects accelerate CA DREAMS • EPISODE 4 - “I want to make an impact by reducing misinformation” • The new generation of ISI Ph.D.s: Basel Shbita • EPISODE 3 - “AI is a tool but it might not be your best solution” – Information Sciences Institute • Decoding Science Careers - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering • EPISODE 2 - “A smarter way to organize the world around us” • USC’s CA DREAMS Hub secures additional $27 million in DoD funding • The Evolución of Cities: AI Helps Map Madrid and More • Mission Critical: Improving Software Development for Space Defense - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering • Finding Answers (About the Best Way to Find Answers) • USC ISI at the 2024 EMNLP Conference • Big Tech Inventor Mobility Leads To Higher Productivity • $1M Investment and a New Director Fuel AI for Health Innovation at ISI’s AI4Health Center • Jay Pujara’s Work Has Stood The Test Of Time • Researchers uncover an information operation threatening the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election • Flagged for Being Queer • The Surprising Ineffectiveness of Countering Hate Speech on Reddit • Does ChatGPT Belong in Mensa? • Reimagining Privacy Solutions for the Age of Self-Driving Cars • Using big data analytics to improve process flows in the university nanofab • USC Viterbi-led CA DREAMS Hub is awarded $31.9 million in funding under the Microelectronics Commons - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering • Innovation and Ice Cream: ISI’s Back-to-School Kickoff • AI Helps Scientists Predict the Future Climate by Studying the Distant Past • How nutritious is this food: USC researchers use AI to analyze menus • How Stimulating STEM Cultivates Diverse Futures in Science and Technology • Not Feeling It: AI’s Emotional Disconnect • The 2024 Election Integrity Initiative: Safeguarding Online Political Discourse • Deception, Persuasion, and AI • ISI at ACL ‘24 • USC ISI Researchers Detect Massive Internet Outage in Bangladesh Amid Civil Unrest • From France to Los Angeles: Collaborating on space work • Leveling Up Research and Publishing in Geoscience’s Open-Source Era • Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? To Evaluate Your LLM • USC at the NAACL ’24 Conference • No GPS, No Problem • Engineering a better way to find doctors • The vision of MOSIS 2.0 • Cybersecurity With Human-AI Collaboration • The next steps for California DREAMS • Detecting Influence Campaigns on X with AI and Network Science