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Viterbi School Signs Unique Accelerated M.S.
July 04, 2008
As many as five outstanding seniors in the Cal Poly College of Engineering will this fall be able to speed their paths to USC MS degrees through the new Viterbi Integrated Masters of Science Program
Musical Google
June 30, 2008
Pianist/computational engineer Elaine Chew discusses advantages of the operations research approach to the development of new musical search technologies.
Hsieh Department Recruits New Assistant Professor
June 27, 2008
Rahul Jain, whose interests lie in networks, games and control, will join the department this fall coming from IBM.
Information Theorist to Join Ming Hsieh Department
June 27, 2008
Information theorist Gerhard Kramer of Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, will join the Ming Hsieh Department early next year.
Viterbi AME Faculty Member Is Pioneer Award Winner in New NSF Program
June 26, 2008
Andrea Hodge has received a $175,000 two-year grant to carry on advanced research in a sophisticated manufacturing process used to coat targets with thin films of various materials.
USC HPCC Supercomputer Ranks in U.S. Top 10
June 25, 2008
Viterbi contributes expertise and leadership to the university's High Performance Computing Center
Airbus Research Projects Take Flight
June 24, 2008
The Aerospace Institute for Engineering Research has embarked on three ambitious, collaborative aerospace research projects that could benefit commercial aviation worldwide.
Hsieh Professor Wins ASEE Terman Award
June 22, 2008
Keith Chugg's prize honors his achievements in textbook writing, teaching, research and student guidance
Designing a Safe Light Rail Crossing
June 20, 2008
An industrial and systems engineering student will examine the safety issues involved in the design of a new Expo Light Rail crossing near Dorsey High School.
BMES Organizes $200K Biomed R&D Challenge
June 19, 2008
Research center's business director brings together Army, industry, academia and a foundation to create a lab-bench-to-marketplace competition judged by a blue-ribbon panel
MySpace Looks to USC to Help Servers Keep Up with Users
June 18, 2008
How do you keep a potential half-billion social networkers current? A Viterbi School expert tackles the growth problems of one of the world's largest computing systems.
Prominent Viterbi Emeritus Keynotes Systems-of-Systems Conference
June 17, 2008
George Bekey drew on his vast experience in a wide range of engineering disciplines in his speech at the recent IEEE SOSE conference in Monterey, California
Charles L. Weber Appointed Professor Emeritus
June 17, 2008
A distinguished radar and communications technologist in the Ming Hsieh Department has been appointed professor emeritus in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the field.
2008 Millennium Technology Laureate Andrew J. Viterbi Feted in Finland
June 12, 2008
Nikias, Yortsos and Golomb journey with him to Helsinki to be part of events honoring the School's namesake and three illustrious colleagues.
Langdon Wins Honors from Both European and Chinese Academies
June 12, 2008
Terence G. Langdon has won a 2008 Blaise Pascal Medal for Material Science from the European Academy of Sciences, and will deliver the Lee Hsun Lecture at a Chinese Academy Institute of Materials Science
Horowitz to Chair Computer Science
June 10, 2008
Professor Ellis Horowitz will serve as interim chair of the Viterbi School's Department of Computer Science.
Mann Institute Establishes Fellowships for Viterbi PhD Candidates
June 05, 2008
Three Viterbi School doctoral students will have their careers generously supported for three years as recipients of Alfred E. Mann Innovation in Engineering Doctoral Fellowships.
Infosys Technologies Funds New Research Center at USC
June 04, 2008
The giant Bangalore-based IT company will partner with the Viterbi School to create a Center for Research & Education in Advanced Software Technologies on the USC campus
Astani Department Professor Building Bamboo Houses for Quake Victims
May 29, 2008
The Viterbi School's Yan Xiao, on sabbatical in China, has created a prototype of a sturdy, quick-to-build bamboo house designed to help the vast number of people made homeless by the May 12 Sichuan earthquake.
Viterbi CS Faculty Host World's Biggest Robotics Gathering
May 26, 2008
The organizers of the mammoth 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation were all from Viterbi. An ISI robotics team took a top prize and a USC specialist in nanorobotics won a prestigious Pioneer Award.