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How USC Viterbi Engineers Are Helping Trojan Football Gain a Competitive Edge
USC Viterbi analytics students are creating a new, comprehensive database so the USC Trojans football team can better access the insights needed to win on the gridiron.
USC Students Are Developing a Forecasting System to Improve Hospital Operations
USC Viterbi analytics and health systems management students are creating a forecasting system with an interactive analytics dashboard that helps USC Keck Medicine professionals better anticipate future patient demand and operational needs.
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USC Studies Aim to Advance Self-Driving Cars, Transform Robot “Brains” and Understand Workplace AI Use
3 USC faculty will lead research projects funded by the Toyota Research Institute
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USC Professor Receives Decision Analysis’ Highest Honor
Ali Abbas wins the Frank P. Ramsey Medal for decades of research that has helped shape how people make complex decisions
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A New Model to Improve Resource Planning and Allocation
USC Viterbi’s Karmel S. Shehadeh introduces a framework to help organizations better balance procurement cost, shortages, and waste under uncertainty.
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The Power of Following Through
USC Viterbi graduate Alex Wang turned curiosity, leadership and a passion for public service into an extraordinary four-year journey.

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The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering leads through innovation in systems, algorithms and quantitative methods. We prepare students to become skilled experts, managers, decision-makers and researchers for design and optimization in complex and uncertain environments. The Epstein Department’s research and education benefit society through novel systems for healthcare, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, security, e-commerce, and the environment.
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Aug. 12, 2026 Professor Sheldon Ross co-authored the runner-up 2025 Best Paper Prize for Operations Research Letters
Sep. 09, 2025 USC’s Epstein Department Hosts 2025 International Conference on Continuous Optimization
Aug. 29, 2025 Qiang Huang Chairs IEEE CASE 2025 Conference in Los Angeles
Mar. 24, 2025 Julien Yu Awarded INFORMS Journal on Computing Meritorious Paper Award
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Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems EngineeringNews and Media Coverage

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USC Students Are Developing a Forecasting System to Improve Hospital Operations

USC Viterbi analytics and health systems management students are creating a forecasting system with an interactive analytics dashboard that helps USC Keck Medicine professionals better anticipate future patient demand and operational needs.

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USC ISE Engineers Help Trojan Football Find a Competitive Edge

A recent KNX-AM segment spotlights a collaboration between USC football and students and one alumnus from the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, or ISE. Supervised by ISE Associate Professor of Practice Bruce Wilcox, the team is building a searchable database of play-by-play results from thousands of college football games. The goal: spend less time wrangling data and more time uncovering trends, testing ideas and preparing to win.
Fight on!

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How USC Viterbi Engineers Are Helping Trojan Football Gain a Competitive Edge

USC Viterbi analytics students are creating a new, comprehensive database so the USC Trojans football team can better access the insights needed to win on the gridiron.

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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on August 17th, 2026