Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
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KNX-AM: USC ISE Engineers Help Trojan Football Find a Competitive Edge

Aug 12, 2026A 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!

Town and Country (Subscription Required): The 15 Colleges Best Preparing Students for the AI Economy

Apr 19, 2026USC Viterbi and SAC's programs were highlighted.

The Chosunilbo: USC president Beong-Soo Kim integrates disciplines for AI

Apr 19, 2026USC Viterbi's new AI degree and its joint degree with Marshall were featured.

LA General Medical Center: F1 ‘Pit Crew” Innovation to Operating Room

Apr 05, 2026Students from David Belson's class were featured for their work to improve healthcare delivery.

Fortune: We studied chatbots and language and saw a huge problem: They mean 80% when they say ‘likely’ but humans hear 65%

Mar 07, 2026Mayank Kejriwal explained how chatbots and humans interpret probabilistic language differently.

USC News: Daniel J. Epstein has spent decades making a difference in research, teaching and athletics at USC

Jan 29, 2026A profile of USC Viterbi alumnus, USC Trustee and ISE Department namesake, Daniel J. Epstein, highlights his long-lasting impact.

USC News: Wide range of application for artificial intelligence is focus of inaugural USC AI Summit

Nov 16, 2025Article features the inaugural AI Summit held at Ginsburg Hall; CAIS Co-Director and ISE Professor Phebe Vayanos was featured.

Indian Express: USC Viterbi School of Engineering & School of Advanced Computing introduce new UG course in AI

Sep 22, 2025New undergraduate degree in AI was featured.

Spectrum News: More schools letting students major in artificial intelligence

Sep 03, 2025The new SAC undergraduate bachelor's degree in AI was featured along with the Business of AI degree.

CBS: Carrot E. coli outbreak brings new concerns for shoppers

Nov 19, 2024Abigail Horn was interviewed about the discussing the recent E.Coli outbreak linked to carrots, which has impacted local grocery stores and prompted a recall.

OC Register: Phillips 66 Quietly Explores Redevelopment of LA Refinery

Oct 20, 2024Najm Meshkati was interviewed about the challenges of remediating soil

Nature Magazine: Can AI have common sense? Finding out will be key to achieving machine intelligence

Oct 10, 2024 Mayank Kejriwal and co-authors explore how the rise of LLMs has reignited debates about the boundaries of machine intelligence.

C-Span: Aviation Safety Specialists Testify on Boeing Safety Culture

Apr 21, 2024Safety expert Najm Meshkati was called to testify in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

ORMS Today: Teaching Students to Make Great (and Ethical) Decisions

Apr 01, 2024Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Public Policy Ali E. Abbas writes for ORMS Today about ethical decision quality.

Federal Aviation Administration: Review Panel’s Final Report on Organization Designation Authorizations for the Design and Production of Airplanes

Feb 29, 2024Najm Meshkati served on a panel to inform regulatory oversight, safety culture, safety management systems, and human-systems integration related to aviation.

TED.com: AI Could Increase Equality — If We Design It Right: Phebe Vayanos

Jan 22, 2024Phebe Vayanos presented a talk at TED AI, sharing her research into AI that improves the system for matching people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles with scarce housing resources.

IMS Imprints: Jong-Shi Pang: Navigating the Complex Terrain of Optimization

Jan 09, 2024IMS Imprints profiled the Epstein Family Chair and Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, who is an international leader in the field of operations research, optimization, and applied mathematics.

Imperial College London: Phebe Vayanos Wins Emerging Leader Alumni Award from Imperial College London

Jan 08, 2024 Vayanos harnesses artificial intelligence and operations research to solve critical challenges and improve the world.

The Conversation: ChatGPT and its AI chatbot cousins ruled 2023: 4 essential reads that puncture the hype

Jan 07, 2024 Mayank Kejriwal was referenced for his analysis of the performance of large language models

USC News: USC Viterbi and USC Price Host Solutions for a Sustainable Future Conference

Oct 19, 2023Co-hosted by the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Sol Price School of Public Policy, the event brought together leading experts to address three aspects of climate change: energy and technology, food and water, and human behavior.

ISE Magazine: Tackling Crime as a Systems Problem

Oct 16, 2023Ibrahim Raji and Ali Abbas discuss how systems engineering and data analysis can be harnessed to address crime.

SIAM: Renyuan Xu Awarded SIAM Early Career Prize for Financial Mathematics and Engineering

Jul 20, 2023The prize was awarded for Xu's "remarkable contributions to the theory of machine learning and dynamic games, together with their applications in mathematical finance."

Gizmodo : Don’t Play Poker With ChatGPT

Apr 16, 2023Gizmodo featured an article by Mayank Kejriwal on ChatGPT's decision-making process.

LA Times: Worried that ChatGPT is coming for your job?

Mar 08, 2023Vishal Gupta discusses a tool that can demonstrate what AI can do — and what it can't.

The Print : Men outnumber women 4:1 in literature

Sep 25, 2022Mayank Kejriwal's research about the gender gap in literature was featured.

Meta: Academic of the Month

Sep 13, 2022Murali Annavaram, Director of the USC ECE-ISE - Meta Platforms, Inc. Center for Research and Education in AI and Learning, was featured on Meta's blog

The Conversation: Imperiled Ukrainian nuclear power plant has the world on edge

Aug 28, 2022Najm Meshkati contributed a piece on the potential dangers around a Ukranian nuclear power plant

KABC: How to ensure that AI is not racist?

Jul 10, 2022Mayank Kejriwal was interviewed about how bias enters AI, and how computer scientists are working to reduce bias.

Resoundingly Human Podcast: Can You Teach AI Common Sense?

May 27, 2022Research Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering Mayank Kejriwal discusses AI and common sense on the INFORMS podcast.

BBC: Book characters are four times more likely to be male than female

May 01, 2022Study by Mayank Kejriwal and colleagues using AI to detect bias in literature was featured

AL-Monitor: Uber Faces New Competition in Egypt

Apr 01, 2022Chair of the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Maged Dessouky discusses Uber's role in Egypt.

Microsoft: USC Viterbi iPodia Program Invests in Collaborative Hybrid Learning to Break Down Barriers

Mar 24, 2022iLearning was developed by the iPodia Program to transform campus education and enable collaborative learning between students across the globe.

LA Times: Inglewood’s proposed $1.4-billion fix for SoFi Stadium’s traffic problems

Mar 13, 2022Jim Moore was quoted about the environmental review process.

Times of India: A blueprint for teaching common sense to machines

Mar 13, 2022Mayank Kejriwal contributed a piece on the evolution of AI and the challenges of teaching machines common sense.

The Conversation: Matching tweets to ZIP codes can spotlight hot spots of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Nov 07, 2021Mayank Kejriwal explains his research regarding how geo-tags on Twitter can be a tool for identifying COVID hotspots

Los Angeles Business Journal: USC Viterbi Receives New $14M Gift From USC Trustee Epstein

Oct 17, 2021The LA Business Journal noted that the recent $14 million gift to ISE will be used to hire seven researchers and upgrade the existing Salvatore Center.

$25 million cumulative gift to transform industrial and systems engineering at USC

Oct 11, 2021USC alumnus Daniel J. Epstein's ongoing support will fund top research expertise in areas such as optimization, machine learning and AI, and harnessing data to solve society's most urgent problems

USC Price: CREATE’s expanded vision will help leaders tackle America’s biggest threats

Aug 25, 2021CREATE, USC's homeland security center, is charting new directions.

Times Union: An AI expert explains why it’s hard to give computers something you take for granted: Common sense

Aug 22, 2021A piece written by Mayank Kejriwal published

Popular Science: The world uses one emoji more than all others.

Aug 01, 2021Research by Mayank Kejriwal on how we use emojis on social media was featured.

The New York Times: China Denies Radiation Leak at Reactor But Admits Fuel Rod Damage

Jun 27, 2021The New York Times quoted Najmedin Meshkati of the USC Viterbi School on possible outcomes at a nuclear reactor in China.

Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Removing Metro fares will make public transit accessible, but it won’t fix bad service

Jun 27, 2021A piece in the LA Times referenced Jim Moore's research on L.A. Metro's funding of rail projects.

Los Angeles Times: California Bullet Train is Not Jobs Creator Some Claim

May 09, 2021Los Angeles Times quoted Jim Moore on how a poorly managed public project can lead to more employment.

Daily Trojan: Student Startup Aims to Limit Food Waste in Restaurants

Apr 22, 2021Refresh LA is an online marketplace that connects surplus food from local restaurants to “price-savvy, eco-friendly customers.”

Gizmodo: Experimental 3D Printer Offers a Clever Way to Eliminate Waste

Apr 18, 2021Research led by Yong Chen and PhD student Yang Xu was featured

Spectrum News 1: Concerns About Potential Freeway Expansion

Apr 11, 2021Jim Moore was interviewed regarding ways to combat congestion besides adding lanes to freeways.

KNX 1070 AM: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s plan to Go Fare-less

Sep 24, 2020 James Moore was interviewed about the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's plan to go fare-less and whether it will reduce inequities within public transportation.

KPCC-FM: The Future Of DTLA: Is The Pandemic Just A Bump In The Road Or Something More Serious?

Sep 24, 2020KPCC-FM interviewed James Moore on what the post-pandemic future holds for downtown Los Angeles.

USC News: Research Team Will Help Los Angeles Reduce Bias and Disparity in Homelessness Services

Jun 29, 2020A $1.5 million grant will allow researchers with the USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society to investigate ways to reduce racial bias in the housing system.

DEN@Viterbi: Going the Distance: USC Viterbi Provides Distance Education During COVID-19

Mar 19, 2020What Happens When All Students Become On-Line Students? Look to the Engineers.

Memo from Dean Yortsos: Facing the COVID-19 Challenge

Mar 17, 2020Please click to view PDF

Student Advising Resources during COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020Please visit page for more details

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

Feb 28, 2020Please visit sites.usc.edu/coronavirus for updates

National Academy of Inventors: Viterbi Faculty Neil Siegel and Gianluca Lazzi Named NAI Fellows

Dec 03, 2019Neil Siegel and Gianluca Lazzi are 2 of 168 individuals worldwide named National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Contagion Live: AI Could Present a New Paradigm in Epidemiology

Nov 07, 2019Sze-Chuan Suen, assistant professor in the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, discusses her work using AI algorithms to tailor public health outreach to fight the spread of infectious diseases.

LA Times: Could the Apollo 11 moon landing be duplicated today?

Jul 14, 2019James Moore and Garrett Reisman were quoted about if the Apollo 11 moon landing could be duplicated today.

AirTalk: Bill To Expand EV Rebates Aims To Jolt Sales And Fight Climate Change, But Will It Make More Californians Go Electric?

Jul 10, 2019James Moore was interviewed on a California bill that would expand electric vehicle rebates.

Los Angeles Daily News: Los Angeles’ fondness for rail hurts those who rely on public transportation

Jul 10, 2019James Moore was quoted regarding L.A. Metro's focus on rail expansion over bus improvements.

One Zero : Could A.I. Help Get Homeless Youth Off the Streets?

Jun 05, 2019By identifying patterns in successful rehousing, a research team in L.A. is working to make the housing system more efficient.

USC Viterbi News: “A Ph.D. Is Our Call to Action”

May 10, 2019USC Viterbi School of Engineering's 2019 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards ceremony

OZY: How To Solve Homelessness With Artificial Intelligence

Apr 21, 2019Work by CAIS using artificial intelligence to aid homeless youth in Los Angeles was featured.

AirTalk: State audit says unsound decision making added billions to bullet train cost

Dec 07, 2018Jim Moore was interviewed about the cost of the bullet train.

LA Times: Inflation and delays could add billions more to bullet train project costs

Oct 12, 2018James Moore was quoted in a story about the cost of the California bullet train project.

Daily Beast: Platypus Venom Could Treat Diabetes

Jul 28, 2018Research by Yang Yang and Yong Chen was highlighted on how the structure of lobster claws could be replicated to produce concussion-proof helmets for athletes.

International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Milind Tambe Receives IJCAI 2018 John McCarthy Award

May 23, 2018Milind Tambe, the Helen N. and Emmett H. Jones Professor in Engineering is being recognized for research and development of important practical applications of AI and multi-agent systems for social good.

Watch the Viterbi Satellite Commencement Ceremonies Streaming

May 09, 2018Ph.D. on 5/10 at 9am PDT, Undergraduate on 5/11 at 11am PDT, Graduate on 5/11 at 3pm PDT, Computer Science Graduate on 5/11 at 6:30pm PDT

USC News: Is this the beginning of the end for Facebook?

Mar 28, 2018In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and a #DeleteFacebook movement, USC experts look at how this week's events might impact the social network.

The Globe and Mail: Unfriended: Facebook backlash points to troubling new narrative

Mar 28, 2018After stumbling through a series of political scandals about how Facebook's technology and data have been manipulated to influence public opinion and undermine democracy, some are questioning how long Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg can survive.

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Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
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