ISE Spring Banquet Celebrates Excellence
Students, faculty and staff gathered at USC’s Town and Gown to honor the achievements of the past year.
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Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering News
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Where Doctors Go: Using Data to Map Where Physicians Start Their Careers
New ISI study finds top medical school graduates are less likely to practice in underserved areas.
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Excellence, Curiosity, Character: The Graduates of the USC Viterbi Class of 2025
At the USC Viterbi undergraduate commencement ceremony, the next generation of engineers are encouraged to advance technology that solves the world’s grand challenges.
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“You Are Agents of Change”: The USC Viterbi Master’s Class of 2025
At the USC Viterbi master’s commencement ceremonies, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos praised graduates on the “singular achievement” of earning their master’s degree.
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“Building A Better World:” Dean Yannis C. Yortsos Tells Graduates They Will Make A Difference
The 2025 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 150 new graduates and Haotian Hang, winner of this year’s best Ph.D. thesis
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Sisters In Sync
How Identical Twins Took on USC Together
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USC Viterbi’s CURVE Program Hosts Annual Student Research Showcase
135 student presentations address health, security, sustainability and how to enrich life
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USC at ICLR 2025
USC researchers present cutting-edge advances in AI and machine learning at ICLR 2025, highlighting breakthroughs in 3D vision, decision-making, and deep learning
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Epstein Department Ranked in Top 10 for Industrial Engineering Programs
The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is 10th in the U.S. News and World Report’s 2025 rankings.
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USC Hosts 2025 IISE Western Regional Conference
The USC student chapter of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) coordinated the organization’s annual regional gathering.
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USC ISE Alumni Mixer Celebrates Distinguished Alum Zohreh Khademi
The 2025 Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering honored the Corporate Vice President at Microsoft.
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Ali Abbas Honored as IEEE Systems Council Distinguished Lecturer
Abbas is a leading expert in the field of decision analysis.
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Building A More Resilient City of Angels, Part 2
From fire response robots to retardant firing artillery, USC Viterbi engineers offer potential solutions for the future.
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Building A More Resilient City of Angels, Part 1
As Angelenos brace for “fire years” rather than “fire seasons,” USC Viterbi engineers offer potential solutions for the future.
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Mapping Diet Decisions: How Environment Impacts Food Choices in America
Research project “Smart and Connected Communities Food Environment Dynamics,” led by Abigail Horn, uses AI and mobility data to improve the American diet
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Industry Leaders-Turned-Professor-Philanthropists Engineer a Novel Pipeline
A gift from USC Viterbi professor Neil Siegel and his wife, Robyn Friend, creates an eponymous endowed professorship in systems engineering.
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USC Launches First-of-its-Kind Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research
The launch of the new ORAI PhD certificate program is supported by a $2.9 million National Research Traineeship (NRT) grant from the National Science Foundation, putting USC at the forefront of AI for decision-making.
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How a Ham Sandwich Can Solve Our Package Delivery Problems
Award-winning USC Viterbi research develops streamlined last-mile delivery solutions, improving delivery times and easing workloads for busy drivers.
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Jong-Shi Pang to lead AFOSR Project on Finding Solutions to Challenging Optimization Problems
The Air Force Office of Sponsored Research has supported the latest work with $650,000 over three years.
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Victoria Stodden Receives Prestigious International Awards, Including the Humboldt Prize
The USC Viterbi data science expert has been recognized with top Australian and German research prizes, enabling her work as a visiting scholar at the Karlsruhe of Technology, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Melbourne.
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ISE Ph.D. Candidate Honored by INFORMS for Making 3D Printing Smarter
Weizhi Lin’s research in automating 3D printing qualification improves shape accuracy verification in 3D printing.
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How Do We Protect Our Future Robot-Driven Systems from Attackers?
A new $2.1 million project supported by the Office of Naval Research will provide invaluable intelligence for the robot systems that will be essential to our future lives.
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New ISE Professor Harnesses Mathematical Insights to Solve Financial Problems
Camilo Hernández joins the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as an assistant professor bringing expertise in stochastic control and behavioral economics.
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New ISE Lecturer Brings Expertise in Transportation Systems and Data Analytics to USC Viterbi
Tao Ma joins the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as a lecturer in transportation systems engineering, data analytics and machine learning.
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Neil Siegel Awarded Professor of Engineering Practice with Distinction Honor
The University of Southern California bestowed the new title on Siegel, who has had an illustrious career spanning aerospace, defense and innovation.
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A Healthier Menu
For USC’s Abigail Horn, helping people make healthier choices starts with using AI to evaluate their menus.
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How Data Could Help Us Take Gymnastics Gold
Shilong Ren shows how sports analytics could increase the chance of victory for the United States.
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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? To Evaluate Your LLM
A USC ISI researcher and his collaborators propose separating the AI makers from the AI testers to create more robust systems.
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A Passion for Research that Impacts Human Lives
Kuofu Liu has been honored with the 2024 USC Viterbi Undergraduate Research Award for his work modeling infectious diseases.
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Renyuan Xu Honored with Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
An expert in harnessing probability for decision-making, Xu was selected for the National Science Foundation’s leading award for junior faculty.
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Making a Splash: Meet the Trojan Engineer Chasing Her Olympic Dreams
ISE alum Aëla Janvier’s swim career has taken her from Montreal to USC and now the French Olympic squad.
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From Dreams to Degrees: USC Viterbi Class of 2024 Graduates Shape Tomorrow, Today
At the forefront of engineering and technology, graduates like Christian Bryan redefine potential with degrees in cutting-edge fields and a commitment to lifelong exploration.
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Master’s Class of 2024: “The Best So Far”
At the USC Viterbi master’s commencement ceremonies, Dean Yannis C. Yortsos praised graduates’ resilience, ingenuity and integrity
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A Q&A With Shelby Wu: The Triple President
The 2024 graduate of the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering led three major student organizations simultaneously.
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A Passion for Outreach and Mentorship
Cinthia Sanchez Alvarado (B.S. ISE’ 24) wants to inspire the next generation of problem solvers, thinkers and dreamers.
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The USC Viterbi ISE Graduate Weaving Words and Limbs
A poet who recently published her first two collections, Class of 2024 graduate Meredith Lapidas also has a background as a contortion artist.
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Najmedin Meshkati Testifies Before Senate Committee on Boeing
International expert in safety culture and human factors, Meshkati spoke before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation as part of the FAA independent expert panel reviewing Boeing’s safety processes.
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A Life of Productivity and Purpose
Through a newly established scholarship, alumnus Augustine Esogbue is helping Trojan engineers change the world.
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Andrés Gómez Receives AFOSR Young Investigator Award
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) will support Gómez’s research into mixed-integer nonlinear programming problems.
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A Spotlight on Engineering Excellence
The 45th annual Viterbi Awards celebrated major USC Viterbi anniversaries and milestones
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Sophomores Outshine Global Competitors in Adobe Analytics Challenge
USC undergraduates competed against teams of graduate students to become the youngest team ever to make the finals of this prestigious competition.
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AI Helps Truckers and Manufacturers Come Together
Loop, a Chicago-based startup co-founded by USC Viterbi alumnus Matt McKinney, leverages AI to digitize shipment data, for the benefit of manufacturers and freight companies
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Unlocking the Road Ahead: Exploring the Challenges and Visions of Autonomous Vehicles
A Glimpse into the USC Center for Autonomy and AI’s Efforts
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Bill Jia Honored with 2024 ISE Alumni of the Year Award
The USC Viterbi alumnus is the VP of Engineering at Google, Core Machine Learning and AI.
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ISI Researchers Pioneer Developments In Protein Data Bank
ISI researchers are part of a core team developing the PDB-Dev repository, initiated by the Protein Data Bank, a foundational repository for macromolecular structures
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ISE Alum Wins Fulbright to Pursue Entrepreneurship Studies
Patricia Garcia, a 2022 USC graduate with an MS in Product Development Engineering recently won a Fulbright to University College London for her postgraduate studies.
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Sheldon Ross Wins 2024 TAA Textbook Award
Introduction to Probability Models was honored with the McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association.
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USC CREATE, Established in the Wake of 9/11, Announces its 20th Anniversary Symposium
The symposium, headlined by Michael Chertoff, former U.S. secretary of homeland security, highlights two decades of work in security, risk and economic analysis.
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Could Algorithms Help Us Make Better Choices in Uncertain Times?
Johannes Royset joins USC Viterbi, bringing expertise in operations and optimization and a background in naval applications.
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Safety First for Autonomous Vehicles
USC Viterbi ISE students recently presented their research at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, advocating for stricter autonomous vehicle safety regulations and comprehensive testing procedures.
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Are You at Risk for Diet-Related Disease? Where You Spend Your Day Plays a Role
A USC and MIT led research team finds smartphone mobility data to be a good predictor of diet and diet-related disease.
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Gratitude, Family and Legacy Celebrated in Sheryl and Yannis C. Yortsos Endowed Scholarship
USC Viterbi alum parent Tina Isaris-Nauman recently surprised Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and Sheryl Yortsos with a new scholarship created in their names.
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Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Receives $700,000 Air Force Grant for GPU Cluster
New GPU cluster will allow the next generation of students and researchers to investigate the world of AI and machine learning as part of USC Frontiers of Computing initiative.
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Neil Siegel Receives National Medal of Technology and Innovation
ISE Professor and Alumnus recognized at the White House with the highest honor for technological innovation
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Maged Dessouky Named as a 2023 INFORMS Fellow
Dessouky has been honored by the Institute of Operations Research and Management Science for his outstanding contributions to the field.
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Ali Ghafelebashi awarded ITS California and California Transportation Foundation Scholarship
Ghafelebashi is a Ph.D. student in the Optimization for Data-Driven Science Research Group.
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USC at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
USC researchers present 14 papers at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), showcasing leading-edge research in robotics.
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Faculty and Students Pay Tribute to Software Engineering Pioneer Barry Boehm
Boehm is remembered as a dedicated researcher and a “wonderful advisor”, who greatly shaped the life of his students and colleagues.
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USC Viterbi-Led Startup Science of Sport Connects Kids to STEM
USC Viterbi alumnus Ricardo Valerdi teaches students STEM through the joy of sports, including partnerships with MLB and the NBA
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Epstein Department Hosts 20th Mixed Integer Programming Workshop
The workshop is a leading international event in the field of integer programming and discrete optimization.
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Phebe Vayanos Named Co-Director of USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society
Vayanos leverages operations research and artificial intelligence to help underserved and marginalized communities.
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Computer Science Student Wins Award for Diabetic Eating Disorder Research
Natalie Humber created the first scoping review for diabulimia, a potentially fatal disorder that occurs when people with Type 1 diabetes stop taking insulin to lose weight
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Six USC Viterbi Faculty Honored with NSF CAREER Awards
The NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty will boost USC research in disease modeling, groundwater systems, machine learning and robotics.
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Don’t Feel Like Waiting 5+ Hours at the ER? Meet Your New Allies.
USC Viterbi students in health systems management engineering have developed strategies to reduce hospital wait times and increase overall efficiencies.
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Putting the Rational Thinking Skills of Language Models to the Test
Can language models be trusted to reason like humans do? Are they good at making decisions? These researchers set off to find out.
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Are You More Vaccine Hesitant Than A 57-Year-Old?
Researchers at USC Information Sciences Institute used machine learning and deep statistical analysis to look for answers about vaccine hesitancy.
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Carl Kesselman Honored with 2023 IEEE Internet Award
The Information Sciences Institute Fellow will receive the prestigious award.
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Wide Awake and Dreaming: USC Viterbi’s 2023 Master’s Commencement Ceremonies
The class of 2023 is “the best educated, the most representative in our history.”
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“At Heart, We’re Problem Solvers:” USC Viterbi Undergraduate Commencement 2023
This year’s ceremony at Alumni Park was headlined by alumnus and venture capitalist, Mark Stevens, who praised the power and versatility of an engineering degree
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“Attention is All You Need”: New Ph.D.s Urged to Attend to “Challenges of Earth’s Eight Billion People.”
The 2023 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 133 new graduates and Jiaoyang Li, winner of this year’s best Ph.D. thesis.
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The Trojan Empowering Student Entrepreneurs
Sarah Hakim, ’23, helped create Trojan Marketplace, a student-run market featuring exclusively Trojan-owned small businesses.
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ISE Award Winner a Fierce Advocate for Mental Health
Claire Barbrack successfully overcame a difficult sophomore year to be named the 2023 Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Student of the Year.
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A Passion for Equity in Education Drives USC Viterbi ISE Award Winner
Janet Choi (B.S. ISE ’23) was recently honored for her research into improving access to online education for students with learning differences.
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Just Like Dad’s White T-Shirt: Trojan Engineer Unlocks Memories with Fragrance
For Aidan Niswender, B.S. ISE ’23, a COVID lockdown hobby became a passion, which could lead to a career in perfumery.
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USC Computer Scientists Are Tackling Dental Health and Birth Defects
FaceBase researchers are advancing dental, oral and craniofacial research with data.
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SIER Technologies Wins 2023 Min Family Challenge
The student startup is developing specially outfitted glasses with built-in speakers that will issue warnings to the visually impaired as they near unseen objects
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What Delivery Apps Reveal About Food Disparities in Los Angeles
The NIH National Institute of Minority Health recently honored new USC Viterbi research that harnesses online menu data to draw a detailed nutrition map of the city.
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Our Grandparents Ate Healthier Fruits and Veggies. A Trojan Engineer Seeks to Restore This.
How alumnus Andrew Johnson pushes the boundaries of agriculture with his industrial systems and engineering knowledge
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Jong-Shi Pang awarded Distinguished Professorship, USC’s Highest Honor
Pang is an internationally recognized expert in the field of operations research, optimization, and applied mathematics.
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Jong-Shi Pang included in Research.com’s Top 500 Best Scientists for 2022
Pang is an internationally recognized expert in the field of operations research, optimization, and applied mathematics.
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Renyuan Xu wins SIAM Early Career Award
Renyuan Xu, a former Oxford researcher, has won one of the highest early career honors in financial mathematics.
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USC’s Petros Ioannou, Gérard Medioni and J. Joshua Yang Elected as National Academy of Inventors Fellows
The trio joins a distinguished class of 169 new inductees whose innovations have tangibly impacted society.
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USC Celebrates 20 Years of Daniel J. Epstein’s Naming Gift to Industrial and Systems Engineering
The USC Alumnus’ $25 million gift forged the rapid growth and continued excellence of the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
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Engineering Transformer K-12 STEM Program Launches In L.A. Schools
ISE Sophomore, Family Help To Provide Hands-On Experiences To Young Students
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34 new hires, including the new biomedical engineering chair, join for fall and spring semesters
USC Viterbi New Faculty Hires 2022-2023
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Harnessing Data to Improve Food Safety and Nutrition
Abigail Horn joins the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, bringing expertise in fighting global challenges in food systems.
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New Faculty to Boost USC Strength in Optimization and Quantum Algorithms
Giacomo Nannicini, whose work spans fields as varied as map navigation and optimized building design, comes to the Epstein Department following six years at IBM Research.
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Leading Analytics Consultant Joins Epstein Department as Full-Time Teaching Faculty
Bruce Wilcox comes to USC Viterbi after a distinguished career working within top-tier consulting firms.
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Joint Appointments to Bring New Expertise in Machine Learning, Algorithm Design, and Network Design to the Epstein Department
Mahdi Soltanolkotabi, Bistra Dilkina and Vishal Gupta will take up joint appointments in Industrial and Systems Engineering at USC Viterbi.
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Vishal Gupta Awarded INFORMS Wagner Prize for System to Curb COVID Spread in Greece
The prize was awarded to Gupta and his collaborators for the “Eva” system, which was deployed across all Greek borders to limit the influx of asymptomatic travelers.
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Qiang Huang Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Huang is an expert in engineering-informed machine learning and data analytics for advanced manufacturing systems.
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New Academic Program for Healthcare Professionals to Lead the Urgent Redesign of America’s Healthcare Systems
Program is the First Master of Science in Health Systems Management Engineering Program on the West Coast
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The Cook Using Lessons from a Nuclear Disaster to Promote Safer Kitchens
USC Viterbi student Jose Hernandez is harnessing his industrial and systems engineering background for new research into restaurant kitchen safety culture.
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Wanda Austin Receives 2022 ISE Distinguished Alumni Award
USC’s former interim president and ex-CEO of the Aerospace Corporation won the accolade for her myriad contributions over the decades.
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USC Viterbi Research to Streamline our Robot Delivery Future
A new study into optimized symbiotic vehicles for use in warehouses and for robot deliveries has been funded by Toyota’s University Research Program.
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Student Achievements Celebrated at ISE Spring Banquet and Awards
Students, faculty and staff gathered at USC’s Town and Gown to honor the achievements of the past year.
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USC-Meta Center Brings Progress to AI Education and Research
The inaugural event introduced new initiatives and presented research to industry partners
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ISE Graduate Balances Film Composing with Advocacy for First Generation Students: Q&A
Joel Jimenez (B.S. ISE ’22) was recently awarded the 2022 USC Viterbi Community Impact Award.
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Qiang Huang Elected Fellow of Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
Huang is an expert in the field of advanced manufacturing technologies.
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Where Does Vaccine Hesitancy Exist? USC AI Researchers Can Predict on the Zip Code-Level, in Real-Time
New software can outperform local and national survey data in gauging public opinions.