December 11, 2006
An ISI computer scientist led an effort to perfect a cheap,
quick and
copyright- respecting way to turn existing print brain atlases
into multimedia resources. The software, now available in an
experimental beta version for free
download, is a robust and user-friendly interface that works
on all the most popular computer operating systems.
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December 4, 2006
Following extensive evaluations by the U.S. Armed Forces, a
novel PC-based videogame originally conceived at the
University of Southern California Information Sciences
Insitute is educating thousands of officers and enlisted
personnel how to communicate in Iraq safely, effectively,
and with cultural sensitivity.
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November 30, 2006
Vicente C. Garcia Jr., who is Director of the ISI Center for
Information Operations, has received a high military honor for
peacetime service.
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November 26, 2006
Using an ISI-developed new grid computing system,
physicians at 40 hospitals
all over North America are now quickly and easily exchanging
high-resolution medical images.
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November 13, 2006
ISI Fellow Bob Braden and his longtime colleague Joyce K.
Reynolds are this year's recipients of the
Internet Society's prestigeous Postel Award, the
society announced November 12.
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October 9, 2006
A modest celebration will take Nov. 3 at the
University of Southern California Information Sciences
Institute to mark the 35th anniversary of the filing, by ISI's
Peter Will and others, of the very first patent using the word
"pixel."
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September 15, 2006
The USC Information Sciences Institute will play the lead
role in a NASA project that will use space satellites to
deliver data from sensor networks, and then speedily and
flexibly structure this data for effective use by scientists.
One possibility for early investigation is much more detailed
monitoring of microclimates.
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September 8, 2006
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering will take the lead on
more than $20 million in new research programs announced
September 7 by the US Department of Energy, and share in
two more - and ISI is involved in three of the four USC
projects.
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August 23, 2006
The USC Information
Science Institute's Yolanda Gil has been has been appointed
to the Advisory Committee of the Computer and Information
Sciences and Engineering Directorate of the National Science
Foundation.
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August 23, 2006
The USC Information
Science Institute's Yolanda Gil has been has been appointed
to the Advisory Committee of the Computer and Information
Sciences and Engineering Directorate of the National Science
Foundation.
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August 18, 2006
A new tradition kicked off vigorously August 18 at the
Information Sciences Institute Intelligent Systems Division, as
eight grad students specializing in AI presented their research
in a prize competition.
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July 27, 2006
The USC Information Sciences Institute and the USC Viteribi
School department of computer science will partner with
three
universities and the Institute for
Discrete Sciences in a new Department of Homeland Security
initiative on advanced information analysis.
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July 20, 2006
The 21st National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, held in
July in Boston, featured six papers by USC Information
Sciences researchers, and was co-chaired by ISI's Yolanda Gil
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July 20, 2006
His mission: conquering neurobiology
information overload. Gully A. P. C. Burns, a British
specialist in neuroinformatics,
has arrived in the Institute's Intelligent
Systems Division.
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July 19, 2006
A pediatrician and a computer scientist
are creating a powerful tool to save young
lives in large-scale emergencies.
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July 11, 2006
Instead of learning, some students "game" computer-based
teaching programs. New research at the USC Information
Sciences Institute is looking at ways of predicting this
behavior, and using such predictions to adapt the systems to
fit individual student needs. Early results are promising.
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July 5, 2006
The Air
Force Office of Scientific Research is funding research at the
University of
Southern California's Information Sciences Institute designed
to improve defense planners' ability to make accurate
predictions.
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June 26, 2006
DETER, an NSF/DHS-funded Internet security research
consortium
headquartered at ISI, held a two-day symposium June 15-16
in
Arlington, VA to discuss ongoing activity and research. The
papers presented at that event are now available on-line.
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June 20, 2006
HPCWire has named Bob Graybill, an ISI division director
working in the organization's Arlington Office, as one of 16
"People to Watch."This is the second time Graybill has been so
designated.
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June 20, 2006
Dean Yannis Yortsos of the
USC Viterbi School of Engineering announced today two new
degrees: a
B.S. in Computer Science (Games) and an M.S. in Computer
Science (Game
Development). The Viterbi School is the first engineering
school to
offer both.
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June 9, 2006
Wei-Min Shen's ISI Polymorphic Robotics Lab had a new
assignment for its underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle
(ROV): viewing the results of a marine biology experiment with
pressure-shocked rockfish.
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June 5, 2006
A USC Information Sciences Institute system pulls answers
from online conversations by identifying the alpha chatterers.
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May 23, 2006
In a competition that pitted a number of different DARPA-
funded approaches to "Criticality Sensitive Coordination"
against each other, Robert Neches' ISI team took the prize.
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May 15, 2006
The title of ISI Fellow was instituted in 1999 to honor a
limited number of ISI personnel who have achieved a high
level of external distinction through notable contributions to
science and/or technology. Jerry Hobbs and Kevin Knight,
the fifth and sixth recipients of this honor, were honored at a
reception May 15 at ISI.
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April 13, 2006
After years of demonstrations of a highly successful technique
for sending high-definition video over network
connections, researchers at USC's Information Sciences
Institute are preparing to go 3D. But it won't be easy.
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March 24, 2006
ISI's Behrokh Khoshnevis's contour crafting process was on
display at the California Science Center April 7-14, as part of
an exhibit of semifinalists in the Modern Marvels Invent Now®
Challenge.
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February 20, 2006
The National Academy of Engineering has named Danny Cohen
and Paul V. Mockapetris as members, in large part for work done by
them at the USC Information Sciences Institute.
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February 17, 2006
On the screen, computer generated game characters shrug,
wink,
nod, wave, or cross their arms with skeptical hostility as
they follow
your every move with attentive gaze. A University of
Southern California-developed system module called "Social
Puppet" is pulling the strings.
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January 27, 2006
Robert Graybill is bringing his
wide-ranging expertise in computing systems to ISI's Arlington, Virginia campus, where he will guide the Institute's participation in a national project aimed at ensuring continued U.S. competitiveness in world markets.
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January 11, 2006
Computer scientist Carl Kesselman, the co-inventor of open
source grid software now widely used all over the world,
received an honorary doctorate Jan. 9 from the University of
Amsterdam.
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January 10, 2006
Artificial intelligence researcher Paul Cohen is fascinated
by the ability of human infants to learn how the physical
world works. He hopes to give machines some of this ability,
as part of a multipart $4 million research program now
underway at the University of Southern California
Information Sciences Institute, a program that will attempt
to watch computer agents learn elements from the classic
On War
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