Press Releases
Researchers to build mentoring platform leveraging AI to increase participation in STEM
CareerFair.ai will enable STEM experts to build their own virtual mentor online LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16, 2021 -- Projections indicate that between...
Remembering Richard Lindheim, founder of USC ICT
Richard Lindheim, founder of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, passed away on Jan. 18. The institute’s Cheryl Birch and Dava Casoni wrote...
When bots do the negotiating, humans more likely to engage in deceptive techniques
Series of studies reveal conditions under which humans more likely to have virtual intermediaries act deceptively Recently computer scientists at...
14th Annual USC Body Computing Conference Rallies Industry Leaders to Discuss the Impact of COVID-19 On Digital Health
Conference to showcase new research and analyze healthcare accessibility for all LOS ANGELES, Sep. 9, 2020 -- On Friday, Oct. 2,...
U.S. Army Research Enables Conversational AI Between Soldiers, Robot
Dialogue is one of the most basic ways humans use language, and is a desirable capability for autonomous systems. Army researchers developed a novel...
Marine Training May Take More Mental Than Physical Grit
Keck Medicine of USC study identifies psychological measures that may predict who is more likely to complete – or quit – a demanding marine training...
How to Motivate Workers Who Are Managed By an Algorithm?
USC researchers investigate crowdwork — assigning mundane tasks via a website — and determine how to help these workers feel invested in their...
USC Institute for Creative Technologies Celebrates 20 Years
August 22, 2019 – LOS ANGELES – USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is celebrating its 20thanniversary this year. What began as a...
USC Institute for Creative Technologies Names New Mixed Reality Lab Director
LOS ANGELES (June 25, 2019) -- The USC Institute for Creative Technologieshas appointed Jessica Brillhart, as the Mixed Reality Lab’s new...