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Future Fiction: ShipSim: DRY RUN [2030]
Byline: David Nelson, Director, Mixed Reality (MxR) LabThey say no plan survives first contact. But that doesn’t mean you don’t plan like hell. I’m...
At the Intersection of Perception and Intelligence: Early Research in AI
By Annabelle “Belle” Hsieh, AI Researcher (intern), Intelligent Human Perception Lab, USC ICT I am an undergraduate at the University of...
Using AI to Help Students Tell Better Backstories
When a student is starting out, or heading towards their doctoral defense, knowledge alone is not enough anymore. A breakthrough in artificial...
Future Fiction: When AI tutors adapt like teammates, not textbooks
This is part of a new ICT series projecting into the Future via Fictional narratives: This story is rooted in the very real PAL3 initiative—USC...
Immersive AI for Real-World Impact
BYLINE: Dhruv Rajvansh, Master’s Student, Computer Science, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Student Researcher, Virtual Human Therapeutics Lab,...
Adaptive Agents, Reliable Learning: Toward NeuroSymbolic Solutions in Education AI
BYLINE: Joshua Shay Kricheli, Visiting AI Researcher, Learning Sciences Lab, ICT and Computer Science Ph.D. Student at Syracuse University, New York...
From Lab to Industry: VHTL’s Talent Pipeline Growing the Next Generation of Innovators at Meta, Google, and Beyond
By Sharon Mozgai, Director, Virtual Human Therapeutics Lab At the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies (USC ICT),...
Building AI to Connect—Not Just Compute
ICT is proud to acknowledge that Minh Tran has successfully defended his doctoral thesis: "Self-supervised Learning for Social Behavior...
Exploring the Future of AI in Education: My Summer at ICT
By Viviana York, Computer Science student at Tuskegee University; ICT Intern (2025 cohort) I attend the illustrious Tuskegee University, proudly...