Essays
Role Play Dialogue Agents
By Dr. David Traum, Research Professor of Computer Science, Director for Natural Language Research, ICT Dr. David Traum is Director for Natural...
A Colorful Path from ICT to Google
By Dr. Chloe LeGendre, Senior Software Engineer, Google Research Dr. Chloe LeGendre is a senior software engineer at Google Research working on...
Our Playa Vista HQ
By Veraliz “Rose” Biedka, Facilities Division, ICT Veraliz “Rose” Biedka is the first person we all see when we get to ICT's HQ in Playa Vista. Rose...
Letter from the CIO
Rob Groome is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at USC Institute for Creative Technologies, overseeing both the Information Technology and...
Our Virtual Humans are Here to Help
By Sharon Mozgai, Director, Virtual Human Therapeutics Lab, ICT Sharon Mozgai, Director, Virtual Human Therapeutics Lab, joined ICT in 2015 as...
Using AI to Help Humans
By Dr. Gale Lucas, Director, Technology Evaluation Lab, USC Institute for Creative Technologies Dr. Gale Lucas is the Director, Technology...
A University in Every Garage
by David Nelson, Director, Mixed Reality Research and Development David Nelson, Director of ICT's Mixed Reality Lab (MxR), David Nelson, focuses on...
ICT Turns 25: Hollywood, the DoD and the ICT
Written by Dava Casoni, Executive Producer, Force Writers Room and Kathleen Haase, Producer/Special Projects, VGL The Department of Defense (DoD),...
Science Fiction Turned Science Fact
By Mana Marashi, Administrative Assistant, CFO's office and Business Office, USC Institute for Creative Technologies. Mana Marashi, Administrative...