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FIPA Software Prototype Award at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents 2001
FIPA Software Prototype Award (First Place) at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents 2001. Awarded to Mission Rehearsal Exercise system....
ICT awarded with the presitgous DMSO/NTSA M&S Achievement Award
Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO)/National Training Systems Association (NTSA) Outstanding Achievement in Modeling and Simulation...
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...
Programming Autonomous Machines Ahead of Time Promotes Selfless Decision Making
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Feb. 11, 2019) -- A new study suggests the use of autonomous machines increases cooperation among individuals....
USC Research Fosters Communication Between Smart Buildings and People
USC researchers found people connect better with a computer-generated avatar that represents building management -- and small talk helped, too When...