Featured Innovations
Alelo is dedicated to helping people throughout the world communicate more effectively
Alelo creates software and content for instructional social simulations for a wide range of domestic and international markets (Government, Military, and Education).
Big data company focused identifying threats and opportunities geographically
USC faculty members developed the company’s core AI algorithms. Applications range of commercial & government user needs focused on automatically integrating information into satellite & aerial imagery & maps.
Cell Phones
"Golomb coding" identifies numerical sequences to enable communication over very long distances, including deep space. Golomb's colleague, Andrew Viterbi developed the related Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) as a basis for digital cell phone communication.
Cryptography
The RSA algorithm, co-invented by the Viterbi School's Len Adleman (the "A" in RSA), is amathematical method to ensure secure communications. The RSA algorithm is used worldwide to secure internet, banking, smart card and credit card transactions.
FDA panel recommends approval of retinal implant
USC researchers have developed a retinal prosthetic system that could provide vision to millions of blind persons. The receiver sends signals to the retina that travel through the optic nerve to the brain, where they can be interpreted as a visual picture.
GLOBUS for Grid Computing
Globus is open source grid software that addresses the most challenging problems in distributed resource sharing it is used to visualize earthquake simulation data, to manage large datasets generated by colliders such as those at CERN, and to provide access to climate data.
Huge market penetration for high-end audio, including DENON AVRs
Audysee is a company that designs & develops innovative audio technologies and products; solving audio problems so what you hear is an accurate reproduction of the recorded music, movie or live performance you are listening to.
Improving prosthetics, accelerating physical rehabilitation
USC researchers are helping the injured by developing sensors that detect a desire to move and then electrically stimulate the muscles into action.
Improving treatment for HIV-infected children
USC research on pneumonia in HIV-infected infants is key in the creation of national guidelines for antiretroviral therapy for children with HIV.
Integrated Circuit Prototyping
MOSIS prototypes new integrated circuits by merging multiple designs onto multi-project wafers to share the cost of fabrication. Created in 1981, it is one of the first applications of the Internet outside of high performanace computing.
Knock-out Rat
Keck School of Medicine generated genetically modified rats through embryonic stem (ES) cell-based gene targeting to study a range of human diseases.
Making animated characters more human
USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies has developed breakthrough technologies to render digital characters more lifelike than ever.
Methanol Economy
The "George Olah Carbon Dioxide to Renewable Methanol Plant" of Carbon Recycling International in Iceland based on local geothermal energy. The first commercial carbon dioxide recycling plant operating in the world.
New tools for preserving the record of the Holocaust
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education preserves the digital video testimonies from Holocaust survivors and other witnesses.
Predicting Heart Disease
Scientists at USC's Atherosclerosis Research Unit co-developed an ultrasound method for measureing carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), to detect the buildup of fats in and on artery walls as an early predictor of heart disease.
Pushing the frontiers of computing power
USC is home to the one of the most powerful, fastest supercomputers in the country.
Shaping the way movies sound
USC Cinematic Arts professor Tomlinson Holman is one of the inventors of THX, the standard for audio systems used in movie theaters worldwide.
State-of-the-art automated language translation
USC researchers have developed cutting-edge software for automated language translation that learns from its mistakes.
Super advanced radio technology for harsh environments
Broad impact & success for military applications. Built upon the core technologies are advanced communication system solutions for the physical and network layers.
Taking the guesswork out of chemotherapy
USC researchers are developing tools to analyze genetic properties in cancer tumor tissue, allowing physicians to predict which tumors respond to certain types of chemotherapy.
The Internet
Scientists at USC's Information Sciences Institute invented the domain name system that translates.com, .gov, and other names into Internet Protocol addresses worldwide. ISI was instrumental to the creation of the TCP/IP communication protocol used on the Internet.
Training American Soldiers in Foreign Cultures
Immersive video environments created by USC researchers train U.S. military officers in the language and culture of other countries.
Using micro-devices to detect tumors
USC researchers are deploying microscopic sensors to detect cancers more accurately.