The Annenberg Game Lab empowers graduate students studying games and their players to conduct research with tools such as large-scale data analysis, surveys, interviews, participant observation, content analyses, and more in partnership with game developers.
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iORB is a new type of business research institute. Our plan is nothing less than to revolutionize research that is performed at Marshall and other business schools, with the goal of encouraging work that has the potential for a transformational impact on society.
The Peter Arkley Institute for Risk Management educates the next generation of risk management leaders for an increasingly complex and interconnected business environment. A curriculum focused on stimulating critical thinking and sharpening analytical skills equips students to meet the risk challenges of tomorrow. Born out of a collaboration with the Southern California risk management industry,…
In August, the Stevens Center’s interim executive director, Dr. Steven Moldin, and senior tech licensing manager, Bonnie Phan Wolfe, hosted IntelliMicro Medical Co.’s Chairman of the Board, Xiang Zhen Fei, and Golden Eye Bionics’s Director of Administration, Kate Miao to discuss future collaborations focused on the commercialization of medical devices, with current applications in the…
Dear Colleagues, At the beginning of the new school year, it is again time for me to serenade you and your research teams. Through collaboration and innovative work, you make discoveries and develop solutions across all our campuses every day. You enable USC to be a preeminent research institution and help realize President Folt’s Moonshots. …
Six Faculty Received the Inaugural SBIR/STTR Planning Award By Tran Courtney and Jordan Locy As the first research institution in California, USC has been at the forefront of impactful research with its mission to inspire innovation and invest in faculty’s discovery to commercialization path. Conducting research opens transformative possibilities and University funding provides researchers the opportunity to…
A $12.4 million award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is the latest round of support for USC researcher Mark Humayun. It also represents a milestone for USC researchers whose stem cell patch is under development to treat advanced dry age-related macular degeneration, which can cause blindness. By Tran Courtney and Helen Immerso A…
With support from the USC Office of Research and Innovation, CREATE has launched a new research initiative focused on Supply Chain Integration, Resilience and Trust. A specific focus is supply chain sustainability, in the sourcing and recycling of materials, components and products, as well as transition to electric vehicles. Another focus is supply chain disruptions arising…
Congratulations to our awardees! We are happy to announce the awardees for the Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) SBIR/STTR Award program. We received 7 proposal applications for which six were awarded: Professors Brian Applegate and John Oghalai (Keck): Aurisview: An OCT otoscopic system; Professor Denis Evseenko (Keck): Systemic drug candidate for multi-joint osteoarthritis and pain; Professor Mark Humayun (Keck): Automated,…
The USC Big Data in Biotransport Center has been established as a platform to generate a rich database of AI/ML/DL predictive models that can be translated clinically for early diagnostics, improved treatment and monitoring of diverse ocular disorders (e.g., AMD, glaucoma, dry eye, diabetic retinopathy). Advanced machine-learning algorithms will give physicians new tools to better care…