{"id":831,"date":"2022-12-08T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/?page_id=831"},"modified":"2025-06-30T10:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:58:42","slug":"faculty-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/research-creativity\/research-innovation\/faculty-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Research"},"content":{"rendered":" \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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With more than $1 billion in annual research expenditures, USC has an exceptional faculty engaged and committed to moving our world forward with advances in medicine, science and understanding. Building the foundation of knowledge that improves our lives and heals the world is a fundamental goal of the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n USC receives funding for AI tool to advance treatment for rare pediatric diseases<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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With up to $6.8 million in funding, USC researchers will develop an AI-driven framework to strengthen how evidence is generated for gene and cell therapies, helping to bring promising treatments closer to patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n

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\n The often-overlooked investor costs of SEC advisory rules<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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New research by USC Marshall\u2019s John Matsusaka shows how the agency\u2019s informal regulatory guidance can hurt investors \u2014 without any obvious positive tradeoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n

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\n From Lab to Launch:\u00a0Inside USC\u2019s Fast-Growing Ecosystem of Health Startups<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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From patches that restore vision to compounds that kill brain tumors, drug & device discoveries by USC researchers are reaching patients faster than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n

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\n USC researchers use AI to uncover genetic blueprint of brain\u2019s largest communication bridge<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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The research team created a new AI-powered tool that identifies and quantifies the part of the brain that connects the hemispheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n

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Faculty Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Overseeing clinical services for Keck Medicine of USC and all university health facilities\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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A Conversation with the Director of the USC School of Advanced Computing<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Gaurav Sukhatme<\/a> \u2014 a professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering, and executive vice dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering \u2014 was appointed as the inaugural director of the USC School of Advanced Computing. He sat down with USC\u2019s Caitlin Dawson for a conversation about the new school, its mission, the future \u2014 and his first day at USC.<\/p>\n

Read the full interview on USC Today<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n

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You have a long and storied history at USC, commencing as a doctoral student in computer science almost 30 years ago. How did it begin? Can you tell us about your first day at USC?<\/h3>\n \n \n
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Well, it was not a terribly auspicious beginning! The airline lost my bags, and I realized that I had not planned very well since orientation had finished by the time I arrived.<\/p>\n

To further compound matters, when I tried to sign up for classes, I was told that I had to first take an oral exam administered one-on-one by Professor Seymour Ginsburg, a famously tough professor, in his office. Luckily, my bags arrived intact, and I passed the exam, and things started to look up after that. Fast forward 30-odd years, and here we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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What a difference 30 years makes! Could you ever have imagined that you would be sitting in the director\u2019s chair one day?<\/h3>\n \n \n
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Not at all. I just wanted to learn as much as I could about robotics and artificial intelligence. The computer science department at USC was then, and remains today, a wonderful place to do that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Beyond your personal connection, could you explain what makes computer science at USC so special?<\/h3>\n \n \n
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Computer science at USC is special, indeed. One aspect is its formidable legacy. Collectively, computer science faculty at USC are world-leading experts across many aspects of the core discipline. Then, there is the interdisciplinarity, which is in our DNA at USC. Many of our faculty members are cross-appointed in other departments and schools, reflecting their trans-disciplinary contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Research and Innovation at USC <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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From the latest breakthroughs in science and technology, profound insights in the humanities and more, our faculty is at the forefront of innovation. Learn more about the research happening across campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n

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Keep Exploring<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n