Musings in the media

Massive USC security failure could wreak digital havoc (October 20, 2024). You can fake emails from any usc.edu address. We did it to Carol Folt's.

Changing Course: Natalie Fung (May 8, 2024). From PR to data science, Natalie Fung, a graduating master's student, on becoming a “double Trojan” after a life-altering accident. Featured in the Fall 2024 edition of the USC Viterbi Magazine.

Ph.D. Student Named Apple Scholar for Human-Centered LLM Research (April 23, 2024). "ChatGPT, do you know who I am?" Computer science doctoral student Brihi Joshi studies the symbiotic relationship between humans and large language models.

USC at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) (December 12, 2023). USC researchers will highlight 28 papers at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS).

Hibiscus, a HackSC Engineering product (August 31, 2023). HackSC Engineering brings a new feature-loaded product with the potential to revolutionize the hackathon space once again.

Trump indicted in January 6 riots (August 1, 2023). The former president's arraignment begins on Thursday, but if convicted, he would still be allowed to run in 2024.

USC Computer Science Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (July 6, 2023). Emily Nguyen and James Flemings were recognized for their contributions to deep generative models focusing on wildfire prevention and privacy in machine learning.

USC Computer Science Student Makes Strides in Queer in AI Movement (June 29, 2023). As a member of the award-winning, international group, Nathan Dennler is empowering LGBTQ+ voices in AI research.

Two USC Computer Science Juniors Awarded Goldwater Scholarships (April 28, 2023). Juniors Jordan Cahoon and Allen Chang were recognized for their research in, and beyond, computer science.

AthenaHacks USC Creates Community (March 24, 2023). More than 400 students took part in USC's hackathon for marginalized gender identities, now in its seventh year.

Robot Tutors Read Children’s Emotions As They Learn (February 13, 2023). Bored? Frustrated? Tired? New AI models could help robots read emotions and provide more personalized feedback.

Scott Rabenold appointed senior vice president for university advancement (December 14, 2022). Rabenold will join USC in February 2023.

Morning, Trojan (October 31, 2022). Essential headlines for USC students every weekday morning, curated and written by Tomoki Chien, copy edited by Anna Hsu.

Humans and robots: Stefanos Nikolaidis fosters anthro-machine collaboration in manufacturing (October 4, 2022). Nikolaidis received the Agilent 2022 Early Career Professor Award in July.

picoMini by redpwn - advanced-potion-making (forensics) (May 11, 2021). Writeup for advanced-potion-making (forensics).

picoMini by redpwn - login (web) (May 11, 2021). Writeup for login (web).

Cyber-paving the way to success (March 29, 2021). Jefferson students placed third at CyberPatriot Nationals after three years of hard work and dedication.

Phishing scams target Jefferson students (January 16, 2021). In the last week, Jefferson students have reported being sent suspicious Facebook links that look like YouTube thumbnails, with the text-only message "Sankapp: Is it you in the video?"

Discord creates peace of mind (November 23, 2020). Jefferson organizations gravitate to Discord as a new way to uphold traditions.