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USC
has long embraced the importance of innovation in information technology, and
has created an environment where progress in the space thrives. The faculty and
students at USC conducting research in information technology are changing how we
connect with one another, now and in the future.
USC
students Shahzad Tiwana and Sean Rad had a vision for organizing multiple email
accounts into a single location. What they invented was a sophisticated, yet
simple application that integrates email, instant messaging, and social
networking accounts with one log-in from any web browser or cell phone. Born Orgoo
Inc., it's a company with a funny name and serious business investors who
appreciate the impact this innovation will have on social networking.
USC alumnus
Andrew J. Viterbi was one of the first students to earn a doctorate in
electrical engineering from USC in 1962 and continued to be a pioneer
throughout his career. Through the creation of a groundbreaking algorithm that
eliminated signal interference, called the Viterbi Algorithm, he moved society
from the world of analog to the age of digital communication. He co-founded QUALCOMM in 1985 and today the company
has 1,700 U.S. patents issued for its breakthrough technologies.
Business
and government alike are seeking more efficient ways to communicate in a global
economy. Launched from USC's Information Sciences Institute by USC faculty
members Kevin Knight and Daniel Marcu, Language
Weaver, Inc. has emerged as a state-of-the-art translation software system
that crosses the language barrier. Using a statistical approach to translation
that allows computers to learn from existing human work, Language Weaver has
pioneered a quicker and more accurate method to automated translation. Language
Weaver has more than 50 patents pending worldwide on its proprietary
technology.
Audyssey
Laboratories was conceived at USC's Immersive Audio Laboratory under the
direction of Sunil Bharitkar, Philip Hilmes, Chris Kyriakakis, and Tomlinson
Holman – the latter of whom won an Academy Award for his work in developing
LucasFilm Ltd's THX Sound System. The company has revolutionized how sound is
heard, correcting sound distortion through a system which accurately measures a
room and corrects time and frequency problems. The result is a clear and
natural sound, unheard of before in the home theater.
TrellisWare
Technologies, Inc. is the brainchild of USC faculty members Andreas Polydoros
and Keith Chugg and USC alumni Tom Carter and Jeff Thomas. The company is at
the forefront of digital communications, providing software and hardware
innovations to improve wireless capabilities. One of the company's most
innovative technologies is a patented digital signal processing technique
called Per Survivor Processing (PSP), developed by Dr. Polydoros.
Home
to more than 300 researchers, graduate students, and staff, USC's Information Sciences Institute (ISI)
has been a leading research center in computer science and information
technology for 30 years. ISI emerged as
one of the birthplaces of the ARPANET, the predecessor to the Internet, and its
work has influenced such areas as artificial intelligence, robotics, computer
security, and Internet communications and advanced networking. |
