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🚀 Join us for the MOSIS 2.0 Developer Workshop!  📅 September 12, 2025  📍 Arlington, VA | ⏰ 8:30 AM – 1:40 PM ET  => Secure your spot today: https://bit.ly/4p0gLdY We’re excited to host MOSIS 2.0 Developer Workshop featuring CA DREAMS leadership, the MOSIS 2.0 team, our DIB Fab partners, Fabublox, and a special DoD/NSTXL panel. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear directly from some of the leading voices in the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem. At this workshop, you’ll learn how MOSIS 2.0 can accelerate your semiconductor prototyping by providing:  🔹 Access to MPWs (multi-project wafer services)  🔹 A network of advanced research fabs  🔹 Expert support for every stage of your design journey Whether you’re a startup, researcher, or established innovator, MOSIS 2.0 can be your gateway to turning ideas into working silicon. Learn more about what MOSIS 2.0 has to offer: mosis2.com #Semiconductors #MPW #Innovation #Microelectronics #MOSIS #TechWorkshop 

Welcome to ISI Md Abrar Jahin, CSCA™! During his Ph.D journey Abrar will be conducting research at the intersection of efficient deep learning, quantum machine learning, and graph-based reasoning under the joint supervision of Prof. Craig Knoblock and Prof. Jay Pujara. His work will focus "on advancing knowledge graph construction and reasoning by leveraging hybrid neuro-symbolic methods, contrastive learning, and trustworthy AI. Inspired by efforts at the Center on Knowledge Graphs (CKG), such as Datamart and Karma, [he] aims to develop scalable and interpretable models for data integration, scientific discovery, and decision support."

Cloudwalkers is now on Amazon Prime Video: https://lnkd.in/gtQn7jtw CAST HIGHLIGHT: this week, watch our interview with Pedro Szekely on Mastering the Semantic Web for Social Good: https://lnkd.in/eUuv94iS Pedro Szekely's journey from Bogotá, Colombia, to the forefront of AI and computer science at ISI is both compelling and impactful. Initially struggling with reading in school, he found a passion for mathematics that led him to computer science. After earning a double major in math and computer science, he pursued a PhD at Carnegie Mellon University. At ISI, he navigated canceled projects and evolving research interests, maintaining a focus on impactful innovation. Szekely is known for pioneering work in AI, particularly with the Semantic Web and knowledge graphs. His project Karma, developed with Craig Knoblock, integrates data into semantic web representations, crucial for applications like smart assistants. A significant contribution is the DIG Project, which uses AI to combat human trafficking by analyzing online ads to identify victims and perpetrators, demonstrating AI's potential to tackle social issues. Additionally, Szekely collaborated with the Smithsonian to create a linked open data model for American art, democratizing access to cultural heritage.

Welcome to ISI Ryan L.! Ryan Lee is starting a Ph.D journey supervised by Jon May and will be researching model reasoning and legal NLP. He expects to learn "How to be an effective researcher and collaborator, understand what it takes to push the state of the art in a field."

Cloudwalkers is now on Amazon Prime Video: https://lnkd.in/gtQn7jtw CAST HIGHLIGHT: this week, watch our interview with Ninareh Mehrabi on Trustworthy AI in the Courtroom: https://lnkd.in/eyMj5vmn Nina Mehrabi's journey into the world of technology began with a unique challenge: teaching robots how to play soccer. This early fascination with robotics ignited a passion for engineering and innovation that would drive her career forward. As a young researcher at ISI, Nina dedicated herself to addressing one of the most critical issues in artificial intelligence: bias. Determined to make AI systems fairer and more equitable, Nina focused her research on reducing biases against people with disabilities and people of color. Her work aims to ensure that AI could be a fair tool for justice, not a source of discrimination. By developing algorithms that promote fairness, Nina's efforts have paved the way for AI applications in the legal system that are both trustworthy and unbiased. Her commitment to ethical AI ensures that as technology advances, it serves all members of society fairly.

Take a DRONE tour of our School of Advanced Computing, including ISI!

🚨 Internet Outage in Pakistan Detected by ISI’s ANT Lab Earlier today, USC ISI’s ANT Lab detected a major Internet outage affecting large parts of Pakistan. Using our Trinocular outage detection system, we first observed disruptions around 16:30 UTC. Within 30 minutes, connectivity had dropped sharply, with 50% or more of networks unreachable across much of the country. The disruption was widespread and appeared to closely follow national borders, making it unlikely to be caused by weather alone. Early reports suggest the root cause may have been backbone failures linked to flooding. “Events like this remind us how fragile global connectivity can be, and how critical it is to measure and understand the Internet as a whole,” said John Heidemann, Director of the ANT Lab at USC ISI. By 20:00 UTC, much of Pakistan was still experiencing outages. Encouragingly, recovery began around 21:20 UTC though we continue to monitor the situation. Visit the ANT lab site for updates: https://lnkd.in/gE_usJ4f

SPHERE Research Infrastructure interns are always so excited by their experience at USC Information Sciences Institute !

Great to see SPHERE Advisory Board member Patrick Traynor and his PhD student Daniel (Ozzy) O. at the SPHERE poster during the 2025 USENIX Security Symposium! #usesec25 Ozzy presented the paper, SoK: Towards a Unified Approach to Applied Replicability for Computer Security, which introduces the Tree of Validity (ToV), a practical framework for defining and conducting replicability experiments in computer security. This summer, Ozzy is also contributing as a SPHERE virtual intern, porting artifacts he collected from Tier 2 computer security conferences onto SPHERE, enabling other researchers to reuse and build upon them in support of reproducibility.