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Examples From USC Viterbi Faculty
Viterbi K-12 STEM Outreach: From Molecular Modeling to Addressing Social Problems Using AI to Fighting Hate Speech
Even in the midst of the pandemic, USC Viterbi professors continued to prioritize K-12 outreach, engaging in projects aimed to foster learning and incite passion for science and engineering. Professors have taken the limitations of online learning and turned them into positives by engaging in projects with high schoolers both in the community and beyond.
The Hunt for Hate Speech: Local High School Students Learn from CS Professor
With more time spent in virtual social settings, high school students are more likely than ever to be exposed to extremist propaganda and messaging by way of hate speech. As the issue of online hate speech becomes ever more prevalent, big tech companies such as X (Twitter) and Facebook are investing in artificial intelligence (AI) to curb hate speech on their platforms.
Robotics Night sparks play, wonder at MHS
Elementary students always welcome a chance to interact with robots, especially when robots help children and adults in important ways. The children and their families at Monterey Hills Elementary School interacted with the robots in the lab of USC Viterbi Professor Maja Matarić who is a parent at the school.
Professors Dilkina, Zavaleta & Vayanos Share Research with families in east Los Angeles
Even amid all of the trophies, prize-winning robots, and middle school actors in period costume, long lines led up to the USC booth, where three USC Viterbi Professors introduced students to Biomedical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence.
Professor Jha discusses Petroleum Research at John Adams Middle School
Did you know that some schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) are built on the remnants of L.A.’s once-booming oil fields? In fact, an estimated 200+ Los Angeles schools have been built on and near oil fields, and quite a few schools are surprisingly close to the city’s active oil pumps.
USC Professor Luhar Partners with STEM Academy of Hollywood
Until the 1990s, the aerospace industry in Los Angeles dominated the local economy and fueled national prosperity; since Pentagon budgets were cut, however, the region’s aerospace workforce has fallen by 66%. Consequently, not many high schools in Hollywood – or even in all of Los Angeles – have guidance from aerospace engineers, but Principal Paul Hirsch has attracted two experts.