May 4, 2023
USC President Carol L. Folt launched the Frontiers of Computing, the largest comprehensive academic initiative in the university’s history, through an aggressive recruitment and fundraising effort. Her $1 billion+ initiative, which integrates computing across teaching and research to enhance the digital literacy of all students, positions the university as the top her provider of technology professionals. Aim to maintain.
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USC Dean Carol L. Folt announced on Thursday 10 for interdisciplinary computing research and education, with a focus on AI, machine learning and data science, augmented and virtual reality, robotics, gaming, and blockchain. announced a billion-dollar initiative.
“We want all students who take our programs, whether in science, business, humanities or the arts, to have a solid foundation in technology and the work ethic they do,” said Folt. says Mr. “We integrate digital literacy across disciplines to develop responsible leaders for the workforce of the future.”
seeded with $260 Million Donation from California Road Foundation USC Frontier of Computing include A multifaceted effort to push the boundaries of computing into a new era:
- new school: The USC School of Advanced Computing is headquartered in the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall, a seven-story, 116,000-square-foot facility. The building, currently under construction, is scheduled to officially open in the fall of 2024.
- Recruitment: In the first three years, we will hire 30 new faculty members who are leaders in computer science and computing-based research, with an additional 60 by 2030. The new faculty will use computational methods, especially AI, to transform the way people live and work.
- economic impact: USC Frontiers of Computing strengthens the university’s influence on technology across industries and is based in Silicon Beach, west of LA, already home to USC’s two technology incubators, the Information Sciences Institute and the Institute for Creative Technologies. to expand. (USC now has $9 billion in economic clout in the Los Angeles area, according to a 2017 study, and that influence extends to the East Coast. Recently, the USC Capital Campus opened in Washington, D.C. was established)
- education: This initiative broadly integrates computing across multiple disciplines and academic programs. Through new program and course offerings and experiential education, USC aims to prepare students for a more technology-intensive world of work, stimulate new technological advances, and shape responsible policy.
- ethics: USC instills a culture of responsibility and conscience in its students, faculty, and its broader community across its academic programs and research that impact application, development, policy, and research. The new Center for Generative AI and Society stands out among the initiative’s ethical commitments. The recently opened center brings together experts from across the university to navigate tough debates around ethics and responsibility and generative AI.
USC leaders began developing Frontiers of Computing three years ago, before the recent rise of artificial intelligence and generative AI.
USC is already a leading provider of technical talent in the United States. More than 1,300 students graduate each year with bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in computer science.
“We all know the world is changing very quickly right now,” Fort said. “We need to take the momentum of change and combine it with USC’s history of innovation to create something that has never been done before. And we intend to do that.”
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In addition to President Carol L. Fort, other USC leaders will be available for interviews on the USC Frontiers of Computing.
“This effort presents a great opportunity to apply new computing tools to accelerate and extend the impact of scientific discovery. It’s speed.”
Ishwar K. Puri, Senior Vice President, Research and Innovation, USC
“By placing an entire academic department dedicated to data science and technically-skilled faculty in all business programs, we not only focus on cutting-edge business applications of technologies such as AI and blockchain, but also understand them. and shape their impact on society.”
USC Marshall School of Business Dean Geoff Garrett
“The potential for fundamental breakthroughs in research areas such as black holes, computational biology, and quantum materials is enormous, as well as significant advances in applications such as cryptography and earthquake simulation.”
Amber D. Miller, Dean, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
“The world needs engineers and computer scientists to solve the grand challenges that face us. We will address this goal by developing an engineering curriculum that is well-rounded.”
Yannis C. Yortsos, Dean, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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