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With more than $165 million annually in external research funding, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering is at the forefront of research in information technology, biotechnology and a full spectrum of engineering disciplines. The Viterbi School is second in the nation in research funding per faculty member, and consistently ranks in the top ten according to the U.S. News and World Report rankings.

The Viterbi School is home to two National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers (the Integrated Media Systems Center and the Biomimetic Engineering Center), as well as the first University Center of Excellence selected by the Department of Homeland Security (CREATE -- the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events).  USC is also home to the world-famous Information Sciences Institute and the Alfred Mann Institute for biotechnology.  

Our highly interdisciplinary research environment has enabled faculty to respond to emerging needs for research in such diverse areas as robotics, software engineering, sensor networks, vision sciences, automated construction and photonics. The Viterbi School actively encourages technology transfer and commercialization through industrial partnerships.  

For more information on research capabilities at USC, contact the individual centers and departments, or the Senior Associate Dean for Research.

Viterbi Research in the News
Viterbi School to Partner in New Systems Engineering Research Center
The Viterbi School will join with Stevens Institute of Technology in the nation's first University Affiliated Research Center focused on "the quintessential element of engineering."
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Operations Engineering For More Efficient Operating Rooms
Epstein Department recommendations significantly cut O.R. downtime in three Southern California safety net hospitals, allowing "many more hours of surgery per year" in the same facilities.
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Viterbi School Expertise Helps HPCC Rise in National Supercomputer Rankings
Under the direction of CS Professor Priya Vashishta, USC’s Center for High-Performance Computing and Communications has moved up to 7th-place standing among U.S. academic supercomputers in the most recent trials.
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