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Julie Higle Joins USC Viterbi to Lead Epstein Department
January 16, 2012
Newly named Industrial and Systems Engineering Department chair comes from success at Ohio State University
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Barry Boehm Discusses Agile Software Development with <i>Computerworld</i>
November 07, 2011
The director of the USC Center for Systems and Software Engineering noted that while the process can get a project fielded early it does have "some failure modes"
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Najmedin Meshkati Stresses Need for Monitoring and Reassessment of Aviation Technology and Training
October 27, 2011
In light of a recent interim report on causes of the fatal 2009, Air France Flight 477 crash, Najm Meshkati warns aviation against complacency in the midst of advances in the industry's technology.
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Najmedin Meshkati Praised for Prophetic Observation on Airliner System Vulnerability
October 17, 2011
A story in Air Transport World recalls the prescient report about the ISE safety expert's warning that it published just three days before the June 1, 2009 Air France disaster
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IIT Bombay Sends High Level Delegation to the Viterbi School
October 14, 2011
Expansion of the iPodia network to the subcontinent is on the agenda, as well as recruitment of USC engineering alumni as faculty
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Chinese Academy Sponsors Symposium Honoring Software Luminary Barry W. Boehm
October 14, 2011
One of the Viterbi School’s most distinguished faculty members spent his 75th birthday in Beijing at an event that underlined USC's international reach
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Motivating Exercise: What's More Cost-Effective, What's Less
October 09, 2011
ISE's Shinyi Wu assembled a precise comparison of 91 recently tried ways to increase physical activity, from coaches to motivator phone calls to simple signs next to elevators
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Metrolink CEO Praises Partnership with USC Viterbi on Safety Culture Class
September 29, 2011
On ProgressiveRailroading.com, John Fenton enthusiastically discusses collaborating with the School to create the unique Rail Safety Certification Program
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September 22, 2011
Viterbi School faculty and staff filled Town and Gown to hear their dean share a stirring list of accomplishments and set a lofty goal
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September 22, 2011
"A nuclear accident anywhere has the potential to be a nuclear accident everywhere," writes the Viterbi School's Najmedin Meshkati in a New York Times op-ed
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Maged Dessouky Finds Better Ways to Timetable L.A. Freight
September 15, 2011
A report on METRANS research focuses on the algorithms to move more tons faster that the ISE professor found analyzing the Southern California rail network
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Azad Madni Named an INCOSE Pioneer
September 05, 2011
The Epstein Department's Madni, whose industrial and military simulation systems changed the course of training and rehearsing for real-world situations, received the 2011 INCOSE Pioneer Award.
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Viterbi Joins with Metrolink to Create Safety Culture
September 02, 2011
USC professor Naj Meshkati and colleagues help 50 Southern California commuter rail leaders study past disasters in order to learn how to prevent future ones
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USC Viterbi School and Tsinghua University Hold Fifth Faculty Summit
July 29, 2011
Dean Yannis C. Yortsos led a USC Engineering delegation to THU's Beijing campus, where the topic was “Green and Smart for a Sustainable Future"
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Viterbi Faculty Kuo, Madni, Tambe, Waterman and Willner Draw More Honors
July 21, 2011
Jay Kuo to head IEEE-TIFS; Azad Madni joins ranks of INCOSE Pioneers; Milind Tambe earns more kudos for multi-agent security programs; Michael Waterman receives an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University; and Alan Willner reels in another IPS award.
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Summer Brings Elite Interns from All Over the World to the Viterbi School
June 07, 2011
Senior Associate Dean Raghu Raghavendra: “The program exposes the labs, research and faculty of the Viterbi School to exceptional students"
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Engineering Superstar Alumnus Neil G. Siegel Returns to Viterbi to Earn a Ph.D.
May 24, 2011
The Northrop Grumman senior VP already had an IEEE Ramo Award and was an NAE member. But he wanted to study with Barry Boehm
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Viterbi Software Will Plot Possibilities for F6 Satellite
May 20, 2011
Gordon Roesler and Dorit Hochbaum will work with Lockheed Martin on DARPA's ‘fractionated' orbiter
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Viterbi School Commencement 2011
May 13, 2011
A magical day as degree candidates turn into engineers and brand new alumni.
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May 04, 2011
Mann Institute Director Jonathan Lasch worked with the X PRIZE Foundation's Gianelle Veis developing the course.
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