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USC ISI - 16 hours ago
AI/nsiders, ISI's podcast, is hosted by AI Division Director Adam Russell.

In this week's episode, @AlexanderSpangh , a research assistant at ISI, discusses how his work in journalism informs his work in AI.

Listen now: bit.ly/4cKze8y
USC ISI - 18 hours ago
Join us in congratulating our graduating ISIers! @basilealyos has earned a PhD in Computer Science under advisor John Heidemann.He is doing a postdoc at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy!Read more: bit.ly/4au3Ysd
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USC ISI - March 26
Join our seminar Thursday!
Shivanshu Gupta is a Computer Science PhD Candidate at UCI. In this talk, he'll posit that good in-context examples demonstrate the information necessary to solve a given test input and present approaches for selecting them.
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USC ISI - March 20
AI/nsiders, ISI's podcast, is hosted by AI Division Director Adam Russell.

In this week's episode, @casandrastweets, a research assistant at ISI, explores the importance of trying things you don’t know how to do yet.

Listen now: bit.ly/3TL79W3
USC ISI - March 20
Join us in congratulating our graduating ISIers!

@herbschang has earned a PhD in Communication under advisor Emilio Ferrara.He has joined Dartmouth College as an assistant professor of quantitative social science!

Read more: bit.ly/4a1mF6Z
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To build upon its successes and global reach, ISI actively recruits exceptional talent. We are dedicated to investing in tomorrow’s leaders, providing numerous internship, job, and program opportunities for students, as well as unique opportunities for exceptional researchers in information sciences and related fields.

Research Engineer II

Marina del Rey, CA

Hybrid Eligible

The Networking & Cybersecurity Division at ISI is looking for a Research Engineer II.

Senior Research Engineer I

Arlington, VA

Hybrid Eligible

The Reconfigurable Computing Group (RCG) is a leader in disrupting and advancing the fields of front-end ASIC and FPGA design, reconfigurable architectures, and EDA tools. We are looking for a Senior Research Engineer I to help in our research efforts.

Microelectronics Fabrication Engineer

Marina del Rey, CA

Hybrid Eligible

Join the CA DREAMS team, which will play a critical role in providing access to university nanofabs and industry prototyping and production fabs in support of rapid prototyping for Government- and Industry-funded R&D projects.

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In 1985, ISI debuted packet video, led by Stephen Casner and Danny Cohen, and transmitted via a satellite on the building's roof, leading to video becoming a wildly popular fixture of the contemporary Internet.

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