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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 Software Randomizes Airport Patrols
Security Management magazine examines the ARMOR software developed by CS Professor Milind Tambe and PhD student Praveen Parachuri, designed to "Keep the Adversary Guessing," and successfully tested at LAX.
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VSoE Expert Hosts Workshop on USC-Pioneered Method for Modeling Uncertainties
Researchers came from all over the world to attend the first workshop totally dedicated to an emerging scientific modeling technique the University and the Viterbi School have played a key role in developing.
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ISE Professor-Pianist Probes "The Geometry of Sound"
The September/October issue of Technology Review has an extended article on a Boston "concert and lecture exploring the long-established connection between music and mathematics" by the Viterbi School's Elaine Chew, director of the USC Music Computation and Cognition Laboratory.
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