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With an aggressive recruitment and fundraising effort, USC President Carol L. Folt launches the single largest comprehensive academic initiative in the university's history: Frontiers of Computing. The initiative integrates computing throughout education and research to enhance digital literacy for all students as the university aims to hold its lead as a top provider of tech professionals.

LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- USC President Carol L. Folt on Thursday announced a $1 billion-plus initiative for computing research and education across disciplines, with a focus on AI, machine learning and data science, augmented and virtual reality, robotics, gaming and block chain.

The initiative integrates computing throughout education and research.

"I want every student who comes through our programs, whether they are in science, business, the humanities or the arts, to have a solid grounding in technology and the ethics of the work that they do," Folt said. "We will integrate digital literacy across disciplines to create responsible leaders for the workforce of the future."

Seeded with a $260 million gift from the Lord Foundation of California, USC Frontiers of Computing encompasses a multipronged effort to push the boundaries of computing into a new era:

USC leaders began developing Frontiers of Computing three years ago, before the recent rise of artificial intelligence and generative A.I.

USC already is the leading provider of tech talent for the nation. More than 1,300 students per year graduate with bachelor's, master's and PhDs in computer science.

"We all know the world is changing very fast right now," Folt said. "We need to take that momentum of change and couple it with USC's history of innovation to create what has never been done before. And we're going to do it."

Learn more onlineand see this video.http://computing.usc.edu/

In addition to President Carol L. Folt, other USC leaders are available for interviews about the USC Frontiers of Computing:

"This endeavor is a tremendous opportunity to apply new computing tools to accelerate and expand the impact of scientific discovery. It is not only the ability to solve problems that sets this apart, but the speed with which it can be done."

Ishwar K. Puri, USC Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation

"With an entire academic department dedicated to data science, and with technically skilled faculty placed throughout all our business programs, we are well-placed not only to focus on the cutting-edge business applications of technologies like AI and blockchain, but also to understand and shape their consequences for society."

Geoff Garrett, Dean, USC Marshall School of Business

"The potential is tremendous not only for great progress in applications such as cryptography and seismic simulations, but also for foundational breakthroughs in research areas like black holes, computational biology and quantum materials."

Amber D. Miller, Dean, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences

"The world needs engineers and computer scientists to solve the grand challenges we face. The new School of Advanced Computing will tackle this goal by developing reimagined engineering curricula, that also emphasize the ethics of technology, in our fast-changing world."

Yannis C. Yortsos, Dean, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Contact: Emily Gersema, [emailprotected] or (213) 712-3168 or Paul McQuiston, [emailprotected] or (323) 527-7770

SOURCE University of Southern California

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