AIISC
THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE OF USC (AIISC)
The Artificial Intelligence Institute of USC (AIISC) was created in 2019 as part of the university-wide Excellence Initiative. Since its inception, the AI Institute has established collaborations across campus and the state. The AI Institute seeks to be a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications locally and internationally. In addition to several core research areas in AI, it supports comprehensive interdisciplinary and translational research in AI across USC and supports workforce and economic development in the State through education, technology, and commercialization.
AIISC completed its phase 1 operation in October of 2023. During this phase, AIISC successfully established itself with Dr. Amit Sheth as the founding director. In November of 2023, the AIISC embarked on its second phase of operation with the primary aim of addressing the research and training needs of the community (USC, and state-wide) through several activities.
Activities of the AIISC include:
1. Conduct highly competitive, world-class research in foundational AI topics and in interdisciplinary AI
2. Support State economic development via patents, SBIR/STTR projects, collaborative industry projects, licensing/tech transfer, and commercialization
3. Further social development with projects in social good and health (personalized/public health)
4. Advance AI education and workforce development through
- Additional AI courses,
- Certificate and degree programs in AI (may include core and/or interdisciplinary AI)
- Interdisciplinary AI training targeted at workforce development (e.g., use of AI in education technology, AI in smart manufacturing/factory of the future with a focus on creating a workforce for South Carolina)
The AIISC is located on the top floor of the newly renovated Science and Technology Building. It has a beautiful work environment that is ideal for collaborative research, comparable to the best startups (e.g., a variety of formal and informal seating spaces, a 50-person seminar room, conference room, and quiet room) within a 5-minute walk to USC’s beautiful historic horseshoe. It provides world-class computing resources (e.g., the latest Nvidia 8xA100 Tensor core based GPU cluster with 5 petaFLOPS AI, 10 petaOPS INT8).