USC Information Sciences Institute Courses

Modeling American Sign Language via Linguistic Knowledge Infusion

Explore innovative approaches to modeling American Sign Language, enhancing recognition accuracy and addressing challenges in sign language research through linguistic knowledge infusion.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AI is Not Smarter Than Us, but It Will Try Harder - For Better or Worse

Explore AI's impact on industries, decision-making challenges, and human qualities machines can't replicate with insights from entrepreneur Karl Jacob.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Computational Epidemiology During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Explore computational epidemiology's role in COVID-19, including agent-based models, smartphone data, and health misinformation monitoring. Learn about social justice in public health research.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AI Automation in the Digital World - Current Progress and Challenges

Explore the current state and limitations of AI agents in automating digital tasks. Examine challenges in tool use, reasoning, and knowledge, and discover potential solutions for achieving true AI autonomy.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AI Researchers and Social Sciences: Bridging the Knowledge Gap

Explore AI's impact on society, autonomous vehicles, and careers with insights from psychology and personalization research.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Composable Interventions for Language Models

Explore composable interventions for language models, enhancing accuracy and mitigating harmful outputs. Learn about interactions between different intervention types and their practical implications.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Functional Tokens for On-device Multimodal Models - Nexa AI

Explore innovative functional tokens for on-device multimodal AI models, enhancing accuracy and efficiency in function calling tasks while achieving remarkable performance across languages and modalities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

On Robustness and Generative Modeling

Explore adversarial training's impact on AI robustness and generative modeling. Gain insights into energy dynamics, robust overfitting, and the connection between robust classifiers and generative capabilities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Human-AI Interaction: From Supporting Surgical Training to Inspecting Social Bias in LLMs

Explore AI applications in surgical education and social bias detection. Learn about multimodal deep-learning for surgical feedback analysis and a framework for inspecting stereotypes in generative AI.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AI for Fostering Constructive Online Conversations

Explore AI's role in promoting constructive online discussions about race, addressing content moderation biases, and developing NLP systems for social good across various domains.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Causal Inference to Inform Curation Practices in Online Platforms

Explore causal inference methods for improving content curation on digital platforms. Examine case studies on Reddit, discuss implications for policy, and consider future research directions in the era of generative AI.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Event Extraction for Epidemic Prediction

Explore event extraction techniques for early epidemic prediction using social media data. Learn about epidemic event ontology, cross-lingual models, and innovative label projection methods.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Understanding LLMs through Generative Behavior, Successes and Shortcomings

Explore LLM generative behavior, successes, and shortcomings. Gain insights into model design, inference algorithms, and performance across diverse tasks requiring varied knowledge and capabilities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Staring into the Abyss and Eating Glass - From Academia to Startup

Explore the journey from academia to entrepreneurship with insights on building a sports analytics startup. Gain valuable perspectives on challenges, similarities, and differences between academic and business worlds.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

How to Steal ChatGPT's Embedding Size and Other Low-rank Logit Tricks

Uncover hidden information about API-protected LLMs through low-rank logit analysis. Learn to estimate embedding sizes, audit model updates, and identify source models efficiently.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video