USC Information Sciences Institute Courses

Analyzing the Multilingual Performance of Text-to-Image Models

Explore multilingual capabilities of text-to-image models, examining performance variations across languages and introducing the CoCo-CroLa benchmark for measuring conceptual coverage and identifying biases.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

What We Learned from 570K ChatGPT Interaction Logs In The Wild

Explore insights from 570K ChatGPT conversations, revealing diverse user prompts and potential toxic use-cases. Learn about fine-tuning instruction-following models using this rich dataset.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI, Communication and the End of Trust

Explore AI's impact on trust in human interactions, including generative AI's challenges to accountability and trust maintenance in various domains.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Uncovering and Reasoning with Implicit Mental Models

Explore techniques to uncover shared cultural mental models from remote populations, combining linguistic analysis and surveys to identify decision-making factors and cultural norms.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

On Formulating and Evaluating Language Agents

Explore cognitive architectures for language agents and evaluation benchmarks. Gain insights into formulating AI systems that interact with the world using large language models.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Violet Teaming AI in the Life Sciences

Explore AI's impact on life sciences, balancing opportunities in health and biosecurity risks. Learn about violet teaming to maximize benefits while minimizing downsides in biological engineering.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Engineering Ecosystems with AI

Explore new approaches to engineering ecosystems integrating human behavior, AI, and privacy technologies. Learn from real-world examples across various domains and countries.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Natural Language Understanding Perspective

Explore natural language understanding through phishing email analysis, grounding large language model predictions, and quantum NLP applications in low-resource settings.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building Trustworthy AI with Common Sense - Lecture

Explore building trustworthy AI with common sense for robust decision-making, discovery, and misinformation tackling. Learn about CARE principles and neuro-symbolic architectures for explainable, adaptive AI systems.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Challenges and Opportunities in Measuring Social Constructs Using Computational Methods

Explore challenges and opportunities in measuring social constructs computationally. Examine stance detection limitations and social media bios for identity presentation. Discuss impacts of LLMs and data sharing on future research.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Early Years of ISI - How to Change the World Through Hardware

Explore groundbreaking hardware innovations at USC's Information Sciences Institute through Bob Parker's insights on early advancements and their global impact.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Data-Centric Approach to Machine Learning in Health Applications

Explore robust data management practices for machine learning in health applications, addressing common pitfalls and showcasing solutions from neuroscience and cell biology research.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Researchers Can Turbocharge Investigative Journalism

Explore how AI and digital information revolutionize investigative journalism, exposing wrongdoing and debunking disinformation through landmark case studies and cutting-edge techniques.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Creating an ISI Spinout: Maximizing Success and Raising Capital

Maximize startup success: Learn risk mitigation, funding strategies, and essential preparations for raising capital in this venture capitalist's guide to launching an ISI spinout.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modular Language Models: Addressing Limitations of Dense Training

Explore modular language models: specialized components for distinct domains, enabling customization, parallelization, and sparse activation. Discover a new approach to collaborative LM development.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video