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USC launches $1B+ computing initiative including AI, AR, VR, robotics, gaming and blockchain

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

• A new school: The USC School of Advanced Computing will be headquartered in a seven-story, 116,000 square-foot facility – the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall. The building, now under construction, will formally open in fall 2024.
• Recruitment: 30 new faculty will be hired in the first three years who are leaders in computer science and computing-based research, with USC aiming to hire 60 additional faculty and staff by 2030. USC noted that the new faculty members will hold appointments in multiple schools at USC in recognition that computational methods, particularly AI, are transforming the way people live and work.
• Economic impact: USC Frontiers of Computing will help to bolster the university’s influence on technology across various industries and expand its footprint in Silicon Beach on L.A.’s West side, which already is home to two of USC’s tech incubators; the Information Sciences Institute and Institute for Creative Technologies. USC currently has a USD $9 billion economic footprint in the L.A. area, according to a study in 2017, and its impact is expanding to the East Coast, with the new USC Capital Campus in Washington, D.C.
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Learn more about it here: https://computing.usc.edu