The Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of the University of Southern California (USC) is a prominent research organization in the field of information science; it is part of the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC. It is involved in a broad spectrum of information processing research, and in the development of advanced computer and communication technologies.
The Institute was founded in 1972 by Keith Uncapher. ISI is currently headed by Herbe...
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The Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of the University of Southern California (USC) is a prominent research organization in the field of information science; it is part of the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC. It is involved in a broad spectrum of information processing research, and in the development of advanced computer and communication technologies.
The Institute was founded in 1972 by Keith Uncapher. ISI is currently headed by Herbert Schorr who came to ISI in 1988 after a career as both executive and scientist at IBM.
ISI is not located on the main USC campus near downtown Los Angeles, but at a separate facility in Marina del Rey, California; it also has a branch facility in Arlington County, Virginia. Part of one floor at the Marina del Rey facility is occupied by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
ISI is divided into ten "divisions", each of which contains research groups focused on a particular aspect of information science:
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