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The Virtual Patient project uses virtual human technology to create realistic lifelike character avatars and uses speech recognition, natural language, non-verbal behavior and realistic scenarios for both military and non-military issues to train clinicians in interpersonal areas such as rapport, interviewing and diagnosis.
Much of Fisher's career has focused on expanding the technologies and creative potentials of virtual reality. Between 1985 and 1990, he was founding Director of the Virtual Environment Workstation Project (VIEW) at NASA's Ames Research Center. They attempted to develop a simulator to enable space station maintenance rehearsal.
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California, [11] [12] and has an enrollment of more than 49,000 students.
The USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) is a component of the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, and specializes in research and development in information processing, computing, and communications technologies.
Iovine and Young Hall. The Iovine and Young Hall opened on October 2, 2019. It is a three-story, 40,000-square-foot building. [13] The school houses a fabrication lab for metal, wood, plastics, and electronics; a multimedia lab for motion capture, photo, video, and audio; an adaptive studio/lecture classrooms; an alumni incubator for Academy student-founded companies; and a podcast booth.
By bus, USC can be accessed on Route 38, 81, 204, 442, 445, 550, 754, and the Metro J lines. [25] Additionally, USC is serviced by the metro E light rail line at Jefferson/USC and Expo Park/USC. [26] Starting from October, 2019, USC will subsidize half of public transit costs for all University employees. [27]
At USC, where Los Angeles police arrested 93 people on trespassing charges last week as they cleared an encampment at the center of campus, a reestablished camp site was mostly quiet on Monday.
In 2008, USC received the inaugural Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy from the U.S. State Department in recognition of the university's teaching, training, and research in public diplomacy. [2] [3] The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and Portland, a UK-based consultancy firm, together have published an annual Soft Power 30 index. [4] [5]