USC Center for AI in Society

It's tomorrow! How can cities fairly allocate public services like street sweeping or inspections? Join Shubham Singh for a seminar on balancing efficiency & equal resource distribution & why common models may worsen differences. More info: cais.usc.edu/events/fair-sc… @uscviterbi

How can cities fairly allocate public services like street sweeping or inspections? Join Shubham Singh for a seminar on balancing efficiency & equal resource distribution & why common models may worsen differences. More info: cais.usc.edu/events/fair-sc… @uscviterbi

🧠🤖Can LLMs outperform online therapists in single-turn counseling? Meet CounselBench - 100 mental-health professionals rated human and model answers for overall quality, empathy, specificity, medical advice, factual consistency, and toxicity. #NLP #LLM #MentalHealth @CSatUSC…

Today (Australian time), Co-Director @bdilkina is presenting at the Society for Conservation Biology's @ICCB2025. 🌏 Abstract here: xcdsystem.com/iccb/program/5… #ICCB2025 #aiforconservation #iwt #conservation #ai @uscviterbi @society4conbio @csatusc

Hidden wildlife trafficking routes—revealed 🧩🐘 A new @USCAdvComputing study uses AI to predict 300+ airports potentially tied to wildlife trafficking, with 11 unexpected "hotspots." A powerful tool to help protect endangered species. tinyurl.com/3kd4s2ts @USCViterbi

How can #AI help stop wildlife crime? Join CAIS student leader Hannah Murray on June 9 for her @USCWiSE STEM Bytes webinar: "Encoding and Decoding Illegal Wildlife Trade Networks" 📅 Save the date! tinyurl.com/stembytes6-2 @CSatUSC @USCViterbi #IWT #conservation

"The sky’s the limit when there is a genuine commitment to work in partnerships," @BDilkina, USC CAIS Co-Director and project investigator. youtube.com/watch?v=R2OzB3… @uscviterbi @KECKSchool_USC @Amref_Kenya @MSFTResearch #malnutrition #children #Kenya #AI

Join us in celebrating our USC CAIS PhD graduates--Qing Jin, Yingxiao Ye, Bill Tang, & Taoan Huang! 🎓 Mentored by CAIS Co-Directors Phebe Vayanos & Bistra Dilkina. Fight on! ✌️ @USCViterbi @uscsocialwork #Classof2025 #Congrats #AIforSocialGood #Graduation #PhD #USC

Congrats, graduates! We're so proud of all that you've accomplished. Big thank you to our graduating social media student worker, Maria Panicali. Thank you for all that you've done! @uscsocialwork @uscviterbi #USCGraduation #CongratsGraduates #Classof2025 #FutureLeaders

Huge congratulations to @jieyuzhao11 for being named one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™ – 2025! 🌟 Your work continues to inspire the AI community. womeninaiethics.org/the-list/of-20… @CSatUSC @USCViterbi

Congratulations to @jaspreetranjit_ and Aryan Gulati for winning the 2025 Min Family Challenge with CaseFlo, an AI-powered platform that empowers caseworkers to provide better care for people experiencing homelessness. Incredible work!! @USCViterbi @CSatUSC @swabhz

🎉 Congratulations to @jaspreetranjit_ for receiving the 2025 WiSE Merit Award! This honor recognizes her research and dedication to advancing women in science and engineering. We are so proud!! @USCViterbi @USCWiSE @CSatUSC @swabhz

How do we build robust models in the face of data shifts? Join Qingshi Sun’s AISTATS poster presentation on a graph-based approach to mixed-feature logistic regression that’s 408x faster & significantly more accurate under distribution shifts. aistats.org/aistats2025/in… @USCViterbi

Congratulations to the ShowCAIS 2025 Best Poster Presentation winners Risha Surana, Arushi Saran, and Jinyi Ye!!! We are so proud of you 🥳📷✌️ Check out their abstracts: sites.google.com/usc.edu/showca… @USCViterbi @uscsocialwork @Google @PsychArmor

Congratulations to the ShowCAIS 2025 Best Doctoral Oral Presentation winners Hannah Murray, Jaspreet Ranjit, and Charles Bickham!!! We are so proud of you 🥳✌️ Check out their abstracts: sites.google.com/usc.edu/showca… @uscviterbi @uscsocialwork @google @PsychArmor

Congratulations to the ShowCAIS 2025 Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation winners!!! We are so proud of you 🥳✌️ Check out their abstracts by clicking on their presentations: sites.google.com/usc.edu/showca… @uscviterbi @uscsocialwork @PsychArmor @Google

From AI-powered health tools to wildlife conservation via TikTok, USC students are redefining AI for good at ShowCAIS 2025! Read how students are using AI to tackle today’s toughest challenges: 🔗 today.usc.edu/at-showcais-20… @uscviterbi @uscsocialwork @Google @PsychArmor

What role can AI play in global migration? Join Larry Palinkas (UC San Diego) at #ShowCAIS2025 for a keynote that calls on researchers to use AI to support migrant health and equity. More info: sites.google.com/usc.edu/showca… Sponsored by @PsychArmor & @Google @uscsocialwork @uscviterbi

ShowCAIS 2025 is almost here! Join us for the AI for Environment session to explore how AI can help build a more sustainable future. Full schedule: sites.google.com/usc.edu/showca… Sponsored by @Google & @PsychArmor @uscviterbi @uscsocialwork #ShowCAIS2025

How can AI help prevent suicide in military & veteran communities? Join John Blosnich & Eric Rice at #ShowCAIS2025 for a keynote on Innovations in AI for Suicide Prevention. More info: sites.google.com/usc.edu/showca… Sponsored by @PsychArmor & @Google @uscsocialwork @uscviterbi