USC Information Sciences Institute Courses

Can LLMs Generate Novel Research Ideas? - A Study of AI Research Generation and Expert Evaluation

Explore groundbreaking research comparing LLMs with expert researchers in generating novel ideas, examining the potential and limitations of AI in accelerating scientific discovery through empirical evaluation.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Investigating Social Intelligence of Large Language Models Through Game-Based Intention Understanding

Explore how large language models demonstrate social intelligence through intention understanding in gaming contexts, focusing on situational awareness, self-regulation, and theory of mind.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Why Are Human Laws So Difficult for AI to Follow?

Explore the challenges AI faces in interpreting human laws and regulations. Gain insights into open-texturedness and its impact on normative rule systems for agent-level AI development.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AI Trustworthiness Index and Sources Monitoring

Explore the importance of AI trustworthiness and source monitoring, and learn about knowledge graphs, AI assistants, and potential impacts on critical thinking.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Mission: Impossible - Testing Language Models on Unnatural Grammar Rules

Explore groundbreaking research challenging assumptions about language models' ability to learn impossible languages through systematic experiments with synthetic language variations and GPT-2.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

OATH-Frames: Characterizing Online Attitudes Towards Homelessness with Language Model Assistants

Discover how large language models assist social work experts in analyzing millions of Twitter posts about homelessness through OATH-Frames, revealing crucial public attitude trends and policy insights.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Modeling American Sign Language via Linguistic Knowledge Infusion

Explore innovative approaches to modeling American Sign Language, enhancing recognition accuracy and addressing challenges in sign language research through linguistic knowledge infusion.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AI is Not Smarter Than Us, but It Will Try Harder - For Better or Worse

Explore AI's impact on industries, decision-making challenges, and human qualities machines can't replicate with insights from entrepreneur Karl Jacob.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Computational Epidemiology During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Explore computational epidemiology's role in COVID-19, including agent-based models, smartphone data, and health misinformation monitoring. Learn about social justice in public health research.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AI Automation in the Digital World - Current Progress and Challenges

Explore the current state and limitations of AI agents in automating digital tasks. Examine challenges in tool use, reasoning, and knowledge, and discover potential solutions for achieving true AI autonomy.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AI Researchers and Social Sciences: Bridging the Knowledge Gap

Explore AI's impact on society, autonomous vehicles, and careers with insights from psychology and personalization research.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Composable Interventions for Language Models

Explore composable interventions for language models, enhancing accuracy and mitigating harmful outputs. Learn about interactions between different intervention types and their practical implications.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Functional Tokens for On-device Multimodal Models - Nexa AI

Explore innovative functional tokens for on-device multimodal AI models, enhancing accuracy and efficiency in function calling tasks while achieving remarkable performance across languages and modalities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

On Robustness and Generative Modeling

Explore adversarial training's impact on AI robustness and generative modeling. Gain insights into energy dynamics, robust overfitting, and the connection between robust classifiers and generative capabilities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Human-AI Interaction: From Supporting Surgical Training to Inspecting Social Bias in LLMs

Explore AI applications in surgical education and social bias detection. Learn about multimodal deep-learning for surgical feedback analysis and a framework for inspecting stereotypes in generative AI.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video