Artificial Intelligence and Social Work

Social justice meets AI.

Call for Abstracts

It’s that time again… submit your AI for social impact abstract to ShowCAIS 2025 by January 31. Open to all current USC students, staff, faculty, and USC CAIS alumni.

Details about what we’re looking for and submission information here.

Want to know what ShowCAIS is all about? Read about last year’s event here, or watch the oral presentations via our YouTube channel below. Over 80 presentations representing 9 USC schools showcased student and faculty projects addressing social justice using AI.

Meet Our Leadership

Bistra Dilkina
(Director)
Computer Science
Areas: Combinatorial Optimizations, Machine Learning, Sustainable Development

Eric Rice
(Director)
Social Work
Areas: Network Science, Community-based Research, Homelessness

Phebe Vayanos
(Director)
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Areas: Robustness, Interpretability, and Fairness, Public Policy, Homelessness

Ajitesh Srivastava
(Associate Director)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Areas: Graph Machine Learning, Mathematical Modeling, Public Health

Swabha Swayamdipta
(Associate Director)
Computer Science
Areas: Natural Language Processing, Interpretability, Biases

Lindsay Young
(Associate Director)
Communication
Areas: Network Science, Digital Epidemiology, Health Disparities

2024 CAIS PhD Graduate: Shaddy Saba

Introducing Shaddy Saba, PhD graduate, whose research explores the relationship between physical pain and behavioral health issues, particularly among marginalized communities like military veterans and trauma survivors.

Read more here.

Fall 2024 Seminars

We have an amazing line up of speakers for our Fall 2024 seminar series: Stephen Gibler, Angel Hwang, Frederic Reamer, Tim Althoff, Alex Hanna, and David Shmoys. Join us on select Wednesdays from 2-3 p.m.

Seminar details here.

Announcing New USC CAIS Associate Directors

In fall 2023 we welcomed three new USC CAIS associate directors: Ajitesh Srivastava, Swabha Swayamdipta, and Lindsay Young.

Learn more here.

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