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In 1972, Keith Uncapher left the RAND Corporation to found the Information
Sciences Institute as an off-campus research facility associated with the University of
Southern California School of Engineering. For the next fifteen years, Uncapher's leadership
as executive director helped to create one of the nation's leading university-based
information technology research centers. ISI emerged as one of the birthplaces of the ARPANET
(the Internet's predecessor), the Internet itself, and other computational tools and systems
still in use today.
Uncapher's successor, Herbert Schorr, came to ISI in 1988 after a distinguished executive and
scientific career at IBM, where he was vice president in charge of research, responsible for four
laboratories on three continents. Schorr broadened the funding base of the Institute, greatly
increased the scope of its graduate education program, and strengthened ISI's expertise in key
areas including artificial intelligence, VLSI, compilers, cybersecurity, educational technology,
and chip design.
Under Schorr's leadership, ISI continues to emphasize programs that blend basic and applied research
through exploratory system development, offering an attractive environment for research scientists
who benefit from the opportunity to share resources, knowledge, and creativity.
In 2001, Schorr was appointed Associate Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering, currently ranked #8
nationally by U.S. News & World Report. ISI's relationships with the strong USC departments of Computer
Science and Electrical Engineering add to its depth, making it a center for teaching, research, and study.
In April 2002, ISI celebrated 30 years of achievement. |
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