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title: "Information Sciences Institute: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "The USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) is a research institute affiliated with the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). It is located in Marina del Rey, California, United States."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-information-sciences-institute
type: Organization
wikidata: Q6030821
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC_Information_Sciences_Institute
website: https://www.isi.edu
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Information Sciences Institute

> The USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) is a research institute affiliated with the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). It is located in Marina del Rey, California, United States.

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## Facts

- Category: Research lab
- Country: United States
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.isi.edu
- Also known as: ISI, Information Sciences Institute, ISI, USC Information Sciences Institute, USC-ISI

## Key people

- Danny Cohen (Israeli internet pioneer (1937-2019))
- Stefan Decker (German computer scientist and researcher)
- Jerry Hobbs (American philosopher)

## Ownership

Parent: [University of Southern California](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-university-of-southern-california.md)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Information Sciences Institute, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-information-sciences-institute#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6030821, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC_Information_Sciences_Institute

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