SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 25, 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011 -- Student-Driven 3D Game Engine Development: Practical Approach. Sponsored by the Center for Computer Games and Virtual Worlds and The Institute for Software Research. Kovalovs will talk about building student-driven 3D game engines and what can be done to minimize the development time.

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Electronic Arts Develop Development Framework 100

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APRIL 24, 2019

Los Angeles-based Qulab , a biopharmaceuticals startup developing artifical intelligence software aimed at small molecule drug design, said on Wednesday that it has launched its first product, Quleap. He also attended USC's Viterbi School of Engineering as a Ph.D. READ MORE>>.

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Artificial Inteligence Design USC Los Angeles 124

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MARCH 6, 2012

El Segundo-based Fetch Technologies , the developer of data aggregation and analysis software which was a spinout of USC's Information Sciences Institute, has been sold to New Jersey-based Connotate. According to Connotate, former Fetch CEO Ryan Mullholland becomes President of the firm with the acquisition. in funding.

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El Segundo Artificial Inteligence Technology Southern California 133

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Santa Monica-based Image Metrics , a developer of facial animation technology, announced Thursday morning that it has acquired Big Stage , the developer of avatar creation software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Metrics Tech Coast Angels Santa Monica Mission Ventures 145

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Los Angeles-based Language Weaver , a developer of automated language translation software, is expanding its efforts to tap the online translation market, saying that it is in a strategic partnership with WorldLingo Translations. Tags: language weaver translation software online. READ MORE>>.

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USC Email Los Angeles Software 113

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OCTOBER 2, 2009

Los Angeles-based Alelo , which develops computer software that uses video games to teach language and culture training for Iraqi and other languages, reported late Friday that it has received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for a handheld training system.

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Outsource Development Training USC Los Angeles 162

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MARCH 11, 2011

For Friday's interview, we thought we'd hear the pitch from Matthew Smith, the CEO of Los Angeles-based Nevolution (www.nevolution.com), a very early startup developing an "app store" for PCs. Matthew Smith: Our company, Nevolution, has spent the last 18 months developing our first product Avennu, which is essentially an app store for PCs.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based Alelo , a USC spinout developing foreign language and culture training tools, said this week that it has opened an office in Suffolk, Virginia. The firm said the new office was opened to better serve government customers interested in its products. The new center is in the Virginia Model and Simulation Center (VMASC).

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Training USC Los Angeles Tool 133

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

However, for students at USC, UCLA, and Caltech, that just doesn''t exist. The second, which involves a lot of people, is building awareness at universities--notably, USC and UCLA. Here, if you look at a school like USC, it''s just a long way from Santa Monica. One, led by Todd Gitlin, is getting companies to post internships.

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Startup UCLA USC High Tech 185

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based Alelo , the USC spinout which is applying gaming technology to help teach languages and cultures to both the military and civilians, said last week that it has added Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, III , to its board. Alelo, which is led by Dr. W. military in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other regions of the world.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. Apps & Software Entrepreneurship Startups'

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Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

TechZulu recently talked with Harsh Vathsangam , Moving Analytics’ co-founder and Adelanwa Adesanya (Ade), specializing in Business Development and Product Management. Three and a half million people die because of chronic complications developed as a result of sitting too much. It is built out of 5 years of research at USC.

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APRIL 4, 2013

It''s much like a sales team might use software to find leads. When we arrived at USC, we began to talk about how we struggled during the recruiting process. Our coaches did not have relationships, and I ended up walking onto the USC baseball team, and Kai ended up walking onto their club lacrosse team.

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Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

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JULY 1, 2013

I then started another project, based on an invention out of the USC biomedical engineering department, a company developing an ultrasound device used for cardiac monitoring. Finally, I started a third project out of the USC Keck School of Medicine, using software to optimize drug dosages for individuals.

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Incubator Startup USC Tech Coast Angels 217

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Despite the widespread impact of software today on our lives, there are a number of areas of computer science research which have had a difficult time in being translated into practical, every day usage. Tell us what ArmorWay''s software is all about, and what it''s used for? You can''t do it in real time. That''s where our niche is.

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Research Patents USC Software 100

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AUGUST 26, 2016

Lior Elazary: We started at USC, working on various robotics related products. After USC, I wanted to do a startup robotics company, and looked at various parts of the market to figure out which are right for a robotics solution. So we developed our core technology around that. Where did the technology come from?

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Artificial Inteligence Commerce Startup USC 100

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NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Los Angeles-based Alelo, the USC spinout which is developing "serious" games to teach languages and cultures, has scored a contract with the Voice of America. The firm's software has so far been applied to Chinese, Iraqi, Pashto, and Dari. READ MORE>>

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Outsource Development USC Web Los Angeles 100

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APRIL 21, 2009

Big Stage is a spinout of technology from USC, originally developed for the CIA. The firm's software allows users to upload photos to create their own, 3-D avatars, which can then be inserted into online greeting cards, scenes from movies, photos, and other media.

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Content Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures USC 100

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

And in particular, if you're developing comedy and humor content -- which is a big segment of the content being created--how to do you help people find the content which will resonate with them. In the case of Los Angeles-based Laffster (www.laffster.com), you apply software algorithms, science, and research to figure it all out.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The USC Entrepreneur Club and the Kairos Society brought Howard Marks , a successful entrepreneur and founder and CEO of StartEngine , on campus to speak about his past experiences. When you go to USC, you don’t need a job. Are there any parts of college that you felt especially developed you and prepared you well for life in startups?

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Startup Los Angeles USC Southern California 107

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. A 12 - year veteran of the online world, he has worked in sales, business development and content partnership functions for Yahoo!, Before that, he was VP, Client Strategy at Blast Radius.

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

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MARCH 1, 2017

The universities are now more focused on the innovation economy, with schools like USC, UCLA, Caltech, the Claremont Colleges all bringing good people to LA. In the last couple ofyears, we've seen more enterprise technology and software locally here, and software is starting to grow up. I think that is a big strength for us.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

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Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

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AUGUST 2, 2013

There is a lot of searching and sorting just to find out, for example, what the USC Trojans or Tesla Motors might be doing. Phil Kelly: I think that 18 or 24 months ago, lots of people would come out in the mobile world with iOS first, then, over some period of time, started developing with Android.

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Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

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MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. Scot Richardson: I'm definitely the business side of the co-founders.

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Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

—Embodied, based in Pasadena, CA, and founded by USC computer science professors Paolo Pirjanian (the former iRobot CTO) and Maja Matarić, are developing robots to care for people.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

As we have developed over the last few years, we've started running our own events, and tried out our own connect weekend in 2014, and that went to a full week the next year. A lot of the time, a critical mass of companies might build up around an area�say, in consumer based apps, or a particular kind of software, or therapeutic biotech.

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MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

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JANUARY 11, 2017

In the startup world, one of the most difficult journeys to market is by companies who are taking basic scientific advances and technologies originally developed at universities, and taking them all the way to use in the commercial world. During our past two years, we created our first product, which are Carbon on Silicon wafers.

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MAY 2, 2013

In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. That''s the reason we developed our own positioning there. I was just at USC yesterday, and they''re really focused on great things in science in engineering.

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Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

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APRIL 29, 2014

We thought we could deliver that 3D image as a software-as-a-service. After two years, Alfred Mann decided to give money to USC for the effort instead. As software interface guys we think that''s our lead. One in four of the patients died on the table. Unfortunately, UCLA''s money dried up due to legal issues. We expect to win.

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Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. Many companies are developing second screen technology, but few have come close to what Coincident.TV WOW, right?

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

“Sustainability is about developing an investment focus around social economic benefits that occur from capital solutions. In simple terms, developing state of the art materials costs a lot of money. Between Caltech, USC, and UCLA, $1 billion has been put into research expenditures.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Helixis really has developed an instrument which really has exceeded the current standards, at a fraction of the cost, and we're really excited about it. What we're seeing are things like software-as-a-service, though not necessarily the same business model, but technology which enables doctors to do what they do better and more efficiently.

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Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. Prior to funding Third Wave, Babak was a principal at Grosvenor Holdings, a real estate development firm, He also worked at the Stratham Group, where he analyzed and structured retail and residential development projects. Sponsored giveaways and contests.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. By offering that software for free, we've attracted over 10,000 writers to our site. Zak went to the Peter Stark Program at the USC Film School, which is a very prestigious program. What's Scripped?

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138