# USC Information Sciences Institute
**Entity class:** Organization or institution
**Domain:** Austin Research / Institutions
**Doc Type:** Research entity
**Source basis:** Supplied research cluster with linked references; see the [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|evidence map]] for verification scope.
**USC Information Sciences Institute** is the University of Southern California research institute named as an [[wiki/IARPA Odin|IARPA Odin]] prime performer.
Its place in the cluster is a documented performer relationship in biometric anti-spoofing research. Keep that role distinct from the government testing and evaluation partners.
The official Odin page is the source for this specific program role. It provides an independently identifiable edge in the larger Austin research map.
## Connected entries
[[wiki/IARPA Odin|IARPA Odin]] · [[wiki/Biometric Presentation Attack Detection|Biometric Presentation Attack Detection]] · [[wiki/Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity|Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity]]
## Sources and corpus context
- [[research/The Austin Executable Loop|The Austin Executable Loop — master document]]
- [[research/Oden Institute - Machine Learning, Medicine, and Terrorism|Oden Institute - Machine Learning, Medicine, and Terrorism]]
- [[research/ODIN - Observe, Detect, Identify, Neutralize|ODIN - Observe, Detect, Identify, Neutralize]]
- [IARPA Odin Program](https://www.iarpa.gov/research-programs/odin)
**Cluster:** [[wiki/Austin Executable Loop|Austin Executable Loop]] · [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|Austin Research Evidence Map]]
## Relationships
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